JoséFonte6 Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Hi guys. I'm from Portugal and i'm here to ask for your help. I created a page on facebook called "We want José Fonte in the Portuguese National Team" and i need your support. Our Portuguese manager only plays with Bruno Alves (Fenerbahçe) and Pepe (Real Madrid) and they're in such a bad shape. And he keeps ignoring the best portuguese defender. As you guys know, Southampton has only conceded 2 goals this season wich is great for him. In only 1 day and a few hours i got the support of 148 people, mostly Portuguese guys. But the support of the Southampton people would be a huge deal for me, since you're the ones that can track his career. People help to get José Fonte in the Portuguese national team. We need him! http://www.facebook.com/josefontebaby All of the posts are in Portuguese but if we gain a lot of English people on our page i'll start posting in English too. Thank you guys. Hope to see Southampton in Europe next season. PS: sorry for my bad english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Is that Jose himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Blimey your English is better than some who post on here: and for them its their Mother tongue!! If Rickie can do it why not Jose. My only concern is that he is the Claus in the Claus and Killer partnership that did so well for us in the past, so while he has kept a Japanese first choice centre back out of the team so far this season how much is that down to the presence of Lovren being, to my mind, the dominant part of the pairing: just as Yoshida was last year whilst playing on his wrong side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Fonte is really thriving as Lovren's defensive partner, maybe he could link up with Pepe in a similar way? (I don't know too much about Pepe's abilities to be fair...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Sorry, I dont. I want him focussed on keeping Saints as the team with the most miserly defence in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 The first two lines of the most recent post translated read: In my time when the kids wanted to be playing the ball Ronaldo (phenomenon) or Figo. Now everyone wants to be the José Fonte. Not quite sure I'd go that far! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoséFonte6 Posted 30 September, 2013 Author Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Is that Jose himself? No, just me supporting this cause eheh. Thanks guys. He could link up with Pepe if he (Pepe) wasn't in such a bad shape. Portugal is lacking quality in the central back, something that didn't happen in so many years. But José Fonte would be perfect. And has been so good this season, better than other Portuguese defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoséFonte6 Posted 30 September, 2013 Author Share Posted 30 September, 2013 The first two lines of the most recent post translated read: In my time when the kids wanted to be playing the ball Ronaldo (phenomenon) or Figo. Now everyone wants to be the José Fonte. Not quite sure I'd go that far! ;-) Just a little joke eheh. Because he has a lot of videos on Youtube of fans chanting for him... it's quite impressive. We don't see that a lot from Portuguese players, especially of guys like José Fonte that never played for Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Is this fo real? It is pleasing to see Jose step up on his performances from last season. At his best he is a class act. I'd be happy to see him hook up with the Portuguese squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 We might then see a picture of him with a Saints Shirt on in the Figo bar at Villamoura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Surely he can play for England now, he's been over here long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Surely playing in one of the best leagues in the world and conceding very few goals has got to be worth a place in the squad. I'm all for it! Yes he has benefited from playing alongside Lovren, but he has stepped up this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 Interesting to see that Portugese fans actually think he would benefit the side. I'd always assumed he'd never get a look in over Alves and Pepe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 This is a skate surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmacian_saint Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 I am Portuguese too, and while I'm happy to see a page like this, the truth is that few people in the Portuguese football crowd know who José Fonte is, let alone that a Portuguese defender is starting for Southampton. Obviously more people know about him now than actually the number of people that did when he played back in Portugal, but the fact he didn't play regularly for one of the big 3 or even received widespread media attention in his PT career days means he's still pretty much under the radar. Defending is also not a department where we have been underperforming in this Brazil 2014 campaign. A call-up is not impossible though, but it's unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 If he was English he would have had a call up by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 If he was English he would have had a call up by now. No he wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 The better we do and the more lauded our players the greater the risk of the bigger clubs trying to poach them so we should discourage international recognition. What's better than being a Saint, we don't want people like Ronaldo in Jose's ear about big wads and Galacticos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 This is a skate surely My money's on Bearsy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 My money's on Bearsy.not subtle enough for him, I would think it will be the Toysalesman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 So after Alves and Pepe, who have they got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentley Posted 30 September, 2013 Share Posted 30 September, 2013 So after Alves and Pepe, who have they got? Without checking, it's Rolando and Ricardo Costa isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 1 October, 2013 Share Posted 1 October, 2013 (I don't know too much about Pepe's abilities to be fair...) here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 1 October, 2013 Share Posted 1 October, 2013 (I don't know too much about Pepe's abilities to be fair...) here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Mullet