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Futebol Clube do Porto - season 2006/2007
You might remember a thread started last season by a lunatic who talked to himself about his football club. This is the follow-up.
Futebol Clube do Porto - season 2006/2007
Badge:
Kits:
 
 
My personal opinion is that the main kit is wank, the secundary is cool.
Competitions for this season:
UEFA Champions League (directly qualified for group stage)
Portuguese League (holders)
Portuguese Cup (holders)
Portuguese SuperCup (against Vit. Setúbal this month)
Pre-season:
Rhoda Raalte 0-6 FC Porto
Stevo 0-9 FC Porto
Groningen 2-2 FC Porto
Rigtersbeek 0-13 FC Porto
Heracles 0-1 FC Porto
FC Porto 1-0 Roma
4 August, Amsterdam: FC Porto - Man Utd
5 August, Amsterdam: FC Porto - Inter Milan
12 August, Manchester: Man City - FC Porto
Lots of goals against completely crap teams, and no defeats. Nothing remarkable, yet quite good. The upcoming matches should be quite some test.
Squad:
1 - Helton
Goalkeeper, 28 years old, brazilian. Excellent goalie who grabbed the #1 place from Vitor Baía midway last season. Very good with his feet as well, altho his tendency to dribble forwards has resulted in some scary moments lately which he afterwards dealed well with - things might go wrong one day.
2 - Ricardo Costa
Centreback/right-back, 25 years old, portuguese. Versatile player who had more than enough opportunities to show his worth, but hasn't proved to be anything more than average. Yet, was 1 of our only 2 players who went to the World Cup. Rumoured to leave.
3 - Pepe
Centreback, 23 years old, brazilian. After a disastrous debut season, Pepe surprisingly did well in 05/06, being voted the best centreback of the league. Has some occasional fuckups, but is a fairly good player who isn't afraid of moving forward with the ball.
4 - Pedro Emanuel
Centreback/left-back, 31 years old, portuguese. Arguably our most solid defender, Pedro has been regularly used by Adriaanse on the left in his strange 3-3-4 formation - he's better on the centre but does a decent job. Makes a lot of fouls, but on a smart, non-violent way.
5 - Marek Cech
Left-back/centre midfielder, 23 years old, slovakian. I like this guy. Solid, consistent, some technical qualities, joins the attack with some moderate success. But don't ask him more than that - he's not a superstar.
6 - Ibson
Centre midfielder, 22 years old, brazilian. Very skilled with the ball on his feet, Ibson is liked among the fans, and only isn't used very regularly due to having Lucho Gonzalez playing on his position.
7 - Ricardo Quaresma
Winger, 22 years old, portuguese. Massive technical talent, one of the 2 key players in last season's success. However his inconsistency and some brainfade moments (like violent behaviour) have limited his international success. Famous for his crosses and shots with the outside of his foot.
8 - Lucho Gonzalez
Centre midfielder, 25 years old, argentinian. The other key player - he is the engine of our midfield, distributing the ball exceptionally well, also scoring frequently. Missed the chance of a great world cup due to an injury in the 6-0 game against Serbia & Montenegro.
9 - Lisandro Lopez
Striker/left winger, 23 years old, argentinian. Quality finisher who puts a ton of effort in his game, and is definitely a fan favourite. However some bad luck with injuries and some occasional bad games relegated him to a backup position, where he'll probably remain.
10 - Anderson
Attacking midfielder/left winger, 18 years old, brazilian. The next brazilian superstar? Everything points that way. Last season he started winning a place in the team, this pre-season he seems to be settled there already. Technical, flairy, dribbling wonder.
11 - Tarik Sektioui (new signing, ex-AZ Alkmaar)
Winger, 29 years old, moroccan. Comes in product of Adriaanse's "knowledge of the dutch transfer market" (aka lack of knowledge of all other markets). Seems to know how to dribble, and doesn't look completely bad, but hasn't really convinced me yet.
12 - Bosingwa
Right-back/defensive midfielder, 23 years old, portuguese. Capable of the best and the worst. Might make an horrible sequence of poor passes, then dribble past 6 players and score a goal. I don't really like him, but we don't have anyone better for the right.
