The Americas Draft

[Deleted member 101472]

I'll be online for the next 9 hours, let me know your picks if you're going off

Where are you ?

 

[MounchesterUtd]

Aye, true. Plus, he isn't a striker-fullback hybrid who is also - potentially - one of the best goal keepers in history.

DYING

 

[P-Nut]

I'm around all through the night so if anyone needs to send there picks feel free. I'll be on till around 7 in the morning

 

[MounchesterUtd]

Where are you ?

I'm in the Philippines (we use HK Time here)

 

[Pat_Mustard]

I'm around all through the night so if anyone needs to send there picks feel free. I'll be on till around 7 in the morning

Make sure you keep your phone charged .

 

[P-Nut]

Make sure you keep your phone charged .

I'm on 91% now so it will be fine. I did at least try to help by sending the pick to dave but he must have gone offline at the same time.

 

[Deleted member 101472]

I'm on 91% now so it will be fine. I did at least try to help by sending the pick to dave but he must have gone offline at the same time.

Yep it would have been held up anyway , I woke up to your PM

 

[Pat_Mustard]

I'm on 91% now so it will be fine. I did at least try to help by sending the pick to dave but he must have gone offline at the same time.

I'm only taking the piss mate .

 

[P-Nut]

I'm only taking the piss mate .

Oh yeah I know just found it funny dave went off at the same time

 

[Tuppet]

Skizzo/Pat 1. Ronaldo 2. L. Junior 3. Joya 4. Bochini 5. D. Pereyra
Enigma/Joga 1. Garrincha 2. Zanetti 3. Godin 4. Zito 5. Ruben Sosa
oneniltothearsenal 1. Zico 2. D. Da Guia 3. Socrates 4. Leonel Sánchez 5. Eyzaguirre
Tuppet 1. Romario 2. Monti 3. V. Andrade 4. Perfumo 5. Hector Scarone 6. Roberto Matosas
Aldo 1. Passarella 2. R. Carlos 3. Francescoli 4. Ruggeri 5. Mascherano 6. Leônidas
EAP/Sjor 1. D. Santos 2. O. Varela 3. Neymar 4. I. Cordoba 5. P. Rocha 6. Tostao
Physio 1. Chumpitaz 2. Cubillas 3. Valderrama 4. Julinho 5. G. Delgado 6. Simeone
Gio 1. Ronaldinho 2. Nasazzi 3. Erico 4. Zizinho 5. Pedernera 6. Mauro Silva
Maz/Mar/R 1. Didi 2. Hugo Sanchez 3. Marzolini 4. Néstor Gonçalves 5. C. Gamarra 6. Ghiggia
MounchesterUtd 1. Chilavert 2. Rivelino 3. Vidal 4. Kaka 5. W. Samuel 6. Zamorano
DavidG 1. Cafu 2. Rivaldo 3. T. Silva 4. Aldair 5. Clodoaldo 6. Julio Cesar Romero
Raees 1. P.R. Falcao 2. Jairzinho 3. J.M. Moreno 4. P. Montero 5. R. Ayala 6. A.Recoba
Boris 1. Schiaffino 2. J.L. Andrade 3. Gerson 4. Spencer 5. J. Melendez 6. N. Rossi
Mciahel Goodman 1. C. Alberto 2. G. Batistuta 3. Lucio 4. Dunga 5. O. Ardilles 6. Riquelme
Jayvin 1. Redondo 2. L. Suarez 3. Sivori 4. Cueto 5. R. Marquez 6. Maicon
P-Nut/Downcast 1. N. Santos 2. Santamaría 3. D. Alves 4. Alexis Sánchez 5. Cerezo 6. Luis Pereira

@oneniltothearsenal

 

[oneniltothearsenal]

With my pick, I select Careca - the striker who would have started for Brazil in 1982 if not for a sad late injury. Later he would form part of the legendary attacking trio Ma-Gi-Ca with Maradona and Giordano leading Napoli to their greatest period in club history. This Italian reporter believes "With Careca, rather than the cumbersome [redacted], in the vanguard, Brazil would surely have won the World Cup in 1982. But Careca was injured shortly before the tournament and could only watch as his replacement failed to convert the approach work of Socrates, Zico and Falcao into goals."