Posted 1 October, 2013 Share Posted 1 October, 2013 Must be Bearsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres Posted 2 October, 2013 Share Posted 2 October, 2013 If he was English he would have had a call up by now. Sorry mate, but if he was English he wouldn't be eligible for Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 2 October, 2013 Share Posted 2 October, 2013 Can we get Jay-Rod in the team as well. He must be part portugeezer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmacian_saint Posted 2 October, 2013 Share Posted 2 October, 2013 Can we get Jay-Rod in the team as well. He must be part portugeezer. His dad is Spanish. Otherwise his surname would be Rodrigues, rather than Rodriguez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 3 October, 2013 Share Posted 3 October, 2013 Jose has been superb so far this season alongside Lovren and thoroughly deserves international recognition IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fez Posted 3 October, 2013 Share Posted 3 October, 2013 He's one of the five most improved players in the PL according to this: http://www.teamtalk.com/tottenham-hotspur/8952346/The-PL-s-five-most-improved-players? "The only defender on this leaderboard is Southampton's Jose Fonte, with the Saints' start this season under Mauricio Pochettino the polar opposite from their return to the top flight last time round. The Southerners had conceded a league high of 18 goals after six matches in the previous campaign, while their success this season - sitting in 6th - can be attributed largely to the joint-best defensive record in the league, with just two goals finding the back of Artur Boruc's net. Much of that is down to the successful forging of a partnership between Fonte and summer signing Dejan Lovren. Both have scored important goals this season, with the former's averages for aerial duels won (2.6 to 3., interceptions (1.4 to 2. and clearances per game (8.8 to 9.5) all having improved from the 2012/13 campaign, earning the Portuguese a mark up in rating from 6.87 to 7.61." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Jazzbo Posted 3 October, 2013 Share Posted 3 October, 2013 (edited) His dad is Spanish. Otherwise his surname would be Rodrigues, rather than Rodriguez. I thought his dad was Mexican (spanish speaking I know). I could be wrong though. And infact I am (according to Wikipedia) Edited 3 October, 2013 by Prince Jazzbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoséFonte6 Posted 3 October, 2013 Author Share Posted 3 October, 2013 Hi guys. Right now Portugal has 5 central defenders: Pepe (Real Madrid) - In a horrible shape. But the worst about him it's his hair. Do you see how bad Real Madrid defends? Pepe and Sergio Ramos are so bad... Varane is way better. Bruno Alves (Fenerbahçe) - He keeps making mistake every game. And he's very rough and agressive. He's a shame. Ricardo Costa (Valencia) - Probably in the best shape of his career but not good enough. He was only good when he played for Porto with Mourinho. Rolando (Inter) - Don't get me started on this one. This guy hasn't played more than 10 games in the last 3 years for Porto, Napoli and Inter. You forgot about one. Luís Neto, he plays for Zenit. Probably the best one against the other 4 but very young and inexperienced. The good thing about this page is that people are starting to say: "yeah... José Fonte... why not?". I understand why some Southampton fans don't him on the National Squad because you want him only focused on Southampton and don't want to lose him. The thing is, can you believe the morale boost if he was called-up? He would return stronger than ever! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoséFonte6 Posted 9 October, 2013 Author Share Posted 9 October, 2013 Have you guys listened to José Fonte's new song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender Posted 10 October, 2013 Share Posted 10 October, 2013 Sorry, I dont. I want him focussed on keeping Saints as the team with the most miserly defence in the PL. This. I like the idea of him being fresh after the international break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender Posted 10 October, 2013 Share Posted 10 October, 2013 Hi guys. Right now Portugal has 5 central defenders: Pepe (Real Madrid) - In a horrible shape. But the worst about him it's his hair. Do you see how bad Real Madrid defends? Pepe and Sergio Ramos are so bad... Varane is way better. Bruno Alves (Fenerbahçe) - He keeps making mistake every game. And he's very rough and agressive. He's a shame. Ricardo Costa (Valencia) - Probably in the best shape of his career but not good enough. He was only good when he played for Porto with Mourinho. Rolando (Inter) - Don't get me started on this one. This guy hasn't played more than 10 games in the last 3 years for Porto, Napoli and Inter. You forgot about one. Luís Neto, he plays for Zenit. Probably the best one against the other 4 but very young and inexperienced. The good thing about this page is that people are starting to say: "yeah... José Fonte... why not?". I understand why some Southampton fans don't him on the National Squad because you want him only focused on Southampton and don't want to lose him. The thing is, can you believe the morale boost if he was called-up? He would return stronger than ever! Cheers! In fairness though, its not our decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 10 October, 2013 Share Posted 10 October, 2013 I am Portuguese too, and while I'm happy to see a page like this, the truth is that few people in the Portuguese football crowd know who José Fonte is, let alone that a Portuguese defender is starting for Southampton. They do in Restaurants Iberico and Casa do Quinta at Vale do Lobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoséFonte6 Posted 20 October, 2013 Author Share Posted 20 October, 2013 Just want to thank you guys for all the support! This page has been a great success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 20 October, 2013 Share Posted 20 October, 2013 Just want to thank you guys for all the support! This page has been a great success. A pleasure, he's gotten better and better this season I'd like José to get a call up as another of our players who has paid his dues and proven his worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 20 October, 2013 Share Posted 20 October, 2013 He is definitely a lot fitter now:) and a great partnership with Lovren:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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