The Modern / Current Players Draft

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Reinforcement Pool:

1. Pat_Mustard: 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti 6. Laporte 7. Tevez 8. Kwadwo Asamoah 9. Deisler 10.Mandanda 11. Lars Bender 12. Michel Bastos
2. Physiocrat: 2. Fabregas 4. Wilshere 5. Alba 6. Nani 7. Rafael 8. Berbatov 9. Vermalean 10. Igor Akinfeev 11. Gustavo 12. Sturridge
3. Stobzilla: 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan 6. Özil 7. Griezmann 8. Luiz 9. Bonucci 10. Valdes 11. Otamendi 12. Kondogbia
4. BorisDeLeFora: 2. Kompany 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic 6. Hamsik 7. Arbeloa 8. Vicente 9. Walcott 10. Ter Stegen 11. Richards 12. Kehl.
5. Snow: 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano 6. Thiago 7.Srna 8. Garay 9. Badstuber 10. Lloris 11. Cuadrado 12. Diego.
6. NoPace: 1. Kroos 3. Ramos 5. Ledley King 6. Falcao 7. Casillas 8. Filipe Luis 9. T.Rosicky 10. Motta 11. Debuchy 12. Donovan.
7. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez 7.Valencia 8. Benzema 9. Demichelis 10. Hart 11. Podolski 12. Benayoun.
8. NM: 3. Maicon 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois 7. Subotic 8. Dante 9. Strootman 10. Mario Gomez 11. Malouda 12. Darren Fletcher.

Dropped Players: 1. Lavezzi 2. Lassana Diarra 3. Błaszczykowski 4. Coleman 5. Rojo 6. Cazorla 7. De Sciglio 8. Nigel De Jong 9. Cassano 10. Ramsey 11. Blazeretti 12. Kolarov 13. Saviola 14. Alex Song.

QF drop outs

Raees: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan 6. Isco 7. Carvajal 8. Park Ji Sung 9. Higuain 10. C Bravo 11. Marquinhos 12. M. De Sciglio 13. Modric 14. De Rossi

The Red Viper: 1. Iniesta 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves 6. Marcelo 7. Cahill 8. Lichtsteiner 9. Ramsey 10. Sirigu 11. Cazorla 12. Höwedes 13. Xavi 14. Rues

VivaJanuzaj: 1. Thiago Silva 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze 6. Alex Song 7. Clichy 8. Diego Costa 9. Pedro 10. Mertesacker 11. Begović 12. Błaszczykowski 13. Lahm 4. di Maria

Crappycraperson: 1. Ribery 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. Cech 7. Lavezzi 8. Coentrao 9. Joaquin 10. Moutinho 11. Oscar 12. Cáceres 13. Vidic


Qualified for semi finals:

MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique 6. Neuer 7. Baines 8. Sokratis 9. Piszczek 10. Pjanic 11. Cassano 12. Saviola 13. Bale 14. Hazard

Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke 6. Chivu 7. Marchisio 8. Sagna 9. Mata 10. Keylor Navas 11. Balzaretti 12. Rojo 13. Vidal 14. Boateng

Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. De Gea 6. Koscielny 7. Khedira 8. Robinho 9. Kolo 10. Kolarov 11. Coleman 12. Raul Abiol 13. Robben 14. Cole

Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. D. Silva 5. Miranda 6. Sterling 7. Lewandowski 8. Matuidi 9. Juanfran 10. Handanovic 11. Lassana Diarra 12. Seydou Keita 13. Cambiasso

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@MJJ your turn.

Two reinforcements.
Pick one and drop one.
The nationality and age rules still apply.

 

[harms]

@MJJ your turn.

Two reinforcements.
Pick one and drop one.
The nationality and age rules still apply.

Since I would probably be asleep when Theon /trv match finishes, I pick Ronaldinho.

Pjanic. (he drops him - edited)

@Isotope

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Isotope

Yo. Thanks. Missed that!

 

[Isotope]

Phillip Lahm

Out: Marchisio

 

[Isotope]

@Theon

 

[Theon]

Thiago Silva drop Koscielny

@Skizzo

 

[Skizzo]

Thiago Silva drop Koscielny

@Skizzo

Probably the best upgrade anyone could make. Good choice. I can imagine your next one already too

 

[Skizzo]

First pick...drop Sterling

pick up Ribery

 

[Mani]

And your second pick? @Skizzo

 

[Theon]

I need to go to work now

PMed pick

 

[Skizzo]

And your second pick? @Skizzo

Bouncing a few ideas around. Will post it in a few

 

[Mani]

Take you time Skizzo,fascinating to see how teams shape up.

