Nostalgia Draft - Winner - Isotope

Not today harms, not today.....even Rio and Vida together is too much for my liking, no chance im letting you complete the modern Holy Trinity.

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1. Iso 1) Ronaldo 2) L. Figo 3) Kaka 4) C. Ferrara 5) G. Bergomi 6) P. Montero 7) F. Ribery
2. Joga 1) Xavi 2) M. Laudrup 3) P. Lahm 4) P. Evra 5) S. Busquets 6) G. Signori 7) R. Ayala
3. P-Nut 1) P. Maldini 2) J. Stam 3) P. Vieira 4) L. Matthaus 5) D. Bergkamp 6) Leonardo 7) Overmars
4. Harms 1) C. Ronaldo 2) A. Iniesta 3) R. Ferdinand 4) N. Vidic 5) Dunga 6) G. Mendieta 7) J. Litmanen
5. Beam 1) A. Nesta 2) S. Eto'o 3) Maicon 4) W. Rooney 5) A. Vidal 6) D. Drogba
6. Skizzo 1) Z. Zidane 2) T. Henry 3) R. Giggs 4) D. Deschamps 5) F. Hierro 6) P. Schmeichel 7) M. Ballack
7. antohan 1) R. Carlos 2) J. Zanetti 3) M. Sammer 4) Luis Enrique 5) C. Puyol 6) G. Chiellini 7) Raúl
8. Michael 1) F. Redondo 2) J.R. Riquelme 3) F. Cannavaro 4) Del Piero 5) D. Simeone 6) Zé Roberto 7) W. Sagnol
9. TheReligion 1) B. Lizarazu 2) Dani Alves 3) C. Makelele 4) C. Seedorf 5) G. Hagi 6) G. Weah 7) S. Gerrard
10. EAP 1) F. Baresi 2) Cafu 3) J. Kohler 4) R. van Nistelrooy 5) F. Totti 6) M. Essien 7) G. Pessotto
11. Enigma 1) Ronaldinho 2) E. Davids 3) B. Schweinsteiger 4) D. Villa 5) P. McGrath 6) D. Irwin 7) Deco
12. Gio/Theon 1) Romario 2) H. Stoichkov 3) A. Pirlo 4) F. Rijkaard 5) A. Robben 6) E. Abidal 7) G. Buffon
13. Boris 1) G. Batistuta 2) P. Nedved 3) X. Alonso 4) M Rui Costa 5) S Campbell 6) G. Zambrotta 7) J. Terry
14. Sjor 1) P. Scholes 2) R. Keane 3) R. Carvalho 4) D. Beckham 5) A. Costacurta 6) D. Savicevic 7) O. Kahn 8) E. van der Sar
15. Himann 1) R. Baggio 2) M. Desailly 3) A.Cole 4) L. Blanc 5) P. Gascoigne 6) R. Gullit 7) H. Larsson 8) S. Reuter
16. Physio 1) Rivaldo 2) L.Thuram 3) A. Shevchenko 4) T. Silva 5) Vieri 6) Benarrivo 7) Albertini 8) Jorginho

@BorisDeLeFora
 
Looking at specific positions and no one I could come up with was possibly good enough tp pick this early, so feck it, I'm taking Effenberg.

