Tactical Draft

Plus its difficult to argue that a defence that is positively shite will benefit any player.
Yeah, a strong defence provides the platform for your star man to perform. No point in your star man scoring a hat-trick if his comedy defence lets in four.
 
1. EAP (E. Francescoli) 1. T Müller 2. L. Junior 3. R. Donadoni 4. Gentile5. Montero 6. Hellstrom 7. A. Bennarrivo 8. A. Picchi 9. N. Stiles 10. Andy Cole 11. D. Albertini 12. Eder 13. E. Cambiasso

2. Harms/Joga (P. Elkjær)
1. B. Robson 2. H. Schumacher 3. K. Deyna 4. M. Kaltz 5. P. Vierchowod 6. A. Demyanenko 7.H-G Schwarzenbeck 8. H. Blankenburg 9. E. Streltsov 10. R. Bonhof 11. J. Heynckes 12. B. Lizarazu 13. M. Tardelli

3. Tuppet (J. Litmanen)
1. B. Schweinsteiger 2. R. Völler 3. S. Lerby 4. W. Zenga 5. F. Ribery 6. A. Hansen 7. W. Sagnol 8. A. Kanchelskis 9. E. Abidal 10. R. Perfumo 11. Mascherano 12. V. Voronin 13. P. Littbarski

9. P-nut/Enigma (S. Mazzola)
1. M. Coluna 2. V. Vasović 3. G. Signori 4. J. Verón 5. Gerets 6. T. Courtois 7. C. Vieri 8. C. Puyol 9. W. Samuel 10. Ze Roberto 11. C. Azpilicueta 12. X.Alonso 13. K-H Förster

10. Skizzo (G Rivera)
1. G. Lato 2. R. Gadocha 3. R. Van Persie 4. M. Tresor 5. Jennings 6. M. Bossis 7. W. Jansen 8. M. Tassotti 9. T. Adams 10. D. Albelda 11. B. Auld 12. N. Vidic 13. Clodoaldo

11. Pat (Raúl)
1. Careca 2. J. Barnes 3. T. Hassler 4. J. Giles 5. JM Pfaff 6. R. Koeman 7. J. Boateng 8. A. Haan 9. Bezsonov 10. Gemmell 11. C. Lopez 12. A. Cabrini 13. F. Bene

13. RedTiger (A. Del Piero)
B. Garrincha 1. O. Ruggeri 2. T. Silva 3. Stankovic 4. A Rattin 5. J Angloma 6. Petit 7. Zubizarreta 8. Ashley Cole 9. Leonardo 10. E Scifo 11. I. Zamorano 12. D. Alves 13. M. Essien

16. Raees/Invictus (D. Law)
1. Pirri 2. H. Chumpítaz 3. U. Stielike 4. T. Burgnich 5. D. Godín 6. H-P Briegel 7. J. Croy 8. M. Amoros 9. G. Asparuhov 10. J. Ceulemans 11. J. Pepe 12. M. Fellaini 13. R. Giggs


Reinforcement Pool:

4. Onenil/Anders (D. Bergkamp)
1. H. Crespo 2. P. Evra 3. A. Sanchez 5. M. Carrick 6. R. Carvalho 7. F. Barthez 8. Maicon 9. Park Ji-Sung 10. Kenny Burns 11. G. Hoddle

5. Boris (K. Dalglish) 1. R. van Nistelrooy 2. T. Cerezo 3. O. Ardiles 4. H Lloris 5. S. Gerrard 6. G. Popescu 7. Lucio 8. Jorginho 9. C. Moulijn 10. JP Sorin 11. L. Brady

6. TheRedViper (T. Cubillas) 1. B. Conti 4. C. Ferrara 5. A.Costacurta 6. D. Irwin 7. L. Mazurkiewicz 8. G. Zambrotta 9. J. Altafini 11. D. Trezeguet

7. 2mufc0 (F. Albert) 1. Z. Ibrahimović 2. 3. D. Ginola 5. Y. Toure 6. P. Cech 7. S. Campbell 8. A. Shesternyov 9. M. Camoranesi 10. Leandro 11. T. Kroos

8. Oaencha (G. Netzer) 1. M. Preud'homme 3. F. Inzaghi 4. F. Bene 5. Guardiola 6. R. Rosato 7. D. Alaba 8. S. Reuter 9. N. Kante 10. M. Verratti 11. G. Piqué

