70s Retro Football Fantasy Championship - DRAFT THREAD

Great, great pick. I'm stunned he's lasted this long. Pretty much equal or better than any playmaker available bar Zidane imo.

Shame about the injuries, at his peak he was a better attacking midfielder than any in football today. Everyone loves a lazy genius.
 
Played 11 seasons with Bayern. Won the league 6 times, the CL once and lost to us in '99. Also has 11 other cup titles with Bayern. Twice the African Player of the year runner up. Youngest defender to score in the CL and the most capped African in the CL with 60 games.

Samuel Kuffour
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Crap, I was hoping he would go unnoticed somehow despite the comical pitch-banging and all that :devil:

Comical for the other Krauts, in his case it was quite endearing TBH.
 
73 caps as captain of Brazil, combative and dynamic midfielder Emerson

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Front 6:

........Albertini....Emerson.....
..Cameronesi..........Del Piero..
..................Raul......
.......Van Nistelrooy

or several variants due to Camoranesi being able to play central.

Reckon I can do any from 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-2-1

DanNistelrooy does not like this.
 
Great, great pick. I'm stunned he's lasted this long. Pretty much equal or better than any playmaker available bar Zidane imo.

I was surprised as well. He sure is not 4-5 pick rounds worse than those going early on. Brwned has got a bargain here.
 
Shame about the injuries, at his peak he was a better attacking midfielder than any in football today. Everyone loves a lazy genius.

Yups, one of those I was referring to when going on about injuries. A lot of fine players go off the radar/miss key tournaments as a result of badly timed injuries and their legacy is somewhat tainted by pure bad luck.
 
I daresay Valeron linking up with Pirlo's going to have a bit more joy than Rui Costa linking up with Van Bommel...
 
Are there always the usual suspects that don't log into the caf as much as some of us others around here?
 
Been through it 4 times! (Varying levels of labour time / complications)-probably still browsed the caf at some point though!

I'll let you off your original high horse/cuntiness then as you admit you may have browsed the caf! There was slight jest to my post, but many hours of nothingness passed by checking/preparing in this thread.

Ivan Helguera

Not sure why I expected this guy to fly under the radar. He was brilliant. Nice choice.
 
I'll let you off your original high horse/cuntiness then as you admit you may have browsed the caf! There was slight jest to my post, but many hours of nothingness passed by checking/preparing in this thread.

I think you misinterpreted Crustanoid. Nothing cnutish about his comment, he was just referring -in jest- to how he would get an earful in similar circumstances, something I believe we can all relate to.

I've been there with my wife, not birth-related, but the usual missus speech when you are on the caf and she feels like the caf "is winning" and there's something wrong in the relationship because you paid no attention to her latest pair of shoes.

I mean, today I'm sat there biting my nails following the game on the BBC and caf matchthreads and she comes over, sits next to me, and says she wants to check what's on at the movies :wenger:

"feck off" didn't work. I had to explain myself, and why I was being so rude. "Extra time, 5mins, 2-1, Arsenal". Not enough, I had to put down the laptop and explain why I had been rude... she understood around April/May time there were important final games when I turned into a monster but this was January... By the time I finish explaining it's full time.

In fairness, it probably made extra time a lot quicker :lol:
 
Dangerous comment to make when I haven't selected the rest of my outfit..

Doesn't matter where you go from here, you've got a thug at the heart of your midfield and I've got a playmaking maestro...the values and intentions are clear.
 
Doesn't matter where you go from here, you've got a thug at the heart of your midfield and I've got a playmaking maestro...the values and intentions are clear.

Funny as your previous comment was, Pirlo and Valeron wouldn't get much joy from being kicked mercilessly by Van Bommel.
 
