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. Not to worry, I struck gold eventually.Amazing. Not sure as I haven't really looked at other teams, but this one is practically perfect, I especially like Scirea - Stam combo. You're lucky as feck that you've got free pick though.
SUBS: Domingos Da Guia, Claude Makelele and Zé Roberto
The fullbacks are ideal for the twin threat of Best-Garrincha (let alone any other combo). Instead of the fullbacks pushing forward, Scirea does. That leaves a cracking trio at the back: Andrade-Stam-Djalma, as Scirea joins Tito further upfield to pull the strings and keep recycling and pinging the ball around with Rivelino-Didí-Falcao-Best ahead of them. Uwe Seeler is exactly the sort of striker you want with that quartet, not a greedy one they have to constantly feed but one that will link up well with them in and around the box.
Shades of Brazil 70 as it is very difficult to defend against, there's no discernible way to strangle/choke the generation and conversion of goalscoring opportunities. And there are no chinks in that defensive unit.
I think you're vastly overrating Essien
He owned Xavi-Iniesta in Pep's Barca, nothing's beyond him!I think you're vastly overrating Essien
Wanted to pick Goncalves there too, but opted with Vogts, hoping to pick certain someone later along the way. And I would've if not for the stooges
No doubt about him man, would have picked him if I didn't need a defender more at the time. And I got a pretty good one too.
Excellent team, anto. Scirea/Stam is a great pair and no weaknesses whatsoever in the team. You guys had good rolls to boot from the beginning as well.
SUBS: Domingos Da Guia, Claude Makelele and Zé Roberto
The fullbacks are ideal for the twin threat of Best-Garrincha (let alone any other combo). Instead of the fullbacks pushing forward, Scirea does. That leaves a cracking trio at the back: Andrade-Stam-Djalma, as Scirea joins Tito further upfield to pull the strings and keep recycling and pinging the ball around with Rivelino-Didí-Falcao-Best ahead of them. Uwe Seeler is exactly the sort of striker you want with that quartet, not a greedy one they have to constantly feed but one that will link up well with them in and around the box.
Shades of Brazil 70 as it is very difficult to defend against, there's no discernible way to strangle/choke the generation and conversion of goalscoring opportunities. And there are no chinks in that defensive unit.
Yeah, we didn't get many of the current player ones (BL/transfers/90s/that shite Box3), just Mou and the current Premiership non-United one... and we both promptly dropped the feckers as soon as we got to 13
Still would've loved to have another pick instead of Akinfeev, but can't complain much, didn't land on BL, 90's and the crap 18th box. The transfers was an excellent box to me - both Xavi and Dinho were eligible to that box as well as Kaka. Come on! He conceded a goal in 40 consecutive CL games, there is no one like him!
well he's an excellent shot stopper and not just once made the highlight reels, but that's about it. Flaps a fair few crosses as well, not to mention not very good with his feet. Apart from that he's ok I guess
.Yeah I almost wrote that myself. Reinforcements are another thing you might miss out on. But I think yeah this can be carried forward specially for people who have less time and offer themselves as AM - rather do this as you'd still doing the same research and picking but not having to contribute the time and effort needed for the tournament. It's basically how all drafts in most other forums are played which finish in rankings and don't do tournaments, and don't require a lot of time. Especially with 8 hour deadlines here you can easily manage a draft in a hectic schedule with not having the responsibility to turn up for the tourny.
Well he could easily improve certain positions, especially in all time pool. It's a well balanced team, that doesn't lack quality, but can be improved with another good rolls in reinforcement rounds. Very hard to complete your team in the first round - you need a lot of luck and a draft like this one, otherwise Scirea, Rivelino, Tito, etc would be long gone. I'm sure anto himself has players in mind to improve on those above.
Good thing he's not in the tournament. Already has eyes on my #10.
Good thing he's not in the tournament. Already has eyes on my #10.
Is that rule still there? I think it was written earlier when our first round picks were going to be free picks which meant all first picks would have been GOATs. Now with the whole thing starting with dice rolls a first round pick could have been a non-GOAT, like yours was.
I'm not a big fan of ranking teams it becomes a bit of a beauty pageant of some sort and again you have no reinforcement rounds.
It was a good find, would have never crossed my mind to look him up under that criterion.That would have been far too logical
FFS I use that site alot too, I just never really considered that their list of red cards would be that comprehensive going back into the old European Cup era
In the end I'm happy with how my rolls went. Not too lucky and not too unlucky. Never got boxes like played for Utd, lost the WC, 80-100 caps, Traveller etc. but avoided things like box 3 as well. The whole way things were kept pretty tight for me but most times got just enough to not get completely screwed. Made me pick some players that I wouldn't always pick which was what the appeal of this draft was. Would have been rather boring to get all the great boxes and make a super team from the off. I have a goldfish memory so I can't really confirm but I don't think I've ever picked any of the players I did in this draft in any draft before, including Redondo, Pelé and van Basten
Well, we are doing it right here, right now
antohan said:How exactly? That's box-to-box Falcao, with Didí given loads of freedom as a roaming playmaker (the positioning indicates his natural tendency to the inside left channel). If anything, there could be a clash with Rivelino (which is why I was pining for a more classic winger in Joya) but Roberto played anywhere across the frontline and accommodated other playmakers very well.
There's shades of that 1970 side there, with Seeler being a prolific scorer while also having similar qualities to Tostao (a different player altogether as he wasn't a proper striker) in that he was adept to involve himself in the build up and turn provider for others. Best doing a Jairzinho upgrade and tearing a new one on any defender on that side...
Pelé instead of Didí is the obvious upgrade in incisiveness. But then, Pelé upgrades any side
I can't remember having him, which seems unreal to me as well. Though I've more than once stuck up for him when he was in other teams.Jaysus...this whole drafting business must have been torture for you if you've missed out on him for all these years
The greatest side I ever drafted... Shame it was the newbies.I can't remember having him, which seems unreal to me as well. Though I've more than once stuck up for him when he was in other teams.
My favourite effort personally still remains the Decades Draft. Assortment of some of my favourites - Zico, Gullit, Scirea, Thuram!
Looks like one of the @Edgar Allan Pillow fantasiesThe greatest side I ever drafted... Shame it was the newbies.
Playing Gullit there is an abomination! I'd take out that Maradona chap and play gullit there. Van Hanegem or Masopust would have been quality there instead.
Come on! Gullit can easily easily play the left mid role.
Maybe not in your team, but I was playing a 4321 Christmas tree formation which I believe would have been no Probs for Ruud.
who's up?How? He played centre mid on numerous occasions as well as having the ability to play wide.
