From: Abubakr on
On 5 Sep, 13:35, Enzo <s_debgu...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately, there are just not enough top
> talents in Argentina at this point to win the WC over
> Brasil, Spain, Germany and England.

Perhaps not in defence but in the midfield and striker departments
there are abundant riches:

Mascherano
Veron
Maxi
Messi
Riquelme
Cambiasso
Tevez
Milito
Aguero

and many more still...
From: milivella on
Enzo:

> On Sep 4, 3:49 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Enzo:
>
> > > Zanetti, Otamendi, Domínguez, Ketchup & Mustard
> > > Maxi, Mascherano, Verón, Dátolo
>
> > I guess that Maradona wants to win or lose in his own way.
>
> One thing I like about him is that he has his own ideas
> of how to play, and is willing to pick young Argentina-based
> players, unlike Pekerman and to a greater extent Biela.

Yep. But it seems to me a bit confused about _which_ young Argentina-
based players to pick... (maybe it's just an hunch of mine)

> Unfortunately, there are just not enough top
> talents in Argentina at this point to win the WC over
> Brasil, Spain, Germany and England.

4 of the top 5 NTs in the Elo ranking (Netherlands being 3rd, and
Germany and England switching positions). Argentina is 7th (6th is
Italy).

> I think it is good to pick the
> 2 centrals from the same club side. If I were a NT manager,
> I would always do that.

If possible, it's a good idea!

> > > At least he has 2 decent centrals, a couple of decent mids
> > > and one certified genius.
>
> > Him being Veron?
>
> Messi.

Yeah, I was just kidding a bit about your (past?) anti-Messianism.

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Cheers
milivella
From: Enzo on
On Sep 5, 3:05 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Enzo:
>
> > On Sep 4, 3:49 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Enzo:
>
> > > > Zanetti, Otamendi, Domínguez, Ketchup & Mustard
> > > > Maxi, Mascherano, Verón, Dátolo
>
> > > I guess that Maradona wants to win or lose in his own way.
>
> > One thing I like about him is that he has his own ideas
> > of how to play, and is willing to pick young Argentina-based
> > players, unlike Pekerman and to a greater extent Biela.
>
> Yep. But it seems to me a bit confused about _which_ young Argentina-
> based players to pick... (maybe it's just an hunch of mine)
>
> > Unfortunately, there are just not enough top
> > talents in Argentina at this point to win the WC over
> > Brasil, Spain, Germany and England.
>
> 4 of the top 5 NTs in the Elo ranking (Netherlands being 3rd, and
> Germany and England switching positions). Argentina is 7th (6th is
> Italy).
>
> > I think it is good to pick the
> > 2 centrals from the same club side. If I were a NT manager,
> > I would always do that.
>
> If possible, it's a good idea!
>
> > > > At least he has 2 decent centrals, a couple of decent mids
> > > > and one certified genius.
>
> > > Him being Veron?
>
> > Messi.
>
> Yeah, I was just kidding a bit about your (past?) anti-Messianism.

Not past. I still dont rate him.

Note the use of the adjective "certified".
Thanks.

>
> --
> Cheers
> milivella

From: milivella on
Enzo:

> On Sep 5, 3:05 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Enzo:
>
> > > On Sep 4, 3:49 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Enzo:
>
> > > > > At least he has 2 decent centrals, a couple of decent mids
> > > > > and one certified genius.
>
> > > > Him being Veron?
>
> > > Messi.
>
> > Yeah, I was just kidding a bit about your (past?) anti-Messianism.
>
> Not past. I still dont rate him.
>
> Note the use of the adjective "certified".
> Thanks.

I had to guess it! Well, Messi will have in 7 hours a good chance to
make you change your mind.

--
Cheers
milivella
From: FF on


Enzo wrote:
> On Sep 5, 3:05 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Enzo:
> >
> > > > > At least he has 2 decent centrals, a couple of decent mids
> > > > > and one certified genius.
> >
> > > > Him being Veron?
> >
> > > Messi.
> >
> > Yeah, I was just kidding a bit about your (past?) anti-Messianism.
>
> Not past. I still dont rate him.
>
> Note the use of the adjective "certified".
> Thanks.

What ?? He's 22 and has won 2 Champions Leagues and one UEFA
Footballer of the Year. What must he do to impress you ?
Just curious, do you rate Pele ?