All-Time Fantasy Draft

[MJJ]

I remember you having a midfield of Keane and Vieira, which your first picks. You lost to Urbanned in the first round who took Keane from you, and eventually lost to me hence transferring Keane to me and be a part of the winning team.

Oh yeah, remember that one now. I lost it due to picking AM as wingers. I think I had gazza as one of my winger, and either thuram or desailly as a defender. Cant remember the rest of my team but that was fun. Glad you won as that means I had a small contribution.

 

[Isotope]

Is there anyone that still looking for Gk? otherwise, I'll just post mine now.

 

[NM]

antohan can you explain the reinforcement pool thing in the OP

 

[TheHorse'sMouth]

Some very good sides in here...balance is the key. Looking forward to the matchups

 

[Moby]

Don't be sitting on the fence, THM. Pick your favorites.

 

[Cold_Boy]

I see most people have gone with "the Older the better" strategy.

Also could be because of the nationality rule.

Coz so many superb players from the last 25 years are missing.

 

[antohan]

Is there anyone that still looking for Gk? otherwise, I'll just post mine now.

You should follow the order. We've already had one picking two keepers, you never know.

 

[antohan]

antohan can you explain the reinforcement pool thing in the OP

It's already explained quite clearly.

1. The pool is composed of all the players from the eliminated teams
2. The drafting of reinforcements starts at the bottom (i.e. paceme if he goes through)
3. You get to pick one player on each turn
4. It is effectively a continuaation of the draft, but only picking from the eliminated pool
5. There will be three rounds

Improtant point. Same as here, the draw for the next game will not be made until after the reinforcements are done.

 

[Fergus' son]

It's already explained quite clearly.

1. The pool is composed of all the players from the eliminated teams
2. The drafting of reinforcements starts at the bottom (i.e. paceme if he goes through)
3. You get to pick one player on each turn
4. It is effectively a continuaation of the draft, but only picking from the eliminated pool
5. There will be three rounds

Improtant point. Same as here, the draw for the next game will not be made until after the reinforcements are done.

Would I get two in a row again should I go through?

Pm coming soon by the way..

 

[Moby]

I have MJJ's picks.

 

[Stobzilla]

Yashin

Cafu
Ayala/Happel
Puyol
Montero

Scholes
Souness

Savicevic
Zidane
Kubala

Van Nistlerooy


I've not done too badly for myself there have I ? I hope

 

[Fortitude]

You've yet to sort out your midfield.

 

[paceme]

So how is the first round drawn? Completely random or does it go by the order we are using now?

 

[kps88]

It's normally tradition that we let Antohan handpick the draw.

 

[Theon]

 

[Fortitude]

 

[paceme]

-_-

 

[Gio]

One thing I realised today when looking for celebrating pics...

I'm playing Gordon Ramsey in midfield

I might stick Ramsay, what with his trial at Rangers, onto the bench to add some 'colour' to the pre-match teamtalk.

 

[KM]

Just got the PM from Thisistheone about my chance.

I'll pick Arjen Robben.

 

[antohan]

Just got the PM from Thisistheone about my chance.

I'll pick Arjen Robben.

PM me a couple of options for next. I have Fergus'sons and MJJ's next pick.

 

[antohan]

Would I get two in a row again should I go through?

Pm coming soon by the way..

Indeed, as with the draft, you go last in the first round but first for the second.

So how is the first round drawn? Completely random or does it go by the order we are using now?

I assume you mean the knockout draw. Randomise the teams again, just like we did for the draft. 1st plays 2nd, 3rd plays 4th... Simple.

 

[antohan]

KNOCK KNOCK, WAKE UP Dan!!!

Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti 6. Kocsis 7. Vidic 8. Shesternyov 9. Pirri 10. Czibor 11. Pfaff

DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele 6. McGrath 7. Vogts 8. Camacho 9. Seedorf 10. Drogba 11. Cech

KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved 6. Valderrama 7. Banks 8. Schiaffino 9. Djalma Santos 10. Popluhar 11. Lizarazu 12. Robben

Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna 6. Bremner 7. Carlos Alberto 8. Blanc 9. Alonso 10. Lahm 11. Preud’Homme 12. Weah

NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram 6. Tardelli 7. Carvalho 8. Blokhin 9. Rummenigge 10. Cole 11. Zamora 12. Netzer

Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles 6. Tigana 7. Hierro 8. Maier 9. Nilton Santos 10. Shevchenko 11. Kahn 12. Hamrin

Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews 6. Brehme 7. Trésor 8. McGrain 9. Spencer 10. Germano 11. Sárosi 12. Mazurkiewicz

MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza 6. Schmeichel 7. Rui Costa 8. Nasazzi 9. Chumpitaz 10. Zebec 11. Monti 12. Suurbier

JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam 6. Law 7. Deco 8. Janes 9. Augusto 10. Peters 11. Giles 12. Gamarra

mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi 6. Varela 7. Koeman 8. Marzolini 9. Gerets 10. Kopa 11. Shilton 12. Johnstone

EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario 6. Desailly 7. Dzajic 8. Schnellinger 9. Essien 10. Guardiola 11. Southall 12. Burgnich

Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids 6. Gentile 7. Moreno 8. Nordahl 9. Franklin 10. Jennings 11. Demyanenko 12. Morton

Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry 6. R. Ferdinand 7. Effenberg 8. Vasovic 9. Dasayev 10. Andrade 11. Erico 12. Rivelino

Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic 6. Cafu 7. Kubala 8. Van Nistlerooy 9. Puyol 10. Ayala 11. Montero 12. Happel

Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Finney 7. Viera 8. Irwin 9. Cabrini 10. Raul 11. Veron 12. Cordoba

paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit 7. Socrates 8. Amoros 9. Schuster 10. Gordillo 11. Beckham 12. Gregg

 

[Thisistheone]

So anto, who are the bookies making pre-tournament favourites?

 

[EDogen]

So this is my thoughts at the moment after various discussions with my background staff

 

[Thisistheone]

Very good team mate. I'll hopefully avoid you in the draw!

 

[DanNistelrooy]

Right I'm here but confused, I thought this was all done now but looks like I need a sub, is it the same nationality rules going on?

 

[antohan]

Cutch if he gets a decent RB
mightberight the dark horse
Brwned, Gio and I would have lousy odds based on strength and past performance

If I were a betting man I would go with one of the first two.

The luck of the draw pre-reinforcements will play an important role though.

 

[Thisistheone]

You got another two players to pick dan

 

[antohan]

So this is my thoughts at the moment after various discussions with my background staff

Who's your background staff?

 

[Thisistheone]

Cutch if he gets a decent RB
mightberight the dark horse
Brwned, Gio and I would have lousy odds based on strength and past performance

If I were a betting man I would go with one of the first two.

The luck of the draw pre-reinforcements will play an important role though.

Was also thinking Cutch. Him and EDogen look good but yeah, the draw plays a huge part. When we did the 90's Serie A I had a lot of luck in terms of getting past teams who had players I really needed. Managed to get away with playing Lentini right wing back & then got past someone with a really strong right back. Bergomi I think it was.

 

[DanNistelrooy]

Ah right just read back through the thread and as long as 2 players aren't in the starting eleven I'm alright... I'm not feeling very creative so will just go with RVP

 

[DanNistelrooy]

Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti 6. Kocsis 7. Vidic 8. Shesternyov 9. Pirri 10. Czibor 11. Pfaff

DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele 6. McGrath 7. Vogts 8. Camacho 9. Seedorf 10. Drogba 11. Cech, 12. Van Persie

KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved 6. Valderrama 7. Banks 8. Schiaffino 9. Djalma Santos 10. Popluhar 11. Lizarazu 12. Robben

Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna 6. Bremner 7. Carlos Alberto 8. Blanc 9. Alonso 10. Lahm 11. Preud’Homme 12. Weah

NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram 6. Tardelli 7. Carvalho 8. Blokhin 9. Rummenigge 10. Cole 11. Zamora 12. Netzer

Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles 6. Tigana 7. Hierro 8. Maier 9. Nilton Santos 10. Shevchenko 11. Kahn 12. Hamrin

Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews 6. Brehme 7. Trésor 8. McGrain 9. Spencer 10. Germano 11. Sárosi 12. Mazurkiewicz

MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza 6. Schmeichel 7. Rui Costa 8. Nasazzi 9. Chumpitaz 10. Zebec 11. Monti 12. Suurbier

JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam 6. Law 7. Deco 8. Janes 9. Augusto 10. Peters 11. Giles 12. Gamarra

mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi 6. Varela 7. Koeman 8. Marzolini 9. Gerets 10. Kopa 11. Shilton 12. Johnstone

EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario 6. Desailly 7. Dzajic 8. Schnellinger 9. Essien 10. Guardiola 11. Southall 12. Burgnich

Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids 6. Gentile 7. Moreno 8. Nordahl 9. Franklin 10. Jennings 11. Demyanenko 12. Morton

Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry 6. R. Ferdinand 7. Effenberg 8. Vasovic 9. Dasayev 10. Andrade 11. Erico 12. Rivelino

Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic 6. Cafu 7. Kubala 8. Van Nistlerooy 9. Puyol 10. Ayala 11. Montero 12. Happel

Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Finney 7. Viera 8. Irwin 9. Cabrini 10. Raul 11. Veron 12. Cordoba

paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit 7. Socrates 8. Amoros 9. Schuster 10. Gordillo 11. Beckham 12. Gregg

 

[antohan]

Right I'm here but confused, I thought this was all done now but looks like I need a sub, is it the same nationality rules going on?

Yes, you get two subs. PM me your second pick as I have Fergus'sons.

I'd suggest everyone does the same so we get this killed off today.

 

[antohan]

Ah right just read back through the thread and as long as 2 players aren't in the starting eleven I'm alright... I'm not feeling very creative so will just go with RVP

Excellent pick.

Fergus'son gets Ocwirk and Costacurta

 

[EDogen]

Who's your background staff?

Two local mates, not members on here. Yesterday we had a youtube marathon watching players from this draft and talking about them.

 

[antohan]

So this is my thoughts at the moment after various discussions with my background staff

Ouch, I was hoping you persisted with Essien

 

[DanNistelrooy]

Okay and for the 2nd one I'll just have Yaya Toure, won pretty much everything at club level, being a key player for Barca and City.

Hardly the two most creative picks there but my head isn't quite functioning this morning!

 

[antohan]

Excellent picks Dan, could make a huge difference really.

KM gets the one Barca held on to: Busquets




Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti 6. Kocsis 7. Vidic 8. Shesternyov 9. Pirri 10. Czibor 11. Pfaff 12. Ocwirk 13. Costacurta

DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele 6. McGrath 7. Vogts 8. Camacho 9. Seedorf 10. Drogba 11. Cech, 12. Van Persie 13. Yaya

KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved 6. Valderrama 7. Banks 8. Schiaffino 9. Djalma Santos 10. Popluhar 11. Lizarazu 12. Robben 13. Busquets

Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna 6. Bremner 7. Carlos Alberto 8. Blanc 9. Alonso 10. Lahm 11. Preud’Homme 12. Weah

NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram 6. Tardelli 7. Carvalho 8. Blokhin 9. Rummenigge 10. Cole 11. Zamora 12. Netzer

Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles 6. Tigana 7. Hierro 8. Maier 9. Nilton Santos 10. Shevchenko 11. Kahn 12. Hamrin

Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews 6. Brehme 7. Trésor 8. McGrain 9. Spencer 10. Germano 11. Sárosi 12. Mazurkiewicz

MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza 6. Schmeichel 7. Rui Costa 8. Nasazzi 9. Chumpitaz 10. Zebec 11. Monti 12. Suurbier

JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam 6. Law 7. Deco 8. Janes 9. Augusto 10. Peters 11. Giles 12. Gamarra

mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi 6. Varela 7. Koeman 8. Marzolini 9. Gerets 10. Kopa 11. Shilton 12. Johnstone

EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario 6. Desailly 7. Dzajic 8. Schnellinger 9. Essien 10. Guardiola 11. Southall 12. Burgnich

Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids 6. Gentile 7. Moreno 8. Nordahl 9. Franklin 10. Jennings 11. Demyanenko 12. Morton

Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry 6. R. Ferdinand 7. Effenberg 8. Vasovic 9. Dasayev 10. Andrade 11. Erico 12. Rivelino

Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic 6. Cafu 7. Kubala 8. Van Nistlerooy 9. Puyol 10. Ayala 11. Montero 12. Happel

Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Finney 7. Viera 8. Irwin 9. Cabrini 10. Raul 11. Veron 12. Cordoba

paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit 7. Socrates 8. Amoros 9. Schuster 10. Gordillo 11. Beckham 12. Gregg

 

[Thisistheone]

The man who could play about 20 different positions

Luis Enrique

 

[antohan]

Was also thinking Cutch. Him and EDogen look good but yeah, the draw plays a huge part. When we did the 90's Serie A I had a lot of luck in terms of getting past teams who had players I really needed. Managed to get away with playing Lentini right wing back & then got past someone with a really strong right back. Bergomi I think it was.

Would have put EDogen alongside mightberight, but I wasn't clear what he was planning to make out of his midfield brainfart