The Reality Draft: Main Thread (Finals)

[Annahnomoss]

Oof, Romario ahead of Iniesta - Lovely, lovely

Jayvin's been unfortunate to lose some of these draft games IMO, so it'll be good to see him go far

Indeed. It looks like he'll have a good run here.

 

[harms]

Bergkamp? Interesting. Should fit in nicely with Blokhin up top, I think. I'm so afraid of this Tevezbola, I love everyone of my guys so far

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@antohan want to roll to vicotry with Raul

 

[Theon]

You do realise that's exactly how we will picture you from now on, right?

Well, I did start clapping.

 

[antohan]

@antohan want to roll to vicotry with Raul

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Raees will stun the opposition with Stoichkov

 

[Annahnomoss]

@antohan can't catch a break can he?

 

[Theon]

Oof, lovely job Raees - suits you very nicely

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Joga Bonito get a christmas wish with Weah

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

EAP goes all horny over getting Henry

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Annahnomoss has a rosy future with Rossi

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

And that concludes the DoFI: Forwards round.

The next pick is as and when @Annahnomoss is ready within next 8 hrs.

 

[Moby]

That's the third link from the 80s team of Juve and Italy for Annah?

 

[Annahnomoss]

Great. Rossi, Gentile, Tardelli. Only issue is that every single player I have is the opposite of a scan vote winner. Hopefully there'll not be too many random votes when I play.

The misconception of Tardelli being a pure DM is especially tricky. Play him as a defensive box to box midfielder which was his role and you'll piss of the people who think he was a DM. Play him as a DM and the people who actually know him will get pissed off as you play him out of his best role, even if he'd do a pure DM job well too.

 

[Jayvin]

Oof, Romario ahead of Iniesta - Lovely, lovely

Jayvin's been unfortunate to lose some of these draft games IMO, so it'll be good to see him go far

Pressure

I've had some good luck with the DoF picks so far, hopefully it continues

 

[antohan]

fecking hell, Raúl doesn't fit WM at all, could be the left inside forward but I just don't see:

Boniek-------LeftoverCF-------------Ljungberg
---------Raúl-------------------Gerrard

getting any votes at all.

Need to go back to the drawing board. At least I know I will have a back four now.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

And the teams at end of Round 5 are:

1. Annahnomoss - 1. Cocu 2. Gentile 3. Tardelli 4. Amoros 5. Rossi
2. EAP - 1. Mascherano 2. Nedved 3. Neeskens 4. Beckham 5. Henry
3. Joga Bonito - 1. Keown 2. Baggio 3. Figo 4. O. Ardiles 5. Weah
4. Raees - 1. Morena 2. Makelele 3. Socrates 4. Conti 5. Stoichkov
5. antohan - 1. Ljungberg 2. Boniek 3. Gerrard 4. Effenberg 5. Raul
6. BorisDeLeFora - 1. Zambrotta 2. Tigana 3. Robson 4. Cerezo 5. Del Piero
7. ctp - 1. Brolin 2. Lato 3. Xavi 4. Guardiola 5. Shevchenko
8. Skizzo - 1. Solskjaer 2. Cabrini 3. Schuster 4. K. Förster 5. Hugo Sanchez
9. Chester/Theon - 1. Di Livio 2. Souness 3. Bochini 4. Dalglish 5. Rivaldo
10. Jayvin - 1. Gallas 2. Vieira 3. Iniesta 4. Lizarazu 5. Romario
11. Stobzilla - 1. Camoranesi 2. Hansen 3. Davids 4. Balakov 5. Batistuta
12. Aldo - 1. Senna 2. Hagi 3. Pirlo 4. Schweinsteiger 5. RvN
13. The Red Viper - 1. Prosinečki 2. Robben 3. Scholes 4. Vidic 5. Allan Simonsen
14. VivaJanuzaj - 1. Francescoli 2. Seedorf 3. Breitner 4. Vierchowod 5. Rummenigge
15. harms - 1. Puyol 2. Blokhin 3. Falcao 4. Roberto Carlos 5. Bergkamp
16. crappycraperson - 1. Nadal 2. M. Kempes 3. Roy Keane 4. Jan Ceulemans 5. Shearer

 

[Jayvin]

fecking hell, Raúl doesn't fit WM at all, could be the left inside forward but I just don't see:

Boniek-------LeftoverCF-------------Ljungberg
---------Raúl-------------------Gerrard

getting any votes at all.

Need to go back to the drawing board. At least I know I will have a back four now.

Raul looks fine there to me. Also why not have Gerrard at Halfback, he certainly has the stamina for it.

 

[antohan]

Raul looks fine there to me. Also why not have Gerrard at Halfback, he certainly has the stamina for it.

Yeah, Raúl fits there, but by the time I get to see if I get a fullback, then build the defence with scarce options... the CF will be bottom of the barrel. You don't play FIVE players upfront to be so meh overall. And no, I don't think Gerrard would make a good halfback in a WM.

Thanks for the positive thoughts though

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Anto can't catch a break here, and I'm starting to think Viva's bribing EAP!

My midfield is complete. What do you guys think of it?

...Nedved.....Neeskens...Beckham...
................Mascherano................


Edit: And I really hope Mascherano is the one fecking off to Argentina.

I really like the balance of that midfield, but I wouldn't get cute with the formation. A basic 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 looks the obvious way to go.

 

[antohan]

This is exactly where I am now.