From 3:07 it will be kps88s turn and Ralaks can chip in when he comes back

1 Antohan: 1. ZIDANE 2. LUIS ENRIQUE 3. ZANETTI 4. SIMEONE 5. VIERI
2 DanNistelrooy: 1. RONALDO 2. LUCIO 3. CAFU 4. GILBERTO SILVA 5. PERNAMBUCANO
3 Rood: 1. RIVALDO 2. GUARDIOLA 3. R. CARLOS 4. GALLAS 5. OWEN
4 TheReligion: 1. NESTA 2. PUYOL 3. RUI COSTA 4. VAN BOMMEL 5. TREZEGUET
5 Cal? 1. KEANE 2. BECKHAM 3. PIRES 4. CRESPO 5. SOLSKJAER
6 Gio 1. DAVIDS 2. MENDIETA 3. VERON 4. AIMAR 5. C LOPEZ
7 Cling Bak 1. HENRY 2. RIQUELME 3. OVERMARS 4. CARVALHO 5. VDS
8 Jayvin 1. VIEIRA 2. AYALA 3. F. DE BOER 4. SCHOLL 5. JEREMIES
9 kps88 1. SCHOLES 2. GATTUSO 3. CAMPBELL 4. LJUNGBERG 5. ANDY COLE
10 Ralaks 1. NEDVED, 2. CANNAVARO 3. COCU 4. BARAJA 5. INZAGHI
11 Cold Boy 1. STAM, 2. BALLACK 3. SHEVCHENKO 4. LITMANEN 5. HAMANN 6. ABIDAL
12 Zen 1. TOTTI, 2. THURAM 3. DECO 4. BUFFON 5. RAFAEL MARQUEZ 6. SENNA
13 Crustanoid 1. RAÚL, 2. DEL PIERO, 3. VAN NISTELROOY 4. ALBERTINI 5. CAMORANESI 6. EMERSON
14 Brwned 1. PIRLO, 2. R.FERDINAND, 3. ZAMBROTTA 4. SHEARER 5. HYYPIA 6. VALERON
15 Team Brian 1. MAKELELE, 2. SEEDORF, 3. DROGBA 4. STANKOVIC 5. W.SAMUEL 6. HELGUERA
16 Snow 1. GIGGS, 2. FIGO, 3. LAMPARD, 4. PETIT, 5. KUFFOUR, 6. KLUIVERT
 
I pick Francesco Toldo

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1 Antohan: 1. ZIDANE 2. LUIS ENRIQUE 3. ZANETTI 4. SIMEONE 5. VIERI
2 DanNistelrooy: 1. RONALDO 2. LUCIO 3. CAFU 4. GILBERTO SILVA 5. PERNAMBUCANO
3 Rood: 1. RIVALDO 2. GUARDIOLA 3. R. CARLOS 4. GALLAS 5. OWEN
4 TheReligion: 1. NESTA 2. PUYOL 3. RUI COSTA 4. VAN BOMMEL 5. TREZEGUET
5 Cal? 1. KEANE 2. BECKHAM 3. PIRES 4. CRESPO 5. SOLSKJAER
6 Gio 1. DAVIDS 2. MENDIETA 3. VERON 4. AIMAR 5. C LOPEZ
7 Cling Bak 1. HENRY 2. RIQUELME 3. OVERMARS 4. CARVALHO 5. VDS
8 Jayvin 1. VIEIRA 2. AYALA 3. F. DE BOER 4. SCHOLL 5. JEREMIES 6. TOLDO
9 kps88 1. SCHOLES 2. GATTUSO 3. CAMPBELL 4. LJUNGBERG 5. ANDY COLE 6. YORKE
10 Ralaks 1. NEDVED, 2. CANNAVARO 3. COCU 4. BARAJA 5. INZAGHI
11 Cold Boy 1. STAM, 2. BALLACK 3. SHEVCHENKO 4. LITMANEN 5. HAMANN 6. ABIDAL
12 Zen 1. TOTTI, 2. THURAM 3. DECO 4. BUFFON 5. RAFAEL MARQUEZ 6. SENNA
13 Crustanoid 1. RAÚL, 2. DEL PIERO, 3. VAN NISTELROOY 4. ALBERTINI 5. CAMORANESI 6. EMERSON
14 Brwned 1. PIRLO, 2. R.FERDINAND, 3. ZAMBROTTA 4. SHEARER 5. HYYPIA 6. VALERON
15 Team Brian 1. MAKELELE, 2. SEEDORF, 3. DROGBA 4. STANKOVIC 5. W.SAMUEL 6. HELGUERA
16 Snow 1. GIGGS, 2. FIGO, 3. LAMPARD, 4. PETIT, 5. KUFFOUR, 6. KLUIVERT
 
I'm still quite stunned goalies are still available considering Schmeichel and Kahn went first round last one, and there were far more world class keepers in that one than this one.
 
