The Reality Draft: Main Thread (Finals)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
PHEW! Thank feck you didn't pick the player, I wanted.
Kohler is being welcomed by his German mates who take a trip to the training ground to personally congratulate him:
MARCEL DESAILLY
Yeah superb defender but he doesn't fit well with Vierchowod like Kohler imo.
MARCEL DESAILLY
Bollocks, I wanted Pupi. fecks' sake Viva, don't you know some players just belong with certain managers. First Verón (Stob), now Pupi 
Kohler and Vierchowod is an excellent partnership, as complementary as a CB pairing could ever get. Neither had any real weakness, but their less good sides is where the other excels as one of the best ever.
Theon won the lottery there.
Tasty looking picks.. update on the squads please?
I didn't predict any of those picks. Not one.
Surely you predicted Romario since I was never going to go for him?
I'm surprised you think you can get away with Rodriguez at left back yet again. It's ridiculous really.
I didn't predict the four picks after the first one I made.
Meh, it was the best situation we could have gone for and I don't think it's a huge issue, given the rest of the team. Sammer was a blow. But yeah, not sure your teams that defensively sound itself so I'd spare the critique
Rodriguez is a starter for a semi-finalist? Wtf 
Though Alaba is probably would be starting too, didn't expect left backs to be the most successful youngsters in the draft
And finally the man who actually played that formation in your midfield)
Glad for my boys though.
Though Alaba is probably would be starting too, didn't expect left backs to be the most successful youngsters in the draft
And finally the man who actually played that formation in your midfield)
Glad for my boys though.
Nah, Viva picked Zanetti as a left back. FML, I was pretty confident you were all happy with your RBs
I thought that this should've been like that but then I don't know why Zanetti.
What did you predict?I didn't predict the four picks after the first one I made.
Meh, it was the best situation we could have gone for and I don't think it's a huge issue, given the rest of the team. Sammer was a blow. But yeah, not sure your teams that defensively sound itself so I'd spare the critique
Who else? It was either him or Carlos, but wanted defensive awareness too so went with my beloved Pupi. Don't see anything wrong with him as my LB
There are better leftbacks available, but none of them are called Zanetti.
Screw scan-voters, the appropriate pick for my team is Manuel Amoros
Zanetti as left back? When Junior is available? He can do a job there, but I would rather take Junior or Lizarazu there. Bad choice from Viva, imo.
I think you are going for too much physicality. With Seedorf and Breitner there, a better choice (imo) would have been Cerezo/Alonso/Deschamps kind of player. Alonso may not be a vote winner as Keane, but in that role flanked by Seedorf & Breitner, his creativity and passing would have been much more valuable than Keane's box-to-box...and he is a specialist DM too. A diamond with any of those 3 at base would be far more effective than Keane imo.
When are the draws going to be out, @Edgar Allan Pillow ?
Teams for the Semi's:
01. antohan - (3. Gerrard)(7. Hierro) 1. Ljungberg 2. Boniek 4. Effenberg 5. Raul 6. Luis Enrique 8. T. Silva 9. Ferrara 10. Götze 11. Vieri 12. Abidal 13. Chilavert 14. Nedved 15. Baggio 16. Neeskens 17. Amoros
02. MJJ / Theon - (4. Dalglish) (7. Sammer) 1. Di Livio 2. Souness 3. Bochini 5. Rivaldo 6. McGrath 8. Campbell 9. Totti 10. Ricardo Rodriguez 11. Peter Schmeichel 12. Elkjaer 13. Crespo 14. Passerella 15. Cafu 16. Romario 17. Falcao
03. The Red Viper - (5. Simonsen) (3. Scholes) 1. Prosinečki 2. Robben 3. Scholes 4. Vidic 6. Eto'o 7. Stam 8. Rui Costa 9. Dunga 10. Rafael Da Silva 11. Kahn 12. Sagnol 13. Sergi 14. T. Henry 15. Schweinsteiger 16. Scirea 17. Desailly
04. VivaJanuzaj - (7. Nesta)(1. Francescoli) 2. Seedorf 3. Breitner 4. Vierchowod 5. Rummenigge 6. Savicevic 8. Verón 9. Adams 10. Alaba 11. Reuter 12. Van Der Sar 13. Trezeguet 14. Roy Keane 15. RvN 16. Zanetti 17. Kohler
01. antohan - (3. Gerrard)(7. Hierro) 1. Ljungberg 2. Boniek 4. Effenberg 5. Raul 6. Luis Enrique 8. T. Silva 9. Ferrara 10. Götze 11. Vieri 12. Abidal 13. Chilavert 14. Nedved 15. Baggio 16. Neeskens 17. Amoros
02. MJJ / Theon - (4. Dalglish) (7. Sammer) 1. Di Livio 2. Souness 3. Bochini 5. Rivaldo 6. McGrath 8. Campbell 9. Totti 10. Ricardo Rodriguez 11. Peter Schmeichel 12. Elkjaer 13. Crespo 14. Passerella 15. Cafu 16. Romario 17. Falcao
03. The Red Viper - (5. Simonsen) (3. Scholes) 1. Prosinečki 2. Robben 3. Scholes 4. Vidic 6. Eto'o 7. Stam 8. Rui Costa 9. Dunga 10. Rafael Da Silva 11. Kahn 12. Sagnol 13. Sergi 14. T. Henry 15. Schweinsteiger 16. Scirea 17. Desailly
04. VivaJanuzaj - (7. Nesta)(1. Francescoli) 2. Seedorf 3. Breitner 4. Vierchowod 5. Rummenigge 6. Savicevic 8. Verón 9. Adams 10. Alaba 11. Reuter 12. Van Der Sar 13. Trezeguet 14. Roy Keane 15. RvN 16. Zanetti 17. Kohler
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Was going to do it tomorrow, but since I may not be on tomorrow, will as well do it tonight. Drunk and all.
