The Impossible Draft

Theon said:
I’m not his AM but have answered questions he’s had on some players and bounced some ideas around with potential picks (as happens all the time). First time I’ve ever seen it raised as an issue was by @Ecstatic
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No problem with the outcome. Let's say we don't have the same definition of an AM.

I already noticed you were actively following the generic Impossible Draft thread by writing 16 posts. Invictus wasn't part of this draft and I thought you were following Gio or 2mufc.

Regarding our game, the scoreline was 11-11 some minutes before you voted.

It really doesn't matter and - after all - any of us is biased consciously or unconsciously towards/against some players or posters.

Not a big deal really
 
Ecstatic said:
No problem with the outcome. Let's say we don't have the same definition of an AM.
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Yeah, absolutely we don’t have the same definition. I’ll regularly PM people inside and outside of drafts to talk about football - if a draft is on there’s not surprise the conversation will steer that way and it doesn’t mean we’ve teamed up.
 
Theon said:
Yeah, absolutely we don’t have the same definition. I’ll regularly PM people inside and outside of drafts to talk about football - if a draft is on there’s not surprise the conversation will steer that way and it doesn’t mean we’ve teamed up.
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I am fine with what you write :)
 


Just :drool:

Had a wand of a left peg and was just 2-3 steps ahead of just about everyone on the pitch with his one touch passing, one-twos and even his movement off the ball - always managing to find free space to make himself available for the pass. It's also no wonder the wing duo of Skoglund and Hamrin had such great tournaments with the ammunition provided by Liedholm.

I was also sort of expecting an elderly stateman's performance defensively but it was an impressive defensive display and he covered plenty of ground, always covering runners, intelligently positioning himself and of course making recoveries in the engine room. All the more impressive given that he was 36 years old :eek: which must be donkey's years in that era in particular :lol:.
 
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Joga Bonito said:


Just :drool:

Had a wand of a left peg and was just 2-3 steps ahead of just about everyone on the pitch with his one touch passing, one-twos and even his movement off the ball - always managing to find free space to make himself available for the pass. It's also no wonder how the wing duo of Skoglund and Hamrin had such great tournaments with the ammunition provided by Liedholm.

I was also sort of expecting an elderly stateman's performance defensively but it was an impressive defensive display and he covered plenty of ground, always covering runners, intelligently positioning himself and of course making recoveries in the engine room. All the more impressive given that he was 36 years old :eek: which must be donkey's years in that era in particular :lol:.
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Fine work Joga. His vision, weight of pass and touch really stand out.
 
Great stuff @Joga Bonito

He has quite an interesting physicallity imo, clearly quite a languid style and body shape (which helps with the dribbling) but looks deceptively strong as well.
 
Joga Bonito said:


Just :drool:

Had a wand of a left peg and was just 2-3 steps ahead of just about everyone on the pitch with his one touch passing, one-twos and even his movement off the ball - always managing to find free space to make himself available for the pass. It's also no wonder how the wing duo of Skoglund and Hamrin had such great tournaments with the ammunition provided by Liedholm.

I was also sort of expecting an elderly stateman's performance defensively but it was an impressive defensive display and he covered plenty of ground, always covering runners, intelligently positioning himself and of course making recoveries in the engine room. All the more impressive given that he was 36 years old :eek: which must be donkey's years in that era in particular :lol:.
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You just made @Annahnomoss happy!
 
Theon said:
Great stuff @Joga Bonito

He has quite an interesting physicallity imo, clearly quite a languid style and body shape (which helps with the dribbling) but looks deceptively strong as well.
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Quite Hoddle-esque in style with his body language, his clear inclination to pass forwards through the lines, vision to spot the opportunities, some two-footedness and touch.
 


An arguably better performance that the one against the Soviets. A simply lovely display and the phrase he 'plays the game at his own pace' couldn't be more apt. Always seemed to have an extra second on the ball despite the hectic and fierce nature of this match-up in particular, and nothing could have summed up his nonchalance and class more than his goal where he casually side steps 2 Brazil defenders as though they aren't even there, before slotting it in with his weaker foot. And just when you thought he couldn't possibly eclipse that moment of genius, he comes up with a peach of a pass which just slices through the Brazil defense delightfully (believe me I replayed the pass a fair few times :lol:) for the 2nd Swedish goal. And those dribbles :drool:.

