Soccer Forum Premier League Era Draft Game Thread

Liam O

SlickRic wrote: »

Makelele is a solid pick.

the only thing is the team will have to be built around a specialist DM, which is superb, if you have the right players.

interesting to see where that goes.

Yeah I wish I knew the order for the next round as that could be the main one in shaping it. I was suspicious of you taking him if I didn't if I'm honest Ric

SlickRic

Liam O wrote: »

Yeah I wish I knew the order for the next round as that could be the main one in shaping it. I was suspicious of you taking him if I didn't if I'm honest Ric

your suspicions were spot on.

Junior D

I have the lists done if people are happy for me to put them up now?

All done using random.org by the way

Chrissybhoy

Top man Junior D go ahead

Frankie Lee

Fire ahead.

Junior D

Round 3:
1. ASOT
2. Rushden
3. Bucketybuck
4. Chrissybhoy
5. Blatter
6. Andersonisgod
7. LuckyLloyd
8. Ferris Bueller
9. DildoFaggins
10. Eagle Eye
11. Frankie Lee
12. Liam O
13. Redzerdog
14. Slickric
15. Incognito Man
16. SherlockWatson

Round 4:
1. SherlockWatson
2. Incognito Man
3. Slickric
4. Redzerdog
5. Liam O
6. Frankie Lee
7. Eagle Eye
8. DildoFaggins
9. Ferris Bueller
10. LuckyLloyd
11. Andersonisgod
12. Blatter
13. Chrissybhoy
14. Bucketybuck
15. Rushden
16. ASOT

Round 5:
1. LuckyLloyd
2. Redzerdog
3. SherlockWatson
4. Chrissybhoy
5. Liam O
6. ASOT
7. Ferris Bueller
8. Slickric
9. eagle eye
10. Bucketybuck
11. Rushden
12. Incognito Man
13. DildoFaggins
14. Andersonisgod
15. Blatter
16. Frankie Lee

Round 6:
1. Frankie Lee
2. Blatter
3. Andersonisgod
4. DildoFaggins
5. Incognito Man
6. Rushden
7. Bucketybuck
8. eagle eye
9. Slickric
10. Ferris Bueller
11. ASOT
12. Liam O
13. Chrissybhoy
14. SherlockWatson
15. Redzerdog
16. LuckyLloyd

Round 7:
1. Eagle Eye
2. Frankie Lee
3. ASOT
4. Incognito Man
5. DildoFaggins
6. Chrissybhoy
7. Redzerdog
8. Andersonisgod
9. SherlockWatson
10. Ferris Bueller
11. Bucketybuck
12. Liam O
13. Rushden
14. LuckyLloyd
15. Blatter
16. Slickric

Round 8:
1. Slickric
2. Blatter
3. LuckyLloyd
4. Rushden
5. Liam O
6. Bucketybuck
7. Ferris Bueller
8. SherlockWatson
9. Andersonisgod
10. Redzerdog
11. Chrissybhoy
12. DildoFaggins
13. Incognito Man
14. ASOT
15. Frankie Lee
16. Eagle Eye

Round 9:
1. Slickric
2. Bucketybuck
3. Ferris Bueller
4. Redzerdog
5. Frankie Lee
6. ASOT
7. Chrissybhoy
8. Liam O
9. SherlockWatson
10. LuckyLloyd
11. DildoFaggins
12. Andersonisgod
13. Eagle Eye
14. Rushden
15. Blatter
16. Incognito Man

Round 10:
1. Incognito Man
2. Blatter
3. Rushden
4. Eagle Eye
5. Andersonisgod
6. DildoFaggins
7. LuckyLloyd
8. SherlockWatson
9. Liam O
10. Chrissybhoy
11. ASOT
12. Frankie Lee
13. Redzerdog
14. Ferris Bueller
15. Bucketybuck
16. Slickric

Round 11:
1. Chrissybhoy
2. Blatter
3. Andersonisgod
4. Rushden
5. Bucketybuck
6. Ferris Bueller
7. Incognito Man
8. Liam O
9. Eagle Eye
10. Frankie Lee
11. LuckyLloyd
12. Redzerdog
13. Slickric
14. ASOT
15. DildoFaggins
16. SherlockWatson

Round 12:
1. SherlockWatson
2. DildoFaggins
3. ASOT
4. Slickric
5. Redzerdog
6. LuckyLloyd
7. Frankie Lee
8. Eagle Eye
9. Liam O
10. Incognito Man
11. Ferris Bueller
12. Bucketybuck
13. Rushden
14. Andersonisgod
15. Blatter
16. Chrissybhoy

