Edgar Allan Pillow
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cool, @Annahnomoss put us any day next week then![]()
cool, @Annahnomoss put us any day next week then![]()
well, if we can play any day it makes it easier for annah to put us when nobody else is playing....How would that work? If all week is free for both of you, why not just choose a day instead of leaving Annah decide?
Wait for after our match before you tell him to be logical. I like seeing what he comes up withLogic, you should try it sometime Edgar. It's a wonderful thing.
In fairness, he had some cracking ideas on reinforcements... then did something completely different.Wait for after our match before you tell him to be logical. I like seeing what he comes up with![]()
Oh i never meant it in a bad way. I like seeing what he does with his teams...can't ever say he's not creative or thinking outside the box.In fairness, he had some cracking ideas on reinforcements... then did something completely different.
Shame, you wouldn't have enjoyed playing against his original idea, hit you everywhere you are vulnerable while adressing your strengths.
I understood your point, just saying that for once he curved his instincts... and it will probably backfire. It was basically a spastic idea against any team, bar yours.Oh i never meant it in a bad way. I like seeing what he does with his teams...can't ever say he's not creative or thinking outside the box.
Well that's reassuring thenI understood your point, just saying that for once he curved his instincts... and it will probably backfire. It was basically a spastic idea against any team, bar yours.
Well no, he told me about it later and I was like "woah! awesome!!!! you should have sooo gone with that!".Well that's reassuring then
Good thing I never PM'd you with any thoughts or ideas for our team![]()
Well I look forward to hearing you expand further on this exchange after the gameWell no, he told me about it later and I was like "woah! awesome!!!! you should have sooo gone with that!".
He wasn't too pleased I think.
Suffice to say this exchange happened when he asked me whether he should sign Andrade. Burgnich, Djalma, Carlos Alberto and Andrade in the same team... True story.
And the funny part is you don't have any left wingers iirc![]()
Suffice to say this exchange happened when he asked me whether he should sign Andrade. Burgnich, Djalma, Carlos Alberto and Andrade in the same team... True story.
Of course he isn't, but you are in a fantasy draft world where Alves is a defensive liability but doesn't get more than lip service for his contribution upfront, while Irwin is Mr. Reliable at the back while being equally irrelevant to the attacking drool stakes.
The same world where Gary feckin' Kelly can stop Zidane just by "tucking in". In real life, the only thing tucking in is his sphincter when faced by Zinedine.
Didn't understand what you meant, so I did some digging into it and wasn't disappointed.Anto will never let Gary Kelly go.
Since you have Platini and Maradona in your team, I decided I need to be more defensive. So doubled my D-Line. It'll be a 0-0 draw, but you just can't score against me!Oh i never meant it in a bad way. I like seeing what he does with his teams...can't ever say he's not creative or thinking outside the box.
Didn't understand what you meant, so I digged into it and wasn't disappointed.
https://www.redcafe.net/search/18480880/?q=kelly&o=date&c[user][0]=3500
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feck Kocsis, your most important forward in that setup is on the bench! You need Jairzinho to nick one here.Since you have Platini and Maradona in your team, I decided I need to be more defensive. So doubled my D-Line. It'll be a 0-0 draw, but you just can't score against me!
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So have you decided to play next draft?feck Kocsis, your most important forward in that setup is on the bench! You need Jairzinho to nick one here.
Why not go striker-less? This was probably one of the best coups I ever pulled off, another low-scoring nail-biter against @Gio (6-5!):
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feck, I miss decade drafts![]()
What is it?So have you decided to play next draft?
Your midfield was a notch or two above his as well. Had a quick look at the match thread and many just seemed to point out the lack of width in your team. It was a fair enough criticism to a certain extent, as you lacked top notch wingers/wing-forwards but then you had two excellent wing-backs and Enrique-Seedorf who could provide certain amount of wingsmanship on the right hand channel/flanks. His team only had Overmars who wasn't on his preferred flank, so that was bizarre, since you were the one to cop all the flak for the lack of width. You could have done with Rivaldo at inside left but it most certainly wasn't a necessity as it was painted out in that thread, imo.My back four was vastly superior. Bunch of morons banging on about how I should have picked Rivaldo instead of Davids...![]()
Lack of width was big in draft games for a whileand many just seemed to point out the lack of width in your team. It was a fair enough criticism to a certain extent
It's like night and day comparing the discussions in those games compared to these current ones.Lack of width was big in draft games for a while. It was the number 1 criticism thrown around, no matter how brilliant your wingbacks were. If you didn't have two wingers providing width, you were fecked. Overall the games have become a lot less one-dimensional in terms of tactics used and discussed in my opinion.
