........................Team MJJ/Nair..................................................................Team Raees..........................................
MJJ's tactics -
MJJ's tactics -
Formation:-
A very flexible formation that can resemble a 5-2-3, 5-3-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 4-6-0 or a 3-4-3 at times depending on the passage of play. The team is designed to play retain possession but has the ability to score on the counter attack as well.
Both sides are very evenly matched so it will come down to smaller margins while I feel my side is slightly stronger than his in midfield and defence which should give me the win. Some other observations:-
1) Playing Daglish as a false nine and Raees having no DM, will allow me to exploit the gap between his midfielders and defenders. Daglish vision coupled with the runs of Charlton, Robson and Giggs will create lots of chances for my side, if his defender does follow daglish then it will allow giggs time and space to cut in and be one on one with the keeper.
2) Hapgood as a defender, hapgood natural position today would have been that of a centre back instead of a fullback. Hence he is going to add little to nothing out on the left flank which means it will be easier to deal with his left flank.
3) My long rang shooting, in hoddle, charlton and robson I have three of the strongest shooters of the ball in the english football history. Given the players I have in midfield and attack, its not an exaggeration to say that I will dominate possession, when not using giggs as an outlet to start attacks I can also pass the ball till an opening shows up in front of his defense and midfield which will be perfectly exploited.
Overview
England won a World Cup by having Moore and Charlton, and Ferdinand is perfect to replicate Moore’s role here. On the flanks, I have Ray Wilson and Alf Sherwood.
Wilson was renowned for his vision, passing ability and surging runs down the left flank.He is going to form a deadly partnership with Ryan Giggs and help me tear teams apart. Interestingly Wilson was never booked for a foul till he was 32 and even that was for dissent. Giving one an idea of his pace and positioning.
On his opposite flank is Alf Sherwood or the king of sliding tackles. Sherwood was blessed with pace and positioning sense.Stanley Matthews described Sherwood as the most difficult opponent he ever played against. Alf Sherwood is the perfect right back to partner hoddle on the right flank.
All of my defenders are known for having excellent positioning and rarely being booked or giving fouls away. Having defenders who are excellent at timing their tactics is a huge plus while initiating quick counters and catching the other side out.
Raisbeck is going to be sitting in front of defence and breaking up the opposition attacks, a role he excelled in.
Both Robson and Charlton are both in their favourite positions, with Robson playing a box to box role while Chalrton is playing as the advanced playmaker.
Hoddle role is the most interesting one here, rather than playing as a winger he is playing in a wide midfielder role ala Beckham at his peak for us. He is going to be deeper than his partner on the opposite flank, and will help me look for goal scoring opportunities with his passing range and long range scoring.
Giggs is playing as a wide forward, and his pace coupled with Charlton, Hoddle, Dalglish and Raisbeck passing range will be crucial on the counter attacks.
Now for the second controversial role of the day, Dalglish who was a deep lying striker is going to be playing as a false nine. Dalglish had very good dribbling skills, passing, a low centre of gravity, good hold up skills, finishing (close- and long-range) and very good vision i.e. all the skills needed to be the perfect false nine. Dalglish who played as an inside right/left earlier in his career is perfect for the role. With Giggs and Charlton bombing forward, his assists from whom rush benefited for so many years will be invaluable.
Rush said:
I just made the runs knowing the ball would come to me.
Paisley said:
Of all the players I have played alongside, managed and coached in more than four decades, he is the most talented
O'leary said:
Also his trick like all great players was he never fell over or got pushed over, always was able to stay on his feet . Such was Dalglish's skill at holding on to the ball that, years later, the former Arsenal and Republic of Ireland defender David O'Leary would describe trying to rob him of possession as "impossible."
"He crouches over the ball, legs spread and elbows poking out," said O'Leary. "Whatever angle you come in from, you're liable to find his backside in your face."
Ferguson said:
Kenny had unbelievable vision and strength. He is a man I shall always respect.
He had great balance and was a good finisher, courageous too. People often forget that the one quality great players need is courage. Kenny is as brave as a lion. He would take a kick from anyone and come back for more.”
Rafa Benitez said:
Dalglish would have made a perfect false nice and thats a facht
Lesser Known Player Profiles
Liverpool had on show the archetypal traditional centre-half, an all-action player capable of covering huge distances during play both in attack and defence, of breaking up moves and starting his own, of inspiring ten others to achieve more than the sum of their collective parts and of carrying the hopes and expectations of the fans on his own broad shoulders.
Alex Raisbeck was for 11 seasons the crown prince of Anfield, club captain, centre-half and object of wonder for fans across the country.
Today the club website suggests he would today ‘undoubtedly be a pin-up’ along the lines of a Fernando Torres (might need updating, that).
While I accept the point being made, it’s a little like when people say if Shakespeare were alive today he’d be writing for Eastenders. They’re reflecting the fact he was a popular dramatist at the time, but ignoring the huge gulf in class between Shakespeare’s words and those of BBC soap opera scripts – a gulf which time does nothing to narrow.
Torres was a key man for Liverpool, and at his best is among the most dangerous players in world football. The club came to depend on his talents too much, and here the contrast with Raisbeck is stark.
While the natural gifts of a willowy striker who at times seemed to move on air were always an unsteady foundation on which to build a long-term challenge for honours, in Raisbeck Liverpool had a rock.
Strong, tall for the time, quick in thought and deed and utterly fearless, Raisbeck most closely resembles Steven Gerrard at his most impressive, with Gerrard in turn carrying echoes of Graeme Souness. The fact he achieved high enough standards to drag otherwise patchy Liverpool sides to two league titles is a testament to his overwhelming influence as a player and a man.
In every facet of his life Alexander Galloway Raisbeck seemed to embody the kind of values fans love to see in players.
From the type of Kopite whose sole tactical exortation to the side is a primal scream of ‘gerrintodem’ to those of us who prefer the clever pass or artful switch of play to the brutal lunge, Raisbeck by all accounts catered for everyone.
The hero of the munich air disaster. Transferred to Manchester United for a world record fee for a goalkeeper. It says it all about the man that 4 months after the disaster he was voted the best goalkeeper at the 1958 World Cup ahead of the legendary Lev Yashin, when helping minnows Northern Ireland reach the quarter finals. Was renowned for his fearless style of goalkeeping.
http://thegoalkeeperco.com/features/harry-gregg-an-inadequate-tribute-to-an-ill-remembered-icon/
He had a knack of sliding in, hooking his leg around the ball, the winger would go arse over tit and Wilson would be up and away on the attack.
Wilson was renowned for his vision, passing ability and surging runs down the left flank. Interestingly wilson was never booked for a foul till he was 32 and even that was for dissent.
Alfred Sherwood was a former miner who threw himself into everything. Especially sliding tackles. So much so, the Cardiff City man was known as the 'king of the sliding tackles'. Sir Stanley Matthews, on the other hand, knew him simply as 'the most difficult opponent I ever played against'.
