Manager draft - Harms(Trapattoni) VS Skizzo(Lattek)

[Skizzo]

Glad to see the substitution was effective in seeing a tactical advantage. Nice to see Simonsen get the appreciation he deserves too...

apologies to @antohan if the song is stuck in his head again now

 

[Skizzo]

Heading to bed in a little bit. Hopefully @Annahnomoss is around at some point to update my tactic and vote himself

Also @MJJ @Stobzilla @Raees @Jayvin @Balu @Joga Bonito @DanNistelrooy @Gio and @Cutch if you are around to pop in and vote or discuss...much appreciated. Have a good night, lads, if I dknt catch you before tomorrow.

 

[harms]

Tramps are ? goals up and Lattek makes the attacking substitution. Now tramps have numerical advantage in midfield, with Scirea stepping up in possession and Boniek working hard there, so Paolo Rossi is warming up. He is used to this more fluid attacking game that I'm playing here - he will play his 1978 Italy role, when he constantly interchanged with Causio and Bettega, confusing defenders. Boniek will play the role of Causio, switching between flanks, and Rossi will move between the box and the right flank, providing goalthreat and freeing space for Batigol.

Tardelli drops a wee deeper here, and now, with him and Furino each covering only half of the pitch, I can afford to ask Cuccureddu to contribute in attack a little more.

An example of what Cuccureddu can do ("Cuccureddu can do", sounds cool)

I believe that after Skizzo's substitution I can and will be winning the possession battle here. Skizzo's guys are in urgent need to score and I think that this is the best time to apply more pressure on his defence and to take away the ball from him.
@Annahnomoss

 

[Annahnomoss]

Now that you mention it, ideally there should be a "withdraw vote" option in addition to the "change vote" one. As it stands it's impossible for a voter to go from a win (for either manager) to a draw, so to speak. That said, the poll function obviously wasn't designed specifically for our purposes - so.

Was just about to include it actually but thought it wouldn't go down well so I skipped it.

 

[Annahnomoss]

Two brilliant teams here and two brilliant managers especially. The quality of the drafts has skyrocketed really and almost every match is difficult to judge a winner in the end. It is tight, which I guess is realistic considering the top quality people get to choose from.

 

[harms]

Both teams are now set-up very similar, and the man that would make the difference here, in my view, is Gaetano Scirea. He will provide flexibility, which is crucial here, and will help me win the midfield battle without losing the one in the back.

You could always find Scirea, it was very hard not to find him. Wherever you were, he was never far away and he was an important figure

Any excuse to post this video

 

[Balu]

Totally lost here. So much to like about both teams.

 

[harms]

Well, it seems like Skizzo is going to make a comeback here. Don't know how to argue though, and what to argue against here, really - I think that the gap between our defences is bigger than the gap between our attacking units and I have Scirea, who is going to be a match-winner with his habit of always being in the right place in the right time.

I don't see how Simonsen was the match-winning sub when Tardelli moved deeper. Also, I really think that with Platini-Tardelli-Furino and with the help of Scirea and Boniek I would dominate midfield - which was not possible before the Simonsen substitution.

 

[Skizzo]

Just waking up here. ... glad to see my sub turned it into a game

@Balu @Joga Bonito @Annahnomoss any final votes guys?

 

[Skizzo]

Looks like the comeback is running out of time.

10 minutes to go

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

harms enjoys a narrow 1 vote lead as of now...

harms (13)
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crappycraperson
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Theon
Donaldo
SirAF
Wittmann45
zlatan_ish
manikandan nair
VivaJanuzaj
montpelier
Revan
Isotope
|Neo|x
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Withdrawn - EAP


Skizzo (13)

Chesterlestreet
Jayvin
Raees
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Pat_Mustard
sun_tzu
Thisistheone
Sly
MTR
ctp
Speak

Edit: Just noticed that Gio was the main manager with Theon as AM, which ties the votes!

 

[Balu]

I'm constantly changing my mind here. In general I give Skizzo a slight edge, but when I really take peak form under the manager into account, then there are a few more questionmarks in Skizzo's team and I switch back to harms, who really created a beautiful Trap side.

I'm way too big of a chicken to make a decisive vote here

 

[Skizzo]

I'm constantly changing my mind here. In general I give Skizzo a slight edge, but when I really take peak form under the manager into account, then there are a few more questionmarks in Skizzo's team and I switch back to harms, who really created a beautiful Trap side.