12. Moby/Gio (A. Giresse) 3. Blanc 5. J Rep 6. JA Camacho 8. D McGrain 9. S. Aguero 10. F. Toldo 11. Kily Gonzalez

14. Downcast/MJJ/Arbitrium (E. Cantona) 1. P. Kluivert 2. R. Pirès 3. Míchel 4. Simeone 5. N. Southall 7. E. Butragueno 8. Bremner 9. E. Hughes 10. P. Neal 11. S. Pearce

15. Prath92 (U. Seeler) 3. J Cesar 4. W Rooney 5. P Sousa 6. G Gattuso 7. V Kompany 8. F Ljungberg 9. S McManaman 10. G Chiellini 11. S Coppell


Block list:-


GK: Banks, Buffon, Casillas, Chilavert, Dasayev, De Gea, Fillol, Gilmar, Kahn, Maier, Neuer, Schmeichel, Shilton, van der Sar, Viktor, Yashin, Zoff,

DEF: Baresi, Beckenbauer, Bergomi, Brehme, Cafu, Cannavaro, Carlos Alberto, Charles, Desailly, Djalma Santos, Facchetti, Ferdinand, Figueroa, Hierro, Kohler, Krol, Lahm, Maldini, Marcelo, Marzolini, Moore, Nesta, Nilton Santos, Passarella, Roberto Carlos, Schnellinger, Scirea, Stam, Terry, Thuram, Vogts, Zanetti

MID: Amancio, B. Laudrup, Ballack, Beckham, Boban, Bochini, Boniek, Breitner, Charlton, Cruyff, Cubillas, David Silva, Davids, Deco, Deschamps, Didi, Dunga, Dzajic, Edwards, Effenberg, Falcao, Figo, Finney, Francescoli, Garrincha, Gascoigne, Gento, Gerson, Giresse, Gullit, Hagi, Iniesta, Jairzinho, Johnstone, Kaka, Keane, Keizer, Kopa, Litmanen, Luis Enrique, M. Laudrup, Makelele, Maradona, Masopust, Matthaus, Matthews, Modric, Nedved, Neeskens, Netzer, Overath, Overmars, Pirlo, Platini, Redondo, Rensenbrink, Rijkaard, Riquelme, Rivaldo, Rivelino, Rivera, Robben, Ronaldinho, Rui Costa, S. Mazzola, Sammer, Savicevic, Scholes, Schuster, Seedorf, Sergio Busquets, Simonsen, Socrates, Souness, Stojkovic, Suarez, Tigana, Van Hanegem, Vieira, Xavi, Zico, Zidane,

FWD: Albert, Bale, Batistuta, Bergkamp, Best, Blokhin, Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dalglish, Del Piero, Drogba, Elkjaer, Erico, Eto'o, Eusebio, Fontaine, Fowler, Futre, G. Muller, Greaves, Griezmann, Henry, Hugo Sanchez, Keegan, Kempes, Klinsmann, Kocsis, Kubala, L. Suarez, Larsson, Law, Lewandowski, Meazza, Messi, Neymar, Pancev, Papin, Pele, R. Baggio, Raul, Riva, Romario, Romerito, Ronaldo, Rossi, Rummenigge, Schillaci, Seeler, Shearer, Shevchenko, Sivori, Spencer, Stoichkov, Suker, Torres, Tostao, Totti, Van Basten, Villa, Weah

Dip Pool:
Dempsey, Edmundo, Kanu, Kewell, Lampard, Lineker, McGrath, Nakata, O'Shea, Owen, Prosinecki, Rocha, Tevez, Valderrama, Vidal, Zola, Zyryanov

@Raees @Invictus
 
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1. EAP (E. Francescoli) 1. T Müller 2. L. Junior 3. R. Donadoni 4. Gentile5. Montero 6. Hellstrom 7. A. Bennarrivo 8. A. Picchi 9. N. Stiles 10. Andy Cole 11. D. Albertini 12. Eder 13. E. Cambiasso

2. Harms/Joga (P. Elkjær)
1. B. Robson 2. H. Schumacher 3. K. Deyna 4. M. Kaltz 5. P. Vierchowod 6. A. Demyanenko 7.H-G Schwarzenbeck 8. H. Blankenburg 9. E. Streltsov 10. R. Bonhof 11. J. Heynckes 12. B. Lizarazu 13. M. Tardelli

