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by **Igor Zidane** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:39 pm

Meireles wrote:We can see him in action tomorrow, in the game Portugal x Cyprus.

NO INJURIES PLEASE !!!! :sniffle

by **atvas** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:57 pm

matt_liverpool wrote:
atvas wrote:Hi there Reds!

Im a FC Porto fan and a great Meireles fan.

You've made a fantastic sign! A fantastic player very cheap! Unfortunately for us...
I've read many post of this topic, and many of you think that Raul is a natural substitute for Mascherano, but he's not.

He's not a 6 but more a 8. A box-to-box midfielder. Raul is not a strong player and he's not the tackling type of player. He never played very well at 6 in FCP, but he can manage...
Where he plays better is at 8 position. He could be very helpful to Gerrard as he can release him to step in more attacking zones.
Raul can transport the ball to attacker very well. Hes a good playmaker and he also finishes well and have a good mid shot.

I think his major weakness is fitness and physical power. But he has good pace, though.

At the end you have a fantastic player, a great man and we'll miss him at FCP.

The best luck of the world to him at you home!

Regards!

Chees mate. Hope you post often and make Liverpool your second team.

Liverpool is my english team for a long time.

I used to be a great fan of Fowler and little Owen!

About Raul, I understand your concern about Meireles/Aquilani, but I can assure you that they could look the same (by description) but Meireles is far better than Aquilani.

Hes used to great stages, pressure and top teams. Remember thath Porto is a regular club in Champions League - except this year because of that mf's of benfica - (thank you for crushing them last season)

He came to FCP in the season Mourinho has left so he never trained him.
He quickly grabbed a place in the starting 11 since then.

Like I said he's not a physical player (you can see he's quite slim) but he has strong pace and he can run an entire game.
Although he was the "cliché" substitution for our last coach (Jesualdo Ferreira) he can perfectly play an entire match in high rythim.

Dont think of him as Aquilani II.
I can assure you he's far better than Aquilani. My word on that!

Just wait to see him play. His time at FCP has ended and he wanted to leave, so his very motivated, and he will be a great reinforcement for your team.

I wish he can help you to win the league again.

PS: sorry for my english! It's not perfect, I know, but i thing its understandable!
PPS: if you catch benfica, please crush them again!!! Meireles will tell you what to do!

Regards!

by **rocky29** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:32 pm

Meireles wrote:
maypaxvobiscum wrote:his wife is freaking cool though! this was on his wedding day.

The wedding day:

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/88254

ye she looks like nadia out of big brother

by **ethanr** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:38 pm

Meireles wrote:Nice video of our new signing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lua1L2x7qbM

Look at that goal!!! 2:48

I thought he was really defensive, but he makes some really nice runs in that video, scored some nice goals. He seems like a pretty smart all around player.

by **Roger Red Hat** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:01 pm

ethanr wrote:
Meireles wrote:Nice video of our new signing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lua1L2x7qbM

Look at that goal!!! 2:48

I thought he was really defensive, but he makes some really nice runs in that video, scored some nice goals. He seems like a pretty smart all around player.

we'll soon knock that out of him lol

by **Zidane** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:57 am

Looking forward to seeing him play tomorrow.

by **akumaface** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:13 am

atvas wrote:
matt_liverpool wrote:
atvas wrote:Hi there Reds!

Im a FC Porto fan and a great Meireles fan.

You've made a fantastic sign! A fantastic player very cheap! Unfortunately for us...
I've read many post of this topic, and many of you think that Raul is a natural substitute for Mascherano, but he's not.

He's not a 6 but more a 8. A box-to-box midfielder. Raul is not a strong player and he's not the tackling type of player. He never played very well at 6 in FCP, but he can manage...
Where he plays better is at 8 position. He could be very helpful to Gerrard as he can release him to step in more attacking zones.
Raul can transport the ball to attacker very well. Hes a good playmaker and he also finishes well and have a good mid shot.

