Topic: Diamond Anniversary Draft (1962 - 2022)

[Samie]

The trick is to pick a modern manager.

[Hazell]

The trick is to pick a modern manager.

[Samie]

 

Do you know what philosophy he had other than reversing?

[Hazell]

I'm hoping to get by on 'we're Manchester United, this is what we do'.

[Samie]

Are we starting today? 

[RobbieRedman]

yep should be Bettys go now

[Samie]

Actually if Nicholls didn't PM the first person to say it started then it's not started mate. 

[RobbieRedman]

Actually if Nicholls didn't PM the first person to say it started then it's not started mate. 

fair enough, we'll give Philanthropist a chance (not been active since he signed up, not that I'm stalking him)

[Samie]

Are you picking Moysie as your manager?

[RobbieRedman]

he's on the shortlist with Keegan and Scolari too

[NICHOLLS]

I PM'd Philanthropist both yesterday and this morning...

[Samie]

Nicholls, best create a Selection Thread mate. 

[Crosby Nick]

How closely are the draft police going to make sure we adhere to the ethos of our manager? Especially when managers’ tactics can evolve over time. If I pick Tony Pulis for example, do I need to pick a long throw merchant and a couple of big men up top?

[NICHOLLS]

How closely are the draft police going to make sure we adhere to the ethos of our manager? Especially when managers’ tactics can evolve over time. If I pick Tony Pulis for example, do I need to pick a long throw merchant and a couple of big men up top?

Yes, if Tony Pulis (Stoke City late 00's/early 2010's?) is your inspiration, best pick players who'd fit best within that blue print.

[NICHOLLS]

Selection Thread is now LIVE:

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=353348.0


I say we press on with the draft... remember, in the first round we are only chooing our manager.

Betty, your move x

[Samie]

Carlos Queiroz anyone?

[Samie]

Betts, you can have Southgate mate.

[Betty Blue]

Oh, didn't get a PM this morning. In any case, I'm super busy this week and I haven't looked into any managers yet. Feels like a draft that needs some proper research and can't just be slapdashed.

So just skip me. Perhaps I'll work out who to pick by the end of the round, but if not I'll have to bow out I'm afraid.

By the way, Phil and JordanT come as a pair, so if Phil isn't about then neither will Jordan be.

[NICHOLLS]

RobbieRedman PM’d

[NICHOLLS]

...and we're off:

Philanthropist -
Betty Blue -
RobbieRedman (Bob Paisley) -
NICHOLLS1986 (Jurgen Klopp) -
El Lobo (Johan Cruyff) -
Crosby Nick -
Hazell -
Samie -
Lastrador -
JordanTremenderson -
Sheer Magnetism -
vivabobbygraham -

[El Lobo]

I'll be honest I have no clue if thats a good pick or not.

So from now...I pick players who would have been good under Cruyff, but never played for him?

[Samie]

Yes!

Do you think Declan Rice would've grasped Total Football?

[NICHOLLS]

I'll be honest I have no clue if thats a good pick or not.

So from now...I pick players who would have been good under Cruyff, but never played for him?

Excellent pick - yes, perhaps his Barca 'dream team' is his masterpiece. You'll need to find players (who never played for him) but who would be ideal for Cruyff's visionary 3-4-3/4-3-3.

[El Lobo]

Yes!

Do you think Declan Rice would've grasped Total Football?

Can you please not give anyone ideas Samie, its cheating. Just cos I might want him as the perfect Rijkaard hybrid 

[Betty Blue]

I'll be honest I have no clue if thats a good pick or not.

So from now...I pick players who would have been good under Cruyff, but never played for him?

Good or not. It's definitely a fun pick.

Fully expected you to pick Tony Pullis though.

Paisley and Klopp could be quite hard to work with. Klopp needing very specific hard grafting players almost across the whole team, and Bob needing to stick to a rigid 442 while replacing that Scottish fire that ran through the team without having access to the best of them.

[Samie]

I got an outside of the box pick that will be fuckin' awesome. 

[Crosby Nick]

Good or not. It's definitely a fun pick.

Fully expected you to pick Tony Pullis though.

Paisley and Klopp could be quite hard to work with. Klopp needing very specific hard grafting players almost across the whole team, and Bob needing to stick to a rigid 442 while replacing that Scottish fire that ran through the team without having access to the best of them.

Surely you don’t need to have nationalities like that though. If you can find a ball playing centre half in the Hansen mould from elsewhere that’s surely fine?

[NICHOLLS]

Any nationality.

Note
Limited to one pick per country too.

[Betty Blue]

Surely you don’t need to have nationalities like that though. If you can find a ball playing centre half in the Hansen mould from elsewhere that’s surely fine?

Nah, I just meant that the Scots core running through that Liverpool side had a certain attitude and playing style that might be hard to conjure up. There are players out there from other nations who do though, of course.

[Hazell]

Shit, give me a bit, I haven't thought this through.

[Samie]

Shit, give me a bit, I haven't thought this through.

Ole at the wheel mate.

[Crosby Nick]

Hitzfeld, no real idea why! But looking at his Dortmund and Bayern CL winning teams I need three at the back with a sweeper, some defensively sound wing backs, two holders and an attacking mid and two strikers. Sound about right?

[Hazell]

Ole at the wheel mate.

That's the dream, I don't have to worry about tactics or formation or any of those boring things.

[Crosby Nick]

Hazell you’ve just deprived yourself of loads of your usual go to picks haven’t you?

[Samie]

Told ya. 

I got an outside of the box pick that will be fuckin' awesome. 

[Hazell]

Hazell you’ve just deprived yourself of loads of your usual go to picks haven’t you?

Yes, but he looks damn cool in those shades.

[Crosby Nick]

Told ya. 

Was he the guy who played Kojak?

[Samie]

Was he the guy who played Kojak?

 

Yes when he wasn't coaching some of the finest Brazilians to ever lace up a pair of boots.

[Betty Blue]

The most Samie pick of all time 

(actually a good one too, though that 4222 is a tricky one to balance)

[Hazell]

Hazell you’ve just deprived yourself of loads of your usual go to picks haven’t you?

Honestly though I've been busy today so haven't had time to think about it. I might change my pick if Nicholls allows it.