Thanks Theon & @Gio , certainly a close game and given me a big dilemma over what to do...
Upgrade the CB pairing or replace Schweiny...
only one addition for the final?
Gio/Theon VS Cal - All time 3 yr peak - Auction Draft
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only one addition for the final?
Yeah, think that's in the rules.
Thanks Theon & @Gio , certainly a close game and given me a big dilemma over what to do...
Upgrade the CB pairing or replace Schweiny...
You are up against Diego, van Basten, Eusebio/Gullit... They'll play like Inter on steroids. Rio is fine but you need to think long and hard about Vidic. Neither Busi nor Schweini will stop Diego once you lose the ball.
I can think of 2-3 you should definitely go for. Problem is SkizzoPat will likely block you. Who has the bigger budget? That could make all the difference.
I think Skizzo gets to go first and we get 1 pick each, I'm very tempted to move Maldini to CB. Maybe Makelele to man-mark Diego?
if Vida survived a high line against Ronaldo he can survive anything.....pick Busquets and go with possession all the way. Antohan says neither Busi or Schweini will stop Maradona, but i ask who will? Your whole team is built for possession game, even if you get the best defensive specialist for DM you will have other problems as your two other midfielders are to lightweight, your wingers dont play defence and your right back goes from hero to zero.
I actually wanted to but had internet difficultiesDamn thought you were gonna switch your vote
Fair play Cal - Good game
Not that it matters with the voting. I think Cal? had the slightly better team but you guys deserved the chance of qualifying.
Thanks Theon & @Gio , certainly a close game and given me a big dilemma over what to do...
Upgrade the CB pairing or replace Schweiny...
Rijkaard no brainer IMO
I actually wanted to but had internet difficulties
Not that it matters with the voting. I think Cal? had the slightly better team but you guys deserved the chance of qualifying.
Ah feck That would have been a draw then - he voted for himself which doesn't count so you're vote would have made it a draw
Yeah, just not sure if Busquets is enough of an upgrade (if at all).
But I do get the impression that the Caf doesn't like man-marking in these drafts or I can try Makelele taking Diego out of the game.
Fascinating battle! Worthy of an all-time finals.
Oh! I just realised All-Time Draft winners Figueroa-Ferdinand could combine again to win the All-Time Auction Draft.
That would have been a draw then - he voted for himself which doesn't count so you're vote would have made it a draw
I thought we're allowed to vote but you vote twice, ie you or Gio can vote but you can't both vote?
Hmm... Skizzo will probably read this thread and bid for Rijkaard just because everyone has been suggesting I should.
Stop thinking on man marking Maradona,I don't think it works well.As Aldo suggested look for Rijkaard,he's fine fit to your team.
Can you draft Matthaus into your team? Would be perfect imo.
Oh! I just realised All-Time Draft winners Figueroa-Ferdinand could combine again to win the All-Time Auction Draft.
Maybe I'm being slow here since I just woke up...But how? They're on opposite teams.
It means managers can vote in other games in the draft. So for example if gio or Theon wanted to vote in a match between Sjor and Edgar. .they could, but only one of them can. Manager votes in your own games don't count, it's just usually done so that the score is visible without having to click to show it all the time. Although manager voting in their own games has caused some fun around here before if I remember correctly
If Skizzo doesn't pick him, yes. I'm leaning towards replacing Schweiny with someone, but still thinking who it should be.
Maybe I'm being slow here since I just woke up...But how? They're on opposite teams.
It means managers can vote in other games in the draft. So for example if gio or Theon wanted to vote in a match between Sjor and Edgar. .they could, but only one of them can. Manager votes in your own games don't count, it's just usually done so that the score is visible without having to click to show it all the time. Although manager voting in their own games has caused some fun around here before if I remember correctly
I see, I was under the impression we can each vote once, so it wouldn't matter anyway...
Usually both managers will vote for themselves, so it usually does cancel out like that. Sometimes it becomes a mind feck because if you and theon are playing, and it's tied, he could vote for you. The score will show you're up by 1, but really it's tied because manager votes in your own game don't count. Someone may come in and think "wow, what a close game. ..This deserved to be tied and go to penalties" and vote for theon. Now even though the score shows tied, he's actually up by one.
My bad, thought he had gone out in the semis.
If Skizzopat overlook him... Unlikely.
I love it when people do that. Nothing beats taking advantage of moronic scanvoters.
Likes of Redondo and Neeskens wouldn't be bad either.
I'm not sure if any of those (inc. Matthaus) really is that much of an upgrade on Schweinsteiger, different eras and all that, but I really think Bastian is about as good as it gets for the no.6 role and Matthaus or Redondo will leave me with the same questions regarding if they'd fit tiki-taka.
Perhaps I should just go with Busquets, everyone knows it works.
or maybe just try another area of the pitch...
Indeed.
It's a key point. To me you can't have it both ways if you opt for a particular, historical team as a model or a blueprint. You need to upgrade the players with counterparts who perform the same roles - only better. And you need to take into account that the opposition is by definition much stronger than any historical opponent your team of choice faced.
What we often see, however, is a tendency to do the former only to an extent - and to ignore the latter completely.
The efficiency of Barca circa 2011 is used as some sort of undefined and unspecific argument for the efficiency of the model (or the system itself) in a way you rarely see with other historical sides.
In fairness, no one is claiming that anyone could reproduce Barca's results by applying the same model, you have Alves, Messi, Xavi and Iniesta on the pitch and possibly the next best option to Busquets. That's everything truly remarkable about that side replicated to a T, while everyone else could be upgraded.