Coutinho

El Cujo wrote:

Gil wrote:

Oscar is 10x the player. Don't ever compare the two again

Lol. Coutinho is so much better than Oscar it's almost embarrassing given how much hype Oscar had. Coutinho was playing the Copa injured.

Lmao. Oscar disappeared for almost the entirety of the 2nd half of the season yet still tabled more goals & assists than that fraud.

Just because he dribbles better doesn't make him the better player.

I have hopes for Oscar next season. This is the first time in ages he has gotten a proper rest.

I see the trend is whenever Hans says something negative (or silly), just post an embarrassing Bayern moment?!

That should be made into GL law imo.

Doc wrote:I see the trend is whenever Hans says something negative (or silly), just post an embarrassing Bayern moment?!

That should be made into GL law imo.

He is mouthing off too much these days. Needs to be put in line with some good old fashioned gays sigs imo.

Mole ffs what are you waiting for

How many times do i need to say it lol.

ES 2 weeks of sig use over Hans head isn't up yet

I'll allow Hans to relinquish that sig early if you give him a gay sig

IMO you should give him a gay sig for the rest of the 2 weeks and i'll give him one as well

Dunno if thats possible

Everything is possible imo.

ffs leave me alone. I'm attacked so much it's like I'm Afro-descendant

Hapless_Hans wrote:ffs leave me alone. I'm attacked so much it's like I'm Afro-descendant

But seriously that comment, and this tournament performance, would be enough for me to give old dung the sack following this showing.

Coutinho was disappointing this tournament for sure too. He needs to step it up if he wants to play for the selecão again.

Everybody was disappointing. Oscar wouldn't have been able to do anything in his place.

Hapless_Hans wrote:ffs leave me alone. I'm attacked so much it's like I'm Afro-descendant

People love to blame the best player on the pitch when teams lose (which Coutinho was). I bet you Phil wouldn't be getting blamed if Nerman was playing.

It's silly to put the blame on one person when the whole team was shit.

Disagree IMO, only one person should be blamed because it's an individual sport IMO.

Coutinho was ok because he's an ok player... you can't blame him for underachieving at all. In fact, i didn't think Brazil underachieved. Without Neymar, they don't have a WC player on the attack and their midfield isn't very good. Strength of Brazil is defense now imo.

I thought Alves had a great tournament btw. He was the only one that i thought looked sharp most of the time.

lol Coutinho is an "ok" player.

Just like Firmino hasn't had a good game in 18 months.

As a CF... might be longer than 18 months in fact

I think it is silly to blame any player when team set up was horrible really ! Against Paraguay, I would have used Firmino little deeper , because they needed a player like him who puts a foot in, when needed...i dont know what was the teams plan in this tournament, everyone looked clueless !

Dunga has always been like this. He goes into tournaments relying on luck and heart. Meh.

HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:I think it is silly to blame any player when team set up was horrible really ! Against Paraguay, I would have used Firmino little deeper , because they needed a player like him who puts a foot in, when needed...i dont know what was the teams plan in this tournament, everyone looked clueless !

Thats the issue right there.

Someone will have to explain to me how Coutinho was considered 'poor' or just 'ok' for Brazil. He looked like the only player actually trying to win the game to me...and he was playing injured. Too bad he couldn't play every position on the field that team was just poor. Not to mention as others have talked about in the Copa it's just such a different style to regular football with so much fouling, holding and physicality that is let go. The thing is Coutinho is more like Iniesta than any other player he controls tempo, has great dribbling and the ability to make really nice passes and runs but is not necessarily the most prolific player on the pitch. He works best in a deeper role where he can bring the ball forward and create opportunities through link-up or opening space with his dribbling.

He is also only just turned 23 and still developing...his shot has come a long way.

El Cujo wrote:

Someone will have to explain to me how Coutinho was considered 'poor' or just 'ok' for Brazil. He looked like the only player actually trying to win the game to me...and he was playing injured. Too bad he couldn't play every position on the field that team was just poor. Not to mention as others have talked about in the Copa it's just such a different style to regular football with so much fouling, holding and physicality that is let go. The thing is Coutinho is more like Iniesta than any other player he controls tempo, has great dribbling and the ability to make really nice passes and runs but is not necessarily the most prolific player on the pitch. He works best in a deeper role where he can bring the ball forward and create opportunities through link-up or opening space with his dribbling.

He is also only just turned 23 and still developing...his shot has come a long way.

you should not take GL seriously after international and CL games brah. so damn obvious cou was our best player

I would really like to see Brazil set up a little differently. Maybe have a more forward thinking coach. They have some really nice players but seems like no chemistry and some very weird team choices time and time again.

At least at the front why not set up like so:


There would be a lot of room for fluidity and all three of Firmino, Oscar and Coutinho press hard and have high energy, interplay and ball skills. Oh well.

Lost my shit at "bid more than two cases of Estrella and a pocket of Monster Munch".