The Modern / Current Players Draft

Is there a metaphorical wall here that I can make my ideas bounce off of before I leave my pick with someone?
 
  1. Pat_Mustard: 1. Xavi 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti 6. Laporte 7. Tevez
  2. Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan 6. Isco 7. Carvajal
  3. Physiocrat: 1. Robben 2. Fabregas 3. J. Boateng 4. Wilshere 5. Alba 6. Nani 7. Rafael
  4. MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique 6. Neuer 7. Baines
  5. Stobzilla: 1. Lahm 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan 6. Özil 7. Griezmann
  6. The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves 6. Marcelo 7. Cahill
  7. Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke 6. Chivu 7. Marchisio
  8. Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. De Gea 6. Koscielny 7. Khedira
  9. BorisDeLedFora: 1. Vidic 2. Kompany 3. De Rossi 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic 6. Hamsik 7. Arbeloa
  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. Ledley 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. Cech
  16. NM: 1. Bale 2. Cole 3. Maicon 4. Cambiasso 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois
 
Is there anyone free to help me with a few scouting issues, I have a lil selection dilemma - PM me if you are willing to help.
 
Snow picks Dario Srna
VJ takes Clichy
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Nopack takes Casillas
Barney takes Valencia

@Skizzo Should have told me your pick as well :p
 
  1. Pat_Mustard: 1. Xavi 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti 6. Laporte 7. Tevez
  2. Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan 6. Isco 7. Carvajal
  3. Physiocrat: 1. Robben 2. Fabregas 3. J. Boateng 4. Wilshere 5. Alba 6. Nani 7. Rafael
  4. MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique 6. Neuer 7. Baines
  5. Stobzilla: 1. Lahm 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan 6. Özil 7. Griezmann
  6. The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves 6. Marcelo 7. Cahill
  7. Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke 6. Chivu 7. Marchisio
  8. Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. De Gea 6. Koscielny 7. Khedira
  9. BorisDeLedFora: 1. Vidic 2. Kompany 3. De Rossi 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic 6. Hamsik 7. Arbeloa
  10. Snow: 1. Hazard 2. Modric 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano 6. Thiago 7.Srna
  11. VivaJanuzaj: 1. Thiago Silva 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze 6. Alex Song 7. Clichy
  12. NoPace: 1. Kroos 2. Reus 3. Ramos 4. Di María 5. Ledley King 6. Falcao 7. Casillas
  13. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez 7.Valencia
  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. Cech
  16. NM: 1. Bale 2. Cole 3. Maicon 4. Cambiasso 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois
 
Snow picks Dario Srna
VJ takes Clichy
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Nopack takes Casillas
Barney takes Valencia

@Skizzo Should have told me your pick as well :p
Lovely. Love that we all sent it in.

Really glad to get Clichy, his peak for Arsenal is not far behind Evra and A.Cole, IMO one of the better LBs around including some who got picked
 
Iker is a very good pick. His stock has dropped off late but people sometime easily forget how f'kin awesome he was at his peak. Singlehandedly kept Real Madrid in many games from the Galacticos era till 2011. Came up with some big saves in 2010 World Cup as well.
 
Iker is a very good pick. His stock has dropped off late but people sometime easily forget how f'kin awesome he was at his peak. Singlehandedly kept Real Madrid in many games from the Galacticos era till 2011. Came up with some big saves in 2010 World Cup as well.

Second best keeper in the draft in my opinion - I assume that him and Neuer were only picked so late due to their age and nationalities.
 
Very hard to see much difference in quality between most of these teams. Very close.

A few picks in the last couple of rounds of players whose stock has notably fallen so write-ups will have to be good to remind those with a short memory.
People just have to be good to remind others that we're judging players by their peak. For some it's not clear, for others it isn't. Will be harder to do if the peak isn't clear imo.
 
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Nice try :D. We more or less agreed on the pick but he wasn't too certain and he could yet change his pick. Will wait till deadline and if he doesn't turn up then I will post the pick. Sorry for the inconvenience.
 
Is there anyone free to help me with a few scouting issues, I have a lil selection dilemma - PM me if you are willing to help.
@harms and @Raptori have given me good suggestions. And players, too. I don't mind them sharing names, as they are public info :D