Something is got be done it is very obvious where these refs are being bought. Put Pinto da costa in jail what more evidence do you whant. What a crook.

Really enjoyed the podcast! As was noted, this was made before the Sporting v Man City game. What can be seen now is that yes Sporting had been playing poorly for a while with Domingos before Sa Pinto took over. When Sa Pinto took over initially the gameplay wasn't really much better admittedly, BUT the team was playing with more and more passion and they were getting good results! Within the little time Sa Pinto has had with this team his results have been great (winning and only one loss) and yesterday vs Man City, the team showed incredible heart and played a good all round solid game of football! I'm saying all this because people need to understand that the bad spell started with the slump in Domingos' reign which went on for all of the winter period. Sa Pinto picked things up, put them back together and things have been getting better. He's the perfect man to lead Sporting because of his heart for the club, and his knowledge of all the players and the academy. Consistency, stability, and finances are what is needed in the club, and with Sa Pinto and Godinho the club can build a great legacy and era. This team has loads of talent and depth and with the great positive strong spirit that Sa Pinto has fostered Sporting has a bright present and future!

National team wise, our team has good quality all over. Its a pity that Silvio has been ravaged by injury mostly all season. Thats the one player that I'm personally missing and would love to have in our team. I also think Daniel Carrico should be called up as he would bring good quality in two positions that we could use more depth in - center back, defensive midfield. Veloso, Meireles, and Moutinho are still our staring midfield trio and I'm happy with them. For our strikers, I see the best pecking order as 1.Helder Postiga, 2.Nelson Oliveira, and 3.Hugo Almeida. There's no doubt Postiga is the number 1 striker thats why Bento played him in all the qualifiers and he's done a great job for us, 5 goals in 8 qualifiers and for Portugal he now has a goal to game ratio of almost 1 in 2. Then I have no doubt that Nelson Oliveira should be first off to replace Postiga. Nelson has undoubted quality, and I would be even happier if he started, but I understand that it takes time. Either way with Postiga or Nelson I'm happy.