Steaua [2008-2009]

[theo]

Alright so at this point it's pretty unlikely that we're gonna be bringing in anybody else. Everyone seems to think that now with Radoi gone, Steaua will switch to a 4-1-4-1 formation. What do you guys think will be the "echipa tip" in that formation and who do you think should be the next captain?

Here's my take:

Zapata

Ogararu - Goian - Ghionea - Marin

Petre

Nicolita - Ionescu - Dayro - Semedo

Kapetanos​

That's what I think Lacatus will do based on past teams but I would actually prefer the following much more:

Zapata

Ogararu - Goian - Ghionea - Marin

Petre

Nicolita - Tiago - Dayro - Toja

Kapetanos​

I stand firm in my opinion that Toja is a very effective player on the left wing and it's simply not his fault that sans one or two games when he first arrived, he's been played mostly out of position.

I liked the play of Tiago towards the end of the season and I really think that if he's allowed to play a little more up the field and not in a DM position, he will be more effective. I could see a nice little chemistry developing with him and Dayro.


About the new captain situation, I disagree 100% with Becali who says that Goian will probably be the new captain. I don't think Goian has the character of a leader and he shows this by hist silly mistakes on the pitch which often cost him pointless yellows. In my opinion either Zapata, Petre Marin or Ogararu should take the arm band. I wouldn't be surprised if Nicolita got it either, I think such a move would help his confidence sky rocket.


First friendly is on the 20th of January against a pretty good club in FC Zurich.

I prefer the 2nd formation aswell.


as for the captain issue, Ghionea, Petre Marin or Ogararu (though he's still on a loan) would be good, Zapata aswell. but I hope Nicolita doesn't get it. yes it will boost his confidence a lot but it will be gone after a few matches and he'll still be the same Road Runner. I hope he gets sold in the summer.

oh and Toja and Tiago

can't wait for the friendlies.

 

[abyPREDATOR]

Radoi gone. We are f*cked.

You always been ...just that you never admit it before ...

 

[$teauA]

I'm happy Pedriel scored today. Good for him, he needs some confidence now that he's with the first team.

 

[mrromaniac]

Aalborg beated us... Damn, our play still sucks... Good Thiago, though.
I can't resist to go to Romania match wednesday. I must see Radoi. I never went to a Romania match before, but now, Radoi is gone and I must go see him. Plus to see Eduardo, Modric and Krancjar.

 

[$teauA]

What a crappy friendly schedule and we only managed 3 wins, and even those were barely scraped by. The one loss was against the only other CL team that we played.

At least it looks like Stancu is back in scoring form, scoring in his last two.

 

[$teauA]

Same ol' same ol'

 

[mrromaniac]

Again, we sucked at Brasov... We suck since a lot of time... I still lol at Dayro's corners and that memorable throw-in, or to say better let-it-out or my-hands-are-slippy. And again, it was confirmed for me that when we are losing Ghionea's adrenaline freaks out and the alpha-male of him wakes up. He should have got the red card...

 

[mrromaniac]

Victory!!! We really shook the last minutes, though we dominated the game.
The fans now started with Argaseala. The next will prolly be Dayro.
And, man, I think I found the guilty for why we play like crap! The music! Since we have this remixed White Stripes' "Seven nations army", we suck. When we had Scooter's "Maria", we played better! That was really motivating, but this...

 

[$teauA]

I was in Romania for spring break and attended the Iasi match! I have to say I'm happy we won but we have so much work to do if we want to contend for the title.

 

[mrromaniac]

I was at the Iasi match too. I stayed at Peluza I. In fact, I always stay on Peluza I, in the sector 12 or 13, rows between 20-30

 

[$teauA]

I was at the Iasi match too. I stayed at Peluza I. In fact, I always stay on Peluza I, in the sector 12 or 13, rows between 20-30

I was in the VIP section

 

[$teauA]

I'm officially off the defend Zapata wagon. He needs to sit his ass on the bench on his own terms. He has been just god awful this season.

 

[theo]

yeah, it was a really tough match and we would have won it if it wasn't for his mistake.

 

[$teauA]

VICTORIEEEEEEEE

sigh...

Does anybody on our squad know how to shoot a penalty properly? My god.... Thank goodness for Kapetanos, coming to the rescue once again. I'm not sure how we played overall for the entire match because I was only able to watch until the 35th minute and it's safe to say that those first 35 minutes were absolutely disastrous and atrocious football.

I'm glad we got a victory, but there's no shot we continue winning (especially on the road) with the form we're currently in. Sadly, I'm not sure anything much will change from now to the end of the season.

 

[Dytza]

It's incredible how Steaua miss those penalties. I'm not sure but this is the 4th penalty kick Steaua miss in Liga I this season. Gongrats for the win but your team didn't show good football today.

btw, I'm a "U" Craiova fan

 

[$teauA]

It's incredible how Steaua miss those penalties. I'm not sure but this is the 4th penalty kick Steaua miss in Liga I this season. Gongrats for the win but your team didn't show good football today.

btw, I'm a "U" Craiova fan

looks like you're a barca fan to me

 

[Dytza]

looks like you're a barca fan to me

I'm a Barcelona fan first, and then a Craiova one.

 

[$teauA]

Should we start worrying about relegation?

 

[$teauA]

That was some seriously s*itty reffing today, horrendous even. I guess at the end of the day a draw against one of the best in the league isn't bad but man we sure had enough chances to win and spoiled them over and over and over again.

I vehemently disagree with Lacatus who says we still have a chance to finish in the top two and get a CL spot. No way in freakin' hell however it would be embarrassing to not even get a Europa League spot. The next three matches SHOULD be three wins but you know us on the road against minnows...

That closing stretch of the season is gonna be retarded, so unless we get three wins in the next three matches I doubt we have much of a chance to finish top 5 and get a spot in Europe next season.

 

[theo]

the Greek assasin once again.