Modern Draft Round 1: Isotope Vs. Big Dunk

Who will win this match


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Tactics team Isotope

Isotope Team


The team is a reminiscence of Conte’s 3-4-3 of Chelsea, with the attack of Diego Costa and Eden Hazard which scored 85 goals in 2016/17 season. Boosting that team, Pedro is further upgraded with the better and creative Dries Mertens.

With the 3-4-3 shape, the team find a greater capacity to connect wing attacks through the center to other areas. Key to this is the positioning and movement of box-to-box midfield pair Rakitic and Gundogan. Along with their high work-rate, their long ball ability allows the play to switch between wingbacks to either EPL best wingback Alonso or the veteran Uruguayan Caceres. This switching will tire out the opposing players, relieve the pressing, or placing the ball to the space the opponents leave.

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With the midfield pair being primarily responsible for creating basic connections from the wing back to the centre, another pair of players are responsible for creating the base for the wide diamond structure. The base of the team diamond shapes is guided by the Badstuber, Pavard, and Boateng. With three ball-playing defenders, they help cycling the ball, circulating to the midfield and either side of wingbacks

The width created by wing-backs allows Hazard to act not only closer to Costa and/or Mertens, but also more consistently in his favored action zone; namely the left half space. He also has the licence to drift over to the right flank, create overloads and participate in combinations there. His diagonal runs beyond the oppositional full-back are another interesting feature of Hazard’s role, and these runs often allow him to reach the byline to look for a cutback, cross or even shooting opportunity.

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Not much to say about the impact of Diego Costa, a fantastic lead-the-line striker. Other interesting attacker is the skillful and pacy Dries Mertens. As a winger with Utrecht, in 2011, he was the runner-up to Luis Suarez as Dutch Footballer of the Year (with 14 goals and 24 assists). Then in 2012, he was a winger for PSV with 16 goals and 17 assists. Now, he is the false 9 in that impressive Napoli. Capable of playmaking, running from deep into channels, or behind the defensive line, he had 34 goals and 15 assists in 2016/17.


Tactics Big Dunk

Anthony LOPES (Goalkeeper)
Łukasz PISZCZEK (Right back)
Raúl ALBIOL (Centreback)
Sergio RAMOS (Centreback)
MARCELO (Left back)
DANILO Pereira (Defensive Midfielder)
Radja NAINGGOLAN (Box to box midfielder)
Juan MATA (Attacking Midfielder)
PEDRO Rodríguez (Right wingforward)
Harry KANE (Complete striker)
Lorenzo INSIGNE (Left wingforward)


A fluid and attacking 4-3-3 formation.

We will encourage our complete fullbacks to attack and combine with our talented wingforwards. Our wingforwards can cut in, drive both down and inside their flank. Kane has the freedom to drop in and play the focal target man role, creating space for his wingforwards. Our attack has plenty of flair with Juan Mata the creative centre point in midfield. Our attack has pace, power, intelligent movement, creativity and a deadly cutting edge.

Our balanced midfield trio comprises of Danilo, a solid enforcer who will protect the back four and help to build vertical attacks from deep. Nainggolan has a box to box role - a complete midfielder whose tenacity, strength and technical abilities will solidify our defensive and attacking phases. Mata is my playmaker, whose ball control, vision and passing will be important. Nainggolan and Danilo can cover our fullbacks attacking movements, and provide the utmost protection in front of my centreback pairing. The defensive and attacking workrate of my midfield and attack is very impressive.

A solid back four is built upon two complete centrebacks, Ramos and Albiol. Their natural understanding, absolute professionalism, concentration and influence in the big games is critical here. On the flanks we have two of the best modern fullbacks to have played for their respective countries: Marcelo and Piszczek. The ever consistent Lopes is in goal, where we will rely on his worldclass reflexes and ball handling. Four very clever and experienced defenders who will provide the best platform for my attackers to win the game.
 
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Not a fan of Caceres here. Not a fan of Caceres anywhere, to be fair, but I'd rather have him as a center back or as a defensive full back. Other than that I really like Isotope's team.
 
