Eastern European Draft - Group A

[Bjornebye]

Winner goes through to the final. You can't pick for your own team if you took part. 

 

 

Col

 

 

Stig

 

 

Babbs

 

 

Elite

 

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

Col

 

 

Stig

 

 

Babbs

 

 

Elite

 

 

[Bjornebye]

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

[Bjornebye]

Col

 

Solid players in each position, solid attack with the best player in the competition in there. 

 

Babbs

 

Another very good side, top midfield and attack.

 

Elite

 

Fuck sake, another good side. 

 

Babbs, just. 

 

 

[John102]

3 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Col

 

Solid players in each position, solid attack with the best player in the competition in there. 

 

Babbs

 

Another very good side, top midfield and attack.

 

Elite

 

Fuck sake, another good side. 

 

Babbs, just. 

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, John102 said:

 

Puskas! 

[John102]

6 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Puskas! 

 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, John102 said:

 

Nice work.

 

 

[John102]

5 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Nice work.

 

 

My last comment is that Kocsis (Plays for the 102's) scored at better rate for Honved and Hungary.

[Bjornebye]

Just now, John102 said:

My last comment is that Kocsis (Plays for the 102's) scored at better rate for Honved and Hungary.

We are allowed to disagree pal! Now hurry up and vote ! 

[John102]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

We are allowed to disagree pal! Now hurry up and vote ! 

It makes it hard for me to win then lad.

 

Done.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Really tough, you can make a good case for any of them.

 

Went with Col in the end, as I like that midfield.

[Bjornebye]

Lubo Moravcik, Celtic 'Gift from God', opens up on infamous frosty reception from journalists - 67 Hail Hail

 

Lubo Moravcik was a bona fide legend in mainland Europe.

Zinedine Zidane described him as one of the greatest no.10s in football. Pavel Nedved, who grew up watching Lubo play for Czechoslovakia said “I was fortunate to play at Celtic Park in the same game as Lubo”

[Lee909]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Lubo Moravcik, Celtic 'Gift from God', opens up on infamous frosty reception from journalists - 67 Hail Hail

 

Lubo Moravcik was a bona fide legend in mainland Europe.

 

 

A bit strong for a player had managed one national player of the year award and who's biggest club proor to Celtic was Saint-Étienne. 

[Lee909]

Not sure

 

Probably between Babbs and Elite for me. 

Edging towards Babbs as though I think Kinkladze was really overrated Babbs forward line and keeper are far better

[lifetime fan]

Only because I couldn’t vote for myself…

 

Babbs. 

[Bjornebye]

33 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

A bit strong for a player had managed one national player of the year award and who's biggest club proor to Celtic was Saint-Étienne. 

I saw enough of him live to know how good he was. 

[Lee909]

Didn't say he wasn't good at Celtic. But bona fide legend in Europe is a bit of a joke comment. You don't spend 6 years at Saint-Étienne in a spell where the highest they finished was 7th and by the time he left relegated where he ended up at Bastia by being a European legend. 

[lifetime fan]

I’m surprised Jacki Dziekanowski wasn’t picked. 

[Bjornebye]

23 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Didn't say he wasn't good at Celtic. But bona fide legend in Europe is a bit of a joke comment. You don't spend 6 years at Saint-Étienne in a spell where the highest they finished was 7th and by the time he left relegated where he ended up at Bastia by being a European legend. 

I didn't type it, I took it from the article. If that's ok. 

 

You deleted the bit where Zidane and Nedved praised him. 

 

 

[Allan]

Babbs for me.

 

Col's side looks like a few players have been shoehorned in. No doubting that in Puskas he has the player with the greatest historical reputation in this group, but I don't get the same sense of balance as I do with the other 3 sides.

 

Stig's side is just lacking a ball carrier in the middle of the park, for me. Had Stig have gone for Stiliyan Petrov ahead of either Soldo or Tymoshchuk, then he'd be running Babbs very close for my vote. He has the best fullback pairing in the group for me, and a very solid defensive unit overall. The front line would certainly cause a lot of problems to other teams in this group too.

 

Babbs has a nicely balanced side with good players throughout and a World Class finisher spearheading the side. Blokhin wasn't bad either... 

 

Elite also has a nicely balanced side with quality throughout, though the one slight for me is how that front pairing might work together. Both traditionally have played alongside smaller hardworking/quicker partners.

 

I have to add that Boban is my favourite player selected in this group and he was right at the top of my own list for the number 10 role.

[Lee909]

8 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I didn't type it, I took it from the article. If that's ok. 

 

You deleted the bit where Zidane and Nedved praised him. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Lee909 said:

 

 

 

Cool. 

[Elite]

Babb's for me as well.

[No2]

Based on the players I know I'd go for Col, I like his midfield. Stig could have been a contender, don't understand him shifting Stoickov out to the left wing and playing Kanchelskis as a right sided forward. It was all set for an excellent 442.

 

Elites side has a lovely balance to it, came close to voting for him. Babbs side isn't that good, Kinkladze is a 1990s Adel Taarabt. The rest of the midfield is just meh.