Tevezbola better be kind to me... I'm passing on many players I love for the sound choice. Get on with it guys.

 

[antohan]

Anto can't catch a break here, and I'm starting to think Viva's bribing EAP!

I really like the balance of that midfield, but I wouldn't get cute with the formation. A basic 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 looks the obvious way to go.

More so now he has Henry, he can get half a zillion strikers that would work fine there and just needs to move on to the defence.

 

[Pat_Mustard]

More so now he has Henry, he can get half a zillion strikers that would work fine there and just needs to move on to the defence.

Aye, there's one very obvious choice that would be awesome behind Henry, and is powerful enough in the air to make the most of Beckham's crosses too. I hope he goes for him.

 

[antohan]

Aye, there's one very obvious choice that would be awesome behind Henry, and is powerful enough in the air to make the most of Beckham's crosses too. I hope he goes for him.

Andy Carroll?

 

[Annahnomoss]

Tardelli, Gentile, Amoros...I think I need another aggressive and tenacious player....I pick Gascoigne.

 

[antohan]

Chaps, gotta go now, leaving my pick with Boris so @Raees please tag him as well when it's my turn.

 

[antohan]

This is so gay, made my day amid the debacle. The inevitable outcome of Gravejoy getting his bollocks chopped.

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Andy Carroll?

Nah, I assumed Carroll was in the blocked GOAT pool.

 

[Moby]

It's your turn @Edgar Allan Pillow

 

[Jayvin]

PM'd my next pick to Aldo

 

[crappycraperson]

@crappycraperson smiles with Alan Shearer

Uurghhh.... I call for screenshot

 

[antohan]

Uurghhh.... I call for screenshot

Errr... wait, does the decision to start "from the bottom" mean I would have got Ruud?

If Ruud was 5th on the list I'm officially upset.

 

[VivaJanuzaj]

I've never been this lucky in my life. Loving it. Sorry anto I actually feel bad!

This is awesome.

 

[Moby]

Errr... wait, does the decision to start "from the bottom" mean I would have got Ruud?

If Ruud was 5th on the list I'm officially upset.

That would be truly hilarious.

 

[Annahnomoss]

1. Annahnomoss - 1. Cocu 2. Gentile 3. Tardelli 4. Amoros 5. Rossi 6. Gascoigne
2. EAP - 1. Mascherano 2. Nedved 3. Neeskens 4. Beckham 5. Henry
3. Joga Bonito - 1. Keown 2. Baggio 3. Figo 4. O. Ardiles 5. Weah
4. Raees - 1. Morena 2. Makelele 3. Socrates 4. Conti 5. Stoichkov
5. antohan - 1. Ljungberg 2. Boniek 3. Gerrard 4. Effenberg 5. Raul
6. BorisDeLeFora - 1. Zambrotta 2. Tigana 3. Robson 4. Cerezo 5. Del Piero
7. ctp - 1. Brolin 2. Lato 3. Xavi 4. Guardiola 5. Shevchenko
8. Skizzo - 1. Solskjaer 2. Cabrini 3. Schuster 4. K. Förster 5. Hugo Sanchez
9. Chester/Theon - 1. Di Livio 2. Souness 3. Bochini 4. Dalglish 5. Rivaldo
10. Jayvin - 1. Gallas 2. Vieira 3. Iniesta 4. Lizarazu 5. Romario
11. Stobzilla - 1. Camoranesi 2. Hansen 3. Davids 4. Balakov 5. Batistuta
12. Aldo - 1. Senna 2. Hagi 3. Pirlo 4. Schweinsteiger 5. RvN
13. The Red Viper - 1. Prosinečki 2. Robben 3. Scholes 4. Vidic 5. Allan Simonsen
14. VivaJanuzaj - 1. Francescoli 2. Seedorf 3. Breitner 4. Vierchowod 5. Rummenigge
15. harms - 1. Puyol 2. Blokhin 3. Falcao 4. Roberto Carlos 5. Bergkamp
16. crappycraperson - 1. Nadal 2. M. Kempes 3. Roy Keane 4. Jan Ceulemans 5. Shearer

 

[antohan]

Francescoli shits on half the GOATs in this. My muppet dream was getting him legacy and Rummenigge DoF forward, I could then play a trident and play any random striker who would still fill his boots all day long

Keep him there though, it's a reality draft and reality has both bumps and windfalls along the way.

I called it @VivaJanuzaj, you jammy bastard.

Little did I know I would get all the bumps and you all the windfalls.

 

[antohan]

That would be truly hilarious.

Not really, since the decision was announced AFTER TITO sent the list, and I actually argued against it

If Raúl was 5th it's all well and good, the reading order got changed, but if the allocation was affected I'm certainly NOT happy.

 

[Moby]

I've never been this lucky in my life. Loving it. Sorry anto I actually feel bad!

This is awesome.

Don't forget manager votes count for double. Tactical voting against VJ.

 

[Moby]

Not really, since the decision was announced AFTER TITO sent the list, and I actually argued against it

If Raúl was 5th it's all well and good, the reading order got changed, but if the allocation was affected I'm certainly NOT happy.

Hmm, I think it was just the announcement that was done in reverse order. Only EAP and TITO know though.

 

[VivaJanuzaj]

Don't forget manager votes count for double. Tactical voting against VJ.

I'm on my phone, but imagine there's an "oh no she didn't" gif