Re: Romanian National Team Great game by the Dutch, i was expecting romania to come out and play their asses off but instead i was introduce to a slappy game by the romanians, they play like that was the first time playing together as a team. I picked romania to win because they they wore in trouble not the dutch. I am almost done with this team i had it, it stresses me out to much, i saw how the dutch wore so much organize, compare to us, they are better then us and they will be for years to come and i have to face it. romania is got along way to go, we got good players, but the we need a coaching change asap, this team won't have any success with this coach. We play like we wore a high school team not a national team, thank God we didn't get blow out by more then 2 points like andorra did 8-1, that would of been embarassing even more. My hat off to Holland they play a very good game and it was fun to watch them play together as a team and romania should take notes... and also romania need to get more tall players on the team all the high balls wore won by the dutch we got killed on long high passes. Congrats Holland... as far as Romania goes i will give them a chance for the rest of the games left see if anything happens if not i am done for good, until i see all the dum asses stepping down from their position and get new people in the coaching position and new president for the league
Re: Romanian National Team You could tell right after they gave up that first cheap goal that we didnt care anymore. Ridiculous. But we have to face it no changes are going to be made to the Romanian National Team anymore for quite a while...
Re: Romanian National Team Piturca needs to be fired he simply can't get the job done. He doesn't motivate the players and they seem to not care about playing for the country. Hopefully Sandu as kind of a last minute thing before he resigns can hire a coach who can get the best out of our guys like Iordanescu did. I think that Popescu would be a good person for the job. Nicolae Manea would also be a great choice for manager. We need someone to make the guys play with passion and heart.
Re: Romanian National Team With knowing the FRF they arent going to fire Piturca cause they just hired him. They are going to let him finish out this bull ******** campaign for 06. And then maybe look for a new coach. I would love to see a coaching change. Lucescu is always first on the list, but how about Petrescu eh? Popescu is a nice thought too, some real classy guys who would put fire into our hearts and be proud for representing Romania.
Re: Romanian National Team I'm not arrogant, I'm realistic, similar to Chivu after Holland played against Romania in Romania I might add. I don't want to rub salt in your wounds but the only true quality player you've got at the moment is Chivu, in my opinion. Mutu is a write-off, and Mitea hadn't played a decent game for Ajax all season so what do you expect. What I do want to point out, before you start whingeing about injuries, is that Holland was missing three of their normal back four, as well as Philip Cocu, so we had to improvise as well.
Re: Romanian National Team I don't think our team was worse than the Dutch one. Rather they didn't know what to do and Piturca's constant bullsh!t. I mean, the guy is so unprofessional; he never smiles, he always talks sh!t and moans and pisses everyone off in any way that he can. His motivational skills are inexistant, in fact well in the minus. If I was a player I wouldn't go to the national team with a dick like this in my face all the time. And if I did I would probably do just as much as they did saturday, if that. There is no point of saying this "should happen" and we "should change" this and we "should do" this etc. etc. Why? Because maybe we should, but nobody will do sh!t and you'll be dissappointed. Lucescu isn't our manager and won't be, face it. What we can say: We have a good set of players that missed qualification by a whisker on 2 consecutive occasions. We were then put in pot 3 and drawn in an impossible group. Face it: could England get out of this group? Could Germany? Could Greece mighty European champions? I strongly doubt it; let alone a little team like Romania who still don't know what hit them in WC02 and EU04 qualifications and have been trying to find a decent XI for 5 years. Future: We are out of the WC06. We are not a bad team. We have a hard group and even a pathetic, clueless manager. What will happen? Piturca might use this failed campaign to make a team; good for him. That is what is to look forward to. Not Jesus resurrecting and letting us naturalise his 11 disciples for the rest of the qualification. After that we will have EU08, groups drawn at the end of this year. Perhaps if we don't get two EURO semifinalists, where theoretically there are only 2 better teams in Europe, we will have a better chance than this time. As we did twice before and missed; more bad luck than Sandu and FRF and scandals and the bullsh!t. Because of our 2, now 3 failures, we are not a top team anymore. We will draw a top team: France, Germany, Spain, England. We will get a 2nd rated team, because aren't that anymore either: This could be Holland or it could be Poland. If we get Poland and don't qualify then maybe we can complain. If we get Holland than fvck it again, what can I say, there will be another time. We cannot expect to qualify over giants and then cry about Sandu, the system and the federation, injuries, Piturca, and the sh!t when we don't. For now we can just go with the flow and see what happens. Don't expect miracles though. Romo, this may look familiar but I thought that people had to see this over here too.
