Reality-Monopoly Draft

Box 28 -Rival Arrival - played for both sides of a derby

Pick - Manuel Amoros

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Played for Lyon and Marseille (Choc Des Olympiques)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_derbies_in_France


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P-Nut - 1. Ronaldinho (9) 2. D. De Gea (13) 3. Neymar (19) 4. DROPPED 5. A. Sanchez (26) 6. DROPPED 7. G Heinze 8. D. Alli (20) 9. B. Foulkes (3) 10. Bonucci 11. Effenberg (16) 12. M. van Bommel (26) 13. R. Pires (5)

harms - 1. DROPPED (10) 2. G. Donnarumma (20) 3. L. Figo (1) 4. R. Marquez (7) 5. L. Riva (12) 6. R. Giggs (18) 7. Carvajal 8. B. Robson (27) 9. V. Voronin (6) 10. DROPPED 11. A. Cabrini (23) 12. T. Müller (1->14) 13. R. Ayala (9)

Tuppet - 1. M. Desailly (2) 2. J. Neeskens (9) 3. DROPPED 4. D. Dzajic (19) 5. Suarez (14) 6. Van Hanegem (6) 7. A. Chivadze 8. DROPPED 9. S. Matthews (23) 10. Djalma Santos (6) 11. S. Busquets (14) 12. S. Kocsis (21) 13. D. Deschamps (26)

Onenil/ctp - 1. J. Bican (D) 2. DROPPED 3. G. Facchetti (25) 4. H. Stoichkov (4) 5. J. Bozsik (8) 6. J. Zanetti (12) 7. D. Walker 8. R. Rivellino 9. M. Neuer (23) 10. A. Vidal (25) 11. V. Vasovic (4) 12. B. Schuster (11) 13. D. Holcer (16)

Pat_Mustard - 1. R. Gullit (11) 2. A. Brehme (16) 3. DROPPED 4. P. McGrath (2) 5. Paco Gento (23) 6. DROPPED 7. Viv Anderson 8. S. Piola 9. C. Alberto (4) 10. I. Netto (6) 11.R. Benetti (16) 12. M. Tresor (23) 13. R. Kopa (1/16)

Skizzo - 1. Kaka 2. R. Dasayev 3. G. Souness 4. DROPPED 5. M. Buchan 6. R van Nistelrooy (18) 7. I. Helguera 8. D. Beckham 9. Z. Czibor (9) 10. T. Zarra (13) 11. S. Marzolini 12. G. Popescu 13. Pepe (2)

mazhar13 - 1. D. Law (4) 2. U. Seeler (11) 3. P. Nedvěd (16) 4. DROPPED 5. DROPPED 6. P. Vieira (2) 7. S. Jardine 8. K.-H. Schnellinger (10) 9. G. Buffon (16) 10. D. Irwin (18) 11. Didi (25) 12. W. Schulz (19) 13. Joaquin (7)

2mufc0 - 1. DROPPED 2. E. Davids (17) 3. P.R. Falcao (25) 4. Z. Ibrahimović (3) 5. DROPPED 6. L. Thuram (12) 7. A. Carboni 8. Gerson (23) 9. P. Evra (2) 10. Janes (8) 11. A. Hansen (16) 12. G Lato (27) 13. R. Mahrez (7)

prath92 - 1. M. Ballack (4) 2. T. Henry (10) 3. DROPPED (16) 4. C. Tevez (18) 5. DROPPED (16) 6. P. Montero (4) 7. W. Gallas 8. R. Carlos (9) 9. J. S. Veron (16) 10. M. Essien (26) 11. F. Collovati 12. E. Van der Sar (17) 13. F. Totti (23) 14. M. Amoros (28)

Chesterlestreet - 1. J. Masopust (6) 2. R. Baraja (13) 3. E. Cantona (18) 4. DROPPED (1) 5. J-P. Papin (1) 6. T. Finney (16) 7. D. Hamann 8. H. Chumpitaz (21) 9. G. Hagi (28) 10. R. Byrne (3) 11. C. Panucci (9) 12. G. Pallister (18) 13. DROPPED 14. D. Seaman (24)

