WC build up - the squads!

[Darkon]

No Senna

quite a surprise he was instrumental 2 years ago in their campaign !

[Craig_H]

Busquets and Martinez have kept him out.

Not sure i'd have gone with both inexperienced younger options, i'd have opted for Senna plus one.

[-V-]

But they don't need him, he's getting older and hasn't done anything significant of late.

Alonso, Busquets, Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta, Navas etc etc etc etc. Why would they need Senna? Although I can understand that people don't rate Busquets just yet

[Craig_H]

Senna offers more natural seniority and leadership than any of that list, though.

[-V-]

Is it really necessary though? Villareal haven't really done much of late and I haven't noticed him standout much either. They have so much talent in midfield now, Alonso Fabregas, Xavi and Iniesta are all better than him. On top of that Busquets is now first choice at Barca and winning titles with them. Quite rightly left out I think

[Craig_H]

I think you account for all possible eventualities and during the course of a world cup, you'll need leaders out there at some point.

The likes of Busquets and Martinez wont fulfil that role for them. There's a case for both sides of the debate, but as i say, i personally would try to cover all possibilities wherever i could.

[Darkon]

But they don't need him, he's getting older and hasn't done anything significant of late.

Alonso, Busquets, Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta, Navas etc etc etc etc. Why would they need Senna? Although I can understand that people don't rate Busquets just yet

But they are hard to compare with Senna, as he is the only one on that list that is a natural anchor / DM that can throw in tackles and work hard for 90 min. I know the rest also work backwards, but it must mean that they are planning to play a bit different to what they do normally.

[dww]

Senna has played 8 games for Villarreal this season according to the BBC. I'm pretty sure that is the reason he has been left out and I would guess that Spain have been used to playing without him in that time too.

[Neil Young]

Sanna has been going through the motions.

[dww]

Senna has played 8 games for Villarreal this season according to the BBC. I'm pretty sure that is the reason he has been left out and I would guess that Spain have been used to playing without him in that time too.

Actually checking other sources - he has in fact played 8 games for Spain and 30 for Villareal.

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finalised 23 man Holland squad
Sander Boschker (FC Twente)
Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht)
Khalid Boulahrouz (Stuttgart)
Edson Braafheid (Celtic)
John Heitinga (Everton)
Joris Mathijsen (Hamburg)
Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven)
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord)
Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax)
Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven)
Nigel de Jong (Manchester City)
Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax)
Stijn Schaars (AZ Alkmaar)
Wesley Sneijder (Internazionale)
Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich)
Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid)
Ryan Babel (Liverpool)
Eljero Elia (Hamburg)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Milan)
Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)

[Fernandinho]

babs made it.. i hope he does well

[Fernandinho]

essian out of world cup! players in the our group are dropping like flies! come on you aussies!!

[Darkon]

Denmarks final squad

GK
Thomas Sørensen (Stoke)
Stephan Andersen (Brøndby)
Jesper Christiansen (FC København)

Defence
William Kvist (FC København)
Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn)
Simon Kjær (Palermo)
Per Krøldrup (Fiorentina)
Daniel Agger (Liverpool)
Patrick Mtiliga (Malaga)
Simon Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar)

Midfield
Martin Jørgensen (AGF)
Christian Poulsen (Juventus)
Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen)
Jakob Poulsen (AGF)
Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax)
Jesper Grønkjær (FC København)
Thomas Kahlenberg (Wolfsburg)
Thomas Enevoldsen (Groningen)
Christian Eriksen (Ajax)
Mikkel Beckmann (Randers)

Attack
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord)
Søren Larsen (Duisburg)
Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal)

[Nick77]

babs made it.. i hope he does well

He's got very little chance of getting a game imo - with Dirk, Robben, RvP, Van der Vaart, Huntelaar, Schneijder, etc surely all ahead of him in the pecking order...