All Time Reserves Draft | Quarters

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Damn Schulz was my pick. Promised myself I won't research for this draft

 

[Joga Bonito]

Stunned that a certain player hasn't been picked thus far, pegged him down as a first round pick (at worst second round).

 

[Enigma_87]

Shouldn't have corrected you Too bad there are no sheep for invalid picks

Depends on the point of view

Aldo could just have edited the list and let me play him

 

[Moby]

Depends on the point of view

Aldo could just have edited the list and let me play him

The list is and shall remain unedited for the duration of the draft.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

1. Stobzilla & KM - 1. Enzo Francescoli 2. Fritz Walter 3. Juan Joya 4. Roger Marche 5. Nestor Goncalves
2. Downcast - 1. Luis Suarez 2. Rensenbrink 3. Osvaldo Ardiles 4. Gerrard 5. Vieri
3. RedTiger - 1. Gianni Rivera 2. Stielike 3. Bossis 4. J.Greaves 5. Donadoni
4. Sjor Bepo & Invictus - 1. Gérson 2. Förster 3. Riva 4. Kaltz 5. Billy Wright
5. Tuppet - 1. Florian Albert 2. Thomas Muller 3. Blanchflower 4. Josef Bican 5. Roberto perfumo
6. Aldo Staine - 1. Teófilo Cubillas 2. Mario Kempes 3. Pietro Vierchowod 4. Armando Picchi 5. Elkjær Larsen
7. Chesterlestreet - 1. Matthias Sindelar 2. Kazimierz Deyna 3. Grzegorz Lato 4. Wilhelmus "Wim" Jansen 5. Roberto Rosato
8. Isotope - 1. Sandro Mazzola 2. Tostao 3. Ciro Ferrara 4. Gianluca Zambrotta 5. Ince
9. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard - 1. Uwe Seeler 2. B. Conti 3. Ruggeri 4. Lerby 5. Labruna
10. harms & Annah - 1. Zizinho 2. Keizer 3. Netto 4. D. Alves 5. Leonidas Da Silva
11. MJJ & green_smiley - 1. Dixie Dean 2. Dobrin 3. Luis Pereira 4. Israël 5. Romeo Benetti
12. BBRBB - 1- Nils Liedholm 2. Júnior 3. Alain Giresse 4. Diego Godín 5. Thiago Silva
13. Physiocrat - 1. Kaka 2. Zagallo 3. Modric 4. Cerezo 5. Evra
14. mazhar13 & Marty1968 - 1. W. Overath 2. H.G. Schwarzenbeck 3. H. Szymaniak 4. H. Crespo 5. F. Causio
15. Edgar Allan Pillow- 1. L Brady 2. N Stiles 3. K Dalglish 4. I Rush 5. VR Andrade 6. Danny Blind
16. Enigma_87 - 1. Allan Simonsen 2. Schweinsteiger 3. Stojkovic 4. David Villa 5. Bratseth 6. Willi Schulz

@mazhar13 @Marty1968

 

[Enigma_87]

The list is and shall remain unedited for the duration of the draft.

Yeah it was in gest.

So far I really like Physio's, RedTiger and Aldo/Stain sides, but the rest are looking solid as well. Pretty even pool so far which is nice to see.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

I don't know. I feel like I'm biased towards Liverpool bunch of the 80's but I feel that they lack something to be considered equals to the very top players of their generation (apart from Souness maybe). Despite their European success. It's really a paradox of Liverpool in my eyes - despite them being more successful team on the continent I feel that we had at least 4 players that were better than anyone they ever produced (Charlton, Best, Law and Ronaldo) and a few that arguably were as good as anyone they had (Keane, Schmeichel, Ferdinand, Scholes). I'll try to keep an open mind about this although, I hope that you'll do a great job selling them

Tbh, I was trying to steer this away from United comparisons as that is one way to dig my own grave. But then again it'd be very hard to avoid the parallels. The more I read, the more I find myself comparing Shankly to Busby and so. The team overall had a very good backline. With Souness and Dalglish becoming the parallel to our own Keane and Cantona, they were an inspirational team. Quite difficult to do without naing unpicked players, let me take a shot after the drafting is done.

 

[Moby]

With Souness and Dalglish becoming the parallel to our own Keane and Cantona

This will not end well.

