The Modern / Current Players Draft

  1. Pat_Mustard: 1. Xavi 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti
  2. Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan
  3. Physiocrat: 1. Robben 2. Fabregas 3. J. Boateng 4. Wilshere 5. Alba
  4. MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique
  5. Stobzilla: 1. Lahm 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan
  6. The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves
  7. Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke
  8. Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. de Gea
  9. BorisDeLedFora: 1. Vidic 2. Kompany 3. De Rossi 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic
  10. Snow: 1. Hazard 2. Modric 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano
  11. VivaJanuzaj: 1. Thiago Silva 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze
  12. NoPace: 1. Kroos 2. Reus 3. Ramos 4. Di María 5. King
  13. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez
  14. Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. D. Silva 5. Miranda 6. Sterling
  15. crappycraperson: 1. Ribery 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. ?
  16. NM: 1. Bale 2. Cole 3. Maicon 4. Cambiasso 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois
@Barney
@NM
 
Barney picks Ricardo Rodriguez.

can somebody tag whose next and update the list.
 
  1. Pat_Mustard: 1. Xavi 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti
  2. Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan
  3. Physiocrat: 1. Robben 2. Fabregas 3. J. Boateng 4. Wilshere 5. Alba
  4. MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique
  5. Stobzilla: 1. Lahm 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan
  6. The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves
  7. Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke
  8. Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. de Gea
  9. BorisDeLedFora: 1. Vidic 2. Kompany 3. De Rossi 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic
  10. Snow: 1. Hazard 2. Modric 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano
  11. VivaJanuzaj: 1. Thiago Silva 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze
  12. NoPace: 1. Kroos 2. Reus 3. Ramos 4. Di María 5. King
  13. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Rodriguez
  14. Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. D. Silva 5. Miranda 6. Sterling
  15. crappycraperson: 1. Ribery 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. ??
  16. NM: 1. Bale 2. Cole 3. Maicon 4. Cambiasso 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois

@NoPace
 
Stobzilla said:
  1. Pat_Mustard: 1. Xavi 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti
  2. Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan
  3. Physiocrat: 1. Robben 2. Fabregas 3. J. Boateng 4. Wilshere 5. Alba
  4. MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique
  5. Stobzilla: 1. Lahm 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan
  6. The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves
  7. Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke
  8. Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. de Gea
  9. BorisDeLedFora: 1. Vidic 2. Kompany 3. De Rossi 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic
  10. Snow: 1. Hazard 2. Modric 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano
  11. VivaJanuzaj: 1. Thiago Silva 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze
  12. NoPace: 1. Kroos 2. Reus 3. Ramos 4. Di María 5. King
  13. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez
  14. Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. D. Silva 5. Miranda 6. Sterling
  15. crappycraperson: 1. Ribery 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. ?
  16. NM: 1. Bale 2. Cole 3. Maicon 4. Cambiasso 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois
@Barney
@NM
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@NoPace
 
I'm going to bed. Should I just leave my pick with Boris? Don't think he left his pick with anyone.
 
@VivaJanuzaj picks the rejuvenated Alex Song

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@Snow @MJJ
 
again United players getting grossly under-rated.

This are the career stats of Zabaleta. Just see the number of yellow and red cards he has and argue that he isn't rash and a liability in defence whereas some with better numbers on average has the perception of being rash and a liability by the casual observer as well as the strange hate-all-united-players-but-for-the obvious-big-wage-earners-brigade we have on here.

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players/profile.html/pablo-zabaleta

Career overview
Appearances 187
Goals 8
Yellow cards
48
Red cards
4
 
  1. Pat_Mustard: 1. Xavi 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti
  2. Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan
  3. Physiocrat: 1. Robben 2. Fabregas 3. J. Boateng 4. Wilshere 5. Alba
  4. MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique
  5. Stobzilla: 1. Lahm 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan
  6. The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves
  7. Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke
  8. Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. de Gea
  9. BorisDeLedFora: 1. Vidic 2. Kompany 3. De Rossi 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic
  10. Snow: 1. Hazard 2. Modric 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano
  11. VivaJanuzaj: 1. Thiago Silva 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze 6. Alex Song
  12. NoPace: 1. Kroos 2. Reus 3. Ramos 4. Di María 5. King 6. Falcao
  13. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez
  14. Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. D. Silva 5. Miranda 6. Sterling
  15. crappycraperson: 1. Ribery 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. ?
  16. NM: 1. Bale 2. Cole 3. Maicon 4. Cambiasso 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois
 
Going to complete my midfield trio with the Italian born, Brazillian passport holding, Spanish international Thiago.

