Theon summed it up. There was a small handful of top centre backs available all around the same level: getting one of them was the important thing. Happy with our business here.
All Time Premier League Fantasy Draft
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Quarter Final #1
The two beloved wing wizards to have played for United face off against each other. The battle down the wings, winner takes all!
The two beloved wing wizards to have played for United face off against each other. The battle down the wings, winner takes all!
Cutch vs diarm
Quarter Final #2
Enough about the flanks, it is all about the spine! Brains vs Brawn, to put it in one way. Old friends facing off on one side, while a legend and his successor battle it out on the other.
Gio vs bleezy
Enough about the flanks, it is all about the spine! Brains vs Brawn, to put it in one way. Old friends facing off on one side, while a legend and his successor battle it out on the other.
Gio vs bleezy
Quarter Final #3
Continuing with the cliches, when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object! We have a king on one side, and a f*cking racist, a bloody talented one, on the other,so it can go either way!
Skizzo vs coolredwine
Continuing with the cliches, when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object! We have a king on one side, and a f*cking racist, a bloody talented one, on the other,so it can go either way!
Skizzo vs coolredwine
Those are a couple of weird pictures, btw.
Quarter Final #4
And lastly, the iconic central midfield takes guard against our current skipper and co. Also, Keane vs Keane!
MJJ/Crappy vs Stobzilla
And lastly, the iconic central midfield takes guard against our current skipper and co. Also, Keane vs Keane!
MJJ/Crappy vs Stobzilla
All yours again, @Skizzo
Stam >> Vidic
Please pick Bergkamp
edit: should've refreshed the page before posting
edit: should've refreshed the page before posting
I haven't done the fine count for any of the eight teams, but there could be a team/quota problem for several managers.
But it looks odd that he wasn't picked, no doubt.
Not many players who are better than him, IMO - hardly anyone, actually.
Thanks for that mate!
Managers, next Tuesday is th deadline for the last game of this round to be played. That's a week for four games. Figure out what day is best for you and your opponent. If you can't decide, a day will be assigned.
bleezy should've picked him, even if he had to choose City's Toure instead of Arsenal's one (he got Rio to partner him anyway).
Skizzo - 1. Ronaldo 2. Campbell 3. Desailly 4. Gallas 5. Gilberto Silva 6. Kewell 7. Ian Wright 8. Juninho 9. Bridge 10. Arteta 11. Hart 12. Saha 13. Suarez 14. Silva
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coolredwine - 1. Cantona 2. Irwin 3. Adams 4. Hyypia 5. Wise 6. Dixon 7. Speed 8. Hamann 9. Okocha 10. Martyn 11. Viduka 12. Cahill 13. Shearer 14. Kanchelskis
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MJJ/Crappy - 1. Keane 2. Overmars 3. Ginola 4. Ince 5. Pearce 6. Fowler 7. Southgate 8. Berbatov 9. Ferreira 10. Given 11. Agger 12. Cazorla 13. Scholes 14. McGrath
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Stobzilla - 1. Rooney 2. Pires 3. Carvalho 4. Beardsley 5. Radebe 6. Gullit 7. Butt 8. Riise 9. Babbel 10. Anelka 11. Lehmann 12. Keane 13. Y. Toure 14. Evra
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Cutch - 1. Giggs 2. Essien 3. McManaman 4. G Neville 5. Barry 6. Des Walker 7. Hasselbaink 8. Clichy 9. Gudjohnsen 10. Friedel 11. Vermaelen 12. Nilsson 13. Henry 14. Stam
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diarm - 1. Bale 2. Beckham 3. Van Persie 4. Pallister 5. Le Tissier 6. Batty 7. Hendry 8. Sherwood 9. Jones 10. Seaman 11. Di Canio 12. Bjornebye 13. Cole 14. Modrić
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Gio - 1. Gerrard 2. Makelele 3. Robben 4. Kompany 5. Petrescu 6. Tevez 7. Adebayor 8. Van der Sar 9. Veron 10. Vertonghen 11. Wright 12. Ozil 13. Vieira 14. Vidic
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bleezy - 1. Fabregas 2. Agüero 3. Sanchez 4. Mascherano 5. Toure 6. LeSaux 7. Johnsen 8. Schmeichel 9. Van der Vaart 10. Arbeloa 11. Malouda 12. Melberg 13. Ferdinand 14. Hazard
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coolredwine - 1. Cantona 2. Irwin 3. Adams 4. Hyypia 5. Wise 6. Dixon 7. Speed 8. Hamann 9. Okocha 10. Martyn 11. Viduka 12. Cahill 13. Shearer 14. Kanchelskis
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MJJ/Crappy - 1. Keane 2. Overmars 3. Ginola 4. Ince 5. Pearce 6. Fowler 7. Southgate 8. Berbatov 9. Ferreira 10. Given 11. Agger 12. Cazorla 13. Scholes 14. McGrath
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Stobzilla - 1. Rooney 2. Pires 3. Carvalho 4. Beardsley 5. Radebe 6. Gullit 7. Butt 8. Riise 9. Babbel 10. Anelka 11. Lehmann 12. Keane 13. Y. Toure 14. Evra
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Cutch - 1. Giggs 2. Essien 3. McManaman 4. G Neville 5. Barry 6. Des Walker 7. Hasselbaink 8. Clichy 9. Gudjohnsen 10. Friedel 11. Vermaelen 12. Nilsson 13. Henry 14. Stam
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diarm - 1. Bale 2. Beckham 3. Van Persie 4. Pallister 5. Le Tissier 6. Batty 7. Hendry 8. Sherwood 9. Jones 10. Seaman 11. Di Canio 12. Bjornebye 13. Cole 14. Modrić
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Gio - 1. Gerrard 2. Makelele 3. Robben 4. Kompany 5. Petrescu 6. Tevez 7. Adebayor 8. Van der Sar 9. Veron 10. Vertonghen 11. Wright 12. Ozil 13. Vieira 14. Vidic
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bleezy - 1. Fabregas 2. Agüero 3. Sanchez 4. Mascherano 5. Toure 6. LeSaux 7. Johnsen 8. Schmeichel 9. Van der Vaart 10. Arbeloa 11. Malouda 12. Melberg 13. Ferdinand 14. Hazard
I am fine for any weekday this week, the weekend looks like being a busy one for me though. @Gio.
