Comments on: What have Southampton F.C. got in common with Boca Juniors?

By: Matthew Gilbert

Matthew Gilbert — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:18:13 +0000

I don’t think Tigre are quite as beautiful to watch as Lanus at their best, but Lanus aren’t at their best very often.
Martin Morel is scintillating. Any club would be pleased to have him. Amazing that he wasn’t even guaranteed a starting place early this season.

By: GabrielT

GabrielT — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:05:15 +0000

Having worked in San Fernando for a while I can tell that most of the “Tigre” Fans are also “River” Fans, although I never heard of the opposite case (like yours Sam)
I’m a Boca Fan but if I have to “wish” for a champion… let Tigre be! they deserve it… not only for being the smallest of the three… but also for being the most beautifull to watch (out of the three again)

By: Matthew Gilbert

Matthew Gilbert — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:45:39 +0000

To be fair, I’m certain that Boca would have won that match with a fit, first choice defensive formation.
I’m not Paletta’s biggest fan, but if he had been playing, he would had too much know how to allow those goals that Velez scored.

And Morel Rodriguez as well. The time and space that Cabrera was allowed after he came on as sub, dribbling down the right as if he were in a training session, was a joke! Did you see where he nutmegged Vargas? It was funny if you’re not a Boca fan, but presumably infuriating if you are, as you know that under normal circumstances, Boca have the defensive capabilities to deal with this.

Nanni could have had at least two goals himself!

Cabrera is infuriating for Racing fans, though, he never played like that for us! : (

By: justin

justin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:02 +0000

Say what you will about the Clausura-Apetura system, but it makes these surprise title winners possible. If the season were drawn out over 9 months, I think you wouldn’t see smaller teams with smaller squads and lesser resources being able to keep up the challenge that long.

Rodriguez is correct in that Boca are still in with a good chance. There’s no shame in losing to Velez, but it’s not the kind of result that wins you titles.

By: hastaelgolsiempre

hastaelgolsiempre — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:38:31 +0000

Well yes, in a way. I try and keep my River bias out of things on HEGS but I’m not ashamed to admit I enjoy writing about a small club who are doing far better than they ‘should’ be doing. It’s the kind of thing we don’t get in England – Hull are doing fantastically at the moment but no-one actually thinks they’re in with a shot at the title or even, realistically, a European Cup place – and it’s a big part of the reason I love writing about Argentine football so much.

Boca or River winning a title gets me a lot more hits here (and comparing River’s title win this year with Lanús’s eleven months ago, we got FAR more visitors for River). But I’d far rather write about Tigre doing it, just as I enjoyed covering Lanús’s win last year – because it’s more interesting.

By: Matthew Gilbert

Matthew Gilbert — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:18:32 +0000

Hee hee Sam, I think you *are* a fan of Tigre, you do give them a lot of positive coverage! : )

But as no self-respecting Racing fan can want one of the other grandes to win anything, I’m going for Tigre to be champions as well!

Mind you, a Boca win on Sunday would be handy in the promedios for Racing and GELP.