Suarez on.
U21 Euro Championships 2017
- Thread starter Peyroteo
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Well sold. I couldn't stand him. The lampião. I sincerily wish him the worst. I can't believe he made that almost flawless game at the Bernabéu
Bruma 1-2 
If he didn't had these brainfarts he coud be the necessary central defender we need for the NT
Nope. Disagree. All three are direct, pace merchants. Get the ball and run to the byline.
Lennon and Navas in their prime were high assisters. Nothing wrong with that type of player. Valencia was once that player as well. It's difficult to defend against these players 1 vs 1.
Wow!Bruma 1-2
Awesome goal. Bruma was really highly rated a few years back wasn't he. Wonder if he can kick on in Germany.
@VarunBruma 1-2
Paciencia is so bad. Good hold up play and nothing else. We're being stupid since the goal, we need to build up the attacks better instead of gifting them the ball all the time
Kevin Rodrigues and Ricardo Horta. FECK OFF Rui Jorge
Asensio wasn't good today.
You really don't like him do you?
From France and Brazil defenders and from Africa forwardsDo not despair, France or Brazil might be able to help.
Has Ricardo Horta ever touched the ball and not gifted it to the other team?
Didn't really impress me like for example Canselo. He still remains a potential WC player.What?
He's a former Sporting player. He's done alright, it's just frustrating watching him picking players like those. Gets on my nerves
Some goal by Williams here. 3-1 and game over.
That was a good goal. My goodness he is quick.
You know the coaches in Portugal don't have a word in selecting players
He was class. Could have had a few assists on another night. Good ball retention and showed tactical nous when covering the full-back.
Well, we have to beat Macedonia with Tobias and somebody else, what a nightmare
I wish we had Fernando Santos and his "brita" training all our national teams. That and a striker. I mean just one and i'm not asking a world class one. I´m humble, i just want a decent one.
Yep, i was just dreaming we were an independent country not ran by Mendes.
1-3 Williams
Still don't understand why Rui Jorge leaves players like Domingos Duarte, Rafa Soares or Helder Costa out of the team, to bring Tobias, Kevin Rodrigues or Horta, anyway we need to have a plan B against Macedonia, because with Tobias as central defender we are doomed.
Only if you expect strikers from Porto, like Rui Pedro, or maybe Benfica José Gomes, because I don't know what they do at Sporting, it looks they don't like to create those types of players.
No thanks. We just form midfield, wingers and crappy center backs. I don't think they even know what a striker is in the academy.Still don't understand why Rui Jorge leaves players like Domingos Duarte, Rafa Soares or Helder Costa out of the team, to bring Tobias, Kevin Rodrigues or Horta, anyway we need to have a plan B against Macedonia, because with Tobias as central defender we are doomed.
Only if you expect strikers from Porto, like Rui Pedro, or maybe Benfica José Gomes, because I don't know what they do at Sporting, it looks they don't like to create those types of players.
@Sly was it you that didn't like that defender and keeper?
Yep, you noticed mate? I probably said it just about 1000 times
Last Portuguese international striker we produced was when we didn't had academy, Jorge Cadete, I am sick and tired of this, and now every coach in our youth team plays with different systems, I think the President needs to rethink something with the way the academy is working imo.
At the moment he isn't much more that. He definitely wasn't touted as that type of player coming through at Barcelona though, and imo he has a much better rounded offensive game than all 3 mentioned. The only question mark over him is whether he has the mentality to show/develop it all consistently and under pressure, and he's been falling at that hurdle.
It's really poor, sigh. I sincerily hope André Silva develops into a fine striker but i'm not holding my breath. So many incredible players over the years and not a single good striker (don't get me started on Pauleta).
Don't you guys have the biggest academy in terms of volume and also have the biggest amount of youth scouts in Portugal and Africa? It's very strange that you fail to produce a simple striker.
Portuguese U21 NT hadn't lost a game since 2011...
We have academies all over the world now. Even in Latin America. Part of our new strategy, using our academy reputation. Eventually we will find someone. I'd trade Raphael Guerreiro for a Kevin Gameiro. It's easier for us to find a left back.
I think there are some people there wrongly who think that if we win under 19's or under 17's we are working well, but looking better at future players for the first team I am not so confident, we need to invest more imo, and change somethings, doesn't make sense to me we cannot create strikers for the first team.
No, today the club who invests more on their academy is Benfica, and they have the largest network of scouting, but for me the club who has the best prospects as strikers for the future is Porto.
No shame in losing to that Spain side. Looks comfortably the best squad in Europe ATM. Reminiscent of their filthy 2011 winning side that had De Gea, Azpilicueta, Java Martinez, Thiago, Herrera and Mata in it.
Big game, Portugal were great and more mature as a collective but Spain had more quality and instinct near the box.