I knew it.Billy No Mates Draft
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I knew it.@crappycraperson deserves pretty much half the credit for the team, quite a few great ideas were his. Beckham for example as well, and he fits in perfectly. Good luck defending Seeler against the crosses from Czibor and BeckhamWell played mate
.I think I would have found it eventually anyway. It's the second video if you search for Uwe Seeler on youtube. Hardly a hidden gemAye, that was a brilliant performance. Pretty much everything you'd want from a No. 9. Skizzo and EAP will probably assassinate me if we draw you now though.
.@crappycraperson deserves pretty much half the credit for the team, quite a few great ideas were his. Beckham for example as well, and he fits in perfectly. Good luck defending Seeler against the crosses from Czibor and Beckham
I think I would have found it eventually anyway. It's the second video if you search for Uwe Seeler on youtube. Hardly a hidden gem
It's more the fact that my praising one of your slightly more obscure picks so much might make it difficult for me to argue against him if we play each other
. Although just in case I should state for the record that he's not winning too many headers against Figueroa and McGrath McGrath will have him in his pocket. Nothing to worry there.
Just lolzy!
Just lolzy!
Although just in case I should state for the record that he's not winning too many headers against Figueroa and McGrath
That's more like it
This has slowed down considerably!
If it wasn't for @Balu this would just be half a page of team Edgar Allan Patzzo talking amongst themselves.
I'm not sure what my last pick will be. It'll define my approach for this draft, and currently, I'm not sure what approach to take at this moment.
This would have been an excellent time for me to have an AM to discuss something with. I'm not sure what direction to take right now.
I'd pick a second keeper if I were you like we have done....tonnes of options then...!?!?
^^ maybe something like this?
Gullit obviously is better to be in that role or tucked in, but Conti I don't think can play as a wing back.
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Who can I leave my pick with? Going to sleep
I'll be around in the next at least couple of hours, mate.
Sorry about really slowing this down, lads. This last pick has really stumped me.
Yep, would say so too. Not that many alternatives, really, but that is a very strong team provided he can land a first rate RB.
Beckenbauer as a DM is always spicy - and he was brilliant in that role.
If he makes it past the first round he'll have two basic options: Move Beckenbauer back and pick up a new DM - or pick up a CB. Either way, he can then drop Desailly and unleash Gullit.
Agreed on that but surely that backline is crying out for Beckenbauer, esp with such a brilliant covering defender in Förster. Desailly and Förster looks a bit off as a partnership imo, much of a muchness. Makes more sense to have a bit of steel in the midfield with Alonso and Rivera, not that Beckenbauer was a push over by any means, and Desailly would be tailor made for that holding role.
Feel free to drop me a PM if you want @mazhar13 .
I agree with you but IMO Beckenbauer at that position is at his best so the rest of the team. Of course Beckenbauer and Forster is also a great partnership - sweeper with a world class man marker, but IMO at DM is where Beckenbauer excels and can organize the defence behind him as well.
Alonso is not a pushover either to be fair he's quite strong and can be useful in covering and off the ball as well.
He can also switch him and Desailly of course, which is the other option.
I'd probably go with attack in the reinforcement round. There will be even better options than Gullit
This doesn't mean I picked my player, yet. I just made a crazy decision.
Okay, I've checked over everything again to make sure player wasn't picked/invalid. Here's my final pick (sorry for the delay).
1. Joga Bonito - 1. Maradona 2. Krol 3. Thuram 4. Breitner 5. Stoichkov 6. Monti 7. Tresor 8. Law 9. Gerets 10. Tardelli 11. Dasayev 12.
2. Sjor Bepo/Viva - 1. Messi 2. Keane 3. Charlton 4. D.Santos 5. Schnellinger 6. Hansen 7. Makelele 8. Sivori 9. Schwarzenbeck 10. Elkjaer 11. Southall 12.
3. harms - 1. Pelé 2. P. Falcão 3. Rummenigge 4. Ferdinand 5. Lahm 6. Netzer 7. Bossis 8. Vierchowod 9. Busquets 10. Rensenbrink 11. Hellström 12.
