Draft QF (PL ERA DRAFT) - albakos vs Nacho | Winner: albakos

[Macho]

- Aguero ? Van Nistlerooy = ?
- Pires > Okocha = Albakos
- Sane < McManaman = Nacho
- Le Tissier < Tevez = Nacho
- Vieira ? Yaya = ?
- Essien > Butt = Albakos
- Pearce < Baines = Nacho
- John Stones > Vertongen = Albakos
- Alderweireld < Hyypia = Nacho (Trophies wise)
- Lauren ? Sagna = ?
- Courtois < Cech = Nacho (I think Cech has had the better Prem career)

Who thinks I'm off or can fill in the blanks? I think this should be closer anyways

 

[Entropics]

Aguero > RVN for sure

It's indeed close, it just lacks that magic Le Tissier and Pires offer

 

[db10_therza]

- Aguero ? Van Nistlerooy = ?
- Pires > Okocha = Albakos
- Sane < McManaman = Nacho
- Le Tissier < Tevez = Nacho
- Vieira ? Yaya = ?
- Essien > Butt = Albakos
- Pearce < Baines = Nacho
- John Stones > Vertongen = Albakos
- Alderweireld < Hyypia = Nacho (Trophies wise)
- Lauren ? Sagna = ?
- Courtois < Cech = Nacho (I think Cech has had the better Prem career)

Who thinks I'm off or can fill in the blanks? I think this should be closer anyways

Aguero is comfortably better than RvN tbh.

 

[Riou]

Lauren v Sagna is a proper debate.

I think Ralph should just edge it due how great he was in league winning teams (that type of legacy is what I look for the most generally) but Bac is probably my fav ever Arsenal signing in my time as a fan, elite ability too...

 

[Macho]

Lauren v Sagna is a proper debate.

I think Ralph should just edge it due how great he was in league winning teams (that type of legacy is what I look for the most generally) but Bac is probably my fav ever Arsenal signing in my time as a fan, elite ability too...

One was the better attacker and could take pens, plus choke Utd players.

The other was a better defender and did it in two prem teams.

Just depends on what the team needs, I'd say that one is a tie personally.

 

[albakos]

Good morning Jeff, and here we go with the 2nd half of this cracking match.

It's 6-3.

What!!?

Wait a minute, how come the score is now 8-6 for the Albakos team, what happened here during the halftime break Jeff?

Did Nacho's secretary hand out brown envelopes during halftime?

Could it be that Hagi along with Adrian Mutu is behind this scheme as they openly shredded the home-team courtesy of getting a seat in the executive box. He has voted for the opposition !!!

Nacho team has also employed the questionable tactics of having execs of other teams like Ed Woodward get his vote.

Either way it smells fishy enough of what just happened during HT, it surely must be checked by BIC (Bungs Investigation Committee).

But let's see what the 2nd half brings. Should be interesting.

 

[albakos]

And right as we restart the 2nd half, there's a brilliant action by Bobby Pires, who goes into a solo drive.
Surprisingly Bacary Sagna is easily dribbled past, @Robert Pires shots from the edge of the box and the Helmet is helpless, the ball goes right into the top right spider's nest of the goal. What a cracking goal there Jeff.

It's 9-6 for Albakos team

The home team's body language is different Jeff, they seem a lot more furious at what happened during the HT break, they are out there with a siege mentality. They hardly celebrated Pires' goal.

Could get feisty !!!

 

[albakos]

Jeff: Let's go back to Arsène Wenger Emirates Arena ! Chris, what do we got there ?

Chris: Unbelievable Jeff! As you may hear the roar of the home support, we have two quick goals from the Albakos team.

First it was Bobby Pires who seized on a loose ball as the Helmet tried his "play from the back routine". It was a horribly wrong pass, which was quickly intercepted and @Robert Pires scored on an empty net. Sheer masterclass from the lad !

After few minutes of play, @Patrick Vieira was in a great position to shoot just from the edge of the box and he made no mistake.

So now it is 11-6 to Albakos team.

 

[albakos]

- Aguero ? Van Nistlerooy = ?
- Pires > Okocha = Albakos
- Sane < McManaman = Nacho
- Le Tissier < Tevez = Nacho
- Vieira ? Yaya = ?
- Essien > Butt = Albakos
- Pearce < Baines = Nacho
- John Stones > Vertongen = Albakos
- Alderweireld < Hyypia = Nacho (Trophies wise)
- Lauren ? Sagna = ?
- Courtois < Cech = Nacho (I think Cech has had the better Prem career)

Who thinks I'm off or can fill in the blanks? I think this should be closer anyways

You're right in that Vieira and Yaya qualities are elite and it's difficult to say who is better. But from another angle, you can't be telling me that someone who cried over not having a birthday cake is a tougher personality than Vieira . So that seals it for me: Vieira > Yaya

The other 3 I have questions: How come Baines is better than Baines. Pearce was the regular England LB with 78 appearances when there were far less internationals. Baines only managed to get 30 of them.