Offering the pace, technical skill, tactical intelligence and creating the space and movement for teammates that was lacking from the CF position in 1982, Careca completes my attacking trio the way it should have been in 1982.

Skizzo/Pat 1. Ronaldo 2. L. Junior 3. Joya 4. Bochini 5. D. Pereyra 6.
Enigma/Joga 1. Garrincha 2. Zanetti 3. Godin 4. Zito 5. Ruben Sosa 6.
oneniltothearsenal 1. Zico 2. D. Da Guia 3. Socrates 4. Leonel Sánchez 5. Eyzaguirre 6.Careca 7.
Tuppet 1. Romario 2. Monti 3. V. Andrade 4. Perfumo 5. Hector Scarone 6. Roberto Matosas 7.
Aldo 1. Passarella 2. R. Carlos 3. Francescoli 4. Ruggeri 5. Mascherano 6. Leônidas 7.
EAP/Sjor 1. D. Santos 2. O. Varela 3. Neymar 4. I. Cordoba 5. P. Rocha 6. Tostao 7.
Physio 1. Chumpitaz 2. Cubillas 3. Valderrama 4. Julinho 5. G. Delgado 6. Simeone 7.
Gio 1. Ronaldinho 2. Nasazzi 3. Erico 4. Zizinho 5. Pedernera 6. Mauro Silva 7.
Maz/Mar/R 1. Didi 2. Hugo Sanchez 3. Marzolini 4. Néstor Gonçalves 5. C. Gamarra 6. Ghiggia 7.
MounchesterUtd 1. Chilavert 2. Rivelino 3. Vidal 4. Kaka 5. W. Samuel 6. Zamorano 7.
DavidG 1. Cafu 2. Rivaldo 3. T. Silva 4. Aldair 5. Clodoaldo 6. Julio Cesar Romero 7.
Raees 1. P.R. Falcao 2. Jairzinho 3. J.M. Moreno 4. P. Montero 5. R. Ayala 6. A.Recoba 7.
Boris 1. Schiaffino 2. J.L. Andrade 3. Gerson 4. Spencer 5. J. Melendez 6. N. Rossi 7.
Mciahel Goodman 1. C. Alberto 2. G. Batistuta 3. Lucio 4. Dunga 5. O. Ardilles 6. Riquelme 7.
Jayvin 1. Redondo 2. L. Suarez 3. Sivori 4. Cueto 5. R. Marquez 6. Maicon 7.
P-Nut/Downcast 1. N. Santos 2. Santamaría 3. D. Alves 4. Alexis Sánchez 5. Cerezo 6. Luis Pereira 7.

@Enigma_87 @Joga Bonito

 

[MounchesterUtd]

With my pick, I select Careca - the striker who would have started for Brazil in 1982 if not for a sad late injury. Later he would form part of the legendary attacking trio Ma-Gi-Ca with Maradona and Giordano leading Napoli to their greatest period in club history. This Italian reporter believes "With Careca, rather than the cumbersome [redacted], in the vanguard, Brazil would surely have won the World Cup in 1982. But Careca was injured shortly before the tournament and could only watch as his replacement failed to convert the approach work of Socrates, Zico and Falcao into goals."

Offering the pace, technical skill, tactical intelligence and creating the space and movement for teammates that was lacking from the CF position in 1982, Careca completes my attacking trio the way it should have been in 1982.

Great pick. Always cringe when I hear people say Maradona had to do everything at Napoli.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

6. Roberto Matosas

I just proposed him as our next pick to Sjor

 

[oneniltothearsenal]

Great pick. Always cringe when I hear people say Maradona had to do everything at Napoli.

Thanks (and thanks to the other comments I couldn't reply to). Yeah, I think its just people that never watched or knew much about Serie A at that time that are just googling line ups without watching matches or researching. Thankfully, most people in this thread tend to have a broader perspective on the game than the average twitter 'fan' (who don't even seem like true fans of the game to me).

There are some really obscure players on here but it should be good reading up on some of them. What sites do most of you use to do the research though. Typing there name into Google usually returns sweet fa

This isn't the easiest to search but its got a lot of awesome photos over the decades and little facts, trivia and data that is fun to just browse and randomly save good stuff or information.