Tagging those who seemed to enjoy the first comp @Gio @harms @Theon @Edgar Allan Pillow @Annahnomoss

EDIT: They seemed to have blocked it, so appealing it now. So it should be up for some time, if they retake it down again, I'll get it uploaded on dailymotion
 
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Final teams

Idmanager: (1) F. Gento (2) S. Matthews (3) M. Trésor (4) K.H. Forster (5) E. Davids (OUT) T. Cubillas (7) B. Zebec (OUT) V. R. Andrade (9) A. Spencer (OUT) Gerson (OUT) L. Conejo (OUT) J. Smistik (13) D. Bergkamp (14) L. Monti (15) C. Alberto (16) J.L. Chilavert

Enigma: (1) Zico (2) Batistuta (3) Nedvěd (4) D. Santos (5) A. Shesternyov (6) J. Santamaria (7) Rummenigge (OUT) D. Mackay (9) Benarrivo (OUT) Pluskal (11) P. Jennings (OUT) A. Sanchez (13) O. Varela (14) I. Netto (15) D. Edwards (16) F. Planicka

Reinforcement pool

Gio: (1) P. R. Falcão (2) Z. Zidane (3) Z. Czibor (4) L. Kubala (5) A. Brehme (6) N. Gonçalves (7) D. Law (8) H. P. Briegel (OUT) A. Erico (10) A. Roma (OUT) M. Khurtsilava (OUT) R. Falcao (OUT) C. Mozer (14) S. Marzolini (OUT) G. Ochoa (16) D. Da Guia (17) D. Godin

Charly: (1) D. Džajić (2) S. Kocsis (3) Nesta (4) (OUT) W. van Hanegem (5) A. Demyanenko (6). (OUT) R. Dasayev (7) T. Silva (8). Jorginho (9) O. Sivori (10) N. Rossi (11) (OUT) Michel (12) (OUT) E. Streltsov (13) K. Hamrin (14). V. Mazzola (15). J. Tigana (16). De gea


@idmanager
 
Joga Bonito said:


Just :drool:

Had a wand of a left peg and was just 2-3 steps ahead of just about everyone on the pitch with his one touch passing, one-twos and even his movement off the ball - always managing to find free space to make himself available for the pass. It's also no wonder the wing duo of Skoglund and Hamrin had such great tournaments with the ammunition provided by Liedholm.

I was also sort of expecting an elderly stateman's performance defensively but it was an impressive defensive display and he covered plenty of ground, always covering runners, intelligently positioning himself and of course making recoveries in the engine room. All the more impressive given that he was 36 years old :eek: which must be donkey's years in that era in particular :lol:.
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By the way, a really unlucky game for USSR. They finished on par with England in the group (both Sweden and USSR had last group games at 15th of June) and had to play another game with England on 17th, which they won. But their next game was on 19th against full-rested Sweden — that's 3 exhausting games in 5 days (Brazil, England, Sweden) with basically the same XI.

Not to say that it was an unfair result — Sweden was probably a better team that rightly made it to the final, but still, it could've been much closer. The Soviet group was brutal too — the eventual winners Brazil and a great England side with Wright, Finney and Haynes.
 
harms said:
By the way, a really unlucky game for USSR. They finished on par with England in the group (both Sweden and USSR had last group games at 15th of June) and had to play another game with England on 17th, which they won. But their next game was on 19th against full-rested Sweden — that's 3 exhausting games in 5 days (Brazil, England, Sweden) with basically the same XI.

Not to say that it was an unfair result — Sweden was probably a better team that rightly made it to the final, but still, it could've been much closer. The Soviet group was brutal too — the eventual winners Brazil and a great England side with Wright, Finney and Haynes.
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Yeah it was tough on the Soviets and the commentator did mention that they'd played a game a few days back and the fatigue was apparent esp in the 2nd half.
 
Joga Bonito said:


An arguably better performance that the one against the Soviets. A simply lovely display and the phrase he 'plays the game at his own pace' couldn't be more apt. Always seemed to have an extra second on the ball despite the hectic and fierce nature of this match-up in particular, and nothing could have summed up his nonchalance and class more than his goal where he casually side steps 2 Brazil defenders as though they aren't even there, before slotting it in with his weaker foot. And just when you thought he couldn't possibly eclipse that moment of genius, he comes up with a peach of a pass which just slices through the Brazil defense delightfully (believe me I replayed the pass a fair few times :lol:) for the 2nd Swedish goal. And those dribbles :drool:.

