Comments on: Friday afternoon question: Should Spain take Raul to Euro 2008?

By: Bojan tops list of questions for Spain coach Aragones - Reuters Soccer Blog

Bojan tops list of questions for Spain coach Aragones - Reuters Soccer Blog — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:57:14 +0000

[…] has become accustomed to fielding a barrage of questions from the Madrid-based press about Raul’s absence from the squad, but this time, and barring a last-minute change of heart, he will have to explain the omission of […]

By: shandy

shandy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:57:09 +0000

the bojan sitation aounds a lot like theo walcott goin to the previous world cup. i think experience should prevail because to say bojan is not under any pressure is a bit naive, even more so considering he’s not a guaranteed first teamer at the nou camp.

By: davex

davex — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:09:40 +0000

Yes. obviously. He’s a class player and I don’t really get why there’s any debate about it.

By: Daily Dose 12.11.07 - World Cup Blog

Daily Dose 12.11.07 - World Cup Blog — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:01:03 +0000

[…] Will we be seeing Raul at Euro 2008? (Reuters Blog) […]

By: cahyo wijaa

cahyo wijaa — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:32:03 +0000

bojan? i don’t think he’s ready. at his age, he has a lot to learn before ready for top flight. let’s be honest, he’s not the first choice for rijkaard and that means he’s not ready yet for the national team. raul, with this experience, really deserves one place on the team.

By: Five Times

Five Times — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:16:21 +0000

yes sigh, Morientes was the classic textbook case of not being able to adapt.

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:53:00 +0000

Sounds like you still have bad memories of Morientes, Five Times…

By: Five Times

Five Times — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:46:01 +0000

if there’s enough space for torres, villa, bojan, morientes and raul then yeah, why not. If there’s not enough space, drop morientes for raul.

Because if it’s morientes vs raul, for now, it would be Raul.

By: Betfair Hammer

Betfair Hammer — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:16:44 +0000

It would be difficult to choose between Raul and Bojan while also trying to include the other four.

I suppose Aragones needs to wait and see if Raul keeps his form up for the remainder of the season. Bojan on the other hand looks like he is going to be a real superstar and will probably have improved massively from his current level of ability when the Championships come around.

Raul would be great for his experience even if he was only going to be brought off the bench for a while, though Bojan’s pace would terrify defences.

By: Simon Baskett

Simon Baskett — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:07:51 +0000

Interestingly I see that Fabio Capello said in his column in Marca on Sunday that Real tried to loan Raul out to another club at the start of last season, but he would not let them.

Capello said that Raul proved Real wrong with the way he played as Real took the title for the first time in four years.