(World Cup) Brazil Make 23 Man Roster Announcement.

[Lunatic]

Goalkeepers:
Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Gomes (Tottenham) and Doni (Roma)

Defenders:
Maicon (Inter), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Gilberto (Cruzeiro) & Michel Bastos (Lyon). Lúcio (Inter ), Juan (Roma), Luisão (Benfica) & Thiago Silva (Milan)

Midfielders:
Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), Felipe Melo (Juventus), Josue (Wolfsburg), Kleberson (Flamengo), Elano (Galatasaray), Ramires (Benfica), Kaka (Real Madrid), Julio Baptista (Roma)

Forwards:
Luís Fabiano (Sevilla), Robinho (Santos), Nilmar (Villarreal) & Grafite (Wolfsburg)

No Pato, Ronaldinho or Adriano...but they call up Robinho

[Jome]

Wtf, no Ronaldinho, Adriano, Pato, Chris, Marcelo, Alex.. some weird choices.
8 players over 30 in the squad, the 2 youngest are 23 & 25, I guess they're going for routine.

Cool to see Gomes there though, even if he probably doesn't get a match.. I'd like to see Sandro as well, but I guess he's too young yet.

[Elano]

Wtf, no Ronaldinho, Adriano, Pato, Chris, Marcelo, Alex.. some weird choices.
8 players over 30 in the squad, the 2 youngest are 23 & 25, I guess they're going for routine.

maybe because the other players are BETTER ? 

[Jome]

Gilberto, Kleberson, Julio Baptista, Robinho, Nilmar & Gilberto Silva surely isn't better, and some of the other players I don't watch on a regular, so I can't tell..

Expect Argentina to make similar weird choices, Maradona is all over the place.

[IRAN iz Gangsta!]

wow yea alot of good players missing...and they're bringing bums like melo, doni, baptista who are serie A failures

[Leggy Hendrix]

i wouldve thought Pato would be a certainty...again is he injured or just had a bad season?

[IRAN iz Gangsta!]

i wouldve thought Pato would be a certainty...again is he injured or just had a bad season?

injured

[Meho]

Other than Pato and maybe Diego from Juve I don't see a problem. Adriano & Ronaldinho are shit now. It's interesting, they don't have many star player like before but I think that they'll play more like a team this time around. Because their performance on WC 06 was same shit as Real, bunch os superstars but no team spirit.

[Lunatic]

I forgot about Diego...damn, that's another who deserves to be there.

[Jome]

Adriano & Ronaldinho are shit now.

Not so quick there.
I would agree not long ago, but Ronaldinho is rejuvenated now, he's assist leader in Italy, 16 assists and 13 goals this season. (In all competitions)
Brazilian media are saying that it's a "sensation" that Grafite was named instead of Adriano, who's scored 20 goals in 30 games, only in the Brazilian league, but still..

Alex is rock solid as well, plus he got a thunderous strike.. and I'm far from a Chelsea-fan.
Pato got 14 goals in 25 games, and is amongst the best prospects in Brazil.. injury prone though.

And don't even get me started on slow old ass Gilberto, instead of Marcelo, who can even double up as LB/LW - and chips in with both goals and assists.  
Dunga & Gilberto are probably old chums.

[K.Dub]

Adriano & Ronaldinho are shit now.

Not so quick there.
I would agree not long ago, but Ronaldinho is rejuvenated now, he's assist leader in Italy, 16 assists and 13 goals this season. (In all competitions)
Brazilian media are saying that it's a "sensation" that Grafite was named instead of Adriano, who's scored 20 goals in 30 games, only in the Brazilian league, but still..

Alex is rock solid as well, plus he got a thunderous strike.. and I'm far from a Chelsea-fan.
Pato got 14 goals in 25 games, and is amongst the best prospects in Brazil.. injury prone though.

And don't even get me started on slow old ass Gilberto, instead of Marcelo, who can even double up as LB/LW - and chips in with both goals and assists.  
Dunga & Gilberto are probably old chums.

Co-sign.

[Elano]

wow yea alot of good players missing...and they're bringing bums like melo, doni, baptista who are serie A failures

not a lot, just pato.

[Meho]

Adriano & Ronaldinho are shit now.

Not so quick there.
I would agree not long ago, but Ronaldinho is rejuvenated now, he's assist leader in Italy, 16 assists and 13 goals this season. (In all competitions)
Brazilian media are saying that it's a "sensation" that Grafite was named instead of Adriano, who's scored 20 goals in 30 games, only in the Brazilian league, but still..

Alex is rock solid as well, plus he got a thunderous strike.. and I'm far from a Chelsea-fan.
Pato got 14 goals in 25 games, and is amongst the best prospects in Brazil.. injury prone though.

And don't even get me started on slow old ass Gilberto, instead of Marcelo, who can even double up as LB/LW - and chips in with both goals and assists.  
Dunga & Gilberto are probably old chums.

Yeah Ronaldinho definitely still has the touch but he's slow as fuck and maybe he doesn't fit Dunga's vision. I got a feeling he is aiming for a fast paced cohesive team, where I don't see Ronaldinho. But maybe I'd still take him just because he can still decide a game with one touch.

Adriano is garbage for a few years now. He's big, clumsy and slow. He doesn't do shit by himself, he can't dribble, you literally have to do all the work for him.

Alex and Pato definitely agree with you.

Marcelo ? I'm a Real Madrid supporter for 10 years and I can tell you that Marcelo is a terrible, terrible player. How is he able to play in the starting line-up is beyond me. He's terrible and his defensive job and even his offense is not as good as people claim to be. He has some nice plays every now and then but he's inconsistent.

[Jome]

^^ Marcelo looks like Roberto Carlos mixed with Rivaldo, if you compare him to Gilberto.. who was a disaster in Tottenham, and made several game-changing errors.

[Elano]

I would agree not long ago, but Ronaldinho is rejuvenated now, he's assist leader in Italy, 16 assists and 13 goals this season. (In all competitions)

LMAO.