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/

 

[Marty1968]

With my pick, I select Careca - the striker who would have started for Brazil in 1982 if not for a sad late injury. Later he would form part of the legendary attacking trio Ma-Gi-Ca with Maradona and Giordano leading Napoli to their greatest period in club history. This Italian reporter believes "With Careca, rather than the cumbersome [redacted], in the vanguard, Brazil would surely have won the World Cup in 1982. But Careca was injured shortly before the tournament and could only watch as his replacement failed to convert the approach work of Socrates, Zico and Falcao into goals."

Offering the pace, technical skill, tactical intelligence and creating the space and movement for teammates that was lacking from the CF position in 1982, Careca completes my attacking trio the way it should have been in 1982.


@Enigma_87 @Joga Bonito

Careca makes it into a draft at long last! Great player!

 

[Joga Bonito]

La Brujita​

 

[Joga Bonito]

Skizzo/Pat 1. Ronaldo 2. L. Junior 3. Joya 4. Bochini 5. D. Pereyra 6.
Enigma/Joga 1. Garrincha 2. Zanetti 3. Godin 4. Zito 5. Ruben Sosa 6. J. Veron
oneniltothearsenal 1. Zico 2. D. Da Guia 3. Socrates 4. Leonel Sánchez 5. Eyzaguirre 6.Careca 7.
Tuppet 1. Romario 2. Monti 3. V. Andrade 4. Perfumo 5. Hector Scarone 6. Roberto Matosas 7.
Aldo 1. Passarella 2. R. Carlos 3. Francescoli 4. Ruggeri 5. Mascherano 6. Leônidas 7.
EAP/Sjor 1. D. Santos 2. O. Varela 3. Neymar 4. I. Cordoba 5. P. Rocha 6. Tostao 7.
Physio 1. Chumpitaz 2. Cubillas 3. Valderrama 4. Julinho 5. G. Delgado 6. Simeone 7.
Gio 1. Ronaldinho 2. Nasazzi 3. Erico 4. Zizinho 5. Pedernera 6. Mauro Silva 7.
Maz/Mar/R 1. Didi 2. Hugo Sanchez 3. Marzolini 4. Néstor Gonçalves 5. C. Gamarra 6. Ghiggia 7.
MounchesterUtd 1. Chilavert 2. Rivelino 3. Vidal 4. Kaka 5. W. Samuel 6. Zamorano 7.
DavidG 1. Cafu 2. Rivaldo 3. T. Silva 4. Aldair 5. Clodoaldo 6. Julio Cesar Romero 7.
Raees 1. P.R. Falcao 2. Jairzinho 3. J.M. Moreno 4. P. Montero 5. R. Ayala 6. A.Recoba 7.
Boris 1. Schiaffino 2. J.L. Andrade 3. Gerson 4. Spencer 5. J. Melendez 6. N. Rossi 7.
Mciahel Goodman 1. C. Alberto 2. G. Batistuta 3. Lucio 4. Dunga 5. O. Ardilles 6. Riquelme 7.
Jayvin 1. Redondo 2. L. Suarez 3. Sivori 4. Cueto 5. R. Marquez 6. Maicon 7.
P-Nut/Downcast 1. N. Santos 2. Santamaría 3. D. Alves 4. Alexis Sánchez 5. Cerezo 6. Luis Pereira 7.

