Euro 2012 Draft Picks Thread

LuckyLloyd

Round 10:

Víctor Valdés, Spain



Yeah, will do job. Unlucky to be of the same nationality as one of the finest goalkeepers to ever walk the earth. He's won it all at club level and will be more than able to play well behind this back four.

Round 11:

Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine



In his day he would have been drafted in the top few picks. Now at the ripe old age of 35, he is just about draftable. That said, this is being judged on CURRENT ability, and there are few things more current than Shevchenko ripping it up against Sweden or causing problems for France as I type this. His game will suit my lineup perfectly. He has great movement and technique, and will link up smoothly with my three attacking midfielders. Delighted to finish things off with him.

Team:

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Valdes

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Arbeloa---Barzagli--Agger

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Cole

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Khedira

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Rosicky

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Ronaldo

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Hagi

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Bale

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Shevchenko

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Jax Teller

Rui Patrício


Will do write up in the morning .

bUILDERtHEbOB

To complete my team I'm going with Croatian left back Ivan Strinic. He was pretty solid up against Maggio yesterday and has a decent cross on him, he's also fairly tall which is important because a lot of my players are pretty small.

whatawaster

Final pick is Sergei Ignashevich

IncognitoMan

My Last pick is Patrice Evra

Need a left back to finish off the team and even though he hasn't had the best season (Last round pick) he is still in my opinion a decent left back and very dangerous going forward.




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Mikeyt086

My final pick is an absolute gem in my opinion, although he is unlikely to see a minute of action at Euro 2012 bar an injury, İlkay Gündoğan is a terrific young all-around midfielder.



A key member of the title winning Borussia Dortmund side who have laid seige on the hearts of Boards.ie members (and others I guess) this season, Gündoğan operates in the engine room of the side working box to box with guile, but he is no soft boy, he is Turkish, so he knows how to **** **** up. At only 21 years of age he might be seen as a bit of a gamble, but with the experience of Xabi Alonso beside him in my midfield, he should be in his element.

My completed team:

Junior D

To complete my team : Tim Krul

IMO 1 of the top 3 keepers in ther Prem last season, he has real quality.
It really should be between this man and Vorm for the Dutch keeping position never mind Stekelenburg.

I pick was between Tim or another man, but considering the other guy has been injured for a while I decided to stick with Tim.

Delighted with this pick and my team in general!

ColeTrain

Stipe Pletikosa

G.K.

As a proxy for Blatter I pick Wojciech Szczesny.

eagle eye

I have to pick Simon Poulsen here. He has been very impressive so far in the Euros.

Moneymaker

Russia may have exited Euro 2012 early, but Vyacheslav Malafeev wasn't to blame for this. Having been Zenits first choice goalkeeper for many years, and now Russia's, he's a great shot stopper and also very quick off his line and vocal to his defenders.

SirDelboy18

Sorry about the delay folks. Seeing as this is based on form I have to ignore a keeper who before last season was undoubtedly one of the best in the world.

In that case I pick Steve Mandanda

Pic later.

redzerdrog

a solid defender that will slot into lb for me

Michal Kadlec

Bounty Hunter

Cant post a pic atm and tbh ill be lucky if i can post at all but...

Vedran Corluka

Jesus Wept

Cruyff: I'd play Kuyt at right-back for Netherlands

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3284/euro-2012/2012/06/07/3154929/cruyff-id-play-kuyt-at-right-back-for-netherlands

Dirk, it's hard to resist the option to hornswaggle him into my team however...


I am picking Theodor Gebre Selassie.

wrote:

The Czech Republic’s right back, Theodor Gebre Selassie, had another great day and should draw looks from teams in bigger leagues. The 25-year-old from Slovan Liberec in the Czech Republic had four instances in the first hour where he blew down the right flank and got crosses into the penalty area. He also played well in his own end. Who knows if this is a regular thing for him, but I’d love to find out. If it is, there are few clubs in the world he wouldn’t help, if only as an option coming off the bench.

Yes, he may seem a flavour of the fortnight pick to some however I have long followed his career from Vysočina Jihlava through to Velké Meziříčí, Slavia Prague and Slovan Liberec.

A former youth long distance marathon runner, he is showing plenty invention, grit and heart and I know he will be a name we will be hearing more about in years to come.

Copper_pipe

Posting from my phone but my next pick is Michael Krohn zDelhi from Denmark