Me!TheRaven
League 2
- 28 April 2004
Re: Portugal Thread - Aqui batem 10 milhões de corações.
This, Amineken, kills national teams. Not because of me, or you, but in general there´s the feeling that you are not good enough, don´t have what it takes, wich obviously kills confidence and stops development, because you sense you´ll go nowhere and all your sacrifices will be in vain! So, youngsters won´t sacrifice too much, and yes, if the chances do come they will depend on luck also. Wingers are the shit here. Centre backs are respected, and now there is a passion for the box to box midfielder... and thats it. There are no nr 10´s, strikers serve to hold the ball, or flicking it to the fast wingers, and fullbacks serve to defend almost exclusively. (that is why our good attacking fullbacks in the past years where all wingers first...). The formula is not working for Portugal football, there is no Portuguese football. And i remind Pauleta being the best all time scorer for Portugal, and never playing in the portuguese league... this says all.
This, Amineken, kills national teams. Not because of me, or you, but in general there´s the feeling that you are not good enough, don´t have what it takes, wich obviously kills confidence and stops development, because you sense you´ll go nowhere and all your sacrifices will be in vain! So, youngsters won´t sacrifice too much, and yes, if the chances do come they will depend on luck also. Wingers are the shit here. Centre backs are respected, and now there is a passion for the box to box midfielder... and thats it. There are no nr 10´s, strikers serve to hold the ball, or flicking it to the fast wingers, and fullbacks serve to defend almost exclusively. (that is why our good attacking fullbacks in the past years where all wingers first...). The formula is not working for Portugal football, there is no Portuguese football. And i remind Pauleta being the best all time scorer for Portugal, and never playing in the portuguese league... this says all.