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I am getting concerned with Scaloni. The team has been playing worse & worse & is nowhere near December 2022 standards, The players seem lazy & complacent. So many misplaced passes. Scaloni had decided to play CBs in fullback roles. Doesn't give kids a chance. Soule brought in then left out...

Not Argentine. English. Watched Argentina for the first time in 86 & can remember the goal of the century, sun streaming into the living room, mum out with friends (didn't care for football) Dad had gone to the kitchen for a beer. Even as a small kid there was something about the way the ball...

Lautaro could play for Messi. The front four would do the bulk of the work as they do have high rates of press & coverage. The aim being to win the ball high up especially against weaker sides & probably with draw Paz against stronger sides. The back three to remain compact but using Romero to...

Me too. Really he doesn't need to wait until next year. I want to see the talent coming through being given the chance to play competitive matches not friendlies against Estonia where you learn very little about them. Their mentality & ability to cope with real pressure & real physicality which...

If I had my way: -----------------------------------Martinez------------------------------------------- --Maffeo-------------Romero-----------------Senesi-----------------Soler--------- -----------------------------------Varela-------------------------------------------...

Molina has a slight edge but Maffeo is remarkably consistent too. Julioe Soler really needs to be given the left back spot to grow into over the next 18 months. I expect a big money move to Europe might force Scaloni's hand. You would hope anyway.

It's needed so the team can be assessed properly. Friendlies are simply not the same as competitive matches. Mind you if Argentina didn't qualify from CONMEBOL would be the greatest shock of all almost narrowly achieved in 2010 by Diego & 2018 by the incompetent clowns at the AFA.

If you knew anything about football then a coach is only as good as his last game. The aim should be to win 2026. He's not overhauling the side. There is plenty of talent to do so. And he needs time for them to bed in. Not shove them into the side in late 25 or early 26. There is this perennial...

If Scaloni keeps his msyterious selection policies in place then he has to go. Senesi offers a real comfort aerially. Time & again the aerial route has been exploited by opponents with Otamendi a glaring weakness. Some players are complacent others off form. RDP needs dropping as a message to...

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Even when Messi does walk out of the door I think looking at the players coming through in defence and midfield they are some of the deepest talent pools Argentina has had in many many years. I'd say since the 1940s. And there are some highly promising strikers like Ruberto and Carrizo too...

Most of the Germans that came to Argentina and set up their own enclaves did so in the middle of the 19th century. You can see it in places like Bariloche and the west. Indeed many people came to Argentina seeking sanctuary like Armenians fleeing the genocide by the Ottomans and Jews fleeing...

And ? Chile had some excellent players at the time in their peak and very well coached although they can thank Higuain for their triumphs. I love this Eurocentric nonsense. Many of the great innovations in football like 4-4-2, wingbacks, the sweeper keeper have come from South America. European...

Ah the Mbappe joke argument resurfaces. Argentina wiped the floor with the Netherlands, Croatia and France. Only Scaloni's continual weakness at making substitutions allowed the Netherlands and France to come back. Scaloni really needs to be brave and drop Messi. You cannot carry passengers. He...

Hated by whom. You ? He's always been liked given his family circumstances and what he always gave to the team right from his u20 debut. And now he is loved. And it's an already very crowded building but he's right up there with the many greats in Argentine footballing history. He may have been...

I don't know how old you maybe but your arguments are infantile and wrong. di Maria is and was tricker as a winger and was comfortable in midfield. Messi moved from being an old inside left/right to being an attacking midfielder while Ronaldo moved to the centre forward spot. Aside from di...