The Virgin League Draft | Winner: GodShaveTheQueen

[Physiocrat]

Manager

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Time (min)

1. harms

G. Netzer

M. Belodedici

H. Krankl

120

2. Enigma_87

Rivellino

M. Trésor

J. Pirri

342

3. Joga & Theon

B.Vogts

A.Picchi

A.Spencer

370

4. Zlatan 7

C. Seedorf

Aldair

J. Klinsmann

223

5. Physiocrat

B. Schuster

F. Albert

J. Santamaria

45

6. Šjor Bepo & Gio

A. Pirlo

Hidegkuti

K. Mbappe

99

7. Michaelf7777777

R. Bochini

N. Goncalves

Leandro

800

8. Edgar Allan Pillow

D. Beckham

D. Irwin

T. Adams

239

9. King Kendrick

Sócrates

V. Van Dijk

M. Ballack

35

10. SirScholes

S. Aguero

Tostao

J. Terry

424

11. BIG DUNK

D. Bergkamp

J. Heynckes

168

12. Indnyc

R. Lewandowski

F. Lampard

68

13. Pat_Mustard & Jim Beam

Marcelo

R. Koeman

96

14. Fortitude

T. Finney

T. Cerezo

183

15. Himannv

K. Keegan

K. Dalglish

58

16. GodShaveTheQueen

K. Hamrin

O. Sivori

18

@BIG DUNK

 

[BIG DUNK]

Ferenc Bene

A technically brilliant forward, Ferenc Bene was deadly on the right wing or centrally. A skilled dribbler who was just as likely to bamboozle a fullback with his feints, agile turns and tricks or lose his marker in the box with a perfectly timed run. A prolific goalscorer who was undoubtedly one of the most feared forwards/outside rights in the mid to late 60s and early 70s. I feel Bergkamp’s vision and passing will maximise both Heycknes’ and Bene’s relentless workrate, link up play, intelligent movement and clinical finishing in the last third.


@Indnyc

 

[Indnyc]

Sorry.. I’ll take Rui Costa.. Can someone please update the list (120 mins) for this pick

@Jim Beam @Pat_Mustard

 

[Šjor Bepo]

Manager

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Time (min)

1. harms

G. Netzer

M. Belodedici

H. Krankl

120

2. Enigma_87

Rivellino

M. Trésor

J. Pirri

342

3. Joga & Theon

B.Vogts

A.Picchi

A.Spencer

370

4. Zlatan 7

C. Seedorf

Aldair

J. Klinsmann

223

5. Physiocrat

B. Schuster

F. Albert

J. Santamaria

45

6. Šjor Bepo & Gio

A. Pirlo

Hidegkuti

K. Mbappe

99

7. Michaelf7777777

R. Bochini

N. Goncalves

Leandro

800

8. Edgar Allan Pillow

D. Beckham

D. Irwin

T. Adams

239

9. King Kendrick

Sócrates

V. Van Dijk

M. Ballack

35

10. SirScholes

S. Aguero

Tostao

J. Terry

424

11. BIG DUNK

D. Bergkamp

J. Heynckes

F. Bene

251

12. Indnyc

R. Lewandowski

F. Lampard

Rui Costa

188

13. Pat_Mustard & Jim Beam

Marcelo

R. Koeman

96

14. Fortitude

T. Finney

T. Cerezo

183

15. Himannv

K. Keegan

K. Dalglish

58

16. GodShaveTheQueen

K. Hamrin

O. Sivori

18

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Manager

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Time (min)

