Are you kidding me?
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I still can’t believe they lost against a team that allowed 8, count them 8, goals in the first two games. I wasn’t expecting a repeat of that but damn, zero goals? Really? Da Silva and Ferreyra suck, hard. It was like watching Newell’s a man down every time they went on the offense with Da Silva sucking it up all over the place. Hey Gamboa, here’s an idea for next week, send Da Silva back to Paraguay. Ferreyra at least played hard and made a couple of opportunities, but he doesn’t know how to finish. Get them out. I don’t care if Armani is from the B, he couldn’t do any worse and will probably due better. Put in Steinert. Two rookies could easily outshine those two. And Eduardo Lopez better get his corrupt ass on the first plane to Romania and do whatever he has to do to get the Romanian’s to send Fabbiani’s transfer.
Now let’s talk about Fernando Gamboa. This was possibly the easiest three points on the schedule. Period. And they left ALL 3 of them in Jujuy. I’ll liken this to say college football here in the US. If you see a team come out and play flat, make stupid mistakes - offsides, holding, movement on the line, delay of game - and players are out of position and unfocused, that is the coaches fault. Nobody elses. No one on the team played well. Not Schiavi, not Re, not anyone. I’m willing to give Gamboa the benefit of the doubt here, but you didn’t see a game this collectively piss poorly played under Caruso.
Gamboa is apparently taking a friendly, nurturing tact with the team and some of that showed up in the way they played. Undisciplined. Caruso didn’t win every game, but they were always disciplined as a team. Discipline in practice is discipline in the game. And the first team played that way in practice this week. They lost both games they played against the reserves and didn’t look good at all.
They go to Colon next week. Gamboa has a lot of work to do, as does Lopez. Uncle Edward must get the transfers for Fretes, Cristaldo, and Fabbiani. Newell’s has nothing on attack with Da Ferreyra. Conceding one goal, which by the way, wasn’t the fault of Caffa, isn’t bad, especially considering the crappy way the whole defense played. Scoring exactly 0 goals against a team that stacks up to pad a lot of opposing teams goals for totals is abyssmal.
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Gimnasia Jujuy preview
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Well, we start out with the definite news that Fabbiani is out for due to a muscle strain (and his transfer still hasn’t come through). Fretes and Cristaldo are out due to the fact that their transfer paperwork hasn’t arrived (something about the head rat Lopez not sending the money to Cerro Porteno) and Juan Quiroga, who was already on the team last year, is also missing transfer paperwork. Since Newell’s his loan deal was over and Newell’s elected to buy him outright, his pass belongs to Defensa y Justicia. And for some reason, that transfer hasn’t arrived yet, either.
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Category: Team NewsNewell’s greatest players.
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Ok, I thought I would go back and take a look at Newell’s biggest players over the years. And I don’t mean Maradona. Take a look at these players: Norberto Scoponi, Juan Manuel Llop, Jorge Theiler, Jorge Pautasso, Néstor Sensini, Gerardo Martino, Darío Franco, Juan José Rossi, Roque Alfaro, Jorge Gabrich, Gabriel Batistuta, Víctor Ramos, Sergio Almirón, Abel Balbo, Miguel Fullana, Juan Sen, Fernando Gamboa and Fabián Basualdo.
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Category: Team NewsUncle Edward is up to his old tricks again.
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Seems like Lopez has pissed off Newell’s fans to the point that they filed a grievance with a judge because Lopez won’t open the books to the fans - who are technically the owners of the club. So a judge sent out an official member of the Roario judiciary to take a look at the books, and Lopez said no, that he’d produce them in 72 hours. That was August 6. Now it is two weeks later, and you guessed it, nothing.
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Category: Team NewsProbable line up for Saturday - No Fabbiani
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Ok, Fabbiani is out due to injury. Fretes still is waiting on his transfer paperwork to arrive from Cerro Porteno (something about Newell’s still owing Cerro some cash). Quiroga is back from his suspension, so he’ll probably replace Aguilar. Spolli is also recovered from injury and will reclaim his starting spot from Insaurralde - who filled in admirably.
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Category: Team NewsAre we better than last season?
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A comment on another post got me thinking. Is Newell’s better off now than last season. I know the holes - Villar and Salcedo. Everyone else that left was just depth.