3. Tuppet (J. Litmanen)
1. B. Schweinsteiger 2. R. Völler 3. S. Lerby 4. W. Zenga 5. F. Ribery 6. A. Hansen 7. W. Sagnol 8. A. Kanchelskis 9. E. Abidal 10. R. Perfumo 11. Mascherano 12. V. Voronin 13. P. Littbarski

9. P-nut/Enigma (S. Mazzola)
1. M. Coluna 2. V. Vasović 3. G. Signori 4. J. Verón 5. Gerets 6. T. Courtois 7. C. Vieri 8. C. Puyol 9. W. Samuel 10. Ze Roberto 11. C. Azpilicueta 12. X.Alonso 13. K-H Förster

10. Skizzo (G Rivera)
1. G. Lato 2. R. Gadocha 3. R. Van Persie 4. M. Tresor 5. Jennings 6. M. Bossis 7. W. Jansen 8. M. Tassotti 9. T. Adams 10. D. Albelda 11. B. Auld 12. N. Vidic 13. Clodoaldo

11. Pat (Raúl)
1. Careca 2. J. Barnes 3. T. Hassler 4. J. Giles 5. JM Pfaff 6. R. Koeman 7. J. Boateng 8. A. Haan 9. Bezsonov 10. Gemmell 11. C. Lopez 12. A. Cabrini 13. F. Bene

13. RedTiger (A. Del Piero)
B. Garrincha 1. O. Ruggeri 2. T. Silva 3. Stankovic 4. A Rattin 5. J Angloma 6. Petit 7. Zubizarreta 8. Ashley Cole 9. Leonardo 10. E Scifo 11. I. Zamorano 12. D. Alves 13. M. Essien

16. Raees/Invictus (D. Law)
1. Pirri 2. H. Chumpítaz 3. U. Stielike 4. T. Burgnich 5. D. Godín 6. H-P Briegel 7. J. Croy 8. M. Amoros 9. G. Asparuhov 10. J. Ceulemans 11. J. Pepe 12. M. Fellaini 13. R. Giggs 14. B. Conti


Reinforcement Pool:

4. Onenil/Anders (D. Bergkamp)
1. H. Crespo 2. P. Evra 3. A. Sanchez 4. M. Essien 5. M. Carrick 6. R. Carvalho 7. F. Barthez 8. Maicon 9. Park Ji-Sung 10. Kenny Burns 11. G. Hoddle

5. Boris (K. Dalglish) 1. R. van Nistelrooy 2. T. Cerezo 3. O. Ardiles 4. H Lloris 5. S. Gerrard 6. G. Popescu 7. Lucio 8. Jorginho 9. C. Moulijn 10. JP Sorin 11. L. Brady

6. TheRedViper (T. Cubillas) 4. C. Ferrara 5. A.Costacurta 6. D. Irwin 7. L. Mazurkiewicz 8. G. Zambrotta 9. J. Altafini 11. D. Trezeguet

7. 2mufc0 (F. Albert) 1. Z. Ibrahimović 2. 3. D. Ginola 5. Y. Toure 6. P. Cech 7. S. Campbell 8. A. Shesternyov 9. M. Camoranesi 10. Leandro 11. T. Kroos

8. Oaencha (G. Netzer) 1. M. Preud'homme 3. F. Inzaghi 4. F. Bene 5. Guardiola 6. R. Rosato 7. D. Alaba 8. S. Reuter 9. N. Kante 10. M. Verratti 11. G. Piqué

12. Moby/Gio (A. Giresse) 3. Blanc 5. J Rep 6. JA Camacho 8. D McGrain 9. S. Aguero 10. F. Toldo 11. Kily Gonzalez

14. Downcast/MJJ/Arbitrium (E. Cantona) 1. P. Kluivert 2. R. Pirès 3. Míchel 4. Simeone 5. N. Southall 7. E. Butragueno 8. Bremner 9. E. Hughes 10. P. Neal 11. S. Pearce

15. Prath92 (U. Seeler) 3. J Cesar 4. W Rooney 5. P Sousa 6. G Gattuso 7. V Kompany 8. F Ljungberg 9. S McManaman 10. G Chiellini 11. S Coppell