I'm still quite stunned goalies are still available considering Schmeichel and Kahn went first round last one,

And neither of those teams got past the group stages. I don't think people put that much importance on GK's when it comes to voting. As long as you don't have someone glaringly error prone, I don't think its very important.
 
Yeah, the two finalists picked their keeper second last.
 
Yeah but Baia and Canizares are actually on par with like the 5th and 6th best from the 70's, at least from the small list I came up with. Half the keepers I randomly wrote down ended up being born in the 60's(mainly 68 and 69), them two included.

I was happy waiting expecting the likes of VDS and Buffon to go in the second or third, the initial plan was to get Toldo around the 5th/6th like Jayvin got, but couldn't resist Buffon(mainly as I was initially hoping Gilberto Silva would drop that far) in the fourth. Guess we'll see if that pays off.
 
Funny as your previous comment was, Pirlo and Valeron wouldn't get much joy from being kicked mercilessly by Van Bommel.

Valeron in particular would end up hobbling off with one of his customary injuries after his deft feet had danced the ball past yet another scything Van Bommel challenge.

Yeah but Baia and Canizares are actually on par with like the 5th and 6th best from the 70's, at least from the small list I came up with. Half the keepers I randomly wrote down ended up being born in the 60's(mainly 68 and 69), them two included.

I was happy waiting expecting the likes of VDS and Buffon to go in the second or third, the initial plan was to get Toldo around the 5th/6th like Jayvin got, but couldn't resist Buffon(mainly as I was initially hoping Gilberto Silva would drop that far) in the fourth. Guess we'll see if that pays off.

Aye, I don't think it's a vintage era for goalkeepers at all.
 
Abidal --- Stam---

Hamann - Ballack

----Litmanen------

-----Shevchenko---

At their peaks I think my midfield was fantastic.
 
Roy Makaay

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Sumptuous finisher with either foot or his head, netted 108 goals in just three seasons at Depor and Bayern.

1 Antohan: 1. ZIDANE 2. LUIS ENRIQUE 3. ZANETTI 4. SIMEONE 5. VIERI
2 DanNistelrooy: 1. RONALDO 2. LUCIO 3. CAFU 4. GILBERTO SILVA 5. PERNAMBUCANO
3 Rood: 1. RIVALDO 2. GUARDIOLA 3. R. CARLOS 4. GALLAS 5. OWEN
4 TheReligion: 1. NESTA 2. PUYOL 3. RUI COSTA 4. VAN BOMMEL 5. TREZEGUET
5 Cal? 1. KEANE 2. BECKHAM 3. PIRES 4. CRESPO 5. SOLSKJAER
6 Gio 1. DAVIDS 2. MENDIETA 3. VERON 4. AIMAR 5. CLAUDIO LOPEZ 6. MAKAAY
7 Cling Bak 1. HENRY 2. RIQUELME 3. OVERMARS 4. CARVALHO 5. VDS 6. ZE ROBERTO
8 Jayvin 1. VIEIRA 2. AYALA 3. F. DE BOER 4. SCHOLL 5. JEREMIES 6. TOLDO
9 kps88 1. SCHOLES 2. GATTUSO 3. CAMPBELL 4. LJUNGBERG 5. ANDY COLE 6. YORKE
10 Ralaks 1. NEDVED, 2. CANNAVARO 3. COCU 4. BARAJA 5. INZAGHI
11 Cold Boy 1. STAM, 2. BALLACK 3. SHEVCHENKO 4. LITMANEN 5. HAMANN 6. ABIDAL
12 Zen 1. TOTTI, 2. THURAM 3. DECO 4. BUFFON 5. RAFAEL MARQUEZ 6. SENNA
13 Crustanoid 1. RAÚL, 2. DEL PIERO, 3. VAN NISTELROOY 4. ALBERTINI 5. CAMORANESI 6. EMERSON
14 Brwned 1. PIRLO, 2. R.FERDINAND, 3. ZAMBROTTA 4. SHEARER 5. HYYPIA 6. VALERON
15 Team Brian 1. MAKELELE, 2. SEEDORF, 3. DROGBA 4. STANKOVIC 5. W.SAMUEL 6. HELGUERA
16 Snow 1. GIGGS, 2. FIGO, 3. LAMPARD, 4. PETIT, 5. KUFFOUR, 6. KLUIVERT
 
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Carlos Marchena.

