Would be surprised if anyone went with a back 5.. Wasn’t really the style in Britain back then.. It’ll be a very hard sell
Pre Premier League Draft
- Thread starter Indnyc
- Start date
Remember chat about qualifying criteria but can't remember outcome - was there a minimum number of qualifying appearances needed or not @Indnyc ?
No minimum number.. As long as they have played in the 20 year period within the UK
Ok. Spent a couple of hours scribbling a new list, will wing it.
I'm fine.....but I'd recommend having at least a 25 game (just wiki or equivalent) limit.
We defined peak as the time the player played in the league.. So if player X has played just 10 games then you have to judge him on those 10 games only.. Eliminates the need to have a minimum game requirement
Starting yet??
In about an hour time from now
- Onenil
- Green Smiley
- BeforeKeanetherewasRobson
- Edgar
- Frank Grimes
- Enigma_87/TRV
- MJJ
- Youngrell
- Cal?
- Gio
- Skizzo/Pat Mustard
- Tuppet
- Oaencha
- Indnyc
- KM/Invictus/Šjor Bepo
- Chesterlestreet
Left my pick with Indy
- Onenil - 1) K. Dalglish
- Green Smiley
- BeforeKeanetherewasRobson
- Edgar
- Frank Grimes
- Enigma_87/TRV
- MJJ
- Youngrell
- Cal?
- Gio
- Skizzo/Pat Mustard
- Tuppet
- Oaencha
- Indnyc
- KM/Invictus/Šjor Bepo
- Chesterlestreet
Don't know what is the time if leaving pick with someone, so am leaving it blank first
And I don't know who to pick yet
- Onenil - 1) K. Dalglish
- Green Smiley - 1) I. Rush (4)
- BeforeKeanetherewasRobson
- Edgar
- Frank Grimes
- Enigma_87/TRV
- MJJ
- Youngrell
- Cal?
- Gio
- Skizzo/Pat Mustard
- Tuppet
- Oaencha
- Indnyc
- KM/Invictus/Šjor Bepo
- Chesterlestreet
Everyone picking Scousers... 
- Onenil - 1) K. Dalglish
- Green Smiley - 1) I. Rush (4)
- BeforeKeanetherewasRobson - 1) B Robson (51)
- Edgar
- Frank Grimes
- Enigma_87/TRV
- MJJ
- Youngrell
- Cal?
- Gio
- Skizzo/Pat Mustard
- Tuppet
- Oaencha
- Indnyc
- KM/Invictus/Šjor Bepo
- Chesterlestreet
Well I for one did not see that coming.
I know right! Who'd have thought that Dalglish would go first??
- Onenil - 1) K. Dalglish (45)
- Green Smiley - 1) I. Rush (4)
- BeforeKeanetherewasRobson - 1) B Robson (51)
- Edgar
- Frank Grimes
- Enigma_87/TRV
- MJJ
- Youngrell
- Cal?
- Gio
- Skizzo/Pat Mustard
- Tuppet
- Oaencha
- Indnyc
- KM/Invictus/Šjor Bepo
- Chesterlestreet
You could pick ten random players now and still have a good chance of getting my vote.
Why wouldn't you pick Robson as the first pick on a United forum in this draft?
- Onenil - 1) K. Dalglish (45)
- Green Smiley - 1) I. Rush (4)
- BeforeKeanetherewasRobson - 1) B. Robson (51)
- Edgar - 1) P.McGrath (63)
- Frank Grimes
- Enigma_87/TRV
- MJJ
- Youngrell
- Cal?
- Gio
- Skizzo/Pat Mustard
- Tuppet
- Oaencha
- Indnyc
- KM/Invictus/Šjor Bepo
- Chesterlestreet
Because we have abundant CMs in this draft and despite Robson's stature, positionally Dalglish was a good #1 pick. More surprised that Rush went ahead of Robson tbh!
Agreed. Kenny would have been my first pick
Ultimately it came down to last draft I built around a CM and didn't want a CM as my first pick. I wanted a forward.
Finally those Liverpool legends will get some recognition. Frankly they are ridiculously underrated here. Not sure that I'm looking forward to it though 
edit: forgot about the unpicked names rule
edit: forgot about the unpicked names rule
Not sure that I'm looking forward to it though
This is probably the ONLY draft where they'll get recognized. No other opposition literally.
I am looking forward to picking players from Nottingham Forest and Derby County
In the last draft i had all of the first 3 picks here
This will be a 4-4-2 draft and getting two top strikers let's you compromise on many other positions without it affecting votes. Like in the case of many real world 4-4-2's. I might have gone for two strikers as pick 1 and 2 if the right players were available.
Finally those Liverpool legends will get some recognition. Frankly they are ridiculously underrated here. Not sure that I'm looking forward to it though
edit: forgot about the unpicked names rule
Why are players like Dalglish underrated? Is it purely because of the Liverpool connection or there are better players than him in an all time context?
Both. In an all time a MvB-Gullit beats anything UK leagues can throw up. And very few managers build 4-4-2 in drafts.
I am looking forward to picking players from Nottingham Forest and Derby County
Exactly why I wanted to pick at the end of the draft, I think the pattern is just going to mean some of the players I initially targeted get taken at the bottom of the rounds
I reckon its because nobody here will bother to watch old Liverpool games nor do a proper research about those players so they are either forgotten or underrated as feck.
@BeforeKeanetherewasRobson @Indnyc I feel like I should have asked this earlier but are European/International performances for the British clubs taken into account or only League/Domestic Cup?
European performances are counted. Any official performance for the club during that time period is counted