Oh man...brutal scoreline that doesn't really reflect Skizzo's quality, particularly with Sivori/Charles up front, Hierro/Pirri in midfield and Cannavaro/Santamaria at central defence. I can't even vote to even it up a bit as I'm still an AM of sorts for Skizzo, albeit one of the worst absentee AMs in the history of draft games since MJJ/Crappy beat me in their last match. I must have took that loss harder than I realised as I've barely looked at the draft since
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While I agree
@MJJ and
@crappycraperson would win this game, I'd agree with the above comments.
Tbh, I don't think they should have beaten
@Pat_Mustard. I didn't vote in that game to avoid any accusations of backing my AM blindly...However, the attack was a somewhat similar level (edged to mjj), but the midfield was a gulf apart.
Off topic somewhat I know, but it ties somewhat in relying solely on that front 3 for everything. They need a much better supporting cast in behind to go all the way imo.
And Edgar should have beaten, correction.. would have beaten you if not for that brain freeze. It is a much of muchness, I did not criticize Pat's side much because it was definitely one of the best ones in the draft. I said then that 4 best teams drew each other ( other 2 being Anto's and Joga's). But that's how random draw works. I don't believe we won against Pat due to our front 3 as well, he had Charlton and Law up front, those two are easily bigger vote winners than anyone we had.
Ha! It was just a small dig
I did tell MJJ we would lose the match against Pat.
That was an awfully harsh draw for both of us really. I did feel I had the quality to shade that match, particularly in midfield, and I loved the balance of my team, but it was a 50/50 for me going in. Strangely, I don't think Law is much of a vote winner at all in draft matches. Invariably seems to end up on the losing side in close matches, and despite the best efforts of
@Joga Bonito and I at spamming footage of him, he generally attracts very little discussion in match threads.
Thago Silva playing as a tucked in RB/RCB was a masterstroke though. I'm not a fan of Sammer getting used in a back four but that was a brilliant work-around, and it looked so much better when it was laid out in the match thread than I was expecting. That said, I much prefer your set up here and you'd be good value for a win against any team in the competition really. There's little arguing against Sammer and Kohler in a back three, and whilst I dont rate him as highly as some Thiago Silva is a fine foil. Marcelo initially looks a weak link in an all-time draft but as a wing-back with good protection he's a fine fit really, and on the other side Lahm and Figo can both go outside or come infield when building attacks which gives nice variety.
As far as creativity goes, its not quite perfect at this stage but far from a terminal weakness. With Sammer as a libero, Deschamps looks upgradable for a more expansive player. There's a few knocking around who are basically as good defensively while being much better all-rounders, but whether they're available for you I'm not sure.