Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:05 am
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:13 am
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:19 am
Reza wrote:Rightly so,wat has happened to Brazilian football,other than naymar they took a squad of work horses there's more creativity in the city midfield,shocking Brazil team the worst ever most prob.Wales should set up a friendly best chance of winning
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:23 am
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:25 am
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:30 am
Tonteg Bluebird wrote:Not surprised. Scolari's choice of strikers was bizarre and as soon as Neymar got injured, you struggled to see where the goals would come from, apart from the brilliant Oscar in midfield. What happened to Pato? Why not play Hulk or Neymar up front and then play Willian or PSG's flying right winger Lucas (why was he left out?) on the wing. The persistance with Fred and then having Jo, who's not good enough as back up was absolutely crazy.
I will also never understand how Paulinho was preferred ahead of Ramires either, especially in the semi final after losing Thiago Silva and Neymar. You would think Ramires' engine in the middle to compensate for those losses would have been the logical choice.
Scolari got so many things wrong. Personally, I would have brought Marquinhos into centre back to partner Silva, then had David Luiz and Ramires holding with an attacking 3 of Neymar, Oscar and Lucas supporting Hulk.
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:35 am
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:38 am
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:39 am
ThomasC wrote:Tonteg Bluebird wrote:Not surprised. Scolari's choice of strikers was bizarre and as soon as Neymar got injured, you struggled to see where the goals would come from, apart from the brilliant Oscar in midfield. What happened to Pato? Why not play Hulk or Neymar up front and then play Willian or PSG's flying right winger Lucas (why was he left out?) on the wing. The persistance with Fred and then having Jo, who's not good enough as back up was absolutely crazy.
I will also never understand how Paulinho was preferred ahead of Ramires either, especially in the semi final after losing Thiago Silva and Neymar. You would think Ramires' engine in the middle to compensate for those losses would have been the logical choice.
Scolari got so many things wrong. Personally, I would have brought Marquinhos into centre back to partner Silva, then had David Luiz and Ramires holding with an attacking 3 of Neymar, Oscar and Lucas supporting Hulk.
I think we all would of liked a chance to pick a Brazil squad/team and come out with something alot more sensible than Scolari did![]()
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Hulk was playing out wide, stick that big lump upfront! Great point about Ramires & Luiz holding....know eachothers game well. That Marquinhos cost PSG a fortune, a mystery why Scolari omitted him![]()
Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:40 am
Jollffe wrote:Reza wrote:Rightly so,wat has happened to Brazilian football,other than naymar they took a squad of work horses there's more creativity in the city midfield,shocking Brazil team the worst ever most prob.Wales should set up a friendly best chance of winning
You can hardly blame him for the country's poor player development in recent years.
Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:17 pm
Jollffe wrote:Reza wrote:Rightly so,wat has happened to Brazilian football,other than naymar they took a squad of work horses there's more creativity in the city midfield,shocking Brazil team the worst ever most prob.Wales should set up a friendly best chance of winning
You can hardly blame him for the country's poor player development in recent years.
Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:23 pm
Forever Blue wrote:And so he should, not for not winning it, but for the disgraceful performances.
Brazil Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has resigned following his country's failure to win the World Cup 2014
Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:24 pm
Sven wrote:Forever Blue wrote:And so he should, not for not winning it, but for the disgraceful performances.
Brazil Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has resigned following his country's failure to win the World Cup 2014
Right decision, but looks like Brazil's 'issues' are far deeper than that, Annis![]()
The right team won the tournament in the end