La Liga/Serie A/Bundesliga Draft

Chesterlestreet said:
You can say what you will about T. Silva, but rarely has the absence of one player had such a dramatic impact. Because that's what it had. No chance they're getting slapped around in that fashion with him marshalling that defence.

Still would've lost, mind. But not that historically humiliating slaughter.
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I rate Thiago Silva highly, so don't take it the wrong way. But we really need to be careful not to overrate someone because he missed a game. Especially someone who's now in his 30's, played for big clubs and one of the big nationalteams, but never had any impact in a truely big football moment in his career so far and with big I mean any of the big tournament competitions, be it CL, World Cup or Copa.

The fact that we have to discuss a game he missed, a game that should have been the biggest game of his career to even have a discussion about big moments is telling. And let's not forget that he missed it for the most idiotic yellow card imaginable. It's not that he was unlucky to be suspended, it was his own stupidity and nothing else.

I do rate his time at Milan highly though. He was clearly the leader at the back in that Milan defense and he kinda rejuvenated Nesta's career after the latter had a rather underwhelming spell before Thiago Silva joined.
 
Any comment on my team guys, I think I've drafted decently so far!
 
Giuseppe Signori. One of top Serie A striker in their golden era.


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Snow said:
It's the initials of the 16th manager. He chose such a long name so naturally we shorten it.
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Did he really choose it. Wasn't he once a fruitcake?
 
Balu said:
Did he really choose it. Wasn't he once a fruitcake?
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Mods got together and decided a name for him. He indirectly chose it by creating this attention to himself. The caf follows the "you shouldn't have dressed so provocatively" way of life in it's directional approach.
 
Snow said:
Mods got together and decided a name for him. He indirectly chose it by creating this attention to himself. The caf follows the "you shouldn't have dressed so provocatively" way of life in it's directional approach.
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Fair enough, I'm all for blaming Edgar anyway, no matter if he's actually at fault or not :D.
 
Some nice teams shaping up here. Veron & Deschamps vs Ze Roberto & Mauro Silva in the @Gio vs @Isotope match should be a tasty battle in the middle of the park!
 
Edgar Allan Pillow said:
One of the best Defensive and Midfield powerhouse duo of this draft! Both having played in La Liga and Serie a also helps :)

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First Lucho now Cholo..
My dream of the "managers midfield" is gone.
 
  1. KM /Cal? - 1. Zlatan 2. Reus 3. Buchwald 4. Albertini 5. Boban
  2. Downcast/KirkDuyt - 1. Neymar 2. Yaya Touré 3. Falcao 4. Di Maria 5. Douglas Maicon
  3. Gio - 1. Nedved 2. Veron 3. Reuter 4. Deschamps 5. Puyol
  4. Enigma_87/Snow - 1. Kaka 2. Villa 3. Lucio 4. Modric 5. Schneider
  5. Crappycraperson - 1. Totti 2. Savićević 3. Bale 4. Kroos 5. Popescu
  6. Joga Bonito/Balu - 1. Bergomi 2. Xabi Alonso 3. Dani Alves 4. Häßler 5. Forlán
  7. mazhar13/Boycott - 1. Shevchenko 2. Aldair 3. Donadoni 4. Luis Enrique 5. Cocu
  8. VivaJanuzaj/MJJ - 1. Muller 2. Eto'o 3. Guardiola 4. T.Silva 5. Samuel
  9. RedTiger - 1. Ballack 2. Zambrotta 3 Ayala 4. Vidal 5. Aguero
  10. Aldo/The Stain - 1. Davids 2. Littbarski 3. Mendieta 4. Montero 5. Makaay
  11. Marty1968 - 1. Seedorf 2. Costacurta 3. Berthold 4. Gattuso 5. Scholl
  12. Sjor Bepo/anant - 1. Stam 2. Alaba 3. Camoranesi 4. Godin 5. Gündoğan
  13. Isotope - 1. Cafu 2. Weah 3. Ze Roberto 4. Mauro Silva 5. Hummels 6. Signori
  14. Skizzo/Pat_Mustard - 1. Hierro 2. Ruggeri 3. Klinsmann 4. Bebeto 5. Moller 6. Chiellini
  15. Tuppet - 1. R. Carlos 2. Zanetti 3. Voller 4. Ferrara 5. Riquelme 6. B. Laudrup
  16. Edgar Allan Pillow - 1. B Lizarazu 2. W Sagnol 3. C Vieri 4. J Boateng 5. D Simeone 6. E Cambiasso
Blocked Players:

Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Busquets, Romario, Redondo, Xavi, Rijkaard, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Messi, Luis Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robben, Ribery, Lewandowski, Van Basten, Baresi, Maldini, Matthaus, Nesta, Kohler, Van Nistelrooy, Suarez, Zidane, Buffon, Casillas, Neuer, Sammer, M. Laudrup, Gullit, Batistuta, Baggio, Pirlo, Stoichkov, Desailly, Thuram, Brehme, Tassotti, Iniesta, Koeman, Raul, Rui Costa, Del Piero, Figo, Rivaldo, Effenberg, Cannavaro, Makelele.
 
KM said:
Any comment on my team guys, I think I've drafted decently so far!
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imo Zlatan & Reus came a little early, although I can understand them as the first would have never lasted back to you and Reus is BuLi and probably wouldn't last till your 3rd either.
Picks 4-5 were brilliant from your part. Buchwald is a decent pick.
Tough to say at this point, you do have a couple of BuLi outfield players which is a good thing to build on later, I think you have the core but it really depends on what you build around it.
 
Tuppet and Aldo/TheStain are my favourite teams so far.

EAP's team also looks promising but Sagnol over Zanetti was a really strange move for me, I understand the Budesliga point but it doesn't seem a significant enough of an issue as to justify passing on the much better player.
 
Edgar Allan Pillow said:
One of the best Defensive and Midfield powerhouse duo of this draft! Both having played in La Liga and Serie a also helps :)

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Yeah I was keen on Simeone because of both his strong credentials in the two leagues as well as his proven rapport with Veron and Nedved, but ultimately the gravitas that Deschamps brought to the table was too strong to turn down.
 
Theon said:
Tuppet and Aldo/TheStain are my favourite teams so far.

EAP's team also looks promising but Sagnol over Zanetti was a really strange move for me, I understand the Budesliga point but it doesn't seem a significant enough of an issue as to justify passing on the much better player.
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Agreed. Tuppet securing Riquelme at turn 5 is impressive, while it was a good opportunistic move grabbing the two top tier full-backs on the turn. Aldo and The Stain obviously looking solid and hopefully will get the recognition that Makaay and Mendieta deserve.
 
Gio said:
Tuppet securing Riquelme at turn 5 is impressive
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The Stain has been banging about him being available for ages and even I was a bit bemused at him going so late. We had different plans and he didn't fit in it so was never considered him for our team but he should have gone round 2 tops in my opinion.

And you would hopefully appreciate the role we have given to Gaizka. A couple of picks here and there and we were close to rebuilding one of your old draft teams. :lol:
 
Gio said:
Agreed. Tuppet securing Riquelme at turn 5 is impressive, while it was a good opportunistic move grabbing the two top tier full-backs on the turn. Aldo and The Stain obviously looking solid and hopefully will get the recognition that Makaay and Mendieta deserve.
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You're looking bloody nice yerself, mate.. Pretty much everyone looks great at the moment. These remaining picks will be very interesting indeed..
Aldo said:
The Stain has been banging about him being available for ages and even I was a bit bemused at him going so late. We had different plans and he didn't fit in it so was never considered him for our team but he should have gone round 2 tops in my opinion.

And you would hopefully appreciate the role we have given to Gaizka. A couple of picks here and there and we were close to rebuilding one of your old draft teams. :lol:
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End of round 5 pick. Crazy world.
 
am I the only one that doesn't rate Riquelme that high? :nervous:(and probably LvG :D)

He striked me as always someone to wane under pressure(that arse missed penalty in the CL, games against Brazil and in the national side). He was Villareal best player and made them tick but was always a bit underwhelming at the biggest stage and a little lazy on top of that. But I saw it's tuppet that he picked him, so we'll save it for the game.

I'm surprised Signori was not picked a lot earlier and for me is the pick of the round.
 
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Aldo said:
The Stain has been banging about him being available for ages and even I was a bit bemused at him going so late. We had different plans and he didn't fit in it so was never considered him for our team but he should have gone round 2 tops in my opinion.

