obviously Careca
The Virgin League Draft | Winner: GodShaveTheQueen
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Fire another striker!!!
obviously Careca
He's definitely well-regarded in fairness! What I'm really wondering though is how the feck we all allowed @Joga Bonito and @Theon to prioritise their defence and still end up with that very tasty Spencer/Bebeto partnership
Time picks are wrong, if you want I can suggest all the people not having it right including the leading one.
DO IT!!
Last column on the table with our picks mate! Times have went unrecorded quite often probably so the numbers are wrong if my comrade Beam is correct. And he's seldom wrong.
Ah im with you, tbh I’m just trying to answer as soon as I can I’m not winning that, quite hard to predict.
After it goes to dunc it bounces up fast but on the way down from Michael it could be half the day ha
Aye, poor Michael has got dogs abuse for his tardiness so far! Wondered when we first introduced the recording pick time thing whether it might be better to record the time of the manager prior to you rather than yourself. Very little incentive to bother with it if you know your pick time is shit or even mediocre and you're posting in a hurry, and an active incentive to ignore it if you're in line for the prize.He's definitely well-regarded in fairness! What I'm really wondering though is how the feck we all allowed @Joga Bonito and @Theon to prioritise their defence and still end up with that very tasty Spencer/Bebeto partnership
Tbf I reckon they were both picked at the rounds that you'd expect them to be picked at. We were just lucky that a fair few of our preferred picks manage to last back to us.
The most annoying thing with Joga is that is really "joga" debate.
Let's just release good old, boring 2-7-1 @Pat_Mustard
Spencer could easily have been a first round pick imo, and Bebeto falls into that big category where I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd went much, much earlier or as a 12th-14th pick, as that general 'forwards' category is so deep. Certainly wouldn't consider him a lesser player overall than some of the attacking players picked earlier, although how we rate them all come the match threads is always going to be subject to tactical fit/write ups/individual whims and whatnot, far more than the typical all-time draft where the pecking order is basically entrenched at this point. It goes without saying that flattery aside you two are fecked if we play each other and Team Beam 2.0 unleash the monster on you
The only choice I actually made was my first pick. The team built itself after that.
Agreed with that .
It goes without saying that flattery aside you two are fecked if we play each other and Team Beam 2.0 unleash the monster on you
looking forward to itHimannv's time is up within the next 30min?
cheers. It’s your turn by the way
Please pick before Mustard wakes up
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Has he not been picked?
Ah, looks like he has. Missed that. Need a few minutes to sort it out.
I'll take Jan Wouters instead.
I’ll take Park Ji Sung @BIG DUNK
| Manager | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | Round 11 | Round 12 | Round 13 | Round 14 | Time (min) |
| 1. harms | G. Netzer | M. Belodedici | H. Krankl | R. Pavoni | H. Wimmer | P. Sousa | I. Chislenko | M. Reus | W. Samuel | D. Carvajal | H. Schumacher | 404 | |||
| 2. Enigma_87 | Rivellino | M. Trésor | J. Pirri | Maicon | Careca | A. Vidal | S. Mane | T. Müller | V. Kompany | J. Croy | G. Pessotto | 393 | |||
| 3. Joga & Theon | B.Vogts | A.Picchi | A.Spencer | D. Zoff | D. Mackay | B.Wright | J. Verón | T. Haßler | A. Giresse | Bebeto | G. van Bronckhorst | 428 | |||
