The Stain
Soccer Manager's Highwayman
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Ye, anyone want to learn just give us a shout.I think it was one of the newcomers first, @The Stain iirc
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Ye, anyone want to learn just give us a shout.I think it was one of the newcomers first, @The Stain iirc
Eh? I was doing it years ago!Thanks mate, credit to Joga Bonito for coming up with this Gifs in drafts idea.. effective way of selling a point.
I've seen him play on the right quite a bit myself. Don't think you can build an entire argument on a single gif.That gif in Didi shows clearly where he likes to operate... Same area as Meazza and Puskas.
It's by no means a balanced midfield.
Yup, same here. The issue remains with Puskas/Meazza/Kopa/Didi all being central playmakers which could be a very negative thing.I've seen him play on the right quite a bit myself. Don't think you can build an entire argument on a single gif.
Ofc, it's not based on this clip alone, but after watching match clips in YouTube, I'd say it's a fair representation of where he spends a fair part of the match. I've seen him move over to middle but almost always prefers dribbling back to left. And very very few instances of him operating on the right side in a similar position of the clip above. Left middle is his area.I've seen him play on the right quite a bit myself. Don't think you can build an entire argument on a single gif.
Why are you playing a stopper/sweeper system rather than a flat back four? Did Burgnich actually play as a sweeper during his peak?The only feedback on my defense is that it's too defensive. Between Djalma and Burgnich and the great man marker Forster, I have a watertight line there.
It is a flat back 4. In fact a defensive back line with just Lizararu doing his attacking runs. Djalma plays his usual style.Why are you playing a stopper/sweeper system rather than a flat back four? Did Burgnich actually play as a sweeper during his peak?
My understanding of this might be hazy, but I'm curious as to why you made the sweeper/stopper distinction in your intro at all if you're playing a conventional flat back four, especially given that Burgnich evidently spent far more of his peak as a stopper than a sweeper. It just seems like its complicating things for you rather than adding anything or clarifying your approach.It is a flat back 4. In fact a defensive back line with just Lizararu doing his attacking runs. Djalma plays his usual style.
That's just because you are watching Brazil World Cup clips and he was the CM on the left so naturally he will be on the left more often than not.Ofc, it's not based on this clip alone, but after watching match clips in YouTube, I'd say it's a fair representation of where he spends a fair part of the match. I've seen him move over to middle but almost always prefers dribbling back to left. And very very few instances of him operating on the right side in a similar position of the clip above. Left middle is his area.
I have absolutely no idea what the thinking was behind that. Surely he has two stoppers and Sammer is the sweeper?My understanding of this might be hazy, but I'm curious as to why you made the sweeper/stopper distinction in your intro at all if you're playing a conventional flat back four, especially given that Burgnich evidently spent far more of his peak as a stopper than a sweeper. It just seems like its complicating things for you rather than adding anything or clarifying your approach.
Yeah, that's a very powerful side blessed with incredible technique and physique. Andrade and Cafú in particular are two physical beasts, can't see many sides coming to terms with them in terms of athleticism.I still can't see your left flank living with Cafú and Kopa
I'm still open to persuasion about it as I'm far from an expert on these defensive nuances, but it is confusing and it could be a difference-maker for me. I'm narrowly favouring Edgar in terms of players, but Raees has won me around quite a bit by fielding the onslaught of questions well (although I'm still not sold on that midfield). The ball is in EAP's court now!I have absolutely no idea what the thinking was behind that. Surely he has two stoppers and Sammer is the sweeper?
The question is, in such a finely balanced game, can you afford to have your defenders getting erratic directions?
It is not. My understanding was that when football finally moved to 4-2-4 formations, the standard 2 centre backs in the back 4 were a stopper and a ball playing CB type (what is usually called a sweeper). This position gained more specialization when back 5 was played with Kaizer, Scirea, Krol etc were positioned in a central back 3 supported by 2 other stoppers where they hover as last man behind the defensive line or move up to initaite attacks on their own, the Libero. In this context, I would call Baresi a sweeper, even though him and Costacurta were a standard back 4 throughout their career. Here I put Burgnich as the ball playing CB simply because he has Djalma (a defensive FB) to his side whilst Forster has to remain behind to back stop Lizarazu.I'm still open to persuasion about it as I'm far from an expert on these defensive nuances, but it is confusing and it could be a difference-maker for me. I'm narrowly favouring Edgar in terms of players, but Raees has won me around quite a bit by fielding the onslaught of questions well (although I'm still not sold on that midfield). The ball is in EAP's court now!