 

[Skizzo]

We'll drop one spanish Maestro, for the one they compare to Zidane. The one who's probably the best midfielder of his generation. The one who's one of the best midfielders of any generation.

 

[Skizzo]

Reinforcement Pool:

1. Pat_Mustard: 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti 6. Laporte 7. Tevez 8. Kwadwo Asamoah 9. Deisler 10.Mandanda 11. Lars Bender 12. Michel Bastos
2. Physiocrat: 2. Fabregas 4. Wilshere 5. Alba 6. Nani 7. Rafael 8. Berbatov 9. Vermalean 10. Igor Akinfeev 11. Gustavo 12. Sturridge
3. Stobzilla: 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan 6. Özil 7. Griezmann 8. Luiz 9. Bonucci 10. Valdes 11. Otamendi 12. Kondogbia
4. BorisDeLeFora: 2. Kompany 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic 6. Hamsik 7. Arbeloa 8. Vicente 9. Walcott 10. Ter Stegen 11. Richards 12. Kehl.
5. Snow: 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano 6. Thiago 7.Srna 8. Garay 9. Badstuber 10. Lloris 11. Cuadrado 12. Diego.
6. NoPace: 1. Kroos 3. Ramos 5. Ledley King 6. Falcao 7. Casillas 8. Filipe Luis 9. T.Rosicky 10. Motta 11. Debuchy 12. Donovan.
7. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez 7.Valencia 8. Benzema 9. Demichelis 10. Hart 11. Podolski 12. Benayoun.
8. NM: 3. Maicon 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois 7. Subotic 8. Dante 9. Strootman 10. Mario Gomez 11. Malouda 12. Darren Fletcher.

Dropped Players: 1. Lavezzi 2. Lassana Diarra 3. Błaszczykowski 4. Coleman 5. Rojo 6. Cazorla 7. De Sciglio 8. Nigel De Jong 9. Cassano 10. Ramsey 11. Blazeretti 12. Kolarov 13. Saviola 14. Alex Song. 15. Pjanic 16. Marchisio 17. Koscielny 18. Sterling 19. D. Silva

QF drop outs

Raees: 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan 6. Isco 7. Carvajal 8. Park Ji Sung 9. Higuain 10. C Bravo 11. Marquinhos 12. M. De Sciglio 13. Modric 14. De Rossi

The Red Viper: 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves 6. Marcelo 7. Cahill 8. Lichtsteiner 9. Ramsey 10. Sirigu 11. Cazorla 12. Höwedes 13. Xavi 14. Rues

VivaJanuzaj: 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze 6. Alex Song 7. Clichy 8. Diego Costa 9. Pedro 10. Mertesacker 11. Begović 12. Błaszczykowski 4. di Maria

Crappycraperson: 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. Cech 7. Lavezzi 8. Coentrao 9. Joaquin 10. Moutinho 11. Oscar 12. Cáceres 13. Vidic


Qualified for semi finals:

MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique 6. Neuer 7. Baines 8. Sokratis 9. Piszczek 10. Bale 11. Hazard 12. Ronaldinho

Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke 6. Chivu 7. Sagna 8. Mata 9. Keylor Navas 10 Vidal. 11. Boatent 12. Lahm

Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. De Gea 6. Khedira 7. Robinho 8. Kolo 9. Raul Abiol 10. Robben 11. Cole 12. Thiago Silva

Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. Miranda 5. Lewandowski 6. Juanfran 7. Handanovic 8. Seydou Keita 9. Cambiasso 10. Kroos 11. Ribery 12. Iniesta

 

[Skizzo]

@Theon

or whoever has his pick.

 

[Isotope]

I left my pick to Edgar and Skizzo.

 

[Annahnomoss]

Theon: Vidic please for robinho

 

[Annahnomoss]

Reinforcement Pool:

