Back again looking at the score, congrats Theon! You have an amazing team for sure.
I have enjoyed this draft as always, mainly the first drafting process which is my favourite part by miles in this stuff. As talked about in this thread I agree on that luck plays its part on everything after the first drafting is done. But it also makes it fun as you say.
Also thanks to all the voters showing up in all games.
I liked your team man and would love to have seen them in a real game. Glad to see you ended up using Lucho exactly how he should be used
My main criticism of it would be RvP. Saying he is out of his depth would be harsh, but he is trying to punch above his weight here.
Yes, luck plays a part, had you got TITO instead of Theon it would have been you with Ronaldo upfront
That said, there's a degree of making your own luck here and that takes you back to the drafting. You have to get a balance between building a strong core and a solid side that will keep you going but futureproof your side for upgrades. Theon did that very well too.
You also did to a great extent (as said, not getting Ronaldo is -huge- pot luck) but you had threads (Evra-Giggs, Nesta-Ferrara, Hierro-Lucho and the flexibility that afforded) rather than the awesome score he picked straight off the bat in Pirlo-Gattuso-De Rossi and Iniesta. Then he got a simialr "thread" to yours in the right fullback pair and sorted defence/striker along the way, which was bound to be the easiest to sort out with further picks.
I thought he dropped a bollock picking Xavi and not planning for eventually meeting you and picking Nesta, told him that and that's how the whole three non-CL issue came up. He picked Xavi assuming that was on (i.e. hadn't dropped the bollock I thought, just the comms one). I'm saying this because despite all the discussions you guys have had elsewhere, and whatever you have decided, I do know he picked Xavi instead of Toldo counting on that. Don't want to reopen a can of worms, but so long as he doesn't play Xavi I think it is fair to say he wouldn't be taking any advantage by having Neuer instead of Toldo and playing under a 3 non-CL rule.