1. Iso 1) Ronaldo 2) L. Figo 3) Kaka 4) C. Ferrara 5) G. Bergomi 6) P. Montero 7) F. Ribery
2. Joga 1) Xavi 2) M. Laudrup 3) P. Lahm 4) P. Evra 5) S. Busquets 6) G. Signori 7) R. Ayala
3. P-Nut 1) P. Maldini 2) J. Stam 3) P. Vieira 4) L. Matthaus 5) D. Bergkamp 6) Leonardo 7) Overmars
4. Harms 1) C. Ronaldo 2) A. Iniesta 3) R. Ferdinand 4) N. Vidic 5) Dunga 6) G. Mendieta 7) J. Litmanen
5. Beam 1) A. Nesta 2) S. Eto'o 3) Maicon 4) W. Rooney 5) A. Vidal 6) D. Drogba
6. Skizzo 1) Z. Zidane 2) T. Henry 3) R. Giggs 4) D. Deschamps 5) F. Hierro 6) P. Schmeichel 7) M. Ballack
7. antohan 1) R. Carlos 2) J. Zanetti 3) M. Sammer 4) Luis Enrique 5) C. Puyol 6) G. Chiellini 7) Raúl
8. Michael 1) F. Redondo 2) J.R. Riquelme 3) F. Cannavaro 4) Del Piero 5) D. Simeone 6) Zé Roberto 7) W. Sagnol
9. TheReligion 1) B. Lizarazu 2) Dani Alves 3) C. Makelele 4) C. Seedorf 5) G. Hagi 6) G. Weah 7) S. Gerrard
10. EAP 1) F. Baresi 2) Cafu 3) J. Kohler 4) R. van Nistelrooy 5) F. Totti 6) M. Essien 7) G. Pessotto
11. Enigma 1) Ronaldinho 2) E. Davids 3) B. Schweinsteiger 4) D. Villa 5) P. McGrath 6) D. Irwin 7) Deco
12. Gio/Theon 1) Romario 2) H. Stoichkov 3) A. Pirlo 4) F. Rijkaard 5) A. Robben 6) E. Abidal 7) G. Buffon
13. Boris 1) G. Batistuta 2) P. Nedved 3) X. Alonso 4) M Rui Costa 5) S Campbell 6) G. Zambrotta 7) J. Terry 8) S. Effenberg
14. Sjor 1) P. Scholes 2) R. Keane 3) R. Carvalho 4) D. Beckham 5) A. Costacurta 6) D. Savicevic 7) O. Kahn 8) E. van der Sar
15. Himann 1) R. Baggio 2) M. Desailly 3) A.Cole 4) L. Blanc 5) P. Gascoigne 6) R. Gullit 7) H. Larsson 8) S. Reuter
16. Physio 1) Rivaldo 2) L.Thuram 3) A. Shevchenko 4) T. Silva 5) Vieri 6) Benarrivo 7) Albertini 8) Jorginho

@Gio @Theon
 
Not today harms, not today.....even Rio and Vida together is too much for my liking, no chance im letting you complete the modern Holy Trinity.

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Noooo! I was going to pick him this round! Shame on you.
 
Looking at specific positions and no one I could come up with was possibly good enough tp pick this early, so feck it, I'm taking Effenberg.

For all that I was banging on about CM depth, I'm surprised that he lasted this long. Superb player, who turned in some top performances against some of the elite-tier midfielders in this pool.
 
For all that I was banging on about CM depth, I'm surprised that he lasted this long. Superb player, who turned in some top performances against some of the elite-tier midfielders in this pool.

went back and forth on him for a few rounds, but then decided that with Zidane and Hierro already, his playmaking would be somewhat surplus and he’d be a bit wasted in a b2b role for me.
 
went back and forth on him for a few rounds, but then decided that with Zidane and Hierro already, his playmaking would be somewhat surplus and he’d be a bit wasted in a b2b role for me.

You made the right choice in my opinion. Ballack is perfect as a carrier/runner/surger for your side so far, which I rate as one of the three best at the moment. So don't mess it up!
 
For all that I was banging on about CM depth, I'm surprised that he lasted this long. Superb player, who turned in some top performances against some of the elite-tier midfielders in this pool.
Indeed.

I had a bit of an issue myself in that I won two drafts with him in the team. He suited me very well here... except for Sammer. Last time out Effenberg went through the long slog of playing every game and then for the final the entire tactical setup changed and revolved primarily around Sammer, a reinforcement. On the pitch he would perform anyway, none of that bollocks would get on the way of trying to win a final, but out in the training ground... Man, he broke my balls all day long, kept questioning the tactics, Sammer knowing what he was doing, why he had to be part of a setup built around a bloody sweeper, Matthäus was a quitter, yadda yadda... He was also shagging Raúl's missus and he has since found out about it.

No thanks, can't put up with all that shite again, nostalgia or not.
 
Hey mate, long time no see. Recognise them Paninis? ;)

Indeed I do. I have to get back collecting with the Euros and World Cup next year coming up! Hope you've been well.
 