| 4. Zlatan 7 | C. Seedorf | Aldair | J. Klinsmann | S. Busquets | R. Donadoni | M. Reiziger | D. Albertini | S. Pearce | D. Ginola | F. Barthez | A. Barzagli | 730 | |||
| 5. Physiocrat | B. Schuster | F. Albert | J. Santamaria | J. Ceulemans | H. Crespo | M. Zagallo | V. Bessonov | M. Carrick | E. Hughes | J-M. Pfaff | W. Zmuda | 176 | |||
| 6. Šjor Bepo & Gio | A. Pirlo | Hidegkuti | K. Mbappé | P. Gascoigne | N. Kanté | C. Mozer | W.Sagnol | W. Zenga | B. Dietz | R. Ferri | C. Lopez | 497 | |||
| 7. Michaelf7777777 | R. Bochini | N. Goncalves | Leandro | J. Charles | M. Salah | C. Gamarra | T. Gemmell | M. Khurtsilava | G. Bulgarelli | G. Popescu | L. Skoglund | 3267 | |||
| 8. Edgar Allan Pillow | D. Beckham | D. Irwin | T. Adams | G. Silva | B. Murdoch | R. Pires | A. Cole | D. Yorke | B. McNeill | A. Shearer | S. Jardine | 367 | |||
| 9. King Kendrick | Sócrates | V. Van Dijk | M. Ballack | S. Ramos | E. Cantona | E. Hazard | R. Sterling | Juanfran | W. Jansen | F. De Boer | D. Drogba | 135 | |||
| 10. SirScholes | S. Aguero | Tostao | J. Terry | F. Collovati | M. Tassoti | L. Brady | G. Hoddle | Casemiro | A. Ortega | D. Seaman | T. Dunne | 1339 | |||
| 11. BIG DUNK | D. Bergkamp | J. Heynckes | F. Bene | L. Yashin | G. Buchwald | R. Perfumo | Jorginho | R. Benetti | R. Gordillo | L. Fernandez | K. Deyna | 443 | |||
| 12. Indnyc | R. Lewandowski | F. Lampard | Rui Costa | G. Gattuso | S. Bruce | R. Ayala | C. Panucci | V. Anderson | Y. Toure | N. Southhall | Fernandinho | J.S. Park | 340 | ||
| 13. Pat_Mustard & Jim Beam | Marcelo | R. Koeman | L. Kubala | E. Francescoli | E. Cambiasso | I. Casillas | O. Bergmark | T. Alexander - Arnold | N. Liedholm | D. Pereyra | H. Larsson | Alemao | 525 | ||
| 14. Fortitude | T. Finney | T. Cerezo | A. Haan | U. Hoeness | D. Stojković | R. Varane | G. Hanappi | J. Altafini | J. Alba | J. Kimmich | G. Antognoni | C. Tevez | 789 | ||
| 15. Himannv | K. Keegan | K. Dalglish | B. Hulshoff | H. Szymaniak | J. Armfield | J. Rep | J. Litmanen | H. Blankenburg | K Sansom | J. Giles | J. Oblak | J. Wouters | 209 | ||
| 16. GodShaveTheQueen | K. Hamrin | O. Sivori | D. Blanchflower | B. Bremner | J. Fontaine | P. Littbarski | R. Bratseth | A. Benarrivo | Germano | G. Grosics | F. Jusufi | M. Chagas | 44 |
Morten Olsen
Incase I want to play 5 at the back, my libero will be Morten Olsen, one of the finest to adopt that influential role, post-Beckenbauer era.
@SirScholes
Incase I want to play 5 at the back, my libero will be Morten Olsen, one of the finest to adopt that influential role, post-Beckenbauer era.
@SirScholes
I looked at him earlier on when working out which direction to go down
I’ll take Edmundo
@King Kendrick
| Manager | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | Round 11 | Round 12 | Round 13 | Round 14 | Time (min) |
| 1. harms | G. Netzer | M. Belodedici | H. Krankl | R. Pavoni | H. Wimmer | P. Sousa | I. Chislenko | M. Reus | W. Samuel | D. Carvajal | H. Schumacher | 404 | |||
| 2. Enigma_87 | Rivellino | M. Trésor | J. Pirri | Maicon | Careca | A. Vidal | S. Mane | T. Müller | V. Kompany | J. Croy | G. Pessotto | 393 | |||
| 3. Joga & Theon | B.Vogts | A.Picchi | A.Spencer | D. Zoff | D. Mackay | B.Wright | J. Verón | T. Haßler | A. Giresse | Bebeto | G. van Bronckhorst | 428 | |||
| 4. Zlatan 7 | C. Seedorf | Aldair | J. Klinsmann | S. Busquets | R. Donadoni | M. Reiziger | D. Albertini | S. Pearce | D. Ginola | F. Barthez | A. Barzagli | 730 | |||
| 5. Physiocrat | B. Schuster | F. Albert | J. Santamaria | J. Ceulemans | H. Crespo | M. Zagallo | V. Bessonov | M. Carrick | E. Hughes | J-M. Pfaff | W. Zmuda | 176 | |||
