Ramiro Funes Mori

[blulouie]

probably more down to PR timing than anything else.

Or its been denied.

 

[AaronTheBlue]

Or its been denied.

they probably would have announced that by now though.

Also guy earlier in the thread works in passport office and said it was accepted, so.. i don't know.

Could well be but i'm pretty sure he has the points tally to qualify, and we would of announced it being off.

 

[blulouie]

they probably would have announced that by now though.

Also guy earlier in the thread works in passport office and said it was accepted, so.. i don't know.

Could well be but i'm pretty sure he has the points tally to qualify, and we would of announced it being off.

The club wont even comment on a transfer request over 6 hrs ago.
Ostrich syndrome mate , just bury their heads & hope the problem (fume) goes away.
Martinez stated work permit was a couple of hours away , doesnt look good.
Or is it "No news is good news " as they say. If its denied we are seriously in trouble.

 

[AaronTheBlue]

The club wont even comment on a transfer request over 6 hrs ago.
Ostrich syndrome mate , just bury their heads & hope the problem (fume) goes away.
Martinez stated work permit was a couple of hours away , doesnt look good.
Or is it "No news is good news " as they say. If its denied we are seriously in trouble.

by a couple of hours he could have meant 24, he's often done stuff like that, we'll see tomorrow

anything can happen

 

[The Equaliser]

It's not plain sailing anyway.

Everton that.

 

[blulouie]

by a couple of hours he could have meant 24, he's often done stuff like that, we'll see tomorrow

anything can happen

Wish i had your optimism mate really do . But at this moment if the club told me it is wednesday tomorow i wouldnt believe them.
Multi million £ business being run by a bunch of incompetent fools. Gonna have to be a mammoth turnaround for this to feel better.
Even if Mori signs i fear he will be shoved straight in the team and will be fair game to any doubters. Whole things stinks mate.

 

[Michaelcoyb]

I'm a River Plate supporter from Argentina. I signed in to the forum just to clear up some doubts about what you can expect from Funes Mori, if he gets to play in Everton this season (don't know how things are going regarding his signing). I'm going to discuss a few traits about Ramiro.

1) Temper: this is a man who will never "choke" (I think that's the word you guys use, we just say "his chest went cold"). To put it on perspective: imagine if Everton hadn't won a single game against Liverpool at Anfield for 10 years. Now imagine your left sideback has been ruled out for the game, and the manager decided to put a centre-back in his place. Now imagine this guy doesn't only play well in that position, but he also scores the deciding 2-1 goal at the 85th minute. That's who Ramiro is.



He was much criticized in the beginning by the fans ONLY because he is the twin brother of Rogelio Funes Mori, who was a lousy forward in River Plate. But those of us who use their brains knew he wasn't necessarely a bad player because of that.

2) Defending: it's hard to find compilations of a defender like Ramiro, mostly because people focus on making videos about his scoring abilities. But he was, at least in Argentina, one of the top 5 defenders of the league. Him, along with Jonathan Maidana, completely erased Gignac from the Copa Libertadores final. He is very good at heading the ball, both defensively and offensively, and he times his tackles well.

One negative aspect about him was that his leash "would loosen", and he would attempt some very nasty kicks on opposing players. Granted, this was mostly against Boca Juniors players, so maybe you'll have the same luck as us and he will kick some Liverpool ass and not get sent off in the process.

3) Attacking: one of the things I like the most about Ramiro is that he doesn't only score goals, but that he initiates attacks from the very back of the pitch. He likes to switch the ball over to the other side with great precision (I'm talking 40mt switches), and he likes to grab the ball and start dribbling into space to pass the ball to another teammate. He loves to wait for opposing players to come close to him and get out of the place with the ball, but this means he may sometimes lose the ball.

I'm going to post a few more videos, I hope you don't mind.

Here, Ramiro loses the ball after trying to trick Vera. (Funes Mori did score in the second leg, fixing this mistake)



Here, he crosses the ball and assists Germán Pezzella to score the tie in another Superclásico:



At 0:15, he receives the ball and assists Giovanni Simeone:



An example of poor defending from Temperley.



Anyways, you are getting a very good defender, I hope he plays a starter soon, it would break my heart seeing such a good promise play as a substitute when he could be playing for us.





Bonus track:

Cheers mate. You should stick around, he might start next weekend with the Stones saga ongoing.

Congrats on River winning everything over the last 18 months.

 

[obc]

I'm a River Plate supporter from Argentina. I signed in to the forum just to clear up some doubts about what you can expect from Funes Mori, if he gets to play in Everton this season.