@Skizzo @Pat_Mustard

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Skizzo/Pat 1. Ronaldo 2. L. Junior 3. Joya 4. Bochini 5. D. Pereyra 6. R. Pavoni 7. J. Altafini
Enigma/Joga 1. Garrincha 2. Zanetti 3. Godin 4. Zito 5. Ruben Sosa 6. J. Veron
oneniltothearsenal 1. Zico 2. D. Da Guia 3. Socrates 4. Leonel Sánchez 5. Eyzaguirre 6.Careca 7.
Tuppet 1. Romario 2. Monti 3. V. Andrade 4. Perfumo 5. Hector Scarone 6. Roberto Matosas 7.
Aldo 1. Passarella 2. R. Carlos 3. Francescoli 4. Ruggeri 5. Mascherano 6. Leônidas 7.
EAP/Sjor 1. D. Santos 2. O. Varela 3. Neymar 4. I. Cordoba 5. P. Rocha 6. Tostao 7.
Physio 1. Chumpitaz 2. Cubillas 3. Valderrama 4. Julinho 5. G. Delgado 6. Simeone 7.
Gio 1. Ronaldinho 2. Nasazzi 3. Erico 4. Zizinho 5. Pedernera 6. Mauro Silva 7.
Maz/Mar/R 1. Didi 2. Hugo Sanchez 3. Marzolini 4. Néstor Gonçalves 5. C. Gamarra 6. Ghiggia 7.
MounchesterUtd 1. Chilavert 2. Rivelino 3. Vidal 4. Kaka 5. W. Samuel 6. Zamorano 7.
DavidG 1. Cafu 2. Rivaldo 3. T. Silva 4. Aldair 5. Clodoaldo 6. Julio Cesar Romero 7.
Raees 1. P.R. Falcao 2. Jairzinho 3. J.M. Moreno 4. P. Montero 5. R. Ayala 6. A.Recoba 7.
Boris 1. Schiaffino 2. J.L. Andrade 3. Gerson 4. Spencer 5. J. Melendez 6. N. Rossi 7.
Mciahel Goodman 1. C. Alberto 2. G. Batistuta 3. Lucio 4. Dunga 5. O. Ardilles 6. Riquelme 7.
Jayvin 1. Redondo 2. L. Suarez 3. Sivori 4. Cueto 5. R. Marquez 6. Maicon 7.
P-Nut/Downcast 1. N. Santos 2. Santamaría 3. D. Alves 4. Alexis Sánchez 5. Cerezo 6. Luis Pereira 7.

@Enigma_87 @Joga Bonito

 

[Joga Bonito]

Adding yet another player who's won the WC golden ball and the golden boot in the same tournament

El Matador​

 

[Joga Bonito]

Skizzo/Pat 1. Ronaldo 2. L. Junior 3. Joya 4. Bochini 5. D. Pereyra 6. R. Pavoni 7. J. Altafini
Enigma/Joga 1. Garrincha 2. Zanetti 3. Godin 4. Zito 5. Ruben Sosa 6. J. Veron 7. M.Kempes
oneniltothearsenal 1. Zico 2. D. Da Guia 3. Socrates 4. Leonel Sánchez 5. Eyzaguirre 6.Careca 7.
Tuppet 1. Romario 2. Monti 3. V. Andrade 4. Perfumo 5. Hector Scarone 6. Roberto Matosas 7.
Aldo 1. Passarella 2. R. Carlos 3. Francescoli 4. Ruggeri 5. Mascherano 6. Leônidas 7.
EAP/Sjor 1. D. Santos 2. O. Varela 3. Neymar 4. I. Cordoba 5. P. Rocha 6. Tostao 7.
Physio 1. Chumpitaz 2. Cubillas 3. Valderrama 4. Julinho 5. G. Delgado 6. Simeone 7.
Gio 1. Ronaldinho 2. Nasazzi 3. Erico 4. Zizinho 5. Pedernera 6. Mauro Silva 7.
Maz/Mar/R 1. Didi 2. Hugo Sanchez 3. Marzolini 4. Néstor Gonçalves 5. C. Gamarra 6. Ghiggia 7.
MounchesterUtd 1. Chilavert 2. Rivelino 3. Vidal 4. Kaka 5. W. Samuel 6. Zamorano 7.
DavidG 1. Cafu 2. Rivaldo 3. T. Silva 4. Aldair 5. Clodoaldo 6. Julio Cesar Romero 7.
Raees 1. P.R. Falcao 2. Jairzinho 3. J.M. Moreno 4. P. Montero 5. R. Ayala 6. A.Recoba 7.
Boris 1. Schiaffino 2. J.L. Andrade 3. Gerson 4. Spencer 5. J. Melendez 6. N. Rossi 7.
Mciahel Goodman 1. C. Alberto 2. G. Batistuta 3. Lucio 4. Dunga 5. O. Ardilles 6. Riquelme 7.
Jayvin 1. Redondo 2. L. Suarez 3. Sivori 4. Cueto 5. R. Marquez 6. Maicon 7.
P-Nut/Downcast 1. N. Santos 2. Santamaría 3. D. Alves 4. Alexis Sánchez 5. Cerezo 6. Luis Pereira 7.