1. Iso 1) Ronaldo 2) L. Figo 3) Kaka 4) C. Ferrara 5) G. Bergomi 6) P. Montero 7) F. Ribery
2. Joga 1) Xavi 2) M. Laudrup 3) P. Lahm 4) P. Evra 5) S. Busquets 6) G. Signori 7) R. Ayala
3. P-Nut 1) P. Maldini 2) J. Stam 3) P. Vieira 4) L. Matthaus 5) D. Bergkamp 6) Leonardo 7) Overmars
4. Harms 1) C. Ronaldo 2) A. Iniesta 3) R. Ferdinand 4) N. Vidic 5) Dunga 6) G. Mendieta 7) J. Litmanen
5. Beam 1) A. Nesta 2) S. Eto'o 3) Maicon 4) W. Rooney 5) A. Vidal 6) D. Drogba
6. Skizzo 1) Z. Zidane 2) T. Henry 3) R. Giggs 4) D. Deschamps 5) F. Hierro 6) P. Schmeichel 7) M. Ballack
7. antohan 1) R. Carlos 2) J. Zanetti 3) M. Sammer 4) Luis Enrique 5) C. Puyol 6) G. Chiellini 7) Raúl
8. Michael 1) F. Redondo 2) J.R. Riquelme 3) F. Cannavaro 4) Del Piero 5) D. Simeone 6) Zé Roberto 7) W. Sagnol
9. TheReligion 1) B. Lizarazu 2) Dani Alves 3) C. Makelele 4) C. Seedorf 5) G. Hagi 6) G. Weah 7) S. Gerrard
10. EAP 1) F. Baresi 2) Cafu 3) J. Kohler 4) R. van Nistelrooy 5) F. Totti 6) M. Essien 7) G. Pessotto
11. Enigma 1) Ronaldinho 2) E. Davids 3) B. Schweinsteiger 4) D. Villa 5) P. McGrath 6) D. Irwin 7) Deco 8) Aldair
12. Gio/Theon 1) Romario 2) H. Stoichkov 3) A. Pirlo 4) F. Rijkaard 5) A. Robben 6) E. Abidal 7) G. Buffon 8) Lucio
13. Boris 1) G. Batistuta 2) P. Nedved 3) X. Alonso 4) M Rui Costa 5) S Campbell 6) G. Zambrotta 7) J. Terry 8) S. Effenberg
14. Sjor 1) P. Scholes 2) R. Keane 3) R. Carvalho 4) D. Beckham 5) A. Costacurta 6) D. Savicevic 7) O. Kahn 8) E. van der Sar
15. Himann 1) R. Baggio 2) M. Desailly 3) A.Cole 4) L. Blanc 5) P. Gascoigne 6) R. Gullit 7) H. Larsson 8) S. Reuter
16. Physio 1) Rivaldo 2) L.Thuram 3) A. Shevchenko 4) T. Silva 5) Vieri 6) Benarrivo 7) Albertini 8) Jorginho
 
Pick is with Joga and Synco in case I'm not around tomorrow
 
1. Iso 1) Ronaldo 2) L. Figo 3) Kaka 4) C. Ferrara 5) G. Bergomi 6) P. Montero 7) F. Ribery
2. Joga 1) Xavi 2) M. Laudrup 3) P. Lahm 4) P. Evra 5) S. Busquets 6) G. Signori 7) R. Ayala
3. P-Nut 1) P. Maldini 2) J. Stam 3) P. Vieira 4) L. Matthaus 5) D. Bergkamp 6) Leonardo 7) Overmars
4. Harms 1) C. Ronaldo 2) A. Iniesta 3) R. Ferdinand 4) N. Vidic 5) Dunga 6) G. Mendieta 7) J. Litmanen
5. Beam 1) A. Nesta 2) S. Eto'o 3) Maicon 4) W. Rooney 5) A. Vidal 6) D. Drogba
6. Skizzo 1) Z. Zidane 2) T. Henry 3) R. Giggs 4) D. Deschamps 5) F. Hierro 6) P. Schmeichel 7) M. Ballack
7. antohan 1) R. Carlos 2) J. Zanetti 3) M. Sammer 4) Luis Enrique 5) C. Puyol 6) G. Chiellini 7) Raúl
8. Michael 1) F. Redondo 2) J.R. Riquelme 3) F. Cannavaro 4) Del Piero 5) D. Simeone 6) Zé Roberto 7) W. Sagnol
9. TheReligion 1) B. Lizarazu 2) Dani Alves 3) C. Makelele 4) C. Seedorf 5) G. Hagi 6) G. Weah 7) S. Gerrard
10. EAP 1) F. Baresi 2) Cafu 3) J. Kohler 4) R. van Nistelrooy 5) F. Totti 6) M. Essien 7) G. Pessotto 8) I. Casillas
11. Enigma 1) Ronaldinho 2) E. Davids 3) B. Schweinsteiger 4) D. Villa 5) P. McGrath 6) D. Irwin 7) Deco 8) Aldair
12. Gio/Theon 1) Romario 2) H. Stoichkov 3) A. Pirlo 4) F. Rijkaard 5) A. Robben 6) E. Abidal 7) G. Buffon 8) Lucio
13. Boris 1) G. Batistuta 2) P. Nedved 3) X. Alonso 4) M Rui Costa 5) S Campbell 6) G. Zambrotta 7) J. Terry 8) S. Effenberg
14. Sjor 1) P. Scholes 2) R. Keane 3) R. Carvalho 4) D. Beckham 5) A. Costacurta 6) D. Savicevic 7) O. Kahn 8) E. van der Sar
15. Himann 1) R. Baggio 2) M. Desailly 3) A.Cole 4) L. Blanc 5) P. Gascoigne 6) R. Gullit 7) H. Larsson 8) S. Reuter
16. Physio 1) Rivaldo 2) L.Thuram 3) A. Shevchenko 4) T. Silva 5) Vieri 6) Benarrivo 7) Albertini 8) Jorginho

