http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/carlos-queiroz-portugals-answer-to-steve-mcclaren.html World Cup South Africa 2010 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/carlos-queiroz-portugals-answer-to-steve-mcclaren.html/comment-page-1#comment-566937 Greg Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:46:29 +0000 http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/carlos-queiroz-portugals-answer-to-steve-mcclaren.html#comment-566937 Thanks for the shout out, Daryzzle fo' Shizzle. Your assertions are well founded and your concerns regarding his ability to run a burgeoning world class football power are extremely well founded. I share them with you. But for some ungodly reason, the widespread (almost 100% across the board) reaction in the Portuguese media is one of rubber stamp approval and borderline elation. The guy coached the "Golden Generation" to a few youth world championships. Portugal have been in the group stages pretty regularly recently and I fear that a number of Portuguese are ignoring (perhaps even forgetting) the fact that Scolari and the talent he captained have brought the team from "Happy to be here" underdogs to "The Finals are a realistic shot" favorites. The media and a lot of fans need to realize that the Golden Generation (Figo, Rui Costa, et al) have raised the expectations at this point to a place where being enamored with a boss like Queiroz kind of doesn't fit the current direction the team is allegedly going. Thanks for the shout out, Daryzzle fo’ Shizzle. Your assertions are well founded and your concerns regarding his ability to run a burgeoning world class football power are extremely well founded. I share them with you. But for some ungodly reason, the widespread (almost 100% across the board) reaction in the Portuguese media is one of rubber stamp approval and borderline elation. The guy coached the “Golden Generation” to a few youth world championships. Portugal have been in the group stages pretty regularly recently and I fear that a number of Portuguese are ignoring (perhaps even forgetting) the fact that Scolari and the talent he captained have brought the team from “Happy to be here” underdogs to “The Finals are a realistic shot” favorites. The media and a lot of fans need to realize that the Golden Generation (Figo, Rui Costa, et al) have raised the expectations at this point to a place where being enamored with a boss like Queiroz kind of doesn’t fit the current direction the team is allegedly going.

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