La Liga/Serie A/Bundesliga Draft

There's one very good La Liga full back in our team..
If you insist.

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Gio might need some time here.

Left backs are taken. Think the best solution would be to pick up a La Liga midfielder to replace Deschamps/Veron.
Ah. At the time I thought "what the feck is he on about?"

There should be a moratorium on making any picks after 9pm on a Friday/Saturday evening.
 
Ah. At the time I thought "what the feck is he on about?"

There should be a moratorium on making any picks after 9pm on a Friday/Saturday evening.
;) You still have an awesome team.
 
Guys sorry, manic weekend. I'm about all day today so can get the games set up. Send me your tactics and will get it on.
 
Edgar Davids:
Davids was known for standing out on the football field for his dreadlocked hair and the protective goggles he wore due toglaucoma. A combative, energetic, and creative midfielder, Davids was nicknamed “the Pitbull” by Louis van Gaal because of his marking ability and his aggressive tackling. Throughout his career, Davids was renowned for his outstanding technique and ball skills, as well as his passing ability and vision. He was also known for his pace, strength, power, stamina, tactical intelligence, versatility and tenacity, as well as his ability to read the game, which, along with his technical ability, allowed him to be deployed in several midfield positions, including as a left midfielder, or as a central, box-to-box, or defensive midfielder.

Six successful years in Turin followed, with Davids helping the side to the Serie A title in 1998, 2002 and 2003, as well as two Italian Supercups, and the Intertoto Cup. Juventus manager Marcello Lippi once described him as “my one-man engine room.”

He was often inspirational in Europe, playing 15 times as the club made it all the way to the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League final before losing to Milan on penalties. He had also previously managed to reach the Champions League Final with Juventus in 1998, followed by a semi-final finish during the 1998-99 season, as well as reaching the 2002 Coppa Italia Final.


David Alaba:
Having the ability to play in every position on the field, in any system and still give you stellar performances probably defines Alaba as the most modern footballer in the world.
Quite frankly, Alaba has grown into this footballer that isn’t bad at anything. He has the ability to read the game very well, excellent in one-on-one situations and is a solid tackler. Alaba knows when to make the tackle and when to just press, a quality that is rare. He has excellent passing capabilities, an incredible shot on him and is great at set pieces. His energy and pace often sees him beat players seamlessly. In both attaching and defending domains of the game, his intelligence is often displayed if one closely watches his positional sense.

In terms of positions he is capable of playing in, the Austria can excel at left-back, left-wing back, centre-back, centre-midfield, winger on either flank and as a number 10. Given the chance of playing in a defensive midfield or left/right full back or wing back positions, I am sure he would do well. You could probably stick him up front too if you fancy that.
http://theinsidechannel.com/david-alaba-evolution/
http://outsideoftheboot.com/2014/11/22/david-alaba-the-most-modern-player-in-the-world/
http://talkingtikitaka.co.uk/2015/03/david-alaba-the-most-versatile-football-player-in-history/
 
Feck....now back home and have no way of setting up match until the morning. Anyone else able to get it going sooner??
 
So the final pool should be:

Finalists:

Gio
- 1. Nedved 2. Veron 3. Reuter 4. Deschamps 5. Puyol 6. Bratseth 7. Careca 8. Michel 9. Thon 10. Sergi 11. Chilavert 12. Yeboah 13. Ibrahimovic 14. Ballack 15. Littbarski 16. Abidal
Enigma_87/Snow - 1. Kaka 2. Villa 3. Lucio 4. Modric 5. Schneider 6. Marcelo 7. Helmer 8. Salgado 9. Conte 10. Vialli 11. van der Sar 12. Luis Gustavo 13. Cafu 14. Shevchenko 15. Davids 16. Alaba

Available pool:

KM /Cal? - 4. Albertini 5. Boban 6. Filipe Luis 7. Griezmann 8. Senna 9. Piszczek 10. Courtois 11. Bonucci 12. Aubameyang
Downcast/KirkDuyt - 2. Yaya Touré 3. Falcao 4. Di Maria 5. Maicon 6. Özil 7. Heinrich 8. Vieira 9. Stankovic 10. Materrazzi 11. Júlio César da Silva 12. Stegen
Crappycraperson - 4. Kroos 5. Popescu 6. Jorginho 7. Jeremies 8. Grosso 9. Gamarra 10. Canizares 11. Ivan Cordoba 12. Kuffour
mazhar13/Boycott - 2. Aldair 3. Donadoni 5. Cocu 6. Pique 7. Chendo 8. Kahn 9. Serginho 10. Uwe Bein 11. Wynton Rufer 12. Emerson
RedTiger - 2. Zambrotta 3 Ayala 4. Vidal 5. Aguero 6. Paulo Sousa 7. Panucci 8. Francescoli 9. Wörns 10. Butt 11. Mijatovic 12. Sensini
Isotope - 2. Weah 3. Ze Roberto 4. Mauro Silva 5. Hummels 6. Signori 7. Sanchis 8. van Bommel 9. Illgner 10. Valeron 11. David Pizarro 12. Suker
Tuppet - 3. Völler 5. Riquelme 6. B. Laudrup 7. Nadal 8. De Rossi 9. Balakov 10. Zubizarreta 11. Caniggia 12. Eilts
Edgar Allan Pillow - 3. C Vieri 4. J Boateng 5. D Simeone 6. E Cambiasso 7. Deco 8. F de Boer 9. A Kopke 10. F Inzaghi 11. I Helguera 12. A Di Livio
VivaJanuzaj/MJJ - 2. Eto'o 3. Guardiola 4. T. Silva 5. Samuel 7. Sneijder 8. Khedira 9. Robinho 10. Klos 11. Carvajal 12. Cassano 13. Savicevic 14. Sagnol
Aldo/The Stain - 3. Mendieta 4. Montero 5. Makaay 6. Henry 7. Mascherano 8. Angloma 9. Candela 10. Linke 11. Aumann 12. Zola 13. Reus 14. Ferrara
Marty1968 - 1. Seedorf 2. Costacurta 3. Berthold 4. Gattuso 5. Scholl 6. Benarrivo 7.Babbel 8. Butragueño 9. Zamorano 10. Lehmann 11. McManaman 12. Mihajlović 13. Neymar 14. Cristiano Jr.
Sjor Bepo/anant - 1. Stam 3. Camoranesi 4. Godin 5. Gündoğan 6. Kluivert 7. Javi Martinez 8. Gascoigne 9. Futre 10. Juanfran 11. Peruzzi 12. Rosicky 13. Totti 14.
Joga Bonito/Balu - 1. Bergomi 2. Xabi Alonso 3. Dani Alves 4. Häßler 5. Forlán 6. Ferri 7. Dunga 8. Aimar 9. Crespo 10. Carboni 11. Eike Immel 12. Dedê 13. Roberto Carlos 14. Buchwald 15. Muller
Skizzo/Pat_Mustard - 1. Hierro 2. Ruggeri 3.Klinsmann 4. Bebeto 5. Möller 6. Chiellini 7. Baraja 8. Ziege 9. Pogba 10. Zenga 11. Basler 12. Mannini 13. Lizarazu 14. Zanetti 15. Luis Enrique