And a passer will make it less predictable?
That's not really true, you'd probably struggle to score more than one in this game itself. You've plenty of players good/great on the ball but having creativity and vision is a different facet of the game.
Guess we will agree to disagree here since I think you are completely wrong about it and that part is laughable.
Not really, you are not really playing against a Sunday league defence here, are you. To unlock the defence Skizzo started with you'd have needed a far more creative player than anyone in your ranks. You are heavily relying on just giving the ball to the front three and hoping they come up with some individual brilliance, rather than having someone who controls the tempo of the game and executes a variety of attacks. But yea anyway, to each their own.
Then what were Bergkamp and Pires? Number of assists don't directly correlate to creativity, less so for someone who took set pieces.
I agree that Figo is the closest you can come to having a creative force in the team but it ain't enough, not for me at least. Anyway you like MJJ have mixed up having ability on the ball to creativity.
They both played a supporting part of course. Assists are a good indicator of someone's creativity for sure, not the only indicator though. Henry is capable of creating and he will have support from Marcelo on his wing.
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.
Are you seriously saying Bergkamp was Henry's deputy when talking about creativity? You have such a weird description of Henry.
That Arsenal side also functioned without Bergkamp. A lot of times Wiltord lined up alongside Henry and they still stretched and scored against many a teams. Don't think either Ljunberg or Pires are as creative as Figo. Same with United, pre 2000 Butt lined up alongside Keane plenty of times. So even without Scholes missing we functioned pretty well with just Beckham and Giggs primarily creating for the side. Brasil 2002 pretty much relied on their front 3 and that's a good comparison since Henry's role is similar to Rivaldo's while Figo will provide the width on right while Goofy had the freedom then to go either side and finally peak Romario is more capable on ball than that version of Ronaldo. Only thing that side had attacking wise on us were the full backs. Carlos is much upgraded version of Marcelo while I don't think Lahm is that inferior to Cafu.
Are you seriously saying Bergkamp was Henry's deputy when talking about creativity? You have such a weird description of Henry.
I will be honest.. I pulled a bit of anto when it came to Bergkamp in the last draft. I don't think he was that critical to Arsenal's success post 2000.There is no shortage of teams that won games and trophies without having ample creativity in the team, but that wasn't my point here. I already said you'd win this game most times.
Our side is very much a functional one than a super creative one. Sammer's dropping into defense along with 2 tough midfielders in front allows us to sit deep and absorb pressure and then hit the opposition on counter where the front 3 will get the chance to take on defenders 1 v 1. If necessary, Sammer as a MF will allow us to dominate the proceedings and build up attack using the front 3 and the full backs. We can play Pep who will be that creative player you are looking for but I don't believe that would be a better side who will win most contests.
I don't think Aldo is talking just about this match, he is talking in general.
He thinks we will struggle to score more than a goal in this match and we will win this match ergo skizzo's side doesnt score at all.
Ha! It was just a small dig
Stop getting your panties in a bunch. Fecks sake you get so dramatic when anyone says anything not entirely positive about your team.
I've said multiple times your team is better than mine here.
I told Edgar himself that he should have won that game. No one is in any denial about that. You only bring it up to puff your chest and show off your big boy pants.
All I said was I think you need more behind that front 3 to go all the way.
Yeah, both teams started with pretty defensive setups, it would have been a 1-0 to you as far as predictions go.
Ha! It was just a small dig
I did tell MJJ we would lose the match against Pat.
Yeah I am not disputing your ability to win this game, as I've already said a couple of times. I touched upon a very specific aspect that is creativity and that is clearly lacking here. Pep is a creative player, of course but a very specific one that needs a bit of setting up the team in specific ways to work, but I won't say a player of that style is the only way to resolve that issue in your team.
Yeah I think it's a difficult one. Sammer can pass well, Figo is very creative and can drift, I see the Brazil comparison but Rivaldo and Ronaldinho were endlessly inventive in a way that Henry has never been. The midfield's fine as it is IMO - it's going to be difficult to upgrade that midfield while retaining your current shining lights. Depends if this is a 3-5-2 or a 4-3-1-2. If it's the former then Deschamps as the watercarrier doing a Deiter Eilts and covering Sammer, Vieira doing the box-to-box stuff, and Figo roaming horizontally and into the channels is a well balanced arrangement. It's a strong team and favourites for the tournament for me.
Yups, Chendo was probably a better fullback to deal with Henry.
Zanetti was waiting for me
because it's an absolute fecking nightmare using sharemytactics.com on my phoneI had to try something! He was the guy I went to in a time of need though if that helps?Skizzo you cnut dropping Riquelme at the start! I told you to look after him
No, you've pissed him offI had to try something! He was the guy I went to in a time of need though if that helps?
No, you've pissed him off
.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.