I'm way too big of a chicken to make a decisive vote here

You have 4 minutes to decide if you want to crush my world by not voting. ... or possibly crush my world by voting

 

[Balu]

You have 4 minutes to decide if you want to crush my world by not voting. ... or possibly crush my world by voting

So far it's a draw according to EAP. Show some confidence in your German penalty takers.

 

[Skizzo]

So far it's a draw according to EAP. Show some confidence in your German penalty takers.

He's up by one....vivajanuzaj is a manager

 

[Sly]

I like both teams but the fact that Maradona is my favourite player ever and Trap managed Benfica once balanced my vote to Skizzo's team It was a hard one to pick

 

[Raees]

I would have voted harms, but didn't like Paulo Rossi in that role - it was enough to put me off. I also think Skizzo's side would arguably lose this if we're taking peak performance into account, if Reuter at al were seriously past their best.. does make it very awkward. I just don't think the opposition has the pace to make the age thing that relevant.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Done. Poll closed.

Penalties!!!

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

He's up by one....vivajanuzaj is a manager

No. He gave this draft a miss.

 

[Balu]

He's up by one....vivajanuzaj is a manager

He's not.

 

[Skizzo]

Oh more drama to then!

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Annahnomoss are you online?

 

[Balu]

@Annahnomoss are you online?

As far as I know, he comes back later this afternoon, but is away for a while. Not entirely sure when he'll be back. If you have the time, I'm sure he won't mind if you do the penalty shootout and the commentary.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Ok, I can do it.

harms skizzo send your takers and the direction to me.

It'll be a straight direction match with none of the keepers right to player left stuff. If player says left and keeper also dives left, it is a save.

 

[Annahnomoss]

This one deserved to go to penalties. Both teams ended in a better formation than they stared with, especially Harms. I liked the use of Rossi with another primary goal scorer like Batistuta. Would have voted for that if it was the starting formation. As it was, it was hard to separate the two teams with the fantastic forward line of Skizzo VS the ridiculous overall quality of Harms.

My two favorite teams I think.

 

[harms]

I would have voted harms, but didn't like Paulo Rossi in that role - it was enough to put me off. I also think Skizzo's side would arguably lose this if we're taking peak performance into account, if Reuter at al were seriously past their best.. does make it very awkward. I just don't think the opposition has the pace to make the age thing that relevant.

Did you miss the original line-up then? Boniek and Causio, they certainly didn't lack pace

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Annah, since you are back, doing the penalties?

 

[Raees]

Did you miss the original line-up then? Boniek and Causio, they certainly didn't lack pace

Must have done, Boniek obviously has pace and it is a bad match up here for Skizzo for sure.. I must admit I didn't see the Causio inclusion, but I hadn't voted by then.

 

[harms]

@Skizzo regardless of the result, hell of a game. Certainly the most difficult one in my short managerial career - and this includes the one that I lost

 

[Joga Bonito]

Sorry guys really couldn't make up my mind at all here. Good luck for the penalties though.

 

[Skizzo]

@Skizzo regardless of the result, hell of a game. Certainly the most difficult one in my short manager career - and this includes the one that I lost

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Ridiculous team you put together. Spent so much time trying to figure out a way to get through that defense. ...which is crazy considering my forwards

Good luck with penalties. Sent mine to @Edgar Allan Pillow so he can do it whenever.

 

[harms]

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Ridiculous team you put together. Spent so much time trying to figure out a way to get through that defense. ...which is crazy considering my forwards

Good luck with penalties. Sent mine to @Edgar Allan Pillow so he can do it whenever.

Sent mine too, good luck.

 

[Theon]

Was Chester a manager?

 

[PedroMendez]

I am happy that I didnt vote. Pens are a fair result for this match. Both teams are outstanding and I couldnt decide who had an advantage. good luck for the pens

 

[harms]

Was Chester a manager?

Oh, wait, he wasn't! So I counted correctly, I was sure that I was 1 vote up with 14-11.

@Edgar Allan Pillow @Annahnomoss

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Was Chester a manager?

Good point. I just rechecked. He was not. Weird, thought he played in this!!!

So that give harms the win, I suppose.

 

[Skizzo]

Well that was anti climatic

 

[harms]

@Skizzo sorry, mate! It certainly deserved to go to penalties.

 

[Balu]

 

[Skizzo]

3 manager votes total...what a turnout