Draft SF (PL ERA DRAFT) Oxeki vs Tir Na Nog

[Entropics]

Even the spirit of Frank Lampard is an upgrade on Arteta tbh

Oxeki robbed

 

[Oxeki]

I'm really sorry. I just spent 7 hours in the laboratory. I was distracted. I swear I wasn't trying to tank my team

 

[GDeep™]

Should be a strict disqualification.

 

[2Smokeyy]

@Tir Na Nog allegedly logged into @Oxeki account to post Frank Lampard I’m hearing:

 

[Oxeki]

@2Smokeyy am I disqualified or can I post my formation graphics now?

 

[2Smokeyy]

@2Smokeyy am I disqualified or can I post my formation graphics now?

It’s not that deep.

Just post up your team and the votes can resume.

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

In case of disqualification shouldn't there be a replacement team from all those who were eliminated? :

 

[Sapient Hawk]

@Oxeki putting Lampard in his team and @Sapient Hawk posting an entire XI for his first pick are the highlights of the tournament for me

I've always been

 

[Oxeki]

@Oxeki post the team with the new player you picked from @A__G team

 

[Dokaka]

**** me that's a good team. Outside of Duff and Matip everyone were/are genuinely world class, and that central midfield is absolutely insane both in terms of player quality and balance.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Was hoping you'd take Gerrard, so I could just say that he slipped.

 

[Sanchez11]

Ashley Young ffs, change that and you win the whole thing.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Ashley Young ffs, change that and you win the whole thing.

Come on, think of Villa Ashley Young but also how he's adapted in recent years to being a solid FB. It's like the perfect modern FB.

 

[Sanchez11]

Come on, think of Villa Ashley Young but also how he's adapted in recent years to being a solid FB. It's like the perfect modern FB.

, you need more than solid bro.

 

[Dokaka]

I think @Tir Na Nog 's team fall apart here at the RB position. Keane will get dragged out wide having to help Young defend Hazard + Evra, which is pretty dangerous when @Oxeki got the most creative midfield in this tournament. Oxeki's team is much more balanced and can enforce their own game more by not having any glaring weaknesses, especially defensively. Even if Duff is a slight weakness here you have Kyle Walker providing support and overlapping, which ups the potency significantly.

If Tir Na Nog had a better (/real ) RB this would've been extremely close and maybe even favor him.

 

[Sanchez11]

I think @Tir Na Nog 's team fall apart here at the RB position. Keane will get dragged out wide having to help Young defend Hazard + Evra, which is pretty dangerous when @Oxeki got the most creative midfield in this tournament. Oxeki's team is much more balanced and can enforce their own game more by not having any glaring weaknesses, especially defensively. Even if Duff is a slight weakness here you have Kyle Walker providing support and overlapping, which ups the potency significantly.

If Tir Na Nog had a better (/real ) RB this would've been extremely close and maybe even favor him.

️

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Think yous are being too harsh on Ash. Let's not forget he was England's starting LWB in the 2018 world cup. He's more than comfortable in a wing-back or full-back position imo.

I knew this would be the sticking point for a lot of people, but I think what he'd offer support Beckham in particular makes up for the fact he's not a natural right back. And this is prime Young we're talking about so he'd still have that blistering pace.

 

[db10_therza]

Easy one for me this. @Tir Na Nog gets it on acct of me being a nostalgia merchant

 

[db10_therza]

I think @Tir Na Nog 's team fall apart here at the RB position. Keane will get dragged out wide having to help Young defend Hazard + Evra, which is pretty dangerous when @Oxeki got the most creative midfield in this tournament. Oxeki's team is much more balanced and can enforce their own game more by not having any glaring weaknesses, especially defensively. Even if Duff is a slight weakness here you have Kyle Walker providing support and overlapping, which ups the potency significantly.

If Tir Na Nog had a better (/real ) RB this would've been extremely close and maybe even favor him.

Genuine question because I rate your ball knowledhe - did you ever watch cantona and shearer play or were they before your time?

 

[Dokaka]

Genuine question because I rate your ball knowledhe - did you ever watch cantona and shearer play or were they before your time?

Caught the last years of Shearer's career, too young to properly see Cantona outside of highlights, expert opinions etc.

Watching Shearer made me appreciate how much better his overall game was compared to the perception of him being a penalty box striker. Obviously he wasn't Henry but he was also far from being a Van Nistelrooy type. He's low key underrated by many at this point; his occasional brain dead takes on TV doesn't help with that.

My general impression of Cantona, from what I've seen, read and heard, is he was a fantastic second striker, the type of player way ahead of his time in many ways and would be fantastic in today's game, but at the same time quite overrated by Man Utd fans who tend to put him in the same category as the absolute best in PL history which I've simply heard too many knowledgable people I respect debunk at this point to believe. Close though.