442 Draft - R1: EAP vs Lord SInister

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

vs

Team EAP:

Formation: 4-4-1-1

Tactics: Balanced with quick transitions to counterattack.

Defence - Evra and Amoros are proper proper two-way players who are stout defensively and provided overlapping width. Hansen-Stam is a dynamic partnership and a upgrade of their real life highs. Stam is a upgrade on pacy hard tackling Lawrenson and Hansen is a upgrade to Stam's ball playing partner, Ronny Johnsen. Complimentary partnership and players comfortable in their roles.

Midfield: The key is the orchestrator from the deep, Luisito Suarez whose role is similar to his Grande Inter peak. Though Dunga is normally slated for the pivot DM role, he is a classy two way player who contributes offensively with his workrate and vision/passing too. Overmars pace and trickery with ball on his feel complements well with Beckhams's accurate passing in pinpoint crossing.

Attack: Raul/Elkjaer complement each other well and reminiscent of their real life partnerships with Morientes and Laudrup respectively. Both are hardworking, lethal and can create for each other.

Team SInister

A flat 4-4-2, with a great shot stopper and defensive organizer in Jennings, one of the most balanced full backs and wingers pair with Lahm and Demyanenko pairing with the great Jairzinho and sensational Hazard. In the middle you have one of the finest deep lying midfielders to play in English football and one of the best in 80s, Souness and partnering him is the arguably the greatest ball winning engine that is N'Golo Kante. Upfront we have a dynamic duo of Johnny Rep, who will roam around acting as a second striker with freedom and Drogba as the target man.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Lord SInister All the best

@GodShaveTheQueen

 

[GodShaveTheQueen]

Thanks for setting it up @Edgar Allan Pillow

 

[Lord SInister]

@Lord SInister All the best

@GodShaveTheQueen

best of luck to you too mate.

 

[Physiocrat]

@Šjor Bepo

@harms

You have both seen a lot of Suarez - what do you make of the Suarez Dunga partnership? My thinking is that he might benefit from more of a mobile DM.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Šjor Bepo

@harms

You have both seen a lot of Suarez - what do you make of the Suarez Dunga partnership? My thinking is that he might benefit from more of a mobile DM.

What's wrong with Dunga's mobility?

 

[Šjor Bepo]

@Šjor Bepo

@harms

You have both seen a lot of Suarez - what do you make of the Suarez Dunga partnership? My thinking is that he might benefit from more of a mobile DM.

Wouldnt pair them myself but not a deal breaker

 

[Physiocrat]

What's wrong with Dunga's mobility?

I'm thinking of 94 onwards more than anything with respects to mobility but my main point was would Suarez be better with more of a DM than DLP.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

I'm thinking of 94 onwards more than anything with respects to mobility but my main point was would Suarez be better with more of a DM than DLP.

Don't think I need a typical destroyer in here esp with no #10s. Having Dunga offers the same defensive stability but with added flair.

He was primarily a DM but also possessed vision and passing. Even when we did out top positions, he's in DM/B2B rather than Playmaker lists.

He certainly was mobile had a high work rate and more importantly had a good reading of the game to defend intelligently. Can tackle really clean and well too. His strength was more in organizing defence rather than making plays from the deep.

From what read and watched, he's stylistically similar to Bedin who played with Suarez. Bedin did a lot of man marking, but he was also the main recovery and recycle players who fed Suarez.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Any other comments, lads?

 

[Gio]

Any other comments, lads?

Lovely centre-half partnership.

 

[Šjor Bepo]

Any other comments, lads?

Lovely right-mid.

 

[Himannv]

Any other comments, lads?

Love the front two.

 

[General_Elegancia]

Any other comments, lads?

Lovely team

 

[GodShaveTheQueen]

Just some feedback for @Lord SInister , Jairzinho as the first pick probably set you up for an early exit. Doesn't really belong in a 442 unless you play him as the right forward.

 

[Lord SInister]

Just some feedback for @Lord SInister , Jairzinho as the first pick probably set you up for an early exit. Doesn't really belong in a 442 unless you play him as the right forward.

Yup, I had Robben and Ribery available, still went with Jairzinho

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Is Raul Elkjaer better than Stoichkov Elkjaer?

 

[Himannv]

Is Raul Elkjaer better than Stoichkov Elkjaer?

I’d play Stoichkov Elkjaer but with different tactics.

 

[GodShaveTheQueen]

Is Raul Elkjaer better than Stoichkov Elkjaer?

In theory, yes IMO

I'd play Raul-Elkjaer in a flat 4-4-2 and Stoichkov-Elkjaer in a 4-4-2 diamond

 

[Gio]

Is Raul Elkjaer better than Stoichkov Elkjaer?

For this shape yes. Raul looks perfect as the support striker in a traditional 4-4-2.

 

[harms]

Just some feedback for @Lord SInister , Jairzinho as the first pick probably set you up for an early exit. Doesn't really belong in a 442 unless you play him as the right forward.

Yeah. To be fair, he did play as a right winger in the 60’s for Brazil but it wasn’t the most impressive version of him. For Botafogo he was mostly a free-roaming forward that would’ve looked great in Rep’s place.

 

[Šjor Bepo]

Shame because souness kante is probably the best midfield duo in the draft.

 

[Lord SInister]

Yeah. To be fair, he did play as a right winger in the 60’s for Brazil but it wasn’t the most impressive version of him. For Botafogo he was mostly a free-roaming forward that would’ve looked great in Rep’s place.

Agree after posting I realised Rep in the wing and Jairzinho in striker position would have been better.

 

[Gio]

Shame because souness kante is probably the best midfield duo in the draft.

Yeah it's a brilliant partnership.

 

[Theon]

Any other comments, lads?

Great team, one of the best in the first round.

No need to set it up as a 4-4-1-1 though, almost seems intentionally provocative given the theme of the draft and the fact that Raul looks better up front as a proper second striker!