Tagging those who seemed to enjoy the first comp @Gio @harms @Theon @Edgar Allan Pillow @Annahnomoss

EDIT: They seemed to have blocked it, so appealing it now. So it should be up for some time, if they retake it down again, I'll get it uploaded on dailymotion
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Cracking performance. Shades of Modric vs Spain in Euro 2012 maybe, in terms of a great midfielder putting up a brilliant resistance act and stamping his mark on the game against a collectively better opposition side. Lets be honest though, there's no way he'd have been so effective if John Pantsil was playing in that Brazil midfield. Amirite Edgar?
 
In comes Silvio Marzolini
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and Ballon D'or winner

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Matthias Sammer


Final teams

Idmanager: (1) F. Gento (2) S. Matthews (3) M. Trésor (4) K.H. Forster (5) E. Davids (OUT) T. Cubillas (7) B. Zebec (OUT) V. R. Andrade (9) A. Spencer (OUT) Gerson (OUT) L. Conejo (OUT) J. Smistik (OUT) D. Bergkamp (14) L. Monti (15) C. Alberto (16) J.L. Chilavert (17) E. Ocwirk

Enigma: (1) Zico (2) Batistuta (3) Nedvěd (4) D. Santos (5) A. Shesternyov (OUT) J. Santamaria (7) Rummenigge (OUT) D. Mackay (OUT) Benarrivo (OUT) Pluskal (OUT) P. Jennings (OUT) A. Sanchez (13) O. Varela (14) I. Netto (15) D. Edwards (16) F. Planicka (17) S. Marzolini (18) M. Sammer

Reinforcement pool

Gio: (1) P. R. Falcão (2) Z. Zidane (3) Z. Czibor (4) L. Kubala (5) A. Brehme (6) N. Gonçalves (7) D. Law (8) H. P. Briegel (OUT) A. Erico (10) A. Roma (OUT) M. Khurtsilava (OUT) R. Falcao (OUT) C. Mozer (14) S. Marzolini (OUT) G. Ochoa (16) D. Da Guia (17) D. Godin

Charly: (1) D. Džajić (2) S. Kocsis (3) Nesta (4) (OUT) W. van Hanegem (5) A. Demyanenko (6). (OUT) R. Dasayev (7) T. Silva (8). Jorginho (9) O. Sivori (10) N. Rossi (11) (OUT) Michel (12) (OUT) E. Streltsov (13) K. Hamrin (14). V. Mazzola (15). J. Tigana (16). De gea

@idmanager
 
Final teams

Idmanager: (1) F. Gento (2) S. Matthews (3) M. Trésor (4) K.H. Forster (5) E. Davids (OUT) T. Cubillas (7) B. Zebec (OUT) V. R. Andrade (9) A. Spencer (OUT) Gerson (OUT) L. Conejo (OUT) J. Smistik (OUT) D. Bergkamp (OUT) L. Monti (15) C. Alberto (16) J.L. Chilavert (17) E. Ocwirk (18) R. Rivellino

Enigma: (1) Zico (2) Batistuta (3) Nedvěd (4) D. Santos (5) A. Shesternyov (OUT) J. Santamaria (7) Rummenigge (OUT) D. Mackay (OUT) Benarrivo (OUT) Pluskal (OUT) P. Jennings (OUT) A. Sanchez (13) O. Varela (14) I. Netto (15) D. Edwards (16) F. Planicka (17) S. Marzolini (18) M. Sammer
 
Enigma_87 said:
Would be a bit challenging for me to be honest in terms of time.

Any chance to play a bit afterwards from Saturday on, whatever time you like?
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I don't prefer weekends mate. The voter turnout is very low and the game gets very boring.

Any weekday that works for? If not, I guess we have no option but Saturday
 
idmanager said:
I don't prefer weekends mate. The voter turnout is very low and the game gets very boring.

Any weekday that works for? If not, I guess we have no option but Saturday
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What about the 30th - Monday, since the details for the new draft aren’t concluded either way?
 
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seriously though, thats almost a month for us junkies.....
 
I lost a weekend game with Dzajic-Maradona-Garrincha in attack due to lack of voters, so am not doing a weekend since then :lol:

I can do Wednesday/Thursday next week. Maybe Tuesday as well in the interest of time.
Have a flight on Monday and Friday, so can't do those days.
 
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