Edgar Allan Pillow
Ero-Sennin
Surprised Alves and Zambrotta got picked!
Nice to see Alves getting picked, he is, imo, the best fullback in the draft (with Kaltz being close second)
@Chesterlestreet when is a good time for you? Middle of next week probably?
He isn't the most balanced one (it would be Bossis, probably), but in the right set-up Alves will contribute more to the team than any other fullback in the draftNowhere near it.
Best available fullback? Could be.
Let's agree to disagree.
Let's make it Wednesday then.I've a very lazy period coming up, mate - so I can play whenever, really. Entirely up to you.
Sure.
I don't like the cnut, so there's that - probably not 100% objective.
Still, balance would be the key objective element. If you're going for a more or less standard back four, with players from all over the historical spectrum, balance is usually what you aim for - and as a balanced fullback, I don't rate him very highly at all compared to many others. There are several unpicked players I'd rather have than him, actually.
Moot point if you don't intend to sell him as the King of Balance, of course. In the right set-up he's clearly a top player.
Let's make it Wednesday then.
I'm away for the weekend but we can play any time you like from tuesday.
Zambrotta is the most balanced modern fullback I've seen, other than Cafu, Lahm, and Zanetti. He's even deserve on the All Time Draft, imho.Surprised Alves and Zambrotta got picked!
Zambrotta is the most balanced modern fullback I've seen, other than Cafu, Lahm, and Zanetti. He's even deserve on the All Time Draft, imho.
That's the thing that still confuse me. In this draft, if your opponent have great wingers, you are expecting winger vs fullback. Everytime an attacking fullback would've been seen as a 'weakness" against any decent winger. Because many see that the fullback has to defend all time, hust because if he has any thought to venture forward, the winger would be free to do whatever they want.He's versatile too, can use him on both flanks, etc. But he was suspect defensively - like almost all modern fullbacks - compared to the great fullbacks/sidebacks who went before him. The lot of the modern/contemporary ones mainly operated/operate in systems which exposed/expose them in a purely defensive sense (positioning, defensive technique, physical prowess, what have you). Pointless argument to make against them in a modern/contemporary context, as it doesn't detract anything from their game, where "exposing" in that regard meant/means a calculated risk - not an individual flaw.
But if your game is based on fielding fullbacks/side backs who were genuinely good defenders on top of being assets offensively, the modern/contemporary variety come up short. That shouldn't be a controversial statement. It's a matter of trends and developments in the game as such.
That's the thing that still confuse me. In this draft, if your opponent have great wingers, you are expecting winger vs fullback. Everytime an attacking fullback would've been seen as a 'weakness" against any decent winger. Because many see that the fullback has to defend all time, hust because if he has any thought to venture forward, the winger would be free to do whatever they want.
It's a mistery of how Alves could go forward a lot, when the opposition play with decent wingers in all those yaers then.
Tuesday it is.I'm away for the weekend but we can play any time you like from tuesday.
Thursday ok for you guys? @RedTiger @Joga Bonito
Skizzo/Pat absolutely raided
Why the feck did we have to draw RedTiger and Joga?
Sure, who do you want to send it to?Wanna start in the next hours @Aldo @The Stain ?
Ok I'm ready. Do you want to start the thread or wait for someone ?Cool. Let me know when you are ready.
I can start it if you are okay with it.Ok I'm ready. Do you want to start the thread or wait for someone ?