Klose is in the mould if Ballack, Lampard etc. Has stellar credentials but so uninspiring that the rarely get credit.
International peak draft
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Ashley cole would have been worthy of his place here, as would Angelo charisteas
Yeah as long as it starts around afternoon UK time.
@Tuppet don't forget to submit your line-up before 2pm BST today
@Isotope Friday?
As admirable as what Annah has done, an all-time Sweden XI would have been tasty with the likes of Brolin and Ibrahimovic included.
It's a 1948-58 homage though. Hellstrom or Ravelli would be in goal otherwise.
Lots of huge omissions: Scarone, Fernández, Labruna, Di Stefano, Ademir, Fritz Walter, Sívori, Sanfilippo, Amarildo, Riva (I can see how the Rivera/Mazzola issue keeps both out, but never Riva), Zmuda, Haan, Ruben Sosa...
As usual, #10s, strikers and AMs are the opposite of unsung heroes so difficult to accommodate them all.
Sosa in 89 Copa was one of the most dominant and tournament-defining performances I've seen. In fact, I'm still in two minds over who I'd bench out of him, Francescoli 83/95 and Diego 10.
As usual, #10s, strikers and AMs are the opposite of unsung heroes so difficult to accommodate them all.
Sosa in 89 Copa was one of the most dominant and tournament-defining performances I've seen. In fact, I'm still in two minds over who I'd bench out of him, Francescoli 83/95 and Diego 10.
Ok. I'm free any day this week. @green_smiley
Yeh. I'm in two minds now about the formation.
The last 3 picks: Deschamps, Tarantini, Vidal could easily my first XI picks.@Annahnomoss
Is it possible for you to add a threadmark to the final squads before the start of the first round?
Is it possible for you to add a threadmark to the final squads before the start of the first round?
It's already started
Sjor vs. Annah: 8 Apr (Sat)
Tuppet vs. 2mufc0: 10 Apr (Mon)
Enigma vs. Skizzo: 12 Apr (Wed)
EAP vs. onenil: 12 Apr (Wed)
Moby vs. mazhar13: 13 Apr (Thu)
Gio vs. Joga Bonito: 13 Apr (Thu)
Pat vs. Downcast: 14 Apr (Fri)
Isotope vs. Raees : 14 Apr (Fri)
All matches start at 2pm BST unless specified otherwise
Tuppet vs. 2mufc0: 10 Apr (Mon)
Enigma vs. Skizzo: 12 Apr (Wed)
EAP vs. onenil: 12 Apr (Wed)
Moby vs. mazhar13: 13 Apr (Thu)
Gio vs. Joga Bonito: 13 Apr (Thu)
Pat vs. Downcast: 14 Apr (Fri)
Isotope vs. Raees : 14 Apr (Fri)
All matches start at 2pm BST unless specified otherwise
Aye Sosa especially crossed my mind for couple of rounds, but with Stoichkov already there I take care of the LWF position early.
my unpicked 11:
Ah yeah, probably the best in terms of overall quality for a single tournament - both Vidal and Deschamps could've easily be round 6-7.Yeh. I'm in two minds now about the formation.
Viktor
Leandro Tresor Popluhar Demyanenko
Mauro Silva van Moer/Cerezo
Amancio Walter/Laudrup Gadocha/Eder
Ademir
Leandro Tresor Popluhar Demyanenko
Mauro Silva van Moer/Cerezo
Amancio Walter/Laudrup Gadocha/Eder
Ademir
Mauro Silva and Tresor stand out there
No love for arshavin?
Some really outstanding sweepers didn't make the cut - Ondrus in 1976 for example - hard to get much more influential than that - or Popluhar, Khurtsilava, Zmuda, Augenthalar, Tresor, Bratseth. Obviously a shedload of great no10s and second strikers - likes of Walter and Kazi Deyna who is a good shout @Enigma_87 - only Maradona and Cruyff have created more chances at the World Cup than he did in 1974. Up top I can see why Klose didn't cut it given the focus on a 'single tournament'.
What was Tresor's NT peak?
Deyna was also considered for a long time, but there's no way to fit him in my team. So had to let go.
Deyna was also considered for a long time, but there's no way to fit him in my team. So had to let go.
picked
If you have nothing else to do, here's a 30 minute compilation of Masopust's actions in 1962 World Cup
Someone actually made a compilation of his final performance, which would've been useful to know beforehand, but here it is, if you don't have time or patience to watch the full version, here is his outstanding performance against reigning champions in the final (and his dedication to limit Garrincha's influence is remarkable, albeit hopeless).