- Caceres isn’t the player you needed to perform that very important right wing back role.
- Gundogan and Rakitic always more effective alongside a defensive midfielder (Busquets/Fernandinho)
- my team has better protection infront of my defence
- on the flanks Marcelo-Insigne and Piszczek-Pedro are superior wings (attacking and defensively).
- my midfield trio has superior balance (Danilo-Nainggolan-Mata would cover, screen and control centre).
- my defensive unit and double pivot has more chance at slowing down/locking down my opponent’s attack than Badstuber-Boateng-Pavard (Badstuber and Pavard lacking here when compared to the defensive heavy weights of this draft like Marcelo and Ramos).
 
Has pavard every played as a right side CB? i thought he was more of a full back?
 
Has pavard every played as a right side CB? i thought he was more of a full back?
Plays central defence for Stuttgart. I believe it's his natural position, he was converted to RB for France.
 
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Plays central defence for Stuttgart. I believe it's his natural position, he was converted to RB for France.
Aye. Lawro spent the whole of that opening game at the World Cup moaning about how rubbish he was and how dreadful Deschamps was for playing him and others who clearly were not going to be good enough to win the tournament.
 
Ah.. Didn’t know.. Thanks
Yeh. Now Bayern already bought him for next year. They have Kimmich as RB nailed on, so CB is the spot they pin him down.

Bayern Munich have secured France defender Benjamin Pavard from the start of the 2019-2020 season, German football magazine Kicker reported on Thursday.

Bayern reportedly agreed the deal with Stuttgart before the World Cup, where the 22-year-old, who has been playing fullback for France, scored a spectacular goal in the victory over Argentina.

Kicker reported that the deal is worth 35 million euros ($40.9 million), which, it said, was the value of the buyout clause in his contract.

Pavard, who can also play as a centre back, has just helped Stuttgart win promotion to the Bundesliga and the club's sports director Michael Reschke had insisted the club would not let him go this season.

Pavard joined Stuttgart from Lille in 2016 for 4 million euros.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/90min...re-french-defender-pavard-for-2019-story.html

He's young, versatile, with good skill and passer. WHile United is still chasing the rainbow while spending gazillion, Bayern is securing one of the most exciting defender for 'peanuts'.

 
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- Caceres isn’t the player you needed to perform that very important right wing back role.
- Gundogan and Rakitic always more effective alongside a defensive midfielder (Busquets/Fernandinho)
- my team has better protection infront of my defence
- on the flanks Marcelo-Insigne and Piszczek-Pedro are superior wings (attacking and defensively).
- my midfield trio has superior balance (Danilo-Nainggolan-Mata would cover, screen and control centre).
- my defensive unit and double pivot has more chance at slowing down/locking down my opponent’s attack than Badstuber-Boateng-Pavard (Badstuber and Pavard lacking here when compared to the defensive heavy weights of this draft like Marcelo and Ramos).
Marcelo is the opposite of 'defensive heavyweight'.
And your team rely on Mata to control the game. The only season he's done that with any success was at Chelsea under Benitez, which lasted only for 6 months. Otherwise, he was mostly a final third type of player; not the position you have him here.
 
Not a fan of Caceres here. Not a fan of Caceres anywhere, to be fair, but I'd rather have him as a center back or as a defensive full back. Other than that I really like Isotope's team.

He's there to add 'grittiness' to midfield (and defense). He's not the real "world class", but an experience player who has been in 3 world cups with 81 caps for Uruguay. His list of playing clubs are pretty impressive also: Barcelona (1 season), Sevilla (2 seasons), and Juventus (6 seasons) among others. And now he's with Lazio.

Yeh maybe I should switch Pavard and Caceres around.
 
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Not so convinced with Rakitic and Gundogan without someone behind. Rakitic and Modric for example always struggle to control the game for the national team when there is no one to cover for them. Think that peak Mata could have a really good game here.
But, other than that Isotope front three look great and those behind them look well equiped to deal with BD attack, so have to give him the slight advantage here.
 
