As do I, but it seems Tite is trying to decide between him Fernandinho as Casemiro's backup Although Fernandinho has proven time and time again he's much much more dynamic than a regular Dm, he can easily take RA's spot
Fernandinho also has been disappointing if we evaluate his entire NT career. The few games he played under Tite has been good to be fair and he has backup Casemiro well
What's happening with coutinho ? Where will he ultimately land up ? A second bid by barca has been rejected by LFC.
Sounds like Liverpool doesn't want to sell. Personally, I would like it if he moved after this season.
Liverpool will surely sell but the problem is they know that barca already has 200 million in their pocket ....So they are not going to sell their star player below 140 at least
Now we qualify for Russia 2018 on top, what are our chances? Who will be the toughest opponents? Tough opponents: Spain, Germany, Argentina ?? Chances: 60%, depends on how well P. Coutinho, Neymar, G.Jesus, Paulinho ... Things to worry about: guys like Taison, others... ?????
1.) I think we need a better backup for Alves. 2.) We haven't seen not once what Taison has brought to the table. I don't know if he is one of those players that's good for the locker room morale but as of right now his spot should go to someone more useful. 3.) Age of some players like F. Luis, Miranda, Alves, is a concern. 4.) Also, RA is bringing nothing to the table it seems. Not bad but not good either.
Good points . I think depth in many positions is definitely an issue . Thiago Silva is also up there in age . As irreplaceable as Neymar may be, I feel good that Coutinho can play that position well if needed .
Germany is an obvious one. France has loads of talent but not sure their coach will figure out how to use them properly . Spain looked pretty good the other day. As with every WC, it will depend a lot about form come next summer . Chile went from a pretty good team to almost shit in around 1 year .
The goalie situation is pretty shaky as well!! Alisson is the no.1 for now, but there really isn't a concrete backup....Jefferson has been long forgotten about, Weverton's 15 mins of fame is over, Diego Alves is in limbo and Ederson and Cassio are not that tested!! We have 6 games in 9 months to get this figured out!!
Allison doesn't really inspire a lot of confidence in me. I don't think he was that great at Inter and he was a backup at Roma for the most part. But both Tite and Taffarel have been adament about him being #1 for next year. I really think Ederson should be given a shot to compete. Its kind of too late to think about age at this point but we need to immediately usher our Filipe Luis, Miranda, Dani Alves, Thiago Silva, Renato Agusto, Fernandinho, and a few others after Russia. I'd like to see more testing of guys that could make an impact in Russia instead of bringing along Taison for god knows what.
Speaking of shot Ederson showed he can take a kicking and keep on ticking!! And Alex Sandro should be Marcelo's deputy
Goleiros: Alisson (Roma) Cássio (Corinthians) Ederson (Manchester City) Zagueiros: Marquinhos (PSG) Miranda (Inter de Milão) Thiago Silva (PSG) Jemerson (MOnaco) Laterais: Daniel Alves (PSG) Danilo (Manchester City) Marcelo (Real Madrid) Filipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid) Meias: Arthur (Grêmio) Diego (Flamengo) Casemiro (Real Madrid) Fernandinho (Manchester City) Paulinho (Barcelona) Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan) Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) Willian (Chelsea) Atacantes: Diego Tardelli (Shangdong Luneng) Neymar (PSG) Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
Diego's form hasn't been good enough as of late and isn't deserving of a call. Has Danilo really played at all for City? I saw him play vs Liverpool and he was solid, but nothing special. At least it isn't Fagner. Arthur? He's an interesting name, but there are other DMs I'd test before him. I guess Tite isn't a Fabinho fan. I don't see anyone pushing RA for a spot... Tardelli? Really?
Well one thing for sure there's been calls for Arthur to be picked and hopefully Tite brings him and Tardelli and he should start either Ederson or Cassio for the game vs Bolivia!!
Tardelli wtf? Curious how he even ended up on Tite radar. This is worst than the taison call. Lol I'm okay with Danilo. Better than fagner at least. I like the Arthur call. He seems to be a good prospect. Fabinho deserves a chance as well. I think Tite called Diego because it evident the midfield needs another creator. This is a trial for that spot IMO as he already seen what Guilano has to offer.
Two guesses IMO. Either Luan was just a popularity call up because of the location of the last home game or Tite is just experimenting. Is Fred also on the list? The midfielder one. Awful choice if true
I read Luan was injured and not playing atm by a Gremio fan. Still the Tardelli selection is ridiculous. 33 in May and playing in China. I'd suck it up and call Talisca or even Jonas. Danilo sh*tted bricks 95% of the time he played for Real in big games. From what I've seen he is doing well in Manchester but idk if he is the solution to that RB spot. And the idea of him starting in a World Cup Final( when we get there) doesn't give me confidence should something happen to Alves. Just glad we can leave Fagner behind. He was terrible back in June. I guess he got on the Arthur bandwagon. Don't mind this callup. at Diego. Allan and esp Fabinho have deserved callups for a few years now. It really doesn't make sense why they haven't been given shots. Tite seems to have most of his squad selected. I don't really mind the new names since it seems like thats the extent of his experimenting.