On the other hand we can not fail to see that eredevise is not a top league and neither is the conference league..... I don't want to defend rueda...but I think we are back to a similar situation as morelos in his time or with the Belgian league...the Dutch league is not a guarantee...we have had players in that league that are not necessarily of national team level, recently in the national team a Dutch colombian called michael chacon who came from there played very discretely... I hope the status of erdevise get more reputation, when they started playin with the belgian teams.. (as well as the level improve, with more competitive teams) but is not like perfomance of a player of serie a, la liga, epl....
That's fair actually but his confidence is sky high. For me that's just as important. But this argument would then be, if we take it cold, that Rueda is not impressed with Sini.
He played with the spot two Eredivisie team (1 lost point more than Ajax) against the number 6 of the BuLi and won twice and scored in both matches against them. It's not like he played against bottom dwellers. Slavia Praha is second in the Czech league.
Yeah, dont make me wrong....i admire dutch football and feyernood one of the biggest team......but our coach and sports media are lazy and have hprrible scouting.....so they dont feel so pressure to called someone of eredivise........
Yeah agree with this Union Berlin and Slavia are good teams, Slavia has given trouble to good teams in Europe for years. Ajax massacred Dortmund and give the best teams in the world a tough time constantly. Duth league does seem to be very attacking, but the best dutch teams translate that to Europe and do it to good teams from other leagues quite often. It's not just the goals, his performances are very good, he scores all types of goals and also creates them, those are skillsets that scale pretty well to anywhere.
As much as I love brilliant goals and plays by Lucho and Roger, sinisterra’s skill set is something that can make everyone better and probably get more goals for guys like Roger/Lucho What’s done is done…time for Muriel/Valoyes/Cantillo/Token and the rest of the squad to make me a believer
@guilloarango En TV deportiva 🇳🇱 - genial la cara de incredulidad de uno de los pundits cuando le informaron que Sinisterra no fue convocado para la fecha de eliminatorias. ¿Está suspendido? pregunto con sorpresa. https://t.co/qvLnlhZLyN— Mauricio Andrés Luna Aroztegui (@MauricioAndrsL6) November 5, 2021
The good thing about the run of victories Dutch clubs score now is towards the UEFA coeff. position. next year an awful year with low points gets dropped and swapped for the points of this year. If we continue this streak we will kick Portugal from their spot and all of a sudden we have two clubs directly going into the CL group stage and one that has to go through the qualifying stage. So it's important Feyenoord/Sinisterra keep on winning in the Conf. League and at least get the second spot in the Eredivisie. If things go well, we then play CL.
We're now the virtual leader in the league with 2 point less and one match to catch up. When we win that one were on top of the table with one point more than Ajax.
20 – Luis Sinisterra has created 20 chances following a carry this Eredivisie season (when a player travels with the ball for 5+ metres), at least nine more than any other player in the league. Chased. pic.twitter.com/wCDAwQiveK— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) November 9, 2021
Dutch press claims that Sinisterra is being tracked by one of the four Italian CL clubs this year: 'Sinisterra nadrukkelijk in beeld bij Italiaanse topclub': Luis Sinisterra staat mogelijk een fraaie stap naar de top van de Serie A te wachten. De aanvaller van Feyenoord wordt namelijk wekelijks gevolgd door een Italiaanse topclub, zo wist De Telegraaf… https://t.co/x7be7MfbTg pic.twitter.com/etzwcb4N3E— fuyn group (@fuyngroup) November 9, 2021 They linked him with Atalanta just before the transfer window closed but there was no offer. They REALLY need an infusion of pace, but already have a LWB in Gosens so not sure if that's the fit.
I don't think there's anyway that Sini should be used as a LWB, that type of progressive carries and goals scoring ability he's gotta remain a forward. In the current formation they're playing its a 3-4-1-2 or a 3-4-2-1 he's gotta be in the front 2 or in the attacking two behind Duvan. His stats and production look very much like a Muriel type player, very good at progressive dribbles and can create chances as well as finish them, keep him closer to goal is the best way to utilize that similar to Muriel. Also crazy that we haven't used him, if we're not playing with a creative midfield that profile helps generate chances.
(I meant that he wouldn't be a fit for scheme because they play with a LwB vs. a LW). I could see him do that, but it's not the role he plays in Feyenoord where he has played LW very consistently rather than as a second striker - but if he went to Atalanta I'd of course be delighted. Though really I'd just be happy to have him in Seria A.
I don’t understand how we all see this and Rueda does not. If any of us here were the NT coach, Sini would probably have 4 games or more with +75 minutes per game by now Our NT mentality often times “square peg goes in round hole” I don’t get it
Agreed. With our scoring struggles and Lucho and Sini tied as our top scorers in Europe it's weird we haven't tried to play one as a second striker to get them both on in the 4-4-2 Rueda has been playing. I could see Sini at LW with Diaz as a second striker off Zapata or Borja and C4 at RW. That said, with James back we probably shift to a 4-2-3-1 and it gets even harder to get them both on unless you have one play the other side of field and either bench C4 or put him in defense.
Think we’ll ever revert to a lineup where we have just Barrios in the deep role? with Uribe seeming to struggle in that role and no one else really filling that void that guys like Abel/Aldo/Macnelly were able to provide, why not just play to our strengths with more firepower up front?? sometimes the best defense is a better offense?
I know Uribe has not been playing great. But let's not make Abel/Aldo/McNelly look like Super 8s either. Some magic moments here and there but that was overall a very cohesive block (going back to U20s/U17s for some) with a still experienced backline in Yepes/Zapata and the right amount of youth talent in James/Cuadrado to exploit the short and long game. Add to it wingbacks and forwards/ST that knew how to put the ball in the net. We are just watching new guys like Diaz, Sini, Borre come onto the scene and sprinkle in that bit of difference that wins a game. We are fine tuning the defense but injuries keep having the coach reshuffle his line up. I think we have lots of explosiveness on top but need players that can just spread the field and open the opposing defense when the time is right. This is what JFQ was trying to do vs Ecuador and I would assume Rueda will try with James who has both short and long game and is extremely good at timing the right pass with the right run. But defense wins games. My issue is Rueda tends to overstate his defensive block and will only risk If it's absolutely necessary. His teams can be very predictable but that's not always a bad thing. I feel Lerma will start instead of Barrios vs Brazil. He's going to need Barrios way more Vs the more winnable Paraguay and I think he's one yellow away from missing that game if he gets a yellow in Brazil (something with a high probability).
Italian teams are crazy broke unless it’s Inter offering Eriksen + paying his wages + 20 million which Inter doesn’t have Milan is just as broke.