SG's Ultimate Draft Challenge

[Filipower]

 

[rony31]

Az has 1 player outside the EPL. Did he not see how poorly EPL players played during the World Cup?

 

[Mandieta6]

No.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

It occured to me when I was thinking about how to set up my team that there would be a few occasions when I would need a much more defensive fullback, hence the versatile John O'Shea.

 

[Filipower]

Really? He's crap.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Yeah

Still needed someone like him.

 

[Mandieta6]

Lovely, we're going to start just when classes start to pick up and life gets back to normal. Typical.

 

[Filipower]

You mean you haven't started classes yet? F*ck you then!

 

[Xifio]

we're almost down to the last round of picks ... here's what my starting XI looks like:

the only thing that may not be obvious is that the top three names in the formation will all have free roles -- they each like to drift and drop; best not to limit their collective creativity ...

Raffie, being a midfielder, would start as the deepest of the 3 ... that makes for a 4-3-1-2 / 4-3-2-1 / 4-3-3, depending on how you want to look at it ...

 

[ShiftyPowers]

4-3-1-2. Ugly.

What did you use to make the formation?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

My default starting XI:

1: Lloris
2: Anyukov
3: Capdevila
4: Mariga
5: Pique
6: Naldo
7: Ramires
8: Fabregas
9: Eto'o
10: van Persie
11: Robinho

 

[Xifio]

I think of it as a 4-3-3 ... but, saying that without mentioning what I mean by the fluidity up front might make people think I'm playing Raffie on the wing, which is not the case ...

I used this11.com, and then touched it up using Photoshop and Paint ...

@Az: I think this11.com is the solution to your request for an online formation creation resource ... it's the only one I've come across so far, and it is pretty good ...

@everyone: let me know if you found anything similar ...

 

[Filipower]

You have too much time on your hands, man.

 

[Xifio]

^ I presume you're talking to me? in which case I'd say: I wish! not enough time, to be honest ... that's why I don't sleep much (~4 hrs a day), so I have spare time to relax and indulge after completing a fairly rigorous academic schedule ...

 

[Filipower]

Luckily, so do I

with fantastic subs like Gago and Klaas lurking around a starting spot.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Something like that

 

[Filipower]

haha arrows

 

[Filipower]

Everyone's definitely got great teams, yet the imperfections that everyone also has should be great to discuss

 

[ShiftyPowers]

haha arrows

Just making everything clear.

EDIT: You gonna swap Hulk and Kuyt depending on what side has the strongest fullback?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Oh, but I will 100% be using Park against Xifio:

Manchester United's 0-0 draw away to Internazionale in the Champions League second round last season was achieved, at least in part, because of the way Park Ji-sung negated Maicon as an attacking threat.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/sep/22/football-tactics-trends