Maybe Portugal aren't the best team in the world, but with the players they have at their disposal they could be the most enjoyable team to watch. Some of you don't like Quaresma but he has been on fire in Istanbul and playing like he has something to prove to the world - namely that he should have been in South Africa. Cris can't do it alone but with a bit of support and some jogo bonito coming from the other wing who knows. CQ blew it. I would LOVE a shot at that job.

Joa excellent post my friend.. great incite into the squad..

Peseiro makes me laugh..

“What seems to be the case is that there is a desire, I don’t know from whom, to see Queiroz leave."

He must of thought it was a local event tieing up traffic, not the massive lineup of fans, media, and officials trying to burn Queiroz's Football house down. Either this guy is an ostriche or he is blinder than Stevie Wonder.

Seriously you don't know who wants him out? LOL
My question is who continually wants him there. This is his 3rd unsuccessful kick at the can. This last time was his most glorious (not) the others all resulted in not even qualifying.

Jake makes a great point about Coentrao being forced into the team, especially since he was only playing U-21 previously and at the last moment being selected.

Paulo you got my vote too.. from 2 years ago to add to that list. When they first hired him I said it was a mistake to hire a Portuguese speaking manager.

George? You thought the Man U tactics were CQ's surely you were mistaken my friend? MU never played a 4-3-3 unless they did so with two strikers.. clearly that is Ferguson's handiwork, and Ferguson is successful period, even when he had CQ handicapping him.

Joao hit the nail on the head it is not in the players best interests to come out as evidenced in the French fiasco.. looks like no one in the French squad will play after what happened. It could also hurt them with their clubs so very few of them cross that line.

Joe from Canada hit home with the mentality adjustment needed in the Fed. Sergio had a good line-up, and there are many other good managers. Even Dunga would be a good fit although for me his ability to speak Portuguese takes away from his skills.

Although I believe the message should be sent out that really the only candidates for the job should be World Cup winners or huge foreign domestic winners (Champions League Managers etc) how about a Frank Rjkaard who disappeared after his removal from Barcelona.

A clear message has to be sent to the players and the world.. we are going to win.. so we only want winners. So our Manager is only a winner of the highest level.

Then of course we get to my friends Justin and Tony.. sorry gentlemen you are entitled to your opinions but I feel as the majority of the world do. We have one of the best squads.

Easiest way to evaulate that is the professionals valuations. Hard currency spent on players states that the Portugal NT is in the top 5. That was before Coentrao bust onto the world scene.

That means that guys who work in the field professionally and with much acclaim have forked over millions of pounds for our talent.

You both made good points until you got to Quaresma.. you are not the only delusional ones even PortuGoal posted about how crucial Q was in his Turkish sides tie with a Czechoslovakian team. Like it was a great accomplishment.

Maritimo's 8-2 result was, a second tier team tieing a fifth tier is not a good result. Hey on the bright side with more good results maybe that fifth tier Prague team will sign him next year.

The NT and Quaresma should not be spoken in the same sentence, paragraph, or page. His talent has erroded to the point that his mentality is not his weakness.

Let me ask you gentlemen a couple of questions:

What style did all the top performing teams in this wc tournament play?

Attacking or Defending?

How many played a 4-3-3?

Scoring 101 goals for his club the last 3 seasons, how many has CR scored for Portugal?

The answers are: Attacking, all of them with 2 strikers, and CR has only scored 3 goals in 3 years.

A lot of people will blame CR but the fact is he is not supported well and scores the majority of his goals supporting two strikers for club, so his numbers have been extremely off especially when being forced to do it himself.

I think he tries to over-compensate most of the time, is a target of vicious tackling, but lets face facts he never was a good crosser and if he isn't scoring goals than he isn't as good. As that is his specialty.

Some will say he has no talent around him but the majority here disagree as well as the professionals who have voted with their dollars. The fact is that even world class strikers have had a hard time breaking down defences as a lone forward, let alone our bunch who are decent but are not world class. They need two strikers to give them room to breathe and score. Also then they are guaranteed some service. There is no way around it, you need two strikers in the modern game to score consistently. Spain, Holland, Germany, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, etc.. all play two, then add attacking forwards on their wings to dial up the pressure.

This always comes back to coaching and tactics, hey even Scolari lacked the tactical ability but at least he could motivate players on the big stage, Queer Eyes can't do either. So with one of the best squads in the world he failed, it was no surprise, it is his track record.

Also mark my words I said it last year about Coentrao, and free from injury and if Jorge of the Jews decides to play some Porkchops, Amorim is going to shock you.

He has always been a great two way player and can compete at the highest level at many positions, without being flashy, but make no mistake this guy can shoot, as well as pass, and he is going to take off over the next two years. Supremo my friend I will be saying I told you so soon.

