When Milan ripped us apartSeedorf instead of Rui costa but same basic team formation and playing style
Thanks mate.
@Enigma_87
Please dont consider my vote for this game. Cheers.
Stars and Reserves Draft R1: EAP/Indy/OneNil vs Physiocrat - Finished - 7 : 10
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Thanks mate.
@Enigma_87
Please dont consider my vote for this game. Cheers.
Sound. Will do.
Finding videos of off the ball activity and tackling is difficult for defenders let alone midfielders. I have quotes which indicate Overath's defensive abilities and some photos thanks to Synco. On the other hand the video which is to showcase Blanchflower shows some decent but not exceptional passing which you need in that midfield three.
Collovati was a quality defender and part of the Italy 82 defence.
"He is born and grows football in the Rossoneri nursery up to make his debut in the first team that takes place in the '75 -76 season. Fulvio Collovati (born in Teor, in the province of Udine, May 9, 1957) is the first real stopper able not to regret Roberto Rosato. Almost in spite of his role as a defender, Collovati has great technical qualities and is very strong in the air game. In Milan he played a total of 7 seasons totaling 198 official appearances and 8 goals and winning 1 Italian Cup and 1 Scudetto (the "star"). And with Milan, before being transferred to Inter, he joined the major national team with whom he became world champion in Spain in 1982. " (From" 1899-1999, A Rossoneri Century ", by Carlo Fontanelli, Geo Edizioni 2000)
"Timely and elegant defender, excels in man-marking, and gives security to the backlog. Positive in anticipation and overhead, is a young star in the Scudetto della Stella, but also captain of the season of relegation, at the end of which passes to Inter. " (From La Grande Storia del Milan, Gazsport 2005)
I think this depends on what you're classing as a pure 442. With Barnes adept at moving more centrally and Raul dropping back out of possession its a 4411. It's not like having Owen and Heskey upfront. I'll give you Crespo won't do much defensively but Raul positionally could well be a problem.
That I agree with.
His creativity comes primarily from his front three and goals from Seeler. I do think my defence is being underrated. Two team legendeary full-backs, Italian stalwart stopper Collovati with the classy Olsen as the ball-playing defender.
Also due to the lack of width in attack from EAP my defence can squeeze narrow and limit the space. He's very dependent on his full-backs stretching the play laterally especially on the right side (Brady could do that on the left). Without such stretching he will have less chance to create chances.
Sorry, logged on too late. Probably would have voted your way based on Kaka's impact, but Physio's crafted a really clean 4-4-2 that you cannot fault. Your midfield was crying out for Mendieta IMO, pity he wasn't able to be incorporated into the unit in place of Neves.
Congrats @Physiocrat another tight game that could've gone either way!
You can't ask for video evidence to back up a point and then provide none yourself backing up any of your points
Anyway good luck next round. I hope you find some videos to support your "quotes"
Thanks. Your centrally focused team was stylistically one of the worst I could come across. I reckon though if you could have had someone in midfield other than Neves you could have won it.
Yeah I am bored sick of quote arguments. Only video will sway my votes from now on.
You can't ask for video evidence to back up a point and then provide none yourself backing up any of your points
Anyway good luck next round. I hope you find some videos to support your "quotes"
There's a difference between providing a video which is supposed to show great passing that doesn't and not having the video to show off the ball ability. One is contrary evidence and the other doesn't add to the argument. The reason I asked for another video from Blanchflower was that his reputation was that of great passer so I just wondered if there was another video (a passing compilation etc) that showed it.
There isn't a difference to me. If you want video evidence to prove a point then you also need to provide video evidence to prove your points.
That wasn't the point mate. With really modern in general, I usually prefer videos (probably takes 5 mins to find).
And in this case, the tactic actually went over my head for a long while and since the example that was given (Milan) was fairly modern, it would have helped me understand easier. Cheers.
I think its relevant though. We should be posting more videos to illustrate points and less of the subjective quotes (I know quotes are easier to find and less time consuming) but really its the video of matches of nostalgic players that changes my opinion more than any quote that I take with a huge grain of salt now.
Well that is true and obviously the ideal way of playing these things.
My point was, if the example was given of some 60's game, I wouldn't have asked the video as it would have been a tough find in the last hour of the game (I did leave my question about the attack yesterday itself though to be fair). Asked for one because it would take only a few mins (@Indnyc could probably testify)
Yeah.. I was surprised that the Christmas tree formation wasn’t as well understood as we thought..
Good game @Physiocrat . You have a lovely team and there weren’t a lot of weaknesses we could highlight. Good luck for the rest of the draft
My initial thought was to say 'Hey! Kaká is here. Where is the destroyer? Ok, Kaká would be unplayable. Oh! There is Seeler. Against? DefendersIhaveNeverWatched. Game over. Who else? Liza and Sagnol good memories. '
Second thought 'Lazy thinking that. Let's look at all the other players and aspects of the game'
Then I have started to overthink, watch some diverse videos...
And when I overthink, at the end I can't vote.
Second thought 'Lazy thinking that. Let's look at all the other players and aspects of the game'
Then I have started to overthink, watch some diverse videos...
And when I overthink, at the end I can't vote.