 

[Ecstatic]

@Edgar Allan Pillow is ready for the battle. Oh, wait: who is your opponent?

 

[green_smiley]

@Aldo has my next pick

 

[Chesterlestreet]

They're dull as feck, though. Utterly lack charm, or even flair, compared to many other serial winning sides. That's part of it.

But @Gio is obviously right: They're generally underrated on here. Would be very, very strange if they weren't.

 

[Enigma_87]

Tbh, I was trying to steer this away from United comparisons as that is one way to dig my own grave. But then again it'd be very hard to avoid the parallels. The more I read, the more I find myself comparing Shankly to Busby and so. The team overall had a very good backline. With Souness and Dalglish becoming the parallel to our own Keane and Cantona, they were an inspirational team. Quite difficult to do without naing unpicked players, let me take a shot after the drafting is done.

I'd refrain from the bolded comparison personally. Souness/Keane ok, but the other one will generate a lot of "joy" as one can imagine.

Personally I have no problems with Dalglish/Rush combo and it's excellent one in terms of the pool, but going at that angle and comparing them to United's legends will win no favorites.

 

[Ecstatic]

They're dull as feck, though. Utterly lack charm, or even flair, compared to many other serial winning sides. That's part of it.

But @Gio is obviously right: They're generally underrated on here. Would be very, very strange if they weren't.

Sure!

Not an accident that there is probably no former Liverpool players blocked.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

This will not end well.

I'd refrain from the bolded comparison personally. Souness/Keane ok, but the other one will generate a lot of "joy" as one can imagine.

I know But that's the most obvious comparison...straddling a fine line here.

In fact the first hit on my search is a caf thread, which I've just bumped. Let's see how the dominoes fall now

 

[BBRBB]

Being underrrated is not a big deal.

I'm sure on Bluemoon and maybe RAWK hyping up opposition legends would be a bannable offense.

 

[Ecstatic]

I know But that's the most obvious comparison...straddling a fine line here.

In fact the first hit on my search is a caf thread, which I've just bumped. Let's see how the dominoes fall now

More seriously, would you compare Rush with Cristiano Ronaldo or Law?

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

More seriously, would you compare Rush with Cristiano Ronaldo or Law?

Why not? Law is comparable...but then he is a better player too. I'd put Rush a level below Law.

 

[RedTiger]

@Edgar Allan Pillow is ready for the battle. Oh, wait: who is your opponent?

Has the draw already taken place?

 

[Chesterlestreet]

Thing is that apart from the odd scan voter, I doubt you'll find many overly and narrowly partisan people among those who take an interest in these drafts. The United-neutral ratio in our sub-community is completely different to the general one on the Caf, for one thing.

If you look at what will be considered final worthy XIs picked from any pool you can think of, I doubt you'll find many examples of United players having made it into those without objectively (enough) deserving to be there.

There's a tendency to overrate a small segment of players - that I will concede. But some of those are objectively final worthy to begin with - it's more a question of rating them half a notch above their true level (which any neutral would admit is very high), not a question of bigging up mediocre players.

 

[Moby]

Why not? Law is comparable...but then he is a better player too. I'd put Rush a level below Law.

@Joga Bonito he's all yours.

 

[Moby]

Has the draw already taken place?

Nah, it will happen at the end of Round 11.

@Enigma_87 please make a not of this. During your last double pick, pick one player and wait for the draw before picking the second one.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Joga Bonito he's all yours.

You are supposed to be an impartial draft mod, not a shit stirrer ffs!

 

[Moby]

You are supposed to be an impartial draft mod, not a shit stirrer ffs!

Really, though, enough has been said about it already. This belongs to the match thread. This is where @Chesterlestreet 's mod is needed!

 

[Joga Bonito]

Why not? Law is comparable...but then he is a better player too. I'd put Rush a level below Law.

 

[harms]

Not an accident that there is probably no former Liverpool players blocked.

Keegan, Souness and Hansen are blocked

 

[mazhar13]

I'm on the mobile, so I can't say much other than the name of this reliable full back right now.

Mauro Tassotti

@Physiocrat

Can someone update the list for me?

