tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post5378692867896068046..comments2024-03-01T08:38:17.887+00:00Comments on Snap, Kaká and Pop!: What's Good for the Goose? Paulo Henrique Ganso and the Weight of Potentialsnapkakapophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12445663831424089284noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-39547079014488855482012-02-07T00:04:33.933+00:002012-02-07T00:04:33.933+00:00Cheers Rob, much appreciated!
You too, Mr Anonymo...Cheers Rob, much appreciated!<br /><br />You too, Mr Anonymous!snapkakapophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445663831424089284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-49837350466840734312012-02-05T17:11:11.258+00:002012-02-05T17:11:11.258+00:00Thanks a lot for this. Learned an awful lot. Keep ...Thanks a lot for this. Learned an awful lot. Keep up the great work.<br /><br />Rob<br /><br />Left Back In The Changing RoomRob Marrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13557080968658349380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-62189019849257864432012-01-19T16:54:30.671+00:002012-01-19T16:54:30.671+00:00Fantastic post Jack! More articles like these!Fantastic post Jack! More articles like these!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-89749770726159741172012-01-18T10:58:56.415+00:002012-01-18T10:58:56.415+00:001. Coutinho's currently a fair way from the Br...1. Coutinho's currently a fair way from the Brazil side... he needs to be playing regularly at club level (at Inter or elsewhere) really. When he has played, he's been used either centrally (when Ganso was injured) or sometimes slightly wider.<br /><br />2. Adryan is certainly a talent, but has yet to make an impact at first team level. In fact, it's another young attacker - Thomás - who seems to have broken through first. I expect the latter to turn more heads than the former in the Rio state championship.snapkakapophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445663831424089284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-91302101248902118792012-01-18T01:30:17.119+00:002012-01-18T01:30:17.119+00:00Well as I am an 80s baby I'm not all too famil...Well as I am an 80s baby I'm not all too familiar with the non-physical/super-athletic/(red-carded slide tackling) football of days gone, but I will most certainly enjoy watching Mr. Ganso play in this style.<br /><br />Too be honest, even though I enjoy watching Barça, like an owner ready to fire a manager after 3 games in, I'me ready for the antithesis, a change! But not a negative one. Something along the lines of say a Barça v Barça.<br /><br />Not to turn my response into a forum, two final questions that are semi-rhetorical:<br /><br />1. How will Coutinho fit into the Brazil scheme, he was the #10 at the U-20s which did not feature Neymar both of whom are around the same age yes?<br /><br />2. And as I only get to see the Paulista and not Rio's state tourney I am looking forward to hearing more about Adryan (Flamengo) who really impressed me (more so than his forward counterpart, Ademilson) at the U-17s last year.<br /><br />If any thoughts do share please. Thanks<br /><br />New fan.<br /><br />VCVaughn C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-69461634370904237102012-01-17T23:05:41.666+00:002012-01-17T23:05:41.666+00:00My pleasure!
I was referring to a broad trend in ...My pleasure!<br /><br />I was referring to a broad trend in the Brazilian game, whereby physicality and athleticism have replaced the traditional (or perhaps, more accurately, stereotypical) creative elements.<br /><br />Ganso reminds me of a player from the 1980s: not a born athlete, but a clever, perceptive player. Players of his ilk haven't come along too often recently. Even Kaká, who Ganso has more or less replaced in the Brazil side, is (was?) more notable for his rangy running than for his passing ability.<br /><br />(Admittedly, this may be a global trend, not just a Brazilian one. The pleasure people draw from the recent Barça/Spain phenomenon has shown that that kind of passing football had been lacking for a while.)snapkakapophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445663831424089284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-16340673076492558002012-01-17T17:19:45.303+00:002012-01-17T17:19:45.303+00:00Thank you for the insightful commentary on Ganso.
...Thank you for the insightful commentary on Ganso.<br /><br />The question(s) I have is in regard to the paragraph containing the follwing:<br /><br />...Paulo Henrique brings to mind a bygone era ... the kind of subtlety that is increasingly being squeezed out of the Brazilian game. Through passes are his recession-hit currency.<br /><br />Being new to the Brazilian [league] game (and as attempt to follow my first Paulista), I would like to know how/why is this subtlety aforementioned being squeezed out of the Brazilian game, and what should those like myself come to expect in years to come?Vaughn C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-280807496102128472012-01-16T21:48:40.027+00:002012-01-16T21:48:40.027+00:00Couldn't agree more... Hernanes at Lazio/Pasto...Couldn't agree more... Hernanes at Lazio/Pastore at Palermo are the types of example he could follow, at least initially.<br /><br />Better that then end up playing intermittently for one of the big guns.snapkakapophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445663831424089284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99580576789162871.post-60336598122042119722012-01-16T21:44:12.286+00:002012-01-16T21:44:12.286+00:00On the plus side, he is at least not Pato.
I thin...On the plus side, he is at least not Pato.<br /><br />I think Ganso can turn things around and have a few good years in Europe, ala Riquelme. However, he definitely should not sign for a major club - a midtable size that will accommodate him tactically would be the best fit. <br /><br />Here's hoping for a bright 2012 Ganso!elliotthttp://futfanatico.comnoreply@blogger.com