1. harms

G. Netzer

M. Belodedici

H. Krankl

120

2. Enigma_87

Rivellino

M. Trésor

J. Pirri

342

3. Joga & Theon

B.Vogts

A.Picchi

A.Spencer

370

4. Zlatan 7

C. Seedorf

Aldair

J. Klinsmann

223

5. Physiocrat

B. Schuster

F. Albert

J. Santamaria

45

6. Šjor Bepo & Gio

A. Pirlo

Hidegkuti

K. Mbappe

99

7. Michaelf7777777

R. Bochini

N. Goncalves

Leandro

800

8. Edgar Allan Pillow

D. Beckham

D. Irwin

T. Adams

239

9. King Kendrick

Sócrates

V. Van Dijk

M. Ballack

35

10. SirScholes

S. Aguero

Tostao

J. Terry

424

11. BIG DUNK

D. Bergkamp

J. Heynckes

F. Bene

251

12. Indnyc

R. Lewandowski

F. Lampard

Rui Costa

188

13. Pat_Mustard & Jim Beam

Marcelo

R. Koeman

L. Kubala

111

14. Fortitude

T. Finney

T. Cerezo

183

15. Himannv

K. Keegan

K. Dalglish

58

16. GodShaveTheQueen

K. Hamrin

O. Sivori

18

 

[Pat_Mustard]

@Fortitude

 

[Himannv]

I wondered when Kubala would go. He was like 3rd or 4th on my list for the first round itself.

 

[Fortitude]

@Fortitude

Why would you @me after literally taking my pick.

Ari Haan.

@Himannv

 

[Joga Bonito]

Why would you @me after literally taking my pick.

Ari Haan.

@Himannv

 

[Fortitude]

I wondered when Kubala would go. He was like 3rd or 4th on my list for the first round itself.

It's the hope that kills: literally a pick away. Didn't go for him initially because he doesn't seem rated on here at all relative to his status. Him going at the end of the third round being further testament to that.

Had planned to use that lack of regard to my benefit, and was just a pick away from it working out. Damn you, two!

Krankl, Kubala, Finney was my initial front 3. Not because I should be able to land them all, but because they're players I expected to slip the net (particularly Kubala), irony being they should all be first round picks in a draft like this, well, perhaps not Krankl as he's much more unknown than the other two.

 

[Fortitude]

Heart sank when i hit refresh. Like grasping a handful of refined salt. Just slipped away in the night.

Oh well, he was my last real pipe dream.

And I still can't get my head around how Vogts is in this draft!

 

[Himannv]

Barry Hulshoff

@GodShaveTheQueen

 

[Joga Bonito]

Heart sank when i hit refresh. Like grasping a handful of refined salt. Just slipped away in the night

You'll never get used to the feeling no matter how many draft games you play .

And I still can't get my head around how Vogts is in this draft!

Yup me neither. I'd assumed that he'd won a couple of drafts by now, let alone one but nope.

 

[GodShaveTheQueen]

Mr. Blanchflower and Mr. Bremner

Thanks for picking Kubala or I would have been forced to go WM.

@Himannv

Edit: Well done on picking Hulshoff so early. Certainly a tier 1 player as far as this draft is concerned

 

[Fortitude]

You'll never get used to the feeling no matter how many draft games you play .



Yup me neither. I'd assumed that he'd won a couple of drafts by now, let alone one but nope.

Tis fair enough if he gets crossed off early enough for you not to get it into your head he's actually coming your way, but just a pick away!

re. Vogts. I got here late (was actually my turn to pick in the first round) so scanning through what had gone on and who the block list included, I did 3 checks to make sure there hadn't been some kind of collective brain fart that somehow nobody but me could see.

Bonkers to think in the eleventy billion drafts there's been, he's never won one! O.o

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Why would you @me after literally taking my pick.

Ari Haan.

@Himannv

Just to rub it in, we hadn't even discussed him until yesterday as we were prioritising other positions for our previous picks and I just assumed he'd be long gone by this stage.

 

[Fortitude]

Just to rub it in, we hadn't even discussed him until yesterday as we were prioritising other positions for our previous picks and I just assumed he'd be long gone by this stage.

i fell asleep waiting for my pick and woke up and pretty much hit refresh straight away, so was too tired and sleepy-eyed to curse you two out loud, but so close!

