Big Question: Who has been the most disappointing World Cup player?
Some players had a lot of hype heading into the World Cup and their performance during the competition has gone a long way to justify it. Others were expected to lead their teams to glory but their play was less than spectacular and their teams are sitting at home right now.
Of all the players in the World Cup, which one disappointed you the most with their play?
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By Raybron | July 3rd, 2006 at 11:07 am 
“How about the best surprise! Kewell and the Socceroos! I loved it!!!!”
I predicted three years ago that Australia would not only qualify but do well in the World Cup. When I was talking about it with my friend he called me nuts. I also picked France to win it all this cup, so we’ll see. But I am a big Kewell & Viduka fan (though to be fair they didn’t play as large a role in the Australian success as I thought they would).
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United States
By Claude | July 3rd, 2006 at 11:59 am Ballack a disappointment? You have to be kidding. His job this time is to anchor down the German defense. Klinsi doesn’t want Ballack out there leading the attack but to be in charge of helping his young defense. Ballack gave his all in the Argentina game. He could barely run anymore but he didn’t quit like Beckham. As a matter of fact when it came to the PKs he was there and put his kick away.
The biggest disappointment has to go to the whole Brazilian team. A good case could also be made for the Argentinian behavior after their PK defeat.
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By endroo G | July 3rd, 2006 at 12:03 pm Theo Walcott ! So much hype about him.
He was some unknown kid and suddenly Swen brought him to World Cup but did not give chance to make an appearance..at least as a sub. Till now, anyone seen how he looked like & how good is him in football?
In the end, Theo just earned a free, all-expenses paid trip to Germany and chance to watch World Cup.
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Malaysia
By Ade Lamidi | July 3rd, 2006 at 12:17 pm Ronaldinho was the biggest disappointed in my opinion. He was anonymous in the Champions League final for Barca and just couldn’t get it going in this World Cup also.
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United Kingdom
By dirk | July 3rd, 2006 at 12:27 pm Why oh why do the English not come to play in the world cup? Such great players and yet they don’t seem to show up
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By troy | July 3rd, 2006 at 12:28 pm this world cup will be remembered for the wrong reasons. the only thing that will be talked about in 4 years time is the refs and the winner. unlike ronaldo who starred last world cup there hasnt been one single stand out player this tornament because the refs have hijacked the cup. and i cant even pinpoint a crap player becuase who has really noticed becuase of the refs. this tornament has been nothing but disapointing with few highlights and too few games games that had any sort of excitement. too big egos from both the refs and players have ruined the cup with not one player being able to match the hype created by the media before the cup.
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Australia
By dirk | July 3rd, 2006 at 12:35 pm well, all that being true, it was a great world cup for fans. The oranizing committee went out of its way to make it a fan event, and I think for those that were able to make it, that is far more important. My sense was that the fans had a great time
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By troy | July 3rd, 2006 at 12:50 pm they did, but it would be nice if the teams they were supporting were given a fair go and the refs remembered that they dont have enyone in the crowd barracking for them.
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By Dave Hamilton | July 3rd, 2006 at 1:02 pm Ronaldinho, and I thought I’d never say it. I would trade 1,000 Barca championships for that one QF win the other day. Ronaldinho MUST learn that representing Brasil DWARFS the importance of any league game. It is with the Selecao where his legacy will truly be made — or not.
Dave hamildav@yahoo.com
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Germany
By Terror | July 3rd, 2006 at 1:17 pm Ronaldinho, what else to say when he keeps passing the ball to the opposite team…….
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Switzerland
By troy | July 3rd, 2006 at 1:21 pm perhaps the media shouldnt say things like ronaldinho’s tornament he will own it. that just puts too much pressure on him. its a team game and sometimes doing the team things is just getting down and dirty and not doing the showman things. he was still good. but there are 21 other world class players on the field that have a say in proceedings.
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By Denni | July 3rd, 2006 at 2:17 pm Rooney da Looney without a doubt, but then I missed the Brazil match.
Leave Beckham alone. He was not well, he battled bravely and he scored a great goal. Sadly, he’s resigned as England captain.
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By Pedro | July 3rd, 2006 at 2:22 pm I think Ronaldinho shoud have shown us more. But he’s still the world’s best.
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By lola | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:10 pm i think rooney should have the title.. cos how he pressed btn legs and push ronaldo and got the red card …how he destroy english fu**er fans expectation
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Singapore
By Lulu | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:22 pm Man, toughie here! I can’t choose one, so herewith a few thoughts. First, I have a comment on Donovan.
