hopefully game is at Alvalade, its where most our good players feel at home. edit: maybe we should have it at Jamor for teh lulz. bosnia will intimidate us with their craphole stadium so we shud put it in jamor with the crumbling stands and aura of 1950s dictators in the air.
Carvalho is the one who needs to try to mend the road, he walked out on his country. An Bosingwa wasn't a regular under CQ, they may know something we don't.
So? Are going to troll or are you going to try to have a constructive thread for once in your fuc kin life?
I agree. I'm not a huge Bento fan, but Carvalho is the one who is at fault here. If I was Bento, the only way I would allow Carvalho back would be if he publicly apologized to the team. I would rather not qualify than take Carvalho back as is.
I feel bad for Bosnia. They are so close to qualifying but then have to face Portugal. We should beat them again.
Seems like it was yesterday that I was on these forums discussing the match with you 2 years ago. What can I say, I'm very disappointed for Bosnia. We should have qualified directly but France once again gets saved by the refs to go through. Anyways, we are an improved team over the one 2 years ago, mainly in defence. The return of Sasa Papac (CB, LB of Glasgow Rangers) and the discovery of Mujdza (RB of Freiburg) really shored up our defense. Unfortunately Papac won't play in the first game due to yellow cards, and Mujdza's ankle got broken by Malouda (he didn't even see a yellow for it). I give us a 10% chance of winning.
Guys I just wanted to say good luck, it seems like yesterday we were paired off for the World Cup. Two old foes but I think friends in battle meet again. If any Bosnian posters make trouble here, let me know.
Out of those four I'd only take Martins. Q sucks, has sucked for a while, and will continue to. Manny is what he is, and its not good enough. I wouldnt know Manual da Costa if he walked in front of me, and i believe i'm decently informed in football. Swing and a miss. Sporting style.
I heard there's talk of Mourinho stepping for the relegation games. Is that at all desirable? Shouldn't the coach who'd take you to Poland/Ukraine be in charge?
Not going to happen. Apparently the same thing was said last time. But all that really happen was CQ and Mourinho "talked". I can imagine something similar occurring this time as well.
Quaresma? i wouldnt even include him in the ntl team. But yes, Manelele playing game in game out for his club is a bad thing..I mean Portugals most rawly talented midfielder not part of the setup... I guess Pereirinha would be better MDC is playing well for his team, and is really the only option after rolando's impersonation of a virgin in a gaudy house and Daniel Carrico descending into obscurity. Carlos Martins, simply put, Portugal brutally misses a passing creative playmaker with deco and rui costa gone. It forces ronaldo/nani to drop deep to get the ball, yet there 40 metres away from the net where they're not nearly as dangerous and far more easily contained. it's no coincidence Ronaldo immediately stopped being as good for Portugal when Deco got old circa 09/10..with a quality playmaker it doesn't allow teams to close spaces on the wings as much to contain ronaldo/nani, as they'd have to manmark the playmaker as well. Now...it's far easier to defend Portugal, especially as ronaldo and nani dont get the service they need to be effective the entire match in quality attaxking positions, needing to drop deep to get the ball, which makes them easier to manmark. Carlos Martins is hardly an inspiring choice, but simply put, there is really no-one else unless Danny is played there, and PB won't do that. As for Carvalho, he did say he wants to come back and say's he would, but Bento again said as long as he's coach he wont.
I was being sarcastic, those players I mentioned are your long-time faviourtes. anyways, Bosnia is gonna win and I wouldnt honestly even care. Portugal Sucks right now, and needs a kick in the ass , if we do go to Euro we will be owned. we need to wait until we get some real players back on our squad, the U20s and other promising players will be filtered in after this epic disaster. we stood more of a chance with Failroz and his anti-football, but bento is too naiive we will get destroyed like we did by germany in euro 08 (lucky we only made it 3-2) and Brazil in brasilia (6-2). or Denmark could have beaten us 5-1, nevermind that we still do not have a good striker. our midfield is crap, we have no DMs and now carvalho bosingwa atc all leaving we are screwed
Martins sucks too, im not taling about talent but he is unprofessional, lacks work rate, lazy, doesnt hustle enough hes not good for a top level NT. they all suck that was my point but you didnt get it. keep dissing Sporting, if it wasnt for us this team wouldnt ever qualify for any tournaments. Portugal only has 2 good CMs, Moutinho and Meireles (who doesnt look in the best of form either) the rest are mediocre, our third best midfielder right now is between Andre Santos, Andre Castro (Sporting Gijon) and I donno why noone mentions him ive seen him play he seems a decent player or Miguel Veloso thats how bad it is.