No, from the videos I've watched of Charlton, calling him a final third player is taking away a huge part of this game. Since gif's seem to be the new craze here, below is a example of Charlton's runs from the left middle, exactly where he is placed in this match.Charlton has again showed up in a deep midfield role something with which I've always had a gripe with. Same thing, he's a final third player for me, and should be played there to get the best out of him. In midfield you'd still get great midfield play, and a great player who can cut open a defense or score the odd screamer but for me he has to be in a centerforward/support striker-ish role for him to be at his best.
Surely that's not your chosen peak here. You are playing Matthaus from Inter years, right? Only performances during that peak should be considered mate, not overall career.Can DIDI, MATTHAUS and ANDRADE work in the same midfield...
Right so I have already gone into detail on the type of player Didi is, he is basically a nuclear powered Pogba of sorts, a playmaking CM who can operate in a two man midfield, decent defensive skills but clearly more attack minded than defensive - basically he definitely needs defensive protection especially in a game of this magnitude. Thus it begs the question what do Matthaus and Andrade bring to the table in this regard...
Lothar Matthaus (Can he play as a LCDM?)
above is an example of an extremely restrained performance by Matthaus as a sweeper for Germany before his decline, it highlights his brilliant tactical mind.. his versatility, his discipline. Definitely a guy who can hold the fort together and allow Didi to do his thing higher up the pitch but also bomb on if Didi decides to drift deeper for a specific pattern of play.
Andrade (amazing athleticism and defensive recovery)
Rest aassured that any attacks coming down that left side with Kohler, Cafu and Andrade will be snuffed out no matter who they are up against and no offence EAP but Rivelino/Charlton don't have the athleticism to pose quality defensive players like these three serious problems. . Nor does Lizarazu tip this in your favour.
That is not my point, I am using it to demonstrate that he has it in him to play a slightly more retrained role than usual i.e. he has good tactical awareness in a defensive sense. That is a purely defensive position he is playing in that video, which is not like the role I am deploying him which is much closer to his best position.Surely that's not your chosen peak here. You are playing Matthaus from Inter years, right? Only performances during that peak should be considered mate, not overall career.
The reason for Burgnich was because I needed an option to play a standard back 3 with Sammer (not playing it this game) and a RCB would be perfect there. Yes, Burgnich would be spending more time centrally and he certainly is not a weakness there. I have Sammer as a dedicated DM here. In case of counters Forster moves to LCB (where he excelled in Euro 80) and the centre is adequately covered between Burgnich and Sammer. Djalma started his career in centre of defence and he will squeeze in when ball is on the other wing leaving no space for his forwards to exploit.I still can't see your left flank living with Cafú and Kopa, and when they stretch your defence in that direction, it's a bit of a howler to have two rightbacks completing your defence when they'll likely spend most of the game being required in the centre of defence.
I think it's too gung ho, having Andrade and Cafu on the same wing. Cafu is a attacking RB bombing up and down the pitch all game. Andrade is a attacking right hall who does precisely the same thing. With Cafu, his team is better off with a player who can close gaps behind Cafu in case of a counter...yes, Andrade could do it here...but it takes away his b2b ability to a great extent. Charlton was initially a left winger. with Sammer there, I don't see him covering for Lizarazu. He will drop just behind the middle line and will wait for the counter. When Cafu loses the ball or attack breaks down, he's there to get my counter rolling.Yeah, that's a very powerful side blessed with incredible technique and physique. Andrade and Cafú in particular are two physical beasts, can't see many sides coming to terms with them in terms of athleticism.
I was just referring to Annah's conditions:That is not my point, I am using it to demonstrate that he has it in him to play a slightly more retrained role than usual i.e. he has good tactical awareness in a defensive sense. That is a purely defensive position he is playing in that video, which is not like the role I am deploying him which is much closer to his best position.
I never said, he's a liability. Just that it doesn't get the best out of him. He was not a defensive holding midfielder in Inter days from what I recall. But him being Matthaus, I'm sure he do a good job there, but when it comes to his speciality of dominating midfields box to box, it'll not happen in this game.In every match thread write-up the three years has to be defined next to the players names and only footage and discussion on this period has any value to the players abilities.