Modric - Thiago
Busquets​
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  1. Pat_Mustard: 1. Xavi 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti
  2. Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan
  3. Physiocrat: 1. Robben 2. Fabregas 3. J. Boateng 4. Wilshere 5. Alba
  4. MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique
  5. Stobzilla: 1. Lahm 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan
  6. The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves
  7. Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke
  8. Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. de Gea
  9. BorisDeLedFora: 1. Vidic 2. Kompany 3. De Rossi 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic
  10. Snow: 1. Hazard 2. Modric 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano 6. Thiago
  11. VivaJanuzaj: 1. Thiago Silva 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze 6. Alex Song
  12. NoPace: 1. Kroos 2. Reus 3. Ramos 4. Di María 5. King 6. Falcao
  13. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez
  14. Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. D. Silva 5. Miranda 6. Sterling
  15. crappycraperson: 1. Ribery 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. ?
  16. NM: 1. Bale 2. Cole 3. Maicon 4. Cambiasso 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois
@BorisDeLeFora
 
MJJ said:
As a pure DM? I dont think so, he never had the discipline to play a holding role.
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More like Essien role. Although Essien is more aggressive, and Song is a better passer.

Edit: Isn't he more of a DM with WestHam?
 
Isotope said:
More like Essien role. Although Essien is more aggressive, and Song is a better passer.

Edit: Isn't he more of a DM with WestHam?
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He's the deepest midfielder for West Ham, but he plays more like a ball winner than a defensive screen.
 
  1. Pat_Mustard: 1. Xavi 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti
  2. Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan
  3. Physiocrat: 1. Robben 2. Fabregas 3. J. Boateng 4. Wilshere 5. Alba
  4. MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique
  5. Stobzilla: 1. Lahm 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan
  6. The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves
  7. Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke
  8. Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. de Gea
  9. BorisDeLedFora: 1. Vidic 2. Kompany 3. De Rossi 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic
  10. Snow: 1. Hazard 2. Modric 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano 6. Thiago
  11. VivaJanuzaj: 1. Thiago Silva 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze 6. Alex Song
  12. NoPace: 1. Kroos 2. Reus 3. Ramos 4. Di María 5. King 6. Falcao
  13. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez
  14. Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. D. Silva 5. Miranda 6. Sterling
  15. crappycraperson: 1. Ribery 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. Petr Cech
  16. NM: 1. Bale 2. Cole 3. Maicon 4. Cambiasso 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois
 
Isotope said:
More like Essien role. Although Essien is more aggressive, and Song is a better passer.

Edit: Isn't he more of a DM with WestHam?
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Havent only seen him once or twice at west ham so no idea how he plays for them, was remembering his time at arsenal where he was best as a box to box.
 
Isotope said:
Didn't know those were two different things.
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I didn't make myself clear enough, but Song would get at a player and win the ball without caring about the gap he is leaving. Sure, other holding midfielders also do that, but he is quite naive in his defensive approach when compared to other defensive midfielders.
 
mazhar13 said:
I didn't make myself clear enough, but Song would get at a player and win the ball without caring about the gap he is leaving. Sure, other holding midfielders also do that, but he is quite naive in his defensive approach when compared to other defensive midfielders.
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Thanks. I only watch him few times this season, and seems like he's being at least one of their DM.
 
Isotope said:
Thanks. I only watch him few times this season, and seems like he's being at least one of their DM.
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Given that West Ham play some more less defensively capable midfielders in the other midfield positions, I am not surprised that he's the most like a holding midfielder in their team. Still, though, I wouldn't say that this makes him a good holding midfielder, defensively.
 
Are you guys really judging Song for his Westham days?
He was immense for Arsenal defensively before moving to Barcelona when they played a midfield trio of:
Song -- Wilshere
Fabregas​
Song was the most defensive midfielder there and he was incredible. Surely Pogba & Yaya offer more defensive help than Wilshere and Cesc do.
He's not exactly the water carrier as his team mates can definitely do a defensive job but before moving to Barca he was one of the best DMs in the world. For me he was just as good as Matic is today if not better.
 
VivaJanuzaj said:
Are you guys really judging Song for his Westham days?
He was immense for Arsenal defensively before moving to Barcelona when they played a midfield trio of:
Song -- Wilshere
Fabregas​
Song was the most defensive midfielder there and he was incredible. Surely Pogba & Yaya offer more defensive help than Wilshere and Cesc do.
He's not exactly the water carrier as his team mates can definitely do a defensive job but before moving to Barca he was one of the best DMs in the world. For me he was just as good as Matic is today if not better.
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I dont think that statement is true, from what I remember he only really performed in his last season(highest assister and player of the year I think) and fabregas had left by then. defensive partner next to him which allowed him to play a box to box role.

Arteta and song were the preferred partnership that season, with arteta being more defensive with his superior positioning. That allowed song to play more as a box to box midfielder.

The west ham talk was bought up as we werent sure if he had gotten better from a defensive pov now or not.
 
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