If that was the case you could argue that since Diniz is an interim that doesn’t really have the resumee to fit the size of the job, if CBF told him to not rock the boat on who gets called then he doesn’t really have much to throw against it considering he’s disposable in the position

A lot of players in the team aren’t getting picked on their current form, it’s almost the entire core from Tite’s cycle too. Richarlison is in terrible form, Cunha is not that different when it comes to his finishing, Jesus has been playing well but that hasn’t translated to the NT in the past, still might be the best shot at CF of those three atm.

Casemiro is way below his level if you look at how good he was last season even, just a really sudden drop, Marquinhos is in something of a similar spot. Danilo is alright but will likely be too old by the next WC comes up. From the players playing in the Brazilian league it’s also like that, Veiga and Gerson haven’t been playing close to their best.

It’s preposterous how some players have been able to get comfortable in thinking they’ll always get called up when there are probably others more deserving of it atm.