Oaencha - 1. A. Del Piero 2. R. Lewandowski 3. S. Gerrard 4. DROPPED 5. S. Campbell 6. O. Dembele 7. Nelinho 8. X. Alonso 9. P. Schmeichel 10. G. Chiellini 11. DROPPED 12. D. Silva 13. Raúl 14. Maxwell

Moby - 1. D. Drogba (7) 2. DROPPED 3. A.Robben (17) 4. N. Vidic (14) 5. M. Sindelar (22) 6. R. Keane (10) 7. Sanchis 8. J. C. Valerón (13) 9. M. Tardelli (21) 10. N. Santos (27) 11. W. Suurbier (9) 12. J. Nasazzi (16) 13. DROPPED 14. S. Maier (21)

RedTiger - 1. Seedorf 2. Batistuta 3. J. Stam 4. DROPPED 5. F. Redondo 6. C. Gentile 7. Futre 8. L. Enrique 9. J. Tigana (28) 10. Handanovic 11. DROPPED 12. T. Helveg 13. S. Pearce 14. F Rivilla

NM - 1. D. Edwards (3) 2. P. Scholes (12) 3. DROPPED (17) 4. John Charles (24) 5. Dani Alves (1) 6. Cannavaro (4) 7. van Bronckhorst (Bonus) 8. K.H. Förster (11) 9. F. Ribery (14) 10. Sane (20) 11. Hamrin (25) 12. Diego Lopez (7) 13. Rivera (19) 14. Hughes (24)

Enigma_87/Sjor - 1. DROPPED 2. R. Ferdinand (18) 3. DROPPED (26) 4. G. Mendieta (8) 5. Luis Suárez Miramontes (10) 6. K. H. Rummenigge (21) 7. J. Capdevila 8. J. Kohler (25) 9. DROPPED 10. D. Villa (5) 11. R. Rensenbrink (16) 12. Gerets (27) 13. A. Arbeloa (7) 14. H. Gregg

Ecstatic/MDFC - 1. M. Laudrup (5) 2. Xavi (10) 3. O. Varela (19) 4. DROPPED 5. G. Bailey (1) 6. A. Shevchenko (19) 7. M. Reiziger 8. R. Krol (25) 9. Jairzinho (4) 10. L.Kubala (9) 11. D. Godin (14) 12. DROPPED (16) 13. Amancio Amaro (16) 14. Dune (3)

Block list: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Cristiano Ronaldo, Daniel Passarella, Diego Maradona, Elias Figueroa, Eusébio, Ferenc Puskás, Franco Baresi, Franz Beckenbauer, Gaetano Scirea, Garrincha, George Best, Gerd Müller, Johan Cruyff, Lev Yashin, Lionel Messi, Lothar Matthäus, Luis Ronaldo, Marco van Basten, Matthias Sammer, Michel Platini, Paolo Maldini, Pelé, Rivaldo, Roberto Baggio, Romário, Zico, Zinedine Zidane

Dropped list: Frank Rijkaard, Samuel Eto'o, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Laurent Blanc, Philipp Lahm, Paul Breitner, Pietro Vierchowod, Giuseppe Bergomi, Kopke, Bixente Lizarazu, Jimmy Greaves, Mats Hummels, Alessandro Nesta, Oscar Ruggeri, Carles Puyol, Victor Valdes, A. Iniesta, Nobby Stiles, Cafu, P.Shilton, A. Cole, R. Donadoni, J. Mascherano, José Santamaría, Thiago Silva, Andrea Pirlo, Albistonv, Conti, Stepney, Dino Zoff, R. Clemence

@2mufc0
 
Iker Casillas born 1981.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iker_Casillas

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P-Nut - 1. Ronaldinho (9) 2. D. De Gea (13) 3. Neymar (19) 4. DROPPED 5. A. Sanchez (26) 6. DROPPED 7. G Heinze 8. D. Alli (20) 9. B. Foulkes (3) 10. Bonucci 11. Effenberg (16) 12. M. van Bommel (26) 13. R. Pires (5)

harms - 1. DROPPED (10) 2. G. Donnarumma (20) 3. L. Figo (1) 4. R. Marquez (7) 5. L. Riva (12) 6. R. Giggs (18) 7. Carvajal 8. B. Robson (27) 9. V. Voronin (6) 10. DROPPED 11. A. Cabrini (23) 12. T. Müller (1->14) 13. R. Ayala (9)

