I don't disagree at all. If Aldo were to make the final he could do with dropping him for a non-TP and bolstering some of the other roles. Not sure it will be possible though, what is it? 50M? And what's the starting bid?
No worries at all, you deserve a drink after all the drinking you did the other day mate.
25 millions.
Absolutely, Bossis is great there, defensively and on the ball from deep. Your backline is quite clearly underrated but I would say out of that lot the one to upgrade on (and I still rate him highly) is Montero. I've told you before, if you could afford the TPs you should get Jaap next to Koeman. My only caveat is you lose the LCB element when Irwin bombs forward, but Maldini is already playing for Cutch I'm afraid! I may be miissing someone, but those two are the ones that come to mind.
But Aldo is now the richest so could bid 26M on the two he wants and nail them, right?
Well I can add Rijkaard and Baresi instead of Simeone and Montero and play Di maria in place of Cristiano.
"Nar, I wonnbe leggin it tah no match cos o no scatty feckin cab not gettin dar on teyme, la. I'll go fer a peint an' a ciggie, la - an hoop Fergie dosn't kill me, la."Even if he bids 25 he nails them, basically Aldo has enough to outbid the opponent for two players, unless the opponent just wants one player- in which case Aldo would have to spend 55 millions to get that player - leaving the opponent to pick up two. I don't think Cutch has money left but may be wrong.
Don't think he does. I believe we we're skint allround, bar Aldo - you didn't have anything left either, did you?
Wot? Literally? As in, three million?
Indeed, unfortunately in this round they are worth less than 3 millions Zimbabwian Dollars though. Won't help me in any way at all if I make it through.
Your only sub has been Lerby, right? Who else have you got on that bench? And would it make any sense throwing 'em on?
Nah there's only Di Maria I can use to increase the attack but he won't fit in.
Off to read it, I love stories/characters like these. Thats why got involved in the mains draft(Think it was the all-time draft, played it after ages where you kept postng stories about the golden oldies), the older players somehow have a certain romance attached to them that this new generation doesnt.You should look up Balu's account of that episode in the main thread. After having played the first game and flown back to Germany his taxi was stuck in a trafffic jam so he got out and ran the last 2kms to the stadium! Perfectly portrays the sort of determined and committed chap he was! Imagine being stuck in a traffic jam on your way to Old Trafford and seeing Rooney running on the sidewalk like a madman... Somehow can't see it happening
Poor bloke was disappointed when the manager told him he would be on the bench for the first half
Dude sounds a bit crazy though, that much commitment is never good.It is very interesting, time will forget many of those we consider great and others will turn overrated due to people knowing more about them. I can see Pique turning overrated in 15-20 years, people will read all his inclusions in teams of the seasons and and see all his titles etc.
A bit tight on schedule as well mate, shuffling between stuff, so it's tough to edit videos and such. But you can watch this game if you have time. It is a WC classic anyway and a good watch, and Bossis was possibly the best French player on the pitch that day against a stellar German attack of Littbarski and Fischer, and Rummenigge who came on later. Tresor gets a lot of plaudits for this game but IMO Bossis had a better game than him. Both Platini and Giresse were fantastic as well. Perhaps this loss was a blessing in disguise as it drove them to win the European Championship a couple of years later.
Pique? Imagine torres/ramos in fifty years. People would only look at the trophy hall and think of them as part of the all time greats. One thing that I hate is where have all the cool nicknames gone. Wayne "White pele" Rooney, Lionel "midget" messi doesnt match up to Falcao, the 8th king of rome, der Kaiser, Black panther, Il Phenomeno,etc
Very true. People these days who would be referred to with such nicknames wouldn't have been taken seriously.Minimum raise five mill - yeah.
Oh, c'mon now, mate. Them's the nerves talking - relax, man. I talked to Maradona earlier today - him, Moyesie and me had a few pints (and some lines, but don't tell Moyesie's missus), discussing crossing and other fine subjects. Anyway, Diego assured me he would sooner or later - he made it sound so simple, and when you think about it, it really is - punish those good-but-not-quite-good-enough lads back there for being good, but not quite good enough. He'd have them for breakfast, he said - which I think is a bit of an exaggeration - but he'll clearly have them for supper, when they're all fried and done.
That would be a brilliant outcome, not an odd one either, but well we are getting close to 90 here, I can see him failing a drug test for Coke in the 91st to follow it up by failing another for Ephedrine in the 94th.
I've always thought it ridiculous to ban Maradona for coke, or ephedrine, or whatever it was. They didn't ban Hendrix - did they? Didn't ban the Stones from making Exile On Main St or Coleridge from writing poems whilst wasted on opium. Same thing, in my opinion. Great artists do drugs - it's always been like that.
That would be ridiculous. C.Ron is well worth the 6 TP here. He is highly rated on here, some even think he belongs in Pele, Diego bracket. From vote winning point of view he is ahead of Messi and just behind Maradona and Pele.
I agree. Especially considering the peer pressure from so many of the great artists around and before them doing drugs. There is nothing in life which should be illegal, banned and frowned upon if you are peer pressured in to it. Maradona should have been allowed to play with an umbrella drink in one hand, I think he could have been an all-time great even with his talent.
Of the managers who were in it from the beginning walkinhop and NoPace are absent.
Aldo did a brilliant job here considering he lost a striker.
You came pretty close to the team that I wanted to build when I started the bidding war with you for Platini at the beginning of this draft. So it felt wrong to vote against my own idea, but yeah, it wasn't enough for a comeback. Got lucky there, almost missed the deadline.
