Another wasted season

Another season is coming to a close, and once again Benfica fans have to watch Porto celebrate yet another Portuguese Liga title.
These are tough times at Benfica with many fans asking for the heads of Jorge Jesus and Luis Filipe Vieira. Personally, I believe that LFV is a good president. Benfica fans forget that when "Orelhas" got on board, the team was in financial ruins.
The problem is that he made promises that were not kept, the main one being when he said that Benfica was going to be the spine of the Portuguese National Team, meaning that Benfica was going to provide the majority of the players to the Selecao! Nelson Oliveira and Eduardo will be the only Benfica players wearing the Portugal shirt during the Euro Cup!
He also promised that Benfica was going to invest in their youth systems, clearly that has not happened, as Nelson Oliveira, Luis Martins and Miguel Victor are the only exceptions.
If you watch the Benfica youth teams, as I do in BenficaTv, you will see there is a lot of talent. Benfica should follow the examples of Barcelona, Lyon, Ajax, Arsenal, even Sporting, and bring one or two home grown players every season.
There were also signings that made absolutely little sense, such as the case of Emerson. Capdevilla was already signed to replace Fabio Coentrao, so it would have made sense to have Luis Martins as cover. Never sign a player who is going to block a young talented player.
What about Ruben Pinto? This kid is going to be a star. Arsenal is reported to be interested.Is he ever going to get a chance? Roderick Miranda? Is he not worth getting a chance? He started for Portugal in the Under 20 World Cup and looked solid.
Danilo Pereira and Sana are another two players from our academies who look to have promising careers, Benfica let them escape on a free transfer.
Hopefully Oblak will get a chance to stay in the team next year as Eduardo will not be returning.


More importantly is the lack of titles that Benfica has during the last 10 years, 2 Portuguese SuperLiga titles and one Portuguese Cup is not enough for this club.


As for Jorge Jesus, I thank him for the title that he won in his first season at the club, and the team has played some exiting attacking soccer, but it is time for him to go! He has made some stupid decisions, like insisting on Emerson over Cap, leaving Nelson Oliveira on the bench, the lack of rotation. 
He should leave now, while he is still a hot name, Valencia and Sevilla are interested. I wish him well in his future endeavors.