| 6. Šjor Bepo & Gio | A. Pirlo | Hidegkuti | K. Mbappé | P. Gascoigne | N. Kanté | C. Mozer | W.Sagnol | W. Zenga | B. Dietz | R. Ferri | C. Lopez | 497 | |||
| 7. Michaelf7777777 | R. Bochini | N. Goncalves | Leandro | J. Charles | M. Salah | C. Gamarra | T. Gemmell | M. Khurtsilava | G. Bulgarelli | G. Popescu | L. Skoglund | 3267 | |||
| 8. Edgar Allan Pillow | D. Beckham | D. Irwin | T. Adams | G. Silva | B. Murdoch | R. Pires | A. Cole | D. Yorke | B. McNeill | A. Shearer | S. Jardine | 367 | |||
| 9. King Kendrick | Sócrates | V. Van Dijk | M. Ballack | S. Ramos | E. Cantona | E. Hazard | R. Sterling | Juanfran | W. Jansen | F. De Boer | D. Drogba | G. Pagliuca | 145 | ||
| 10. SirScholes | S. Aguero | Tostao | J. Terry | F. Collovati | M. Tassoti | L. Brady | G. Hoddle | Casemiro | A. Ortega | D. Seaman | T. Dunne | Edmundo | 1351 | ||
| 11. BIG DUNK | D. Bergkamp | J. Heynckes | F. Bene | L. Yashin | G. Buchwald | R. Perfumo | Jorginho | R. Benetti | R. Gordillo | L. Fernandez | K. Deyna | M. Olsen | 517 | ||
| 12. Indnyc | R. Lewandowski | F. Lampard | Rui Costa | G. Gattuso | S. Bruce | R. Ayala | C. Panucci | V. Anderson | Y. Toure | N. Southhall | Fernandinho | J.S. Park | 340 | ||
| 13. Pat_Mustard & Jim Beam | Marcelo | R. Koeman | L. Kubala | E. Francescoli | E. Cambiasso | I. Casillas | O. Bergmark | T. Alexander - Arnold | N. Liedholm | D. Pereyra | H. Larsson | Alemao | 525 | ||
| 14. Fortitude | T. Finney | T. Cerezo | A. Haan | U. Hoeness | D. Stojković | R. Varane | G. Hanappi | J. Altafini | J. Alba | J. Kimmich | G. Antognoni | C. Tevez | 789 | ||
| 15. Himannv | K. Keegan | K. Dalglish | B. Hulshoff | H. Szymaniak | J. Armfield | J. Rep | J. Litmanen | H. Blankenburg | K Sansom | J. Giles | J. Oblak | J. Wouters | 209 | ||
| 16. GodShaveTheQueen | K. Hamrin | O. Sivori | D. Blanchflower | B. Bremner | J. Fontaine | P. Littbarski | R. Bratseth | A. Benarrivo | Germano | G. Grosics | F. Jusufi | M. Chagas | 44 |
@Edgar Allan Pillow
So is the GK ranking still determining draws or has that been amended?
Goalkeeper rankings will be used to settle in-game draws, yes — there's no going back now! In fact, once Yashin was selected, it was already too late to reconfigure the scheme — because while he's the standout goalkeeper in this pool, BIG DUNK might not have selected him with a premium Round 4 pick in a draft where goalkeeper rankings weren't used for tie-breaking purposes. That being said, I will employ other methods to settle overall league results — so keep an eye out for future announcements.
OK, no probs.
New methods would be cool, I’m interested to find out.
I feel you should pick a goalkeeper who YOU think is the best goalkeeper/best for YOUR team, and not by the index ranking.
I picked Lev Yashin because he’s not only one of the greatest footballers of all time, he represents the highest pinnacle of goalkeeping available I needed for my team (as with my other positions and roles: I.e attacking left back, libero, man-marker, box-to-box mid, playmaking defensive mid, goalscoring wingforward... etc).
I’m happy for the draw rule to be changed now or later - as I feel there has been too much talk and focus on these position rankings.
I pondered for a long time about picking him as early as round 7 when I picked Bratseth. But eventually couldn’t make myself agree as I didn’t think I had or could have picked a proper support staff around him in a back 4. Excellent pick at this stage and easily better than quite a few players picked ahead of him.
Hope you aren't waiting for me. I asked to be passed over.
@Michaelf7777777 You're up
While we’re waiting, just thought I’d say the way the squads are in a table in this draft makes it so much easier to look through others squads And then to see if a players already chosen.