Lack of width was big in draft games for a while. It was the number 1 criticism thrown around, no matter how brilliant your wingbacks were. If you didn't have two wingers providing width, you were fecked. Overall the games have become a lot less one-dimensional in terms of tactics used and discussed in my opinion.
Absolutely, I look back and it was completely fecking mental that I went 11-3 down before I had even entered the thread! Very naive of mine and I clearly underestimated Ronaldo. I actually felt like I was getting dumber as I progressed, started out with a clear idea and ethos about my team, but then realised no one rated Ramelow at all. Not a world beater, but the sort of cog that worked very well if used appropriately. Nah, it was like talking to a brickwall.It's like night and day comparing the discussions in those games compared to these current ones.
Probably helped by the fact we only had about 12 people interested in itFwiw the 50s one was at a different level.
I was blasted for my "spaghetti formation" in the next final after that. Still think out of all my teams that's the one I would have paid most to watch. Still, it wasn't the formation, it was fecking Donaldo holding a grudgeThe fact that asymmetric formations has become accepted has reduced the amount of train wrecks a lot too.
In fairness, that was part of the idiocy of squeezing players into accepted formations. Beckham regularly showed up as a winger in a 4-2-3-1 and we all know there's something wrong there: either you are depicting it wrong to comply (hate that) or you are really playing him differently to his peak form (which is stupid). Basically, the guy is a right midfielder so show him as a fecking right midfielder. I can get quite anal about that, but I think that sort of backlash is what has got people to be more careful and honest in their approach, reflecting reality rather than goign for smoke and mirrors.Felt like people really tried to squeeze players around a whole lot just to make it symmetric before and it resulted in a lot of sometimes hard and negative critique.
I remember Beckham being played 10 meters further up the pitch in some game as a right winger and the manager was completely slated for it. I think he even tried to explain Beckhams regular role rather than stating he'd be a right winger but it didn't pay off. My memory may be completely off with this one though.
This was anto's starting formation in that match -
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.. and you can see where lack of width criticism would come in for that team.. Zidane on right where he will gravitate to center, same with Forlan on left.. Enrique more of a CM than an outlet out wide.
The entire point was starting with the more conservative setup, knowing full well I had an extra gear or two.This was anto's starting formation in that match -
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.. and you can see where lack of width criticism would come in for that team.. Zidane on right where he will gravitate to center, same with Forlan on left.. Enrique more of a CM than an outlet out wide.
I agree .. essentially your opening formation was just a diamond and it would have worked well. It is just that most voters saw opposition weakness as the full backs and saw you not exploiting that to the fullest so I can see why someone would immediately think that you blew it.For the record, I do think that team would have nicked a goal or two and won it anyway.
Exactly, in attack Forlán would have been a second striker and Zidane the tip of the diamond. It was just shown as a XMAS tree precisely because it was a conservative setup and it was worth highlighting Diego would drop deep and would work his socks off supporting the build up as usual.I agree .. essentially your opening formation was just a diamond and it would have worked well.
Sure, but I had played the same frontline throughout the tourno so that much should have been expected. Even getting Rivaldo, you can hardly argue I was hugging the line and tearing into them any more than I would with Zidane-Candela (NT partners to boot) and Zanetti-Lucho (with Zanetti well used to crossing for Vieri). Then there was Davids-Seedorf... That was another rookie mistake: I had proven partnerships all over the pitch yet didn't stress it at all.It is just that most voters saw opposition weakness as the full backs and saw you not exploiting that to the fullest so I can see why someone would immediately think that you blew it.
Is it Tuesday we're playing mate?Has any timelines been agreed? Who's playing when?