Zatman Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 22 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: There's something utterly odious about Messi these days, just his body language and what can be a total lack of leadership on a football pitch in some really important occasions. Ronaldo is much more likeable. Tim Vickery a south american expert that the coach didnt want Aguero in the squad yet Messi demanded it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Didn't want aguero... No icardi Argies are still a mess then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Martinez looked really good for Colombia, without checking their squad don't know if he plays in europe yet. Totally destroyed Argie RB Savaria who's just signed for Porto in the second half. Plenty of good players in this tournament who are playing for smaller clubs in europe who we could pick up to improve us, Roberto Rosales good RB who's played for Malaga and Espanyol in Spain and would be available for 3-4m and Tomas Rincon the DM who's been at Hamburg, Genoa, Juventus and played well for Torino last season. Both 30-31 so probably don't fit the age range we're after. Not sure how often Santiago Arias has played for Atletico Madrid but he's another full back who might be a loan option. Edited June 16, 2019 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Quote 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: Tomas Rincon the DM Did we try to sign him under mcleish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Swansea is only prem team that was seriously linked but he's been playing in Italy last 4 years. Ultimately we're going to need to sign some 28-30 year old international players to balance out the squad at some stage given we have few existing ones in the squad so there's plenty of them in the Copa America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Did we try to sign him under mcleish? No, that was Freddie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: Martinez looked really good for Colombia, without checking their squad don't know if he plays in europe yet. Totally destroyed Argie RB Savaria who's just signed for Porto in the second half. Plenty of good players in this tournament who are playing for smaller clubs in europe who we could pick up to improve us, Roberto Rosales good RB who's played for Malaga and Espanyol in Spain and would be available for 3-4m and Tomas Rincon the DM who's been at Hamburg, Genoa, Juventus and played well for Torino last season. Both 30-31 so probably don't fit the age range we're after. Not sure how often Santiago Arias has played for Atletico Madrid but he's another full back who might be a loan option. Mexico, I believe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Massive fan of Duvan Zapata, absolute beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Qatar is actually pretty decent. Play nice football and have some skillful players. Might make a good showing in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 12 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: There's something utterly odious about Messi these days, just his body language and what can be a total lack of leadership on a football pitch in some really important occasions. Ronaldo is much more likeable. Is that the same Ronaldo who appears to have raped someone and then paid them off, or a different Ronaldo? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Keyblade said: Qatar is actually pretty decent. Play nice football and have some skillful players. Might make a good showing in 2020. Yep for all the negativity of them hosting it, they are continually starting to show they will hold their own. Their manager is building a quality 'team' and as you say play nice football to watch on the eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 Impressive game by Peru, they play some nice football. Bolivia might not be world beaters but Peru really dominated them after conceding that early penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 17/06/2019 at 00:00, VillaAlex said: Yep for all the negativity of them hosting it, they are continually starting to show they will hold their own. Their manager is building a quality 'team' and as you say play nice football to watch on the eye Have they bought players just like they did in handball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 5 hours ago, Skruff said: Have they bought players just like they did in handball? Hard to say bought but have a couple naturalised players which bigger countries have done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Brazil are just a horrible team. Quite depressing to see how they've fallen over the past 15 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 3 goals ruled out after VAR for Brazil And here I was thinking that the home nation would get the calls. Nice to see that's not always the case even with VAR. Fwiw 2 of the goals I'm not sure should have been ruled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 10 hours ago, sne said: Impressive game by Peru, they play some nice football. Bolivia might not be world beaters but Peru really dominated them after conceding that early penalty. Experts say they are the most balanced South American team, impressed in World Cup despite early exit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Just now, Zatman said: Experts say they are the most balanced South American team, impressed in World Cup despite early exit Yeah they are really good, a lot of people have them as the surprise package of the tournament. They are a bit like Chile was a couple of years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Think Uruguay are the best team in this tournament, always tough to play in knock out stages and got that great mix of world class experienced players (Godin, Suarez, Cavani) and interesting young players in midfield. Would be surprised if it isn't Brazil-Uruguay final cue all the 1950 comparisons. Argentina btw yet again going to change half their team during a tournament again, likes of Aguero going to be dropped. They really are clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 I take that back about Peru, lost 0-5 to Brazil and Jesus missed a penalty too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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