The 105-times capped defender was part of a golden age of German international football that saw them emerge as the dominant European team in the early 1990s, an era particularly remembered in the Netherlands - the country that hosts Wednesday's final - for Kohler's duels with Dutch striker Marco van Basten. And, as Kohler reveals, finishing his time as a player in a Netherlands venue will allow him to indulge an unusual passion.Franz Beckenbauer, has always been an admirer of his, "Jürgen is one that never loses sight of the opponent, its concentration is highest.The advance, peremptory, is one of his best qualities.A coach with him, is always on the safe side. "
When Calcio Ruled The World: Jürgen Kohler
It was the start of the 1990’s and Silvio Berlusconi’s AC Milan were dominating Serie A. Just how do you stop Marco Van Basten, Ruud Guillt, Frank Rijkaard and as well as the rest of that Milan side?
In the land where traditionally the best defenders on the planet come from, Juventus looked further a field. They signed a giant German to try and stop Arrigo Sacchi’s red and black machine That man was Jürgen Kohler.
Kohler was already a proven top class defender having already a World Cup winners medal and a Bundesliga title. This was acquired before he joined The Old Lady from Bayern Munich in 1991.
He was everything you could ask for in a defender, conistant from, hard tackling, dominant in the air and an ability to read the game. Kohler also had an impressive goal scoring record for a defender with 36 career goals to his name.
The big German settled in well in Turin and formed a formidable defensive unit along side, Ciro Ferrara, Andrea Fortunato and Massimo Carrera with the great Angelo Peruzzi behind them.
With this solid back line success soon followed and Kohler was a key player. The Bianconeri lifted the 1993 UEFA Cup beating Kohler’s fellow German’s Borussia Dortmund 3-1, this was followed by a domestic double in 1995 as Juventus won the Italian Cup. They finally stopped the Milan domination and lifted the Serie A title this year winning it by an impressive ten points with Kohler at the heart of the defence he was solid.
With mission some what accomplished in stopping Milan, Kohler, after just over 100 Juventus appearances would leave after the Serie A title win. He would head back to Germany to join the team Juventus beat in the 93 UEFA Cup Final, Borussia Dortmund.
His affection for The Old Lady never faded as after he and Dortmund won the 1997 Champions League 3-1 against Juventus. Kohler was seen wearing a Juventus scarf during the lap of honour given to him from the crowd a great gesture by a true Bianconeri club legend.
When Calcio ruled the world, Jürgen Kohler made it look easy stopping the worlds greatest forwards.
Kohler was not only strong, but the world champion in 1990 with Germany, very strong and the only one who knew to mark Van Basten.Tough challenges, but correct.
Jurgen Kohler has represented for many fans, along with Montero, one of the best defenders of the past three decades abroad, capable of winning career in everything there was to win (European-World-Champions-Intercontinental). Challenges between Kohler and Van Basten entered law in the most beautiful challenges of early nineties
From the Bayern Monaco, Kohler has immediately shown that about him you could rely total, because his defensive talent was truly undisputed: athleticism, speed in anticipation, the ability to go out on reconnaissance offensive, almost unbeatable head, ruthless in marking but also able to venture into areas enemy, especially at set pieces, to make goals.Strong enough to be one of the few able to object to Marco Van Basten and limit the disruptive effects of the big Dutch striker.
Born in Lambseheim, October 6, 1965, steel foot and Lionheart, stranger in the land which by definition is the birthplace of the greatest defenders, he teaches the art of dedication and assault even the most skilled of our own colleagues.Fan favorite for his combative temperament, is 27 times (with 3 goals) in rookie season, and become a legend the year after, with 29 appearances, a goal and a decisive contribution to the conquest of the UEFA Cup.But it does not stop there, making it among the strongest in the two following seasons, and closing the loop with Juventus the Scudetto and the Italian Cup 1994/95.
That's debatable in itself. There's an interesting discussion on it here:It is not. My understanding was that when football finally moved to 4-2-4 formations, the standard 2 centre backs in the back 4 were a stopper and a ball playing CB type (what is usually called a sweeper). This position gained more specialization when back 5 was played with Kaizer, Scirea, Krol etc were positioned in a central back 3 supported by 2 other stoppers where they hover as last man behind the defensive line or move up to initaite attacks on their own, the Libero. In this context, I would call Baresi a sweeper, even though him and Costacurta were a standard back 4 throughout their career. Here I put Burgnich as the ball playing CB simply because he has Djalma (a defensive FB) to his side whilst Forster has to remain behind to back stop Lizarazu.