Block list:-


GK: Banks, Buffon, Casillas, Chilavert, Dasayev, De Gea, Fillol, Gilmar, Kahn, Maier, Neuer, Schmeichel, Shilton, van der Sar, Viktor, Yashin, Zoff,

DEF: Baresi, Beckenbauer, Bergomi, Brehme, Cafu, Cannavaro, Carlos Alberto, Charles, Desailly, Djalma Santos, Facchetti, Ferdinand, Figueroa, Hierro, Kohler, Krol, Lahm, Maldini, Marcelo, Marzolini, Moore, Nesta, Nilton Santos, Passarella, Roberto Carlos, Schnellinger, Scirea, Stam, Terry, Thuram, Vogts, Zanetti

MID: Amancio, B. Laudrup, Ballack, Beckham, Boban, Bochini, Boniek, Breitner, Charlton, Cruyff, Cubillas, David Silva, Davids, Deco, Deschamps, Didi, Dunga, Dzajic, Edwards, Effenberg, Falcao, Figo, Finney, Francescoli, Garrincha, Gascoigne, Gento, Gerson, Giresse, Gullit, Hagi, Iniesta, Jairzinho, Johnstone, Kaka, Keane, Keizer, Kopa, Litmanen, Luis Enrique, M. Laudrup, Makelele, Maradona, Masopust, Matthaus, Matthews, Modric, Nedved, Neeskens, Netzer, Overath, Overmars, Pirlo, Platini, Redondo, Rensenbrink, Rijkaard, Riquelme, Rivaldo, Rivelino, Rivera, Robben, Ronaldinho, Rui Costa, S. Mazzola, Sammer, Savicevic, Scholes, Schuster, Seedorf, Sergio Busquets, Simonsen, Socrates, Souness, Stojkovic, Suarez, Tigana, Van Hanegem, Vieira, Xavi, Zico, Zidane,

FWD: Albert, Bale, Batistuta, Bergkamp, Best, Blokhin, Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dalglish, Del Piero, Drogba, Elkjaer, Erico, Eto'o, Eusebio, Fontaine, Fowler, Futre, G. Muller, Greaves, Griezmann, Henry, Hugo Sanchez, Keegan, Kempes, Klinsmann, Kocsis, Kubala, L. Suarez, Larsson, Law, Lewandowski, Meazza, Messi, Neymar, Pancev, Papin, Pele, R. Baggio, Raul, Riva, Romario, Romerito, Ronaldo, Rossi, Rummenigge, Schillaci, Seeler, Shearer, Shevchenko, Sivori, Spencer, Stoichkov, Suker, Torres, Tostao, Totti, Van Basten, Villa, Weah

Dip Pool:
Dempsey, Edmundo, Kanu, Kewell, Lampard, Lineker, McGrath, Nakata, O'Shea, Owen, Prosinecki, Rocha, Tevez, Valderrama, Vidal, Zola, Zyryanov

@Šjor Bepo
 
:lol: :lol:

:lol: Feck no! I need a drink. A stiff one.

I know I'm going to lose this.

I'm not going to get a chance to drink for over a week FFS :lol:. I'd already decided to go experimental in this match so I can confidently say you're winning this easily, you cnut :D. When do you want to play? I can knock something up tonight to play tomorrow, but after that I'm not free until Monday.

You're already down one vote ;) kidding

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I'm not going to get a chance to drink for over a week FFS :lol:. I'd already decided to go experimental in this match so I can confidently say you're winning this easily, you cnut :D. When do you want to play? I can knock something up tonight to play tomorrow, but after that I'm not free until Monday.

Going on a diet?

Tomorrow sounds fine. let's finish this quick. I'll send something to Sjor tonight too.

@Šjor Bepo
 
Going on a diet?

Tomorrow sounds fine. let's finish this quick. I'll send something to Sjor tonight too.

@Šjor Bepo

Nah, I do need to get back to the gym though among other things. I tend to just increase my consumption of junk food when I'm not drinking, so it all balances out in terms of maintaining a gut :D.

Good stuff. I'll send mine in later tonight.
 
What about Sunday? @RedTiger @Joga Bonito
I have a big project that begins on a Saturday, I won't have enough time before then. It won't require much supervision after the launch if all goes well
Monday is okay too
 
I'm gonna be pretty busy the whole next week, so we can do whatever day is good for you mate. I'll send my stuff to @Šjor Bepo asap so he can put it up at your convenience.

