07-05-2006, 03:28 PM
Quote:Hmmm... This point is clearly debatable. I think that when you bring together the very best players from diverse teams/settings, they often provide sub-par performances. Attributable to lack of team-building time, most often. Even if the players left their homes to train together for an extended period, I suppose you would end up with different philosophies which would theoretically be overridden by the coach they selected to lead the team. Politically speaking, I imagine you'd need coaches from all of the "prominent" countries contributing players. I imagine it would be a bit of a nightmare trying to assemble a seamless and unified team. However, the day will probably come...Quote:It would give the others much better chances!
I disagree. If we had the best of the European players, we might have the best team in the world: All teams in the finals are European teams right now.
I'm writing this as someone who is not terribly familiar with football, but I believe this principle, which I've observed in other sports, would likely hold true in this case as well.