Behind the Curtain | Eastern European draft | The winner: Skizzo

[harms]

Expected Sarosi to be a R1 pick.

Expectedly underrated due to a lack of footage, very sporadical draft appearances and unspecified position (I remember being in disagreement with Joga about him being a true 9/false 9 when he plays as a striker with nothing but the old google-translated hungarian match reports to base my opinion on)

Although maybe only Puskas meets his standard as Sarosi was the standout player in the world for a few years (after Meazza and before Moreno/Pedernera), at least as I see it. Maybe Kubala too, though, it's so hard to rate them, while the likes of Stoichkov or Blokhin had outstanding seasons but weren't really ahead of the leading group in the long run

 

[UweBein]

In light of the relative lack of household names at the centre back position (if I'm not wrong), ....

There is though that one defender that did exceptionally well at two clubs in Eastern Europe and achieved great things. Would have been my first choice in the defense.

 

[UweBein]

Hagi and Sheva!

Yep thought that too, goals galore

 

[Moby]

Expectedly underrated due to a lack of footage, very sporadical draft appearances and unspecified position (I remember being in disagreement with Joga about him being a true 9/false 9 when he plays as a striker with nothing but the old google-translated hungarian match reports to base my opinion on)

Although maybe only Puskas meets his standard as Sarosi was the standout player in the world for a few years (after Meazza/Sindelar and before Moreno/Pedernera), at least as I see it. Maybe Kubala too, though, it's so hard to rate them, while the likes of Stoichkov or Blokhin had outstanding seasons but weren't really ahead of the leading group in the long run

Absolutely. I think there's been plenty research done on him in earlier drafts so expect him to get a good outing here.

 

[harms]

There is though that one defender that did exceptionally well at two clubs in Eastern Europe and achieved great things. Would have been my first choice in the defense.

There are quite a few quality center backs in the pool but there is no chance to build a fancy and recognizable defence like Baresi-Kohler that would shut down every threat in the eyes of the voters.

 

[Tuppet]

Downcast (Anders Emil Våge) 1. F. Puskás
Moby 1. M. Sammer
green_smiley 1. D. Džajić
Skizzo 1. P. Nedved
Isotope 1. H. Stoichkov
prath92 1. J. Bozsik
Šjor Bepo (Invictus) 1. N. Hidegkuti
BorisDeLeFora 1. S. Kocsis
Raees 1. J. Masopust
mazhar13 (oneniltothearsenal) 1. V. Vasović
Tuppet 1. Z. Boniek 2. F. Albert
Enigma_87 1. L. Kubala 2. L. Modrić
Pat_Mustard 1. Z. Czibor 2. G. Sárosi
RedTiger (2mufc0) 1. G. Hagi 2. A. Shevchenko
Gio (Theon) 1. O. Blokhin 2. V. Voronin
Jayvin 1. G. Lato 2. I. Netto

@mazhar13 @oneniltothearsenal

 

[Šjor Bepo]

@Pat_Mustard still not happy with your place? You and gio/theon hit the jackpot

 

[mazhar13]

Downcast (Anders Emil Våge) 1. F. Puskás
Moby 1. M. Sammer
green_smiley 1. D. Džajić
Skizzo 1. P. Nedved
Isotope 1. H. Stoichkov
prath92 1. J. Bozsik
Šjor Bepo (Invictus) 1. N. Hidegkuti
BorisDeLeFora 1. S. Kocsis
Raees 1. J. Masopust
mazhar13 (oneniltothearsenal) 1. V. Vasović 2. M. Khurtsilava
Tuppet 1. Z. Boniek 2. F. Albert
Enigma_87 1. L. Kubala 2. L. Modrić
Pat_Mustard 1. Z. Czibor 2. G. Sárosi
RedTiger (2mufc0) 1. G. Hagi 2. A. Shevchenko
Gio (Theon) 1. O. Blokhin 2. V. Voronin
Jayvin 1. G. Lato 2. I. Netto

@Raees

 

[BorisDeLeFora]

Hmm, looks like I will have a decision to make.

 

[harms]

That was unexpected

 

[Raees]

Albert Shesterynev

 

[Raees]

@BorisDeLeFora

 

[harms]

Downcast (Anders Emil Våge) 1. F. Puskás
Moby 1. M. Sammer
green_smiley 1. D. Džajić
Skizzo 1. P. Nedved
Isotope 1. H. Stoichkov
prath92 1. J. Bozsik
Šjor Bepo (Invictus) 1. N. Hidegkuti
BorisDeLeFora 1. S. Kocsis
Raees 1. J. Masopust 2. A. Shesternyov
mazhar13 (oneniltothearsenal) 1. V. Vasović 2. M. Khurtsilava
Tuppet 1. Z. Boniek 2. F. Albert
Enigma_87 1. L. Kubala 2. L. Modrić
Pat_Mustard 1. Z. Czibor 2. G. Sárosi
RedTiger (2mufc0) 1. G. Hagi 2. A. Shevchenko
Gio (Theon) 1. O. Blokhin 2. V. Voronin
Jayvin 1. G. Lato 2. I. Netto

@BorisDeLeFora

 

[Raees]

Thanks harms for spelling it

 

[BorisDeLeFora]

Well it looks like my decision has been made for me.