Sorry about the slack last night, I was even on here, for some reason I didn't realize it was my turn. I blame getting no PM!
 
1 Antohan: 1. ZIDANE 2. LUIS ENRIQUE 3. ZANETTI 4. SIMEONE 5. VIERI
2 DanNistelrooy: 1. RONALDO 2. LUCIO 3. CAFU 4. GILBERTO SILVA 5. PERNAMBUCANO
3 Rood: 1. RIVALDO 2. GUARDIOLA 3. R. CARLOS 4. GALLAS 5. OWEN
4 TheReligion: 1. NESTA 2. PUYOL 3. RUI COSTA 4. VAN BOMMEL 5. TREZEGUET
5 Cal? 1. KEANE 2. BECKHAM 3. PIRES 4. CRESPO 5. SOLSKJAER 6. G. NEVILLE
6 Gio 1. DAVIDS 2. MENDIETA 3. VERON 4. AIMAR 5. CLAUDIO LOPEZ 6. MAKAAY
7 Cling Bak 1. HENRY 2. RIQUELME 3. OVERMARS 4. CARVALHO 5. VDS 6. ZE ROBERTO
8 Jayvin 1. VIEIRA 2. AYALA 3. F. DE BOER 4. SCHOLL 5. JEREMIES 6. TOLDO
9 kps88 1. SCHOLES 2. GATTUSO 3. CAMPBELL 4. LJUNGBERG 5. ANDY COLE 6. YORKE
10 Ralaks 1. NEDVED, 2. CANNAVARO 3. COCU 4. BARAJA 5. INZAGHI 6. MARCHENA
11 Cold Boy 1. STAM, 2. BALLACK 3. SHEVCHENKO 4. LITMANEN 5. HAMANN 6. ABIDAL
12 Zen 1. TOTTI, 2. THURAM 3. DECO 4. BUFFON 5. RAFAEL MARQUEZ 6. SENNA
13 Crustanoid 1. RAÚL, 2. DEL PIERO, 3. VAN NISTELROOY 4. ALBERTINI 5. CAMORANESI 6. EMERSON
14 Brwned 1. PIRLO, 2. R.FERDINAND, 3. ZAMBROTTA 4. SHEARER 5. HYYPIA 6. VALERON
15 Team Brian 1. MAKELELE, 2. SEEDORF, 3. DROGBA 4. STANKOVIC 5. W.SAMUEL 6. HELGUERA
16 Snow 1. GIGGS, 2. FIGO, 3. LAMPARD, 4. PETIT, 5. KUFFOUR, 6. KLUIVERT
 
Okay, goalkeepers are at a low and I am amazed this chap hasn't gone already.

Should get me some votes as I remember him being superb for Juventus and being one of the best Italian stoppers of all time.

Angelo Peruzzi

 
------------Peruzzi-----------
----Nesta-----------Puyol----
----------van Bommel--------
--------Rui Costa------------
----------------Trezeguet----
 
Rood next, will he screw me again? :nervous:

