delfokronic
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i know youtube could make my dog look good at footie but the vids of oscar in a brazil shirt shows the lad loves a through ball and can finish. like the look of him. he does remind me of modric.
Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior (Oscar)
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Montasura
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Not much on his Wiki page but if anyone wants a nosey here ya go...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_dos_Santos_Emboaba_Junior
18 goals, and 20 assists in 66 matches isn't too shabby at all. I wonder how many of the assists were scored by Leandro?? Maybe we should look at buying the joint package!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_dos_Santos_Emboaba_Junior
18 goals, and 20 assists in 66 matches isn't too shabby at all. I wonder how many of the assists were scored by Leandro?? Maybe we should look at buying the joint package!!
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Ever since he scored the hat trick in the U20 WC I knew. He also was good in the previous games.
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Pretty sure we'll have watched him plenty of times. It's really hard to use the records of attacking players in Brazilian football, especially those with week Regional Leagues because they play half of their games against awful opposition. But it does seem like he is a hell of a talent.
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ye but you said he could finish...
Henderson Yid
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I like the look of this guy. I like players with the instinct to know what they're going to do before they get the ball, a little shimmy and shift of weight to send the opponent the wrong way, suddenly they've got 3-4 yards of space to pick a pass, and make it look easy!
brasil_spur
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Also i like the fact we're looking at some attacking 'flair' players - be it Brazilian or otherwise, it's something we've been lacking for a while.
JaySpur
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Is he the type of player to dribble his way past players (like a Gascoine) or to pass and move his way past. And what's his eye for goals like?
Sorry if those are obvious questions.
brasil_spur
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He's very much in the Kaka mould. Can dribble round players, has some pace but not electric as such, has a great eye for goals, tends to take a touch or two and shoot when within range.
Yeh basically Kaka MKII
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Bale--------------------VDV/Lennon
------Oscar---Moutinho------
-----------Sandro-------------
That would be a very tasty midfield for next season
------Oscar---Moutinho------
-----------Sandro-------------
That would be a very tasty midfield for next season
tototoner
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Bale--------------------VDV/Lennon
------Oscar---Moutinho------
-----------Sandro-------------
That would be a very tasty midfield for next season
He would take just as long as Sandro to settle if we do sign him , I like the look of him but don't think he'll be ready for the starting XI this year even if we sign him this week.
Watching his videos, he plays a little deeper than a no 10/second striker VDV type, so I can see him being a part of a three man midfield and not leaving all the work for Sandro. I worry about connecting the back to front without Modric, so Oscar might be the player that would fit. Him against Denmark, he's putting his work in with a few tackles that Parker would even be proud of.
Ganso is relatively slow, more of a Riquelme type - great vision, great passing ability and can strike the ball.
Oscar has a burst of acceleration to create some space and escape his marker after a shimmy or feint, like Modric.
Oscar would be an excellent signing. However, I agree with those above who say it will take maybe half a season for him to settle into the EPL. Sandro had to learn how little time he'd get on the ball, and he was helped by the fact that he times his challenges superbly - something that always gets the crowd on your side.
Luka took half a season to adapt to playing wide left, and I'd say it took him another 6-8 games to adapt to playing centrally in the PL. Still, we could use the Europa League to get Oscar used to his teammates in match conditions, and get his confidence up, ready for some game time in the PL.
Was Sandro cheap? Didn't we pay £6-8m for an unknown Brazilian? I might be way off though
Sandro wasn't unknown in Brazil, already an international.
Also, his style of play makes him ideal as a DM/CM destroyer in Italian and Spanish football, as well as being outstanding in English footie.
A fair price for Sandro would have been north of £10million with lots of performance clauses.
The Milan hierarchies are still raving about Sandro's performance in the San Siro, "Bale's game", which was our Brazilian's debut in the Champions League and made both Milan clubs want to buy him.
Bet the Milan hierarchies havn't seen him play at the Reebock though have they?!
hughy
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Might be wrong, but Sandro wasn't registered for the CL until the knock-out stages. Bales game was the group stage.