World Cup Draft Discussion Thread

SlickRic

ok, Elano was no. 3 of my top 3.

careful people

good pick at this stage MNG.

eagle eye

Xavi6 wrote: »

Ok cool. I can see a circle starting to form.

You are wrong about Bradley however so we'll leave it at that as they say and let the judging happen at the appropriate time.

I'm not wrong though, I've seen him enough to know he is worst pick made to this point.

Xavi6

eagle eye wrote: »

I'm not wrong though, I've seen him enough to know he is worst pick made to this point.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and believe you have a whole host of reasons for sayin that he is the worst pick so far and are merely saving them to launch a full scale attack at the end. You have watched him extensively afterall.

Citing one half against Slovenia and a tendency to attract yellow cards won't suffice btw.

I look forward to it.

Peyton Manning

Elano
Bradley

Time to start from scratch for me

Frisbee

Pick made and PM Sent

whatawaster

Pick made and PM sent.

X

X
Juan
X
Evra

Tiago
Fletcher
Ronaldo
Ozil
Gourcuff

Puskas

SlickRic

Pick made.

PM Sent.

i'll put my team here after my next pick.

Frisbee

God dammit Necro, I curse you.

I was convinced no-one would go for Marchena and I'd get him as my Round 11 pick.

Xavi6

He was my next round option to partner Lucio

Necronomicon

Sorry guys

I won't post my formation yet because I've not fully decided where a couple of players will play.

Frisbee

Xavi6 wrote: »

He was my next round option to partner Lucio

Ah I wouldn't have gotten him anyway then so...

SlickRic

once again done.

pm sent.

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Terry

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Nesta

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Salcido

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Gilberto Silva

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Xavi

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Krasic

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Cahill

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Maradona

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Anelka

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roughly so far

whatawaster

Pick made and PM sent.

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Juan

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Yobo

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Evra-

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Fletcher---Tiago

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Ozil

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Gourcuff

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Ronaldo----

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Puskas

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Now to hold my breath and hope the few names i have for the last 2 positions survive nearly 40 picks.

Mr.Nice Guy

Excellent progress, chaps. Flying along now.

Xavi6

Indeed, it's getting me excited about my impending next pick.

If the lad I want goes before that I'll be pretty pissed.

Frisbee

I'll have my pick up soon, I'm caught between two players atm...

Necronomicon

Just fyi guys, I've updated the spreadsheet again. This time I've added a second sheet for a more simplistic view of proceedings. Anybody with a Gmail account can edit it, so feel free to update as well.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvqwZuVoToy9dDEwTlA3UV9CWk80b2dDWWxXakx2VXc&hl=en#gid=2

Frisbee

Pick made and PM sent

Toughest choice I've had to make so far probably.

Xavi6

Phew. He was one of my options if my main guy goes.

Three before me....

Mr. Guappa

Picked and PM'd.

Probably my toughest choice yet. I had a couple of choices I would have been happy with but in the end I went with Dempsey for his goals, hard work and versatility.

bamboozling

Kolorov a great shout in my opinion. Was looking for him to shore up my backline. A quality player

Gillington

Aaaarggh maybe I should pay more attention,I was convinced Clint was picked already!

Peyton Manning

Redzer is coming close to missing his pick...

curry-muff

1 hour 59 mins close

SlickRic

we had some real momentum yesterday too.

it looks like it might be late next week before we complete the teams, unless we get a real move on.

in general, it's gone along nicely though.

eZe^

Bradley was absolute quality yesterday for the USA, proved any doubter wrong imo. Real tenacious midfielder, looks a great prospect for the future tbh. Excellent pick Xavi.

Necronomicon

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Excellent progress, chaps. Flying along now.

Well done, you killed it :pac:

We should get the teams finished by next week. But I'm going on holidays Saturday week, so I may very well miss the actual ties.

curry-muff

Times up! Feel free to pick Xavi

Xavi6

Done and PM sent

eagle eye

Pienaar is an excellent pick this late in the draft.

redzerdrog

wasnt expecting it to go so quick and wasnt online till now will make my pick in 1 minute

The Volt

pick made and PM sent. Will be tough to occupy the FB positions now. Delighted with Skrtel though

Mr.Nice Guy

Necronomicon wrote: »

Well done, you killed it :pac:

Hang on, I'll revive it for Friday.

For feck's sake, chaps. We've ground to a halt!

Minto

Pick made and PM'd!

A quick question about the knockout stages, if I use one formation against one opponent (and beat him/her), can I pick a different formation to counteract my next opponents team or is there a fixed formation throughout the evaluation stages?

The Volt

Minto wrote: »

Pick made and PM'd!

A quick question about the knockout stages, if I use one formation against one opponent (and beat him/her), can I pick a different formation to counteract my next opponents team or is there a fixed formation throughout the evaluation stages?

We'll revise the rules before the knockout stages to make sure everyone is happy enough to progress.

Ideally, I'll do up a draw to decide who plays who. I'll then post up a schedule of a day by day match. Hopefully get two done per day. Each person makes one post in the thread with their team and then I'll add a poll.

Peyton Manning

Damn you Minto, damn you to hell!

Mitch Connor

this is really freaking dragging now. Come on Ben - MAKE YOUR DAMN PICK!!

BigBenRoeth

Mitch Connor wrote: »

this is really freaking dragging now. Come on Ben - MAKE YOUR DAMN PICK!!

I got the PM today at 11:29,it is now 1:46,i have a life,and will make my pick now

Mitch Connor

Life? ....away from Boards? I don't understand?

BigBenRoeth

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Life? ....away from Boards? I don't understand?

I lied.
I am a sad little person:pac::pac::pac:

Frisbee

I was gonna pick Melo but he has had an awful season and is yet to really make a mark on any club he's been at. Far too inconsistent.

curry-muff

That put me off a little bit, but he is a different man in Brazil colours, has really impressed me in the games so far, as I said in the post I think the system at Juventus is holding him back, a move to Arsenal or Inter would prove how good he really is

LuckyLloyd

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LuckyLloyd

Ah well, no biggie!

Simao in round 9 is pretty sick value if I do say so myself.

Team Thus Far:

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Baresi (C)

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Carvalho

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Zanetti

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Mascherano

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Park Ji Sung

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Stankovic

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Simao

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Kaka

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Frei

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Eire-Dearg

Fabio Coentrao is the next big thing at left back, good pick titan.

Rumours that Real Madrid are sniffing around his name.

bamboozling

Was sickened when Titan took my pick, but delighted to have snapped up Pedro. Was going for a defender but I couldn't turn down Pedro when I found him.

Frisbee

Nice pick BH, Subotic was one of my big CB targets left.

Bounty Hunter

Frisbee wrote: »

Nice pick BH, Subotic was one of my big CB targets left.

cheers had him in mind all round and was surprised he made it but def happy especially with his international teamate beside him in defense.

Peyton Manning

Subotic is a great pick. One of the best header(ers) of the ball at the World Cup.

Here's my team at the moment.

curry-muff

Archimedes wrote: »

Subotic is a great pick. One of the best header(ers) of the ball at the World Cup.

Here's my team at the moment.

Nice solid team so far, but is leaving your lead striker and keeper to the last two rounds a bit risky

Looking forward to see who you produce