One other point I would like to address is that Scolari also made comments about Portugal being middling, and Jorge of the Jews has the same habbit with Benfica when they get on the big stage. Jorge has to win on the big stage before we should ever consider him, because for me he blew the Europa last year with Cesar the Frango in net, and has never gone far in Europe. With this squad he has, if he doesn't get into the knockout stages of the CL he should be sacked period. Only with success should he be consided.. the Liga Sagres is not a success for me, it is only a precursor to it.

If Queiroz leaves or is let go by the Portuguese Federation, who will take his place? Who will guide us to victory in Euro2012?

Please someone answer me this.

All you mentioned was a weak attack line and Queiroz only 10% to blame? Replace Nani for Amorim who was completely useless when you had Varela who was match fit 2 days after the IC match. Simao is a decent but wouldnt be a starter on RM but Spain/RM/Barcelona does not have our defence.. Carvalho, Alves, Miguel, and Coentrao was easily in the top 2 best defensive line up in the WC. I can only think of Maicon, Lucio, Juan being any better. Felipe Melo was a disaster.

Now to talk about attacking line. Queiroz is too blame for stupid line ups, subs, and tactics, and player positioning..Have you seen what Maniche is doing for Sporting these days? If it was Maniche, Deco, and Tiago vs Spain we would be owning midfield. But no, you get the more floppy then decent meireles and pepe who hasnt played in half a year. If you have no midfield, strikers will never get the ball. Think about it, Coentrao, Alves, Carvalho, Miguel --Tiago, Deco -- Maniche -- C.R, Varela -- Almeida we would have wooped the shit out of Spain. Its clearly all queiroz fault for wasting WC spots on ppl like rolando, duda, costa, mendes.. if your going to bring trash like this. ill even take quaresma. CQ has to take all if not 90% of the blame for this teams failure.

CQ is not the problem say what you will about him. We had no offensive talent on that team to compare with the teams that finished above us. Ronaldo can't do it all on his own, I agree that sometimes he gives up. If you had Junior Varisty players on your team attacking with you against the best Varisty soccer team in the country how would you fare? Maybe not the best analogy but I will say it until I am blue in the face, RONALDO HAD NO HELP!! Once nani was sent back it was just a matter of time until we were in trouble. I obviously rode the excitement bus the whole time but I knew that we could not win this world cup. Spain, Holland, Brazil, Germany and even Uruguay had better attacking options. Our defense is solid, extremely solid actually but with no offensive cohesiveness say what you want about CQ and Ronaldo we had no "real" chance of winning. From here on out we need to concentrate on possessing the ball like we used to and not forcing miracle one times passes towards ronaldo(ex. meireles,tiago,deco,danny,liedson) and expect him to run 40 yards and get it. He is only human, look at what Messi did hmmmm nothing either. Messi even had Higuain and Tevez but that is not enough. Spain is basically Portugal with offensive ability. Varela,nani,salamao,yannick,ronaldo,moutinho,orlando sa, joao silva those are all players who have to figure it out and Joga Bonito.

UNTIL Portugal get a decent respectable coach that will alter the attitude and not listen to the damm politics within the Portuguese Futbol Federation nothing will change. There are few coaches that will take our tallent and transform it into success, coaches like Guss Hiddick, Lippi, Capello, Parreira, and even Scolary again.

“In terms of results, it was not a bad World Cup."

and it's because of reasoning like this that Portugal has never won anything!!!! ....and will never until this mindset is changed....

& HIRE LIPPI.

They don't speak out because when they do they get sidelined see Deco. :)

Querioz . What has he really achieved in his time with the national team

BIG FAT ZERO!

Can we really say we're going in the right direction

Can we really say that Portugal played well in the WC.

....and I don't want to hear excuses, no boswinga, no nani or any IFs' or BUTS. They're for Losers

are our players any worse than Uruguay or Paraguay
Lets face it . we're underperforming

Tom K. Please put up a poll on wether he should be sacked.

Trust a sportinguista to come out and back Queiroz. Sportinguistas like Querioz lack vision and ambition, they are just happy to be part of the crowd, never willing to take risks or to lead. Why would anyone give Peseiro comments any credence, he is a monkey and should concentrate on "coaching" Saudi. The National system needs reform because sad to say we are in a state of crisis.

I agree with you Joa. You've pretty much covered everything. Bottom line: Queiroz is not a coach. He is talented in developing youth but having a great LB and keeper doesnt win a championship. He needs to build a team. His poor decision making and tactical skills will once again reflect during the euro qualifying campaign. He must be fired or step down for the sake of the team. Great talent is going to waste.