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Today, Marcos Senna Would Be a Brazilian NT Starter
...IF he hadn't become Spanish.
Deco, for example, could never say the same thing. We've always had too many Kakas and Diegos and assorted attacking-mids competing for the same positions. And let's not even mention the Roger Guerreiros and Marco Aurelios that infested the Euros like lice on a flamenguista's head; the only way those guys could've come anywhere near the Brasilian NT would've been by purchasing tickets to watch their games.
But Marcos Senna COULD be a Brasilian NT player, if he were still Brasilian today. He's playing better than Gilberto Silva, better than Josue and better than Mineiro. At the very least, Marcos could be in Brasil's squad, but I think he could be a starter. Of course, that ship has already sailed; but I felt that it's relevant to point out that one of those "exported NT players" was good enough for us, after all.
Of course Senna wouldn't be able to singlehandedly solve our NT's current problems, especially considering that the manager's massive incompetence is one of our biggest issues - but even if we had a class manager steering the ship, the DM is easily our most problematic position nowadays. And Marcos Senna could have been part of the solution, if only he had believed in his own chances of someday making the Brasilian 1st team.
What do you think? Of course I wish him luck with his adopted NT, and adding some Brasilian talent to their local mix clearly was the solution to some of Spain's problems. :rollani: I just have to wonder how Senna would have behaved if he suspected that one day there would be a place for him at the Brasilian NT.
...IF he hadn't become Spanish.
Deco, for example, could never say the same thing. We've always had too many Kakas and Diegos and assorted attacking-mids competing for the same positions. And let's not even mention the Roger Guerreiros and Marco Aurelios that infested the Euros like lice on a flamenguista's head; the only way those guys could've come anywhere near the Brasilian NT would've been by purchasing tickets to watch their games.
But Marcos Senna COULD be a Brasilian NT player, if he were still Brasilian today. He's playing better than Gilberto Silva, better than Josue and better than Mineiro. At the very least, Marcos could be in Brasil's squad, but I think he could be a starter. Of course, that ship has already sailed; but I felt that it's relevant to point out that one of those "exported NT players" was good enough for us, after all.
Of course Senna wouldn't be able to singlehandedly solve our NT's current problems, especially considering that the manager's massive incompetence is one of our biggest issues - but even if we had a class manager steering the ship, the DM is easily our most problematic position nowadays. And Marcos Senna could have been part of the solution, if only he had believed in his own chances of someday making the Brasilian 1st team.
What do you think? Of course I wish him luck with his adopted NT, and adding some Brasilian talent to their local mix clearly was the solution to some of Spain's problems. :rollani: I just have to wonder how Senna would have behaved if he suspected that one day there would be a place for him at the Brasilian NT.