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BOTD AWARD
The world-famous BOTD Award Ceremony is fast approaching and, as someone who has posted more than once on this thread, you have been invited to vote as part of our panel of experts. The organising committe was tempted to run a poll, but it would be a bit much.
The BOTD Award is an exclusive and prestigious award. It's not for the run-off-the-mill personalities but reserved only to those capable of the unthinkable. The Award was introduced all the way back in 1950 when Neil Franklin's move to Independiente Santa Fé was narrowly defeated by Jules Rimet emerging from the Maracaná changing rooms, cup in hand, looking for the Brazilian captain. The winner though, by a landslide, was the Major of Rio de Janeiro for his pre-WC Final address to the players. In 1954 Sepp Herberger won it after building his team around a player who only played well when it rained. Voting closed before the final. Other award-winners include Kevin "Love It" Keegan, Alan "Kids" Hansen and Steven "Slippy" Gerrard.
In this edition, we will crown one of the most accomplished brainfarters in history, with an unprecedented three out of three nominations a feat that will take tremendous application to supersede.
The nominees are:
1)
Edgar Allan Pillow - for
"Inelligible team" - while Michael Owen is half Welsh, the rules were clear in that he wasn't a straight swap for Sparky Hughes. He was brought on to play out a won game, on the counter, but resulted in docked points and the loss of first place. The latter favoured a still makeshift Team MJJ, the eventual winners, who avoided certain early elimination at the hands of Team Annah.
2)
Edgar Allan Pillow - for
"Gift-wrapping Souness" - again, with Team MJJ now qualified for the semis, Edgar bails MJJ out of an unwanted high bid on Best, opening the door for him to get the reinforcements needed: a RW and a striker or midfielder for even less money. Matthews joined on the cheap, Law was still unattainable and, with no nominations left and MJJ/mani up shit creek, Edgar throws them a lifeline by nominating the best remaining midfielder in the draft even when he couldn't buy him and didn't need him.
3) Edgar Allan Pillow - for
"Suicidal starting lineup" - after ignoring the need for a top marksman, Pillow decides to add a tiny bit more firepower at the expense of having Paul Scholes in midfield, leaving Nobby Stiles to do all the defending against a midfield of Lisbon Lions and 2002 BOTD winner Roy "Saipan" Keane (his "TCs Garden" nomination will feature in 2015). Baffled travelling fans had been noticing the unorthodox formation in training and had put forward their concerns at the team hotel only to be told:
DISCLAIMER: BOTD does not condone and cannot be held responsible for the actions of others. Mr. Pillock, sorry, Pillow, is under investigation and facing match-fixing allegations. BOTD has at no point promoted such outcomes and were Mr. Pillow to be found guilty he would be dispossessed of his award as it would not be the result of a genuine brainfart but a calculated one. The award would then go to the fourth nominee MJJ for "Picking more support strikers and AMs than can fit in two teams" fka "The Isotope"
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YOUR FAVOURITE BOTD WINNERS OF AGES PAST
1)
Edgar Allan Pillow - for
"Inelligible team"
2)
Edgar Allan Pillow - for
"Gift-wrapping Souness"
antohan
3)
Edgar Allan Pillow - for
"Suicidal starting lineup"