Argentine NT News, Stats, Players 2010-2011 [R]

Re: Argentine NT News, Stats, Players 2010-2011

Aguero scored his second goal in club friendly but his team lost.

btw, is Aguero will be staying on atletico? I think after scoring no less than 20 goals in each of last 3 seasons, its time for him to move to better club.

 

Re: Argentine NT News, Stats, Players 2010-2011

Perotti is turning into quite some player, let's hope Checho selects him for the match against Spain.

 

Perotti is probably the perfec backup for Di Maria and if he does play well then he can probably take his place in Batista's system

 

Yea hes more of a midfielder than a striker he helps in making plays and creating chances but Di Maria is more of a flat out winger with great dribbling and crossing techniques so it really depends on the formation and style if you're gonna play Perotti in a 4-1-4-1 system then you must have a left fullback behind him but if you're playing a 4-3-3 system than i like Di Maria better however Perotti should be selected because he can either play on the left or the right side so hes a great backup on both flanks.

 

I would be willing to give Perotti his chance. He impressed me last season. Then again that's how bad Di Maria was at the WC.

 

Perotti has been making a name for himself in Spain for the last two seasons now, pushing Spanish talent Capel to the bench is no small feat. And he can also play centrally behind the forwards. He deserves a chance.

Di Maria has all the talent but will have to prove himself under Mourinho. And he has Pedro Leon infront of him I think.

 

Yup Perotti is a really good passer almost playmaker like passing ability.

 

Coloccini is embarassing himself against Manchester United. He's already made two or three horrible mistakes.

 

I believe that it was you that brought up this kids name last year. You were very high on him and I decided to track him. Initially I was skeptical but that has since subsided. Now would be a good time to bring him in and get him accustomed to the NT. Hopefully we can get him up to speed before the CA.

 

welcome back to top flight futbol, right?

 

Messi told by Argentina teammate Palermo he lacks Maradona's leadership skills
By The Associated Press (CP) – 8 hours ago
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Lionel Messi has been criticized by Argentina teammate Martin Palermo, who says the Barcelona star lacks the leadership qualities that Diego Maradona had when he led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title.
Palermo said Monday in a television interview that Messi doesn't have the ability to carry the team through difficult moments. He compared Maradona's humble roots in growing up in a Buenos Aires slum to Messi's youth, which was spent playing for Barcelona.
The 36-year-old Palermo was one of six strikers on Argentina's squad at the World Cup, but played only 13 minutes in South Africa and is unlikely to have a future with the national team.

 

This is something that has been spoken about before and I wou;d wager that he's not that wrong.

 

Palermo should worry more about playing for Boca first.

 

This is not a big deal with Messi. Maybe it's not in his nature to get a whole team excited.

The same might apply for xavi/iniesta. It has zero significance

 

No it's not Lio's problem but it does show how environment influences development of character.

 

And that has nothing to do with football so Palermo shouldnt be talking out of his a$$

 

Development of character? He went from getting wrongly red carded in his debut to being the best player in the world. Yes, I know it doesn't really fit into your post and that wasn't your point, just felt like posting that.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0xEFEJHxJ8"]YouTube- Lionel Messi's debut for Argentina 2005 Friendly vs Hungary. A red card within moments of entering[/ame]

Today (August 17) marks Messi's 5th year with the National Team. He got sent off (the video above) on August 17, 2005.

 

Its about 17 years without winning a single thropy, it's a burrial for the Argentine players... I'll bet they're carrying that burden while against the strong side. Also in the last 17 years, no matter who's the manager, they always able to beat team like Ivory, Nigeria, Serbia, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, USA, Greece etc. But when playing against Holland, Spain, Germany & Brazil, that's a different story.

Palermo has the point, just because you hate this guy with passion, just because we might think he never deserve to be in 2010 squad... He's right on that one. Yes Messi becoming best player in the world, but it was based from his peformance in Barcelona and he also won olympic & world youth cup as a youngster... but the Argentina senior team achievement? we're still waiting for one since Batistuta double in 93 CA final.

 

The problem is that people insist on comparing Messi now to Maradona at his best. Messi is 23, he's a forward, and he's not someone to run a midfield. And he still has tume to grow


We've been over this a million times and why its impossible to compare Messi at Barca and the role he plays there with the role for the NT.

 

The reason why Palermo is dump enough to comment like this is because 1st of all Messi is only 23 and 2nd of all if you dont give him the captaincy right now and push him to leading the team and start building it in him right now then you can never build a leadership role in him. I think what Batista is doing is right make him the captain and let him be comfortable in that role make him talk to his teammates and then by 2014 hes set to go.