All-New International Week International Draft Discussion Thread

[Megadrive Man]

@viRdjil You'll need to change Lampard for somebody else as I've already picked him. 

[aRdja]

Just now, MegadriveMan said:

@viRdjil You'll need to change Lampard for somebody else as I've already picked him. 

Okay, Scholes it is

[aRdja]

[Lee909]

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[aRdja]

I feel dirty now picking 4 united affiliated players vs only one of ours.

[Guest Alex_K]

I wouldn't - Scholes is a better bet than Lampard, especially in that position. Berbatov bit of an odd choice though.

[Bjornebye]

I was torn between Beckham, Scholes and Lampard. Thought Lampard would have been better in a more attacking role (where I have Rivaldo) and Beckham wold be better for his set-pieces than Scholes. 

[Megadrive Man]

Yeah Scholes was a better CM Lampard the beter ACM.

[Lee909]

And Gascoigne was better than all 3

[Guest Alex_K]

Gascoigne was debatably better than Beckham; the other 2 he was most certainly not

[Lee909]

Haha

 

At their peaks as we judge them, he was a better player than all of them. 

[Bjornebye]

4 different types of player. None of them could do what Beckham was world class at. 

[Megadrive Man]

Gazza is a tough one to call.

 

Incredible natural ability, could have been Englands greatest ever player. I always feel like he never quite got to the very top though.  His club career is hugely disappointing. 

 

Players like Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes consistently proved themselves at the highest level.  

[Lee909]

 

 

Also

 

 

And

 

 

And Boban

 

 

And Rui Costa

 

 

 

Don't think I need a set piece taker

 

 

 

 

[Lee909]

I don't think it's a surprise though that England best tournaments since 66(befire last year) both came with Gascoigne as a mainstay in the team in Italia 90 and Euro 96

[John102]

I believe 3 defenders have won the balon dor. Two are in this draft. Both are in my defence.

[Bjornebye]

Just @Elite ?

[Lee909]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Just @Elite ?

No Weah needs replaced. He was playing before 85 as shown on previous page in the 4/3/2 division. No different to Schmeichel 

[Bjornebye]

5 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

No Weah needs replaced. He was playing before 85 as shown on previous page in the 4/3/2 division. No different to Schmeichel 

Aah hadn't seen that. 

[John102]

I refuse to change him until someone comes up with a convincing argument that Young Survivors Claratown, in the 4th division of Liberian leage, were a professional outfit.

[Lee909]

The 4/3/2 divisions. 

He made his debut pre 85 its not youth football. There's nothing to argue. The fact its a semi pro contract makes no difference just as it didn't with Peter Schmeichel pre Brondby. It's still league and not youth football. 

[Bjornebye]

Yeah come on John fairs fair. Were you here during the Socrates days? We don't want to go back to that. 

[Lee909]

Socrates was a legitimate pick. 

I checked the rules

 

His 15 minute cameo in the 7th tier of English football meant he had played within the specific dates and it also shows that Weah is ineligible as he played league football no matter how low a level outside of them dates 

 

Socrates was a great pick and everyone was jealous they did not think of it

[Bjornebye]

11 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Socrates was a legitimate pick. 

I checked the rules

 

His 15 minute cameo in the 7th tier of English football meant he had played within the specific dates and it also shows that Weah is ineligible as he played league football no matter how low a level outside of them dates 

 

Socrates was a great pick and everyone was jealous they did not think of it

I agreed re: Socrates. Just saying lets not have murder again. 

[Guest Alex_K]

I have no horse in this race, but it seems to me that Schmeichel having played Premier League-equivalent Danish football is a rather different prospect than George Weah playing "4th division Liberia", for a team that don't even really seem to exist in any meaningful way??

 

Schmeichel's wiki shows his "Senior Career" began in 1981. Weah's wiki shows his "Senior Career" began in 1985.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schmeichel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Weah#Club_career

 

According to https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/club/team/13299-young_survivors/1982-1983 this team only had 3 seasons in existence, and the only player online registered as having played for them is Weah. A professional team?? Come on.

 

I'm all for stretching the game to make it strategic & meaningful, but this criticism seems way too obtuse and unnecessary.