Billy No Mates Draft

Theon said:
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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Short Player Profiles Team Balu & Crappy​

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira - Arguably the most explosive attacker in the history of European football, and one of the greatest footballers ever, Eusébio was awarded the Ballon d’Or in 1965 as Europe’s player of the year, and made the Ballon D'Or shortlist an astonishing 11 times, won the Golden Boot twice, and was the European Cup Top Scorer three times. In his prime, Eusébio cut an intimidating on the football pitch - a one man wrecking crew capable of tearing apart any defense on his day, and not just a finisher of the highest quality, but the possessor of one of the most fearsome shots to have graced the planet, with powerful stamina and strength, presence in air, combined with sublime dribbling and passing skills. In a glittering career, he was the Portuguese First Division's top scorer (Bola de Prata) 7 times, helped Benfica to 11 league championships, 5 Taça de Portugal Cup wins, reached 4 European Cup finals, scored 473 goals in 440 matches wearing Benfica's jersey, including 317 goals in 301 Portuguese league matches, a total of 679 goals in 678 official games according to FIFA. At the time of his retirement, Eusébio was the highest scorer in Benfica's history, the highest scorer for the Portuguese national team by far with 41 goals in 64 games (a mark that stood for about half a century until Cristiano Ronaldo finally overtook it), and the second highest scorer in history of the European Cup with 46 goals in 65 matches, 3 goals behind Di Stéfano's haul of 49 goals in 58 matches. That mark stood for decades until Raúl surpassed both him and Di Stéfano in the 2000s with Real Madrid.

Ronaldo - “The Phenomenon” Ronaldo Luis Nazario De Lima is regarded as the one of the greatest footballers of all-time. He possessed great ball control and dribbling skills combined with a powerful physique and could hold off most defenders, and prolific scoring ability. Ronaldo is the youngest player ever to win the Balon d’Or. He once was the record holder for the most amount of goals ever scored in the history of the World Cup, with 15. Then the 7-1 happened :D. There are no amount of words, quotes or stats that can justify the legend, that is Ronaldo.



Uwe Seeler - the Hamburg legend and one of the greatest German players of all time, only overshadowed by Gerd Müller when it comes to German strikers. He was renowned for his brilliance in the air, one of the strongest headers of all time. But he also had an astonishing record with his feet in the air, scoring many overhead kicks. He was the dominant player in the pre-Bundesliga era and carried that over into the first ever Bundesliga season, when he finished as top scorer scoring 30 goals in 30 games. But he wasn't just a limited goalscorer and showed his adaptility and fantastic all around game once he partnered Müller for the nationalteam and formed a magnificent strike partnership, linking up play from midfield to attack, which lead to both together scoring 13 goals in 6 games at the World Cup 1970 (10 by Müller, 3 by Seeler).

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Zoltan Czibor - A left winger he was known for having a powerful shot, great finishing excellent ball control and dribbling. A key component of the Mighty Magyars’ golden team of the 50’s, he was the greatest left-winger in the World in the mid-1950s. Rated as Hungary’s best winger ever, the Barcelona legend was notable for having a powerful shot and world class finishing which resulted in him having a 1 goal per game ratio in 1955 and 1956. Known for his crossing and unpredictability when dribbling. He was also known for his ability to score goals in major finals Together with Puskás, Kocsis, Bozsik and Hidegkuti, he formed the nucleus of the Golden Team that went unbeaten in 32 consecutive games. He scored 17 goals in 43 games for Hungary. In this draft, only Dzajic and Nedved are better left wingers. Won the CEIC (EURO) 1948-1953.

Pavel Nedved - The man was, without doubt, one of the greatest and most creative midfielders of his generation. Nedved is considered one of the most innovative midfielders of all time. His sheer ability, both in scoring and creating goals, dazzled Serie A for a number of years, leading to a host of titles and deserved awards for the great Czech. Nedved was a pleasure to watch as a young football fan. Not only did he get the job done, he got it done in style. I used to be in awe of this man's sheer ability to dazzle both the crowd and opposition, and I can honestly say there are very few players I have enjoyed watching more than this man.

His ability to astound opponents with his incredible touch and foresight with his play was almost like a sixth sense, and his goalscoring and assist records throughout his career speaks for itself. Nedved may very well be the most gifted player in regards to putting both of his feet to good use. Equally deadly accurate with both his right or left foot, he is one of the few players capable of performing such magic with a touch from either foot. What is also important to note is that Nedved was incredible hard worker on and off the pitch, his positional sense and awareness as well as tactical discipline made him one of the most complete midfielders in the game. He could easily play on both flanks and through the middle.

David Beckham - May not make the top 10 winger list of all time but is right up there as a right sided midfielder. Invaluable to any team set up to play 442. His crossing needs no superlatives and defending against him provided any opposition an unique challenge and finally he has capability of winning the game just on his FK prowess. An underrated passer of the ball, he is capable of kick-starting counters from the back with precise long passes. At his very peak, he was arguably our best player in treble winning 99 season, finishing second in Ballondor to Rivaldo that year.

Duncan Edwards - A complete footballer who finished 3rd in Ballondor when he was just 20 years old and by all accounts was on his way to be the greatest British player of all time. Before the Munich tragedy he had played over 150 games for United and been part of 2 Division 1 winning teams. Modern day equivalent of his role would be that of a box to box defensive midfielder who could slot into the back 4 if needed to cover for someone or maraud forward to join the attack.

