Ronaldinho and Hulk Get Called Up for Brazil

George, what do you think of Ramires?

chiboygeorge wrote:

Splashy wrote:

Jamie wrote:

Splashy wrote:Still no Kaka

Thye have players like Fernandinho in the team but they can't find a place for Kaka

Why would they try and find a place for someone who barely plays for his club?

Because he is still better than pretty much any other player they have got bar Pato.

cheesy wrote:Great to see Ronaldinho getting recognised again. Hopefully we can see him producing some of his best football if he gets called up for the World Cup in 2014, although he has to remain consistent until then, and we know consistency has not always been his strongest point.

Kaka is not Brazil best player bar Pato....

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Consistency not Dinho strongest? Been doing class since 1998 - 2009 Then 2011-

I was using that term as in him being one of the world's very best. He was a good player in his early days, but not one of the world's best. He was also very poor towards the end of his time at Barca, and was a shadow of his former self.

Sean wrote:George, what do you think of Ramires?

Ramires for me is a good player. But only great when Brazil have a good ball playing DM playing alongside him. His role in Brazil is much weird, most of the time his dribbling with the ball bursting forward but can't usually find that perfect ball. Most of the time he's played with Lucas and never shown his true class because Lucas was never used as the ball playing defensive midfielder just only to break attacks and restart play.

If Ramires could perfect his passing when he breaks through or his shooting, he could be a much more impressive player.

Ramires just can't play well in a double pivot. Not with that elephantine first touch. He doesn't have the awareness to play that role well.

Looking into the squad Brazil have a great amount of good/very good players, the fact that Hulk getting called up is news proves that.

Bastos

Is Bastos in the squad?

No Bastos.

Alves, Silva, Luiz, Dede, Lucio, Danilo, Marcelo

I never said he was in the squad, simply praising him.

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Jefferson (Botafogo), Fabio (Cruzeiro)
Defenders: Lucio (Inter Milan), Thiago Silva (AC Milan), Dede (Vasco), D Luiz (Chelsea), D Alves (Barcelona), Danilo (Santos), Marcelo (Real Madrid)
Midfielders: Adriano (Barcelona), Lucas Leiva
(Liverpool), L Gustavo (Bayern Munich), Ralf (Corinthians), Elias
(Atletico Madrid), Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk), PH Ganso (Santos),
Lucas (Sao Paulo)
Forwards: Ronaldinho (Flamengo), Robinho (AC Milan), A Pato (AC Milan), Hulk (Porto), L Damiao (Internacional), Neymar (Santos).

How is Bastos playing these days? I know he scored 10 last season, but tbh I don't follow much of French football.