@TheReligion
 
Indeed.

I had a bit of an issue myself in that I won two drafts with him in the team. He suited me very well here... except for Sammer. Last time out Effenberg went through the long slog of playing every game and then for the final the entire tactical setup changed and revolved primarily around Sammer, a reinforcement. On the pitch he would perform anyway, none of that bollocks would get on the way of trying to win a final, but out in the training ground... Man, he broke my balls all day long, kept questioning the tactics, Sammer knowing what he was doing, why he had to be part of a setup built around a bloody sweeper, Matthäus was a quitter, yadda yadda... He was also shagging Raúl's missus and he has since found out about it.

No thanks, can't put up with all that shite again, nostalgia or not.

:lol: :lol:
 
@Skizzo picks Walter Samuel

1. Iso 1) Ronaldo 2) L. Figo 3) Kaka 4) C. Ferrara 5) G. Bergomi 6) P. Montero 7) F. Ribery
2. Joga 1) Xavi 2) M. Laudrup 3) P. Lahm 4) P. Evra 5) S. Busquets 6) G. Signori 7) R. Ayala
3. P-Nut 1) P. Maldini 2) J. Stam 3) P. Vieira 4) L. Matthaus 5) D. Bergkamp 6) Leonardo 7) Overmars
4. Harms 1) C. Ronaldo 2) A. Iniesta 3) R. Ferdinand 4) N. Vidic 5) Dunga 6) G. Mendieta 7) J. Litmanen
5. Beam 1) A. Nesta 2) S. Eto'o 3) Maicon 4) W. Rooney 5) A. Vidal 6) D. Drogba
6. Skizzo 1) Z. Zidane 2) T. Henry 3) R. Giggs 4) D. Deschamps 5) F. Hierro 6) P. Schmeichel 7) M. Ballack 8) W. Samuel
7. antohan 1) R. Carlos 2) J. Zanetti 3) M. Sammer 4) Luis Enrique 5) C. Puyol 6) G. Chiellini 7) Raúl
8. Michael 1) F. Redondo 2) J.R. Riquelme 3) F. Cannavaro 4) Del Piero 5) D. Simeone 6) Zé Roberto 7) W. Sagnol 8) C. Gamarra
9. TheReligion 1) B. Lizarazu 2) Dani Alves 3) C. Makelele 4) C. Seedorf 5) G. Hagi 6) G. Weah 7) S. Gerrard 8) F. De Boer
10. EAP 1) F. Baresi 2) Cafu 3) J. Kohler 4) R. van Nistelrooy 5) F. Totti 6) M. Essien 7) G. Pessotto 8) I. Casillas
11. Enigma 1) Ronaldinho 2) E. Davids 3) B. Schweinsteiger 4) D. Villa 5) P. McGrath 6) D. Irwin 7) Deco 8) Aldair
12. Gio/Theon 1) Romario 2) H. Stoichkov 3) A. Pirlo 4) F. Rijkaard 5) A. Robben 6) E. Abidal 7) G. Buffon 8) Lucio
13. Boris 1) G. Batistuta 2) P. Nedved 3) X. Alonso 4) M Rui Costa 5) S Campbell 6) G. Zambrotta 7) J. Terry 8) S. Effenberg
14. Sjor 1) P. Scholes 2) R. Keane 3) R. Carvalho 4) D. Beckham 5) A. Costacurta 6) D. Savicevic 7) O. Kahn 8) E. van der Sar
15. Himann 1) R. Baggio 2) M. Desailly 3) A.Cole 4) L. Blanc 5) P. Gascoigne 6) R. Gullit 7) H. Larsson 8) S. Reuter
16. Physio 1) Rivaldo 2) L.Thuram 3) A. Shevchenko 4) T. Silva 5) Vieri 6) Benarrivo 7) Albertini 8) Jorginho

@antohan still has got one pick
@Jim Beam has got two to pick now
 
Sorry lads, fell asleep.