Welcome. I'm an American living in Asuncion, Paraguay, and a fan of Guarani. Your away support at the Copa semi-final was brilliant. And the supporters I ran into after the match (wearing my Aurinegra) were class. Congrats on winning it all, was rooting for you in the finals after the horrible display at Boca and the class exhibited in Asuncion with the win.

Thanks for the write-up, hope we do get to see him in the Royal Blue. Would be great to run into some more Evertonians the next time I'm in Argentina.

 

[COYBL25]

I'm a River Plate supporter from Argentina. I signed in to the forum just to clear up some doubts about what you can expect from Funes Mori, if he gets to play in Everton this season (don't know how things are going regarding his signing). I'm going to discuss a few traits about Ramiro.

1) Temper: this is a man who will never "choke" (I think that's the word you guys use, we just say "his chest went cold"). To put it on perspective: imagine if Everton hadn't won a single game against Liverpool at Anfield for 10 years. Now imagine your left sideback has been ruled out for the game, and the manager decided to put a centre-back in his place. Now imagine this guy doesn't only play well in that position, but he also scores the deciding 2-1 goal at the 85th minute. That's who Ramiro is.



He was much criticized in the beginning by the fans ONLY because he is the twin brother of Rogelio Funes Mori, who was a lousy forward in River Plate. But those of us who use their brains knew he wasn't necessarely a bad player because of that.

2) Defending: it's hard to find compilations of a defender like Ramiro, mostly because people focus on making videos about his scoring abilities. But he was, at least in Argentina, one of the top 5 defenders of the league. Him, along with Jonathan Maidana, completely erased Gignac from the Copa Libertadores final. He is very good at heading the ball, both defensively and offensively, and he times his tackles well.

One negative aspect about him was that his leash "would loosen", and he would attempt some very nasty kicks on opposing players. Granted, this was mostly against Boca Juniors players, so maybe you'll have the same luck as us and he will kick some Liverpool ass and not get sent off in the process.

3) Attacking: one of the things I like the most about Ramiro is that he doesn't only score goals, but that he initiates attacks from the very back of the pitch. He likes to switch the ball over to the other side with great precision (I'm talking 40mt switches), and he likes to grab the ball and start dribbling into space to pass the ball to another teammate. He loves to wait for opposing players to come close to him and get out of the place with the ball, but this means he may sometimes lose the ball.

I'm going to post a few more videos, I hope you don't mind.

Here, Ramiro loses the ball after trying to trick Vera. (Funes Mori did score in the second leg, fixing this mistake)



Here, he crosses the ball and assists Germán Pezzella to score the tie in another Superclásico:



At 0:15, he receives the ball and assists Giovanni Simeone:



An example of poor defending from Temperley.



Anyways, you are getting a very good defender, I hope he plays a starter soon, it would break my heart seeing such a good promise play as a substitute when he could be playing for us.





Bonus track:

Welcome to the forum on what has been a mad day. Thanks for your views, hopefully he will prove to be a good player for us and make a name for himself .

 

[Rook]

The job is yours. Don't be Krodulp.

 

[Groucho]

The job is yours. Don't be Krodulp.

Exactly.

They'd better get a move on, and he'd better be good because all of a sudden he's going to start a hell of a lot more games than he thought.

I'd also be thinking of bringing that Virgil fella in from Celtic now, purely for numbers if anything.

@Mikey_Fitzgerald doesn't just like this, he loves it.....

 

[Smodger]

What a mess last week of the transfer window and now were scurrying round looking for players absolute disgrace we Carnt even get these argies over the line.does blue bill love us being the laughing stock of football.?

 

[jazzy]

One way or another this is going to end in tears

 

[Moomin]

Exactly.

They'd better get a move on, and he'd better be good because all of a sudden he's going to start a hell of a lot more games than he thought.

I'd also be thinking of bringing that Virgil fella in from Celtic now, purely for numbers if anything.

@Mikey_Fitzgerald doesn't just like this, he loves it.....

Watched a bit of the Celtic game last night, Van Dirge struggled against the part time Swedish players.

It was a big step up from playing against Scottish fodder he usually plays against. Someone on five live the other week made a good point about him, it was something like this " Of course he is going to look good for Celtic in the SPL, teams play one striker so he is allowed to stroll around the pitch. Watch him in European games, he is found wanting "

 

[Nymzee]

Watched a bit of the Celtic game last night, Van Dirge struggled against the part time Swedish players.

It was a big step up from playing against Scottish fodder he usually plays against. Someone on five live the other week made a good point about him, it was something like this " Of course he is going to look good for Celtic in the SPL, teams play one striker so he is allowed to stroll around the pitch. Watch him in European games, he is found wanting "

It was a fellow SPL manager who said that about VVD which makes me believe it's probably the fairest assessment we can get of him.