1. Pat_Mustard: 2. Villa 3. Dani Alves 4. Barzagli 5. Verratti 6. Laporte 7. Tevez 8. Kwadwo Asamoah 9. Deisler 10.Mandanda 11. Lars Bender 12. Michel Bastos
2. Physiocrat: 2. Fabregas 4. Wilshere 5. Alba 6. Nani 7. Rafael 8. Berbatov 9. Vermalean 10. Igor Akinfeev 11. Gustavo 12. Sturridge
3. Stobzilla: 2. Alaba 3. Vidal 4. Rooney 5. Turan 6. Özil 7. Griezmann 8. Luiz 9. Bonucci 10. Valdes 11. Otamendi 12. Kondogbia
4. BorisDeLeFora: 2. Kompany 4. Cavani 5. Rakitic 6. Hamsik 7. Arbeloa 8. Vicente 9. Walcott 10. Ter Stegen 11. Richards 12. Kehl.
5. Snow: 3. Busquets 4. Azpilicueta 5. Adriano 6. Thiago 7.Srna 8. Garay 9. Badstuber 10. Lloris 11. Cuadrado 12. Diego.
6. NoPace: 1. Kroos 3. Ramos 5. Ledley King 6. Falcao 7. Casillas 8. Filipe Luis 9. T.Rosicky 10. Motta 11. Debuchy 12. Donovan.
7. Barney: 1. Gerrard 2. Alonso 3. Martínez 4. Benatia 5. Zabaleta 6. Ricardo Rodriguez 7.Valencia 8. Benzema 9. Demichelis 10. Hart 11. Podolski 12. Benayoun.
8. NM: 3. Maicon 5. James Rodriguez 6. Courtois 7. Subotic 8. Dante 9. Strootman 10. Mario Gomez 11. Malouda 12. Darren Fletcher.

Dropped Players: 1. Lavezzi 2. Lassana Diarra 3. Błaszczykowski 4. Coleman 5. Rojo 6. Cazorla 7. De Sciglio 8. Nigel De Jong 9. Cassano 10. Ramsey 11. Blazeretti 12. Kolarov 13. Saviola 14. Alex Song. 15. Pjanic 16. Marchisio 17. Koscielny 18. Sterling 19. D. Silva 20. Robinho

QF drop outs

Raees: 2. Hummels 3. Chiellini 4. De Jong 5. Gundogan 6. Isco 7. Carvajal 8. Park Ji Sung 9. Higuain 10. C Bravo 11. Marquinhos 12. M. De Sciglio 13. Modric 14. De Rossi

The Red Viper: 2. Terry 3. Neymar 4. Van Persie 5. Hargreaves 6. Marcelo 7. Cahill 8. Lichtsteiner 9. Ramsey 10. Sirigu 11. Cazorla 12. Höwedes 13. Xavi 14. Rues

VivaJanuzaj: 2. Yaya Touré 3. Ivanovic 4. Pogba 5. Gotze 6. Alex Song 7. Clichy 8. Diego Costa 9. Pedro 10. Mertesacker 11. Begović 12. Błaszczykowski 4. di Maria

Crappycraperson: 2. Agüero 3. Varane 4. Carrick 5. Vertonghen 6. Cech 7. Lavezzi 8. Coentrao 9. Joaquin 10. Moutinho 11. Oscar 12. Cáceres 13. Vidic


Qualified for semi finals:

MJJ: 1. Kaká 2. Torres 3. Essien 4. Matic 5. Pique 6. Neuer 7. Baines 8. Sokratis 9. Piszczek 10. Bale 11. Hazard 12. Ronaldinho

Isotope: 1. Suárez 2. Eto'o 3. Mascherano 4. Pepe 5. Koke 6. Chivu 7. Sagna 8. Mata 9. Keylor Navas 10 Vidal. 11. Boatent 12. Lahm

Theon: 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Ibrahimovic 3. Sánchez 4. Sneijder 5. De Gea 6. Khedira 7. Kolo 8. Raul Abiol 9. Robben 10. Cole 11. Thiago Silva 12. Vidic

Skizzo: 1. Müller 2. Evra 3. Godín 4. Miranda 5. Lewandowski 6. Juanfran 7. Handanovic 8. Seydou Keita 9. Cambiasso 10. Kroos 11. Ribery 12. Iniesta

 

[Annahnomoss]

Hopefully that is right, first time I do one of these. He sent me the pick earlier so don't blame him, I thought the thread was dead and was waiting for a bump then I searched for the thread to see what was taking so long - and it was me.

 

[Joga Bonito]

NP Annah.

@Isotope @Edgar Allan Pillow
@Skizzo

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Theon has pulled this off excellently. Assembled a great attack and midfield from the outset, white-knuckled the first few rounds a bit in terms of sporting a below-par defence, but has upgraded to a near-all star defensive unit now (apart from right back).

 

[Balu]

It was kinda obvious anyway. Theon's defense just went from one of the weakest to the by far strongest.

 

[VivaJanuzaj]

Baffled with some picks. Am I a massive minority when looking at defenses too and not only attackers and midfielders?

 

[Isotope]

It was kinda obvious anyway. Theon's defense just went from one of the weakest to the by far strongest.

