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Actually, I think Aragones may be trying out Iniesta on the left where he looked really good for Barça when replacing Ronaldinho. So a front 3 of Iniesta-Torres-Joaquin, with Cesc in the Deco role. Could work well, though Capdevila will have to work hard.

kas wrote:Actually, I think Aragones may be trying out Iniesta on the left where he looked really good for Barça when replacing Ronaldinho. So a front 3 of Iniesta-Torres-Joaquin, with Cesc in the Deco role. Could work well, though Capdevila will have to work hard.

like this

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:nor me really, I assumed something like

back 4 and gk standard

......albelda....xavi

joaquin...cesc.....iniesta

........torres

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:

kas wrote:Actually, I think Aragones may be trying out Iniesta on the left where he looked really good for Barça when replacing Ronaldinho. So a front 3 of Iniesta-Torres-Joaquin, with Cesc in the Deco role. Could work well, though Capdevila will have to work hard.

like this

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:nor me really, I assumed something like

back 4 and gk standard

......albelda....xavi

joaquin...cesc.....iniesta

........torres

Yeah spot on, sorry didn't see that before I posted.

its ok mate. must say i'd like to see silva instead of cesc though and move iniesta over, and not sure torres can play this role either

Spain are f@cked, Torres is injured and will be out for 10 days, perhaps more if it's a tear (in which case Liverpool will also be sweating).

Tamudo likely to take his place. I say Aragones should just go the whole hog and start Luis Garcia as well, the two of them will at least have some understanding and chemistry.

btw, Spain's U-21 team (which won 2-0 in Poland with goals from Jurado and Bojan) is surprisingly strong...almost all the players play in the 1st division. The starting lineup for the Poland match was:

Roberto - GK, but I'm not sure who he is.

Torres - probably the RB, but I don't know him either.

Crespo - LB from Sevilla. Bright talent, looked good at the U20 World Cup.

Torrejón - CB, starter for Espanyol.

Piqué - well known.

Javi Martinez - a CM, Bilbao paid 6 million euros for him last summer when he was still just 17!

Raul Garcia - well known...a starter for Atletico, and should have been called up for the full squad IMO.

Capel - classic LW at Sevilla, made a few first team appearances this season.

Jurado - ex-Madrid Castilla product, a bit overrated and currently a squad rotation player at Atletico...plays on the right wing or off the striker.

Sisi - a left sided midfielder (probably played centrally in this match) who's been one of the revelations of the season for Valladolid.

Bojan - well known.

The subs were Granero and Mata, both Madrid youth products playing elsewhere, Granero on loan at Getafe and Mata a squad player at Valencia (will be making first team appearances sooner rather than later IMO, esp. if Vicente's injuries continue).

Cesc wrote:I never knew Fabregas had gained 19 Caps for Spain.

Iniesta obviously deserves a place in the XI after an explosive start. Why only three forwards?

Tamudo will have a chance to shine. I remember he was once being linked with £15m - £20m moves away from Espanyol.

Maybe he play Iniesta as CF? He's played AM, LW, RW, DM, CM - why not try him as a No. 9.

Just a question of the number on his back, because he's already scored key goals for Spain

kas wrote:
Torres - probably the RB, but I don't know him either.

i assume your taking the piss mate. surely its miguel torres of Las Mierdas/Madriz

Silva isn't really a LW. He's better in the hole, or as an SS. Shows you how important Vicente is.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:

kas wrote:
Torres - probably the RB, but I don't know him either.

i assume your taking the piss mate. surely its miguel torres of Las Mierdas/Madriz

Oh yeah, genuinely forgot about him!!!

kas wrote:

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:

kas wrote:
Torres - probably the RB, but I don't know him either.

i assume your taking the piss mate. surely its miguel torres of Las Mierdas/Madriz

Oh yeah, genuinely forgot about him!!!

Got to love this headline from Mundo Deportivo

"Este Raúl sí funciona"

Great to see the Barça midfield (Xavi,Iniesta,Cesc)

kas wrote:Got to love this headline from Mundo Deportivo

"Este Raúl sí funciona"

Was the Riera that scored the one that was at City last season?!?!

Yes.

How the hell is he getting into the Spanish squad? He looked very average at City last season

Tweedle wrote:How the hell is he getting into the Spanish squad? He looked very average at City last season

he is a very very skillful player tweeds.

I don't confess to being an expert on him but he always seems to pop up with great play / goals in revista and was amazing in the Uefa cup final

COTR wrote:

Tweedle wrote:How the hell is he getting into the Spanish squad? He looked very average at City last season

he is a very very skillful player tweeds.

I don't confess to being an expert on him but he always seems to pop up with great play / goals in revista and was amazing in the Uefa cup final

Yeh, but the Spain squad?! That would be about as retarded as McClaren playing Flumpard. Oh.... wait....

Tweedle wrote:

COTR wrote:

Tweedle wrote:How the hell is he getting into the Spanish squad? He looked very average at City last season

he is a very very skillful player tweeds.

I don't confess to being an expert on him but he always seems to pop up with great play / goals in revista and was amazing in the Uefa cup final

Yeh, but the Spain squad?! That would be about as retarded as McClaren playing Flumpard. Oh.... wait....

But all you knew about him was that he used to play for city so how on earth can you make this judgement tweeds ???

Tweedle wrote:How the hell is he getting into the Spanish squad? He looked very average at City last season

he's good enough to play for bigger clubs than city and espanyol.

He's a very underrated player.

COTR wrote:

Tweedle wrote:

COTR wrote:

Tweedle wrote:How the hell is he getting into the Spanish squad? He looked very average at City last season

he is a very very skillful player tweeds.

I don't confess to being an expert on him but he always seems to pop up with great play / goals in revista and was amazing in the Uefa cup final

Yeh, but the Spain squad?! That would be about as retarded as McClaren playing Flumpard. Oh.... wait....

But all you knew about him was that he used to play for city so how on earth can you make this judgement tweeds ???

Well I'm not blind coater. When he was at City I saw him play. He started well and obviously scored that goal for them in his 2nd game I think which was a peach, but aside from that he looked very average

But you are blind to what he has been doing since ??

that is my point

He has bags of talent so if he has actually learned how to use it properly then it is easy to see why he was played .... and scored

Riera has been outstanding all season. Scoring and assisting and really taking responsbility as the chief midfield influence in the Espanyol team.

All of them quality goals as well. Just seen his goal now for España and thats been typical of him all season

Was he average playing for City? Playing for a team that was dawdling didn't help but I thought he was reasonable.

Well done Tamudo too; great header- Torrente, why were you doubting him again? I trust him to deliver for Spain then I would do Torres

Exactly. Tamudo's scored 4 goals in 9 internationals, Torres 15 in 44. He practically had two touches in yesterdays match; one was the goal - a beautiful looped header, the second an assist for Ramos.

Tamudo > Torres

btw, this 28 man passing move for Ramos's goal. Was it really as good as it sounds? Only got to see the flick from Tamudo

Juego de la Okkas wrote:Exactly. Tamudo's scored 4 goals in 9 internationals, Torres 15 in 44. He practically had two touches in yesterdays match; one was the goal - a beautiful looped header, the second an assist for Ramos.

Tamudo > Torres

Torres is a child of Nike. Tamudo has been scoring consistently in an average team that would have inevitably been relegated without him.

Season - Tamudo - Torres

01-02 17-6
02-03 10-13
03-04 19-19
04-05 11-16
05-06 10-13
06-07 15-14

Is he that better a goalscorer?