Now that Boniek is off, you don't have any runners who can latch on to those dangerous through-balls by Platini. Baggio was quick off the mark and Batigol was powerful, but neither had the pace and penetration of Boniek which means, my defence can play a high-backline with the offside-trap better since your biggest threat from counters to my high backline is off.
@Annahnomoss
A good manager needs to adapt to get results, even if it goes against his own philosophy. After the substitution pep vipers came too close to equalizing, so I decided to strengthen my backline even more. I'm sorry, Boniek, it seems that you are going to come off
Cuccureddu, a zebrine hero of my first game is replacing him.
I knew that it wouldn't win your vote back and, most likely, make it more easy for you. Baggio is a more reliable goalthreat and, even with the telepathic understanding between Boniek and Platini Baggio is still a far superior player. Baggio was the most obvious goalscorer on the pitch and he still remains such, in my opinion.
So you didn't play a high-backline before? And there was a huge gap between your gung-ho attack and disciplined defence, which Boniek, Baggio and Platini exploited all those time?
No. I played a high back-line obviously. I wrote it in my tactics as well. I am just saying that, with Boniek off, my high backline won't be prone to counters or won't get as much exposed as it was with Boniek on. Baggio likes to drop deep and get involved rather than playing on the shoulders of the last defender. Batigol is the only one who is likely to break the offside trap but if he doesm Puyol, Boateng and Abidal have the pace to catch up with him.
I really need to go to sleep now, you clearly stated it well enough in your first comment. I don't agree with Baggio not being a threat to the high-line though
That's a very apt choice of video, given that its a prime Baggio destroying a high line defence and a very, very good but not absolutely top class defender in Costacurta (similar to TRV's lot). You've got my vote for now, although both you and TRV are arguing very well so I might change. You get bonus points for using the word "zebrine". TRV has let himself down in that regard
.Well - no. But, well - yes. It sort of does. It's the realism versus fantasy business again. What did TRV do? Switch from "Barca circa 2009" to "Bayern circa 2014"? If so, you could argue him to pieces, claiming that Lahm looks entirely out place, Eto'o doesn't fit in, the fabulous Biscuits-to-Iniesta trifecta is just plain unheard of - and so forth.
There's no doubt Baggio is the better player and a greater goalscoring threat individually. But you are not just losing Boniek's unique traits, which are even more important in a counter-attacking setup, you are also losing his linkup with Platini. The telepathy starts with Platini finding Boniek, but regularly finished with Platini being the scorer. Asked whether there would be a fourth repeat after being top scorer and Ballon d'Or three seasons on the trot, Michel was clear: "the top scorer next year will be whoever Roma lines up next to Boniek". And so it was.
You missed the point.
As one beer-riddled man to another, that made sense. I see no massive contradiction in what Harms has done here - he's assembled a brilliant and proven defensive unit, complete with the unsung defensive midfielder and the all-around midfield colossus, and upgraded the attack. If the attack undermines the defensive unit tactically then its a problem, but until thats spelt out then I'm assuming it works.
Aha! Ye-es. I take yer point. I'd regard it as an argument against the "peak" claim more than anything, though. I think my main point still stands, even though it's no longer an actual point against...yer point.
Damn him and his sober mind!
By 'think' I meant 'drink', and I've concluded we were right all along. Let's hooligan his sorry ass into oblivion!
Wouldn't have been very good if it was an even game, but as you were already ahead we can assume it was to ride out the last 30 minutes rather and lay on the counter.14-23?
I hate my sub, I feel like Van Gaal who was forced to use right-footed CB on the left
Thanks man, you too! Your sub confused the hell out of me (in a good way)
It was probably the only time I couldn't quite take it that way as I spent the entire time up to TRVs switch not having a clue who to vote for. The notion of the voting scoreline reflecting the game scoreline didn't quite work for me here, at all.
Good game you two, great drafted sides and lineups going into the game with both subs throwing interesting game-changing curveballls. Brilliant.
