Billy No Mates Draft

diarm said:
The spanking I received in the first round compounded by the fact that only one of my players is picked up as a reinforcement, and that as the 14th pick! :(
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We would've picked Dinho but he clashes with Henry so...
 
Balu said:
I never thought of Nedved as a hipsterish choice. I always thought he was rated as a genuine superstar, who maybe didn't deserve the Ballon d'Or the year he won it, but it didn't really matter all that much because as a sort of lifetime achievement award it was kinda okay. The same is true for Figo and his Ballon d'Or in my opinion.
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Well, hipsterish...I don't know. But, yeah, I maintain that he's hipsterish to an extent for the reason stated above: He's less obvious – and it's less obvious precisely what he brings to the table – than most other players who is likely to feature out wide, in any sort of capacity, in an all-time context.

Then again, one can certainly argue whether he's actually hipsterish in this particular context: As I said, most of us have to be classed as some kind of hipsters – so Nedved isn't a strikingly left-field choice to most of us.

Can you even make a hipsterish choice among other hipsters? That's the question. To me, hipsterism always depends on the context – which is highlighted by the fact that most hipsters deny being hipsters and consider hipsterism not hip.

But in a general context, yes – I'd call Nedved fairly hipsterish compared to most other players who won the Ballon. He's definitely the sort of player a hipster could play out as his favourite card, to the surprise and admiration (or annoyance) of his more uncouth peers.
 
Chesterlestreet said:
Well, hipsterish...I don't know. But, yeah, I maintain that he's hipsterish to an extent for the reason stated above: He's less obvious – and it's less obvious precisely what he brings to the table – than most other players who is likely to feature out wide, in any sort of capacity, in an all-time context.

Then again, one can certainly argue whether he's actually hipsterish in this particular context: As I said, most of us have to be classed as some kind of hipsters – so Nedved isn't a strikingly left-field choice to most of us.

Can you even make a hipsterish choice among other hipsters? That's the question. To me, hipsterism always depends on the context – which is highlighted by the fact that most hipsters deny being hipsters and consider hipsterism not hip.

But in a general context, yes – I'd call Nedved fairly hipsterish compared to most other players who won the Ballon. He's definitely the sort of player a hipster could play out as his favourite card, to the surprise and admiration (or annoyance) of his more uncouth peers.
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:lol: I love your posts chester!
 
Chesterlestreet said:
Well, hipsterish...I don't know. But, yeah, I maintain that he's hipsterish to an extent for the reason stated above: He's less obvious – and it's less obvious precisely what he brings to the table – than most other players who is likely to feature out wide, in any sort of capacity, in an all-time context.

Then again, one can certainly argue whether he's actually hipsterish in this particular context: As I said, most of us have to be classed as some kind of hipsters – so Nedved isn't a strikingly left-field choice to most of us.

Can you even make a hipsterish choice among other hipsters? That's the question. To me, hipsterism always depends on the context – which is highlighted by the fact that most hipsters deny being hipsters and consider hipsterism not hip.

But in a general context, yes – I'd call Nedved fairly hipsterish compared to most other players who won the Ballon. He's definitely the sort of player a hipster could play out as his favourite card, to the surprise and admiration (or annoyance) of his more uncouth peers.
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What the feck did I just read? :lol:
 
I've read it 4 times now and get more confused with every attempt to understand it :lol:. It's addictive though. I'm sure I'll read it a few more times.
 
Chesterlestreet said:
Well, hipsterish...I don't know. But, yeah, I maintain that he's hipsterish to an extent for the reason stated above: He's less obvious – and it's less obvious precisely what he brings to the table – than most other players who is likely to feature out wide, in any sort of capacity, in an all-time context.

Then again, one can certainly argue whether he's actually hipsterish in this particular context: As I said, most of us have to be classed as some kind of hipsters – so Nedved isn't a strikingly left-field choice to most of us.

Can you even make a hipsterish choice among other hipsters? That's the question. To me, hipsterism always depends on the context – which is highlighted by the fact that most hipsters deny being hipsters and consider hipsterism not hip.

But in a general context, yes – I'd call Nedved fairly hipsterish compared to most other players who won the Ballon. He's definitely the sort of player a hipster could play out as his favourite card, to the surprise and admiration (or annoyance) of his more uncouth peers.
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:lol: class post
 
Balu against Muller and Lothar (though he's no less than anto in holding a grudge against that man) and Joga against Schuster. Me against Facchetti.

Tremendously heartbreaking.
 
Aldo said:
Balu against Muller and Lothar (though he's no less than anto in holding a grudge against that man) and Joga against Schuster. Me against Facchetti.

Tremendously heartbreaking.
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Lothar is a cnut. I hope Lizarazu slaps him again during the game. Is Effenberg still around to comment on it?
 
Aldo said:
Balu against Muller and Lothar (though he's no less than anto in holding a grudge against that man) and Joga against Schuster. Me against Facchetti.

Tremendously heartbreaking.
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I think Gio is behind this pick, thought he would get down to us at some point.
 
Ooh - front two of Cristiano and Romario with four midfielders behind, and I have truck loads of those, innit? Perfect fullbacks for a diamond, too. Facchetti taken out of the game by a stroke of genius.
 
Aldo said:
Ooh - front two of Cristiano and Romario with four midfielders behind, and I have truck loads of those, innit? Perfect fullbacks for a diamond, too. Facchetti taken out of the game by a stroke of genius.
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Actually wont be half bad if you had someone other than ronaldo for that position.
 
Chesterlestreet said:
Nedved is a genuinely great player of a sort you don't come across too often.

That said, he is precisely the sort of player who tend to be borderline overrated by hipsters: He's not obvious, so hipsters adore him.

And most of us who involve ourselves in these drafts are hipsters to a degree. Most I say - not all. Could be that Nedved alienates the non-hipster set with all his hipsterish non-obvious, water carrier-ish (but with flair) bollix. I can see that, actually - it's potentially annoying. But then again I find pretty much everything potentially annoying.
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:lol:

I love this post.
 
MJJ said:
I would probably vote for that side, you have the midfield to pull it off very well too but you would be dropping garrincha who is my favorite out of all the legends. Him and Meazza.
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But if I play Garrincha it will be Facchetti eats him alive game over, don't you know
 
Aldo said:
But if I play Garrincha it will be Facchetti eats him alive game over, don't you know
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Play him as a LB, joga wont know what hit him and the opposition left winger will get sent off in the first 30 min after garrincha repeatedly makes a fool out of him. Perfect plan!

Facchetti vs Garrinchetti!!
 
crappycraperson said:
Muller is just a tap in merchant :wenger:
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@Balu

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Aldo said:
Been a while, old friend.

Did you guess this one too, @crappycraperson ? :p

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Really surprised he lasted that long, thought a few teams could have done with him!

I think you're the winner that round - two great picks.

@harms I believe Tuesday if possible was the consensus with me and Invictus - is that okay?
 
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