I get the sentiment. I do. Realistically when are you going to field Hitler though?
He can launch a surprise attack, but his forces quickly drain when approaching halftime. So you can't make him play from the start, you'd risk having to make changes way too quickly. But when the going gets tough and you want to bring him on as an extra weapon, he'll cower away from the challenge and prefer self destruction. So you couldn't use him as an impact substitute either.
As much as it pains me to say it, I'd take Fagioli over Hitler.
Now Stalin, if ever there was a fino alla fine mindset, that's it.
I don't think that you're taking everything into consideration.
If we have Hitler:
1. We play Austria Vienna in the first qualifying round. They let us win.
2. We play Sparta Prague in the second Q round. Hitler plays on the sides, and it's an easy win. The English papers say that we won't do much more in Europe after this win.
3. Group stage. We play Legia Warsaw in the first round and we obliterate them. In the second round we get FC Kobenhavn and we score 5 goals in the opening minutes. They leave the pitch. We play a draw with Arsenal, but it's enough to make the knockouts.
4. Round of 16. We get Ajax. We humiliate them and one of their fans, little Anne, writes in her diary that it was the worst day ever.
5. Quarterfinals. PSG. Their new defender, Maginot, brags that he'll have little Adolf in his pocket. At halftime their owner begs us to stop scoring and tells us that we can have Mbappe for free.
6. In the semis we get Spartak Moscow. Now that's a tough one and almost a certain elimination for us, but UEFA banned the Russian teams so Spartak's eliminated and instead we get to play Dynamo Kyiv. Ukrainians were always easy to beat, so we kick their asses, while some of them even collaborate with us.
7. In the final we should face Chicago Fire, but UEFA objects once again. American teams can't play in UEFA competitions. We should be proclaimed CL winners, but Ceferin won't let us win so easily. He says that we should play Inter in the finals, but Moratti is hung upside down by his own people and there was noone to lead Inter. Ceferin tells us to play Real Madrid, but Perez espoused neutrality. Europe decides to give a new chance to Dynamo Kyiv, this time reinforced with some French and German players. It's futile. Ukrainians always lose. We win the CL.
If we have Fagioli:
1. We play Austria Vienna in the first qualifying round. He takes the 30/1 odds for Austria to eliminate us and scores 3 owngoals. We're out.
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