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Football: clank your penalty kick off the post by another centimeter, and you're either celebrated or demonized.

I think you're right. But Coentrao's defensive prowess came back to his near-WC-2010 form.

Yeah, but can he avoid hitting the post on PKs?

Since when do you recruit Alves for PKs? Breaking RVP's face, yes. But not PKs.

And I love him for that. Flabbergasted might mess up more than his pretty haircut tomorrow. :oops:

Alves is slow. But he can break Van Poesje's face in a heartbeat, so he ain't all bad.

Bonehead in occasional Zebina-like moves. But not bonehead in like Alex's laugher blown coverage last week. Cannavaro was kinda horsemeat until he left Inter, though. Not only that, but Porto often played with a 3-man defense with a lone CB. And today Porto makes Juve look like C.F. Os...

And ripe for anal rape. :agree:

Pros: Deserved Portuguese league player of the year in 2008. A smart CB (won't pull Alex's boneheaded moves) who can be mobile as a DM. Generally decent, albeit not great, defending. Solid also for the Portuguese NT, which CR7 isn't even. Leadership qualities from the back. Cons: Getting on a...

It will be Parma ham wrapped in holy cheese.

I think that has less to do with last season's performance and more to do with their respective ages and remaining potential.

To the gulag!