Premier League Draft

[Isotope]

Nice insight @harms. On the last point, I don't think he had the engine to go box-to-box for 90 minutes. As a fast-twitch athlete he struck through bursts of power, rather than the metronomic qualities of the slow-twitch endurance man (eg Xavi or Beckham). I'm also not sure the modern midfield shape necessarily demanded him to do both holding and goalscoring. With the midfield three he could specialise as either a pivot who sat behind the ball, or an 8 who could float 10 yards higher up the park waiting for his moment to kill. Perhaps he'd have done more of both back in the 80s and 90s when four-man midfields were king.

Agree with @P-Nut, he was a ridiculously good player at his peak and warrants a midfield to be built around him in this draft.

True. @harms described him on his high scoring season. Although Silva and Nasri loved to drift inside too, so Toure didn't really have the central space for himself. Also, most of his early career with City is 9-10 goals per season, that doesn't show a Lampard type, but more of slightly reserved young Scholes' stats.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Sorry lads, been a bit unwell. Keep skipping me.

 

[crappycraperson]

Sorry lads, been a bit unwell. Keep skipping me.

Why don't you get an AM?

 

[P-Nut]

I'm here will pick in a second

 

[P-Nut]

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R. Keane

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C. Makelele

G. Zola

Zlatan

R. Ferdinand

R. Pires

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T. Silva

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R. Giggs

Ash. Cole

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@2mufc0

 

[2mufc0]

 

[2mufc0]

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S. Campbell

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@crappycraperson

 

[crappycraperson]

DAVID GINOLA

 

[crappycraperson]

@Zlatan 7

 

[Šjor Bepo]

DAVID GINOLA

@Jim Beam

 

[Zlatan 7]

Robbie Fowler

 

[Zlatan 7]

@Enigma_87

 

[Enigma_87]

 

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@Šjor Bepo

 

[Šjor Bepo]

@BorisDeLeFora

 

[Šjor Bepo]

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[Isotope]

@Edgar Allan Pillow your turn.

 

[TheReligion]

Sorry lads, been a bit unwell. Keep skipping me.

@Edgar Allan Pillow your turn.

I’m going to take my pick given Edgar’s comments and to keep it moving @Šjor Bepo

 

[Skizzo]

@Edgar Allan Pillow your turn.

I think he said we’re still skipping him so @TheReligion is up if that’s the case

 

[TheReligion]

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@Isotope

 

[Isotope]

My childhood idol

@Himannv

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[Skizzo]

@Isotope

Spoiler

 

[General_Elegancia]

And I would say that in 2013/2014, Toure had some of the best forms from EPL midfielders ever and Pellegrini gave him a lot of special freedoms compare to Mancini. Pellegrini’s free-flow attacking tactics made him shine brightest as much as he could want. He still played relatively great in 2014/2015 ( last season for Pellegrini’s era) but not as great as 2013/2014 and his team performances was a bit underperformed due to a lot of reasons including Pellegrini’s tactical mistakes. After Pellegrini left City and Guardiola came to City we all knew what happened to him. He wasn’t fit in Guardiola’s system and like @harms have said before he wanted to be a star of the team and had contributed a little bit of defensive works/ very lazy since last season of Pellegrini until Guardiola came in, outside of his form his agent was a toxic pollution to City team and he had some stupid dramas that affected his performances too. During last season with City in 2017/2018, Toure said that Guardiola’s having a problem with African wherever he goes.

For me 2013-2014 was a perfect in everything, his age is 30-31 which was a perfect age about combining experience and athleticism/ body, his confident was out of this world during that season, Pellegrini’s tactics made him shine brightest and solid City’s squad too and the last one his form was on fire and peak that season. in that season, he was a complete midfielder and after that season or before that he never reached this height again due to a lot of reasons and circumstances were so different from his best season. After that season he became lazier and lazier in term of contributed defensive phase and took the ball back too ( I believed he though that he was the star of the team and could do whatever he wanted, which was probably…. attitude).

 

[Isotope]

@Isotope

Spoiler

You can get him in next Round, man.

 

[Himannv]

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@Lord SInister

 

[Lord SInister]

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[Lord SInister]

@Physiocrat

 

[BorisDeLeFora]

Drogba

 

[Himannv]

@Gio you're up next but I'm almost afraid to tag you. You have 3 players who I had my eye on.

 

[Lord SInister]

@Gio you're up next but I'm almost afraid to tag you. You have 3 players who I had my eye on.

 

[Skizzo]

Anyone around to leave my picks with? Gonna head to bed shortly.

 

[Himannv]

Anyone around to leave my picks with? Gonna head to bed shortly.

Sure. Send it to me.

 

[Skizzo]

Picks have been sent to @Himannv . Cheers mate.

 

[Skizzo]

I’m out of town at the moment and all my time stamps are off so I’m not even sure if it’s been 4 hours and my pick or not better safe than sorry….although that’s the cue for @Gio to inevitably come pick and leave me cursing him.

 

[Šjor Bepo]

Drogba

Probably wont get much credit but what a player

 

[Physiocrat]

Michael Owen

https://images.app.goo.gl/GqNxqxNDqL8VqcWJ8

@Gio

 

[General_Elegancia]

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@Gio

 

[BorisDeLeFora]

Probably wont get much credit but what a player

He'll be getting credit when balls are flying into the box from all angles

 

[Gio]

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@Skizzo

 

[P-Nut]

You'll want to pick again @Gio he hasn't got enough games

EDIT: Ignore me was looking at league games only