 

[BBRBB]

1. Stobzilla & KM - 1. Enzo Francescoli 2. Fritz Walter 3. Juan Joya 4. Roger Marche 5. Nestor Goncalves
2. Downcast - 1. Luis Suarez 2. Rensenbrink 3. Osvaldo Ardiles 4. Gerrard 5. Vieri
3. RedTiger - 1. Gianni Rivera 2. Stielike 3. Bossis 4. J.Greaves 5. Donadoni
4. Sjor Bepo & Invictus - 1. Gérson 2. Förster 3. Riva 4. Kaltz 5. Billy Wright
5. Tuppet - 1. Florian Albert 2. Thomas Muller 3. Blanchflower 4. Josef Bican 5. Roberto perfumo
6. Aldo Staine - 1. Teófilo Cubillas 2. Mario Kempes 3. Pietro Vierchowod 4. Armando Picchi 5. Elkjær Larsen
7. Chesterlestreet - 1. Matthias Sindelar 2. Kazimierz Deyna 3. Grzegorz Lato 4. Wilhelmus "Wim" Jansen 5. Roberto Rosato
8. Isotope - 1. Sandro Mazzola 2. Tostao 3. Ciro Ferrara 4. Gianluca Zambrotta 5. Ince
9. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard - 1. Uwe Seeler 2. B. Conti 3. Ruggeri 4. Lerby 5. Labruna
10. harms & Annah - 1. Zizinho 2. Keizer 3. Netto 4. D. Alves 5. Leonidas Da Silva
11. MJJ & green_smiley - 1. Dixie Dean 2. Dobrin 3. Luis Pereira 4. Israël 5. Romeo Benetti
12. BBRBB - 1- Nils Liedholm 2. Júnior 3. Alain Giresse 4. Diego Godín 5. Thiago Silva
13. Physiocrat - 1. Kaka 2. Zagallo 3. Modric 4. Cerezo 5. Evra
14. mazhar13 & Marty1968 - 1. W. Overath 2. H.G. Schwarzenbeck 3. H. Szymaniak 4. H. Crespo 5. F. Causio 6. M. Tassotti
15. Edgar Allan Pillow- 1. L Brady 2. N Stiles 3. K Dalglish 4. I Rush 5. VR Andrade 6. Danny Blind
16. Enigma_87 - 1. Allan Simonsen 2. Schweinsteiger 3. Stojkovic 4. David Villa 5. Bratseth 6. Willi Schulz

@Physiocrat

 

[Ecstatic]

You are quicker @BBRBB : well done

 

[BBRBB]

Passing by at the right time.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Damn, just realized I skipped a name and picked Blind. Had another player tagged for the last pick and missed him totally. Hope he stays!

 

[Physiocrat]

Tommy Taylor

1. Stobzilla & KM - 1. Enzo Francescoli 2. Fritz Walter 3. Juan Joya 4. Roger Marche 5. Nestor Goncalves
2. Downcast - 1. Luis Suarez 2. Rensenbrink 3. Osvaldo Ardiles 4. Gerrard 5. Vieri
3. RedTiger - 1. Gianni Rivera 2. Stielike 3. Bossis 4. J.Greaves 5. Donadoni
4. Sjor Bepo & Invictus - 1. Gérson 2. Förster 3. Riva 4. Kaltz 5. Billy Wright
5. Tuppet - 1. Florian Albert 2. Thomas Muller 3. Blanchflower 4. Josef Bican 5. Roberto perfumo
6. Aldo Staine - 1. Teófilo Cubillas 2. Mario Kempes 3. Pietro Vierchowod 4. Armando Picchi 5. Elkjær Larsen
7. Chesterlestreet - 1. Matthias Sindelar 2. Kazimierz Deyna 3. Grzegorz Lato 4. Wilhelmus "Wim" Jansen 5. Roberto Rosato
8. Isotope - 1. Sandro Mazzola 2. Tostao 3. Ciro Ferrara 4. Gianluca Zambrotta 5. Ince
9. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard - 1. Uwe Seeler 2. B. Conti 3. Ruggeri 4. Lerby 5. Labruna
10. harms & Annah - 1. Zizinho 2. Keizer 3. Netto 4. D. Alves 5. Leonidas Da Silva
11. MJJ & green_smiley - 1. Dixie Dean 2. Dobrin 3. Luis Pereira 4. Israël 5. Romeo Benetti
12. BBRBB - 1- Nils Liedholm 2. Júnior 3. Alain Giresse 4. Diego Godín 5. Thiago Silva
13. Physiocrat - 1. Kaka 2. Zagallo 3. Modric 4. Cerezo 5. Evra 6. Taylor
14. mazhar13 & Marty1968 - 1. W. Overath 2. H.G. Schwarzenbeck 3. H. Szymaniak 4. H. Crespo 5. F. Causio 6. M. Tassotti
15. Edgar Allan Pillow- 1. L Brady 2. N Stiles 3. K Dalglish 4. I Rush 5. VR Andrade 6. Danny Blind
16. Enigma_87 - 1. Allan Simonsen 2. Schweinsteiger 3. Stojkovic 4. David Villa 5. Bratseth 6. Willi Schulz

