Philippe Coutinho

[scudger99]

He keeps that level up and we'll have the issue at the end of the season of fending off RM and Barca.  Him, Sterling & Sturridge are going to cause fucking mayhem at stages this season.  We just need to make sure we can still win games when it isn't quite happening for them, as it won't always.

Big Phil leaving Little Phil out of the WC could work in our favour 'cos he looks like a man on a mission at the moment.  Long may it continue, I absolutely love watching him.  How many other players in the Prem can see a pass so quickly and execute it so effortlessly ?

[James Dean]

Hopefully we can keep the all fresh and rest them at the right time. We're gonna obliterate a few teams this season. Consistency is going to be crucial though.

[Ne Moe Imya]

What's his contract situation?  If he keeps up this sort of play for a month or two we need to get him locked into a long-term deal (with a reasonable pay rise; I assume right now his wages aren't that high) to avoid problems next summer hanging onto him.  He looks like he's determined to make this his breakout season.

[Lario]

£85m release clause.

[Paulie Dangerously]

My only issue with Coutinho is that he should be scoring 12+ a season with the shots he has. Hopefully Brendan has been working on it like he did with Sterling

[Gym Beglin]

I don't think Coutinho seems the sort to kow-tow to interest from Barca and Real. He seems humble and just buzzing off being in a team with young players all working together under a superb boss. He could be here for 10 years.

[DanDanShaw]

He's such a technically gifted player, some of the balls he tries (don't always come off) will be ones that I haven't even seen from the stands.  He's young and fearless, so he takes risks which I always feel British players don't take. 

 

The only downside to his play, seems to be his shooting.  It's usually woeful, how many times doe he drag his shots wide and other than the City one that was fired at him so the momentum was already on the ball, he doesn't generate a lot of power.  That's something to work on though.

 

Hopefully we can double his £40,000 p/w and get him tied down for another 5/6 years.

[Torvald Utne]

I could be on for a 5.5% pay rise this year if I keep performing well

[Total Longo]

I don't think Coutinho seems the sort to kow-tow to interest from Barca and Real. He seems humble and just buzzing off being in a team with young players all working together under a superb boss. He could be here for 10 years.

 

We'll see...

[Bjornebye]

I think suarez leaving can be the making of him. He links up far better with sturridge plus he will play more behind him with wingers either side

[scudger99]

He does have a bit of a wavelength thing going on with Sturridge.  It looked against Dortmund like Sterling was getting on that as well.  Those 3 will have spells this season where they make defenders lives an absolute fucking misery.  Hopefully we can turn that into goals and the dry bummings we were dishing out will continue unabated.

[CWD82]

I think at home against the lesser teams we could even have moved Henderson inside for Can and then bring Lallana in on the right. Decent front four that

[Duff Man]

That flick...

[Russ Atmosphere]

Back in the Brazil squad for next two friendlies, no word on Lucas yet.

[alles ist gut]

Back in the Brazil squad for next two friendlies, no word on Lucas yet.

The full squad list (in Portuguese):

 

http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/selecao-masculina/dunga-convoca-a-selecao-para-jogos-contra-colombia-e-equador#.U_N14WK9KK0

[Major Tom]

Pleased for him. Not so pleased for us. If the friendlies are in some far flung country and he plays in them both, no good can come of it.

[alles ist gut]

The Colombia game is in Miami, the Ecuador one in New Jersey ; better than Tierra Del Fuego, but hardly ideal.

[Pureblood]

It's a Jersey thing.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Phil is going to be taking the piss out of the rest of the squad something rotten.

[Adebisi]

I'm not fussed if Brazil play on the moon, while it might impact us slightly, a Coutinho full of confidence playing for his country is only going to make him a better player for us. 

Unless he does shit and his confidence takes a hit, in which case, fucking Brazil can fuck off. 

[Major Tom]

I'm not fussed if Brazil play on the moon, while it might impact us slightly, a Coutinho full of confidence playing for his country is only going to make him a better player for us. 

 

 

Yeah but the downside is potential injuries and tiredness.

 

And the obvious risks of re-entering the atmosphere.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Brazil at least have enough decent players to rotate. It's not like with England, where Gerrard and Sturridge would be played while their legs are hanging off.

[James Dean]

He'll use Jim Lovell as heatshield.

[Paco]

ironic he gets a call up after being shite the weekend

[Mook]

ironic he gets a call up after being shite the weekend

I was thinking that Dunga must've given the Southampton game a swerve.