I expect most of you saw Portugal beat Turkey 2-0 tonight.

What did you think of Bosingwa ?

I can see he will fit into our team with his strength and presence on the ball, like a taller version of Essien, hope he can sort out some decent crosses from the right wing, something weve been missing for a while now.

i thought he looked excellent. solid defending, really good going forward. looked very athletic and strong. dare i say it, very much a jose type of player.

Looked quality. He was quick, strong, read the game and was prominent in attack but they will have tougher matches - even Ricky was bursting through!

What did you think of Bosingwa ?

He looked solid, nothing more, nothing less.

Faded in the second half, but looks like he can link up well with a winger (We could do with a pacy winger in front of him anyway!-not SWP...)

had a shot forced into the side netting in the first two minutes! An attacking full back, with A Cole on the other side..... very much lends itself to overlapping wingers, or even the 4-42 diamond formation

Scott

From what I saw at work he looked a decent player

i was impressed

he showed good pace, good contol and was quite confident, and he got forward quite well

i thought paulo out on the left did ok to

Put in an impressive performance last night

superb match for bosingwa

id like to see him up against someone a bit tastier before i get too excited but he looked solid enough, very confident with the ball.

Crossed the ball with either foot as well which is pretty damned handy as he can go either inside or outside the opposing full back. Gives him more options and puts an element of doubt into a defenders mind.

Crossed the ball with either foot as well which is pretty damned handy as he can go either inside or outside the opposing full back. Gives him more options and puts an element of doubt into a defenders mind.

Gives him more options?! WE'D have more options if one of our wide players/full backs could actually CROSS a flippin' ball! Oh imagine the possibilities...

Any one see lahm tonight, that was a hell of a right back performance.

yees, and yes. Always been a fan of Lahm as a player, even in the last Euros

looked tidy enough in defence and really got forward well keeping a lot of width. look forward to seeing him again tonight.

lahm, everyone knows, IMO a shame he has to play on the right, I personally think a real feature of his play is the threatening to cut inside and great crossing with his left.

Having a good game today - looks like we've got a decent player on our hands

reminds me a little or serginho the way he gets forward (i.e. a lot, and very quickly), but also he does leave a big gap behind him. so far he's not been exposed though.

reminds me a little or serginho the way he gets forward (i.e. a lot, and very quickly), but also he does leave a big gap behind him. so far he's not been exposed though.

We need players with courage to attack and I think Bosingwa does it well. Belletti does it as well. Paolo on the other hand doesn't take on players and passes a sure pass to a team mate. It is good to put Paolo on when we try to keep a one goal lead in the end of the game.

Anyway, Bosingwa looks like a good deal and I'm glad we have him.

The Chelsea hating guys at work seem to really rate this guy, which is promising :wub:

Things I've learnt from Bosingwa over the tournemtn:

• He's stupidly fast
  
• ... and has unbelievable acceleration
  
• He's got an amazing cross
  
• Good vision
  
• ... and not a bad shot either
  
• He cannot defend to save his life
  

So, is there a chance he could be playing on the right wing for us next season?

I had my doubts when we signed him but now I see we made a shrewd bit of business

He sent 2 crosses in to create clear cut chances for before the first German goal, at this level one of those 2 chances should have been converted. had Portugal took the lead with one of those chances, we would be talking about what he brilliant player he is. He will let few guys get past him, but he will create a lot more goal scoring chances for us. Contrary to most views here, I think he will be a pretty good player for us. If we compare him with Paulo, this is a guy doesn't let anyone get past him when he is at his best, but he never cross the half way line..

I don't think we will see him as a right winger and i'm not sure that would be a good idea anyway. However, we might see him in a wingback formation.