Re: Romanian National Team You know what? I thought that was a great post by Raven and was thinking about posting it here , but since this forum is somewhat dead...
Re: Romanian National Team Yea definetely I agree. Maybe we can convince some of our Romanian friends from Xtratime to come over and we can get our own Romanian forum.
Re: Romanian National Team It seems Mirel Radoi from Steaua will be banned from 6 to 8 matches for leaving the NT without permission.
Re: Romanian National Team First of all, i apologize for johan_neeskens comments in this thread...the bitch is kind of arrogant. Probably cuz she is an ugly troll in real life who hardly comes outside because people laugh at her constantly. Just ignore this crappy whore in the future I saw the Romanian team play 2times against Holland and what surprised me was that few players were willing to work for eachother. As soon as a striker had the ball, he went for his own success. Even if there is a difference in quality from both sides, this doenst mean you cant play as a team. I think the Romanian coach should get rid of ego's like Mutu (forget about his quality, just look at his mentality, attitude towards other players) Is he honoured to play for the NT? Or does he see it as normal "because he is the best"? If you want to have a good team, these kind of players are not recommended. Playing at a big club is no guarantee that you will play well in the NT. Good luck to all Romanians!
Re: Romanian National Team Doesn't suprise me. Piturca is an A-hole who nkows nothing of how to run a team. When did he leave the team? Are they in camp now or something?
Re: Romanian National Team Thank you for your kind words, but our team has much more serious problems than Mutu's ego. One of my posts earlier outlines the problems.
Re: Romanian National Team Both sides said one or two stupid things in this war of words. Luckily it is over now. I agree that there should be something done with Mutu but it is so hard to discard someone who seems to have so much potential even if he has not yet showed any of it for the NT. I believe that Mutu should be tested in the remainder of the qualification. It was fairly clear earlier that Romania would not qualify but now it is almost statistically impossible. Piturca should try putting Mutu in different rolls for these last few games and if it doesn’t work out than I completely agree that Mutu should be gone. To conclude, I believe that Romania was eliminated be a truly world class opponent and I believe that Holland, with there good blend of youth and experience, can do very well in the coming World Cup.
Re: Romanian National Team Are you honestly saying expell one of our most bright and shining young stars? To be honest if Romania is going anywhere in the next 10 years he will be a part of it. Did you forget Euro 2004 qualfiying? Mutu was brilliant and if it wasn't for incompetent refereeing we would have been in Portugal. Leave Mutu where he is. He is not the problem. He will get back into macth fitness and will be a shining star. To be fair Romania qualifying was almost a cinderella story. Being placed in a group with 2 Euro semifinalist. Yea this is real fair. No worries we got the shaft, and still played like crap. No need to sit around whining. Let's use the rest of WCQing to get ready for Euro 2008 qualifying.
Re: Romanian National Team I am saying that I have seen the importance of a team player. I remember how Mutu played and I believe that he can become one of Romania's greatest ever players (and I hope he does). I probably expressed myself incompletely because I do not think he is the main problem, far from it. I do believe that he is one of the problems and if he cannot play well with the NT then Romania's time should not be wasted on him.
Re: Romanian National Team I don't recall any news of this. I knew he wasn't in the squad, but with Piturca at the helm I have just stopped questioning his ways and just nodding my head.
Re: Romanian National Team Well, it was in all the papers and still is. The journalists have sided with Piturca. And the NT medic confirms Radoi left without permission.
Re: Romanian National Team Mutu: We don't have the luxury of teams like Holland to leave stars like Mutu out of the squad. He stays because he's sorely needed. I can deal with his off the field crap as long as he delivers on the field. Piturca: Get the arrogant prick out of there. Nothing is ever his fault. Give me a break. As much as I like coaches of the same nationality as the players coaching a national team (in the U.S we have Bruce Arena), Romania needs to hire a foreign coach that is not subject to the Romanian soccer politics, especially club politics. Lobont: Is he the best goalie Romanian soccer can produce?? Niculescu: He looked promising on the field against Holland, but can somebody pass him the ball please?
Re: Romanian National Team Nail Head. I never liked the decision to hire him. I have heard grumblings for Lucescu to be our new coach. Possibly Popescu, but a foreign coach is out of the question. What is wrong with Bogdan? He is one of the reasons we didn't lose by 5 goals to the Dutch. This is his last go round so leave him be. Yea, well if we had a competent coach who could work out a decent game plan and motivate the players we would be fine.