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Number one pick - Xi vs. xi, you vs. rafa
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:43 pmby JoeTerp
Full squad is available to pick from, everyone is fit:
you pick first, then Rafa picks 2 in a row then you pick 2 in a row, then Rafa gets 2 in a row and so on.
Who are you going to take with your first selection?
I don't think the smart move is Gerrard, I think it is either Reina or Torres, this is because the drop off after Stevie in central midfield is a lot less than the frop off after Torres in the striking options or the difference between Reina and Itandje
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:57 pmby account deleted by request
It would have to be Torres or Reina for me as well, we have more than enough decent players to cope everywhere else. So even second choice midfielders would be good enough, but in goal and striker there is only one real option. I went for Torres 
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:59 pmby JamCar05
Iv'e picked Torres. I think you are spot on with your reason for not having Gerrard as the smart move. I've picked Torres ahead of Reina simply for the reason, that at the moment he is the ONLY striker who provides any danger, whereas goalkeepingwise Itandje hasn't been that bad really (not great either, just somewhere in between). This of course might have a lot to do with the fact, that I'm VERY frustrated with our strikeforce (bar Torres) currently, and therefore don't think too much about the goalkeeping position at all (where Reina has been a rock this season). I just think that we have quite a strong defence which should be able to give good protection to Itandje, whereas we are f.ucked if Torres isn't playing up front. Ask me again in a month though, and I might pick Reina instead (especially if Kuyt has started to bang in a few goals 
).
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:00 pmby JoeTerp
s@int wrote:It would have to be Torres or Reina for me as well, we have more than enough decent players to cope everywhere else. So even second choice midfielders would be good enough, but in goal and striker there is only one real option. I went for Torres
Rafa would then hit back at you with Reina and Gerrard
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:04 pmby JamCar05
Then I'd pick Mascher to protect Gerrard so he could roam freely as he enjoys. And Carra to shore up the defence (sorry, I know you didn't ask me )
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:10 pmby JoeTerp
JamCar05 wrote:Then I'd pick Mascher to protect Gerrard so he could roam freely as he enjoys. And Carra to shore up the defence (sorry, I know you didn't ask me
)
Macherano couldn't protect Gerrard because Gerrard is on the other team
Jam Car05: Torres, Mascherano, Carra
Rafa(me): Reina, Gerrard
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Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:12 pmby account deleted by request
JoeTerp wrote:s@int wrote:It would have to be Torres or Reina for me as well, we have more than enough decent players to cope everywhere else. So even second choice midfielders would be good enough, but in goal and striker there is only one real option. I went for Torres
Rafa would then hit back at you with Reina and Gerrard
Goalkeeper and Kewell (just in case Rafa was a sneaky bast@rd and chose my goalkeeper )
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:10 pmby Lando_Griffin
I went for Torres.
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:13 pmby JamCar05
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Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:22 pmby LFC2007
Gerrard, he's our best player. End of.
Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:55 pmby NANNY RED
I went for Pepe so whose the Spanish lad gonna pick
Well he is my opponent hence the Spanish lad:D
Posted:
Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:29 pmby JoeTerp
JamCar05 wrote:JoeTerp wrote:JamCar05 wrote:Then I'd pick Mascher to protect Gerrard so he could roam freely as he enjoys. And Carra to shore up the defence (sorry, I know you didn't ask me
)
Macherano couldn't protect Gerrard because Gerrard is on the other team
Jam Car05: Torres, Mascherano, Carra
Rafa(me): Reina, Gerrard
Sorry, just realised that 
Well, I still maintain my two choices (Carra to shore up my defence and Mascher to hunt down Gerrard ). What would Rafa (you ) do then?
a small part of me wants to take 2 goalkeepers so you would be forced to play an U-18 in goal, but I fear that I would sacrifice too much in my outfield players that I could get bossed up and down the pitch.
JamCar05: Torres, Carra, Mascherano
ME: Reina, Gerrard, Agger, Crouch
I really wanted to take Xabi, but I saw that if I did,'t take Crouch or Agger I would have to wait for you to make two more picks while I wouldn't have either a single striker or defender. Also considered Arbeloa because of his versatility, but thought it was more important to shore up the defense centrally.
Posted:
Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:32 pmby JoeTerp
s@int wrote:JoeTerp wrote:s@int wrote:It would have to be Torres or Reina for me as well, we have more than enough decent players to cope everywhere else. So even second choice midfielders would be good enough, but in goal and striker there is only one real option. I went for Torres
Rafa would then hit back at you with Reina and Gerrard
Goalkeeper and Kewell (just in case Rafa was a sneaky bast@rd and chose my goalkeeper )
S@int: Torres, Itandje (unless you want Martin), Kewell
Rafa(me): Reina, Gerrard, Carra, Mascherano
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Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:56 pmby account deleted by request
JoeTerp wrote:s@int wrote:JoeTerp wrote:s@int wrote:It would have to be Torres or Reina for me as well, we have more than enough decent players to cope everywhere else. So even second choice midfielders would be good enough, but in goal and striker there is only one real option. I went for Torres
Rafa would then hit back at you with Reina and Gerrard
Goalkeeper and Kewell (just in case Rafa was a sneaky bast@rd and chose my goalkeeper )
S@int: Torres, Itandje (unless you want Martin), Kewell
Rafa(me): Reina, Gerrard, Carra, Mascherano
Agger and Alonso(I would swop Alonso for Mascha IF YOUR DESPERATE
Posted:
Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:44 amby JoeTerp
s@int wrote:S@int: Torres, Itandje (unless you want Martin), Kewell
Rafa(me): Reina, Gerrard, Carra, Mascherano
Agger and Alonso(I would swop Alonso for Mascha IF YOUR DESPERATE
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S@int: Torres, Itandje, Kewell, Agger, Alonso
Me: Reina, Gerrard, Carra, Mascherano, Crouch, Pennant