All-Time Fantasy Draft

Oh come on. If he wanted an assistant he'd find one. Stop milking it Stobzilla.

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Isotope said:
Questions on the Draft:
1. Is it picking 13 players with all different nationality; or is it just fielding a team of 11 dissimilar nationalities?

2. How does it work after the group stage, in terms of nationality players on the bench?

Just to clarify things. Thanks!

EDIT: group stage or knockout
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It will be straight knockouts. The rule is the XI on the pitch at any one time have to be different, not the squad. You currently have Hansen, if Souness became available you could take him on, but you wouldn't be able to play both simultaneously.
 
Bump for thisistheone

Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust
 
Loving our team so far, if we can get this next pick it will really set us up nicely.
 
So thisistheone has used his one time pass.
 
antohan said:
It will be straight knockouts. The rule is the XI on the pitch at any one time have to be different, not the squad. You currently have Hansen, if Souness became available you could take him on, but you wouldn't be able to play both simultaneously.
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So now on the initial 13 squad, I can have more than 1 Italians; as long as I only field XI different nationalities?
 
Jesus and he has as well. 2nd pick. Right ok, Fabio Cannavaro

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Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o 4. Cannavaro
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust
 
I'll pick Matthias Sammer.
 
Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust
 
Some of these teams are starting to weaken, and there are much stronger picks for some of the positions that have gone - even if you're aiming for obscurer nations, a little research would lead you to a veritable gold mine of quality.

I get that this is also a popularity contest, but it seems some serious quality is being sacrificed because of that, which is a shame in itself. The onus should be on people who don't know about some of the genuine legends of the game to find out about them rather than inferior, but more popular players being revered over them.

Not ranting as such, but it is a bit odd to see some of the picks (won't name them as that wouldn't be fair) that are getting scooped up.

EDIT: To be fair, I'm guessing there's a strategy to what some people are doing and a method to the madness, so I'm just making a real-time comment that may have no bearing once teams are completed and drafters bring their assessments of their teams to the table.
 
I'll admit that the popularity of a player is definitely a factor when I'm judging who to pick. For example I had Didi in mind for my 2nd pick but was worried the majority of the forum wouldn't appreciate him. Hats off to paceme for his picks in that regard.
 
There's a balance to strike between players you know how to best utilise and those you're less familiar with which tends to be the players from previous eras. There is a lot of quality from the 30s through to the 70s that will only need a good sell to get voting managers on board. Depending on how desperate you are to win, the popularity issue is an easy way to persuade indifferent voters. I suffered in the 70s draft for picking apparently obscure defenders such as Naybet and Gamarra, but equally benefited in the prem draft with Ronaldo in the XI.
 
Fortitude said:
I get that this is also a popularity contest, but it seems some serious quality is being sacrificed because of that, which is a shame in itself. The onus should be on people who don't know about some of the genuine legends of the game to find out about them rather than inferior, but more popular players being revered over them.
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Yes, it's one of the main drawbacks of opening the voting to every Tom, Dick and Harry. You have to assume the average voter is about 8. When I see people saying some 90s player they've never seen is being overrated due to nostalgia I feel like strangling someone.
 
Was thinking about building a defence but it would be rude not to get Paul Gascoigne, the best English player of his generation.

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Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust
 
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