Comments on: World Cup qualifying: self-examinations, and my own two centavos http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/ More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at Sun, 27 May 2012 20:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Seba http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2627 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:31:09 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2627 Think about it…if I go to Beijing, I’ll be 12 hours ahead! I’ll absolutely destroy you when it comes to publishing stories first! hahaha!

I’m also kidding!

]]> By: hastaelgolsiempre http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2623 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:56:02 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2623 Gah. You finally return to commenting, and you’re beating me to stories. Couldn’t you have stayed in Beijing…?

Kidding of course.

]]> By: Seba http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2622 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:48:25 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2622 Mundo Albiceleste got it first! haha!

]]> By: hastaelgolsiempre http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2621 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:23:57 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2621 It’s in the English media as well, Seba. That is to say, it’s on the HEGS homepage already…

]]> By: Seba http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2620 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:02:27 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2620 Knock, knock…BASILE is gone.

It’s everywhere in the media. He has resigned.

Those extreme rumours were right after all!

]]> By: Seba http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2619 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:25:32 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2619 Latest news: BASILE is at a meeting with AFA that has been denied earlier by AFA sources.

Rumour has it he might resign.

Extreme rumours have it he might resign as early as TONIGHT!

]]> By: Seba http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2618 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:22:42 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2618 Hi David, I saw BURDISSO talking on the TV today. He said his head is still aching but he said he’s fine.

I’ve found this about Mark GONZALEZ, though:

Real Betis’s Chile forward Mark Gonzalez will be out of action for about three months with twisted right knee ligaments, the Primera Liga club said on its website

The former Liverpool player was taken to hospital after a collision with Argentina’s Nicolas Burdisso during Chile’s 1-0 win in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.

]]> By: Seba http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2617 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:19:37 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2617 Hi everyone! Hello again! I’m back!

And I’m back to start a fight with you, Sam! haha! Oh yeah!

Well…actually…it’s not a fight, but I’ll defend Diego MILITO. I agree with you in the potential players like Lisandro (another favourite of mine and a Racing Club legend like MILITO), CAVENAGHI, ZARATE and HIGUAIN, but I don’t think calling up Diego MILITO is a mistake.

The man has scored at will in every league and club he played. He is La Liga topscorer of the last 4 seasons put together or something like that. He is also up there in the scoring list in this season’s Serie A for Genoa.

He never played a complete game for Argentina and yesterday, he was replaced in an incredibly bad substitution. He was one of the high points of the first half and certainly the best out of the three forwards MESSI-AGUERO being the other two. I’m not saying he is better than them, but he was playing better.

MESSI and AGUERO were just passing the ball to and only to each other and that was evident when MILITO was wide open in front of goal and AGUERO decided to play a one-two with MESSI, who was surrounded by no less than 3 Chilean defenders plus the goalkeeper, who eventually got the ball.

Number 9s are all about confidence. If you don’t build it up as a manager, you’re wasting your resources.

BASILE took 2 clear goal-scoring big physical strikers to Chile: MILITO and SAND.

What was the outcome?

One of them gets only 45 minutes and no decent service sent his way (not even the best KEMPES or the best BATISTUTA in history would have been able to score in MILITO’s position last night). Then he gets replaced and now a lot of people are saying he is not good enough to play for Argentina.

The other one, SAND, gets sent to the lions without a proper football training with the rest of the squad and plays the last few minutes in a team that have no idea what to do and clearly cannot create anything for him to capitalise.

Honestly, I think Diego MILITO is the best option we have at centre-forward. He only needs the minutes and the proper service to show it.

Out of the other names you mention, CAVENAGHI and HIGUAIN can probably have a case, but Lisandro is not a natural goal-scorer. He can, like BERGESSIO, complement a big goal-scoring man, while ZARATE needs another ball to play on his own and can frustrate me when he passes the ball around less than MESSI and AGUERO put together.

Wow…that was quite a rant! I hope you enjoy it! haha!

I agree with you regarding HEINZE (won’t be anywhere near the national team if I was the manager), the horrible midfield we used last night and the absences of Maxi and Lucho (I just don’t get it), but believe me…Diego MILITO can be the prolific big guy we need to become a threat to any team in the world (if we ever become a team ourselves).

]]> By: David N http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/10/16/world-cup-qualifying-self-examinations-and-my-own-two-centavos/#comment-2616 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:06:56 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2616 Good questions, Sam. That midfield was begging for somebody with some creativity to put his foot on the ball. Messi’s dribbles and bad passing choices just made me wonder what Aimar, or Lucho, or even Veron would have done in there. That is if Basile is set on playing that system. Which he seems to be.

Chile were awesome, though. Should have had one other goal, at least…I hope they make it to South Africa with that young squad.

Any news on Burdisso/Gonzalez?

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