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The likes of Lucas Moura, Marquinhos, Filipe luis, Dede, Miranda, Diego Lopez haven't made to Brazil WC squad :O

 

He's picked Jo ahead of Moura & Maxwell ahead of Filipe Luis

 

Scolari :loco:

 

Full squad

 

 

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Toronto FC), Jefferson (Botafogo), Victor (Atletico Mineiro)

Defenders: David Luiz (Chelsea), Dante (Bayern Munich), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain), Henrique (Napoli), Maicon (Roma), Dani Alves (Barcelona), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Maxwell (Paris Saint-Germain)

Midfielders: Luiz Gustavo (Wolfsburg), Paulinho (Tottenham), Fernandinho (Manchester City), Ramires (Chelsea), Oscar (Chelsea), Willian (Chelsea), Hernanes (Inter Milan)

Strikers: Hulk (Zenit St. Petersburg), Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk), Neymar (Barcelona), Jo (Atletico Mineiro), Fred (Fluminense)

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I guess big club name comes first? :(

 

Luis-Miranda pair is excellent.

 

Edit: man, feel bad for Luis. Home world-cup and he's not selected.

 

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German provisional squad:

 

Goalkeepers: Neuer, Weidenfeller, Zieler.

 

Defenders: Boateng, Durm, Grosskreutz, Höwedes, Hummels, Jansen, Lahm, Mertesacker, Mustafi, Schmelzer, Ginter.

 

Midfielders/forwards: Lars Bender, Draxler, Götze, Goretzka, Hahn, Khedira, Klose, Kroos, Meyer, Müller, Özil, Podolski, Reus, Schürrle, Schweinsteiger, Volland.

 

Can't wait. :wOOtjumpy:

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Gündoğan and Cha-Cha are injured.

 

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Mostly:

 

Neuer

Lahm-Mertesacker-Hummels-Schmelzer

Schweinsteiger-Khedira

Müller-Özil-Reus/Podolski

Klose

 

Super-sub: Draxler, Bender/Kroos/Götze, Schürrle/Müller + Defenders.

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I guess big club name comes first? :(

 

Luis-Miranda pair is excellent.

 

Edit: man, feel bad for Luis. Home world-cup and he's not selected.

 

Yes that would be why, He's still nuts though for not picking Moura and both of those.

 

Its a shame Gundogan couldn't go :(

 

I think Low wouldn't start Ozil, its just a hunch on what he said before in the season. Apart from that, that 11 is perfect (with Reus instead of Podolski)

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Same reasons which support the argument that United wouldn't get a Champions League spot next season.

Wow your logic is undeniable! :doh:

 

Let me tell you why they will find it difficult.

Evra, rio and vidic are leaving. Virtually your entire back four, who has carried your team for so long has to be changed.

It's been proved time and again that Carrick and Fletcher are not in the same league as a Yaya Toure, or a Lampard.

Your 28m panic signing is an absolute waste of money.

Rooney is no longer the force he used to be, and even on the England front there are lot of noise to replace him with Lallana. But in utd as long as he's there, Mata doesn't get to play in his preferred position. Mata has not been effective playing on the wing.

Van persie is good, but need service from your midfield, which has been few and far between this season.

 

So effectively you need an overhaul of half your first team. And that team would need at least a season to gel in and play good football. Please look at Spurs as an example.

 

Your manager is still undecided. Van gaal doesn't play like how ManU traditionally play. So that will have to change, and would need time. Even Liverpool took a season to understand Rodgers' way of playing.

 

Also with liverpool and Everton only getting stronger than last season, the competition is tougher. And spurs have a good squad, and may get better soon.

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Spurs have a good squad? :roflroll:

 

I still remember how so many neutral fans thought at the start of the season that spurs would certainly get in top 4 above Arsenal for sure because of all the investment they have made. :lol:

 

If Fellaini is a bad signing then Lamela, Soldado, Chiriches etc are absolutely worse. And spurs don't even have the financial clout of United to reinvest more money & correct their mistakes. They are a little bit f**ked I would say.

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If Fellaini is a bad signing then Lamela, Soldado, Chiriches etc are absolutely worse. And spurs don't even have the financial clout of United to reinvest more money & correct their mistakes. They are a little bit f**ked I would say.

 

They do have. They've got the 2nd highest ticket prices (after Arsenal) and decent sponsorship deals so they're earning enough. Not as much as United, but certainly enough to reinvest whenever needed.

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Wow your logic is undeniable! :doh:

 

Let me tell you why they will find it difficult.

Evra, rio and vidic are leaving. Virtually your entire back four, who has carried your team for so long has to be changed.

It's been proved time and again that Carrick and Fletcher are not in the same league as a Yaya Toure, or a Lampard.

Your 28m panic signing is an absolute waste of money.

Rooney is no longer the force he used to be, and even on the England front there are lot of noise to replace him with Lallana. But in utd as long as he's there, Mata doesn't get to play in his preferred position. Mata has not been effective playing on the wing.

Van persie is good, but need service from your midfield, which has been few and far between this season.

 

So effectively you need an overhaul of half your first team. And that team would need at least a season to gel in and play good football. Please look at Spurs as an example.

 

Your manager is still undecided. Van gaal doesn't play like how ManU traditionally play. So that will have to change, and would need time. Even Liverpool took a season to understand Rodgers' way of playing.

 

Also with liverpool and Everton only getting stronger than last season, the competition is tougher. And spurs have a good squad, and may get better soon.

 

Like we are the only ones that need a defensive overhaul.

 

Your lot has conceded 50 goals and I don't think one can win the league by concedeing so many goals. You guys scored for fun this season due to the fact that no one feared you initially and they played their natural game against you.

 

You guys think that next season will be as simple and straightforward as this season, not saying that you will drop to 7th or anything but the teams will be more prepared and accustomed to your tactics and it would be interesting to see what Liverpool will do when other teams annoy the sh*t out of you like Chelsea did.

 

Rooney has 19 goals and 15 assists this season so your argument is invalid.

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If Rodgers continues to play free flowing football , lallana would do well without a doubt and lallana can play anywhere be it left , right or centre.

But probably not the place Liverpool need to improve.

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If Rodgers continues to play free flowing football , lallana would do well without a doubt and lallana can play anywhere be it left , right or centre.

Hmm maybe, I still think we could do better with someone like Rakitic. But yes Lallana could play in variety of positions.

 

But probably not the place Liverpool need to improve

Actually yes we do, but Fullbacks are priority, after that perhaps. There's still a need of one more good AM & LM (actually maybe two wingers if we ship out Moses, Assaidi etc)

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