14 - Bruno Alves
Centreback, 24 years old, portuguese. Possibly the worst player of the squad. Is clueless with the ball on his feet, makes regular defensive errors, makes a load of fouls and is violent for no reason. It scares me to know he's still part of this team.
15 - Ezequias (new signing, ex-Marítimo)
Centreback/left-back, 25 years old, brazilian. Another senseless signing. Seems average at best, nothing really indicates he's a player with the necessary skills to play in a big club like Porto. I'll give him some time but my opinion isn't favourable.
16 - Raúl Meireles
Defensive midfielder, 23 years old, portuguese. Without being spectacular, Meireles is a fairly good player, regular with his passes and pretty good at shooting (he is our free kicks taker, altho we do really need a better one). Should get a lot of playing time.
17 - Vieirinha (promoted from FC Porto B)
Winger, 20 years old, portuguese. The CM/FM series superstar finally arrived to top class football this pre-season, impressing Adriaanse with his technical abilities. He clearly has talent, but the step up to Porto might be too much and he could still be loaned. Appears to dive a lot.
18 - Paulo Assunção
Defensive midfielder, 26 years old, brazilian. The guy who gives the much needed balance to this ultra-offensive team. Exceptionally regular in making the compensations at midfield, will very certainly be the first choice for the position.
19 - Tomislav Sokota
Striker, 29 years old, croatian. Decent striker which has had several serious injuries for the past couple of seasons. The questions about his physical form make him not the most safe of bets as for a regular place on the team.
20 - Jorginho
Attacking midfielder/winger, 29 years old, brazilian. Although he leaded the assists table for a while last season, most fans don't seem to like him at all, and that has affected his confidence. We're talking here about another player of technical qualities with some versatility.
21 - Alan
Winger, 26 years old, brazilian. Yep, yet another winger. He isn't really, really good but does put effort in his game and wins the chance to cross at the endline. But isn't a top class player.
24 - Paulo Ribeiro
Goalkeeper, 22 years old, portuguese. 3rd choice young keeper, considered promising in a limited way. There isn't much to say about him as he doesn't get to play. He's just there.
26 - João Paulo (new signing, ex-U. Leiria)
Centreback/defensive midfielder, 25 years old, portuguese. Probably another backup. I haven't seen much of him, but in today's friendly he done a lot of needless, somewhat violent fouls. People say he shoots with a lot of power.
28 - Adriano
Striker, 27 years old, brazilian. With his low profile and fugly grin, became an important player out of nowhere in the 2nd half of last seasons league. Scores goals usually in a not too pretty way, but the fact is he does score them. Should play a lot.
29 - Bruno Moraes
Striker, 22 years old, brazilian. A very serious injury forced him to lose last season entirely. However very surprisingly he is the sensation of this pre-season, with creativity, technical skills and clinical finishing - we might all get to hear more about him in the short future.
31 - Diogo Valente (new signing, ex-Boavista)
Left winger, 21 years old, portuguese. It's still a bit soon to know if he's got what it takes to settle at Porto, even if I know him already for some time. Is another player who puts a lot of effort, and shoots well, but it might not be enough.
99 - Vitor Baía
Goalkeeper, 36 years old, portuguese. Last but not least, here we have the football player with most titles in his career, in the entire world! Nothing is forever though, he has lost his place to Helton, and it should be the last season of his career.
Manager:
Co Adriaanse
59 years old, dutch. A personality, even if only for his extremely unusual style of play, a romantic all-out-attack 3-3-4 formation with a single centreback that strangely works. Is quite strict and will remove a player from the starting eleven for weeks after a single bad game, he might even remove him from the squad alltogether. Doesn't seem to be too bright in hiring new players. The fact is, he did manage to win the league and the cup last season (funnily the first 2 things he ever won in his career), making the club nearly forget Mourinho was there in his place, so he does have a lot of merit.
Last edited by noikeee on Jul-31-2006 at 02:12
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