1 Antohan: 1. ZIDANE 2. LUIS ENRIQUE 3. ZANETTI 4. SIMEONE 5. VIERI
2 DanNistelrooy: 1. RONALDO 2. LUCIO 3. CAFU 4. GILBERTO SILVA 5. PERNAMBUCANO
3 Rood: 1. RIVALDO 2. GUARDIOLA 3. R. CARLOS 4. GALLAS 5. OWEN
4 TheReligion: 1. NESTA 2. PUYOL 3. RUI COSTA 4. VAN BOMMEL 5. TREZEGUET 6. PERUZZI
5 Cal? 1. KEANE 2. BECKHAM 3. PIRES 4. CRESPO 5. SOLSKJAER 6. G. NEVILLE
6 Gio 1. DAVIDS 2. MENDIETA 3. VERON 4. AIMAR 5. CLAUDIO LOPEZ 6. MAKAAY
7 Cling Bak 1. HENRY 2. RIQUELME 3. OVERMARS 4. CARVALHO 5. VDS 6. ZE ROBERTO
8 Jayvin 1. VIEIRA 2. AYALA 3. F. DE BOER 4. SCHOLL 5. JEREMIES 6. TOLDO
9 kps88 1. SCHOLES 2. GATTUSO 3. CAMPBELL 4. LJUNGBERG 5. ANDY COLE 6. YORKE
10 Ralaks 1. NEDVED, 2. CANNAVARO 3. COCU 4. BARAJA 5. INZAGHI 6. MARCHENA
11 Cold Boy 1. STAM, 2. BALLACK 3. SHEVCHENKO 4. LITMANEN 5. HAMANN 6. ABIDAL
12 Zen 1. TOTTI, 2. THURAM 3. DECO 4. BUFFON 5. RAFAEL MARQUEZ 6. SENNA
13 Crustanoid 1. RAÚL, 2. DEL PIERO, 3. VAN NISTELROOY 4. ALBERTINI 5. CAMORANESI 6. EMERSON
14 Brwned 1. PIRLO, 2. R.FERDINAND, 3. ZAMBROTTA 4. SHEARER 5. HYYPIA 6. VALERON
15 Team Brian 1. MAKELELE, 2. SEEDORF, 3. DROGBA 4. STANKOVIC 5. W.SAMUEL 6. HELGUERA
16 Snow 1. GIGGS, 2. FIGO, 3. LAMPARD, 4. PETIT, 5. KUFFOUR, 6. KLUIVERT
 
Great pick^^

Juan, Over 80 caps for Brazil - in the top 20 most ever capped for Brazil

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World Cup 2010 Best Player and Top Scorer, double European Golden Boot and scouse-slayer to boot
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DIEGO FORLAN

and former Uruguay captain and Juventus defensive stalwart

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PAOLO MONTERO
 
Forlan and Montero pics later

Really thought Montero would go sooner. Good player.

1 Antohan: 1. ZIDANE 2. LUIS ENRIQUE 3. ZANETTI 4. SIMEONE 5. VIERI 6. FORLAN 7. MONTERO
2 DanNistelrooy: 1. RONALDO 2. LUCIO 3. CAFU 4. GILBERTO SILVA 5. PERNAMBUCANO 6. JUAN 7. JULIO CESAR
3 Rood: 1. RIVALDO 2. GUARDIOLA 3. R. CARLOS 4. GALLAS 5. OWEN 6. SCHNEIDER
4 TheReligion: 1. NESTA 2. PUYOL 3. RUI COSTA 4. VAN BOMMEL 5. TREZEGUET 6. PERUZZI
5 Cal? 1. KEANE 2. BECKHAM 3. PIRES 4. CRESPO 5. SOLSKJAER 6. G. NEVILLE
6 Gio 1. DAVIDS 2. MENDIETA 3. VERON 4. AIMAR 5. CLAUDIO LOPEZ 6. MAKAAY
7 Cling Bak 1. HENRY 2. RIQUELME 3. OVERMARS 4. CARVALHO 5. VDS 6. ZE ROBERTO
8 Jayvin 1. VIEIRA 2. AYALA 3. F. DE BOER 4. SCHOLL 5. JEREMIES 6. TOLDO
9 kps88 1. SCHOLES 2. GATTUSO 3. CAMPBELL 4. LJUNGBERG 5. ANDY COLE 6. YORKE
10 Ralaks 1. NEDVED, 2. CANNAVARO 3. COCU 4. BARAJA 5. INZAGHI 6. MARCHENA
11 Cold Boy 1. STAM, 2. BALLACK 3. SHEVCHENKO 4. LITMANEN 5. HAMANN 6. ABIDAL
12 Zen 1. TOTTI, 2. THURAM 3. DECO 4. BUFFON 5. RAFAEL MARQUEZ 6. SENNA
13 Crustanoid 1. RAÚL, 2. DEL PIERO, 3. VAN NISTELROOY 4. ALBERTINI 5. CAMORANESI 6. EMERSON
14 Brwned 1. PIRLO, 2. R.FERDINAND, 3. ZAMBROTTA 4. SHEARER 5. HYYPIA 6. VALERON
15 Team Brian 1. MAKELELE, 2. SEEDORF, 3. DROGBA 4. STANKOVIC 5. W.SAMUEL 6. HELGUERA
16 Snow 1. GIGGS, 2. FIGO, 3. LAMPARD, 4. PETIT, 5. KUFFOUR, 6. KLUIVERT