The Portuguese NT Thread

[Coruja]

This time we have a real manager...

 

[Filipower]

Oooooooooooooooooh.

 

[Luis Ah-Hoy]

This time we have a real manager...

Amen to that!

But I have to say this: Moutinho is indeed filling Deco's shoes and even more. He's playing like a real Box-to-Box for Portugal and at the end of the day is the player who has impressed me the most.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Moutinho >>>>> Deco. .

 

[Filipower]

Vê-se que é criado no Porto.

 

[::shinji::]

I was skeptical of Paulo Bento at first, but wow, was I ever wrong. Great work so far, completely different team and attitude from Queiroz's NT. Too bad we had such a bad start in qualification, but I think we can still make it playing like this.

 

[Coruja]

Deco went to Brasil, and so we'll never hear about him again...

Moutinho, always on the bench with other managers, now playing as regular and doing a great job. Im liking Carlos Martins too... To say the truth im loving the Meireles, Moutinho and Martins trio.. 3M's

 

[Tiago_10]

Tiago is now retired from the NT. He's 29, I believe he could still be useful..

Miguel Veloso isn't doing so well at Genova and Manuel Fernandes is yet to return to his best.. Micael is usually benched at Porto and lacking some fitness and game rhythm.

 

[Filipower]

Just put Moutinho covering all three positions.

 

[Filipower]

How come nobody talked about the U-20 on the forums?


COME ON SONS!

 

[MaSsiVe]

to be honest I thought our performances throughout the tournament were pretty much dull, most players are no more than average.
we have been very solid defensively and had luck at our side in the right moments.
this, however, has been our best display so far and it surely came at the right time

now it's 2-2, though

 

[Filipower]

How frustrating was that? God daaamn, come on lads!

 

[Coruja]

Really sad right now... watched the game and damn... that 3rd goal was just... bah **** this ****

 

[Master Pi a Gi]

To bad we didnt won, didnt wanted the match because of the hours, wanted to watch but felt asleep.
Anyway for what i saw in videos it looked like our best game but we didnt had any luck this time.

 

[MaSsiVe]

O defesa central Ricardo Carvalho renunciou esta quarta-feira à selecção portuguesa de futebol, afirmando ter-se sentido «desrespeitado e ferido» na sua dignidade.

«Sinto-me em plena forma física e também mental, como o tem demonstrado a minha prestação no meu clube e na selecção. Se me fazem sentir a mais e não mo dizem, a única possibilidade é a saída», disse o defesa do Real Madrid, em comunicado enviado à Agência Lusa.

O jogador abandonou esta quarta-feira o estágio da selecção lusa, em Óbidos, sem apresentar justificação, e já não viajou para o Chipre, onde Portugal disputa na sexta-feira um jogo do Grupo H de qualificação para o Euro2012.

can't wait to know WTF has actually happened there, although being already 35 Ricardo was still our best CB.

 

[Tiago_10]

Definitely, the guy is still class.. One of my favorite players.

I heard Paulo Bento was going to relegate him to the bench.. Not sure if this is true.

 

[Filipower]

Yeah apparently he understood by the way the training was going, that he wasn't going to be a starter. Apparently they exchanged a few words and he got upset and left.

 

[MaSsiVe]

if that's true, it's really disappointing...didn't see him having such childish behaviour.

 

[Master Pi a Gi]

He is being so childish, if he isnt in the lineup he has to accept it, a football player has to accept being on the bench, if the other players would do the same i wouldnt know what would happen to the teams

 

[RobbieD_PL]

Surely the more important game would be against Denmark in October? Couldn't he wait another month?