Lev Yashin.

Expect the phrase "the keeper will have a worldy" to be used.

Downcast (Anders Emil Våge) 1. F. Puskás
Moby 1. M. Sammer
green_smiley 1. D. Džajić
Skizzo 1. P. Nedved
Isotope 1. H. Stoichkov
prath92 1. J. Bozsik
Šjor Bepo (Invictus) 1. N. Hidegkuti
BorisDeLeFora 1. S. Kocsis 2. L. Yashin
Raees 1. J. Masopust 2. A. Shesternyov
mazhar13 (oneniltothearsenal) 1. V. Vasović 2. M. Khurtsilava
Tuppet 1. Z. Boniek 2. F. Albert
Enigma_87 1. L. Kubala 2. L. Modrić
Pat_Mustard 1. Z. Czibor 2. G. Sárosi
RedTiger (2mufc0) 1. G. Hagi 2. A. Shevchenko
Gio (Theon) 1. O. Blokhin 2. V. Voronin
Jayvin 1. G. Lato 2. I. Netto

@Šjor Bepo @Invictus

 

[green_smiley]

Think all the names that I know within my limited knowledge are now gone

 

[BorisDeLeFora]

Think all the names that I know within my limited knowledge are now gone

By Round 4 it's going to turn into a blood bath.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Yashin

 

[green_smiley]

Yashin

Tempted to pick him in Round 3...

 

[Joga Bonito]

F. Albert

The player I was referring to earlier. Nice pick.

There is though that one defender that did exceptionally well at two clubs in Eastern Europe and achieved great things. Would have been my first choice in the defense.

No doubt, there are some excellent centre backs in the pool but very few who'd match up to Kocsis's all round and aerial game.

 

[Šjor Bepo]

 

[Šjor Bepo]

Downcast (Anders Emil Våge) 1. F. Puskás
Moby 1. M. Sammer
green_smiley 1. D. Džajić
Skizzo 1. P. Nedved
Isotope 1. H. Stoichkov
prath92 1. J. Bozsik
Šjor Bepo (Invictus) 1. N. Hidegkuti 2. N. Vidic
BorisDeLeFora 1. S. Kocsis 2. L. Yashin
Raees 1. J. Masopust 2. A. Shesternyov
mazhar13 (oneniltothearsenal) 1. V. Vasović 2. M. Khurtsilava
Tuppet 1. Z. Boniek 2. F. Albert
Enigma_87 1. L. Kubala 2. L. Modrić
Pat_Mustard 1. Z. Czibor 2. G. Sárosi
RedTiger (2mufc0) 1. G. Hagi 2. A. Shevchenko
Gio (Theon) 1. O. Blokhin 2. V. Voronin
Jayvin 1. G. Lato 2. I. Netto

@prath92

 

[NM]

@Joga Bonito @antohan got what you meant now. I was sleep reading. My drafting days are over but I still read the threads from time to time.

 

[Enigma_87]

Expectedly underrated due to a lack of footage, very sporadical draft appearances and unspecified position (I remember being in disagreement with Joga about him being a true 9/false 9 when he plays as a striker with nothing but the old google-translated hungarian match reports to base my opinion on)

Although maybe only Puskas meets his standard as Sarosi was the standout player in the world for a few years (after Meazza and before Moreno/Pedernera), at least as I see it. Maybe Kubala too, though, it's so hard to rate them, while the likes of Stoichkov or Blokhin had outstanding seasons but weren't really ahead of the leading group in the long run

IMO Puskas is the standout of the draft as he did it both on the international stage and at club level. After him in terms of forwards for me is Kubala (although others might disagree as he lasted till me), then Hidegkuti, Kocsis, Sarosi, Nedved, Sheva etc.

Sheva IMO eclipsed what Blokhin has done previously and has a bit higher ceiling. Was genuine contender for one of the best players in the world in a very star studded era and one of the toughest defences in the game.

Albert generally is a bit underrated I think and usually divides opinions. Right up there of course.

