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Originally Posted by MIJB#19
Awesome, "Holland" had the majority of the players. Well deserved to the team. I guess Van Basten saw the same thing, because he ended Van Bommel's and Van Nistelrooij's international careers. Although I really think Boulahrouz has no business being in that list. There were about 50 worse starting central defenders in the tournament.
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And they really don't present an argument. Or, rather, their argument is entirely about his tackle on Ronaldo - which was pretty nasty, but not the sort of thing that's really relevant to a Worst XI - and the only thing said about his actual play is that he was good against Argentina.
My guess is that Boulahrouz is meant to do two things for us. One, he gives us enough versatile defenders that we can live with only one out-and-out left-back if need be. Two, he gives us CB depth in case (or when) Gallas winds up leaving; with Huth all but out the door, we were down to two centre-backs who actually wanted to be here, which is a precarious state of affairs.