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Category: Team NewsJust when I go and say it’s dead
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Newell’s transfer season isn’t over after all. Defender Ivan Pillud, of Tiro Federal, has signed with la lepra. All I can say is “It’s about time.” This deal has been in the works since basically the end of last season. Ok, now the transfer market is shut.
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Category: Team NewsNow that Pinto has signed, a quick recap.
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Okay. It was a busy transfer period. Gustavo Pinto just signed, after being turned down by Caruso, and barring the semi-miraculous, there will be no more. So just for the fun of it I thought I would run down who is new and who is gone.
IN:
German Caffa, G, San Martin (T); brought in to start
Juan Insaurralde, D, Chacarita Jrs; spot starter and cover
Sebastian Grazzini, M, Sestresse (Italy); depth
Pablo Monsalvo, M, AIK (Sweden); depth
Gaston Machin, M, Independiente; brought in to start - may prove to be the biggest signing
Ernesto Cristaldo, M, Cerro Porteno (Paraguay); depth
Walter Fretes, M, Cerro Porteno (Paraguay); brought in to start
Cristian Fabbiani, F, CFR Cluj (Romania); brought in to start and be the big signing
Leandro Armani, F, Tiro Federal; will be given a chance to start
Sebastian Peratta, G, Velez-Sarsfield; competition for the #2
Luis Escalada, F, Gimnasia (J); not really sure on this one - potential starter or enganche
Gustavo Pinto, M, some Russian club; depth
Diego Barreto, G, Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) - actually returning from a loan deal; compete for #2
Cristian Trombetta, D, Nueva Chicago; is he still with the club? was he ever with the club?
Guido Barreyro, F, Sparta Prague (Czech Rep.) Loaned to Tiro Federal. Future starter.
And OUT:
Justo Villar, G, Vallodolid (Spain); Big loss. Team leader and fan favorite.
Santiago Salcedo, F, River Plate; The other big loss. Second in the league in goals scored last season.
Nico Cabrera, M, Velez-Sarsfield; never got along with Caruso
Marcos Gutierrez, G, San Martin de Tucuman; left after Caffa was signed, so a keeper swap happened -nothing against Gutierrez, but I think Newell’s got the better end of the deal.
Cristian Llama, M, Catania (Italy);
Martin Seri, M, San Martin (SJ);
Adrian Lucero, M, Racing;
Miguel Torren, D, Cerro Porteno (Paraguay);
Pablo Vazquez, F, Nuevo Chicago
They are still lusting after Miguel Caneo, but Boyaco Chico (Columbia) appears to have set a price of $2,000,000 for him. Good luck, senor Lopez, with that one. Newell’s has asked for another week to try and find the cash.
It appears that the Barrientos and Pillud deals aren’t going to happen now. Oh well, neither one of them got me super excited. All in all, I think it is a stronger side than last season. Sure we lost Justo and Sasa, but Caffa appears to be the real deal, the defense is intact from last year and added to this season, and the midfield is markedly improved. If the new strikers can manage to share the load between them, then it will be a pretty exciting team.
Category: Team NewsProbably should have posted this before
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Here are the fixtures for this season, one game late. Due to Boca running off to Spain to play Barcelona, la lepra do not play this week. The game has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 3rd. And I didn’t include the first game of the season, since it has already been played. (Ok, I forgot to add it when I was creating my super snazzy graphic) Also keep in mind that home team is listed first and in Argentina, the dates of the rounds are based on Sunday’s date, but the team may well play one or two days before that. The AFA (Argentine Football Association) usually announces times and days a week or so before each round.
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Category: Team NewsSperdutti stays with Newell’s
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Mauricio Sperdutti was all set to head on a loan deal to Atletico de Tucuman, newly promoted to the B. But Gamboa talked him into staying and fighting for a place on the first team. I think Sperdutti would have been better off playing first team with Atletico for a season. He hasn’t seen a ton of time with Newell’s, and in case he didn’t notice newell’s signed 5 midfielders and are hot and heavy after Barrientos, although if that doesn’t happen today, it won’t happen. Add to that the midfield’s main starters returning from the Clausura. That is going to be a very crowded midfield, especially when you consider Machin is certain for one of the spots, that leaves like a dozen other midfielders fighting for three spots, and I am pretty sure Bernardello will be a starter along with one of the Paraguayan duo, probably Fretes for his dead ball skills.
Maybe he’ll prove me wrong and have a monster season, but I don’t think so.
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