3rd choice for Argentina or 2nd choice for Colombia...... its like you want to be 2nd place, 3rd place, last place or it doesn't fking Matter?
hoping for a magical season where a few LBs and keepers pop up and are ready out of nowhere for the WC a younger, stronger and faster Abel Aguilar type player would be nice too
I am not going to say no shot but the writing is on the wall that it will be a long shot with a blindfold on. He is playing on one of the most prestigious teams in Argentina and South America. And allegedly one of his reasons for doing so is to be noticed by Sampaoli and be given a chance to get on the Argentina roster. And even if it is not for 2018 he may sneak on the 2019 Copa America or the proposed 2020 Copa America in the USA. So I think the chances are very low that he plays for us when his life long dream is to play for Argentina. Which I don't fault him for at all.
I think Bejarano from America is probably regretting his decision of playing for Guinea otherwise he would be someone I would look at
why??? he isnt so good as colombia media try to make in the semis...actually in goals he had a lot of responsibility, very slow to attacj the ball not better than cuadrado and castellanos without a doubt. PD: the best way to be informed of colombian football is dont listen the reporters..............the same tha
and he isnt so good to be nt goalie. Just because he won a penatly in semis dont make........is very slow to attack the ball
Millonarios made Bejerano look like a super star. And not only on the penalty. He also came out and cut down the angles on a couple of break aways and forced the attackers to miss.
Looks like Fabra got competition at Boca... If he loses that starting role we are in trouble at that position!!. Tevez is also coming back so that might also mean less minutes for Cardona and I'm thinking he probably loses the # 10 Jersey. https://colombia.as.com/colombia/2018/01/03/futbol/1514989713_997555.html
Hermoso. Y que tal el centro? No le he visto uno asi a Fabra, que por mas que ataque no hace un carajo.
Is he that much worse than Fabra? I mean, Fabra has improved from a horrible defender to a not-so-bad-at-it defender... And as was just said, we could use crosses like that one from Mojica for Falcao and Duvan Zapata...
Am i the only worried about our future?? Doesn't seem like we are producing top talent after our recent golden generation
Well Cucho Hernandez is a potential top talent......withoud doubt. Maybe wilmar arango and bolaños too. I have faith roger martinez become the second top scorer in europe after falcao..surpassing bacca. Lerma is still very young... James is still good and young for another cycle... with the migration of competitive foreign coaches that we have in our teams......a lot of young players will be promoted with a lot of learnings.
Not as bad as you guys are making it out to be 7/11 starters will still be on the team after the WC and potentially starters in 2022... some are even young enough to go to 2026. Thats way less of a rebuild then many other teams will have to do. Other then Falcao and maybe Cuadrado we aren't losing that much quality. Sanchez/Abel is a coaching preference. GK - WE FKd... tho Ospina has 4-7 more years.... many 38 year old keepers. He will have to return to South America but god I hope we get 2 better keepers soon DF - 4/4 starting line up has at least 4 more years..... CBs have 8-12 years left. Mina isn't super fast so maybe he can be around as long as Yepes if he stays healthy Mina -23 Davison Sanchez -21 Arias - 25 Fabra - 26 MF (2/5) Starters will def be young enough for 1-2 more cycles Jame - 26 - dont see us developing a better all around player has at least 1 more WC.... arguably 2 maybe not as much of a factor in his 4th Cuadrado - 29 - last WC..... rely way too much on speed to still be a factor at 34 Cardona -25 Sanchez - 31 ..... hope he doesnt even make this WC Abel - 32 - shouldnt make it if never plays but Pekerman loves him so who knows might even make the next WC if Pekerman is around All the up and coming CMs are under 25 Cuellar(25), Celis(24), Lerma (23), Barrios(24), Seb Perez (24) FW (0/1) -Falcao - 31 but 32 at the WC..... 36 just seems to old and kind of sad if we don't have another top striker in that time but the pipeline looks super super thin. Other then Ibra what striker is that old? Tho he is a super healthy guy so who knows just dont see him being a starter in 2022 - We dont really have a #2 and in my formation it was a 4-2-3-1 that Pekermans been using a lot. I hate it but thats what he been using. So Pipeline.... not much we have some decent guys but Muriel and Duvan at 26 just don't score enough younger we have Borre(22 has awful finishing), Borja(24 only good for Nacional), Preciado (23 went to FKING 2nd division CHINA !!!), Cordoba (24 been in europe for 5 years and barely has 20 goals)
Roger Martinez and Cucho Hernandez looks brighter than 4 goals you mentioned.....maybe Borja could be better but 2018 should be a good year for him...
yeah we actually have a ton of young players all over the place. Ok, so they aren't completely established yet but the potential is there. I also there will be even more younger guys popping up over time as well. off the top of my head Yerry Mina Davinson Sanchez Santi Arias Frank Fabra Wilmar Barrios Edwin Cardona Sebastian Perez Rafael Borre Camilo Hernandez Roger Martinez Jose Izquierdo Jefferson Lerma Luis Orejuela Johan Mojica Marlos Moreno