Topic: 2020 Summer Transfer Draft Round 1

[Max_powers]

Game 1

Gerry vs Surfer

Gerald's Team

vs

Surfer

Since max asked for formations...

Settled on the formation and players now.  Gone for the 2-3-2-3 Metodo of yore,  more recently adopted and adapted by Pep at Munich.



(1) Pepe Reina,  (2) Jerome Boateng,  (3) Antonio Rudiger,  (4) Theo Hernandez,  (5) Marcel Sabitzer,  (6) Axel Witsel,  (7) Arthur Melo,  (8 )  Piotr Zielinski,  (9) Lorenzo Insigne,  (10) Son Heung Min,  (11) Christian Pulisic.

A strong focus on pace,  possession,  some steel,  particularly Axel Witsel.

Will show some team movements in the next post.

The choice,  characteristics and movements of Sabitzer, who defends wide,  deeper but plays as a right-central midfielder in possession and for preventative marking balances Theo Hernandez's forward bursts to join the attack. This is a notable aspect of how Pep structured his team at Bayern.

Witsel anchors the midfield,  Arthur is critical in both the defensive and offensive phase,  Zielinski completes my unit here and links with the attack. 

The Son,  Pulisic,  Insigne attack fits what I want to do.  All three have the freedom to interchange positions,  move fluidly.

I considered other conventional full backs and formations first,  but having say Theo on one side and Hakimi on the other is still a tad exposed.  So Sabitzer gets his shot in this fairly unconventional setup.

1) Theo's overlap down the wing. A main facet of this team:



Sabitzer tucks in,  into midfield.  Zielinski joins the attack.

2) attack,  right central:



Zielinski joins attack after starting move,  Sabitzer moves into centre midfield, supporting the play alongside Arthur, Theo goes forward,  Insigne -  Son interchange.

Game 2

Defacto vs Claus

Defacto aka You think you'd learn by now

vs

Claus aka Something Worse

[surfer. Fuck you generator.]

Just to give an idea of the stats (from whoscored)  we could use to assess whether a player is still relevant even if he has a big rep:

Name         age   height  lgue aps19/20  gls/assts
Joelinton   23     186         32(6)                2/2
Sterling      25     170        30(3)                20/1
Ribery         37     170        19(2)                3/3
Fabregas    33     180        12(6)               0/3
Reed            25   181         24(4)                0/2
T. Davies     22    180        23(7)                1/0
A Davies     19    181         24(5)               3/5
Upamecano 21   186        27(1)               0/1
Konate         21    194        6(2)                0/0
Trent          21       175        35(3)             4/13
Pickford:    26      185        38

Average age: 24.8
Players above 32: 2
Players at or above 182cm / 6 feet: 4
Players on or above 20 league appearances: 9
Total g / assts:  33/ 30
Top 5 leagues players: 10/11
G / assts discount non top 5 leagues: 2 assists

Harrison Reed,  Alphonso Davies,  Tom Davies  Ibrahima Konate

Name             Age     Height   l. Apps19/20     g/asts

Insigne:         29        163          34(3)                  8/6
Son               28          183         28(2)                 11/10
Pulisic           21         172          19(6)                9/4
Arthur           23         171         14(7)                  3/3
Zielinski        26         180         32(5)                 2/4
Witsel            31         186         25(3)                  4/5
Theo H          22          184       32(1)                  6/3
Rudiger         27          190      19(1)                    2/0
Boateng       31          192         23(1)                 0/2
Sabitzer:     26           178        30(2)                  9/7
Reina           37          188         14                   

Average age: 27.6
Players above 32: 1
Players at or above 182cm/6 feet: 6
Players on or above 20 league apps: 10
Total g/ assts: 45/ 44
Top 5 leagues players: 11
Discount: -

Mistakes are mine,  just ran through it quickly.  Haven't voted,  haven't checked,  it's not for that but for the info since this is on current ability.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Vote you stingy tarts.

[Something Worse]

I'm losing lolol

[El Lobo]

Have you not learnt yet

[Something Worse]

Have you not learnt yet

It's the hope that gets you.

"Wow this is an easy first game..."

Then the braintrust strike.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

It's the hope that gets you.

"Wow this is an easy first game..."

Then the braintrust strike.

Lolololol you though it was going to be easy 

[El Lobo]

Lolololol you though it was going to be easy 

Should have been to be fair, Coutinho against Dan Burn would be interesting

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Should have been to be fair, Coutinho against Dan Burn would be interesting

if it only worked that way. 

Coutinho would cut in and shoot from distance, as he always has and does. One trick pony 

[Something Worse]

if it only worked that way. 

Coutinho would cut in and shoot from distance, as he always has and does. One trick pony 

Yes and after a 30 minute Hattrick I could bring him off and play 10 against 11 and win

[Max_powers]

Claus has a great defence but his attack is kinda weak. Two great midfeilders too but one is a advanced playmaker and another is box to box player that is better going forward.

Yes Dan Burns is bang average but he is not terrible. Defacto's midfield has a good balance and he has a more potent attack.

I voted for neither since I accidentally only ended up voting on first game.

[Elzar]

Claus has an attack that really struggles in a "current" draft. Coutinho has no form, Felix is still yet to reach his potential, Chiesa doesn't stand out and Tevez is way past it (hardly even plays in the Boca team). He then has nobody to sit in that midfield and it plays into defacto's hands really.

Great defence, but not enough to win him the game.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Cheers lads, unluckyyyyyyyy Clausss