League Cup Winners Draft - Final

[Bjornebye 33,148]

Pick your favourite team. 

 

Lee

 

 

Lifey

 

 

Dynamite

 

 

 

[Bjornebye 33,148]

@Lee909 @lifetime fan @Dynamite @Elite @John102 @Alex_K @Pidge @No2 @Babb'sBurstNad 

[Babb'sBurstNad 11,803]

Can't see Col's team.

[Bjornebye 33,148]

Lee. Well balanced and no weaker players. Love Lifeys front 3. 

[Bjornebye 33,148]

Just now, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Can't see Col's team.

Fuck sake

 

 

has that worked? 

[Elite 11,905]

27 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Fuck sake

 

 

has that worked? 

Nope.

[John102 1,048]

[Guest Alex_K]

Dynamite by a country mile

[lifetime fan 12,421]

49 minutes ago, Alex_K said:

Dynamite by a country mile

Not a fucking chance. 
 

I’d argue my side is stronger than Lee’s but Dynamite’s is easily the weakest of the 3 sides. 

[Guest Alex_K]

Silly talk. He has the best goalkeeper of the 3 teams. He has the best left back of the 3 teams. He has the best right back of the 3 teams (that anyone has actually seen play). Some may argue differently but Id suggest Campbell is the best CB of the 3 teams (Watson, conversely, is the worst - so there is that).

Between Bremner & Essien for the best midfielder. Cowans & Rocastle were strange picks that could have been improved but all of these midfields are poor (Lee only has 2 midfielders, one of whom is 2 attacking to be in a midfield 2 with 4 forwards ahead of him. 
 

The attack is really the differentiator: Rooney was great but Duff/Yorke/McManaman are B-level picks at this stage, none of them were world class and certainly don’t merit making such a lopsidedly attacking team for. Of the other 2 teams: Drogba>Owen; Barnes>Hazard; Sterling<Ronaldo.

 

So Dynamite absolutely storms the defence on a pick to pick basis. Is competitive in midfield with possibly the best individual midfielder from a very weak bunch. Has a much better attack (and much more balanced team) than Lee & marginally better attack than Lifetime. Therefore Dynamite wins comfortably.

 

[Guest Alex_K]

31 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Not a fucking chance. 
 

I’d argue my side is stronger than Lee’s but Dynamite’s is easily the weakest of the 3 sides. 

Friedel, Staunton, Bruce, Mullery, Houghton. None of these were top top players. 
By my count Dynamite has 7 individual players who made European Cup finals as key players in their teams (Barnes misses out for obv reasons but his talent merits an 8th). Your side has .. 4 .. if I’m count right? And Gemmil .. he’s one of those 4 I think but he was dropped famously for at least 1 of those finals .. really he’s well known for 1 goal. Dynamite has the worst overall pick (Watson) but otherwise There isn’t a comparison.

[lifetime fan 12,421]

Dynamite has the better keeper (by far). 
Defence is 2-2. 
Midfield is 2-1 me. 
Attack is 2-1 me. 
 

My midfield bosses that game easily. 

 

[lifetime fan 12,421]

8 hours ago, Alex_K said:

Friedel, Staunton, Bruce, Mullery, Houghton. None of these were top top players. 
By my count Dynamite has 7 individual players who made European Cup finals as key players in their teams (Barnes misses out for obv reasons but his talent merits an 8th). Your side has .. 4 .. if I’m count right? And Gemmil .. he’s one of those 4 I think but he was dropped famously for at least 1 of those finals .. really he’s well known for 1 goal. Dynamite has the worst overall pick (Watson) but otherwise There isn’t a comparison.

European Cup final, CL or just a European final? 

[Tony Moanero 17,089]

12 hours ago, Alex_K said:

Silly talk. He has the best goalkeeper of the 3 teams. He has the best left back of the 3 teams. He has the best right back of the 3 teams (that anyone has actually seen play). Some may argue differently but Id suggest Campbell is the best CB of the 3 teams (Watson, conversely, is the worst - so there is that).

Between Bremner & Essien for the best midfielder. Cowans & Rocastle were strange picks that could have been improved but all of these midfields are poor (Lee only has 2 midfielders, one of whom is 2 attacking to be in a midfield 2 with 4 forwards ahead of him. 
 

The attack is really the differentiator: Rooney was great but Duff/Yorke/McManaman are B-level picks at this stage, none of them were world class and certainly don’t merit making such a lopsidedly attacking team for. Of the other 2 teams: Drogba>Owen; Barnes>Hazard; Sterling<Ronaldo.

 

So Dynamite absolutely storms the defence on a pick to pick basis. Is competitive in midfield with possibly the best individual midfielder from a very weak bunch. Has a much better attack (and much more balanced team) than Lee & marginally better attack than Lifetime. Therefore Dynamite wins comfortably.

