That was the entire idea of the dream team. Koeman regardless of not being very pacey managed to play that exact role in one of the best club teams of history. He is himself rated extremely highly as well and I dont think there are five better players in history in the "lone CB" role.
Makes sense. I'd probably look to play Raúl as a lone centre forward to try to harass a Koeman like he used to do when he played behind Moro-Anelka at times like he did around the millennium time. I think it would be a good match-up all around...We'll see if we get drawn together
I think Redondo was a better midfielder than Keane, certainly a better fit as to provide a huge creative outlet through the middle of the pitch, something I never thought Keane was capable of doing to the highest level, which was what I wanted from my second midfielder. I was looking at getting an engine-type player, box-to-box with complete abilities alongside a more crafty, technical midfielder who could drop in between the lines and read the game well. Baggio-Sousa were the best options for the criteria "played for the same club, but their careers never overlapped".
We played with Lucio and Demichelis as centerbacks for years
. But that probably helps your point about Sagnol, he did a very disciplined job next to them .mmm, surprising because my thinking was the opposite. With 4 players in the middle, how can I not dominate possession there? Yes, it will be easier for them to bring ball forward out in wings (4-4-2) but I thought the midfield tussle favours me. The presence of Baggio definitely gives flex to Rui Costa to drop deep if needed without losing any potency.
Impatient, drunken goon.
My favourite team so far. The lack of width is the obvious flaw in the formation, but Maldini and Jorginho will provide enough given the creativity and quality elsewhere.
a mild hangover fuelled impatience, mate!My thoughts exactly. He would have been blocked though, as it turns out!
Yes, yes, yes!!! I think we have to wait until everyone told Aldo what player leaves the team though
.Who is left?Yes, yes, yes!!! I think we have to wait until everyone told Aldo what player leaves the team though
Yeah, we will wait for him to do the draw
How are you lining up btw? You have to play one sheep, right?
Xavier
I prefer Cesc actually, Xavi always has that weird 'he can't do it without Busquets and Iniesta'-tag on him. Everyone starts to question his ability the moment he isn't played in a tikitaka team. It's mind-boggling, but that's how it is.
Yeah, we were having lots of thought about this. It was to be Sheva-Batigol as front 2 and then after the Batigol got banned leading to Sheva-Inzaghi. But then I got lucky with Baggio.
I agree. If anything I think it should be Iniesta who should invite such accusations IMO.
It doesn't look that bad with the sheep in there actually. Few teams have strong left wingers to really exploit your sheep.
Think about switching Lamps and Vieira? More protection for Xavier and with Cole behind Lamps can get forward more too.
I was thinking more about the lines of Cole + Pires + Vieira linking up but good point, would end up doing that probably
Yeah. I am happy how it turned out in the end. My plan was always to get Cole to keep the all PL team alive. Used my first 2 picks to block players for others!
Shevchenko/Batistuta would have been perfect. Love to have seen that.
I dont disagree at all. You chose to go for a diamond and did it well and you will suffer the strengths and weaknesses of it. I think you have a nice diamond.
, with Nedved and Crespo at the end of them... Honestly even Sanchez picked up some great movements and tactical awareness at Barca so I reckon that will break any defensive line He kinda forgot how to finish chances though
Look at all his passes here,
. Sanchez in 12/13 with Laudrup as the AM could produce an endless video of hilarious 'feck up a brilliant pass infront of goal' moments.Maybe in 12/13 he did, but he's done brilliantly well in front of goal this season - 15 goals in 20 matches this season. That's not half bad for any player let alone winger!He kinda forgot how to finish chances though
), but most teams I've seen so far are, not entirely sure yet how it all would click. Laudrup, Nedved and Crespo are a brilliant attack, scary stuff. I'm not the biggest Modric fan, so I'm not 100% sold on your midfield. Oh and thanks for picking Lahm, I hoped he would stick around so I might have the chance to get him later .What is there not to be sold on Modric? He's possibly the best playmaker out there today, he's so complete it's amazing. The beauty in Modric's play imo is his ability to make the best of players around him, and the way he does it is so composed and makes everything look so simple, plus as we both said, my team's strength is based on it's movement into space, and Modric is as good as it gets in these pin-point passes. But I see plenty of people here not rating him highly enough, so I think that might be a problem for me.I know, I rate Sanchez a lot, even defended him quite a few times, when he was ridiculed here for his finishing. He was incredibly wasteful last season, but it looked like a confidence problem more than anything and he's done great so far this season.
Pretty much flawless team, but most teams I've seen so far are, not entirely sure yet how it all would click. Laudrup, Nedved and Crespo are a brilliant attack, scary stuff. I'm not the biggest Modric fan, so I'm not 100% sold on your midfield. Oh and thanks for picking Lahm, I hoped he would stick around so I might have the chance to get him later
There's only one Laudrup video that you need to post to blow anyone's mind on what he could do. It's been posted a lot of times before but one can't get tired of it, surely? 83 minutes of sublime genius.
Look at all his passes here,
Thanks for compiling the list, crappy. I believe that is accurate.