Round 13:
1. ASOT
2. Ferris Bueller
3. DildoFaggins
4. LuckyLloyd
5. Eagle Eye
6. Andersonisgod
7. Bucketybuck
8. Frankie Lee
9. Blatter
10. Incognito Man
11. Slickric
12. Liam O
13. Redzerdog
14. Chrissybhoy
15. Rushden
16. SherlockWatson

Round 14:
1. SherlockWatson
2. Rushden
3. Chrissybhoy
4. Redzerdog
5. Liam O
6. Slickric
7. Incognito Man
8. Blatter
9. Frankie Lee
10. Bucketybuck
11. Andersonisgod
12. Eagle Eye
13. LuckyLloyd
14. DildoFaggins
15. Ferris Bueller
16. ASOT

LuckyLloyd

Can we edit the OP in the picks thread to include that redraw?

SherlockWatson

Good pick in Vidic there, surprised you didn't consider picking him faggins, as a combo of Rio and Vidic at their peak is a frighteningly good back two that has proven to be a fantastic pairing.

Frankie Lee

He will probably meet ASOT and Torres in the first round though. You'd have to drop Vidic if that happened.

Frankie Lee

I was hoping Essien would last longer.

SlickRic

Couldn't let him go any longer.

Frankie Lee

Being able to score with big feet is a great trait to have. Seriously though he is every bit as good as any striker that has gone before him in this.

DildoFaggins

Frankie Lee wrote: »

He will probably meet ASOT and Torres in the first round though. You'd have to drop Vidic if that happened.

Was thinking doing that but I knew If I didn't pick Toure someone else would nab him and now Essien and Makelele are gone too so I wouldn't have a midfield general in my team.


Aguero is a great pick some quality still not taken upfront though.

Frankie Lee

I don't know if I could have chanced waiting another round for McGrath.

bucketybuck

Frankie Lee wrote: »

I don't know if I could have chanced waiting another round for McGrath.

I'd have Stam ahead of any defender picked so far, bar Rio Ferdinand. Delighted to get him.

Liam O

bucketybuck wrote: »

I'd have Stam ahead of any defender picked so far, bar Rio Ferdinand. Delighted to get him.

I personally wouldn't have him over Vidic but it's close.

Winston Payne

Liam O wrote: »

I personally wouldn't have him over Vidic but it's close.

Peak for peak, Stam was better on the ball and quicker, while also being a bull himself. There's not much between them but I'd give the edge to Stam.

Junior D

Personally I would have Stam over Vidic. Just feel he was a better all round player. But tbh, there's so little between them, I don't think it'll make much difference. I actually think a lot of matches will be dependent on the quality of a teams fullbacks. In my opinion, there isn't a huge amount of quality there and with a pretty big amount of quality available in pretty much every other position, I think I'd be drafting a lb or rb in the next few rounds

Ferris_Bueller

Junior D wrote: »

Personally I would have Stam over Vidic. Just feel he was a better all round player. But tbh, there's so little between them, I don't think it'll make much difference. I actually think a lot of matches will be dependent on the quality of a teams fullbacks. In my opinion, there isn't a huge amount of quality there and with a pretty big amount of quality available in pretty much every other position, I think I'd be drafting a lb or rb in the next few rounds

I think there are only 5 or 6 top class fullbacks available, once they're gone there are a good few all of a similar level available after that. I don't think many people want to choose a fullback as one of their first choices though, when a striker or central midfielder could have more overall effect on the game.

I'm interested in this and have been following. Can anyone tell me what happens after everyone picks all their players. They play each other in matches? How are matches decided?

IncognitoMan

Yeah it's random matches with sides drawn against each other then people can come into a match thread a vote for whichever side they believe is stronger. The side with less votes is knocked out until a winner is picked

Frankie Lee

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm interested in this and have been following. Can anyone tell me what happens after everyone picks all their players. They play each other in matches? How are matches decided?

16 team, straight knockout until the final random draw.
We put up our lineups and tactics in a separate thread and people vote on who they think would win. Only people who comment on the thread and give reasoning counts. There will be a poll on top as a tiebreaker. I think thats how it will go.

Liam O

Is it too late to propose a pre 1992 round?

Frankie Lee

Not at all, round 13 and 14 maybe to be fairer.

Blatter

I do much prefer when the picks flow. This stalling frustrates the life out of me :pac:

Can I suggest again that if you don't anticipate that you'll be able to get online within a few hours of your pick, PM somebody else a list so they can do it for you.