4. mazhar13 - 1. Beckenbauer 2. N.Santos 3. Desailly 4. Conti 5. Gullit 6. Rivera 7. Förster 8. Alonso 9. Del Piero 10. Kocsis 11. Schmeichel 12. S. Campbell
5. Tuppet - 1. Alfredo Di Stéfano 2. G.Muller 3. Passarella 4. Jairzinho 5. Boniek 6. Junior 7. Hierro 8. Coluna 9. V. Andrade 10. Nasazzi 11. Davids 12. Cech
6. Physiocrat - 1. Best 2. Neeskens 3. Luis Suarez M 4. Rivaldo 5. Vogts 6. Marzolini 7. Schweinsteiger 8. T. Silva 9. Carvalho 10. Vieri 11. Chilavert 12. Johnstone
7. The Stain - 1. Luis Ronaldo 2. Džajić 3. Kohler 4. Nedved 5. Robson 6. Scholes 7. O. Varela 8. Shesternyov 9. Dani Alves 10. Zamora 11. Alaba 12. Hidegkuti
8. Balu/crappy - 1. Eusébio 2. Scirea 3. Masopust 4. D. Edwards 5. Czibor 6. Lizarazu 7. Burgnich 8. Costacurta 9. Beckham 10. Banks 11. Seeler 12. Vidic
9. Stobzilla - 1. Maldini 2. Moore 3. C.Alberto 4. M. Laudrup 5. Kubala 6. Hamrin 7. Blokhin 8. Didi 9. Domingos Da Guia 10. Popescu 11. van der Sar 12. Francescoli
10. RedTiger/Marty- 1. Puskas 2. Matthaus 3. Gentile 4. Matthews 5. R. Carlos 6. Neymar 7. Suurbier 8. Vieira 9. Sanchez 10. Ayala 11. Buffon 12. Preud'homme
11. diarm - 1. C. Ronaldo 2. Zidane 3. Ronaldinho 4. Batistuta 5. Santamaria 6. Bergomi 7. Koeman 8. Ocwirk 9. Voronin 10. De Vecchi 11. Kahn 12. Janes
12. Gio - 1. Zico 2. Facchetti 3. Nesta 4. Bozsik 5. Iniesta 6. Souness 7. Andrade 8. Chumpitaz 9. Greaves 10. Finney 11. Shilton 12. Sarosi
13. Aldo - 1. Garrincha 2. Romário 3. Rivelino 4. Zanetti 5. Xavi 6. Schuster 7. Cabrini 8. Tigana 9. Schulz 10. John Charles 11. Kempes 12. Mazurkiewicz
14. EAP/Pat/Skizzo - 1. Figueroa 2. Rijkaard 3. van Hanegem 4. Brehme 5. Cafu 6. Baggio 7. McGrath 8. Yashin 9. Kopa 10. Eto'o 11. Pirri 12. Robben
15. Enigma_87/MJJ - 1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Figo 4. Henry 5. Amoros 6. Giggs 7. J. A. Camacho 8. Effenberg 9. Gerson 10. Ruggeri 11. T.Cerezo 12. Jennings
16. Invictus/Theon - 1. Platini 2. Van Basten 3. Sammer 4. Redondo 5. Gento 6. Cannavaro. 7. Briegel 8. Stam 9. Meazza 10. Neuer 11. Jorginho 12. Cash Cole
@harms @Enigma_87
1. Joga Bonito - 1. Maradona 2. Krol 3. Thuram 4. Breitner 5. Stoichkov 6. Monti 7. Tresor 8. Law 9. Gerets 10. Tardelli 11. Dasayev 12.
2. Sjor Bepo/Viva - 1. Messi 2. Keane 3. Charlton 4. D.Santos 5. Schnellinger 6. Hansen 7. Makelele 8. Sivori 9. Schwarzenbeck 10. Elkjaer 11. Southall 12.
3. harms - 1. Pelé 2. P. Falcão 3. Rummenigge 4. Ferdinand 5. Lahm 6. Netzer 7. Bossis 8. Vierchowod 9. Busquets 10. Rensenbrink 11. Hellström 12.
4. mazhar13 - 1. Beckenbauer 2. N.Santos 3. Desailly 4. Conti 5. Gullit 6. Rivera 7. Förster 8. Alonso 9. Del Piero 10. Kocsis 11. Schmeichel 12. S. Campbell
5. Tuppet - 1. Alfredo Di Stéfano 2. G.Muller 3. Passarella 4. Jairzinho 5. Boniek 6. Junior 7. Hierro 8. Coluna 9. V. Andrade 10. Nasazzi 11. Davids 12. Cech
6. Physiocrat - 1. Best 2. Neeskens 3. Luis Suarez M 4. Rivaldo 5. Vogts 6. Marzolini 7. Schweinsteiger 8. T. Silva 9. Carvalho 10. Vieri 11. Chilavert 12. Johnstone
7. The Stain - 1. Luis Ronaldo 2. Džajić 3. Kohler 4. Nedved 5. Robson 6. Scholes 7. O. Varela 8. Shesternyov 9. Dani Alves 10. Zamora 11. Alaba 12. Hidegkuti
8. Balu/crappy - 1. Eusébio 2. Scirea 3. Masopust 4. D. Edwards 5. Czibor 6. Lizarazu 7. Burgnich 8. Costacurta 9. Beckham 10. Banks 11. Seeler 12. Vidic
9. Stobzilla - 1. Maldini 2. Moore 3. C.Alberto 4. M. Laudrup 5. Kubala 6. Hamrin 7. Blokhin 8. Didi 9. Domingos Da Guia 10. Popescu 11. van der Sar 12. Francescoli
10. RedTiger/Marty- 1. Puskas 2. Matthaus 3. Gentile 4. Matthews 5. R. Carlos 6. Neymar 7. Suurbier 8. Vieira 9. Sanchez 10. Ayala 11. Buffon 12. Preud'homme
11. diarm - 1. C. Ronaldo 2. Zidane 3. Ronaldinho 4. Batistuta 5. Santamaria 6. Bergomi 7. Koeman 8. Ocwirk 9. Voronin 10. De Vecchi 11. Kahn 12. Janes
12. Gio - 1. Zico 2. Facchetti 3. Nesta 4. Bozsik 5. Iniesta 6. Souness 7. Andrade 8. Chumpitaz 9. Greaves 10. Finney 11. Shilton 12. Sarosi