I think his major weakness is fitness and physical power. But he has good pace, though.

At the end you have a fantastic player, a great man and we'll miss him at FCP.

The best luck of the world to him at you home!

Regards!

Chees mate. Hope you post often and make Liverpool your second team.

Liverpool is my english team for a long time.

I used to be a great fan of Fowler and little Owen!

About Raul, I understand your concern about Meireles/Aquilani, but I can assure you that they could look the same (by description) but Meireles is far better than Aquilani.

Hes used to great stages, pressure and top teams. Remember thath Porto is a regular club in Champions League - except this year because of that mf's of benfica - (thank you for crushing them last season)

He came to FCP in the season Mourinho has left so he never trained him.
He quickly grabbed a place in the starting 11 since then.

Like I said he's not a physical player (you can see he's quite slim) but he has strong pace and he can run an entire game.
Although he was the "cliché" substitution for our last coach (Jesualdo Ferreira) he can perfectly play an entire match in high rythim.

Dont think of him as Aquilani II.
I can assure you he's far better than Aquilani. My word on that!

Just wait to see him play. His time at FCP has ended and he wanted to leave, so his very motivated, and he will be a great reinforcement for your team.

I wish he can help you to win the league again.

PS: sorry for my english! It's not perfect, I know, but i thing its understandable!
PPS: if you catch benfica, please crush them again!!! Meireles will tell you what to do!

Regards!

Don't worry mate. Thanks for the assurance. The guys were just kidding I think. Even if Mireles is another Aquilani, at least he didn't cost as much

.

Actually, saw him play in the World Cup, he looks class to me. So, we will keep our fingers crossed and I'm sure he can't be worse than Lucas.

by **rocky29** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:06 am

akumaface wrote:
atvas wrote:
matt_liverpool wrote:
atvas wrote:Hi there Reds!

Im a FC Porto fan and a great Meireles fan.

You've made a fantastic sign! A fantastic player very cheap! Unfortunately for us...
I've read many post of this topic, and many of you think that Raul is a natural substitute for Mascherano, but he's not.

He's not a 6 but more a 8. A box-to-box midfielder. Raul is not a strong player and he's not the tackling type of player. He never played very well at 6 in FCP, but he can manage...
Where he plays better is at 8 position. He could be very helpful to Gerrard as he can release him to step in more attacking zones.
Raul can transport the ball to attacker very well. Hes a good playmaker and he also finishes well and have a good mid shot.

I think his major weakness is fitness and physical power. But he has good pace, though.

At the end you have a fantastic player, a great man and we'll miss him at FCP.

The best luck of the world to him at you home!

Regards!

Chees mate. Hope you post often and make Liverpool your second team.

Liverpool is my english team for a long time.

I used to be a great fan of Fowler and little Owen!

About Raul, I understand your concern about Meireles/Aquilani, but I can assure you that they could look the same (by description) but Meireles is far better than Aquilani.

Hes used to great stages, pressure and top teams. Remember thath Porto is a regular club in Champions League - except this year because of that mf's of benfica - (thank you for crushing them last season)

He came to FCP in the season Mourinho has left so he never trained him.
He quickly grabbed a place in the starting 11 since then.

Like I said he's not a physical player (you can see he's quite slim) but he has strong pace and he can run an entire game.
Although he was the "cliché" substitution for our last coach (Jesualdo Ferreira) he can perfectly play an entire match in high rythim.

Dont think of him as Aquilani II.
I can assure you he's far better than Aquilani. My word on that!

Just wait to see him play. His time at FCP has ended and he wanted to leave, so his very motivated, and he will be a great reinforcement for your team.

I wish he can help you to win the league again.

PS: sorry for my english! It's not perfect, I know, but i thing its understandable!
PPS: if you catch benfica, please crush them again!!! Meireles will tell you what to do!

Regards!

Don't worry mate. Thanks for the assurance. The guys were just kidding I think. Even if Mireles is another Aquilani, at least he didn't cost as much .