@oneniltothearsenal

 

[oneniltothearsenal]

I think I will complement 3 jogo bonito palyers with 3 el ballet azul players from Universidad de Chile. El Ballet Azul of Chile was the name given the U's dominant side of the 1960s that played attractive football. I can imagine this team complementing their later Brazilians very nicely. Leonel Sanchez had the rocket left foot, Eyzaguirre controlled the right flank and Ruben Marcos 'The Seven Lung' was the midfield engine capable of obstructing the opponents offense all game while also contributing to attack when needed.Unlike his two U teammates, Marcos was not a part of Chile's 3rd place World Cup squad in 1962. But in 1966 he scored Chile's only goals of the tournament, one against a powerful Soviet team showcasing his all around skills.

Ruben Marcos

Skizzo/Pat 1. Ronaldo 2. L. Junior 3. Joya 4. Bochini 5. D. Pereyra 6. R. Pavoni 7. J. Altafini
Enigma/Joga 1. Garrincha 2. Zanetti 3. Godin 4. Zito 5. Ruben Sosa 6. J. Veron 7. M.Kempes
oneniltothearsenal 1. Zico 2. D. Da Guia 3. Socrates 4. Leonel Sánchez 5. Eyzaguirre 6.Careca 7. R. Marcos
Tuppet 1. Romario 2. Monti 3. V. Andrade 4. Perfumo 5. Hector Scarone 6. Roberto Matosas 7.
Aldo 1. Passarella 2. R. Carlos 3. Francescoli 4. Ruggeri 5. Mascherano 6. Leônidas 7.
EAP/Sjor 1. D. Santos 2. O. Varela 3. Neymar 4. I. Cordoba 5. P. Rocha 6. Tostao 7.
Physio 1. Chumpitaz 2. Cubillas 3. Valderrama 4. Julinho 5. G. Delgado 6. Simeone 7.
Gio 1. Ronaldinho 2. Nasazzi 3. Erico 4. Zizinho 5. Pedernera 6. Mauro Silva 7.
Maz/Mar/R 1. Didi 2. Hugo Sanchez 3. Marzolini 4. Néstor Gonçalves 5. C. Gamarra 6. Ghiggia 7.
MounchesterUtd 1. Chilavert 2. Rivelino 3. Vidal 4. Kaka 5. W. Samuel 6. Zamorano 7.
DavidG 1. Cafu 2. Rivaldo 3. T. Silva 4. Aldair 5. Clodoaldo 6. Julio Cesar Romero 7.
Raees 1. P.R. Falcao 2. Jairzinho 3. J.M. Moreno 4. P. Montero 5. R. Ayala 6. A.Recoba 7.
Boris 1. Schiaffino 2. J.L. Andrade 3. Gerson 4. Spencer 5. J. Melendez 6. N. Rossi 7.
Mciahel Goodman 1. C. Alberto 2. G. Batistuta 3. Lucio 4. Dunga 5. O. Ardilles 6. Riquelme 7.
Jayvin 1. Redondo 2. L. Suarez 3. Sivori 4. Cueto 5. R. Marquez 6. Maicon 7.
P-Nut/Downcast 1. N. Santos 2. Santamaría 3. D. Alves 4. Alexis Sánchez 5. Cerezo 6. Luis Pereira 7.

@Tuppet

 

[Moby]

i cannot believe Kempes lasted so long.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Tosato, Careca, Leonidas, Altafini, Kempes..... Its Black Friday on Forwards!

 

[Moby]

onenil is playing a blinder.

 

[Chesterlestreet]

Careca makes it into a draft at long last! Great player!

He was picked in the Serie A - La Liga - Bundesliga draft - and I've picked him myself on a previous occasion (don't think I actually fielded him, though).

onenil is playing a blinder.

Excellent debut so far, no doubt about that.

