He was a very good player, but not really comparable to the likes of Netzer/Rivelino/Sivori, who are the top guys in this draft. I still voted for you, mind, but Le Tissier looks a bit out of place there in terms of his quality.
The Virgin League Draft - Enigma_87 vs. Edgar Allan Pillow (GROUP C)
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Think Yorke/Shearer is your best combo(if we discount the chemistry angle), not sure why you dropped both?
Le Tissier was a luxury player for me and that Soton team was build around him. Played to his strengths, great player to watch but the combination of highly saturated position he played in and the little to no versatility that he offers outside his strong points makes him a bit of an unreliable choice in all time drafts.
I don't think you should have gone the Yorke/Cole route at all. It wasn't going to sustain for long beyond the initial rounds.
I mean I was shouting every round, why the feck is Edgar not picking Shearer. Him and the theme were made for each other.
You were still super lucky to get him late, but those two rounds where Yorke and Cole, were picked, you could have bumped up the quality in the other areas, like in the No.10 role (Litmanen was available for example).
Still, you look in good shape to qualify anyways, would be interesting to see where you take this.
I mean I was shouting every round, why the feck is Edgar not picking Shearer. Him and the theme were made for each other.
You were still super lucky to get him late, but those two rounds where Yorke and Cole, were picked, you could have bumped up the quality in the other areas, like in the No.10 role (Litmanen was available for example).
Still, you look in good shape to qualify anyways, would be interesting to see where you take this.
This is one of those drafts where I was picking just because I wanted to. Completely and fully based on heart and impulse with next to no research
After the Beckham pick, I knew which first XI I wanted, so did no research. Except for Indnyc picking Steve Bruce and Viv Anderson, I actually got the team I had in mind since round 1.
This is one of those drafts where I was picking just because I wanted to. Completely and fully based on heart and impulse with next to no research
After the Beckham pick, I knew which first XI I wanted, so did no research. Except for Indnyc picking Steve Bruce and Viv Anderson, I actually got the team I had in mind since round 1.
Fair enough.
It's an excellent side @Edgar Allan Pillow but really really felt you should have picked Cantona. It's just lacking that inspirational talisman (as good as Le Tissier was) to properly elevate it.
The theme is dead now. If I get to progress, I'd have to dip into global pool to upgrade.
As to Cantona, he would have been my first choice after picking Shearer. I just didn't expect anyone else to be dipping into the British pool esp for forwards.
As to Cantona, he would have been my first choice after picking Shearer. I just didn't expect anyone else to be dipping into the British pool esp for forwards.
Exactly who I thought Edgar was going to pick for this theme, especially once he snapped up Beckham and Irwin in a jiffy, even mentioned him in the pick-submission PM after he was taken by @King Kendrick. There's a certain someone who would have been a stupendous alternative to Cantona as well, but he went unpicked — and I dunno if he's rated highly enough to be taken as a latter stage reinforcement in Café drafts, if Edgar progresses and decides to mix things up in attack that is!