Depay plays Berardi down the wing and he’s got options with Neymar closing far post and Barella in the middle. Finds Barella for 3-2
Otamendi handball in the 2nd minute of injury time (of 6). Neymar steps up and this time he doesn’t miss. The Hearts crowd goes wild and the bench mobs him
Modrić gets his 2nd but we are past the announced stoppage time. Doesn’t seem likely they’ll get a chance for an equalizer
Thanks SugarShaun - a lot of fun as always. Best league finish I’ve had plus the CL title, great run for Hearts
Thanks nexus for your work running the draft thread. Thanks to everyone for your involvement and getting me changes quickly so we could keep things running smoothly. Always a pleasure to run this even when my team is shit.
With the change to the YPOTY, only players that were 21 and under as of July 1, 2021 are eligible. POTY Shortlist: Raúl Jiménez - FC St Pauli Lionel Messi - Atlanta United Memphis Depay - Hearts Harry Kane - Real Madrid Rafa - Salford City YPOTY Shortlist: Alexander Isak - AC Milan Erling Braut Haaland - AC Milan Florian Wirtz - Le Havre AC Dušan Vlahović - Fiorentina Aurélien Tchouaméni - Fiorentina TOTS Honorable Mention/Reserves: GK - André Onana - Fiorentina CB - Evan Ndicka - Fiorentina RB - Juan Cuadrado - Atlanta United DM - Sergio Busquets - Atlanta United CM - Luka Modrić - Salford City CAM - Thomas Müller - Dynamo Kyiv RW - Federico Chiesa - Manchester United CF - Memphis Depay - Hearts ST - Romelu Lukaku - FC Nantes
YPOTY Winner: ST - Alexander Isak - Milan TOTS Bench: GK - Kasper Schmeichel - Milan CB - Matthias Ginter - Hearts LB - Raphaël Guerreiro - Real Madrid CM - Luis Alberto - Real Madrid CM - Nicolò Barella - Hearts CAM - Marco Reus - SL Benfica RM/RW - Angel Dí Maria - Finn Harps ST - Alexander Isak - Milan ST - Wissam Ben Yedder - Atlanta United
POTY Winner: CAM - Lionel Messi - Atlanta United TOTY: GK - Thibaut Courtois - Hearts RB - Trent Alexander-Arnold - Hearts CB - Mats Hummels - Hearts CB - Virgil van Dijk - Fiorentina LB - Alex Sandro - Hearts CM - Dani Parejo - Finn Harps CAM - Lionel Messi - Atlanta United RW - Rafa - Salford City LW - Yannick Carrasco - Manchester United ST - Harry Kane - Real Madrid ST - Raúl Jiménez - FC St Pauli
As happy as I am winning the league, I might be even more happy that I made a tactic that Messi did well in.
You are a wizard. In like a decade of this thing only you and Nexus have figured out how to make him not terrible
First time not getting relegated. Will take the mid table finish and aim to win it all next year. thanks SugarShaun excellent work as always
Clearly Messi getting the title here was the springboard he needed to finally see World Cup success. I'm in again.
nexus confirmed he would be in as well so that’s half for sure However, he may be busier this year so might not be able to keep up as well on draft thread. Would anyone be up to running the draft thread and updating OP with picks?
I think Chelsea have enough problems without me being their fictional computer Sim league manager, so I'll be mulling over a bold new choice for which club I'll be leading into Hades this season.
If we’re able to get everyone confirmed in time, would be hoping to start next week even though that’s a quick turnaround to start
tne and druce confirmed Pasta will probably be on in the morning Got a text out to Skrouse and will text the triumvirate
Unfortunately no Skrouse this year. Texted roonskie and ChileanNole since they haven’t been on in forever Gunners NoleNBlue (Ret.) Have both been in before
I’d like to thank Gallant Knight in advance for also furnishing the prizes for this competition as well I don’t care that Shaun calls you ‘redneck Illinihockey’, I think you’re an OK dude.
So he'll update the thread every 3 days instead of every 2? I didn't realize being a full time AYSO referee was such a time commitment.