13. Aldo - 1. Garrincha 2. Romário 3. Rivelino 4. Zanetti 5. Xavi 6. Schuster 7. Cabrini 8. Tigana 9. Schulz 10. John Charles 11. Kempes 12. Mazurkiewicz
14. EAP/Pat/Skizzo - 1. Figueroa 2. Rijkaard 3. van Hanegem 4. Brehme 5. Cafu 6. Baggio 7. McGrath 8. Yashin 9. Kopa 10. Eto'o 11. Pirri 12. Robben
15. Enigma_87/MJJ - 1. Cruyff 2. Baresi 3. Figo 4. Henry 5. Amoros 6. Giggs 7. J. A. Camacho 8. Effenberg 9. Gerson 10. Ruggeri 11. T.Cerezo 12. Jennings
16. Invictus/Theon - 1. Platini 2. Van Basten 3. Sammer 4. Redondo 5. Gento 6. Cannavaro. 7. Briegel 8. Stam 9. Meazza 10. Neuer 11. Jorginho 12. Cash Cole
@harms @Enigma_87
Well, depends on the opposition. Desailly is far more limited (obviously), and how much steel you need may vary depending on who you come up against - but I agree that the CB partnership as such would be more logical.
Anyway, the question was whether the formation as such is what he should go for - i.e. that he should pick the best RB he can come up with, rather than trying something more experimental (like a lopsided affair, or Conti as some sort of wingback).
...and there it is.
Well, it's crazy. But who knows. Picking a crazy guy for a crazy set-up might just work out fine.
Well, it's crazy. But who knows. Picking a crazy guy for a crazy set-up might just work out fine.
It'll work. It'll work. I 100% guarantee it.
That's a real surprise then, we'll see the setup
I don't have harms pick tho, not sure if he went to bed immediately after he posted as he has been inactive >50 mins ago.
I don't have harms pick tho, not sure if he went to bed immediately after he posted as he has been inactive >50 mins ago.
The Gullit pick really did put a dent on my original plans, but at least it inspired me to go crazy here.
Förster Desailly Campbell
Alonso Beckenbauer
Rivera Del Piero
Conti Kocsis N. Santos
There you go. Nilton as a winger in a WM. He'd probably like that just fine, actually - he could dribble with the best of 'em, after all.Alonso Beckenbauer
Rivera Del Piero
Conti Kocsis N. Santos
Oh, yes, that's part of a much bigger plan I have in mind.
Should be more of a 3-5-2, 5-3-2 combo with Conti/N.Santos as wingbacks role. All depends on the opposition tho. If up against a narrow side and expected midfield battle that can work. Up against world class winger/full back overlapping combo on both sides that would be a bit suicidal as they would drag Alonso and Beckenbauer out of position leaving the middle and back line exposed.
who has harms pick?
I like the way you think.! I've done the same before.. Usually with disastrous results. But all the best to your team!
I believe this could be one of those "he didn't realize I was joking" situations which can be quite awkward. Then again, it could also be one of those "he did realize it, but nevertheless commented in this fashion" situations - which can be even more awkward, given that I've committed myself by replying in this fashion.
Can anyone take my pick?
edit: EAP, skizzo and viva januzaj have the pick.
edit: EAP, skizzo and viva januzaj have the pick.
Probably combination of both but either way the reply would've been pending.
I'm surprised you didn't put Beckenbauer as a sweeper for the good ol (almost binary) 1-2-1-2-1-2-1 formation.
That formation against Stobz in the final was class. Even Mourinho would've been proud
That formation against Stobz in the final was class. Even Mourinho would've been proud
That was normali was just discussing my Liedholm match with SkizzoPat. Something I believe totally drove NoPace from further drafts participation!
I prefer the Big Dipper (as they call it, actually:
Sol sez: "It's a great, but slightly racist formation."
Ofc, you missed the (c) besides Sol's name.
Got to go, who can take my pick?
I'll be here for a few hours mate.
Thanks, PM incoming.