1998-2001 the more nippy/mobile/probing version of this guy was unstoppable for club(s) and country.

Argentina had a storming WC qualification campaign with a record points total and only one loss (A to Brazil). They would eat everyone alive in Korea & Japan. Then, come the World Cup, Bielsa decided Batistuta (a shadow of his former self who hadn't been involved much) had to start AND they couldn't start together. A mistake of EAP brainfart proportions, surely.

But then seeing him play after that World Cup, it did seem that -like Argentina- he too had peaked early. Suddenly he did actually look like an old and rather static Batistuta.

At the risk of confusing the hell out of people, it was like watching Rossi in 1978 and 1982. Always liked Rossi 1978 better, whatever the results tell you. Same with Valdanito.

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1. Iso 1) Ronaldo 2) L. Figo 3) Kaka 4) C. Ferrara 5) G. Bergomi 6) P. Montero 7) F. Ribery
2. Joga 1) Xavi 2) M. Laudrup 3) P. Lahm 4) P. Evra 5) S. Busquets 6) G. Signori 7) R. Ayala
3. P-Nut 1) P. Maldini 2) J. Stam 3) P. Vieira 4) L. Matthaus 5) D. Bergkamp 6) Leonardo 7) Overmars
4. Harms 1) C. Ronaldo 2) A. Iniesta 3) R. Ferdinand 4) N. Vidic 5) Dunga 6) G. Mendieta 7) J. Litmanen
5. Beam 1) A. Nesta 2) S. Eto'o 3) Maicon 4) W. Rooney 5) A. Vidal 6) D. Drogba
6. Skizzo 1) Z. Zidane 2) T. Henry 3) R. Giggs 4) D. Deschamps 5) F. Hierro 6) P. Schmeichel 7) M. Ballack 8) W. Samuel
7. antohan 1) R. Carlos 2) J. Zanetti 3) M. Sammer 4) Luis Enrique 5) C. Puyol 6) G. Chiellini 7) Raúl 8) H. Crespo
8. Michael 1) F. Redondo 2) J.R. Riquelme 3) F. Cannavaro 4) Del Piero 5) D. Simeone 6) Zé Roberto 7) W. Sagnol 8) C. Gamarra
9. TheReligion 1) B. Lizarazu 2) Dani Alves 3) C. Makelele 4) C. Seedorf 5) G. Hagi 6) G. Weah 7) S. Gerrard 8) F. De Boer
10. EAP 1) F. Baresi 2) Cafu 3) J. Kohler 4) R. van Nistelrooy 5) F. Totti 6) M. Essien 7) G. Pessotto 8) I. Casillas
11. Enigma 1) Ronaldinho 2) E. Davids 3) B. Schweinsteiger 4) D. Villa 5) P. McGrath 6) D. Irwin 7) Deco 8) Aldair
12. Gio/Theon 1) Romario 2) H. Stoichkov 3) A. Pirlo 4) F. Rijkaard 5) A. Robben 6) E. Abidal 7) G. Buffon 8) Lucio
13. Boris 1) G. Batistuta 2) P. Nedved 3) X. Alonso 4) M Rui Costa 5) S Campbell 6) G. Zambrotta 7) J. Terry 8) S. Effenberg
14. Sjor 1) P. Scholes 2) R. Keane 3) R. Carvalho 4) D. Beckham 5) A. Costacurta 6) D. Savicevic 7) O. Kahn 8) E. van der Sar
15. Himann 1) R. Baggio 2) M. Desailly 3) A.Cole 4) L. Blanc 5) P. Gascoigne 6) R. Gullit 7) H. Larsson 8) S. Reuter
16. Physio 1) Rivaldo 2) L.Thuram 3) A. Shevchenko 4) T. Silva 5) Vieri 6) Benarrivo 7) Albertini 8) Jorginho

@Jim Beam
 
I'm lacking inspiration for this draft. Still don't know what to do with my players!
That’s on you, not sure how you’ve managed to pick a bunch of boring and uninspiring gits like Totti, Baresi and Ruud!