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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #560 on: July 6, 2020, 10:52:13 pm »
Claus your gimmick round after the draft better be good

It might be!

I also PMed Max
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #561 on: July 6, 2020, 11:12:39 pm »
It might be!

I also PMed Max

Is the next gimmick in the final round or after the final round?
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #562 on: July 7, 2020, 12:23:11 am »
Is the next gimmick in the final round or after the final round?

After, would be shitty to be all "you can have any world class player you want" when 13 people are picking keepers
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #563 on: July 7, 2020, 01:09:21 am »
Good shout, PiM. One of me arl fellah's favourites, he always talked warmly about that Spurs double side with Danny as skipper. White, Mackay and Jones off the top of me head. Always had a soft spot for Spurs after me da
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #564 on: July 7, 2020, 02:36:45 am »
Can I pick Leighton Baines as my leftback? I heard you don’t need trophies to be a winner, and he’s a winner.

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #565 on: July 7, 2020, 08:12:15 am »
If my turn comes around before I'm awake just go ahead and skip the hour to the next turn. I don't think anyone's gonna take my pick anyway haha
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #566 on: July 7, 2020, 10:18:43 am »
Currently Dynasty's pick, have PM's him again, but we should move on in a while if he still hasn't picked
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #567 on: July 7, 2020, 10:22:49 am »
it's 10.20 and no pick yet, someone get it moving

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #568 on: July 7, 2020, 10:36:10 am »
Setting my side up something like this, I know it's probably not going to take peoples liking that much, but I wanted to look into some older players that played in England while picking this team.

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Azpilicueta            Hansen            Hughes           Cherry


                      Robson   Mackay   Ballack
                                                         
           
               Bergkamp       Greaves        Rooney



I'm pretty confident nobody will be picking my goalkeeper.
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #569 on: July 7, 2020, 10:39:48 am »
I like that team Elzar, very strong

but Bergkamp on the right , hell no!

go to be a diamond with bergkamp behind rooney and greaves, mackay the DM, that would be perfect or at least put Bergkamp central

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #570 on: July 7, 2020, 10:43:11 am »
I like that team Elzar, very strong

but Bergkamp on the right , hell no!

go to be a diamond with bergkamp behind rooney and greaves, mackay the DM, that would be perfect or at least put Bergkamp central

Agreed. Perfect players for a diamond set-up really.
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #571 on: July 7, 2020, 10:47:28 am »
Good side Elzar, nice to see working alongside me during lockdown improved your drafting abilities. Claus, on the other hand...

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #572 on: July 7, 2020, 10:48:08 am »
I like that team Elzar, very strong

but Bergkamp on the right , hell no!

go to be a diamond with bergkamp behind rooney and greaves, mackay the DM, that would be perfect or at least put Bergkamp central

I was going to set it up different when I had more ability to move the players than lines of text, will keep that in mind then. I was only young when Bergkamp was at his best, but what I remembered of him he tended to operate on the right of the box so thought he could fit there. Will try with a diamond in the final formation!

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Azpilicueta            Hansen            Hughes           Cherry

                                        Mackay

                       Robson                      Ballack
                                                 
                                       Bergkamp
                     
                           Greaves           Rooney


Good side Elzar, nice to see working alongside me during lockdown improved your drafting abilities. Claus, on the other hand...

I nearly went 3-2-2-3 but the lack of wingers in the draft was a problem!
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #573 on: July 7, 2020, 10:55:04 am »
I think that's much better, you now get the best our of those front three - that's one mighty team there

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #574 on: July 7, 2020, 10:59:13 am »
Oh fuck off Lobo.  You've ruined EVERYTHING.
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #575 on: July 7, 2020, 11:07:22 am »
Did that picture of Beardo put you off stroke?

Elzar, that’s ripe for an old Christmas tree formation
If he's being asked to head the ball too frequently - which isn't exactly his specialty - it could affect his ear and cause an infection. Especially if the ball hits him on the ear directly.

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #576 on: July 7, 2020, 11:18:37 am »
Oh fuck off Lobo.  You've ruined EVERYTHING.

Imagine saving your Liverpool pick for the WHOLE draft and then being fucked at the last minute because you picked Winterburn first.

It's okay, mate. Ronny Rosenthal is still available.
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #577 on: July 7, 2020, 11:29:22 am »
Imagine saving your Liverpool pick for the WHOLE draft and then being fucked at the last minute because you picked Winterburn first.

It's okay, mate. Ronny Rosenthal is still available.