 

[BorisDeLeFora]

Some really good teams starting to take shape now, the Pool 2 rule is keeping everyone honest though, hopefully it will be 16 very evenly balanced teams by the end of it.

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

i cannot believe Kempes lasted so long.

Was going to pick him, too.

Am guessing my top 10 next picks will all have been taken by the time I go next.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Just 2 more managers to go. I really really hope they don't steal my pick

 

[Gio]

I love Pavoni's tache. It epitomises the way he played: uncompromising and uninhibited.

 

[Ecstatic]

Just 2 more managers to go. I really really hope they don't steal my pick

You have a short-list of 150 players so it should be fine for you

Just 12 more managers to go

 

[P-Nut]

Really enjoying this draft so far. Lots of names I've never seen drafted before. The pool 2 requirement is quite balanced aswell. With only 3 needed I think the teams would be overly strong and 5 would maybe be pushing it abit.

 

[Tuppet]

Skizzo/Pat 1. Ronaldo 2. L. Junior 3. Joya 4. Bochini 5. D. Pereyra 6. R. Pavoni 7. J. Altafini
Enigma/Joga 1. Garrincha 2. Zanetti 3. Godin 4. Zito 5. Ruben Sosa 6. J. Veron 7. M.Kempes
oneniltothearsenal 1. Zico 2. D. Da Guia 3. Socrates 4. Leonel Sánchez 5. Eyzaguirre 6.Careca 7. R. Marcos
Tuppet 1. Romario 2. Monti 3. V. Andrade 4. Perfumo 5. Hector Scarone 6. Roberto Matosas 7. Deco
Aldo 1. Passarella 2. R. Carlos 3. Francescoli 4. Ruggeri 5. Mascherano 6. Leônidas 7.
EAP/Sjor 1. D. Santos 2. O. Varela 3. Neymar 4. I. Cordoba 5. P. Rocha 6. Tostao 7.
Physio 1. Chumpitaz 2. Cubillas 3. Valderrama 4. Julinho 5. G. Delgado 6. Simeone 7.
Gio 1. Ronaldinho 2. Nasazzi 3. Erico 4. Zizinho 5. Pedernera 6. Mauro Silva 7.
Maz/Mar/R 1. Didi 2. Hugo Sanchez 3. Marzolini 4. Néstor Gonçalves 5. C. Gamarra 6. Ghiggia 7.
MounchesterUtd 1. Chilavert 2. Rivelino 3. Vidal 4. Kaka 5. W. Samuel 6. Zamorano 7.
DavidG 1. Cafu 2. Rivaldo 3. T. Silva 4. Aldair 5. Clodoaldo 6. Julio Cesar Romero 7.
Raees 1. P.R. Falcao 2. Jairzinho 3. J.M. Moreno 4. P. Montero 5. R. Ayala 6. A.Recoba 7.
Boris 1. Schiaffino 2. J.L. Andrade 3. Gerson 4. Spencer 5. J. Melendez 6. N. Rossi 7.
Mciahel Goodman 1. C. Alberto 2. G. Batistuta 3. Lucio 4. Dunga 5. O. Ardilles 6. Riquelme 7.
Jayvin 1. Redondo 2. L. Suarez 3. Sivori 4. Cueto 5. R. Marquez 6. Maicon 7.
P-Nut/Downcast 1. N. Santos 2. Santamaría 3. D. Alves 4. Alexis Sánchez 5. Cerezo 6. Luis Pereira 7.

@Aldo

 

[Deleted member 101472]

Deco ?? Really ??

 

[Gio]

Seems okay to me.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Nice. Considered him for quite some time. Doesn't fit my team tactically.

 

[P-Nut]

Surely deco comes under Portugal?

 

[Deleted member 101472]

Surely deco comes under Portugal?

I'd agree but if Gio and EAP don't have a problem with it what chance have we got .

 

[P-Nut]

I'm happy to go with it but it opens a can of worms regarding which players are eligible.

 

[Deleted member 101472]

I'm happy to go with it but it opens a can of worms regarding which players are eligible.

A can I intend on opening further now

 

[Moby]

All players who a) were born in or b) have represented a nation that is a current CONMEBOL or CONCACAF member are eligible