Schuster's Euro 1980 games (many already saw them, but still well worth a watch)
Someone actually made a compilation of his final performance, which would've been useful to know beforehand, but here it is, if you don't have time or patience to watch the full version, here is his outstanding performance against reigning champions in the final (and his dedication to limit Garrincha's influence is remarkable, albeit hopeless).
Schuster's Euro 1980 games (many already saw them, but still well worth a watch)
Don't think they'd have been capable of being in the team. Would be too imbalanced and they wouldn't push any of the others out of the side. I guess you have to make a Team A with Raynors boys and a Team B with Brolin, Zlatan, Henke etc.
Great stuff @harms
International Peak Draft
Quarter final teams:
EAP 1. J. Cruyff 2. Cafu 3. L. Messi 4. J. Masopust 5. B. Schuster 6. U. Seeler 7. O. Ruggeri 8. F. Collovati 9. H.P. Briegel 10. N. Stiles 11. D. Zoff 12. D. Forlan 13. S. Busquets 14. D. Da Guia
Tuppet 1. M. Garrincha 2. Romario 3. N. Santos 4. F. Puskas 5. J. Bozsik 6. V. R Andrade 7. J. Santamaria 8. M. Zagallo 9. J. Mascherano 10. A. Shesternyov 11. S. Maier 12. E. Francescoli 13. F. Redondo 14. R. Orsi
Enigma 1. G. Müller 2. B. Moore 3. P. Maldini 4. Didi 5. H. Stoichkov 6. M. Amoros 7. Z. Boniek 8. C. Makélélé 9. S. Campbell 10. M. Ballack 11. U. Fillol 12. G. Hagi 13. R. Ayala 14. C. Ronaldo
Gio/Theon 1. L. Matthäus 2. M. Sammer 3. Z. Zidane 4. R. Carlos 5. D. Džajić 6. B. Schweinsteiger 7. J. Zanetti 8. P. Schmeichel 9. C. Gamarra 10. C. Vieri 11. G. Buchwald 12. Leonidas 13. J. M. Moreno 14. T. Silva
Raees/Invictus 1. Eusébio 2. A. Brehme 3. M. Desailly 4. O. Varela 5. J. Tigana 6. G. Bergomi 7. P. Nedvěd 8. A. Robben 9. H. Chumpitaz 10. O. Kahn 11. L. Suarez 12. Zizinho 13. M. Kaltz 14. G. Sarosi
Annahnomoss 1. K. Hamrin 2. N. Liedholm 3. G. Nordahl 4. G. Gren 5. L. Skoglund 6. O. Bergmark 7. E. Nilsson 8. B. Gustavsson 9. S. Andersson 10. B. Rosengren 11. K. Svensson 12. P. Kock 13. K. Rosén 14. A. Simonsson
Moby 1. Xavi 2. G. Scirea 3. C. Alberto 4. L. Suárez Miramontes 5. G. Meazza 6. G. Lato 7. L. Monti 8. J. Stam 9. R. Rensenbrink 10. S. Marzolini 11. W. Zenga 12. D. Suker 13. P. Littbarski 14. R. Ferri
DownCast 1. J. Fontaine 2. R. Kopa 3. T. Henry 4. L. Blanc 5. G. Netzer 6. KH Schnellinger 7. Zito 8. J. L. Andrade 9. H. Rahn 10. F. Albert 11. L. Mazurkiewicz 12. M. Khurtsilava 13. A. Ancheta 14. R. Perfumo
Reminder: Please don't hesitate to leave your pick to somebody (Annah, GreenSmiley or somebody else) if you expect to be busy while your turn is coming up.
