Pre-match: Portugal vs. Sweden 2010 World Cup Qualifier 28/03/09

did he really damn

 

We have plenty of players to choose from without stealing players who um and aahh when wanting to play for portugal.

The biggest mistake portugal ever made was to not pick Robert Pires, he wanted to play for portugal but was not deemed good enough.

Orlando Sa should be given oportunities not start but given sub appearances.
Makukula has been a hit in the premier league IMO its no coincidence that Boltons form in attack has improved significantly.

I wonder what Pedro Mendes has done to not be a mainstay in the portuguese ST11. A midfield of him and maniche with their energy and passion is mouthwatering to say the least. He is the most underated player on the planet to my knowledge.

--------------------------------Fernandes--------------------------------
Bosingwa----------------Pepe---------------Carvalho----------------Duda
-------------------------------------Mendes------------------------------
--------------------Maniche-----------------------------------------------
Ronaldo-----------------------Deco----------------------------------Simao
--------------------------------------------Danny------------------------

for sweden this would be my side experience with sufficient flair to create opportunities

 

I would like to see Makukula given a shot at ST, Alemeida has not made an impact in any of hes International caps. IMO Makukula to start, Orlando Sa Subbed in second half..

 

He needs to play for Bolton first and with big guys like Elmander and Davies one would say he is screwed

 

Well if you watched any of Boltons games you would see that he has started every game since he joined on loan

 

True, but now that Elmander's back he's going to be on the bench.

 

Elmander is a Beast, imagine if you lot still had Nolan and Allerdyce

 

lol I never kmew Phillippe Mexes was Portuguese lol today the english commenter agaisnt aresenal said he was lol not saying anywthing by it just think its cool

 

Isnt he French? Im pretty sure he has played for France.

 

He said that he is of Portuguese Heritage. I looked him up on google and it is true his parents are from Portugal. On his Wiki it says that he came clost to join Del Neri's Porto but Spaletti got him at Roma

 

He is french, his parents are apparently Portuguese? I have read it on a few sites as well, do not know if its true or not though...

 

This is what I would like to see for the game

......................Eduardo.............................
Miguel .....Carvalho...Rolando/Meira......Duda
..........................Pepe............................
....................Maniche..............................
Ronaldo ..............Deco......................Simao
......................Almeida.............................


Picked Miguel over Boswinga because he is a better defender. Also Boswinga comes up too much on the attack and with Ronaldo (who does not come back to defend and is a poor defender) on the same side, this would be scary because Sweden would counterattack on that side every time.


Subs to bring in if Maniche, Deco and Almeida are ineffective or we have a lead.
Danny
Fernandes
Makakula

 

Yeah I also prefer Rolando and Carvalho first, and I hear Meira is not playing very well lately, but Carvalho and Meira have always done well together. So I would not be to worried with either way.

I think if we need to score I would bring on Danny for Deco or Maniche and play Danny behind Almeida in more of a 4-4-2 lineup.

I think that Simao will also do very well in this game and if not I'd like to bring Queresma in as a sub for him and hope that he finally does something good and come to the game with some motivation.

 

Quaresma has not been playing 1st team football for some time now. I do not wan him playing first team futebol. Nani, Simao, and Dany before him easily. Hell I might even give Eliseu a spot before Q right now.

 

Q-Boy does not deserve to be on this team -- He's slacking!

And which Deco will show up?

And what does have to do with Portugal?

 

I agree with that complete lineup..but you sure about no fixed striker up front?

It hasnt exactly worked in the past...

Alot of things can change in a month..right now deco carvalho and quaresma are hardly playing at Chelsea due to injury and such and Danny is in the off-season..nani isnt getting that much time for Man United and we really have only a handful of decent performing midfielders right now in Mendes, Manelele, meireles and Tiago..Deco and Maniche have been injured lately and havent played much the past month.

Moutinho was nowhere to be seen today..and to be honest he has been nothing but average for months now

Tiago was very good for Juventus today before his facial injury..the only cool calm and collected midfielder for them and imposed himself on the game well.

Mendes
Fernandes
Tiago
Meireles
Maniche
Deco

Would be the midfielders I'd call up..Meireles we all know how I feel about him not being good enough but he has 4 assists in the CL and works his ass off on both sides of the ball for porto..and has done extremely well against some good teams in the cl..in the 2-0 win vs arsenal, and also yesterday where he and fernando powned Assuncao and Raul Garcia.

 

------------------------------Eduardo-----------------------------

Bosingwa-----------------Pepe---------------Alves----------------Duda

------------------------Tiago-------------Maniche---------------------

C.Ronaldo------------------------------------------------------Simao

---------------------------------Danny--------------------------------

---------------------------------Almeida-------------------------------


Subs:
Beto
J.Pereira
Deco
O.Sa
P.Ferreira
Quaresma
Fernandes

 

A bunch of us have been wondering how Meira has been doing. If tonight's first goal is any indication, wow... scary.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2145163/

 

That was a horrible decision by him. Unless he was thinking that he was going to get beat by pure pace from the attacker, there is really no reason in doing that.

 

Fernandes was excellent today

 

Danny with 2 assists in Zenit's 2-1 in Germany against VfB Stuttgart

 

Mexes' father is Portuguese and his mother is French.

The french have already taken Pires and Mexes from us, both quality players, but they should've kept Petit.