And you would hopefully appreciate the role we have given to Gaizka. A couple of picks here and there and we were close to rebuilding one of your old draft teams. :lol:
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Yeah, I honestly mulled between him and Veron at turn 2. And plumped for Seba on the basis he'd be more reliable in the face of a tough midfield battle. And then you see him unpicked for another 65 picks and you start to wonder. There have been a few examples like that - much like how Pedro Rocha didn't go until turn 6 in the 40s draft.
 
Balu said:
Especially someone who's now in his 30's, played for big clubs and one of the big nationalteams, but never had any impact in a truely big football moment in his career
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Absolutely this. I am a big fan of Silva as well and have praised him previously, perhaps he could have had more success in some other team, but he hasn't, and while his absence was felt in that semi, and generally he has handled a pretty shite defensive roster pretty well, we need to stay in context here and he's up against names who have won leagues, CLs, WCs while being key players in those wins, and that obviously matters.
 
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  1. KM /Cal? - 1. Zlatan 2. Reus 3. Buchwald 4. Albertini 5. Boban
  2. Downcast/KirkDuyt - 1. Neymar 2. Yaya Touré 3. Falcao 4. Di Maria 5. Douglas Maicon
  3. Gio - 1. Nedved 2. Veron 3. Reuter 4. Deschamps 5. Puyol
  4. Enigma_87/Snow - 1. Kaka 2. Villa 3. Lucio 4. Modric 5. Schneider
  5. Crappycraperson - 1. Totti 2. Savićević 3. Bale 4. Kroos 5. Popescu
  6. Joga Bonito/Balu - 1. Bergomi 2. Xabi Alonso 3. Dani Alves 4. Häßler 5. Forlán
  7. mazhar13/Boycott - 1. Shevchenko 2. Aldair 3. Donadoni 4. Luis Enrique 5. Cocu
  8. VivaJanuzaj/MJJ - 1. Muller 2. Eto'o 3. Guardiola 4. T.Silva 5. Samuel
  9. RedTiger - 1. Ballack 2. Zambrotta 3 Ayala 4. Vidal 5. Aguero
  10. Aldo/The Stain - 1. Davids 2. Littbarski 3. Mendieta 4. Montero 5. Makaay
  11. Marty1968 - 1. Seedorf 2. Costacurta 3. Berthold 4. Gattuso 5. Scholl
  12. Sjor Bepo/anant - 1. Stam 2. Alaba 3. Camoranesi 4. Godin 5. Gündoğan 6. Kluivert
  13. Isotope - 1. Cafu 2. Weah 3. Ze Roberto 4. Mauro Silva 5. Hummels 6. Signori
  14. Skizzo/Pat_Mustard - 1. Hierro 2. Ruggeri 3. Klinsmann 4. Bebeto 5. Moller 6. Chiellini
  15. Tuppet - 1. R. Carlos 2. Zanetti 3. Voller 4. Ferrara 5. Riquelme 6. B. Laudrup
  16. Edgar Allan Pillow - 1. B Lizarazu 2. W Sagnol 3. C Vieri 4. J Boateng 5. D Simeone 6. E Cambiasso
Blocked Players:

Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Busquets, Romario, Redondo, Xavi, Rijkaard, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Messi, Luis Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robben, Ribery, Lewandowski, Van Basten, Baresi, Maldini, Matthaus, Nesta, Kohler, Van Nistelrooy, Suarez, Zidane, Buffon, Casillas, Neuer, Sammer, M. Laudrup, Gullit, Batistuta, Baggio, Pirlo, Stoichkov, Desailly, Thuram, Brehme, Tassotti, Iniesta, Koeman, Raul, Rui Costa, Del Piero, Figo, Rivaldo, Effenberg, Cannavaro, Makelele.

@Marty1968
 
KM said:
Any comment on my team guys, I think I've drafted decently so far!
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I'd echo Viva's sentiments. Albertini/Boban are excellent picks and they also have the bonus of having played together. I rate Buchwald as well and filling the German quota is also great.

I feel Ibra and Reus went too early but you have the advantage of 2 BuLi players so far over some other teams.
 
Aldo said:
Not their first round opponents. :D

We have a couple of them ourselves!
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yeah as I said compared to some teams :) I really like Littbarski and Makaay should do good for you guys.

Personally I see all teams strong at this point, my favorites are MJJ/Viva's, yours and Gio's at this point.
 
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