Not so convinced with Rakitic and Gundogan without someone behind. Rakitic and Modric for example always struggle to control the game for the national team when there is no one to cover for them. Think that peak Mata could have a really good game here.
But, other than that Isotope front three look great and those behind them look well equiped to deal with BD attack, so have to give him the slight advantage here.
Thanks, Jim. About the Rakitic-Gundogan pair, this reminds me of our Keano - Scholes, then Carrick-Scholes pair later on. In terms of work rate and midfield battle abilities, I don't think the Rakitic-Gundogan pair would lose out too much. And also, one of the back three could step-up to help any battle when needed, or the more defensive style of Caceres. I'd take note on this though.
 
Thanks, Jim. About the Rakitic-Gundogan pair, this reminds me of our Keano - Scholes, then Carrick-Scholes pair later on. In terms of work rate and midfield battle abilities, I don't think the Rakitic-Gundogan pair would lose out too much. And also, one of the back three could step-up to help any battle when needed, or the more defensive style of Caceres. I'd take note on this though.

They are both great players and bring so much to the table that it would be foolish to say they are weakness. Gundogan also had a great engine looking at his best days in Dortmund.
It's just that it is likely to expect Gundo going foward many times and Rakitic staying behind and watching Rakitic a lot he doesn't look so comfortable when he is the only man doing the cover.

But, as you said it can be compensated by the shape of the team and imo BD doesn't have a world-class midfield who could expose that issue a bit more.
 
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Not so convinced with Rakitic and Gundogan without someone behind. Rakitic and Modric for example always struggle to control the game for the national team when there is no one to cover for them. Think that peak Mata could have a really good game here.
But, other than that Isotope front three look great and those behind them look well equiped to deal with BD attack, so have to give him the slight advantage here.
Yeah looks well set for it.
 
What is everyone evaluating the players on?
I did not expect to lose this game.

Badstuber, Pavard, Caceres right wing back?

No holding/defensive midfielder to mark Mata?
 
What is everyone evaluating the players on?
I did not expect to lose this game.

Badstuber, Pavard, Caceres right wing back?

No holding/defensive midfielder to mark Mata?
How's so? Your goalkeeper is average. Your "playmaker" in Mata is not an actual playmaker. Albiol is just plain average CB and slow. And Ramos is not better than Smalling defensively. Combined that with Marcelo and Pisczek who are attacking fullbacks. That backline would be leaking goals left and right against Costa, Hazard, and Mertens.
 
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Here's Diego Costa can do to Sergio Ramos , the only good CB in Big Dunk team. Costa left Ramos for dead, before scoring the one of the quickest goal in UEFA Competitions.

 
Sergio Ramos boasts one of the greatest 3 season evaluations of any defender in the draft. I can’t believe you said Smalling is a better defender than him. My defence has elite defenders: top performers in their respective domestic league, in the Champions League and for their country. Then add Nainggolan and Danilo for extra protection - the superior defensive setup. There is so much space to exploit in your formation, given your personnel.

Mata should be a central attacking midfielder - not a forward or winger. He’s perfect there as my #10, with Nainggolan and Danilo supporting him behind.

Albiol ”plain average” and slow? - you obviously haven’t watched his career, neither his current performances at 32.
 
Sergio Ramos boasts one of the greatest 3 season evaluations of any defender in the draft. I can’t believe you said Smalling is a better defender than him. My defence has elite defenders: top performers in their respective domestic league, in the Champions League and for their country. Then add Nainggolan and Danilo for extra protection - the superior defensive setup. There is so much space to exploit in your formation, given your personnel.

Mata should be a central attacking midfielder - not a forward or winger. He’s perfect there as my #10, with Nainggolan and Danilo supporting him behind.

Albiol ”plain average” and slow? - you obviously haven’t watched his career, neither his current performances at 32.

Congrats, man. Deserved winner all around. Sorry for the harsh words there ;)