 

If you’ve seen Billy Bremner play, you’ve seen Paul Reaney play. Kenny Samson was a fantastic player who, prior to Ashley Cole, many people regarded as England’s best ever left-back.

[Guest Alex_K]

Defence is 2-2? You can’t be suggesting Steve Staunton is better than Emlyn Hughes (Hughes different class). And you can’t be suggesting Steve Bruce is better than Sol Campbell (Campbell different class). And you can’t be suggesting a player from the 60s with 3 national caps — a fraction of Anderson — and without the European Cups and trophies across 3 different sides is confident better than Anderson. So difficult to arrive at 2-2.

 

Barnes was better than Hazard. Drogba was better than Owen. Ronaldo obviously much better than Sterling. Difficult to arrive at 2-1 in the other direction. 
 

Your midfield has a relative journeyman in Houghton, Mullery who won 3 trophies total in 18 years with more than half his appearances being for Fulham (and almost half of those being in the Second Division) and Gemmil who was dropped for the key achievement of his club career - Forest being in the European Cup final. So come on, let’s not be disingenuous and suggest this is really dominating any side. All the midfields are weak.

[Guest Alex_K]

13 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

If you’ve seen Billy Bremner play, you’ve seen Paul Reaney play. Kenny Samson was a fantastic player who, prior to Ashley Cole, many people regarded as England’s best ever left-back.

Yes Samsom was a good player but So what? Was Samsom better than Emlyn Hughes? And if you answer - “no” - then what is your point exactly? There are levels to the game.

[Tony Moanero 17,089]

25 minutes ago, Alex_K said:

Yes Samsom was a good player but So what? Was Samsom better than Emlyn Hughes? And if you answer - “no” - then what is your point exactly? There are levels to the game.

I think it’s closer between Hughes and Sansom than you do. I’d rather have Hughes in my team, as I’m a Liverpool fan, but my preference would be to play him in midfield or central defence.

[lifetime fan 12,421]

4 hours ago, Alex_K said:

Defence is 2-2? You can’t be suggesting Steve Staunton is better than Emlyn Hughes (Hughes different class). And you can’t be suggesting Steve Bruce is better than Sol Campbell (Campbell different class). And you can’t be suggesting a player from the 60s with 3 national caps — a fraction of Anderson — and without the European Cups and trophies across 3 different sides is confident better than Anderson. So difficult to arrive at 2-2.

 

Barnes was better than Hazard. Drogba was better than Owen. Ronaldo obviously much better than Sterling. Difficult to arrive at 2-1 in the other direction. 
 

Your midfield has a relative journeyman in Houghton, Mullery who won 3 trophies total in 18 years with more than half his appearances being for Fulham (and almost half of those being in the Second Division) and Gemmil who was dropped for the key achievement of his club career - Forest being in the European Cup final. So come on, let’s not be disingenuous and suggest this is really dominating any side. All the midfields are weak.

Hughes is better than Staunton. 
Campbell Vs Kompany is close, happy if you prefer Campbell. 
Bruce pisses all over Watson.
Reaney was an excellent RB and far better than Anderson. 
 

The midfield isn’t even up for discussion. Again I walk it.

 

And I’d have Owen over Drogba every single day of the week which gives me the forward line too. 

[Lee909 12,916]

Just woke up and the poll is closed

[Bjornebye 33,148]

50 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Just woke up and the poll is closed

Who are you voting 

[No2 1,649]

My team is better than all them. Shower of clueless cunts.

[Lee909 12,916]

4 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Who are you voting 

 

I should vote for Lifetime as it would be silly to to make it 4-4, but i would give Dynamite the edge. So i'll spoil my vote. 

[Lee909 12,916]

Dynamite just

[Guest Alex_K]

9 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

Hughes is better than Staunton. 
Campbell Vs Kompany is close, happy if you prefer Campbell. 
Bruce pisses all over Watson.
Reaney was an excellent RB and far better than Anderson. 
 

The midfield isn’t even up for discussion. Again I walk it.

 

And I’d have Owen over Drogba every single day of the week which gives me the forward line too. 

Owen over Drogba? As one man may say, “put your medals on the table”. Owen basically had a 3/4 year golden period after which he was finished. Their careers are absolutely leagues apart. I just explained factually why your midfield is a pack of literal journeyman (one of whom played almost half his fixtures in Division 2), but carry on.

[Allan 2,757]

I'm having a fucking stinker at the minute. Apologies.

 

All over the shop.

 

Handed in my notice at work on Monday.

 

Work laptop went tits up on Wednesday.

 

Had to travel to Bracknell for night shifts on Thursday and Friday and everything is shit.

 

Lee gets my vote - Job done.