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Ridiculous amounts of defenders went this round
I wasn't going to pick Blanc this round until the sudden rush.
Ridiculous amounts of defenders went this round
Cal 1. Pele 2. Sándor Kocsis 3. Gerson 4. Laurent Blanc
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Pol 1. Maradona 2. P Maldini 3. Breitner
Cal 1. Pele 2. Sándor Kocsis 3. Gerson
Aldo 1. Garrincha 2. Romario 3. Scirea 4. Gentile
Theon 1. Beckenbauer 2. Zico 3. Baggio 4. Kohler
Rpitroda 1. Zidane 2. Masopust 3. Varela 4. Desailly
Paceme 1. Platini 2. Rijkaard 3. Djalma Santos 4. Thuram
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo 2. Cannavaro 3. Rivaldo 4. Brehme
Desert 1.Moore 2. Meazza 3. Passarella 4. Busquets Banquets
Annah 1. Didi 2. Iniesta 3. Ronaldinho 4. Stoichkov
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine 2. Krol 3. Kopa 4. Vogts
Fergus 1. Matthäus 2. Falcao 3. Rivelino 4. Nilton Santos
Balu/NM 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho 3. Carlos Alberto 4. Davids
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens 3. Bozsik 4. Czibor
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa 3. Laudrup 4. Xavi
Cutch 1. Muller 2. Facchetti 3. Cafu 4. Santamaria
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi 3. Zanetti 4. Schnellinger
Nah I didn't. Feeling a back five is this draft. Thuram will fit nicely in that, maybe there are better options but since I actually have a decent working knowledge of Thurman so in my head it works.
I wasn't going to pick Blanc this round until the sudden rush.
I'm going to hunt you down, my sole purpose in this thing will be to kick you out and feast on the flesh of these traitorous bastards.
Brilliant pick, Aldo! Got you down as my early favourite, though I really love Jayvin and Antohans teams so far too for personal reasons!
I think there is a difference, yes. Because Cruyff's role really was comparable to an AM, he didn't play as a centerforward, he was all over the pitch creating for others. He just didn't have a striker ahead of him. Centerback and Rightback are simply too complete different positions, imo.But using Thuram as CB using his 98 peak isn't the same as playing Cryuff as an AM using 74 WC?
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But using Thuram as CB using his 98 peak isn't the same as playing Cryuff as an AM using 74 WC?
I don't want to go into examples or all hell will break loose, but some positions are more "defined" than others. Differentiating between AM/Inside forward/9.5, etc. is a bit of a mugs game. I wouldn't however be so flexible with an inside forward being depicted as a winger if they always played with an actual winger next to them. They didn't play the position, simple. If they did it at some stage in their career at club level I don't really care. I would stick with World Cups, otherwise it is a re-run of the All-Time draft.
I'm pretty sure I know a couple of players you are thinking about and to me their WC position was pretty clear and arguing they would translate that form to another is outside the remit here. Of course, half the people won't give two shits about it, but I certainly will take it into account.
There was no way you'd get Blanc with the way the draft was going, imo. Really not the slightest chance.
In fairness, Kocsis going made it easier to go with the Hungarian team as I couldn't work out who to drop out of Bozsik, Czibor and Kocsis. Reckon Kocsis is the easiest to replace so no biggie.
Out of my entire remaining draft strategy Blanc was the only one I had in red as possibly picked by then (he was my next pick). Would have worked perfectly. Oh well... feck you.
Unlucky Rpitroda, Blanc would have been perfect there
I had foreseen this argument here:
I meant Maldini and Thuram there. Both fullbacks in my book.
It is not necessary that everyone plays the fullbacks in the same way. Just like Cryuff the argument is that did Thuram show any characteristics as a RB in 98 that would allow him to play equally well as a CB?
I went with Kocsis first cause I thought his 11 goals is easiest to sell come voting time...
How many hours do you actually spend planning your teamIF I get the team I'm going for and IF I then go through and eventually get the 4 upgrades I would want, then you are all in for a treat. It's fecking awesome, expect me to be a fecking mentalist because I now really want to see this through!!!!
How many hours do you actually spend planning your team, it's truely amazing.
Fair enough, after so many draft games, it makes sense, that he's actually very quick with all of it. Still amazing, how he can already think about reinforcements.
IF I get the team I'm going for and IF I then go through and eventually get the 4 upgrades I would want, then you are all in for a treat. It's fecking awesome, expect me to be a fecking mentalist because I now really want to see this through!!!!
How many hours do you actually spend planning your team, it's truely amazing.
Doesn't sound like you at all.
Imagine having a very clear vision of your side, now imagine spending weeks waiting for people to make picks, games to be played, etc. The whole purpose of it is to see it crystalise, of course I go mental! It's not about winning, it's about putting the team you wanted together. I don't think I've been anywhere near as bothered losing two finals as I was not getting the chance to make it all come together in the decades draft. In both those finals I hadn't been able to pull it all together (how can you spend an entire draft without coming across a good striker, long live Pol's pools!!!!) so I wasn't hugely bothered, but when there is still reinforcement rounds to go it's fecking cruel!
It is not necessary that everyone plays the fullbacks in the same way. Just like Cryuff the argument is that did Thuram show any characteristics as a RB in 98 that would allow him to play equally well as a CB?
Maldini's got some peak 1994 form in the middle under his belt when he covered for Baresi there.I meant Maldini and Thuram there. Both fullbacks in my book.
Maldini's got some peak 1994 form in the middle under his belt when he covered for Baresi there.
Maldini's got some peak 1994 form in the middle under his belt when he covered for Baresi there.
For me if a player physically and technically peaked in one year, but previously showed the tactical awareness of another position - then in my book I will judge that person by his peak physical/technical level in the other position as well.
As it is almost impossible for a player to be a great CB in one world cup then forget how he did it because 4 years passed.
So Thuram for me would be judged by his peak individual attributes of 98 with his tactical knowledge of CB showed in his "lesser" World Cup.
Thuram was an outstanding CB, it just seems a shame that we'll not see him in this draft in the position we remember his world cup exploits so fondly for
What formation do you guys think i should be working towards? Have a few options here with those fullbacks