And tbh, I didn't have much comments before to handle
Yeah, I agree with that. You have ballplaying centerbacks and stoppers, and you have sweepers and liberos. Sweepers and liberos defend in a different line to the rest of the defense with the sweeper usually behind the defense (he's sweeping up after all) and the libero with more freedom, defending pro-active through moving forward, intercepting passes or even temporarily stepping into midfield. Of course it's difficult to make a clear cut distinction and depending on the situation, you can see all the great defenders doing more than just one specific thing. But all of them left an overall picture that fits best in one of those roles and therefore defined a certain way of defending.I still don't think a ball-playing centre back is synonymous with sweeper. For me, a sweeper essentially defends in a different line to the other defenders, whereas in a flat back four, the defense all defend in well, a flat line. They obviously don't all stay in line when the team are in possession. Laurent Blanc, for example, was great on the ball but I still think of him as a CB rather than a sweeper because he generally played in flat back fours.
That's precisely my point, you are playing two peak rightbacks tucked in in the heart of defence all game long. It just doesn't look right to me at all.The reason for Burgnich was because I needed an option to play a standard back 3 with Sammer (not playing it this game) and a RCB would be perfect there. Yes, Burgnich would be spending more time centrally and he certainly is not a weakness there. Djalma started his career in centre of defence and he will squeeze in when ball is on the other wing leaving no space for his forwards to exploit.
He did play as a defensive sweeper at times when Picchi wasn't available. He wasn't a libero, so to say, but rather a defensive sweeper who actually 'swept' behind the defense in this role, like Picchi. They would often be the last line of defense and would plug in where required, gang up on players outwide by making it 2v1 or most importantly, clear up anything which 'leaks' behind the defense. Picchi was brilliant at it and he only used his passing to contribute to attack and rarely, if ever ventured up front. Same goes for Burgnich in this defensive role, without the passing of course.Why are you playing a stopper/sweeper system rather than a flat back four? Did Burgnich actually play as a sweeper during his peak?
Don't really see an issue with it myself. D.Santos could play a slightly tucked in defensive role and Burgnich has played at CB for Inter.it's a bit of a howler to have two rightbacks completing your defence when they'll likely spend most of the game being required in the centre of defence.
Yups. I would also add, I don't even think a sweeper necessarily needs to be good on the ball. Clearly has to if he operates as a libero, but you could easily have a dedicated defender sweeping up who isn't all that good on the ball.I still don't think a ball-playing centre back is synonymous with sweeper. For me, a sweeper essentially defends in a different line to the other defenders, whereas in a flat back four, the defense all defend in well, a flat line. They obviously don't all stay in line when the team are in possession. Laurent Blanc, for example, was great on the ball but I still think of him as a CB rather than a sweeper because he generally played in flat back fours.
Was that the case in the years EAP has chosen? If so, any of those times in a notable match?He did play as a defensive sweeper at times when Picchi wasn't available.
Yes, which is what I was getting at and Edgar pretty much pictured it above: Sammer isn't really helping in the heart of defence.Don't really see an issue with it myself. D.Santos could play a slightly tucked in defensive role and Burgnich has played at CB for Inter.
Well if anyone agrees with this analysis.. get voting now as we have half an hour leftYes, which is what I was getting at and Edgar pretty much pictured it above: Sammer isn't really helping in the heart of defence.
Charlton can do a disciplined role on someone like Beckenbauer but not someone with Andrade's athleticism. The early Euro 1980 Schüster can't live defensively with Matthäus bombing forward, and then there's Didí... Sammer, as good as he was, is leaking in that holding role.
In the meantime Cafú and Kopa are destroying Lizarazu, nothing wrong with Lizarazu, it's just they are a superb pair. That drags Forster and leaves Puskas and Meazza (+whoever Sammer chooses not to pick up) vs. Burgnich and Djalma.
I fancy Raees' chances of scoring far more than those of Rivelino-Kocsis-Jairzinho at the other end.
It's not really taking away anything, his greatest strengths lied in the final third, it's as simple as that. In a 4-3-3 you'd still have a really good player, but you won't get all those goals that made him the legend he is. Similar for someone like AdS, who's possibly the most complete player ever, and would be world class as a CM in a 4-3-3, but it's wasting so much at the cost of so little.calling him a final third player is taking away a huge part of this game.
For once, you give Lothar some credit!The early Euro 1980 Schüster can't live defensively with Matthäus bombing forward
Can't quite remember or find the match but I do know he played there after researching him for one of the earlier drafts.Was that the case in the years EAP has chosen? If so, any of those times in a notable match?
Have I never done that? Remember back in the All-Time draft Effenberg was the designated German in midfield, waiting for either Kaiser of Lothar to materialise.For once, you give Lothar some credit!