OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Brazil have appointed ex-Chelsea manager Phil Scolari as their coach on a contract covering the 2014 World Cup, replacing Mano Menezes who was sacked as Brazil seek to head in a new direction. Still don't see why Menezes was sacked, his team played nice football and he won most of his games. Scolari's teams tend to grind results out playing dire football so yeah Brazil could be terrible in the 2014 WC. This man won the World Cup in 2002 with Brazil though so in fact you never know...Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,326 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Thoughts.. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner 456 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I knew it wouldn't be Guardiola taking over, but Scolari? I think they would have been better off keeping Menezes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Didn't he just get fired at a Brazilian club? weird decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo talks Blue 85 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I doubt whether Brazil will make it to the quarters this year with Scolari. He's nothing but a ridiculous piece now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Didn't he just get fired at a Brazilian club? weird decision.Fired at Palmeiras wasn't it? He got them relegated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner 456 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Fired at Palmeiras wasn't it? He got them relegated...Yep, it was indeed. Very strange decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renanh 311 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Fired at Palmeiras wasn't it? He got them relegated...Exactly, relegated Palmeiras to our second division.I predict riots when we get demolished playing bad football at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary gordon 1,777 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 At least we didn't get the clueless cunt!Oh wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBH 283 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 I can see some older players coming back into the side under Scolari tbh. Kaka, Robinho, Ronaldinho etc and just play it safe for a while, instead of tweaking with youngsters and risking things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I can see some older players coming back into the side under Scolari tbh. Kaka, Robinho, Ronaldinho etc and just play it safe for a while, instead of tweaking with youngsters and risking things.Still better than Torres for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 A non-Chelsea related thread. Moved to 'Football Banter' section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Why does Scolari deserves his own thread?By the way, he not only relegated Palmeiras but he also made them win a national throphy after 11 years.By the way 2, if Parreira and Dunga got us to the QFs, I think we can (at least) get there, as well.By the way 3, if we dont win (which is very likely) things are going to get bad, really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 "I'm not feeling under pressure, but very happy," he said. "When the FA president called me last Tuesday and confirmed that I was the chosen one, I thanked him a thousand times." The chosen one aye, wasn't that not Anakin Skywalker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Just glad he's nowhere near our club anymore. Strange decision to reappoint him with a massive World Cup in their own country coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Just glad he's nowhere near our club anymore. Strange decision to reappoint him with a massive World Cup in their own country coming up.Think it that way, you will have a chance to beat us for the first time ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Think it that way, you will have a chance to beat us for the first time ever We're still pretty shit though haha!What's the reaction in brazil been like to this news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 What's the reaction in brazil been like to this news?Everyone was just super shocked! It has been a rollercoaster of emotions.The timing was awful. I mean, Mano was a bad manager, but if we were going to sack him, why didnt we do it after the American Cup or the Olympics? He had finally found a decent lineup (Neymar, Kaka, Oscar and Hulk).After the inicial rage, we realised Guardiola was available. Football fans and the Media got really excited with the possibility of him being our coach in 2014. Pep even said on a newspaper that Brazil would be the only team he would actually accept before his sabatical year. However, our ancient directors of CBF decided that they wouldnt be the first ones to anounce a foreign coach, specially in a WC at home. Well, then they chose Scolari because the general public loves him. He did win our last WC at least, so they view him as some sort of savior/legend.The die hard fans obviously hated it, but the general public thinks he will replicate 2002. The problem is that we have grown such an obligation to win this, that things are going to get bad if we dont. Some might view it as a overreaction, it is not. Brazilians are genuinely expecting it.By now, everyone have realised it was a political decison. Mano was appointed by Andres Sanchez (CBF Director of Football and Former Corinthians Chairman) and Andres was having a different view than Jose Maria Marin (CBF President) and Marco Polo Del Nero (CBF Vice President). To attack Sanchez, they both decided to fire Mano... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdrog 18 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 sad state of affairs..hopefully Scolari can deliver with new set of players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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