robertmac43
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Simple enough; pick your formation and starting 11 based off of player performances over the last decade. Any Honorable mentions can be the bench.
Probably pretty close. Only thing I would probably change is VVD just because he’s been good since he went to Liverpool but not on the biggest stage since. Some HM namesCR7-Suarez-Messi
Xavi-Busquets-Iniesta
Marcelo-VvD-Ramos-Lahm
Neuer
Please show your work.Aubameyang is better than Suarez.
LolNeuer
Alves - Ramos - Pique - Marcelo
Kroos - Busquets - Özil
Messi - Suarez - Ronaldo
Xavi, Iniesta and Lahm would have been obvious if they played at the highest level for larger parts of the decade.
Ronaldo - Suarez - Messi
Xavi - Iniesta
Busquets
Alba - Vidic - Thiago Silva -Lahm
Neuer
You mean my team?Please show your work.
No CB this decade has had a year (very few probably ever) on the level of van Dijk and he was very good before that as well just didn't have the accolades because he wasn't playing for a big team. There's a reason Liverpool paid what they did for him (we'll ignore what United did with Maguire).1 super year from VVD and it gets him on the team over the likes of Ramos, pique, Silva seems far fetched. Considering how much those guys won and how integral they were to their teams.
Lol
Vidic?
Aubameyang is better than Suarez.
You mean my team?
Team
Ronaldo - Ibrahimovic - Neymar
Messi
Xavi - Yaya
Marcelo - Puyol - Kompany - Lahm
Neuer
No CB this decade has had a year (very few probably ever) on the level of van Dijk and he was very good before that as well just didn't have the accolades because he wasn't playing for a big team. There's a reason Liverpool paid what they did for him (we'll ignore what United did with Maguire).
I think peak is important when taking into account these kinds of things on top of consistency. You're looking at 2 full years with Liverpool where van Dijk has been the clear cut best defender in the world. Before that he was in the top 10 probably with Southampton, and was fantastic with Celtic while also translating this incredible level to the NT.
Key cog in arguably the 2nd best team of the late 00's and early 10's. He might be a little too early for this decade but he was easily one of the best CB's from 2006-2012.
Vidic?
I don’t agree. I think he’s had enough consistency at a high level that his 2 years of being by far the best defender in the world, the best player on his team and his impact from that position is unparalleled from a team perspective. None of the other players you mentioned were ever arguable as the best player in the world over any period nor even the best players on their team (Silva maybe for the second one, but not on a CL winner and historic domestic team). I have Silva there with van Dijk though yeah.Being a top 10 player than having one elite year doesn't make him better than Silva,Ramos nor Pique or even Hummels. Longevity and consistence need to be factored in after all were talking about best of the decade not just 2019. You can even see it in his play right now VVD wasn't as good as he was the previous season.
I should have clarified for the season/year which I meant with the ‘over any period of time’. He certainly had the argument for this past year and was just as deserving as Messi for the award Messi ended up winning.VVD is not arguably the best player in the world, neither, though I suppose you mean in his position