 

[Himannv]

Horst Szymaniak

@Fortitude

 

[Fortitude]

Uli Hoeness

@Pat_Mustard

@Jim Beam

 

[Jim Beam]

We will take Enzo.

@Indnyc

 

[Jim Beam]

Manager

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Time (min)

1. harms

G. Netzer

M. Belodedici

H. Krankl

120

2. Enigma_87

Rivellino

M. Trésor

J. Pirri

342

3. Joga & Theon

B.Vogts

A.Picchi

A.Spencer

370

4. Zlatan 7

C. Seedorf

Aldair

J. Klinsmann

223

5. Physiocrat

B. Schuster

F. Albert

J. Santamaria

45

6. Šjor Bepo & Gio

A. Pirlo

Hidegkuti

K. Mbappe

99

7. Michaelf7777777

R. Bochini

N. Goncalves

Leandro

800

8. Edgar Allan Pillow

D. Beckham

D. Irwin

T. Adams

239

9. King Kendrick

Sócrates

V. Van Dijk

M. Ballack

35

10. SirScholes

S. Aguero

Tostao

J. Terry

424

11. BIG DUNK

D. Bergkamp

J. Heynckes

F. Bene

251

12. Indnyc

R. Lewandowski

F. Lampard

Rui Costa

188

13. Pat_Mustard & Jim Beam

Marcelo

R. Koeman

L. Kubala

E. Francescoli

116

14. Fortitude

T. Finney

T. Cerezo

A. Haan

U. Hoeness

567

15. Himannv

K. Keegan

K. Dalglish

B. Hulshoff

H. Szymaniak

159

16. GodShaveTheQueen

K. Hamrin

O. Sivori

D. Blanchflower

B. Bremner

22

Think this is it, but please check your time gents.

 

[harms]

We will take Enzo.

Easily a first round pick. Nice.

 

[Jim Beam]

Easily a first round pick. Nice.

Cheers... As opposed to Kubala we seriously considered him from the start and among the first 2 picks. My comment about pitiful choices last night was tongue in cheek as there were about half of players picked in round 3 at that point that would fit the team.

In the end, quite happy how it turned out. Although, tbf this draft reminds me of "Stars and reserves draft" without big names and where every team was really close and tough to separate

 

[Fortitude]

Cheers... As opposed to Kubala we seriously considered him from the start and among the first 2 picks. My comment about pitiful choices last night was tongue in cheek as there were about half of players picked in round 3 at that point that would fit the team.

In the end, quite happy how it turned out. Although, tbf this draft reminds me of "Stars and reserves draft" without big names and where every team was really close and tough to separate

-_-

Don't make me swear at you, Jim.

You've got two great picks who shouldn't have been on the board by the 3rd round, even by the end of the 1st, you could fairly argue.

Francescoli wasn't gonna last another round, and Kubala definitely wasn't gonna. Had the Uruguayan pencilled rather than penned because his time was obviously nigh if not picked during the last go round.

 

[Enigma_87]

Francescoli wasn't gonna last another round

Yeah he wasn’t gonna, I can confirm

I see the strong influence of @Pat_Mustard behind that pick

 

[Jim Beam]

-_-

Don't make me swear at you, Jim.

Kubala is on Pat, my conscience is clear.

 

[Fortitude]

Don't mind my salt... Didn't want him anyway.

 

[Jim Beam]

That's the spirit!!

 

[Fortitude]

That's the spirit!! We'll be doing it to you a few more times in the draft, don't you worry 'bout that!

I see your white text, Jim.