Apologies for the timings, but better than delaying the draw to Monday.
Apologies for the timings, but better than delaying the draw to Monday.
OK, Ceaser has decided on the gladiators!
Prepare to die!
Prepare to die!
Since there is no point announcing this in order, I'll do it together!
Falcao or Savicevic
Romario vs Kohler
Can Souness nullify the Breitinegge?
Two (Three) feisty managers and the arguments will blow your mind!
It's @Theon / @MJJ vs @VivaJanuzaj
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Battle of the Midfield - This one will be one for the strategy books!
@antohan vs @The Red Viper
Romario vs Kohler
Can Souness nullify the Breitinegge?
Two (Three) feisty managers and the arguments will blow your mind!
It's @Theon / @MJJ vs @VivaJanuzaj
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Battle of the Midfield - This one will be one for the strategy books!
@antohan vs @The Red Viper
Please pick a mutually agreeable (and early) date for the game.
Send me the strategy when ready.
Remember the advantage rules!
All the best to the managers!
Send me the strategy when ready.
Remember the advantage rules!
All the best to the managers!
Good luck for our game, @antohan . When do you want to have the game? Tuesday would be fine by me.
Somewhat surprised at some of the upgrades. Will be interesting to see how this plays out in the matches.
Well predict is the wrong word, I never actually sat down and tried to guess the picks. I thought you would have gotten Roberto Carlos though. I think he fits your team really well and I didn't ever think you would have gone for Zanetti at left back.
Zanetti at left back, when Cabrini, Carlos, Lizarazu, Evra, Briegel, Cole were all available is a really strange choice. Whatever type of leftback you want, there was a better option available.
Tuesday and Thursday are my busiest days in the week. Prefer Monday/Wednesday/Friday really.
Edited afterthought: Good luck to you too.
Exactly
The only solid rationale would be screwing me and I don't think it ever crossed his mind. Zanetti was the only player available who allowed me to retain the ability to switch formations seamlessly (Zanetti to midfield instead of Hierro, basically). Amoros is probably more apppropriate for what I want him to do as RB, but losing that is an arse, and Zanetti is proven with Team Anto
Balu already answered for me. He isn't a liability but you could've have literally any type of a natural LB, and you chose RB that could do a job. Your choice though. He isn't going to be a liability, just that, I think, there were better choices available.
Sorry Pupi, no amount of planning is spacker-proof
MJJ/Theon: Rodríguez - Cafú
TRV: Sergi - Sagnol
VIVA: Alaba - Reuter
RBs: GERETS KALTZ ZANETTI
LBs: ROBERTO CARLOS JUNIOR CABRINI BRIEGEL LIZARAZU COLE EVRA
BOTH: AMOROS BOSSIS ZAMBROTTA
You were only ever going to go in cuckoo-land
MJJ/Theon: Rodríguez - Cafú
TRV: Sergi - Sagnol
VIVA: Alaba - Reuter
RBs: GERETS KALTZ ZANETTI
LBs: ROBERTO CARLOS JUNIOR CABRINI BRIEGEL LIZARAZU COLE EVRA
BOTH: AMOROS BOSSIS ZAMBROTTA
You were only ever going to go in cuckoo-land
No biggie though. The way the draw turned out I'm better off with Amoros anyway, scan voting aside.
Zanetti can play LB, obviously. He can play as a left winger for that matter - but it very clearly isn't his best position. So, I don't get that one from Viva - especially when he says it was between him and Carlos. There were better alternatives out there than Carlos too for my money, but the latter is more a matter of taste, I s'pose.
Also very surprised that Theon/MJJ decided to stick with Rodriguez. Surely means they're opting for a back tree w/ wingbacks for the semi - if not it's positively reckless, I'd say. But even so, very surprised they didn't get a bigger name in for the LB/LWB position.
Also very surprised that Theon/MJJ decided to stick with Rodriguez. Surely means they're opting for a back tree w/ wingbacks for the semi - if not it's positively reckless, I'd say. But even so, very surprised they didn't get a bigger name in for the LB/LWB position.