Comments on: Looking Ahead: Summer 2008

By: aimar10

aimar10 — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:11:24 +0000

if bayern get their way and no release di’michilis i hope to see gonazalo take his place. it would be great oppurtunity for him to cement his place back with the national team. gonzalo along side garray for the olympics is a very solid partnership one with a lot of size and strength as well. i am also dissapointed with the exclusion of lucho, even though i am a big fan of jonas they both could have made the squad. but i really don’t know what lucho’s best position is. the last freindly he played on the left, but he is right footed. when he plays for porto he usually plays deep ont the right. so i am curious as to what his best position is. is he truly a right winger. however i do like the list otherwise. hope to see cavi start and the return of aimar someday soon.

By: john

john — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:26:27 +0000

Deleted – Daryl

By: MaxiLopez

MaxiLopez — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:46:18 +0000

ALBO,
I don’t understand your post. Who said I was angry? I know Cavenaghi since his first years at River when French Sport+ channel were showing the games from Argentina.
Anyway, you would maybe behave differently if you were not a Boca fan. And I respect all opinions. I don’t know what you are talking about.

ALFIO,
I don’t think Basile is going to start him. They probably called him to be included in the group and participate. His career has been in danger 2 times and next season is going to be important for him.

Concerning the “Pato” problem that really seems to be endless (so many keyboards used for this!), I admit we “only” have young goalkeepers in Europe. But they are talented. They represent the future. We have Costanzo, Ustari, Romera, Lux who could have been tested in ALL the friendlies in Europe (and Franco?). Then, Carrizzo could have been started at least the last WC qualifying games in America. Pato can do mistakes, not Ustari.

Basile probably has a bit of pressure (Medias, Renova?), so he calls Abbondanzieri, “his” goalkeeper. From Boca.

For me, Lucho left out of the NT would be like leaving Messi out of the group. It’s a shame.

By: free bet

free bet — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:56:13 +0000

the lineup looks great to me for the friendlies in June…at least who they called…

By: Alfio

Alfio — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:33:08 +0000

concerning pato:basile gave a hint that his is going to be axed in the future.
i must defend him about this situation:goalkeeper.
after the copa just look who he selected as goalkeepers!
CARIZZO and USTARI-no PATO.
but carrizzo he had problems with his passport and didnt play a game almost 6 months.what should BASILE DO?
ustari he made a bad choice,was promised strating spot because PATO wanted to leave but Pato made a brilliant u-turn move for him and stayed at getafe(they wouldnt axe him he won the best keeper award),so he defeated his rival and carrizo handed him the spot and BASILE actually could only chose PATO because the other 2 didnt play, its simple.
he had no other choice.
ustari get out of there.he need playing time.

By: Alfio

Alfio — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:07:41 +0000

i want to praise one player who deserves it.
he did go through hell,shock after schock and almost 2 years of absence because of injuries he come back with a bang.
i mean GONZALO RODRIGUEZ.
villarreal was fantastic this year but 1 thing they lacked in the first half of the season was defense.
in total they have conceded 40 goal,in the first 19 games villarreal have conceded 30 goals,at the 20th game gonzalo made the return as a late sub against valencia,after 2 or 3 games he won the starting place back,since them villarreal defense has become solid only conceding 10 goals in 19 games and are 5 or 6 games without conceding a goal in the last game.
yes he is still not at 100% and he has some bad games like sevilla,it is understadable.but the statistics dont lie,he is a leader and makes the whole team better and of course the defenders.
i only hope he stays injury free.
will he be a starter for us? yes of course,i only have the fear it is to early for him espacially against brazil.

By: Alfio

Alfio — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:41:44 +0000

ken to answer your question regarding messi.
right now i cant see him leave and to tell you the truth when i stop and think of it i just cant imagine him in an other dress right now.
i understand your concerns.

maxi lopez i totally agree with you about cavenaghi, he has “special” the “IT” factor written over him.something cruz,milito,figuroa… dont have.
cavenaghi is not a type of 9 like inzaghi or van nistlerooy,he is more of a total packige.he can shoot,creat,score,hold the ball,goes back to take the ball.but i agree with albo too he must prove himself still so his uppertuenity has arrived and i sure he wont dissapoint us.
for me he will be a must.he is pure talent.

By: day1star

day1star — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:09:59 +0000

Arg v Catalunya is at 7.00pm CET.

By: day1star

day1star — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:26:17 +0000

Chile u23 just beat France u23 5-3 in the Toulon Tournament, Bielsa is coaching them.

By: day1star

day1star — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:24:21 +0000

Real Madrid minus a few stars, just got beat 4-1 by Al-Nasr. Higuain was playing.