some of u guys say quaresma over danny..............dats rubbish coz danny didn't play his natural position at the world cup all thanks to queiroz n quaresma's a natural waste

tiago was the best player against north korea at the WC, no 2 ways about it..he had a bright game against spain and was the top scorer of course with 3 goals does nebody rememberrrrrrrrrr

how come none of u have him in the first 11...

it should be


almeida
danny
nani meireles
tiago veloso
coentrao carvalho alves silvio
eduardo

Anybody know why Varela is out? Seems like our players are dropping like flies.

Danny dosent play as a Striker or a winger, he plays attacking Mid number 10 style, carlos queiroz best use him in that postion. But you know how hes like putting players in different postions!
Hes Zenits best player for sure.

Seeing as Ronaldo, Varela, Bosingwa and Pepe are out this is what my starting lineup would look like:


Nani Danny Quaresma

Veloso Meireles Moutinho

Coentrão Alves Carvalho Miguel

Eduardo

(Not really sure about Tiago or Veloso)

What about Helder Postiga???

Seems like a pretty decent squad list, with the exception of Danny being included.
I honestly have not seen much positive effects of this man being on the Portuguese squad..especially in the World Cup. There are definitely better, more effective choices for the FPF to choose from. It's just a little disappointing in my opinion, and now with this "Interim" coach in charge and Queiroz banned for 6 months, who knows what's going to happen?

Good luck Portugal. And give em' hell Coentrao.

Silvio is a very good fullback. He is just as comfortable on the left as he is on the right. He was the man of the match in the first leg against Sevilla and he had an excellent game in the away leg too. If you see the article on Braga's win over Maritimo, you can clearly see that he has a very good shot as well.

QUARESMA GREAT PLAYER, We are very lucky because quaresma play in turkey

Forza Quaresmaa.....

why didn he get put on standy by instead of Rui patricio?

Ronaldo is out for 3 weeks, that means probably Quaresma gets in the squad

A lot of people here are going on about how Quaresma's recent hot streak in portugal doesn't mean he'll manage well with the national squad. Personally, I agree that it doesn't NECESSARILY mean that; however, I have to say that I think the game against Cyprus should be easy enough to give us the breathing space to test him out.

I think he could be the star of the 2012 qualifiers.

Ronaldo continues to underpeform for the seleccao for reasons we can debate forever, and is always heavily marked by opposing players.

Nani was very unfortunate to miss the WC but given his form in the last 8-9 months I think he could turn out to be our most important player.

nunes is 33

Portugal should line up
Eduard GK Silvio RB Carvalho CB Alves CB Coentrao LB Moutinho CM Meireles CM Nani RM/RW Varela LM/LW Danny FWD/SS/CAM Ronaldo FWD/SS/AM/LW/RW/CR7/CR9---------------------------------------This gives portugal a flexible line up and keeps Danny in the middle as a support striker/FWD/CAM/instead of on the wings where he's not so good.Right now Portugal lack a true attacking mid and an out and out striker but i believe with solid wing play and two versatile mids the Danny Ronaldo tandem can work.Plus you can change formations easily without making any subs as a 442 Nani and Varela play as right and left mids this gives us a four man midfield so we don't get the ball ping ponged around us like against spain .Or if changes need to bee made switch to 433 with Nani and Varela as wingers and Danny dropping back into the three man midfield this way rash subsitutions are not made too early . Oh yeah and if portugal's down and needs to score in a bad bad way we can go crazy with a 424 just like 1966 style.

I would play this...

-----------------Eduardo
Miguel---Alves---Carvalho---Coentrao
----------------Fernandes
--------Raul
----------------------Moutinho
Nani-------------------------------Ronaldo
-------------Almeida

Who is the interim coach

...Can't believe people continue to rate Liedson over Hugo...just look at the Spain game FFS!!

Btw, to whomever said Quaresma over Danny....are you forreal!?

I meant CM instead of see young

what about the 'young great player Joao Silva of Everton???? i think makukula should be ahead of liedson and joao silva ahead of manuel fernandes...but as simao and deco retire...more doors open for more players, and this could be a good thing, if portugal finds the right fit in the mid and wing... varela...good choice... silvio...ok....but nuno coelho, errr, i dont know about that... i guess we'll see.

Will you people cut the crab already. Just because Quaresma played well in the last few games does not mean that he is the center of attraction again. We all know his abilities, how he could not sum up to the pressure at a bigger league. He still need years of developing to do. Hopefully, he can get a call-up in the second quarter of Euro qualification.

I'm glad Silvio got called. He has been very impressive indeed. Don't know where Miguel's head at, really wish Simao came back. I like Tiago but the midfield has really lost Deco's presence. Varela/Moutinho is also deserving. I think Ricardo Quaresma deserved to be called ahead of Danny. The majority of dropped players werent good anyway and I hope Duda never comes back. Meireles not my personal fav but who else?

So the lineup is fairly youthful and cant wait for the qualifiers.
FORCA PORTUGAL

wooowww quaresma should be there instead of liedson, like really, liedson ? hes total garbage