Portugals Euro 2008 Roster

Petit AND Meira?! starting as centre mids

holy ********, not even in my WORST nightmares.

 

Hold on a second, how many times have you actually watched Sporting play all season?

 

If anyone wants to write a post using the method of critical thinking, just do what Tribalsun did and summarize all my recent related posts into two paragraphs. Free of charge.

 

In his defense, for most people it is difficult to see the true value of Moutinho unless you spend a significant amount of time (as a neutral fan) watching him play.

 

let me at least send you a thank you card...

 

Absolutely sir.

Donations through paypal are also accepted.

 

Caneira IMO didnt deserve to be on the roster. However Maniche definately does. He is without a doubt more deserving then Meireles or Moutinho.

 

Probably through no fault of his own, Maniche has been out of action for most of the season. It's silly to say that Moutinho and Meireles are less deserving as I'm sure they've worked very hard to be in the position they're in.

IMO, most of the cries about Maniche have probably been due to nostalgic reasons rather than pragmatic ones. I can think of a few good reasons as to why he wasn't included and I accept that the team is moving towards other options. He was great for Portugal in the past and I'm sure most fans will not forget his solid contributions.

 

Why is he more deserving than Moutinho and Meireles? I think Meireles showed this season he is our best man for the DM position and Moutinho had a great season too. If Maniche had to take someone's place it should be Petit's or Veloso's but Scolari decided to choose the ones with more playing time.

 

Hum... didn't see anyone mention Postiga's call.

Those must have been some very good 2 goals he scored in greece.

EDIT: The other topic is closed...
How stupid can people be?
From injuries wishes to a "dirty Portuguese nose" - ooh, I don't want to sound violent but I've punched people for less.

 

lol

It could've been worse if Martins and Caneira made the team.

Anyone who is pondering which numbers each player will wear, here's my prediction:

Goalkeepers: #1 Ricardo (Real Betis Balompié),
#12 Quim (SL Benfica), #22 Rui Patrício (Sporting Clube de Portugal).

Defenders: #2 Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea FC), #6 Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea FC),
#3 Bosingwa (FC Porto), #4 Bruno Alves (FC Porto), #19 Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista FC),
#13 Miguel (Valencia CF), #5 Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart), #15 Pepe (Real Madrid CF).

Midfielders: #8 Petit (SL Benfica), #20 Deco (FC Barcelona), #16 Raul Meireles (FC Porto),
#14 Miguel Veloso (Sporting Clube de Portugal), #18 João Moutinho (Sporting Clube de Portugal).

Forwards: #21 Nuno Gomes (SL Benfica), #11 Simão Sabrosa (Club Atlético de Madrid),
#7 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC), #17 Nani (Manchester United FC),
#9 Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen), #10 Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto),
#23 Hélder Postiga (Panathinaikos FC).

 

Some picks are a joke lets start the bashing...

GK: Won´t argue with Ricardo and Quim but not calling Eduardo probably the best keeper in the league this season its the first joke anda calling Rui "frangueiro" Patricio an even bigger joke! Hell at least Ricardo will teach him on the art of making a fine frango...

D: Not much to say everyone expected this selection, probably some wanted to see Caneira but the truth is he is crap playing on the left, so no point calling him.
Jorge Ribeiro was a good pick and hoppefully will have some playing time but i would like to see Bosingwa doing that position and Miguel on the right.

M: No Maniche?! Well we know Scolari never liked much Maniche, they had problems since the friendlies before Euro2004 but not calling the player that was influential in Euro2004 and WC2006 and the best scorer with 4 goals is an absolute joke and an insult for everything he gave to the NT on the past tournaments.
Petit? absolute garbage during this season and one of the cancers at Benfica... another of "Scolari boys", he is a usefull player and the trinco position is tough but he didn´t deserve to be on the squad.
The other players were the one´s everyone expected to see, Manuel Fernandes is a shame but he his a headcase and the problems he caused in Valencia ruined even more his reputation otherwise he would be there.

A: Nuno Gomes? Postiga? Well its our attack lol! They could do something on the Euro, they already did on the past but the only reason they were selected was because we have no one else!
But why not call Djaló? or even Edinho from AEK? Why not give a chance to someone else?! Or even better why not call only Hugo Almeida and use Ronaldo as our other striker option?! We had years and years without strikers and only with João Pinto and Sá Pinto playing as forwards and we scored goals from everywhere and were a joy to watch and an attacking force.

Well overall the selection isn´t bad but not calling Maniche is just a sin that may prove decisive since i consider the midfield the key to win most of the games and the lack of heart and agressivity will be missed.
On a final note and considering the recent form trought the qualification if we made it to the last 8 it would be an achievment.

 

What are you talking about? Moutinho has been our best player all-season, with the NT, he hasn't really carried his form but now is the time to impress.

We all got to be positive, all this negativity is shit. Manuel fernandes deserved a call-up, the problem with scolari is hes a bad scout.... Djalo(6 goals in 5 games), Edinho, Eduardo, Rui pedro, are good option, role-players not great but still will get the job done.

4-4-2 should be our formation.... Ronaldo as a complementary striker.

 

No real complaints, although I would have called Maniche and I don't think Rui Patricio is Portugal's 3rd best goalkeeper, but 3rd goalkeepers very rarely play.

 

alright GD but there is a reason why he is highly rated...and its not the "SCP hype machine" unless all SCP fans are stupid and your the only smart one around.

ppl shold go watch tapes of SCP in the CL against man united and roma you will see that players like moutinho and veloso can play well against other good midfielders.

 

I got to agree with Gooddead. Too often he has a quiet game and goes unnoticed throughout the match. And no one tell me that means hes doing a goodjob, he should be noticeable.

Petit. Very frustrated at that inclusion.

 

Here are the clubismos coming to the surface. Sorry no Braga players on the NT.

Have you watched Deco play lately? Have you watched Maniche play lately? Have you watched Ribeiro play left fullback lately?

As for Moutinho he should be on the team. Covers the mid well great ball possesion, passer, and reads the game well. Don't see him starting, but a game with a late lead definetely a insurance sub.

 

I guess Scolari only wanted one of the Ribeiro brothers, maybe he brought the wrong one.

It's an interesting squad and a lot of these players can be difference makers or can help us implode. I really don't know what to expect and I can see all the players shedding off the season and having a great tournement but we'll have to wait and see.

I really wish Djalo was brought instead of Postiga but he does have his moments no matter what form he's in so we'll see.

 

I wanted to see some new faces. Djalo, Fernandes, anyone....Some game breakers if brought on, something different. Instead we get Petit and Postiga + Gomes again....ugh

Thank the lord Veloso was chosen. I would have snapped.

 

Why not play Russian rollete.

What other game breakers do we have?

The only problem I have with Scolari's selection is leaving out a proven LF like Caneira. He got us through the qualifying, and we have no better option. Ribeiro hasn't even been tested against top players at LB, and hasn't even played LB this season. If Scolary is planning on playing him in LM, then he should be arrested.