 

[prath92]

Downcast (Anders Emil Våge) 1. F. Puskás
Moby 1. M. Sammer
green_smiley 1. D. Džajić
Skizzo 1. P. Nedved
Isotope 1. H. Stoichkov
prath92 1. J. Bozsik 2. M. Sindelar
Šjor Bepo (Invictus) 1. N. Hidegkuti 2. N. Vidic
BorisDeLeFora 1. S. Kocsis 2. L. Yashin
Raees 1. J. Masopust 2. A. Shesternyov
mazhar13 (oneniltothearsenal) 1. V. Vasović 2. M. Khurtsilava
Tuppet 1. Z. Boniek 2. F. Albert
Enigma_87 1. L. Kubala 2. L. Modrić
Pat_Mustard 1. Z. Czibor 2. G. Sárosi
RedTiger (2mufc0) 1. G. Hagi 2. A. Shevchenko
Gio (Theon) 1. O. Blokhin 2. V. Voronin
Jayvin 1. G. Lato 2. I. Netto

@Isotope

 

[Moby]

1. J. Bozsik 2. M. Sindelar

Wonderful.

 

[green_smiley]

Skizzo won't be online soon right? Means I can pick when I wake up tomorrow

 

[Isotope]

Pleased to be able to sign him: Dejan Savicevic.

 

[Isotope]

Downcast (Anders Emil Våge) 1. F. Puskás
Moby 1. M. Sammer
green_smiley 1. D. Džajić
Skizzo 1. P. Nedved
Isotope 1. H. Stoichkov 2. D. Savicevic
prath92 1. J. Bozsik 2. M. Sindelar
Šjor Bepo (Invictus) 1. N. Hidegkuti 2. N. Vidic
BorisDeLeFora 1. S. Kocsis 2. L. Yashin
Raees 1. J. Masopust 2. A. Shesternyov
mazhar13 (oneniltothearsenal) 1. V. Vasović 2. M. Khurtsilava
Tuppet 1. Z. Boniek 2. F. Albert
Enigma_87 1. L. Kubala 2. L. Modrić
Pat_Mustard 1. Z. Czibor 2. G. Sárosi
RedTiger (2mufc0) 1. G. Hagi 2. A. Shevchenko
Gio (Theon) 1. O. Blokhin 2. V. Voronin
Jayvin 1. G. Lato 2. I. Netto

@Skizzo

 

[UweBein]

Downcast (Anders Emil Våge) 1. F. Puskás
Moby 1. M. Sammer
green_smiley 1. D. Džajić
Skizzo 1. P. Nedved
Isotope 1. H. Stoichkov 2. D. Savicevic
prath92 1. J. Bozsik 2. M. Sindelar
Šjor Bepo (Invictus) 1. N. Hidegkuti 2. N. Vidic
BorisDeLeFora 1. S. Kocsis 2. L. Yashin
Raees 1. J. Masopust 2. A. Shesternyov
mazhar13 (oneniltothearsenal) 1. V. Vasović 2. M. Khurtsilava
Tuppet 1. Z. Boniek 2. F. Albert
Enigma_87 1. L. Kubala 2. L. Modrić
Pat_Mustard 1. Z. Czibor 2. G. Sárosi
RedTiger (2mufc0) 1. G. Hagi 2. A. Shevchenko
Gio (Theon) 1. O. Blokhin 2. V. Voronin
Jayvin 1. G. Lato 2. I. Netto

@Skizzo

 

[prath92]

Skizzo won't be online soon right? Means I can pick when I wake up tomorrow

ideally should be online in a couple of hours. Its a sunday morning in west coast

 

[Enigma_87]

Skizzo won't be online soon right? Means I can pick when I wake up tomorrow

You can leave your pick with me if you want to. I'll be around pretty much whole day.

 

[green_smiley]

You can leave your pick with me if you want to. I'll be around pretty much whole day.

Don't know who to pick yet. Hope Skizzo can make my choice easier

 

[Enigma_87]

Don't know who to pick yet. Hope Skizzo can make my choice easier

aye, take your time then, mate.

 

[green_smiley]

aye, take your time then, mate.

Fcuk it, will leave you with 2 picks. They won't be available for long anyway

 

[harms]

Really wanted to pair him with Vasovic in the Monopoly draft. Didn't get to pick even one of them

Finally he'll get a recognition he deserves, he always have a Torres argument thrown against him in the ordinary drafts, while I genuinely consider him to be one of the best stoppers in history of the game

 

[harms]

IMO Puskas is the standout of the draft as he did it both on the international stage and at club level.

And which stage Sarosi didn't shine on?

 

[Enigma_87]

And which stage Sarosi didn't shine on?

I was referring to Puskas/Kubala mate. Kubala missed participating at a WC in the 50's and had much bigger success at club level.

 

[prath92]

Wonderful.

Really? Or sarcasm?

 

[Moby]

Really? Or sarcasm?

Yeah man. Yours and RedTiger's pairings are my favourite so far.