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Decades Chain Draft
- Thread starter Šjor Bepo
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Massive team. Are you out for the whole draft or could you get back for the QFs, if your side wins R1?If no one wants to take it over, below is the end product just so I don't feel all this was a waste of time.
Right now, I'm busy with a lot of business. But I won't give up on this current draft( or any draft). I'm convenient from next Tuesday, so we will play next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Falcao falls a little bit short of Haaland's freaky goals per game ratio I think, and sadly barely got a chance to play in the CL in his prime. I thought he was a cracking player though and I'd happily pick him. As @Gio said, he was probably on a similar level to a few regularly selected players.
This somehow reminds me of the good old days when you'd knock up a best XI of the draft pool and include 5 or 6 of your own players. No one is mentioning Lewa because he's (rightly) regularly picked in any pool now!All fair points. I just learned that Haaland is highly rated already.
I want him bigged up !
None of them being anywhere near the lofty heights reached by John Pantsil in midfield =>
Yes, that's a real quote, and he won the game.
@GodShaveTheQueen the ley question here is whether you are out for a week or 2-3 weeks. If the latter it should be a walkover really.
I want him bigged up !
It never hurts to start sowing the seeds, but I think his stock is plenty high thse days! Although Barca managing to get dumped out of the CL after pissing everybody off all summer isn't ideal for you. Oh I remember it well, and vigorously expressed my doubts in the match thread at the time. It was a great effort by Edgar though. Still don't know how he managed to pull that off!His performances and statistics have showed it all and I think I’ve said once in general forum that he will be picked even more frequently in future.
It's because of the 3-year peak thing - which is nonsense and a very limited way to rate a player in my view. I think you really need a full career to really rate a player. Like Falcao, the likes of Mario Gotze had a great peak, but no one is seriously picking them because the overall career weighs down on them a bit.
That is my thinking, too. Also, there maybe other tangible elements on rating players. Trophies, world cup, influence on the team, awards, performance on high profile games??
Now he's with City, he has all the chance to be up there. But it certainly feels it's a bit too early for now.
Most likely. I'd say if he can maintain similar scoring rate for 3 seasons with City, he's up there with the best of all time. Or maybe less if he gets ballon d'or in a year or two.
Would say they're an integral part of any peak level discussion? And something Haaland is surely lacking in his career so far.
Tbf, I think pretty much everyone has said the same here, it's a bit of a phantom discussion. (Which I kind of kicked off by playing devil's advocate over Pat's post.)
Draft acceptance seems to differ quite a lot on a case-by-case basis, which is probably inevitable. Don't think there's a formula that fits every player. For example, Lewandowski and Benzema only start to get all-time recognition now in their mid-30s, while others like the Brazilian Ronnies, Schweinsteiger, Edwards are highly rated on pretty short career peaks. (All of which is fine.) There just seems to be a point when a player "gets there" in draft terms, like De Bruyne recently, and it's different for everyone.
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yeah it's ok mate. Will submit in the afternoon though.
I won't be able to participate in any debates as I fractured my collar bone and have a 24x7 arm sling for a month and can only type on phone with 1 hand which would be a pain in the ass to debate. Best I can do is provide a graphic with a 2 line OP. While I don't mind doing that, kind of against the spirit of match threads, so still wouldn't mind a bit if a walk over is awarded (or a different more deserving losing team gets another chance) .
Will let @Šjor Bepo take that call, my graphic is already present in the thread for R1 game if need be which I fortunately created as soon as drafting ensed. @Synco considering you find the team decent, do consider taking it over, should take little to no effort in games as it's a straight forward 4-2-3-1. Has great potential for reinforcements (I won't interfere, you can pick as you wish) as I avoided lot of pools.
That is bad, GSTQ. Get well, soon.
Ah shit, get better soon.
Cheers, team is fantastic but I'm currently waiting on Beam and would finish his squad if he doesn't turn up (not sure if he knows of his "luck" yet).
I think you're grand for R1 without doing match discussions, the setup seems pretty straight forward. Draft mob can make up for it by discussing both teams. If you win, we can still see how the situation around Beam, Sinister & yourself is.
Live audio debate!
@Physiocrat do you want to send your tactics to me or vice versa so we can kick our own match off?
I have sent to you
I'll fire the thread up now mate.
I have sent mine to Physio, Sjor and Pat for tomorrow match @NM
Agreed. KdB was finally accepted among the greats just about a year ago (?). At first it felt weird (to me). Lewa and Bastian takes a long time also, where the likes of Masch, Ramos, Kroos just never really took off. Even Nistelrooy that smashed the Eredivisie, PL, and La Liga is rarely considered in our drafts (when no era cut off / restriction).
Yeah, in reality many of those who never play weren't actually far from the level of draft regulars. Certainly true for Kroos, who I love to bits as a player.
thats perfectly fine, michael and moby mastered that approach so you are perfectly fine
btw Beam wont be able to finish his team, @Synco can you do it for him and provide a formation picture for the OP
We're already busy PM'ing & will continue tomorrow. Team will be ready in time, ideally with him on the bench, otherwise me.
We on today @NM ?
Thanks
EAP can we do next week? I just got a personal thing come up. I'll send my write up in over the weekend and we can do it whenever next week sorry
Sure. My write up is already in, so whenever you are ready.
Tuesday next week, sir?
deal
@Gio @Šjor Bepo sent my write up. start whenever. just tag me
In time for....? When are we playing?
No specific time, just before the R1 period ends.
Looks like I'll be caretaker for this round, when do you prefer? Best for me would be starting on Monday evening (European time zone), Tuesday would be okay as well. But I can make it work earlier too if better for you.
Team Beam finally complete.
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