Hertha Berlin signed Andrej Voronin on a year long loan from Liverpool at the close of the transfer window so I think that Caicedo was the back-up plan assuming they couldn't push through the Liverpool deal. Unfortunately, I have to blame Caicedo's agent. It has been clear to me that Caicedo is not in Mark Hughes' current plans for Man City. To my knowledge, Caicedo only had about 2 matches of about 65 minutes each in the pre-season. Man City seems to be in win now mode. The last 2 games, Mark Hughes has opted to go with 1 striker (Jo) and then a more experienced attacking mid as the second striker (Elano or Shaun Wright-Phillips), despite having both Ched Evans and Daniel Sturridge. Now both players are young and might not be able to carry a full 90 minutes, but they have shown some flashes of ability. So right now Caicedo is striker 5, soon to be 6 when Benjani comes back or 8 if everyone was healthy. Suposedly, Man City also want to sign Ronaldo in January when he is healthy. Hopefully, Caicedo will get some reserve team time at least.
No one posted Wigan boss Steve Bruce's praise of Valencia after the Hull City match so, I figured, I better post the link below. "I thought the outstanding player on the pitch was Valencia, he had a fantastic match." http://www.wiganlatics.premiumtv.co.uk/page/PressConference/0,,10429~1380968,00.html I also think that the signing of Amr Zaki has really benefited Valencia because he now has someone to hammer home his crosses.
Caicedo got mad skill. He needs to be played more. Seems like they need to put more trust in him to play. If he gets bench a lot, that will be a waist of talent.
If he had MAD SKILLS, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Plus when you look at Man City Striker, Which one is really world Class? NONE!!!
have to agree... even if he does have nice foot work, he can't finish with the chances he had. he only has himself to blame. should have stayed a year more with Basel. they r now in the champions league. he chose a bad time to leave. too bad he can't go back. but he got to learn how to tap the ball in. maybe Noboa, Pablo or Ivan can show him the way.
robinho.. now caicedo will have get his stuff together and start working.. this might make or break him
I've always thought that some players don't have the style suited to the English league. For instance, de la Cruz was always a bad fit because wingbacks in England aren't known for attacking. He had one decent year with Aston Villa, but it was decent mostly in the defensive sense, he never showed his attacking capabilities that made him a threat for Ecuador. Felipe Caicedo is a technical, finesse, short-passing type of player. The English hate that! Even though Caicedo looks big and tall, I haven't seen him demonstrate much in the air. When Sven bought him, he must have looked at him and assumed he would be perfect for the English aerial game, but in reality he is a dribbler who likes to keep the ball on the ground and link up with his teammates.
Guys, we gotta relax about Caicedo. He's 19, I repeat, he's 19 years old. I can't really expect him to start and play the full 90 on the world's top teams yet. He's an amazing talent and will get his chance soon enough. The whole Man City thing has been a huge mistake, I mean he wasn't a big goalscorer for Basel either, like I've said before, he's a withdrawn forward, not a striker. The wrong expectations were there. I remember when El Tin was young and missed some easy goals for Barcelona and Ecuador, I hated him and thought he should never play again, but he matured and we all know what happened then.
the reason i said what i said.. was becuase theres too much pressure on him now.. especially from us.. a bad outcome might ruin his morale permanantly..
I can't see the game but Segundo just scored against Standard Liege to tie the game 2-2!!! DALE SEGUNDOOOOOOO!!!!
OH MY GOD - this is definitely a first - Ecuadorian player scores on Ecuadorian keeper in a UEFA Cup Match! Could you have imagined this just a few years ago??? 20:47 GOAL Everton 2-2 Standard Liege Everton debutant Segundo Castillo unleashes a 25-yard thunderbolt which Liege keeper Rorys Aragon Espinoza gets a hand to but cannot stop going in. It's 2-2 and a great game.
Effing GREAT !!! this is a first for our futbol... BUT WHY CAN'T CASTILLO DO THIS FOR THE NT !!!!! PROPS TO CASTILLO AND ARAGON !!
I've been going on this site to read what the fans have to say about Segundo - so far they are loving him! http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/everton-forum/
wow! golazo de Castillo!!! 30 yards out.... i'm convinced that more Ecua players should be playing in Europe Everton has a great team player in Castillo. He's dynamic and gets everyone on his team involved in the game.
Just read these comments - the Everton fans have found a new love!! http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/everton-forum/9420-saving-grace-tonight-castillo.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Sfv1MkKhg (highlights, including Castillo's goal). Just thought you guys might have wanted to see this
Mainz 2 - 0 Nurnberg Niko Bungert (6) Felix Borja (88) Came in as a sub in the 81st minute...WTF? Is he riding the bench? Glad he scored!
DUELO DE ECUATORIANOS (VILLEGAS-BENÍTEZ) EN LIGA DE CAMPEONES DE CONCACAF (Bayamón, septiembre 23).- Hoy se jugará un nuevo encuentro del Grupo D de la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf, en el que se medirán Puerto Rico Islanders del ecuatoriano Peter Villegas y Santos Laguna del también nacional Cristian Benítez. La semana pasada se dio un duelo en la Copa de la UEFA entre Segundo Castillo (EVerton de Inglaterra) y Rorys Aragón (Standard Lieja de Bélgica), el mismo que finalizó empatado a un tanto. Ahora el duelo entre ecuatorianos se traslada a otro escenario, el del estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, en Bayamón, en punto de las 20:00 horas locales, por la segunda fecha del Grupo D de la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf. Ambos jugadores ecuatorianos han sido confirmados como titulares por sus respectivos técnicos. "Sabemos que va a ser muy difícil, pero nada es imposible. El equipo está motivado y con una fe grande por todo lo que se ha logrado en estos últimos 20 juegos, que es algo increíble. El equipo tiene mucha fe de hacer mañana (hoy) un buen papel", dijo el mediocampista y cocapitán de los Islanders, Petter Villegas. El árbitro de este encuentro será Mark Geiger.