I am really high on Damiao. Love that guy as the Seleccao's center foward. He has the gritiness and desire that the position needs. This IMO, is why Pato even if healthy, was never going to work.
I think Hulks going to be a definate pick especially since Mano has chosen to ignore robinho, douglas costa, and Michel bastos. Whenever I see Hulk play he seems to be more of a wing then a Cf, I'd like to see Hulk play there though. I've been on the Hulk bandwagon for awhile, i think Mano liked what he saw from him against Bosnia. Has anyone heard Mano speak on Luis Fabiano or Vagner Love? Right now it'd be hard for me to take Vagner Love over Fabiano, i agree but if Loves form keeps up in the brasileirao it'd be hard not to select him.....
lol @ Michel Bastos I think its safe to say, Pato's career is over... He would need to reconstruct his entire body in order for him not to get injured a 16th time...
what's wrong with bastos? the only times he has been used at the NT level has been at LB which is not his natural position. i would love to see him get some minutes as an attacking player instead of a defender...
lol.. he was raised as a Left Wingback and later converted... I'm pretty sure thats how the story goes.
Drogba is getting all the credit, but everything about that goal was due to Ramires. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CH04yEieX0"](FULL HD) Didier Drogba goal - Chelsea - Barcelona 1:0 - 18.04.2012 - YouTube[/ame]
Ramires has been playing very well as of late. I think he burned his bridge with Mano on how bad he played in the Copa America and the Germany friendly. Same with Andre Santos.
well, Brasil doesn't need Andre Santos anymore. Now that Marcelo is back. and I would love to see a pairing of Lucas Leiva and Ramires again. Now that they seem to be fairing better even though the former is still hurt iirc.
What do you think of this team? [LINEUP-4-3-3]Neymar, L.Damiao, L.Moura, Lucas Leiva, Ganso, Ramires, Marcelo, T.Silva, Dede, D.Alves, Julio Cesar[/LINEUP-4-3-3]
Looks good Daniel. Though at this point in time, I believe it's Hulk's position on the right wing. Lucas is an immense talent but is only 19 and still very raw. And personally I would stick Kaka' or Hernanes in the middle instead of Ganso, but thats just IMO.
Agree with you about Hulk and Kaka. Hernanes is having a tough 2nd season at Lazio though, and a lot of the fans are calling for him to be sold. The problem is that they're playing him out of position as an out and out attacking player, whereas we know his natural position is a deeper midfield role. Hope he turns things around because we can definitely use a midfielder who can both attack and defend.
Diego is one player who is playing very well at the moment.He is slowly and surely returning to his best!! I know that he is not very popular here because of his displays under Dunga. Probably Dunga's tactics never suited his style of play. I definitely rate him above Ganso 'cause Ganso has not proved anything yet.
I totally agree that Diego is having a good season with Atl. Madrid. I really believe he should be in the mix for the MF's. However, neither Diego nor Ganso proven anything. Do you recall that Diego was on the Olympic team in the 08 debacle? Do you recall that Diego was on the Olympic qualifying team back in 03 and they didn’t qualify? With all his talents he has still not been to a WC. So overall neither player have proven anything. Ganso at the moment is the guy but there is nothing wrong with having good competition for the #10.
Diego has experience in different leagues.He did extremely well in Bundesliga.The reason he didn't perform in Juventus was because the whole team was performing poorly.Still I don't think he was that poor with Juventus. Completely agree that he was not that good in his NT appearances . If Mano calls up V.Love in the coming friendlies then he should consider Diego too.V.Love was another player who never did anything great in the past outings. Deigo atleast showed some flashes of brilliance with the NT ...
The Ganso I've been watching lately should be the starter in that role. Its like he's a totally different player. Amazing work rate. Good decision making, and always trying to get involved.
Diego has a very good vision of the game. Very good technically but for whatever reason he seems to fall out of favor with coaches. Looking at the last friendly we played against Bosnia, Mano called up these MF's (R10, Elias, Ganso, Hernanes, Lucas, Fernandinho, Sandro). To me there are 3 guys on this call-up that should never see the field. Diego is competing against them.
personally i never liked Diego in the yellow shirt. him and Elano were the complete opposite players in the dunga era. Diego - great at the club level. looked confused on the pitch with the yellow shirt on. Elano - lost in the shuffle at the club level. world beater in the yellow shirt. Brazil's X-factor in the Dunga regime with that said - i guess it doesn't hurt to have as a squad player on the team. even though diego is 27 - he has a few good years left in him. who knows - maybe like Luis Fabiano, he can have a resurgence at the NT level....
Ganso vs Kaka - I think I would choose Ganso because he is alot younger and hes been playing very good lately, while Kaka is nothing like he was a few years ago and I dont know if he would be any good for 2014 WC, but people have been saying Kaka is coming back. Lucas vs Hulk - Tough decision, Lucas is a very good talent but Hulk is obviously more experienced since hes older Lucas is faster, better at dribbling and can change direction very quick. I think Lucas will defiantly be the better option in 2014. But I would still choose Lucas.
Why aren't Kaka and Marcelo playing God Damit!? This is not good preparation for their upcoming NT friendlies. And Kaka does not have a prayer returning to the NT with Maurinho benching him.
Kaka isnt playing because he is not better than Oezil. Marcelo didnt start becuase he's proven to be a liability vs. Barca. They will still get game time though, no biggie.