It's crazy how much your approach changes once you've won and realise nothing happens
Truer words never spoken.Good post mate, cheers!
Auction-Trade Madness Draft - R1: Pat vs idmanager
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Truer words never spoken.Good post mate, cheers!
It's crazy how much your approach changes once you've won and realise nothing happens
#humblebrag
Think Idmanager has his team spot on. Meazza is a bit underrated in these things mainly because of the times he played in and being a pre war player.
In terms of tactics he has had his team well prepared for the job in hand and excellent midfield.
On both their hand it’s hard to vote against Pat here with the plethora of favorite players he has in his team, led bay Piksi in #10 role and given the centerpiece.
In terms of tactics he has had his team well prepared for the job in hand and excellent midfield.
On both their hand it’s hard to vote against Pat here with the plethora of favorite players he has in his team, led bay Piksi in #10 role and given the centerpiece.
Have to admit this made me laugh
Normal day at the office mate. I don’t think @idmanager means harm and every once in a while these threads become feisty.
He has drafted a really good team across the board and naturally you feel aggravated if you lose your opening game.
You know me and Piksi mate. Big fan of him and know his game inside out.
Big props for giving him such an important role in all time draft he certainly deserves it.
This was quite the opening match for the rest of us to follow.
Your ass is grass @oneniltothearsenal
Just kidding
Your ass is grass @oneniltothearsenal
Just kidding
He should be used to it by now.
I just had a grade school flashback
"After school, behind the auditorium, on the grass, let's fight!"
Yeah fine summary, he was class.
I just had a grade school flashback
"After school, behind the auditorium, on the grass, let's fight!"
And then we’ll both swing our little fists wildly at the air around each other’s faces as everyone else slowly loses interest, walks away, and then we become best friends since everyone else thinks we’re now losers.
As has the other match thread?
After reading some of the comments from the drafters, I' m too scared to vote in case any of them find out my real name/address!
As has the other match thread?
After reading some of the comments from the drafters, I' m too scared to vote in case any of them find out my real name/address!
Nah, drafters might get heated in match threads but after the match its all hugs and "let me buy you a drink!"
We are probably the least grudge holding sub-group on any football message board
I hate all my opponents during the match (looking at you @Skizzo) but after the match you lot are still my favorite posters
I have a permanent disclaimer of everything I say to be considered as banter.Nah, drafters might get heated in match threads but after the match its all hugs and "let me buy you a drink!"
We are probably the least grudge holding sub-group on any football message board
I hate all my opponents during the match (looking at you @Skizzo) but after the match you lot are still my favorite posters
You always lose the plot once in a while but true regardless if you have won or not one of these things it becomes more casual in the argument POV.
Still every time we square off with @Gio and @Theon i expect a minimum 6 page discussion and some sparks going off, but still apart from match threads going wild at some point it’s still forgotten afterwards and agree more on the casual point outside the draft game in question.
To be fair I’m still catching up there as I’m still a bit drunk over a full day wine tour, but seems a fair few handbags have gone out.As has the other match thread?
After reading some of the comments from the drafters, I' m too scared to vote in case any of them find out my real name/address!
Why me? Because I'm so fecking old I watched a player born in 1940?! I'm in my 40s not my 80s!
From my Dad (and what I've watched - NOT live!), he was excellent and him and Bremner worked perfectly together. Similar (ish) players with both operating well defensively and offensively but you'd probably say Bremner was a tough midfielder who could play when needed, whereas Giles was a fluid playmaking midfielder who could play hard when needed.
Yeah, I remember getting a similar call-out once, even though said player had hit his peak before I was even born.I walked into that bit.Is that what the 'Dick' title means?
Is that what the 'Dick' title means?
Harsh on @idmanager excellent team and leading till the end before Ro-Ro sneaked a goal in. Congrats @Pat_Mustard I remember in earlier auction draft Annah shelling out on Messi, Xavi and Iniesta and then filling others with base price players.
It's ageist against us more..... ..... 'mature' players?
Based on the amount of PPI payouts knocking about, I feel a claim coming on (and I'm not even Scouse).
@idmanager is a good lad and offers a lot of good input in draft games , sometimes we can all take things to heart. He drafted a great team just unlucky to get drawn against @Pat_Mustard with that frontline.
Congrats @Pat_Mustard easy work should have been a much bigger margin in the score.
Its not where a player likes to play but where he plays best.I remember Theo Walcott always said he wanted to play CF and saw himself as CF but who cares. His best was always at right wing no matter where he personally liked to play. Same with Ox really. He might fancy himself a CM but that doesn't mean that was where his best performances ever came from yea?
True, but when the player is causing some disharmony because of it, you have to consider what he’s saying. That’s also in a club season where it’s over a period and what’s best for the club and for the season. In an all time, one off context, would he be happy playing in a position where he himself didn’t want to play?
It’s jist a consideration anyway, and some people might not care at all. It’s just something I considered and has been discussed before.
My counter would be some players might not play their best when they are happy but when they are mad
Iirc he was playing that left wing role since 1997 and it was only in 2000 when he fell out for supposedly not wanting to play in left wing. I don't think it was the position that caused the unhappiness but more due to LvG's insistence on passing more and instructions to dribble less. Rivaldo is not a total footballer and tbh shunting a peak Rivaldo after winning his Balon d'Or to accommodate Kluivert in the middle is just ridiculous. One more case of "philosophy" not matching with player dynamics in the team.
My counter would be some players might not play their best when they are happy but when they are mad
I’m not continuing this discussion when there’s a clear underlying tone of cynicism and sarcasm. Just cancel our match later if this is how it’s gonna be.
Jk love you
Oh now you want to have some tactical input for once eh?
As always
Could not vote in time but would have for @idmanager. Very well built team, unlucky to run into the flashy pair upfront
Harsh on @idmanager excellent team and leading till the end before Ro-Ro sneaked a goal in. Congrats @Pat_Mustard I remember in earlier auction draft Annah shelling out on Messi, Xavi and Iniesta and then filling others with base price players.
Cheers lads! Thank feck enough clueless scan voters turned out to sneak me over the line
Good post mate, and tallies with what I've seen of them. For all their reputation, that Leeds team actually played some fantastic football. From a modern perspective some of the brutality from that era is like a parallel universe.
I mean why the feck are the Liverpool players going out of their way to console Giles? And poor old Keegan seemingly begging the ref not to book him
When men were men?Cheers lads! Thank feck enough clueless scan voters turned out to sneak me over the line
Good post mate, and tallies with what I've seen of them. For all their reputation, that Leeds team actually played some fantastic football. From a modern perspective some of the brutality from that era is like a parallel universe.
And even the hard men sometimes got smacked.
Bremner stole the show there at 0:37. I love that famous description of him being "10 stone of barbed wire."