Comments on: Top 50 Players in the World #2 – Xavi Hernandez

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:59:12 +0000

Did Cesc place outside the top 50, was he a tight omission ?

By: Neil Sherwin

Neil Sherwin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:18:21 +0000

If you read the initial pitch of the idea you will see that people submitted their 25 players and we then compiled a list of 50 from that.

With only 25 spots competition was tough and certain players made some lists and not others.

The whole point of these things is to spark debate, and it’s certainly safe to say we’ve achieved that goal.

By: Ad

Ad — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:10:36 +0000

I’m looking forward to learning which pint-sized Argentinian takes the plaudits…

Like Xavi, he is simply a pleasure to watch.

By: Ad

Ad — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:06:56 +0000

If you read the feature introduction you will learn that the reason certain players are missing from the list is that the list is compiled by a number of football enthusiasts who picked their personal top 25.

Clearly Fagregas is not rated that highly by those who submitted entries for this feature.

Personally I would have Fabregas pretty high up the list.

I think it is a well constructed list for the most part. There are some unusual inclusions and certain omissions that are unexpected, but its been a good read throughout.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:55:23 +0000

He was Arsenal’s best player in 2010, maybe Nasri was between August and Jan but before that Cesc drove the team on, he had a few injuries but so did others on the list, I’d have Cesc on there ahead of so many others including Nasri (Who deserves his place).

By: Q

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:00:26 +0000

this must be the worst top list i’ve ever seen. when i saw that cesc wasn’t on the top 50-6 i expected him to be on the top 5 but not even there. how can he not be a better player then muller or pepe reina?
shame on this list. cesc is at least top 10 in europe right now and also, arsenals best player.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:26:46 +0000

Cesc isn’t in there because not enough people voted for him. He was not the best player last year for Arsenal and was a bit part player in the world cup (albeit in the winning team with a notable contribution).

I would say that because of the high standards he constantly plays at people sometimes don’t notice how well he consistently plays.

They tend to notice players in winning teams or those who have progreesed from last year, which you can argue Cesc hasn’t done.

I agree it’s harsh on him because he probably is a better play than many of those on the list.

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By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:26:26 +0000

Have to agree about Cesc a bit flawed if he is not even in the top 50 !!

By: mike

mike — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:05:37 +0000

Well I wonder why isnt Cesc even in the top 50?

He did created a chance every 29mins according to opta – the most in europe.

Ozil created one chance every 30