Players available for reinforcements:
Sjor/Physio 1. F. Beckenbauer 2. E. Figueroa 3. A. Iniesta 4. L. Figo 5. P. Lahm 6. M. Coluna 7. J. Nasazzi 8. T. Cubillas 9. G. Batistuta 10. L. Yashin 11. N. Hidegkuti 12. Y. Zhirkov 13. A. Giresse 14. Julinho
Isotope 1. D. Maradona 2. E. Davids 3. R. Baggio 4. S. Kocsis 5. D. Passarella 6. C. Gentile 7. A. Nesta 8. I. Netto 9. L. Júnior 10. G. Banks 11. J. Angloma 12. D. Deschamps 13. A. Tarantini 14. A. Vidal
2Mufc0 1. Pele 2. P. Rossi 3. R. Rivellino 4. R. Koeman 5. Dunga 6. G. Zambrotta 7. A. Pirlo 8. E. Abidal 9. T. Müller 10. M. Neuer 11. HG Schwarzenbeck 12. S. Pluskal 13. A. Sanchez 14. A. Shearer
Pat Mustard 1. M. Platini 2. F. Cannavaro 3. L. Thuram 4. M. Kempes 5. B. Lizarazu 6. P. Elkjaer 7. P. McGrath 8. S. Lerby 9. A. Ghiggia 10. J. Chilavert 11. L. Fernandez 12. J. Schiaffino 13. Jorginho 14. T. Hassler
Skizzo 1. L. Ronaldo 2. Rivaldo 3. Ronaldinho 4. A. Cabrini 5. J. Kohler 6. T. Burgnich 7. M. Tardelli 8. G. Buffon 9. M. Senna 10. M. Olsen 11. Maicon 12. T. Zagorakis 13. H. Szymaniak 14. R. Milla
Onenil 1. M. van Basten 2. F. Rijkaard 3. R. Krol 4. P. Breitner 5. R. Gullit 6. W. van Hanegem 7. B. Laudrup 8. P. Vieira 9. E. Gerets 10. M. Overmars 11. D. Seaman 12. K. Poborský 13. P. Gascoigne 14. H. Myung-bo
Mazhar/Arbitrium 1. Jairzinho 2. J. Neeskens 3. Zico 4. D. Santos 5. Gérson 6. W. Schulz 7. D. Villa 8. M. Bossis 9. C. Puyol 10. Neymar 11. Gilmar 12. Denilson 13. Clodoaldo 14. L. Eyzaguirre
Joga Bonito 1. F. Baresi 2. G. Facchetti 3. P. Falcao 4. B. Charlton 5. K. Rummenigge 6. B. Vogts 7. KH Förster 8. Z. Czibor 9. J. Klinsmann 10. V. Voronin 11. H. Schumacher 12. B. Conti 13. W. Overath 14. Careca
Quarter final teams:
EAP 1. J. Cruyff 2. Cafu 3. L. Messi 4. J. Masopust 5. B. Schuster 6. U. Seeler 7. O. Ruggeri 8. F. Collovati 9. H.P. Briegel 10. N. Stiles 11. D. Zoff 12. D. Forlan 13. S. Busquets 14. D. Da Guia
Tuppet 1. M. Garrincha 2. Romario 3. N. Santos 4. F. Puskas 5. J. Bozsik 6. V. R Andrade 7. J. Santamaria 8. M. Zagallo 9. J. Mascherano 10. A. Shesternyov 11. S. Maier 12. E. Francescoli 13. F. Redondo 14. R. Orsi
Enigma 1. G. Müller 2. B. Moore 3. P. Maldini 4. Didi 5. H. Stoichkov 6. M. Amoros 7. Z. Boniek 8. C. Makélélé 9. S. Campbell 10. M. Ballack 11. U. Fillol 12. G. Hagi 13. R. Ayala 14. C. Ronaldo
Gio/Theon 1. L. Matthäus 2. M. Sammer 3. Z. Zidane 4. R. Carlos 5. D. Džajić 6. B. Schweinsteiger 7. J. Zanetti 8. P. Schmeichel 9. C. Gamarra 10. C. Vieri 11. G. Buchwald 12. Leonidas 13. J. M. Moreno 14. T. Silva
Raees/Invictus 1. Eusébio 2. A. Brehme 3. M. Desailly 4. O. Varela 5. J. Tigana 6. G. Bergomi 7. P. Nedvěd 8. A. Robben 9. H. Chumpitaz 10. O. Kahn 11. L. Suarez 12. Zizinho 13. M. Kaltz 14. G. Sarosi
Annahnomoss 1. K. Hamrin 2. N. Liedholm 3. G. Nordahl 4. G. Gren 5. L. Skoglund 6. O. Bergmark 7. E. Nilsson 8. B. Gustavsson 9. S. Andersson 10. B. Rosengren 11. K. Svensson 12. P. Kock 13. K. Rosén 14. A. Simonsson
Moby 1. Xavi 2. G. Scirea 3. C. Alberto 4. L. Suárez Miramontes 5. G. Meazza 6. G. Lato 7. L. Monti 8. J. Stam 9. R. Rensenbrink 10. S. Marzolini 11. W. Zenga 12. D. Suker 13. P. Littbarski 14. R. Ferri
DownCast 1. J. Fontaine 2. R. Kopa 3. T. Henry 4. L. Blanc 5. G. Netzer 6. KH Schnellinger 7. Zito 8. J. L. Andrade 9. H. Rahn 10. F. Albert 11. L. Mazurkiewicz 12. M. Khurtsilava 13. A. Ancheta 14. R. Perfumo
Reminder: Please don't hesitate to leave your pick to somebody (Annah, GreenSmiley or somebody else) if you expect to be busy while your turn is coming up.
