Brasileirão 2016 [R]

Sport x Flamengo is a must watch for me. I've seen Sport 3 times so far this year and they are really fun to watch. I'm looking forward to seeing Robinho in the first match up for santos and from a Ponte perspective I'm happy the first match is on the road @ fig and not at home , especially the way Gallo's been setting up his team.

 

I don't know how much more of Wellington paulista I can take. I try to be realistic and I understand that he is technically good in this sparcity of nines but he simply can't finish. His penalties this paulista/copa brasil have been atrocious. I'd honestly just feel better with roger who used to play here and who played for rb brasil this paulista. I hope kadu can form a solid partnership with grolli but I can't be optimistic Gallo will even bench Fabio Ferreira. Kadu has his own laundry list of issues also. Jonas didn't start last night and the counter attacks were heavy and often and this is caldense, I can't imagine a team in the serie a.

 

Insanity. I wasn't sold on Gallo at all but I hope it wasn't the boards move. Maybe it was Gallo not buying into the rumors of some of the signings for the brasileirao like caja or renato chaves. He was terrible at home against teams who would just defend, I can't defend him that much but it Is a bit harsh if it was the boards decision and not mutual.

 

That was my same reaction.

 

CBF is finally doing what I suggested and spacing out these games. I'm a little uncomfortable with the Saturdays at 1600 because it is kind of creeping on the serie b's sand but it's something I can get behind. I see more late Saturday night games too plus we get the 2 Sunday matches at 1100 which is a blessing since the crowds show up and it's really cool when there is no European football. @Mengão86 you hear anything about serie b? Will they play earlier on Saturdays?

 

Speaking of hearing things, all day yesterday I read Brazilians making predictions about the g-4 and z-4. It makes me laugh when people start off with "Sem Clubismo" and than proceed to pick Flamengo in the z-4, it's so dumb and emotional. Idk who my picks are yet and we still have a lot of football to watch and a lot of signings to examine but as of right know I got Flamengo in the g-4 even with my severe distrust of Muricy. I just don't know how someone can look at the roster and say z-4. Flamengo has looked messy at times this year but who hasn't? I almost saw URT take out Atletico, those two legs were very deceiving.

 

And than everyones on this Santa Cruz bandwagon now.. I like Milton Mendes and some of the pieces but come on now people, lets wait for them to get by campinense first..

 

Agree completely about grafite. Even in the serie b he needed Aquino to do a bunch of running for him.

 

If Cuca thinks this is going to win the brasileirao like he predicted he's insane. Last time he tried to use 3 cbs vs Rosario was a hot mess. I applaud him trying to do different things but that trade was a rip off. I've never liked the robinho guy even since his Coritiba days but still they were better selling him to China than this.

 

Exactly, the middle is where Rosario got them all night, I think it was a similar formation too. Same thing about Gabriel for me, it has been surprising seeing him on the bench this year at times.

 

It's hard to even remember all the players they bought. I saw Regis rumored to Ponte and completely forgot he was even on Palmeiras, same can be said for Erik but i follow him closely. Than buying people like Edu Dracena just smells of desperation. Even their big splash signings like Arouca, Dudu, and Barrios have produced minimal impact. I'm smelling a possible relegation.

 

Flamengo in a borderline crisis and the brasileirao didn't even start yet. I wish I could say for flamengo fans to calm down and that it was only a friendly but idk if I will keep flamengo in my g-4.

 

I don't even have a ton of reasons for it but I just feel an impending doom for ponte coming and I have little to no confidence in Eduardo baptista, I actually think his hiring raises chances of relegation. The squad is lacking in a lot of areas but I'd at least have some confidence going into the brasileirao gauntlet with galo.

 

Have they started heckling particular players at matches yet? Every time I go read something on Globo I read people comparing mancuello to canteros haha.