Yeah. Was hoping @Theon would be gone on that last round, because I knew he'd be near unbeatable when he got the chance to upgrade his defence.

Now if I get him on the next round, I'd just waive a white flag and wouldn't be bothered arguing.

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Aye, it was clear enough that would be his aim but I'm a bit surprised at how flawlessly its all worked it for him, in terms of Cole, Silva and Vidic all being available and him getting a clear run at them.

 

[Isotope]

Angel Di Maria

out: Sagna
@MJJ

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Baffled with some picks. Am I a massive minority when looking at defenses too and not only attackers and midfielders?

I'm surprised he was allowed to get both of those centre backs to be honest. Skizzo/Joga have had a solid defence sorted from the outset, but I thought everyone else could use Silva or Vidic as a priority.

 

[VivaJanuzaj]

I'm surprised he was allowed to get both of those centre backs to be honest. Skizzo/Joga have had a solid defence sorted from the outset, but I thought everyone else could use Silva or Vidic as a priority.

Perhaps we're clueless, which is why we're losing these. MJJ opted to make the much needed upgrade of the underwhelming Hazard for Ronaldinho, instead of the small upgrade of Sokratis for T.Silva/Vidic. Who knows, he gets pretty far in most of these so maybe we're the ones mistaken.

@Isotope are you planning to keep playing Chivu?

@Theon I'm loving the team you've built. Very well all-rounded and balanced, well done. If you'll get through next round and get a top class RB for Albiol and a(not urgent) upgrade for Khedira/Sneijder it will be the best Ibrahimovic built system possible.

 

[Isotope]

@Isotope are you planning to keep playing Chivu?
.

Yes. Now that I have Di Maria to cover the left flank, I can have more defensive LB there, and adding some passing forte from defence. Sort of like Blind as LB in the last 2 games.

 

[VivaJanuzaj]

Yes. Now that I have Di Maria to cover the left flank, I can have more defensive LB there, and adding some passing forte from defence. Sort of like Blind as LB in the last 2 games.

Interesting. Looking forward seeing your writeup.

 

[harms]

I felt that @Theon got away with murder in the last round. He shouldn't have won with that god awful defence of his And now he has two individually best defenders in the draft forming a complimentary partnership - that's cheating, surely.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Only MJJ to pick before I do the draw!

 

[MJJ]

Vidic

Am taking terry.

 

[Isotope]

I'm surprised he was allowed to get both of those centre backs to be honest. Skizzo/Joga have had a solid defence sorted from the outset, but I thought everyone else could use Silva or Vidic as a priority.

I have Pepe and Boateng as CB, and with the chance to a massive upgrade on fullbacks and CM. I don't think upgrading those CBs is priority. I'd say MJJ and Skizzo could use both but decided not to.

 

[Gio]

Baffled with some picks. Am I a massive minority when looking at defenses too and not only attackers and midfielders?

Aye, the reinforcement rounds have been less tactical than normal and more focused on attacking pizzazz rather than tangible defensive improvement.

 

[MJJ]

I have Pepe and Boateng as CB, and with the chance to a massive upgrade on fullbacks and CM. I don't think upgrading those CBs is priority. I'd say MJJ and Skizzo could use both but decided not to.

Would never have gotten two of Silva /vidic/terry. As defenders there isn't a look between them so was happy with whoever was left over. Having Ronaldinho as a winger is much more effective than upgrading a fullback/centre back since his attacking prowess more than makes up for the defensive frailty on that side.

 

[VivaJanuzaj]

Aye, the reinforcement rounds have been less tactical than normal and more focused on attacking pizzazz rather than tangible defensive improvement.

Yep, and looks like it paid off to go gung ho in the reinforcements last round - Isotope keeping Chivu didn't backfire, MJJ keeping Sokratis/Baines didn't backfire, Theon keeping Koscielny-Kolo didn't backfire. Quite the contrary. Very strange and alerting regarding future drafts

 

[VivaJanuzaj]

By the way, I don't think @Skizzo is free of upgrading that Atletico trio through the final, with the likes of primed Ronaldinho-Bale-Hazard-Suarez-Eto'o-Muller-Ribery-Ibrahimovic all together in attack I'd expect better defenders than Miranda or Juanfran against them, even though they're partnered with proven partners.

 

[Isotope]

Would never have gotten two of Silva /vidic/terry. As defenders there isn't a look between them so was happy with whoever was left over. Having Ronaldinho as a winger is much more effective than upgrading a fullback/centre back since his attacking prowess more than makes up for the defensive frailty on that side.

Exactly. You take what you need.