Futebol dos Gringos: Football unrelated to NT and Brasileirão [R]

He was not poor in the both legs against Milan, that's not true. He was the best on the field in the first leg against PSG, isn't that good opposition enough? As good as he was in the first leg against PSG, Rafael has never played a game anywhere close to that.

I have watched every single game Barcelona played this season and he has been good, it seems like the rest of the Barcelona board here at BS shares that opinion since he is the 4th best player of the team this season according to their voting. 9 assists so far is not bad either, specially for a player that missed as many games as he.

For the NT he has 5 goals and 10 assists in his last 57 games. Well you can find your moments of brilliance there. He is a RB, he needs options when he comes forward, something that he doesn't have at the NT. The problem has been more with the coaches than with Dani Alves.

Anyway I don't see us agreeing on this one, which is ok. I would pick Dani Alves for my team in the WC over any other player we have for that position at the moment.

 

I was counting all competition this season. So he has more than twice as many assists than Rafael this season in total (league, CL and cup). Rafael has scored 2 more goals. Let's not even compare previous seasons.

Dani Alves had a assist against Sweden in 2012.

Rafael didn't exactly convince in the U23 team either.

I'm not so much against testing other players, but I do believe we have to find some kind base starting lineup. Confed and WC coming up and we still don't know more or less who'll play.

Look at all the good NT's, they have a team that have been playing regularly together for some time now. Then they can easily change or test 1,2 or 3 players when needed. We are still testing players like Ronaldinho, Kaka and many much less proven players. Soon we will be there in 2014 with the WC in our home and there will still be questions on who's going to play or even who's going to be picked to the squad.

For that WC2014 that we have to win I'd rather trust in Dani Alves than Rafael.

 

Very interesting article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ricardo...ll-club-we-will-buy-a-soccer-team-in-the-usa/

Thoughts?

 

Casemiro starting for real madrid today

 

actual team with ronaldo ,benzema, ozil, and marcelo starting

 

Yeah, thats a huge dick move to come out with that now. At the very least they should have waited until one of them is eliminated from the CL. Imagine if they both advance.

I agree, I'd send him to the bench.

 

That is the problem with European foorball all the best players go to the same big clubs every year. .

 

Dante playing well.

 

Barca has the most hated players in futbol. Busquets, Alba, Alves, Pedro are truly disgusting players sometimes.

 

Don't hate the player hate the game. Playacting is here to stay and at times necessary. For instance If Ivanovic would of play acted when Suarez bit him they would of won the game.

 

Diving I have come to accept to an extent but playacting really annoys me. I think every single league should take the NBA approach. Fines then ultimately suspensions are handed out.

 

I can imagine Barcelona excecs are on the phone with Neymar's dad right now in tears begging him to convince Neymar to join the Blaugrana. Seriously Barcelona looked horrible today. Bayern decimated them. Now Barca fans who scoffed at the notion of getting Neymar are clamoring him to join ASAP.

Also Scolari needs to look at this game as a blue print on how to defeat Spain if we face them in the Confederation Cup or world cup. Real Madrid and Bayern showed how to defeat the tiki taka.