Thought it was obvious I was going on about Titus Bramble. Ridiculous that the likes of Carvalho and Stam have gone before him.

Next pick, Robert Pires.

That's the guy! Interesting bunch of players you have there FC. Thought you would be going with a diamond.

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams

Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit

footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly

Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf

dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas

barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville

ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires

Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler

I think I sort of f**ked up by going for Campbell so early, Petit perhaps wasn't the best choice either but I couldn't think of anyone else more suited to that role off-hand. Onward and upwards anyway.

 

You were right about Pires too, there's one other glaring omission that I can think of at the moment.

That's the guy! Interesting bunch of players you have there FC. Thought you would be going with a diamond.

 

Basically I had one vision for the team but then remembered one or two players and I've shifted where I'm going with the team now. 

 

Not always a good idea to change your mind once you've started but hopefully I can still put together a solid team. 

I definitely went wrong picking a keeper first, but never played this before. I sort of feel a step behind everyone else because of it :)

The number of times a player comes to mind, then he's the next selected :(

Fun though. I certainly think I still managed to get the nicest player though ..

It may have been a bit presumptuous to think that it was all self-explanatory. I really should have done a better job of clarifying any queries at the start but I think you have the gist of it now.

 

One other thing, how long does everyone think we should have for people to vote once we get to the actual matches? We did three days per match in all the past draft games if I recall, even still we often didn't amass a great deal of votes.

Edited July 2, 201511 yr by Teritus

I think you did ok, was my bad lol.

Just one thing, how do the subs work? Do you sort of select a starting eleven for each game?

Robben on one side, and this guy on the other... rumor has it fullbacks are asking to be dropped...

 

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams
Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit
footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly
Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf
dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas
barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars
ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires
Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler 

I think you did ok, was my bad lol.

Just one thing, how do the subs work? Do you sort of select a starting eleven for each game?

 

Yep that's exactly it. I might even implement the rule of being able to take one of your opponent's players into the next round after your match, but we'll see later on.

Ok I'll take Super Dan then, Dan Petrescu

 

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams
Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit
footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly
Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf
dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas, Petrescu
barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars
ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires
Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler

Time to bring a hero back..... Juan Mata :)

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams

Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit

footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly

Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf, Mata

dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas, Petrescu

barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars

ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires

Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler

Edited July 3, 201511 yr by NorthernMonkey

One of my favorite players, Pablo Zabaleta. Can't ask for better attacking fullbacks.

 

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams

Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit

footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly, Zabaleta

Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf, Mata

dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas, Petrescu

barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars

ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires

Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler

Very glad that he's fallen to me, happy to take Denis Irwin.

 

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams
Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit, Irwin
footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly, Zabaleta
Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf, Mata
dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas, Petrescu
barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars
ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires
Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler

It's always hard choosing what positions to fill at this stage of the draft, because you know you could end up with some dross for the positions you leave last.

 

I'll go with Graeme Le Saux and Juninho.

 

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams, Le Saux, Juninho
Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit, Irwin
footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly, Zabaleta
Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf, Mata
dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas, Petrescu
barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars
ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires
Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler

Steve McManaman to finalise my attack.

 

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams, Le Saux, Juninho
Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit, Irwin, McManaman
footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly, Zabaleta
Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf, Mata
dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas, Petrescu
barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars
ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires
Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler

I have my next player in mind. Will footballoholic read my mind again? I'll let you know :)

I'm struggling a bit here to think of a partner for Desailly.

Hey why don't you PM me who you're thinking of just so I can avoid him?

I'm struggling a bit here to think of a partner for Desailly.

Hey why don't you PM me who you're thinking of just so I can avoid him?

 

 

Surly the beast Bularuz is your man?

All right then. I'll take the cannibal, Khalid Boulahrouz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No wait, I've changed my mind. Sami Hyypiä

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams, Le Saux, Juninho

Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit, Irwin, McManaman

footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly, Zabaleta, Hyypiä

Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf, Mata

dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas, Petrescu

barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars

ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires

Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler

Here's a look back at a match were both my centrebacks scored
 

Gerard Houllier cut a sad, desolate figure, soaked to the skin in a south-west London downpour, as Chelsea snatched the Premiership's fourth and last Champions League place with a comfortable win they did not even need.

A goal up early on through skipper Sami Hyypia, Liverpool made the ideal start in their quest for the win that would take them back among the cream of the continent.

But Marcel Desailly's almost instant equaliser and Jesper Gronkjaer's virtuoso winner sparked a wild party at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea qualified for the Champions League for the first time since 1999.

 

Jonty: Henry, Cantona, Makelele, Rooney, Ballack, Schmeichel, Adams, Le Saux, Juninho

Teritus: Keane, Giggs, Ferdinand, Campbell, van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Petit, Irwin, McManaman

footballoholic: Ronaldo, Hazard, Essien, Fabregas, Mascherano, Evra, Desailly, Zabaleta, Hyypiä

Northern Monkey: Van Der Sar, Zola, Wise, J.F.Hasselbaink, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Leboeuf, Mata, Pallister

dan_cfc: Lampard, Vieira, Bergkamp, Bale, D. Costa, David Silva, Gallas, Petrescu

barak81: Drogba, Robben, Matic, Suarez, Stam, Modric, Neville, Overmars

ForeverCarefree: Terry, Shearer, Aguero, Carrick, Gerrard, Carvalho, Gullit, Pires

Chelsea190512: Scholes, Ash. Cole, Vidic, Xabi Alonso, Toure, Tevez, Kompany, Fowler