WC Qualifiers 2018 - South America

AURELIUS

Member
Why has Tevez not been recalled? Started the season looking very sharp.

Because he is a selfish egotisticial fool who would start to cause trouble in what is now a settled dressing room. He is envious of Messi. He can get lost.

Time for Sabella to ditch Clemente, Brana and all the older players even Campagnaro. I cannot see them there in 2014 or playign such a hectic schedule.

The team played below par last night but still could have scored five or six and could step up a couple of gears. Masche with Gago is a good balance , Gago with a clueless numpty like Brana is not. He is terrible playing domestically so why an earth he was called remains a mystery. Better Cirigliano Masche's heir apparent or possibly Centurion got the call.

Romero needs to learn how to kick the ball still and Fernandez while he has great potential needs to avoid the curse of the modern day defender. Don't watch or grab your opponent but watch the ball at setpieces and attack it.

di Maria continues to grow which is pleasing. Hopefully before long Sanchez Mino, Ansaldi, Banega get called and an outside bet if he does well Emmanuel Herrera at Montpellier as a possible 9 candidate. Licha has done well but again by 2014 will he be near his best or past it ?

As for Higuain in 2010 ? He couldn't do anything because the managerial genius of Maradona had decided to play two wingers in midfield (at a time when di Maria had no idea how to play in that area) and an inept centreback (two if you include Heinze) at fullback. Just needs to step up his conversion ratio and Argentina will have more games wrapped up by halftime.

The pleasing thing is the threat carried by the team upfront , the counter, the improvement of di Maria and Romero to an extent, the promise of Fernandez. Midfield still needs tinkering as does defence. And please do not allow Lavezzi to play again for the seleccion. Lazy and a waste of space.
 

Hatem Ben Arfa

New member
Because he is a selfish egotisticial fool who would start to cause trouble in what is now a settled dressing room. He is envious of Messi. He can get lost.

Time for Sabella to ditch Clemente, Brana and all the older players even Campagnaro. I cannot see them there in 2014 or playign such a hectic schedule.

The team played below par last night but still could have scored five or six and could step up a couple of gears. Masche with Gago is a good balance , Gago with a clueless numpty like Brana is not. He is terrible playing domestically so why an earth he was called remains a mystery. Better Cirigliano Masche's heir apparent or possibly Centurion got the call.

Romero needs to learn how to kick the ball still and Fernandez while he has great potential needs to avoid the curse of the modern day defender. Don't watch or grab your opponent but watch the ball at setpieces and attack it.

di Maria continues to grow which is pleasing. Hopefully before long Sanchez Mino, Ansaldi, Banega get called and an outside bet if he does well Emmanuel Herrera at Montpellier as a possible 9 candidate. Licha has done well but again by 2014 will he be near his best or past it ?

As for Higuain in 2010 ? He couldn't do anything because the managerial genius of Maradona had decided to play two wingers in midfield (at a time when di Maria had no idea how to play in that area) and an inept centreback (two if you include Heinze) at fullback. Just needs to step up his conversion ratio and Argentina will have more games wrapped up by halftime.

The pleasing thing is the threat carried by the team upfront , the counter, the improvement of di Maria and Romero to an extent, the promise of Fernandez. Midfield still needs tinkering as does defence. And please do not allow Lavezzi to play again for the seleccion. Lazy and a waste of space.

a teammate jealous of Messi?

really?
 
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PhilS

Guest
Why has Tevez not been recalled? Started the season looking very sharp.
Tevez said he was not sure he ever wanted to play for the Albiceleste again. He can't recover from that, he is through with the national team. Even with Aguerro out and Tevez banned, the team has a surplus of forwards. Ideally, they could trade one to another country for a defender.
 

King Leo

Banned
Brana needs to be dropped but don't know about Campagnaro. I like this guy. Midfield could use Banega but doesn't he play the same role as Gago? Aguero should get more playing time and if he's played as supersub then he should come in earlier. Aguero and Messi create unique dynamics.
 

AURELIUS

Member
Tevez said he was not sure he ever wanted to play for the Albiceleste again. He can't recover from that, he is through with the national team. Even with Aguerro out and Tevez banned, the team has a surplus of forwards. Ideally, they could trade one to another country for a defender.

Tevez referred to Messi as that midget in an interview a few months ago. Despite being the same height. He really has a complex about Messi and it showed at the Copa when he often decided not to pass to him but take a wild shot.

Ultimately he embarassed himself missing his penalty. Unless he is willing to be a team player he can forget it. You see how Kun and Messi have an empathic relationship on the field and are great friends off it. The team is now harmonious. All of the older troublemakers like Heinze have also gone as have the cliques within the dressing room.

It is Messi's dressing room now with players he has been colleagues and friends with for several years.

Banega is still yet to regain match fitness. Ideally when he plays to his best he is better than Gago who has never really fulfilled his potential from his u20 days but he is still inconsistent. If he sorted that out he would be one of the best central midfielders in the world. He has bags of talent.

Campagnaro ? He'll be 35 by 2014. He should have been picked for 2010 when he was often regularly in serie A teams of the week at Sampdoria and then subsequently at Napoli but was ignored over and over again.

The team needs to find natural fullbacks. Ansaldi is one, Peruzzi is another from Velez. Sanchez Mino still needs to learn his defensive duties as a converted left sided midfielder/winger but is improving. Tagliafico has made a bizarre move to Segunda Murcia. I hope he impresses quickly and gets a move to the Primera as playing at that level is not going to improve him.

However there are a couple of other younger prospects too with real potentia and compared to several years ago the laterals position is far healthier than it once was.
 

Barcaman

Administrator
Staff member
Peru fans stoned the Argentinian bus? Heard it the news but didn't see the video.

I thought it's only done in Balkans :)
 

King Leo

Banned
"Peru national team apologise after Lionel Messi is goaded with chants of 'Cristiano, Cristiano' and Argentina team bus is attacked and pelted with rocks"

I only hope that Peru and its fans get what they deserve tonight. Expect lots of crazy tackles but if the ref is not blind Messi will have his chance to practice his Free-kicks.

video from Lima
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKZiSLHKUo0
 
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