A New Start: Honduras NT Road to WC 2026

Discussion in 'Honduras' started by SamKnight, May 26, 2022.

  1. letsplayfootball

    Feb 15, 2009
    Leeds
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Seems like Luis Palma won't be sticking around at Olimpiacos which is a shame.
     
  2. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Celtic ruined his progress despite having a good first season with the club.

    I just pray that he doesn’t leave Europe
     
  3. letsplayfootball

    Feb 15, 2009
    Leeds
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Seems his next club could be Dynamo Kiev.

    Dynamo along with Shaktar are two big European clubs but the Ukrainian league has really suffered since the war with Russia, it's slide down the rankings which is understandable.

    I imagine they probably pay similar to what they do in Greece but seems a shame he's bouncing to yet another league.

    In hindsight landing with Panathanikos, who he was linked to before moving to Olimpiacos, might have been the better choice.... on a similar note, I wonder what would have been if Suazo signed with AC, instead of Inter - he would have had much less competition at AC.

    Anyway, seems like they're something deficient in Palma's game that elite managers don't like.
     
  4. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    He's not fast and to me seems like he holds the ball up too much. Doesn't comes off as much of a team player if I'm being frank. Who really knows, but I feel like he's only a good player if he's one of the focal points of an attack which hasn't been the case since Athens.
     
  5. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    #805 SamKnight, Apr 27, 2025
    Last edited: Apr 27, 2025
    Well Joseph Rosales is now in the center of controversy for allegedly saying a Racial slur to a Black player on the Vancouver Whitecaps team, we will see what he actually said after an investigation.

    Might be a nothing burger like the German U23 Team accusing us of racism because the one black player on their team got upset that one of our guys referred to him as negro in Spanish, despite the fact we also had many black players on our team.
     
  6. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
  7. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Yea he's gone.

    Bad for business, great for his personal development
     
  8. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    I wish that more players would start doing this, there are like a handful at Olimpia that should have tried their luck abroad.
     
  9. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
  10. letsplayfootball

    Feb 15, 2009
    Leeds
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
  11. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    I think they said, with his daughter being born in Honduras, he qualifies for Honduran Citizenship. But idk if that's true or not.
     
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  12. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Btw, "We are going up! We are going up!" Had Leeds gone up one season sooner, I would've fancied the attack more than the one we're actually going up with, but we'll see what happens this summer on the recruitment side.
     
  13. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    If only we can manage to get his brother too, Agustin is 28 years old while his brother is 24.
     
  14. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    According to Diez his GF and mother of his kid is Honduran.
     
  15. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    His brother isn't really good. The older one is better.
     
  16. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    He might not be as good but he is still one of the top scorers in the league and Motagua’s best player atm.

    I’m all for more talent options especially at the Forward position, if he wants to try to follow his brother at the NT then I say that would be another plus.
     
  17. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    He's not Motagua's best player at the moment. Thats Zapatilla Mejia. Rodrigo doesn't hardly move the needle as much as his brother Augustine. There's a reason why he's in Argentina while Rodrigo is rumored to go to Costa Rica.
     
  18. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Joseph Rosales only gets a 3 game suspension but still declares in an apology that he didn’t use discriminatory language toward the opposing player.
     
  19. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Not comparing him to his brother who is obviously the better player at least right now but he is also 4 years younger and is going to break a 20 goal season this year for Motagua.
     
  20. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Yea his goal ratio against smaller teams versus the big 4 is telling. He has two more years in his current contract, so plenty of time to prove himself like his brother in crunch time scenarios.
     
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  21. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    So the rumors of Policia Nacional buying their way into the League turned out to be true, reportedly they have bought 70% of Genesis and the Clubs will merge the team will leave Comayagua and will play in La Paz.
     
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  22. letsplayfootball

    Feb 15, 2009
    Leeds
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Nah that extra year was a blessing in disguise, just look at how Southampton faired.

    The roller coaster of a season and Champions on the last day can't be topped by an extra season in the Prem... for many the journey might even have been more fun than the destination, ha.
     
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  23. letsplayfootball

    Feb 15, 2009
    Leeds
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Let's be honest, we'd take both of them if we could!

    Don't want to end up like el "Tri-nacion" Mexico back in the day but any one who plays and builds a life for the required time is un Hondureno mas, in my book.

    Feels it's a bit different then players that go and end up living in more desirable countries.
     
  24. letsplayfootball

    Feb 15, 2009
    Leeds
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Right then.

    Predictions for Copa Oro?

    Semis... heard it here first.
     
  25. SamKnight

    SamKnight Member+

    Los Angeles Football Club
    United States
    Aug 15, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    We make it out of the group but not 1st and get knocked out the next round, we always play like crap at the Gold Cup.
     

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