 

[Invictus]

Manager

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Time (min)

1. harms

G. Netzer

M. Belodedici

H. Krankl

120

2. Enigma_87

Rivellino

M. Trésor

J. Pirri

342

3. Joga & Theon

B.Vogts

A.Picchi

A.Spencer

370

4. Zlatan 7

C. Seedorf

Aldair

J. Klinsmann

223

5. Physiocrat

B. Schuster

F. Albert

J. Santamaria

45

6. Šjor Bepo & Gio

A. Pirlo

Hidegkuti

K. Mbappe

99

7. Michaelf7777777

R. Bochini

N. Goncalves

Leandro

800

8. Edgar Allan Pillow

D. Beckham

D. Irwin

T. Adams

239

9. King Kendrick

Sócrates

V. Van Dijk

M. Ballack

35

10. SirScholes

S. Aguero

Tostao

J. Terry

688

11. BIG DUNK

D. Bergkamp

J. Heynckes

F. Bene

251

12. Indnyc

R. Lewandowski

F. Lampard

Rui Costa

G. Gattuso

200

13. Pat_Mustard & Jim Beam

Marcelo

R. Koeman

L. Kubala

E. Francescoli

116

14. Fortitude

T. Finney

T. Cerezo

A. Haan

U. Hoeness

567

15. Himannv

K. Keegan

K. Dalglish

B. Hulshoff

H. Szymaniak

159

16. GodShaveTheQueen

K. Hamrin

O. Sivori

D. Blanchflower

B. Bremner

22

@BIG DUNK

 

[Joga Bonito]

Uli Hoeness

@Pat_Mustard

@Jim Beam

Fantastic pick. Seriously underrated!

 

[Fortitude]

Fantastic pick. Seriously underrated!

Cheers. Certainly not complaining. With the brothers mischief going ahead of me, I'm kind of had my path chosen for me, in some respects.

I legitimately had him, Francescoli and an as yet unpicked player as the next pick, knowing full well whoever I go with very probably wipes the other guys off the board as I seriously doubt Mr. Unpicked comes back round to me.

Happy, nonetheless, as his ability and versatility open up possibilities.

 

[Šjor Bepo]

About time Hoeness gets some draft love!

 

[BIG DUNK]

My next all-time legend, many consider as the greatest goalkeeper of all time: LEV YASHIN.

The Ballon d’Or winner will be a vital piece in how I want my team to play. Welcome to the team.


“Yashin revolutionised the role of goalkeeper like no other before him, by always being ready to act as an extra defender and by starting dangerous counter-attacks with his positioning and quick throws.”

“Lev Yashin was first-class, a real super goalkeeper. His positional play was excellent, but everything he did was top-class. He was the model for goalkeeping for the next 10 to 15 years, without a doubt. I visualised myself doing some of the things he was doing, even though I was already playing in the top division I used to learn from him." - Gordon Banks

“Yashin was "the peerless goalkeeper of the century."” - Eusebio

“Someone once said that a team with Pele started a game with a 1-0 lead. A team with Yashin started winning 2-0.” - Pelé

“The fans always called Yashin by his first name. To them, he was one of them, like a brother or a friend. He used to walk home from matches with masses of fans – he’d let them carry his sports bag.”

 

[BIG DUNK]

@SirScholes

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Invictus if nobody else have objections, can we increase team's to 14 players with last 2 being optional at managers discretion?

 

[Fortitude]

Erm... @Invictus is Yashin an oversight, as in a name that was meant to be on the list, but never got round to? Can't be right?

 

[Jim Beam]

Didn't watch a lot of Germany and Bayern from 70's, but from what I watched Uli surprised me the most. All over the pitch, stamina, aggression, very good technique. Reminded me of peak Rooney in some way (which is 2006-2009 for me).

There you go @Fortitude, it was a blessing in disguise. You're welcome.

Erm... @Invictus is Yashin an oversight, as in a name that was meant to be on the list, but never got round to? Can't be right?

Nope, probably the greatest GK never won a draft.

 

[Enigma_87]

Erm... @Invictus is Yashin an oversight, as in a name that was meant to be on the list, but never got round to? Can't be right?

Not an oversight, wondered when he will go. Much alike AdS and Vogts it's really odd that they haven't won a draft considering how often they are picked.

 

[Fortitude]

Wow! Ain't that something!