Brasil WC Squad

Fey wrote:Brazil is luckty they play at home with this squad. He is gonna Maureen himself to gold.

Jaime wrote:

Fey wrote:Brazil is luckty they play at home with this squad. He is gonna Maureen himself to gold.

Such a boring midfield.

Fey wrote:I just love how brazil can field an entire new squad every tournament. How many were there in 2010? 5 perhaps?

debaser wrote:they can make a team that will be hard to beat, but a lot is going to be resting on Oscar and Neymar to create goals 'cause the rest of the midfield seems to be mostly runners and DMs and the other forwards aren't the types to make their own chances.

Fey wrote:I would have included Miranda, but their defense is quite good nontheless. All in all they have a better squad then in 2010.

Not much creativity, but if they can all play to serve that Nike commercial, perhaps it will work.

I just love how brazil can field an entire new squad every tournament. How many were there in 2010? 5 perhaps?

Formerly known as sheva7 wrote:

Fey wrote:I would have included Miranda, but their defense is quite good nontheless. All in all they have a better squad then in 2010.

Not much creativity, but if they can all play to serve that Nike commercial, perhaps it will work.

I just love how brazil can field an entire new squad every tournament. How many were there in 2010? 5 perhaps?

That awful 2010 team dominated Holland until J.Cesar gifted you a goal. Juan past his prime, Michel Bastos, 34 yo Gilberto Silva, crazy Felipe Melo, Elano, Robinho and Luís Fabiano were starters. The worst brazilian squad ever. By far. And they were still competitive and hard to beat...

Murray wrote:Where have all the great Brazilian players gone?

That squad is full of shite.

Fey wrote:

Formerly known as sheva7 wrote:

Fey wrote:I would have included Miranda, but their defense is quite good nontheless. All in all they have a better squad then in 2010.

Not much creativity, but if they can all play to serve that Nike commercial, perhaps it will work.

I just love how brazil can field an entire new squad every tournament. How many were there in 2010? 5 perhaps?

That awful 2010 team dominated Holland until J.Cesar gifted you a goal. Juan past his prime, Michel Bastos, 34 yo Gilberto Silva, crazy Felipe Melo, Elano, Robinho and Luís Fabiano were starters. The worst brazilian squad ever. By far. And they were still competitive and hard to beat...

That awful Brazil team couldnt score more then once against that Dutch defense, and were lucky not to have lost the game 5-1 in the second half...

Fey wrote:

Murray wrote:Where have all the great Brazilian players gone?

That squad is full of shite.

Brazil have shite academies compared to Europe, and with them getting richer, the lesser favela kids that have graced football for so long, will breakthrough. Yet they will produce middle class wankers like Kaka and Neymar who lack the will to win.

They only reason why Brazil is so succesfull in football is because their population is so much bigger compared that of other football countries. If it was the same, as say, England or Italy, they would have won fuck all me thinks.

debaser wrote:they can make a team that will be hard to beat, but a lot is going to be resting on Oscar and Neymar to create goals 'cause the rest of the midfield seems to be mostly runners and DMs and the other forwards aren't the types to make their own chances.

abundance wrote:

debaser wrote:they can make a team that will be hard to beat, but a lot is going to be resting on Oscar and Neymar to create goals 'cause the rest of the midfield seems to be mostly runners and DMs and the other forwards aren't the types to make their own chances.

Well, Hernanes has a good sense for assists, Paulinho is good at going into space to shoot, and Alves/Maicon make a good wing threat.

But yeah for brasilian standards definitely this isn't a squad overspilling flair.


Question to brasilians: for what is worth, is Henrique any better than Filipe Luìs and Leandro Castàn?

Formerly known as sheva7 wrote:

abundance wrote:

debaser wrote:they can make a team that will be hard to beat, but a lot is going to be resting on Oscar and Neymar to create goals 'cause the rest of the midfield seems to be mostly runners and DMs and the other forwards aren't the types to make their own chances.

Well, Hernanes has a good sense for assists, Paulinho is good at going into space to shoot, and Alves/Maicon make a good wing threat.

But yeah for brasilian standards definitely this isn't a squad overspilling flair.


Question to brasilians: for what is worth, is Henrique any better than Filipe Luìs and Leandro Castàn?