So at LB, it's advantage Albakos

Also for the CB pair, a fairer comparison would've been
- John Stones > Hyypia = Albakos
- Alderweireld > Verthongen = Albakos (Toby carried Jan in Sp**s defence)
Aguero is ahead of RVN too.

In most of positions across the pitch, it's advantage Albakos.

The way I see it it is Albakos 7 - 3 Nacho (McManaman, Tevez, Cech) with Lauren v. Sagna as a draw.

 

[albakos]

And just as we typing this, here comes another goal for the home team.

It was a very nice worked goal, Essien intercepted and he passed it to Lauren who ran forward into an empty space left behind by Okocha.
Lauren got into the box, he tried his shot it was blocked by Hyypia and it fell in a perfect position in the D area, from which @Matt Le Tissier unleashed an unstoppable shot which was slightly deflected off of Verthongen too.

This is a rout so far Jeff, I've been telling you, the home team are completely different in second half.

12 - 6 to the Albakos team.

Jeff...

 

[albakos]

We're losing count of the goals here Jeff. Bobby Pires crossed from a corner and this time it is @Patrick Vieira who jumps higher than Yaya and scores a header past Helmet.

It's 13-6

 

[GoonerJeeves]

We're losing count of the goals here Jeff. Bobby Pires crossed from a corner and this time it is @Patrick Vieira who jumps higher than Yaya and scores a header past Helmet.

It's 13-6

I hear there's been a penalty, Chris?

 

[albakos]

I hear there's been a penalty, Chris?

Well Jeff, it looked like a handball, but it is inconclusive from the pitch. Viera was fighting for a header and this time it seems like Hyypia handled the ball, but he is gesticulating it was a push by Vieira.

All the Albakos team players were screaming handball. We are now stopped as there's a VAR review in process.

 

[albakos]

Jeff, even on the replays, it is difficult to make a decision over whether there was a push or the ball was touched deliberately.

The referee is watching the replay for over a minute now, looking at slo-mo replays from every possible camera angle.

And here we go he seems to have made a decision. He walks into the pitch, draws an imaginary screen with his fingers and it's a no. No penalty Jeff.
The home crowd are disappointed and Vieira looks shocked at this decision.

But we still have a good game in our hands.

The play will be restarted by Cech.

 

[Macho]

You're right in that Vieira and Yaya qualities are elite and it's difficult to say who is better. But =from anotehr angle, you can't be telling me that someone who cried over not having a birthday cake is a tougher personality than Vieira

The other 3 I have questions: How come Baines is better than Baines. Pearce was the regular England LB with 78 appearances when there were far less internationals. Baines only managed to get 30 of them.

So at LB, it's advantage Albakos

Also for the CB pair, a fairer comparison would've been
- John Stones > Hyypia = Albakos
- Alderweireld > Verthongen = Albakos (Toby carried Jan in Sp**s defence)
Aguero is ahead of RVN too.

In most of positions across the pitch, it's advantage Albakos.

The way I see it it is Albakos 7 - 3 Nacho (McManaman, Tevez, Cech) with Lauren v. Sagna as a draw.

This is all cap

But fair enough looks like you win, I gave it a good go.

 

[OnlyOne]

@Nacho loses by a landslide. Absolutely trash team and he took it seriously but go a bi week because Sapient Hawk didn't care.

 

[Macho]

@Nacho loses by a landslide. Absolutely trash team and he took it seriously but go a bi week because Sapient Hawk didn't care.

You got smashed by a gimmick team tho.

It's because Sapient Hawk didn't care I lost, when Albakos got Vieira it was curtains.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

- Aguero ? Van Nistlerooy = ?
- Pires > Okocha = Albakos
- Sane < McManaman = Nacho
- Le Tissier < Tevez = Nacho
- Vieira ? Yaya = ?
- Essien > Butt = Albakos
- Pearce < Baines = Nacho
- John Stones > Vertongen = Albakos
- Alderweireld < Hyypia = Nacho (Trophies wise)
- Lauren ? Sagna = ?
- Courtois < Cech = Nacho (I think Cech has had the better Prem career)

Who thinks I'm off or can fill in the blanks? I think this should be closer anyways

Think the voting is massively overrating midfields generally. If you had toure/makalele/vieira surrounded by sapient hawk's team you'd walk the whole thing

 

[Macho]

Think the voting is massively overrating midfields generally. If you had toure/makalele/vieira surrounded by sapient hawk's team you'd walk the whole thing

Yeah there is a strong bias towards central midfield, I think that's what will ultimately have A__G see off Oxeki as well.

Midfield wins games though, so it is what it is.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Yeah there is a strong bias towards central midfield, I think that's what will ultimately have A__G see off Oxeki as well.

Midfield wins games though, so it is what it is.

Its like you haven't watched arsenal in the last 15 years