I'll just chip in with what I can, when I can.
Cool, lets do it this week then. I'll send my stuff to @Šjor Bepo today, so we can play tomorrow.

Schedule

Thursday 01.06 - pat vs edgar, skizzo vs tuppet
 
Schedule

Thursday 01.06 - pat vs edgar, skizzo vs tuppet
Friday 02.06 - P-Nut/Enigma vs Raees/Invictus

@Raees @Invictus you guys happy with this?
 
Schedule

Thursday 01.06 - pat vs edgar, skizzo vs tuppet
Friday 02.06 - P-Nut/Enigma vs Raees/Invictus
Sunday 04.06 - harms/Joga vs RedTiger
 
Yeah let's do it Monday/Tuesday then mate. I'm pretty much off the whole weekend as well.

If you're off all weekend you can just play the game if you want and I'll drop in with the odd point when I get chance
 
whichever suits you boys.. don't want you missing out @P-Nut0712

I'm OK with it. I will probably be able to spare 10 minutes here and there Sunday so as long as Enigma is free then I don't mind him taking the lead on this one.
 
I'm OK with it. I will probably be able to spare 10 minutes here and there Sunday so as long as Enigma is free then I don't mind him taking the lead on this one.
Nah, mate, I mean I'm offline in the weekend or most of it. Weekday like Monday/Tuesday is better for me as well.
 
'Mayor of Rome' Bruno Conti with a Man of the Match worthy performance in the final of España '82 vs West Germany:



Consummate playmaking ability, a handful of sumptuous passes, evidence of his defensive workrate in the form of ball recoveries or interceptions, set pieces, and critical goal-ward contributions - on top of attracting a penalty that Cabrini missed - firing wide to the right of goal.


And the man on the opposite flank needs no introduction, especially on a United forum.

vs. Fiorentina 1999/2000:



vs. Liverpool 1999/2000:



Assist stats via @Mrs Smoker:
PS: Steamroller from Palatinate :(
 


Great game by Elkjaer. Not a vintage performance by any mean, as he ploughed a lonely furrow up front for the vast majority of the match and had to feed on scraps throughout the match, against a Scirea-led defense, which would go on to win the World Cup. Keep in mind that this was a Laudrup-less Danish side which was yet to reach it's explosive peak (and in some ways Elkjaer too), although it's always great to have Simosen on your side.

However, for anyone wondering why Elkjaer has the moniker 'The Crazy Man from Lokeren' or the 'Human Locomotive', you couldn't do any worse than to watch this one. Insane running off the ball, non-stop aggressive pressing and of course his sheer persistence pays off eventually with 2 assists and several other great runs and plays which weren't provided with the same level of service which they deserved.
 
PS: Steamroller from Palatinate :(

More often than not I seem to catch him when he is having an okay-ish or a poor game, for some reason.

Was absolutely splendid against Maradona's Napoli though, man marking El Pibe out of the game, although Maradona wasn't exactly at his peak. Shame that there isn't much comprehensive footage available of that Hellas Veronas side where he arguably was at his peak, winning the German Footballer of the Year in a strong vintage.
 
BTW, @oneniltothearsenal Just tagging you as you requested for more info on Elkjaer and his playing style. More footage on the way, hopefully (rather swamped right now).
 


Great game by Elkjaer. Not a vintage performance by any mean, as he ploughed a lonely furrow up front for the vast majority of the match and had to feed on scraps throughout the match, against a Scirea-led defense, which would go on to win the World Cup. Keep in mind that this was a Laudrup-less Danish side which was yet to reach it's explosive peak (and in some ways Elkjaer too), although it's always great to have Simosen on your side.

However, for anyone wondering why Elkjaer has the moniker 'The Crazy Man from Lokeren' or the 'Human Locomotive', you couldn't do any worse than to watch this one. Insane running off the ball, non-stop aggressive pressing and of course his sheer persistence pays off eventually with 2 assists and several other great runs and plays which weren't provided with the same level of service which they deserved.



Great compilation, cheers. Did you make that yourself? If so, very well done. It does do a great job showing the nuance of Elkjaer's style and movement that I was curious about. thanks for putting that together. He's definitely a player I was curious to learn more about.