I’ve travelled abroad a lot, and he honestly reminded me of someone who has picked up a parasite and doesn’t know it. I am not making a joke here. You keep going and don’t even realize what’s going on for months because it is such a slow process. Then, you finally get down enough and have some weird tests and they give you ridiculous numbers of drugs and you go “Oh, man, I was kinda sick!” Really, not kidding here.
The big disappointments for me were general: Lack of teamwork with some, lack of good refs in many instances, and general thuggery like headbutting, stomping, vicious elbows, and the like. Diving goes without saying!
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By gdawg | July 3rd, 2006 at 5:51 pm Easily rooney i mean what a fu**ing idiot who agrees? He lived up to no hype and proved himself to be the dumbest a**hole in soccer…also Landon Donavon hyped up to nothing…
By gdawg | July 3rd, 2006 at 5:51 pm also yeah ronaldinho was quiet for some reason i dont think he WANTED to play…like thats not the ronaldinho i know anyway
By gdawg | July 3rd, 2006 at 5:54 pm also dirk isnt juergen klinnsman german sorry if i didnt spell it right? so the germans do have a german coach
By Jim-o | July 3rd, 2006 at 8:30 pm Hype, hype, glitz, glitz going down, down, down. The year of the underdogs! Who can captain national stars all blinded by the spotlight? Not Ronaldinho. Not Beckham. Not Reyna, either(US underdogs were acting like bully of the block). Wouldn’t be surprised to see Ronaldinho quit as captain. . .
FIFA is the 800 pound gorilla in this room. The fan fun committee = money. The FIFA media hype = money. The refereeing and other decisions = control, and that has sucked the blood out of the games. FIFA has had a drastic effect on this Cup. They are the worst player on this stage.
Red card – gdawg. This ain’t no bar.
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By evelyn | July 3rd, 2006 at 8:38 pm gdawg klinsmann is german but they give him a hard time for living in southern california and marrying an american chick. hey if they don’t want him though maybe the us team can get him god knows we need a decent coach.
ronaldinho disappointed me the most because i know what he can do and that he didn’t do it.
the us team was awful but to be honest i didn’t expect much…….how sad is that. some time in my life time i would like to see the us make it to the semis. i’m 40 so they don’t have much time LOL
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By tony | July 7th, 2006 at 7:06 pm lampard,gerrard,crouch(even if he plays well,just looks so awkward)ronaldinho, and many more, sven is a cool calm character but whats with bruce arena? he looked totally bored and seemed like he was too important to have to watch his team lose!!…. on the upside, owen hargreaves! fantastic! england could use a few more like him, and special mention to zidane, seems to play better now than 10+ years ago,
By laura | July 9th, 2006 at 4:32 am Definatley the entire Brazilian team. In fact, i shouldn’t even use the words BRAZIL and TEAM in the same sentence because the level of teamwork and unity as a team (which soccer is all about) obviously wasn’t there, and neither was the passion. Nike made the ‘play a beautiful game’ slogan about the Brazilian team prior to the world cup, but they disgraced that title by playing far from beautiful football. All i saw was a group of very overrated INDIVIDUALS playing for themselves. Even Ronaldinho, who gets people excited whenever he touches the ball wasn’t able to produce anything special at all, we even saw the famous Ronnie smile wiped off his face in frustration with his teammates. Sure, Brazil won their group in ordinary fashion, but when it finally came to facing good quality opposion they crumbled and fell.
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By infocenter | July 10th, 2006 at 5:03 pm WELL WELL WELL,,,THATS JUS THE WAY THE GAME OF SOCCER IS PLAYED…BIG GUNS FALL OFF AND UNDERDOGS DO IT…
GIVE THE PLAYERS A REST ITS BEEN A LONG SEASON…MAYBE NEXTIME
By infocenter | July 10th, 2006 at 5:08 pm PLIZ GIV RONALDINHO A BREAK …hes no magician and so isnt ZIDANE, and Ronaldo…but they r hell of a dam good players…
By Dree | July 11th, 2006 at 1:27 pm Ronaldinho is the world’s best and we all know it.Had the coach allow him to play as free as he’d have liked to, Brazil would have done better, even when the other players were lacking in team effort; they were just too complacent, but you must understand that Ronaldinho is not the whole team- he is only one player.
And….I was gutten to see that one particular player was adjusting his bloody socks when that goal was scored by France!
We still luv you, Ronaldinho!!!!!
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