Actually, saw him play in the World Cup, he looks class to me. So, we will keep our fingers crossed and I'm sure he can't be worse than Lucas.

a fully fit aquilani is loads better than meireles.

by **ethanr** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:44 am

atvas wrote:Hi there Reds!

Im a FC Porto fan and a great Meireles fan.

You've made a fantastic sign! A fantastic player very cheap! Unfortunately for us...
I've read many post of this topic, and many of you think that Raul is a natural substitute for Mascherano, but he's not.

He's not a 6 but more a 8. A box-to-box midfielder. Raul is not a strong player and he's not the tackling type of player. He never played very well at 6 in FCP, but he can manage...
Where he plays better is at 8 position. He could be very helpful to Gerrard as he can release him to step in more attacking zones.
Raul can transport the ball to attacker very well. Hes a good playmaker and he also finishes well and have a good mid shot.

I think his major weakness is fitness and physical power. But he has good pace, though.

At the end you have a fantastic player, a great man and we'll miss him at FCP.

The best luck of the world to him at you home!

Regards!

Appreciated. Hopefully he's as capable for us as he was for you. Good luck to Porto in all your upcoming games, unless you play us!

by **TarnRed** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:16 am

Rocky.

That shows exactly what you know about Meireles, ziltch, nada, zero. In future please either know something about the player in question or don't even engage in any sort of discussion.

He can't be that bad a player Rocky. Jose Mourinho signed tha lad for FC Porto, and he even tried to take him to Inter only for the deal to collapse due to Quaresma backing out of returning to FC Porto.

by **Waldo** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:33 am

Welcome Raul. No pressure but you have only got to have the defensive capabilities, coupled with the passing prowess of Alonso and then chip in with 10 goals and you will have done your job

by **destro** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:56 am

rocky29 wrote:a fully fit aquilani is loads better than meireles.

As I never actually saw a FULLY FIT Aquilani ( is that even possible ? ) I will reserve judgement for now :;):

by **SouthCoastShankly** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:07 am

rocky29 wrote:a fully fit aquilani is loads better than meireles.

Rocky you are making a habit of posting like a div.

by **Number 9** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:09 am

by **bigmick** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:15 am

In all seriousness he's going to need to be a good deal better than Aquilani, because quite simply the Italian was a fairly big distance away from being what was required. Aquilani certainly had some ability, but his influence upon games was minimal for much of their passage. I know someone will quote me his "assists against relegated teams" stats, but I don't need those to tell me a player doesn't cut it.

We essentially had to carry Aquilani for the whole match in the hope he might cross it at some point and someone might score from it. There's assists and there's assists, and we didn't see much of the game breaking pass from Aquilani which split a defence wide open and put the striker in one on one. We didn't see mazy dribbles where three defenders were committed before the ball was slipped off to a waiting predator. And we didn't see the fabled long shooting, either to score goals or to cause goals to be scored. What we basically got was a player who probably spent the least amount of time in possession of the football of ay Liverpool player I can remember. Each time he got it you would have thought the ball was an unexploded bomb, or the defenders were suicide bombers so keen was he to offload it to the nearest and easiest red shirt.

So the Portuguese lad has got to contribute much much more than that. My guess is that he'll get up and down, and I also have a feeling that he will play alongside Poulsen with Gerrard ahead of them when we play our best team. I am unconvinced by either Cole in the hole or by Jovanovic anywhere (I think he's a poor player TBH based on what we've seen so far) and have a feeling as the season progresses we'll see Cole employed left side. Hopefully Moriaeles can provide the link between our back five (with Poulsen) and our front two. It was too easy to cut our best two players off when we had the axis, and I'm very confident that our new central midfielders will provide much more than our old ones did. To this end, I don't think we'll overly miss Masherano. Also, I'm encouraged by Roy trying to move Lucas out to West Ham. He worked thatone out pretty sharpish.

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