allyuh check on jai john to make sure he is okay....now dat brazil qualify, i can sit back and watch argentina either crack under de pressure or play some serious ball and get results.
Doh worry I fine. I still have yet to see the game so , as usual I doh comment on things I eh see, but I saw the results so ah have ah few words on dat.
It eh looking good for my team and certain statements are coming back to haunt us. The most poignant is that of Riquelme.... " Maradona and I see things differently when it comes to football " Now everyone and his dog know by now I am a big Riquelme fan and I take what de man said seriously. It really was a nice way to say .......
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When you look at how the team has performed since maradona has taken charge you must wonder if he is the best man for the job. Now for all the criticisms of Riquelme, some justified others not , he is still the leading scorer for Argentina in this campaign, and led Argentina to victories against the same teams they are struggling to get results from these days.
Now few will argue that Argentina has some of the best players in world football yet the national team does not reflect that. Granted maradona lost 5 players from his preferred 11 due to injury and he was playing against Brazil, the team has lacked cohesion and the dominance they once showed against their regional opponents. No longer is Argentina a team to be feared.
mexico had a similar problem early in the campaign when Ericksson was at the helm ....they reverted to a tried and proven mexican coach and now few will dare to bet against them qualifying. they have gone from the worst mEXICAN TEAM EVERR ...TO KYAH LORSE !
A similar transformation has taken place with England ...from traditional strugglers who just seemed to do enough to get there to serious contenders for the next WC.
I remember someone teasing Small Mag bout his support for England ...I eh so sure dat is a laughing matter now ! England with a change in management is now a far cry from England the team with the same players under Ericksson. england beating people and scoring plenty goals now !
It is difficult to change cult figures however as we have seen here in Trinidad ...When I made the call for Yorke to use Tobago as his swan song and retire gracefully in a celebration in his homeland there was not much support fpr it. man was still seeing dwight playing a big part in th team. Now Yorke himself has had to step down.
same thing with latapy ..any other coach would have been given the sack because the team has not improved under his charge but is Latapy we talking bout so I suppose the same will be the case ...it will be up to Latapy to stay or leave.
So it is with maradona ....another coach would have been given the boot already but is Diego we talking bout .
I however feel that if he does not win with this team next game ..That's it !
Argentina will probably go for Bianchi...a tried and tested performer ...or batista who has shown he is up to the task wit the young stars. there is also Simione , a WC winner and well respected coach in Argentina.
So I wait to see what happens next but you know Jai doh give up .....is Spurs in England, Villareal in Spain...AC Milan in Italy... Argentina in World Cup ..and Boca Juniors everywhere else !
