Oscar is a very nice player.
Brazil defence need plenty work. And they really doh have a striker per se. I could see opposing teams looking to put the clamps on Neymar and basically daring someone else to beat them.
david luiz is the weak link. i notice scolari have luiz gustavo dropping back a lot to cover for luiz. my biggest concern is the #9. Fred is useful but i eh know if he could handle that role for 7 games to win a world cup. cant believe Jo on de squad. damiao has talent but lacks experience and throws away a lot.
Add "Hulk" to the mix. First of all he sounds like a dem cartoon with dat name, can't take him seriously and ah find he overrated and one dimensional. And he dos fold like a pack of cards at the slightest touch. No way he should be starting being relied on tuh create offense. Plus no reliable forwards and playing with midfielders who more defensive than creative. I cannot stand that the focus on defending to the point that it taking away from the side being more creative. Just plain boring and predictable how this side dos set up. Where is the flair? WTF, this Brasil not England or the US.
pardna that flair shit u talking about not going to win any world cup, it didnt even win the 1982 world cup.
paulinho and gustavo are the 2 defensive midfielders on the team and paulinho gets forward a lot so i eh know what u talking about regarding brazil midfield too defensive and not creative.
as for hulk, i am not a big fan and i think he has a bigger impact as a sub. however, the current system needs him and neymar to interchange on the wings (even oscar as well). lucas moura cant play on the left at all so interchanging less likely with him on the field.
Since when getting forward equals creativity? Or is that your version of shite? Ramires goes forward also and their is nothing creative about him. And the way Brasil is presently set up is not going to win any World Cups either. I love my Brasil but I am not blind tuh dey limitations.
By the way Gab Marcotti-the excellent football writer, and who's opinion I respect. In an article about Brasil and their efforts to get the right combination; Lucas according to him would have no problem replacing Hulk, and it would be an improvement.
"Hulk alternated moments when he combined well with Dani Alves, especially defensively, with others when the two were disjointed. If there's one guy in this front four who should be at risk, it's the Zenit St Petersburg striker. With Oscar and Neymar both gravitating left and Marcelo pushing on to join them, Hulk needs to be present and active on the other flank; otherwise Brazil will be unbalanced. This is especially true if, as happened against Japan, Alves has a relatively quiet game (assist excepted, of course).
"We have replacement parts who have proven effective and helped us when they came off the bench," Scolari said.
It wasn't in reference specifically to Hulk, but given the contributions of Lucas Moura, Hernanes and even Jo, who closed out the scoring, you can see why he feels he has the tools to change it around. Jo is a late-game alternative to Fred should the Fluminense front man start flagging. Both Moura and Hernanes would raise the quality level of this Brazil side should either be used at the expense of Hulk -- the former in a straight swap, the latter perhaps with the team shifting to a 4-3-3."