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Welcome to the Road Trip Draft II FINAL.
Only the club career for the clubs mentioned against player names will be considered for evaluation. No national teams performances count whatsoever.
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GSTQ
HIMANNV
TEAM GSTQ
Philosophy : Score more goals than the opponent. Dominate possession.
Attack: Nothing needs to be said. You simply can't better it. The lack of an holding midfielder in the opponent's team is suicidal against this attack. I know that playing 2 B2B midfielders is a drafts favorite, but against a team like this, you just can't afford to not have an holder.
Defense:
The idea is simple - Maintain a tight narrow shape where nothing goes through the centre and inside forward zones. Force the opponent to go out wide and put hopeful balls into the box.
Why does it make sense?
1. Pele's influence in the game is greatly reduced with the centre completely shutdown.
2. Jairzinho was a wing forward who constantly looked to run inwards to score goals. He wasn't exactly an orthodox winger.
3. Nedved while being super versatile was again not a touch line hugging winger. His best came when he influenced the game in the left central areas.
4. Kohler and Thuram are perfect as wide CB's
5. With all 3 CB's who were great in the air, we expect to win the headers from hopeful crosses into the box.
What if the fullbacks attack?
We'd be glad if they do. And here's why -
1. Fullbacks have to respect opponent's attackers. Facchetti for example could hardly contribute in attacks against attaclking sides with great wingers.
2. If they don't, they leave huge spaces on the counters.
3. While only one fullback attacks at one time is a general argument for this, one has to remember that Godin and Moore are not exactly wide covering defenders.
4. Davids/Tigana also can't afford to cover outwide with the lack of an holding midfielder.
What was wrong with the setup from the semifinal?
Nothing really. Replace Gerets with Cafu instead of Thuram and that is unbeatable. But that team was designed to beat the best team in the draft and it served its purpose. New game, new adventure.
TEAM HIMANNV
- "But Himannv, you need a plan of attack".
- Attacking fullbacks with proper wingers that can both cross or cut inside.
- Complimentary Pele + Seeler combination that brings out the best in Pele.
- High energy combative midfield.
- Defense led by Moore.
Only the club career for the clubs mentioned against player names will be considered for evaluation. No national teams performances count whatsoever.
s
GSTQ
HIMANNV
TEAM GSTQ
Philosophy : Score more goals than the opponent. Dominate possession.
Attack: Nothing needs to be said. You simply can't better it. The lack of an holding midfielder in the opponent's team is suicidal against this attack. I know that playing 2 B2B midfielders is a drafts favorite, but against a team like this, you just can't afford to not have an holder.
Defense:
The idea is simple - Maintain a tight narrow shape where nothing goes through the centre and inside forward zones. Force the opponent to go out wide and put hopeful balls into the box.
Why does it make sense?
1. Pele's influence in the game is greatly reduced with the centre completely shutdown.
2. Jairzinho was a wing forward who constantly looked to run inwards to score goals. He wasn't exactly an orthodox winger.
3. Nedved while being super versatile was again not a touch line hugging winger. His best came when he influenced the game in the left central areas.
4. Kohler and Thuram are perfect as wide CB's
5. With all 3 CB's who were great in the air, we expect to win the headers from hopeful crosses into the box.
What if the fullbacks attack?
We'd be glad if they do. And here's why -
1. Fullbacks have to respect opponent's attackers. Facchetti for example could hardly contribute in attacks against attaclking sides with great wingers.
2. If they don't, they leave huge spaces on the counters.
3. While only one fullback attacks at one time is a general argument for this, one has to remember that Godin and Moore are not exactly wide covering defenders.
4. Davids/Tigana also can't afford to cover outwide with the lack of an holding midfielder.
What was wrong with the setup from the semifinal?
Nothing really. Replace Gerets with Cafu instead of Thuram and that is unbeatable. But that team was designed to beat the best team in the draft and it served its purpose. New game, new adventure.
TEAM HIMANNV
- "But Himannv, you need a plan of attack".
- Attacking fullbacks with proper wingers that can both cross or cut inside.
- Complimentary Pele + Seeler combination that brings out the best in Pele.
- High energy combative midfield.
- Defense led by Moore.