Frankie Lee

I thought Ashley Cole would have been a first round pick myself.

bucketybuck

Frankie Lee wrote: »

I thought Ashley Cole would have been a first round pick myself.

Hard to justify a first round pick on a full back though, even when that full back was one of the truly world class players available.

IncognitoMan

We get it.. ASHLEY COLE

Donnielighto

Redzerdog will have a very strong left side

Rushden

Very unfair he's taken all three Ashley Coles

Frankie Lee

Squads as they stand:
Chrissybhoy - Henry, Beckham,
Redzerdrog - Keane, Ashley Cole x3
ASOT - Torres, Zola
Bucketybuck - Ronaldo, Stam
Frankie Lee - Scholes, McGrath
eagle eye - Suarez, Bale
SherlockWatson - Vieira, Drogba
Blatter - Shearer, Schmeichel
SlickRic - Lampard, Aguero
Rushden - Rooney, Essien
Andersonisgod - Gerrard, Fabregas
Ferris Bueller - Giggs, Vidic
Liam O - Cantona, Makelele
LuckyLloyd - Terry, Van Nistelrooy
Incognito Man - Van Persie, Adams
DildoFaggins - Rio Ferdinand, Yaya Toure

redzerdrog

sorry lads something up due to posting from phone or maybe i was still drunk

redzerdrog

also just to clear a couple of things up, is the pre premier league rounds confirmed? i think it just complicates things as many would be picking players they have never seen

also John Terry is easily the best CB of thr premier league era

bucketybuck

Yeah, think if there is going to be a pre-premier league round it should be agreed as soon as possible. The chance to get a world class player in a late round could make a massive difference to our choices now.

Ferris_Bueller

My vote would be to not bother with that round, I would be choosing a player I've never seen play before and it could be hard to say how good a player from the 50s was compared to a player who is playing now. Whether we go with it or not, it should be decided soon either way.

Frankie Lee

Looking at the draw I'd miss out on George Best so I agree, we won't bother.

Benimar

Obviously I won't name him but there is one player that I am absolutely stunned hasn't been picked yet.

Frankie Lee

Benimar wrote: »

Obviously I won't name him but there is one player that I am absolutely stunned hasn't been picked yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf5FRPfGiC8

Amirani

Some of you forgot to put pictures up so I put some up for you. No need to thank me.

bucketybuck

I really do think its early for a full back, but while theres plenty of solid full backs around there aren't very many top class ones, and they are going to be needed with some of the wingers that will be selected. Irwin gives me a lot of options, wouldn't have lasted much longer, and there will still be quality midfielders/strikers available next time, so I decided to go for him now.

SherlockWatson

Isn't there normally two special rounds also just to avoid people at the end of the first getting a bit shafted?

Benimar

Benimar wrote: »

Obviously I won't name him but there is one player that I am absolutely stunned hasn't been picked yet.

Bergkamp eventually goes with the 37th pick. Amazed a player who makes it into a significant number of all time Premier League XIs lasted as long as that.

Lovely Bloke

is the Bergkamp gif used not from the FA Cup?

Blatter

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

is the Bergkamp gif used not from the FA Cup?

Yep.

Donnielighto

People harping on about I cant believe he didnt go earlier and all that, we're still in the top 40 players in the league, it isnt an insult that they havent been picked yet.

Skylinehead

Donnielighto wrote: »

People harping on about I cant believe he didnt go earlier and all that, we're still in the top 40 players in the league, it isnt an insult that they havent been picked yet.

Not an insult no, but looking at some of the players picked ahead of him....


Bergkamp and Shearer is an insane partnership.

LuckyLloyd

SherlockWatson wrote: »

Isn't there normally two special rounds also just to avoid people at the end of the first getting a bit shafted?

I picked late in the first round and I'm against special rounds. We're doing a Shane draft with redraws. Let the chips fall where they may. The challenge as always is identifying good value and fit in later rounds.

Frankie Lee

I know some people have lives outside of here but I wouldn't mind the pace of the draft picking up a bit.

SlickRic

Lloyd..you do know you're up?

Benimar

Donnielighto wrote: »

People harping on about I cant believe he didnt go earlier and all that, we're still in the top 40 players in the league, it isnt an insult that they havent been picked yet.

Making a comment that I was amazed one player wasn't picked isn't 'harping on'...and I never said it was an insult either! The player in question (Bergkamp) would have a strong argument to be in an all time Premier League XI so, yes, I'd expect him to go before a number of players taken before him.

It worked well for Blatter. Shearer and Bergkamp, now that's a front line id take any day.