Topic: The 1-10 Football Draft - Game 1

[Sarge]

Game 1 tubby v Drinks Sangria

tubby

Drinks Sangria

[Sarge]

Jesus this is a very tough call.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Tubby for me, very thin margins

[Samie]

Nothing thin about Fatso.

[Lawnmowerman]

I sense sangria is probably getting punished for his Del Piero on the wing here? I don't take the formations too literally meself and i can see how Sangrias forward line could play out. Del P is more than capable out there but Roberto carlos when he pushes up can give del p room to drift in and between Litmanen and Torres. Could cause a lot of havoc. Still i voted for the tubbsmeister. the defence tipped it for me

[vivabobbygraham]

Great to see some really good teams drafted using Sarge's rules. Well played me arl mate. Regarding this game, it's a tight one but I just love tubs' front four. Balance, flexibility, great hair and a bevvi of blonde and brunette beauties at every home game, It would be a pleasure to attend

[deFacto please, you bastards]

I sense sangria is probably getting punished for his Del Piero on the wing here? I don't take the formations too literally meself and i can see how Sangrias forward line could play out. Del P is more than capable out there but Roberto carlos when he pushes up can give del p room to drift in and between Litmanen and Torres. Could cause a lot of havoc. Still i voted for the tubbsmeister. the defence tipped it for me

I don't think that's why he's getting punished, Del Piero could play there. I have no issue with it at all, prior to Del Piero's knee injuries, he was fully capable playing well out wide.

Ultimately I like Tubby's back four more over Sangria's. [and keeper as well]. I think Sangria has the better midfield balance , but I like Tubby's front three more. George Best being the difference maker, and Romario.

[Drinks Sangria]

I can’t really argue, I like both teams and Tubby has got a great frontline and defence. It’s a good draft in that most teams can be put against each other and a plausible argument made for why one is better.

On Del Piero, he played mainly left wing until his knee issues robbed him of that explosiveness, much like DeFacto said. One note I’d make is that I can’t remember an attacking player who had to rebuild their style so much due to an injury and come back looking like a totally different footballer, but just as good.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

I can’t really argue, I like both teams and Tubby has got a great frontline and defence. It’s a good draft in that most teams can be put against each other and a plausible argument made for why one is better.

On Del Piero, he played mainly left wing until his knee issues robbed him of that explosiveness, much like DeFacto said. One note I’d make is that I can’t remember an attacking player who had to rebuild their style so much due to an injury and come back looking like a totally different footballer, but just as good.

Yeah very good point, he did a great job adjusting his game after that. Am I mad to think that he's massively underrated in the game?

[Sarge]

As i said in the other tread there are some cracking games coming up in this Draft.

[Hazell]

Tough call but went with tubby, who has a really strong attack, which is ultimately what swung it.

[Trendisnotdestiny]

This was a 51-49 match for me.  Could have gone either way - I really like both teams - not many weaknesses if any.

Would be curious if we had two brackets - relegated teams (4) after the first round-  how they might fare too - because I bet the difference between the top 2 or 3 teams will be razor thin.

Cheers Sarge, doing good work.   

Nicely played DS ---   Congrats to the thin one!