Why not Gomes? I watch him every week and without him and a with normal keeper PSV would have at least 6 points less on the table. Every Dutch football fan will agree that Gomes is one of the best keepers they ever seen. (top 5 or 10 of the world right know) He has saved us again against Arsenal.... He's better then Helton for sure, bad keeper....
i made my argument in favor of gomes a page or two back. what's more impressive with him is the sheer number of goals that are scored in the eredivisie...and gomes has only allowed 15. 8 teams have scored over 40 goals in less than 30 games. that's a pretty good stat.
You can't attribute that all to Gomes. The defense plays a major role in stats like that. At Cruzeiro, Gomes was a bit overrated because he had an amazing defense in front of him.
im not attributing it all to gomes. it's also the same with doni playing behind mexes and chivu. but i think gomes' stellar play is often the difference. i dunno, i think there's a reason why psv fans worship him...just like it isnt all the defense. i think you need to have both working to be truly unstoppable i guess. i guess that's why any brazilian keeper will never replicate his performances for us. our defense is just too weak.
Goalkeepers isn't all about stats... The clean sheets and things like that were the defense is important. But individuel prestations NOT.. His saves are important, he is often chosen as the best keeper of the week in the CL.. I can call you a lot important matches he saves us. We had Waterreus (dutch international.....) before him... And with him we would have lost these matches in the CL , important matches -> AC Milan-PSV 0-0 PSV-AC Milan 1-0 Milan-PSV 2-0 Lyon-PSV 1-1 PSV-Lyon 1-1 PSV-Monaco 1-0 PSV-Arsenal 1-0 Arsenal-PSV 1-1 and much more dutch league matches If you want a objective opinion ask some Ajax fans, they hate PSV and almost every player, but they will agree Gomes is one of the best keepers in the world. But I don't agree Helton is a good keeper... He's just from a decent level... And why isn't you defence good. You have great defenders with Cris, Alex and more. Better then PSV their defence I have know idea why they couldn't play good together
What about the Lyon game last year? When your defense got abused, Gomes was helpless. Gomes also had a fatal mistake if I recall correctly during the first game of that matchup on a free kick. About our defenders, I agree that we have good CBs, but we need to find the correct pairing. Personally, I'd like to see Alex and Juan play together.
wow that's too bad. alex seems to be pretty injury prone as of late. it's really preventing him from settling on our national team. like mengao said, i want to see naldo...but im not sure if dunga will call up a new guy. i think we might end up seeing cris or something.
All I ask is for Dunga to start Alex of PSV. Has he ever played for Brasil? I know he's be called up before but I don't remember if he got playing time.
yes Alex of PSV ..the injury(hamstring) looks bad he may miss the rest of the season http://english.psv.nl/web/show/id=58980/contentid=20501
The rest of the season? Damn, I wanted to see him play for us in the Copa America. I guess I will have to wait to see the pairing of Juan and Alex. Dunga, call up NALDO!!
NALDO IS CALLED UP and edu dracena. so all is well in the universe. it's nice to see dracena called up since he's been largely forgotten in his time at fenerbahce. i guess dunga forgot about alex (ex palmeiras)...but he does know about the turkish league though!
Excellent news. I have heard good things about Dracena for the past few months but I wasn't too sure how good he has been playing. Finally Dunga made some great choices..
www.cooperativa.cl Valdivia, Jiménez y Fernández encabezan la nómina de Chile para enfrentar a Brasil El técnico Nelson Acosta dio a conocer la lista de 24 jugadores que estará en los duelos amistosos ante Brasil y Costa Rica. También destacan el regreso de Johnny Herrera y Rodrigo Tello. Los mediocampistas Jorge Valdivia, Luis Jiménez y Matías Fernández serán los encargados de guiar a la selección chilena en el duelo amistoso que el próximo 24 de marzo el combinado nacional jugará ante Brasil en Suecia, tal como lo indica la nómina entregada este jueves por el entrenador Nelson Acosta. El listado de jugadores incluye a 24 jugadores, aunque sólo 20 se desplazarán a Gotemburgo para chocar ante el combinado de Dunga. El resto se unirá el 26 de marzo para estar en el duelo que la selección jugará ante Costa Rica en el Estadio Fiscal de Talca el día 28. Entre los nominados para la brega contra el scratch destaca el regreso del volante Rodrigo Tello y del zaguero Alex Von Schwedler, quienes estarán también ante Costa Rica. Distinta situación vivirán el portero Claudio Bravo, los zagueros Pablo Contreras y Jorge Vargas, y los mediocampistas Mark González y Matías Fernández, quienes sólo estarán ante el equipo verdeamarillo y posteriormente volverán a sus respectivos clubes. Ellos serán reemplazados por Johnny Herrera, quien vuelve a la selección, José Contreras, Sebastián Roco y Luis Núñez, que es citado por primera vez en su carrera a una nómina. Nómina de la selección Arqueros Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad, ESP) * Miguel Pinto (Universidad de Chile) Johnny Herrera (Everton) ** Defensas Alex Von Schwedler (Marítimo, POR) Pablo Contreras (Celta de Vigo, ESP) * Ismael Fuentes (Jaguares, MEX) Waldo Ponce (Universidad de Chile) Jorge Vargas (SV Salzburgo, AUT) * Boris Rieloff (Audax Italiano) Sebastián Rocco (Wanderers) ** José Contreras (Huachipato) ** Mediocampistas Claudio Maldonado (Santos, BRA) Manuel Iturra (Universidad de Chile) Arturo Sanhueza (Colo Colo) Mark González (Liverpool, ING)* Hugo Droguett (Tecos, MEX) Matías Fernández (Villarreal, ESP) Jorge Valdivia (Palmeiras, BRA) Luis Jiménez (Lazio, ITA) Luis Pedro Figueroa (Arsenal, ARG) Rodrigo Tello (Sporting, BRA) Delanteros Humberto Suazo (Colo Colo) Reinaldo Navia (Atlas, MEX) Luis Núñez (Universidad Católica) ** * Sólo estarán en el partido ante Brasil. ** Sólo jugarán ante Costa Rica. (Cooperativa.cl) --- Metro
I would imagine against you guys we would play a 352 (personally, I would prefer a 442 but Acosta--the coach--has been experimenting with a 352 plus he's used that system before). GK: Bravo CB: J. Vargas SW: W. Ponce CB: P. Contreras DM: C. Maldonado DM: M. Iturra RWB: LP Figueroa LWB: M. Gonzalez AM: M. Fernandez FW: H. Suazo FW: R. Navia/L. Jimenez -- If we went with a more solid 442: GK: Bravo RB: B. Rieloff CB: J. Vargas CB: P. Contreras/W. Ponce LB: R. Tello DM: C. Maldonado CM/RM: M. Iturra/J. Valdivia (if he wants more protection for the back 4, we would use Iturra as a 2nd DM/CM; if we want to be a little more "adventurous" Valdivia would play on the right) LM: M. Gonzalez AM: M. Fernandez FW: H. Suazo FW: R. Navia/L. Jimenez Metro
Rafael Sobis has been cut due to a knee injury. no word on the severity, but it is believed to be another ligament injury--like the 5th to have affected a brazilian player in the past 2 weeks. dunga will be calling up a replacement shortly. my guess is either ronaldo or adriano.