Tuppet - 1. M. Desailly (2) 2. J. Neeskens (9) 3. DROPPED 4. D. Dzajic (19) 5. Suarez (14) 6. Van Hanegem (6) 7. A. Chivadze 8. DROPPED 9. S. Matthews (23) 10. Djalma Santos (6) 11. S. Busquets (14) 12. S. Kocsis (21) 13. D. Deschamps (26)

Onenil/ctp - 1. J. Bican (D) 2. DROPPED 3. G. Facchetti (25) 4. H. Stoichkov (4) 5. J. Bozsik (8) 6. J. Zanetti (12) 7. D. Walker 8. R. Rivellino 9. M. Neuer (23) 10. A. Vidal (25) 11. V. Vasovic (4) 12. B. Schuster (11) 13. D. Holcer (16)

Pat_Mustard - 1. R. Gullit (11) 2. A. Brehme (16) 3. DROPPED 4. P. McGrath (2) 5. Paco Gento (23) 6. DROPPED 7. Viv Anderson 8. S. Piola 9. C. Alberto (4) 10. I. Netto (6) 11.R. Benetti (16) 12. M. Tresor (23) 13. R. Kopa (1/16)

Skizzo - 1. Kaka 2. R. Dasayev 3. G. Souness 4. DROPPED 5. M. Buchan 6. R van Nistelrooy (18) 7. I. Helguera 8. D. Beckham 9. Z. Czibor (9) 10. T. Zarra (13) 11. S. Marzolini 12. G. Popescu 13. Pepe (2)

mazhar13 - 1. D. Law (4) 2. U. Seeler (11) 3. P. Nedvěd (16) 4. DROPPED 5. DROPPED 6. P. Vieira (2) 7. S. Jardine 8. K.-H. Schnellinger (10) 9. G. Buffon (16) 10. D. Irwin (18) 11. Didi (25) 12. W. Schulz (19) 13. Joaquin (7)

2mufc0 - 1. DROPPED 2. E. Davids (17) 3. P.R. Falcao (25) 4. Z. Ibrahimović (3) 5. DROPPED 6. L. Thuram (12) 7. A. Carboni 8. Gerson (23) 9. P. Evra (2) 10. Janes (8) 11. A. Hansen (16) 12. G Lato (27) 13. R. Mahrez (7) 14. I. Casillas (14)

prath92 - 1. M. Ballack (4) 2. T. Henry (10) 3. DROPPED (16) 4. C. Tevez (18) 5. DROPPED (16) 6. P. Montero (4) 7. W. Gallas 8. R. Carlos (9) 9. J. S. Veron (16) 10. M. Essien (26) 11. F. Collovati 12. E. Van der Sar (17) 13. F. Totti (23) 14. M. Amoros (28)

Chesterlestreet - 1. J. Masopust (6) 2. R. Baraja (13) 3. E. Cantona (18) 4. DROPPED (1) 5. J-P. Papin (1) 6. T. Finney (16) 7. D. Hamann 8. H. Chumpitaz (21) 9. G. Hagi (28) 10. R. Byrne (3) 11. C. Panucci (9) 12. G. Pallister (18) 13. DROPPED 14. D. Seaman (24)

Oaencha - 1. A. Del Piero 2. R. Lewandowski 3. S. Gerrard 4. DROPPED 5. S. Campbell 6. O. Dembele 7. Nelinho 8. X. Alonso 9. P. Schmeichel 10. G. Chiellini 11. DROPPED 12. D. Silva 13. Raúl 14. Maxwell

Moby - 1. D. Drogba (7) 2. DROPPED 3. A.Robben (17) 4. N. Vidic (14) 5. M. Sindelar (22) 6. R. Keane (10) 7. Sanchis 8. J. C. Valerón (13) 9. M. Tardelli (21) 10. N. Santos (27) 11. W. Suurbier (9) 12. J. Nasazzi (16) 13. DROPPED 14. S. Maier (21)