I pretty much agree with you but Martins is gonna be on the team whether we like it or not, and at least with him playing he has a chance of scoring with one of his long as shots. Moutinho and Meireles are Portugal's best midfields by a distance, and thats not saying much. Dont know where you pulled Manual Da Costa's name from tho buddy, didnt know who he was, did research, he doesnt even speak Portuguese.
We will be at the Euro. Bosnia is not going to beat us. How we do once we get to the Euro though, well, will see.
Manuel Da costa, star of the french league in the second half of 06/07 season, was portugals best player in that summers u-21 tournament, transfered to PSV to experience CL footy, put in great performances against Arsenal containing Henry...then went to Fiorentina, where he delved into the partying and night life associated with Italia, losing his original position in the starting XI. Went to West Ham united in the EPL to start anew, solidified his position as starter there, but got accused of sexual assault and asked for a transfew when the team got relegated. currently at lokototiv moscow, re-surging this season in russia where they've been one of the better teams, and from all accounts has performed well(2 goals in their 4-2 win over Zenit with Danny/Bruno Alves cited as one such example) He may not have achieved the success originally believed possible with him, but it seems he might be putting a decent career together, at the very least he's superior to the form of Rolando/Ricardo Costa/Sereno at this point in time. He also turned down France to play for Portugal.
You HAVE GOT to be kidding me. Bro did you see the players you guys have? you can't give up that easily! Our fans aren't giving up and we have a team of nobodies for the most part. I think Portugal is still the heavy favorite and its gonna take a miracle for Bosnia.
Thanks for the run down Area 51. I have heard of him but I never pushed for him to be on the national team. I did read he turned down France but doesn't speak Portuguese. Whatever right, US team is full of Germans who can't speak English. I'm worried about this draw. Portugal is the better team but bosnia will be back for revenge after the 2010 world cup qualifying. So long as Pepe and Coentrao are healthy the back line should do well enough to get thru, but Dzeko is in crazy good form for City so that worries me a little. The rest of Bosnia is no City, however
Nico (Area 51) blows manuel da costa, hes born in France hes also half moroccan (teh lulz) always sucked no surprise you havent heard of him. but Ill agree with Area 51, he cant be any worse than Rolando, etc maybe Area 51 is right and hes maturing hes still young for a defender (24 I believe hes coming to the age when alot of defenders start to come into their own) Other than that guess we are on the same page, I just wish martins could play how he does on a good game alot more often and work harder.. we can hope I guess. too bad now hes stuck on Granada. I dont think Portugal will win euro, I think if Portugal plays how we did in last two qualifiers Bosnia can win. you guys have a good team too , yes Portugal has a strong team but it also has serious depth issues and some glaring weaknesses. Everyone talks about lack of strikers but Portugal also seriously Lacks a competent natural defensive midfielder, as well as creative midfielders we are mostly stocked with box to box midfielders instead... and thanks to Carvalho and bosingwa cases we can be pretty thin on D after a few injuries...
he prolly wont play, this week was Pepe and Coentrao's turn to fake an injury for Real Madrid next tiem will prolly be Ronaldo's, its like they take turns one week carvalho, another week pepe/coentrao, another week ronaldo they have a schedule, the real madrid players are only part time Portugal players it seems but Carvalho evidently has punched out indefinitely... Defending Ronaldo on Portugal is easy just put 2 guys on him and hell be frustrated, his passing is only quality sporadically, and we dont have enough support to open up space for him to run and score goals. hell be most dangerous on counter attacks and from free kicks.