The official HNA World Cup 2014 awards.

[double d]

Now the world cup is coming to an end, it is time to reflect on what has been a truly incredible month of football. Stars were made, others failed, Suarez bit again and a tiny nation of no hopes embarrassed 3 former World Champions and a former European champion on there way to the quarters (nearly beating Holland too ). What a world cup this has been.

Anyway.... For me it is.....

Best player: James Rodriguez for me.
Worst player: Fred.
Best individual performance: James Rodriguez against Uruguay/Ochoa v Brazil/Howard when he made 15 saves
Worst individual performance: Casillas v Holland/David Luiz in the last 2 games.
Best and most entertaining team: Colombia and Costa Rica
Worst team: Really stuck on this one. England? Spain?
Best game: Brazil 1 v 7 Germany. Just for the wtf factor.
Worst game: Nigeria v Iran bore draw.
Best goal: Cahill volley v Netherlands and J-Rods v Uruguay.
Worst referee performance: Opening game ref.
Most shocking moment: Suarez biting/ 5-1 Spain v Holland/7-1 Germany Brazil
Best goalkeeper: Keylor Navas/Tim Howard
Best youngster: De Andre Yedlin/Joel Campbell
Biggest disappointment: England/Spain/opening ceremony
Funniest moment: Seeing all the faces in the crowd after every goal Brazil let in after Germany.


Feel free to add more and obviously change them to your liking.

[Bandini]

Biggest disappointment: Belgium

[Ian Royal]

Best player: James Rodriguez .
Worst player: Fred.
Best individual performance: can't pick
Worst individual performance: David Luiz vs Germany
Best and most entertaining team: Germany
Worst team: Cameroon
Best game: Brazil 1 v 7 Germany.
Worst game: Argentina v Netherlands
Best goal: Cahill volley
Worst referee performance: Opening game ref.
Most shocking moment: 7-1 Germany v Brazil
Best goalkeeper: Keylor Navas
Best youngster: Joel Campbell
Biggest disappointment: Brazil - whilst obviously not technically the worst, they were hugely overhyped and got several results they didn't deserve in the slightest.

[jd82]

Worst Bet - Fred TGS

[Whatevs]

Best Stand in a Stadium - Arena de Sao Paulo

[St. Brynjar]

Best scapegoat: Fred

[AbovetheI]

Best scapegoat: Fred

'greed

Far worse players than Fred. Casillas/Ramos/Rooney to name but a few

[St. Brynjar]

Best scapegoat: Fred

'greed

Far worse players than Fred. Casillas/Ramos/Rooney to name but a few

Akinfeev or Casillas for me. Rooney was fine.

[USA_Loyal_Royal]

Best player: thomas muller
Worst player: casillas
Best individual performance: howard vs belgium
Worst individual performance: David Luiz vs Germany
Best and most entertaining team: Germany
Worst team: Cameroon
Best game: Brazil vs Germany.
Worst game: iran vs nigeria
Best goal: james volley
Worst referee performance: croatia vs bralzil
Most shocking moment: 7-1 Germany v Brazil
Best goalkeeper: neuer
Best youngster: james rodriguez
Biggest disappointment: Brazil, england, uruguay
biggest surprise: usa

[sandman]

Best player: James
Worst player: David Silva
Best individual performance: Keylor Navas vs Greece
Worst individual performance: David Silva vs Holland
Best team and most entertaining team: Germany
Worst team: Switzerland
Best game: Belgium 2 USA 1
Worst game: Holland vs Argentina
Best goal: James vs Uruguay
Worst referee performance: Opening game
Most shocking moment: Suarez bite
Best goalkeeper: Navas
Best youngster: Pogba
Biggest disappointment: Spain's early elimination
Funniest moment: Balotelli's Panini sticker book

[Handsome Man]