@BBRBB

 

[Ecstatic]

Tommy Taylor: the hooker?

 

[harms]

It's always nice to see one of the Busby Babes participating

 

[BBRBB]

Nándor Hidegkuti

1. Stobzilla & KM - 1. Enzo Francescoli 2. Fritz Walter 3. Juan Joya 4. Roger Marche 5. Nestor Goncalves
2. Downcast - 1. Luis Suarez 2. Rensenbrink 3. Osvaldo Ardiles 4. Gerrard 5. Vieri
3. RedTiger - 1. Gianni Rivera 2. Stielike 3. Bossis 4. J.Greaves 5. Donadoni
4. Sjor Bepo & Invictus - 1. Gérson 2. Förster 3. Riva 4. Kaltz 5. Billy Wright
5. Tuppet - 1. Florian Albert 2. Thomas Muller 3. Blanchflower 4. Josef Bican 5. Roberto perfumo
6. Aldo Staine - 1. Teófilo Cubillas 2. Mario Kempes 3. Pietro Vierchowod 4. Armando Picchi 5. Elkjær Larsen
7. Chesterlestreet - 1. Matthias Sindelar 2. Kazimierz Deyna 3. Grzegorz Lato 4. Wilhelmus "Wim" Jansen 5. Roberto Rosato
8. Isotope - 1. Sandro Mazzola 2. Tostao 3. Ciro Ferrara 4. Gianluca Zambrotta 5. Ince
9. Skizzo & Pat_Mustard - 1. Uwe Seeler 2. B. Conti 3. Ruggeri 4. Lerby 5. Labruna
10. harms & Annah - 1. Zizinho 2. Keizer 3. Netto 4. D. Alves 5. Leonidas Da Silva
11. MJJ & green_smiley - 1. Dixie Dean 2. Dobrin 3. Luis Pereira 4. Israël 5. Romeo Benetti
12. BBRBB - 1- Nils Liedholm 2. Júnior 3. Alain Giresse 4. Diego Godín 5. Thiago Silva 6. Nándor Hidegkuti
13. Physiocrat - 1. Kaka 2. Zagallo 3. Modric 4. Cerezo 5. Evra 6. Taylor
14. mazhar13 & Marty1968 - 1. W. Overath 2. H.G. Schwarzenbeck 3. H. Szymaniak 4. H. Crespo 5. F. Causio 6. M. Tassotti
15. Edgar Allan Pillow- 1. L Brady 2. N Stiles 3. K Dalglish 4. I Rush 5. VR Andrade 6. Danny Blind
16. Enigma_87 - 1. Allan Simonsen 2. Schweinsteiger 3. Stojkovic 4. David Villa 5. Bratseth 6. Willi Schulz

@MJJ @green_smiley

 

[Moby]

Nándor Hidegkuti

Thank you. Finally.

 

[Moby]

Tommy Taylor

Sweet!

 

[Balu]

Nándor Hidegkuti

Finally, absolutely ridiculous that he lasted that long. Could have easily been a first round pick, what a steal he is at this stage.

 

[Moby]

Finally, absolutely ridiculous that he lasted that long. Could have easily been a first round pick, what a steal he is at this stage.

Aye, I was really interested in picking him and playing him as false 9, but we decided to go in a different direction.

 

[Balu]

Aye, I was really interested in picking him and playing him as false 9, but we decided to go in a different direction.

Didn't you do that in the World Cup draft? This sounds so familiar.