Henrique is a central defender who is playing as a right back for Napoli. Scolari likes him as a person. Both relegated Palmeiras in 2012. He is not good enough to be called up. The joke is that he was called up because Fred needs to score in training sessions to get confidence.

abundance wrote:


So I see Henrique is a typical pal/talisman choice... shame 'cause Castàn has had a wonderful season, and Filipe Luìs looked good the few times I watched Atletico



BTW, may I ask which is the most probable Scolari's first eleven? And how would you field 'em instead?

Formerly known as sheva7 wrote:

abundance wrote:


So I see Henrique is a typical pal/talisman choice... shame 'cause Castàn has had a wonderful season, and Filipe Luìs looked good the few times I watched Atletico



BTW, may I ask which is the most probable Scolari's first eleven? And how would you field 'em instead?

Scolari will pick the players that defeated Spain in the Confed Cup:

J. César, Dani Alves, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Marcelo, Luiz Gustavo, Paulinho, hulk, Oscar, Neymar, Fred.

Víctor would be my first choice gk. César didn't play for 6 months and now is playing in the Mls.
I would play Willian in the place of Hulk because he has more skill and also trackback to defend.

Apart from Germany and Spain, I don't think that any other country have better defenders and midfielders. The problem is that Brazil lack talent upfront. I love Jo and Bernard for what they did playing for my fav club, Fred is very good, but they are not world cup calliber players.

mongrel hawk wrote:

Formerly known as sheva7 wrote:

abundance wrote:


So I see Henrique is a typical pal/talisman choice... shame 'cause Castàn has had a wonderful season, and Filipe Luìs looked good the few times I watched Atletico



BTW, may I ask which is the most probable Scolari's first eleven? And how would you field 'em instead?

Scolari will pick the players that defeated Spain in the Confed Cup:

J. César, Dani Alves, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Marcelo, Luiz Gustavo, Paulinho, hulk, Oscar, Neymar, Fred.

Víctor would be my first choice gk. César didn't play for 6 months and now is playing in the Mls.
I would play Willian in the place of Hulk because he has more skill and also trackback to defend.

Apart from Germany and Spain, I don't think that any other country have better defenders and midfielders. The problem is that Brazil lack talent upfront. I love Jo and Bernard for what they did playing for my fav club, Fred is very good, but they are not world cup calliber players.

I would play Julio César even if he was unemployed. The same goes for Oscar and Paulinho, who are not having a good season. They play well for Brazil, and that`s what matters. (I think Victor is the best Brazilian keeper today, but a WC selection goes beyond being good IMO).

The only change I'd make would be Maicon in place of Alves.

Dunga: Neymar must earn place in Brazil squad

New Brazil coach Dunga has laid down the law for the national team, telling Neymar he has to earn his place as much as everyone else.
Dunga has replaced Felipe Scolari, who left his post after the World Cup hosts finished fourth, losing 7-1 to Germany in the semi-final and 3-0 to the Netherlands in the third place play-off. [DUNGA CONFIRMED AS NEW BRAZIL COACH] The former Brazil captain was in charge of the side between 2006 and 2010 and has criticised the behaviour of Barcelona pair Neymar and Dani Alves at the summer’s tournament. “Neymar is a reference for the world. He won’t play based on who he is. He’ll play depending on the team. “I didn’t like that the team came out with shirts in memory of Neymar [prior to the Germany game after Neymar was injured against Colombia].

“The message conveyed was ‘we lost a warrior’. But if we go to war we can’t keep crying. We can’t harm the soldier who takes their place.” Dunga continued on the crying theme, taking a shot at David Luiz, MD claim, who was in tears at various points in the tournament. “A scene of tears is wrong in the world of football. Maybe it’s sexist but men don’t cry. We need to learn respect,” he said.

Of course, Neymar also gave a tearful press conference in the wake of his World Cup exit when he revealed that Juan Zúniga's challenge in their Wolrd Cup quarter-fianl could have been paralysed. Dunga was not impressed with the players’ decision to dye their hair, believing it was emblematic of a distracted atmosphere. “I wouldn’t have allowed these players to die their hair while they were with the national team,” Mundo Deportivo reports Dunga as telling the Brazilian media. “Either do it before or after, but they should be thinking about the World Cup. “Neymar appears with a cap or without a cap. We should be talking about what happens on the field.