Originally Posted by
King Tut
1) I agree with you on Hassan Shehata. Best coach in the continent, has his flaws for sure, but things usually work out for him, so we can't complain much. The 2010 WC is the first tournament he's missed out on. I don't count 2006 as half of the qualifiers were under Marco Tardelli.
3) Fathi is a player that can play as right back, defensive mid, or center back. Shehata uses him as a center back when he's desperate and has a shortage of defenders (injury, suspension, etc). His preferred position is actually a defensive midfielder and he made that pretty clear on numerous occasions. He also played that position a few times in Angola 2010. As for El Mohamady, where does Shehata use him that's "out of position"? I find that this is his best position actually and it's Ennpi that uses him in the wrong position. All the clubs that are targeting him in Europe are targeting him for the exact same position that Shehata uses him in. Where would you play Hani Said? And who's a better libro to replace him anyway? I t hink the guy is excellent as a libro and not needed in his defensive midfield position that he played in for years in Serie A (Bari, Fiorentina).
5) Mido has no chance of making the NT as long as Shehata's around, even if he becomes the best striker in the world. Zaki has been complete shit and I agree with you, but he's only 26 and I'm not ready to just move on just yet. He'll be back eventually. As for Meteb, he's not about the goals. Meteb is all about the off-the-ball movement if you haven't noticed. The guy generates alot of space for the other players around him, poaches a few in when he gets the chance, but he's certainly not an all out striker by any means. I find that Meteb plays best when he's around Zidan and Aboutrika. I like Meteb alot actually. If you expect tons of goals from Meteb, you'll definitely be disappointed. But if you give him a chance, watch how he moves off the ball, his one-twos, how he creates chances for others around him, you'll see he is really useful. Zidan? Now Zidan's the man. This guy needs to make the switch to one of the big teams he's linked with. I don't find Zidan any less of a player than Solomon Kalou who plays at Chelsea. Zidan's rumored to be linked with Arsenal, Manchester United and Barca. I would love to see him at any of these three, but prefer to see him at Manchester United. Zidan playing alongside Rooney would be brilliant.
6) Hosny needs to leave fucking Ahly Dubai, forget Ismaily altogether and find a move to Europe. His agent says his next destination is Spain, lets hope it pans out for once and doesn't flop like most Egyptian players' deals. We hear tons of players are linked with certain clubs, I've even seen the faxes in many situations (Hadary, Gedo, etc), but the parent clubs always find a way to screw it up. So far, the talks is that Gedo is Lyon-bound, Mohamady (England), Hosni (Spain), Meteb (Italy/England), Zidan (England/Spain), Fathi (England), Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (Germany), Shikabala (England but will have issues with the 75% played of all NT games in the last 2 years). Lets see how many of those actually work out. I've become pretty frustrated with the way Egyptian clubs hold onto their players for way too much and kill their hopes of a European move, but hope they prove me wrong this upcoming transfer window.
8) Ofcourse Brazil 2014 should be out target. But our next competition is CAN 2012, and just because we already accomplished 3 consecutive titles, does not mean we're done. We should aim to extend our title streak for as long as we can.