RedTiger - 1. Seedorf 2. Batistuta 3. J. Stam 4. DROPPED 5. F. Redondo 6. C. Gentile 7. Futre 8. L. Enrique 9. J. Tigana (28) 10. Handanovic 11. DROPPED 12. T. Helveg 13. S. Pearce 14. F Rivilla

NM - 1. D. Edwards (3) 2. P. Scholes (12) 3. DROPPED (17) 4. John Charles (24) 5. Dani Alves (1) 6. Cannavaro (4) 7. van Bronckhorst (Bonus) 8. K.H. Förster (11) 9. F. Ribery (14) 10. Sane (20) 11. Hamrin (25) 12. Diego Lopez (7) 13. Rivera (19) 14. Hughes (24)

Enigma_87/Sjor - 1. DROPPED 2. R. Ferdinand (18) 3. DROPPED (26) 4. G. Mendieta (8) 5. Luis Suárez Miramontes (10) 6. K. H. Rummenigge (21) 7. J. Capdevila 8. J. Kohler (25) 9. DROPPED 10. D. Villa (5) 11. R. Rensenbrink (16) 12. Gerets (27) 13. A. Arbeloa (7) 14. H. Gregg

Ecstatic/MDFC - 1. M. Laudrup (5) 2. Xavi (10) 3. O. Varela (19) 4. DROPPED 5. G. Bailey (1) 6. A. Shevchenko (19) 7. M. Reiziger 8. R. Krol (25) 9. Jairzinho (4) 10. L.Kubala (9) 11. D. Godin (14) 12. DROPPED (16) 13. Amancio Amaro (16) 14. Dune (3)

Block list: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Cristiano Ronaldo, Daniel Passarella, Diego Maradona, Elias Figueroa, Eusébio, Ferenc Puskás, Franco Baresi, Franz Beckenbauer, Gaetano Scirea, Garrincha, George Best, Gerd Müller, Johan Cruyff, Lev Yashin, Lionel Messi, Lothar Matthäus, Luis Ronaldo, Marco van Basten, Matthias Sammer, Michel Platini, Paolo Maldini, Pelé, Rivaldo, Roberto Baggio, Romário, Zico, Zinedine Zidane

Dropped list: Frank Rijkaard, Samuel Eto'o, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Laurent Blanc, Philipp Lahm, Paul Breitner, Pietro Vierchowod, Giuseppe Bergomi, Kopke, Bixente Lizarazu, Jimmy Greaves, Mats Hummels, Alessandro Nesta, Oscar Ruggeri, Carles Puyol, Victor Valdes, A. Iniesta, Nobby Stiles, Cafu, P.Shilton, A. Cole, R. Donadoni, J. Mascherano, José Santamaría, Thiago Silva, Andrea Pirlo, Albistonv, Conti, Stepney, Dino Zoff, R. Clemence, G. Bale

@mazhar13
 
I probably say this in every draft I participate in but this is going sooo slow.
 
harms said:
I probably say this in every draft I participate in but this is going sooo slow.
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It seems like you really haven't enjoyed any part of this draft so I'm not too concerned that me getting 4 hours of sleep before figuring out what Spanish player that's never played with Barcelona or Real Madrid id like to pick for my fantasy squad of online footballers has ruined your day
 
Moby said:
It seems like you really haven't enjoyed any part of this draft so I'm not too concerned that me getting 4 hours of sleep before figuring out what Spanish player that's never played with Barcelona or Real Madrid id like to pick for my fantasy squad of online footballers has ruined your day
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:lol::lol:
 
Moby said:
It seems like you really haven't enjoyed any part of this draft so I'm not too concerned that me getting 4 hours of sleep before figuring out what Spanish player that's never played with Barcelona or Real Madrid id like to pick for my fantasy squad of online footballers has ruined your day
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Nothing like a 4th oh July pep talk to stir your blood.

Now where's them alien footballers?
 
oneniltothearsenal said:
I don't care what you do with shadow drafting but obviously if you were part of the actual draft you'd have to stick with the first name mentioned and not change it
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If I were part of the actual draft I would have a designated person picking the player. Came up with a plan B, but once the RT pick was in a role I had available it made sense to share that as the idea is to share fortunes (given same rolls, same impact of events, i.e. ceteris paribus, how different do teams end up).