Best player: Robben
Worst player: David Luiz
Best individual performance: Kroos v Brazil
Worst individual performance: Gerrard v Uraguay
Best and most entertaining team: Holland
Worst team: England
Best game: Brazil vs Germany.
Worst game: Iran vs Nigeria
Best goal: James volley
Worst referee performance: generally good: disappointingly but consistently lenient especially with second yellows and red card offences
Most shocking moment: Germany's 4 -goal blitz
Best goalkeeper: Neuer
Best youngster: James Rodriguez
Biggest disappointment: England
biggest surprise: Spain 1-5 Holland

[double d]

Best player: James
Worst player: David Silva
Best individual performance: Keylor Navas vs Greece
Worst individual performance: David Silva vs Holland
Best team and most entertaining team: Germany
Worst team: Switzerland
Best game: Belgium 2 USA 1
Worst game: Holland vs Argentina
Best goal: James vs Uruguay
Worst referee performance: Opening game
Most shocking moment: Suarez bite
Best goalkeeper: Navas
Best youngster: Pogba
Biggest disappointment: Spain's early elimination
Funniest moment: Balotelli's Panini sticker book

Baffled about your choice of Switzerland for worst team? They were decent, and saw a lot worse.

[sandman]

They really weren't. Thrashed by France, qualified from a weak group and a toss up between them and Greece for the biggest most boring non-entity in international football history.

[double d]

They really weren't. Thrashed by France, qualified from a weak group and a toss up between them and Greece for the biggest most boring non-entity in international football history.

Fair point. Greece, South Korea, Russia and Cameroon were all worse in my opinion but everyone is different.

[St. Brynjar]

Worst team: Switzerland

Best youngster: Pogba

Consider this a sumptuous, fulsome, rattLOled bite - you're talking utter bollocks. Pogba was almost as much a disappointment as the world's lightest dark horses Belgium, whereas Switzerland were thoroughly entertaining with one of the best playmakers in the game, as well as potentially the best right-back of the tournament.

[St. Brynjar]

Hang on, apologies. Fifa seem just as stupid. Does Xherdan Shaqiri not count as a young player?

[sandman]

Worst team: Switzerland

Best youngster: Pogba

Consider this a sumptuous, fulsome, rattLOled bite - you're talking utter bollocks. Pogba was almost as much a disappointment as the world's lightest dark horses Belgium, whereas Switzerland were thoroughly entertaining with one of the best playmakers in the game, as well as potentially the best right-back of the tournament.

Ok perhaps worst is harsh but they're just there every tournament, they turn up, get themselves a couple of draws and a win against a small nation and go home.

Would much rather have seen a side like Iceland qualify than watch the Swiss or the Greeks get out of their groups with minimum effort or wins against poor sides like Ecuador or Honduras before getting Knocked out in the second round.

As for Shaquiri, he's stagnated at Bayern and badly needs a move to one of the club's he's been linked with.

Not a brilliant tournament for individual players whether classed as young or senior as evidenced by the fact it was a tournament won by the best team rather than one with one or two outstanding individuals. Would have picked James for the young player but 23 is a little too old for that.

[stealthpapes]

They really weren't. Thrashed by France, qualified from a weak group and a toss up between them and Greece for the biggest most boring non-entity in international football history.

Fair point. Greece, South Korea, Russia and Cameroon were all worse in my opinion but everyone is different.

Cameroon did implode , not as spectacularly as Ghana, but they had a thrashing by a weakish European Team and a comedy sending off.

[stealthpapes]

Consider this a sumptuous, fulsome, rattLOled bite - you're talking utter bollocks. Pogba was almost as much a disappointment as the world's lightest dark horses Belgium, whereas Switzerland were thoroughly entertaining with one of the best playmakers in the game, as well as potentially the best right-back of the tournament.

Ok perhaps worst is harsh but they're just there every tournament, they turn up, get themselves a couple of draws and a win against a small nation and go home.

Would much rather have seen a side like Iceland qualify than watch the Swiss or the Greeks get out of their groups with minimum effort or wins against poor sides like Ecuador or Honduras before getting Knocked out in the second round.

Massive plus 1.

[LUX]

I had high hopes for Bosnia, but they fell short in a weak group (should really have come second).

My favourite players were Klose and, er, the whole Chile and Colombia teams.