Or just play Mellberg.
Ah, saw bleezy's team. Dennis would have been right at home there. 
Could've definitely gone to Bleezy, yes.
Rio-Mellberg will do.
Strikes me, looking over the rosters, that there are plenty of plausible keepers that could've been picked to avoid having the likes of Seaman occupying a big-club spot.
Not that any of them were better than prime Seaman, but given the general non-importance of keepers in these drafts...
I dunno, the likes of, say Jäãskeläinen (Bolton) would've been fine. Chris Woods (Wednesday), for that matter. Bosnich (the Villa version). You don't actually have to argue on their behalf anyway, beyond stating that they were good keepers.
Rio-Mellberg will do.
Strikes me, looking over the rosters, that there are plenty of plausible keepers that could've been picked to avoid having the likes of Seaman occupying a big-club spot.
Not that any of them were better than prime Seaman, but given the general non-importance of keepers in these drafts...
I dunno, the likes of, say Jäãskeläinen (Bolton) would've been fine. Chris Woods (Wednesday), for that matter. Bosnich (the Villa version). You don't actually have to argue on their behalf anyway, beyond stating that they were good keepers.
It's a fair point and one I'll learn from.
I do like Seaman in that he really marshalled his defences well. He was a true leader at the back. Hopefully that is taken into account.
Particular goalkeeper strengths in certain areas such as Seaman dealing with aerial balls and commanding his defence can be a positive talking point, however I think all would agree with you on the positions relative importance.
I think most of us agree that it should be - but in practice it never seems to happen.
At the best of times, you'll get some credit for sporting a GOAT like Schmeichel, but that's about it. But sooner or later...
A reform of several aspects of the drafts could be/should be underway - I've argued that we should look at the keeper thing for ages now, making it mandatory (or at least more necessary) to take the keepers into consideration when assessing team strength. The question is - of course - how.
I rate Woods highly: all-rounder, strong, good in the air. Should have started ahead of Shilts at Italia '90. That he occupied a Sheffield Wednesday slot made him ideal for someone.
Agreed, a one man defence that was at home whoever his partner was.
Too true, Bergkamp-Aguero would have been something else.
We should hire a graphic artist for future drafts, given how popular theyve become so it is important to make it appealing aesthetically to the masses.
This was the best I could come up with in one of the drafts, but we would surely have some on the caf who are real pros.
Indeed, that is very very mouth watering.
I was surprised Jussi and cokehead didn't get picked. Woods is a good shout too.
diarm picked modric
Wonder how somehow he'll become a force in midfield after being previously owned by Sherwood and Batty.
Bergkamp wasn't picked. Madness
Wonder how somehow he'll become a force in midfield after being previously owned by Sherwood and Batty.
Bergkamp wasn't picked. Madness
diarm picked modric
Wonder how somehow he'll become a force in midfield after being previously owned by Sherwood and Batty.
Bergkamp wasn't picked. Madness
Ask Danny, he was the first name I wrote down when the final whistle blew in our game!
I wouldn't say he was owned at all. Himself and Bergkamp were the two players in your team that hurt me the most and very nearly won that game.
@Stobzilla Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday @MJJ
diarm picked modric
Wonder how somehow he'll become a force in midfield after being previously owned by Sherwood and Batty.
Bergkamp wasn't picked. Madness
Seemingly well rated by yourself and the cafe, who else to occupy that midfield three which needed an upgrade
@coolredwine when's good for you?
Any day is fine for me.
Alright. I'll be showing my Californian wife the joys of Bridlington tomorrow and Tuesday. Wednesday work for you then?
@Cutch Let me know when suits you? Any day this week except Tuesday is good for me.
Friday probably be the best day for me if that wasn't too late.
Friday works fine for me. @Skizzo can we confirm our match for Friday please.
Quarter Final match schedule
Tuesday
Wednesday
Skizzo vs @coolredwine
Thursday
Friday
Cutch vs Diarm
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Skizzo vs @coolredwine
Thursday
Friday
Cutch vs Diarm
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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