The only issue really is that I have been making decisions based on Futre. A strike partner for Futre, Futre's sub not needing his own sub, etc. But I'm happy to revert back.

In fact, I'll produce two XI, one with Futre and another with Heinze. The differences would likely be discussion-worthy, particularly if I can get my last piece of the puzzle.
 
Skizzo may add his player now if he isn't born in the 80s (which is the box of Mazhar)
Pat might add his player now if he isn't born in the 80s (which is the box of Mazhar) AND if he can't be picked by Skizzo
etc...
 
Ecstatic said:
Skizzo may add his player now if he isn't born in the 80s (which is the box of Mazhar)
Pat might add his player now if he isn't born in the 80s (which is the box of Mazhar) AND if he can't be picked by Skizzo
etc...
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No need. Again, it CAN affect decisions, particularly when target lists are dwindling.

What they sure can do is leave their picks with someone.
 
Enigma_87 said:
Yeah as you already have Krol in your team and out of the two there's a clear favorite on the left and that ain't Heinze.
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But I would HAVE to play Heinze somewhere. If you look at my team the tactically crucial roles (WB or sweeper/libero) are the ones I would put Krol in.

Basically, the two CB roles only require stoppers comfortable out wide and Heinze is one.
 
antohan said:
But I would HAVE to play Heinze somewhere. If you look at my team the tactically crucial roles (WB or sweeper/libero) are the ones I would put Krol in.

Basically, the two CB roles only require stoppers comfortable out wide and Heinze is one.
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Yeah agree on all accounts, LCB is the best fit for him considering your personnel(and the bench afterwards).
 
Enigma_87 said:
Yeah agree on all accounts, LCB is the best fit for him considering your personnel(and the bench afterwards).
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FWIW, what I'll do is fork out so all the good work on Futre doesn't go to waste. From the next pick I'll make two picks for either scenario and complete a team for each.

The teams themselves are pretty much done, it's just the cover for injuries would/could be different.
 
Moby said:
It seems like you really haven't enjoyed any part of this draft so I'm not too concerned that me getting 4 hours of sleep before figuring out what Spanish player that's never played with Barcelona or Real Madrid id like to pick for my fantasy squad of online footballers has ruined your day
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It's a shame you're not participating in the NBA draft anymore
 
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P-Nut - 1. Ronaldinho (9) 2. D. De Gea (13) 3. Neymar (19) 4. DROPPED 5. A. Sanchez (26) 6. DROPPED 7. G Heinze 8. D. Alli (20) 9. B. Foulkes (3) 10. Bonucci 11. Effenberg (16) 12. M. van Bommel (26) 13. R. Pires (5)

harms - 1. DROPPED (10) 2. G. Donnarumma (20) 3. L. Figo (1) 4. R. Marquez (7) 5. L. Riva (12) 6. R. Giggs (18) 7. Carvajal 8. B. Robson (27) 9. V. Voronin (6) 10. DROPPED 11. A. Cabrini (23) 12. T. Müller (1->14) 13. R. Ayala (9)

Tuppet - 1. M. Desailly (2) 2. J. Neeskens (9) 3. DROPPED 4. D. Dzajic (19) 5. Suarez (14) 6. Van Hanegem (6) 7. A. Chivadze 8. DROPPED 9. S. Matthews (23) 10. Djalma Santos (6) 11. S. Busquets (14) 12. S. Kocsis (21) 13. D. Deschamps (26)

Onenil/ctp - 1. J. Bican (D) 2. DROPPED 3. G. Facchetti (25) 4. H. Stoichkov (4) 5. J. Bozsik (8) 6. J. Zanetti (12) 7. D. Walker 8. R. Rivellino 9. M. Neuer (23) 10. A. Vidal (25) 11. V. Vasovic (4) 12. B. Schuster (11) 13. D. Holcer (16)

Pat_Mustard - 1. R. Gullit (11) 2. A. Brehme (16) 3. DROPPED 4. P. McGrath (2) 5. Paco Gento (23) 6. DROPPED 7. Viv Anderson 8. S. Piola 9. C. Alberto (4) 10. I. Netto (6) 11.R. Benetti (16) 12. M. Tresor (23) 13. R. Kopa (1/16)