Josef Masopust - Greatest Czechoslovakian footballer of all time and 1962 Ballondor winner. Masopust's was renowned for his box-to-box ability to support attack with his slalom runs. He Possessed exemplary ball control, his transmission with ball on foot through the field was clinical, which he utilized for both; basic work, from the recovery of the ball in defense, to driving menacingly through the opposition in what was termed 'Masopust's slalom'. During these solo runs Masopust would seamlessly switch between both feet, easily jinking to the left and right but always moving forward. Masopust was instrumental in the 1962 world cup, being given the Silver Ball (second only to Garrincha, which is no mean fate). He scored the goal in the final to give them the lead, but unfortunately the lead couldn’t be held and Brazil ended up taking the trophy.



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I was surprised by how complete he was,” Puskas admitted. “Luis [Del Sol] was one of the best midfielders there was at breaking up attacks, Suarez was a genius with his through-balls and Paco [Gento] was fantastic when running at fullbacks. But Masopust could do it all: win the ball, pass, dribble and break into the box. He was an outstanding player
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Eusebio said:
When I heard it was going to be Josef’s 80th birthday, I decided to come here in person. I have such admiration for him. I think he was a much better footballer than me.
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Gaetano Scirea - Top 5 defender of all time. Lead Juventus and Italy NT defenses in early 80s and kept none other than Baresi out of the team for sometime. He was a graceful sweeper or central defender with great vision, ball controlling skills and tactical ability. He would always be in the right place at the right time and rarely needed to tackle to make interceptions. Best defender at the EURO 80', WC 82' winner, won all UEFA competitions and the Serie A 7 times with Juve.



Bixente Lizarazu - World cup winning LB who had a stellar career with French National Team and numerous club domestic and European honours with Bayern Munich. One of the best fullbacks around during the late 90's/early 2000's. A tireless runner and equally adept helping out in attack or snuffing out danger at the back.

Tarcisio Burgnich - Rather simply, Tarcisio Burgnich was known as “the rock”. And, unlike some of football’s quaint old nicknames, there’s rarely been one so apt. Burgnich was, essentially, a formidable presence that opposition attackers found very difficult to get around or by. He effectively set the template for the Italian defensive stereotype: uncompromising and unforgiving. Fittingly, “the rock” proved one of the building blocks to two for Italy’s greatest ever teams: the international side of 1968-70 that won the European Championships and got to the final of the World Cup; and Helenio Herrera’s Gran Inter. Of course, not only were they great Italian sides. But also two of the most durable defensive sides.

Alessandro Costacurta- the traditional intelligent aggressive stopper, a key defender in the unbeaten AC Milan team of 58 games, as well as consecutive Italian Supercup titles, League titles, and Champions league final appearances. Costacurta was part of a defensive system notorious for its aggressive defending; stepping out and squeezing space.

Nemanja Vidic - One of the two defenders who have ever won the Premier League Player of the Season award in PL. Vidic's performance level has been such that he has won the award twice and he was the beating heart behind United's great team of the late 2000s. As one of the best stoppers of the last decade, he is the perfect partner for Scirea.

Gordon Banks - regarded as one of the greatest keepers of all time. Extremely agile and excellent at making reflex saves, he's also very reliable and comfortable in marshaling his defensive line. Also some regard him to have made the "save of the century", against a Pele header. Winner of FIFA Goalkeeper of the year award for 4 consecutive years 66,67,68,69.
 
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:lol: That's on crappy, he did the playerprofiles. Lazy fecker :D. Well, I'm just as lazy because clearly I didn't even read them before posting.
 
crappycraperson said:
Someone should bookmark all the mega player profiles and write ups.
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I said before, we should start a Redcafe and the history of football blog and post the playerprofiles and write-ups we made. There are so many brilliant stories, so much quality information in all the draft threads. It's a shame that it's lost somewhere in the depth of the forum.
 
Balu said:
I said before, we should start a Redcafe and the history of football blog and post the playerprofiles and write-ups we made. There are so many brilliant stories, so much quality information in all the draft threads. It's a shame that it's lost somewhere in the depth of the forum.
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Thats an excellent idea @Damien

Just have a locked thread/blog with all the good write-ups.
 
green_smiley said:
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Invictus/Theon vs. harms​
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Whoever is setting up the matches - please start this at 1200 Hrs GMT, tomorrow. Or whenever the other match is due.
 
Balu said:
I said before, we should start a Redcafe and the history of football blog and post the playerprofiles and write-ups we made. There are so many brilliant stories, so much quality information in all the draft threads. It's a shame that it's lost somewhere in the depth of the forum.
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That's not a bad idea. And it could be done with relatively simple means too.

Just come up with some categories or sections (position or era based), and copy/paste the stuff deemed worthy of preserving.

Key is to use a blog format that works for this purpose: You'd need proper sections people can browse, and a proper search function. Beyond that - well, you wouldn't need anything fancy at all.
 
Invictus said:
Whoever is setting up the matches - please start this at 1200 Hrs GMT, tomorrow. Or whenever the other match is due.
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I'll send the write-up later tonight, thanks for waiting (to whom though? Physio?)
 
I tried to read about this, to find out how it works, when you started, but i simply cannot understand it.
I'm just that stupid!
Looks like you're having fun though! :)
 
Tasberry said:
I tried to read about this, to find out how it works, when you started, but i simply cannot understand it.
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Nothing complex. The draft mod picks the theme and criteria. This one is a snake (drafting happens in sequence) all time (no birth date restrictions) draft with criteria as no mates (i.e. none of the players picked in your playing 11 should have played with each other in real life). Everyone drafts 12 players fitting the theme and criteria and then separate match threads are made to see who wins.

Join in as a Assistant Manager to someone next draft and you'll get the feel.
 
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