Players available for reinforcements:
Sjor/Physio 1. F. Beckenbauer 2. E. Figueroa 3. A. Iniesta 4. L. Figo 5. P. Lahm 6. M. Coluna 7. J. Nasazzi 8. T. Cubillas 9. G. Batistuta 10. L. Yashin 11. N. Hidegkuti 12. Y. Zhirkov 13. A. Giresse 14. Julinho
Isotope 1. D. Maradona 2. E. Davids 3. R. Baggio 4. S. Kocsis 5. D. Passarella 6. C. Gentile 7. A. Nesta 8. I. Netto 9. L. Júnior 10. G. Banks 11. J. Angloma 12. D. Deschamps 13. A. Tarantini 14. A. Vidal
2Mufc0 1. Pele 2. P. Rossi 3. R. Rivellino 4. R. Koeman 5. Dunga 6. G. Zambrotta 7. A. Pirlo 8. E. Abidal 9. T. Müller 10. M. Neuer 11. HG Schwarzenbeck 12. S. Pluskal 13. A. Sanchez 14. A. Shearer
Pat Mustard 1. M. Platini 2. F. Cannavaro 3. L. Thuram 4. M. Kempes 5. B. Lizarazu 6. P. Elkjaer 7. P. McGrath 8. S. Lerby 9. A. Ghiggia 10. J. Chilavert 11. L. Fernandez 12. J. Schiaffino 13. Jorginho 14. T. Hassler
Skizzo 1. L. Ronaldo 2. Rivaldo 3. Ronaldinho 4. A. Cabrini 5. J. Kohler 6. T. Burgnich 7. M. Tardelli 8. G. Buffon 9. M. Senna 10. M. Olsen 11. Maicon 12. T. Zagorakis 13. H. Szymaniak 14. R. Milla
Onenil 1. M. van Basten 2. F. Rijkaard 3. R. Krol 4. P. Breitner 5. R. Gullit 6. W. van Hanegem 7. B. Laudrup 8. P. Vieira 9. E. Gerets 10. M. Overmars 11. D. Seaman 12. K. Poborský 13. P. Gascoigne 14. H. Myung-bo
Mazhar/Arbitrium 1. Jairzinho 2. J. Neeskens 3. Zico 4. D. Santos 5. Gérson 6. W. Schulz 7. D. Villa 8. M. Bossis 9. C. Puyol 10. Neymar 11. Gilmar 12. Denilson 13. Clodoaldo 14. L. Eyzaguirre
Joga Bonito 1. F. Baresi 2. G. Facchetti 3. P. Falcao 4. B. Charlton 5. K. Rummenigge 6. B. Vogts 7. KH Förster 8. Z. Czibor 9. J. Klinsmann 10. V. Voronin 11. H. Schumacher 12. B. Conti 13. W. Overath 14. Careca
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@Enigma_87 vs. @Skizzo: 12 Apr (Wed)
@Edgar Allan Pillow vs. @oneniltothearsenal: 12 Apr (Wed)
Reminder to send me your tactics before 2pm BST tomorrow
@Edgar Allan Pillow vs. @oneniltothearsenal: 12 Apr (Wed)
Reminder to send me your tactics before 2pm BST tomorrow
Just realised Ceulemans didn't get picked. What were you all thinking? At the very least as a tactical option.
With so many midget #10s, AMs and strikers he wraps up great build up, a physical presence upfront and superb support for a midfield battle all in one.
Take Tuppet there: would dovetail better with Romario, get more out of the wing play and significantly strengthen the Bozsik/Mascherano midfield combo.
One of a kind really.
With so many midget #10s, AMs and strikers he wraps up great build up, a physical presence upfront and superb support for a midfield battle all in one.
Take Tuppet there: would dovetail better with Romario, get more out of the wing play and significantly strengthen the Bozsik/Mascherano midfield combo.
One of a kind really.
Poor man's Gullit.
@harms quality stuff.
Indeed, great effort there harms!
If you want to be harsh, yes. But it's a good parallel for the unique skillset he brings to the table.
16 managers, only one gets Gullit, the other 15 could do with a Gullit-lite in a 14 man squad.
That's the biggest compliment I could have given tbf.
fantastic staff harms.
Gullit-lite is more reasonable. Poor man's Gullit implies there would be several players of the same type in between and there simply aren't.
I took it as staff aka personnel. The image applies more to how you twisted that into porn.