Skizzo - 1. Kaka 2. R. Dasayev 3. G. Souness 4. DROPPED 5. M. Buchan 6. R van Nistelrooy (18) 7. I. Helguera 8. D. Beckham 9. Z. Czibor (9) 10. T. Zarra (13) 11. S. Marzolini 12. G. Popescu 13. Pepe (2)

mazhar13 - 1. D. Law (4) 2. U. Seeler (11) 3. P. Nedvěd (16) 4. DROPPED 5. DROPPED 6. P. Vieira (2) 7. S. Jardine 8. K.-H. Schnellinger (10) 9. G. Buffon (16) 10. D. Irwin (18) 11. Didi (25) 12. W. Schulz (1/19) 13. Joaquin (7) 14. L. Modric (15)

2mufc0 - 1. DROPPED 2. E. Davids (17) 3. P.R. Falcao (25) 4. Z. Ibrahimović (3) 5. DROPPED 6. L. Thuram (12) 7. A. Carboni 8. Gerson (23) 9. P. Evra (2) 10. Janes (8) 11. A. Hansen (16) 12. G Lato (27) 13. R. Mahrez (7) 14. I. Casillas (14)

prath92 - 1. M. Ballack (4) 2. T. Henry (10) 3. DROPPED (16) 4. C. Tevez (18) 5. DROPPED (16) 6. P. Montero (4) 7. W. Gallas 8. R. Carlos (9) 9. J. S. Veron (16) 10. M. Essien (26) 11. F. Collovati 12. E. Van der Sar (17) 13. F. Totti (23) 14. M. Amoros (28)

Chesterlestreet - 1. J. Masopust (6) 2. R. Baraja (13) 3. E. Cantona (18) 4. DROPPED (1) 5. J-P. Papin (1) 6. T. Finney (16) 7. D. Hamann 8. H. Chumpitaz (21) 9. G. Hagi (28) 10. R. Byrne (3) 11. C. Panucci (9) 12. G. Pallister (18) 13. DROPPED 14. D. Seaman (24)

Oaencha - 1. A. Del Piero 2. R. Lewandowski 3. S. Gerrard 4. DROPPED 5. S. Campbell 6. O. Dembele 7. Nelinho 8. X. Alonso 9. P. Schmeichel 10. G. Chiellini 11. DROPPED 12. D. Silva 13. Raúl 14. Maxwell

Moby - 1. D. Drogba (7) 2. DROPPED 3. A.Robben (17) 4. N. Vidic (14) 5. M. Sindelar (22) 6. R. Keane (10) 7. Sanchis 8. J. C. Valerón (13) 9. M. Tardelli (21) 10. N. Santos (27) 11. W. Suurbier (9) 12. J. Nasazzi (16) 13. DROPPED 14. S. Maier (21)

RedTiger - 1. Seedorf 2. Batistuta 3. J. Stam 4. DROPPED 5. F. Redondo 6. C. Gentile 7. Futre 8. L. Enrique 9. J. Tigana (28) 10. Handanovic 11. DROPPED 12. T. Helveg 13. S. Pearce 14. F Rivilla

NM - 1. D. Edwards (3) 2. P. Scholes (12) 3. DROPPED (17) 4. John Charles (24) 5. Dani Alves (1) 6. Cannavaro (4) 7. van Bronckhorst (Bonus) 8. K.H. Förster (11) 9. F. Ribery (14) 10. Sane (20) 11. Hamrin (25) 12. Diego Lopez (7) 13. Rivera (19) 14. Hughes (24)

Enigma_87/Sjor - 1. DROPPED 2. R. Ferdinand (18) 3. DROPPED (26) 4. G. Mendieta (8) 5. Luis Suárez Miramontes (10) 6. K. H. Rummenigge (21) 7. J. Capdevila 8. J. Kohler (25) 9. DROPPED 10. D. Villa (5) 11. R. Rensenbrink (16) 12. Gerets (27) 13. A. Arbeloa (7) 14. H. Gregg

Ecstatic/MDFC - 1. M. Laudrup (5) 2. Xavi (10) 3. O. Varela (19) 4. DROPPED 5. G. Bailey (1) 6. A. Shevchenko (19) 7. M. Reiziger 8. R. Krol (25) 9. Jairzinho (4) 10. L.Kubala (9) 11. D. Godin (14) 12. DROPPED (16) 13. Amancio Amaro (16) 14. Dune (3)

