Geez, the way Paulista is going he could hit 1000 just through the Piauli state championships before he retires.
At 50 a season he could do it by age 36 which isn't out of the question in terms of longevity, depending on how well he holds up when he eventually hits his decline, but that should be factored out by the fact he's hitting 50 already and clearly isn't in his prime yet, and realistically is still a few years off so could get better still.
Losing Lopes must be a real shame, hopefully he will return after you get some more success and one of the other 3 youngsters can step up to replace him in the mean time. Do you think any of the ones you mentioned have similar or better potential as playmakers than Lopes or that they seem likely to have a similar connection with Paulista?
p.s. that previous post was my first one in 3 years, and it's nice to see I'm remembered, seeing a familiar name, and friend, from my previous time here starting a new story pretty much the same time I came back I couldn't resist commenting, even if I don't get back to my previous levels of posting and if I check the forum less often than I used to back in the day I'll still be following this and checking in when I do visit and I look forward to seeing how he develops.
