VivaJanuzaj
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So now we wait for @Edgar Allan Pillow ?
So now we wait for @Edgar Allan Pillow ?
Assuming he hasnt topped himself after finding out villa was goneSo now we wait for @Edgar Allan Pillow ?
One could only hope..Assuming he hasnt topped himself after finding out villa was gone
Stop checking everyone's status!
So now we wait for @Edgar Allan Pillow ?
Quick question to the draft committee..
http://www.pesmitidelcalcio.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2149
That is a slightly different lineup to the team listed in the OP (World cup semi team.. which misses out Nausch - one of the most legendary Austrians from that era but missed out on World Cup - due to injury??)
Quick question to the draft committee..
http://www.pesmitidelcalcio.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2149
That is a slightly different lineup to the team listed in the OP (World cup semi team.. which misses out Nausch - one of the most legendary Austrians from that era but missed out on World Cup - due to injury??)
@Raees
The problem here is that if you go for a different line-up, you easily end up with the same conundrum: Somebody misses out.
The 1932 CEIC match against Italy, for instance, where Austria won 2-1, is one possibility - but while that XI featured Nausch it did not feature, among others, Bican.
The standard gone for here is that the manager gets a blueprint which is an actual, historical XI from a particular match - not a generic XI.
Your blueprint is listed as Austria 1932, which is just a typo - the actual team is the 1934 WC semi-final XI.
but it proves Nausch was a starter in every game pre world cup alongside Bican, Sinderlar and Smistik
I might be a while folks. Haven't given this one much prior thought and I really haven't a clue which way to go, so I'm gonna have to dig around.
One thing I've still not entirely got my head around is the whole quality element. Gordon Banks' quality - not necessarily his style of play - was absolutely fundamental to the success of this England team. So do I get the best available (with reasonably similar traits) to replicate his star status in the squad or do I get the most similar player?
Both Bican and Sindelar missed several (big) matches during the glory years of the Wunderteam.
Anyway, Armfield would have played in '66 if he hadn't gotten himself injured just before the tournament - and he was clearly a better/more interesting player than his replacement.
Similar cases may be found all over the spectrum here - so there it is.
Noted.
I agree with the gist of this, certainly.
The primary task is to re-create the team: The overall balance and the nuances, as much as possible.
However, in order to achieve that it's likely that you will have to pick individual players who do resemble their classic counterparts to a significant degree. In many cases key roles in the original XI were played by someone who had a certain combination of (fairly tangible) qualities that were necessary for him (without them he couldn't have functioned as he did within the system). And in such cases the natural starting point will be a player who shares those (or several of those) fairly tangible qualities.
But, again, I agree: The task isn't to hunt for players who are, let's say, superficially similar - what I personally will look at is how well the XI as a whole functions as a remake.
It comes down to how you see him as a cog in the machinery, I suppose: If you think that having an absolutely first rate, top-of-the-line keeper is vital in terms of re-creating that machinery, then - well - you go for that.
Best available (with reasonably similar traits) sounds pretty good to me - but that's just my personal opinion.