Block list: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Cristiano Ronaldo, Daniel Passarella, Diego Maradona, Elias Figueroa, Eusébio, Ferenc Puskás, Franco Baresi, Franz Beckenbauer, Gaetano Scirea, Garrincha, George Best, Gerd Müller, Johan Cruyff, Lev Yashin, Lionel Messi, Lothar Matthäus, Luis Ronaldo, Marco van Basten, Matthias Sammer, Michel Platini, Paolo Maldini, Pelé, Rivaldo, Roberto Baggio, Romário, Zico, Zinedine Zidane

Dropped list: Frank Rijkaard, Samuel Eto'o, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Laurent Blanc, Philipp Lahm, Paul Breitner, Pietro Vierchowod, Giuseppe Bergomi, Kopke, Bixente Lizarazu, Jimmy Greaves, Mats Hummels, Alessandro Nesta, Oscar Ruggeri, Carles Puyol, Victor Valdes, A. Iniesta, Nobby Stiles, Cafu, P.Shilton, A. Cole, R. Donadoni, J. Mascherano, José Santamaría, Thiago Silva, Andrea Pirlo, Albistonv, Conti, Stepney, Dino Zoff, R. Clemence, G. Bale

@Skizzo
 
Ah come on... not the same fecking box again!

Thanks for letting me know the roll.
 
antohan said:
I was staggered he didn't go earlier. Had him pinned top of that box from the start.

Would have been very handy in case of injuries or as a more gung-ho tactical switch for Davids.
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There are several times where I was baffled about certain players being unpicked, but this one tops the lot, honestly. I'm so glad that I was able to get him in Round 14 of all rounds! He allows me to have some tactical flexibility as well.
 
antohan said:
I was staggered he didn't go earlier. Had him pinned top of that box from the start.
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I still think he gets underrated, the man's been the best CM this decade, basically post-Xavi and at the heart of a team that's been dominating Europe through their midfield and have won 3 CLs in 4 years, which isn't even far off from their insane late 50s EC run.

I think it will take him to retire to get the love he fully deserves.
 
Moby said:
I still think he gets underrated, the man's been the best CM this decade, basically post-Xavi and at the heart of a team that's been dominating Europe through their midfield and have won 3 CLs in 4 years, which isn't even far off from their insane late 50s EC run.

I think it will take him to retire to get the love he fully deserves.
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I'll add Xabi Alonso to that list, who's criminally underrated himself. No one seems to mention him as one of the best midfielders of his time. He and Scholes seem to get that sort of treatment.
 
mazhar13 said:
I'll add Xabi Alonso to that list, who's criminally underrated himself. No one seems to mention him as one of the best midfielders of his time. He and Scholes seem to get that sort of treatment.
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Indeed, the decline that happened at Liverpool by his departure is one of the steepest I've seen. They were a free flowing, swash buckling attacking team in the 08-09 season, demolishing top teams like Madrid in Europe and then obviously that afternoon at Old Trafford, etc. The next season they absolutely terrible to watch, finished 6th or 7th I think and simply lost the entire flow in their game, even though they still had both Gerrard and Torres who were the ones credited most for that great 08-09 season.
 
mazhar13 said:
I'll add Xabi Alonso to that list, who's criminally underrated himself. No one seems to mention him as one of the best midfielders of his time. He and Scholes seem to get that sort of treatment.
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I can see how DLPs can get that. Same with our post Scholes one (not same tier, obviously, but player type).

With Modric it's baffling though, he is right in the thick of it, easier on the eye... Sure, the BBC get all the press, but it would fall on its arse without players like him. Fulcrum.
 
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I still think he gets underrated, the man's been the best CM this decade, basically post-Xavi and at the heart of a team that's been dominating Europe through their midfield and have won 3 CLs in 4 years, which isn't even far off from their insane late 50s EC run.
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Pfft. He just looks good because of Ronaldo. Having an entire team designed to let you boost your goal scoring tally apparently amounts to enhancing your team mates.

Just ask the muppets on here - they're famous for knowing what they're talking about.
 
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