Thanks, Betty.  This really helped.
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #578 on: July 7, 2020, 12:01:22 pm »
Thanks, Betty.  This really helped.

You could delay your pick and hope Harvey Elliott becomes eligible.
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #579 on: July 7, 2020, 01:48:13 pm »
Thought about Deco myself instead of Ballack, interested to see what others make of his time in England.
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #580 on: July 7, 2020, 01:59:37 pm »
We only get to pick once from a runners up correct?

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #581 on: July 7, 2020, 02:05:35 pm »
We only get to pick once from a runners up correct?

Yeah and I thought we had to make that pick in a specific round?
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #582 on: July 7, 2020, 02:11:29 pm »
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Beckham-----Alonso-----Vieira-----Callaghan

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #583 on: July 7, 2020, 02:14:50 pm »
Ballack was here for a lot longer wasn’t he? Deco was a good player too though.
If he's being asked to head the ball too frequently - which isn't exactly his specialty - it could affect his ear and cause an infection. Especially if the ball hits him on the ear directly.

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #584 on: July 7, 2020, 02:16:05 pm »
Ballack was here for a lot longer wasn’t he? Deco was a good player too though.

I believe so. I think ballack was better between the two whilst in England.

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #585 on: July 7, 2020, 02:33:53 pm »
Yeah and I thought we had to make that pick in a specific round?

Yeah I think everyone was meant to pick one in that round.
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #586 on: July 7, 2020, 03:22:58 pm »
Yeah I think everyone was meant to pick one in that round.

They should have but I guess it doesn't really matter?
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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #587 on: July 7, 2020, 03:26:38 pm »
If he's being asked to head the ball too frequently - which isn't exactly his specialty - it could affect his ear and cause an infection. Especially if the ball hits him on the ear directly.

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #588 on: July 7, 2020, 04:36:07 pm »


Lauren   Thompson  O'Leary  Irwin

             Essien Gundogan     

                   Lampard

Salah            Cole           Heighway

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #589 on: July 7, 2020, 04:36:33 pm »
well right back was tough

cheese picks on offer, Belletti, Johnson and a few others

came down to Gary Stevens & Gary Kelly both worthy champions

Stevens twice champion but Bobby nabbed him so more than happy to have Kelly - better than cheesing out or going for a left back and moving Gallas to RB where he didn't really feature

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« Reply #590 on: July 7, 2020, 04:42:33 pm »

Lauren   Thompson  O'Leary  Irwin

             Essien Gundogan     

                   Lampard

Salah            Cole           Heighway

Really strong and well balanced team that.

You'll go out in the first round  :D
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« Reply #591 on: July 7, 2020, 04:42:57 pm »
Really strong and well balanced team that.

You'll go out in the first round  :D
Hahaha that's exactly what I was thinking when I putting it together  ;D ;D

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #592 on: July 7, 2020, 04:47:05 pm »
Gundogan also is someone who has been pretty average in England.  Pep likes him  but also plays him in odd roles like as false nine or a defensive midfielder. He makes tonnes of errors and is their weakest midfielder IMO. 

Just to clarify, I don't think its a cheesy pick. But I think his reputation is bigger than his performance in England.
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« Reply #593 on: July 7, 2020, 04:49:51 pm »
shots fired.... :)

I think Andy Cole play alone centrally is the worry there, always played in a 4-4-2 from what I remember

similar to Elzar, i would consider a little formation jiggle

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #594 on: July 7, 2020, 05:00:24 pm »
Gundogan also is someone who has been pretty average in England.  Pep likes him  but also plays him in odd roles like as false nine or a defensive midfielder. He makes tonnes of errors and is their weakest midfielder IMO. 

Just to clarify, I don't think its a cheesy pick. But I think his reputation is bigger than his performance in England.

I think he had a good second season and was solid enough last year. I think he's been better than the likes of Ballack and Deco in England
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« Reply #595 on: July 7, 2020, 05:01:44 pm »
shots fired.... :)

I think Andy Cole play alone centrally is the worry there, always played in a 4-4-2 from what I remember

similar to Elzar, i would consider a little formation jiggle

Salah would link up with him well, given how Salah plays, he starts on the right but we all know that he's in and around the box more than the conventional wide player.

There's not much I can do formation wise with the players I picked.


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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #596 on: July 7, 2020, 05:10:53 pm »
Flash hasn’t been around for days now so I’m going to make both of my picks.

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #597 on: July 7, 2020, 05:12:23 pm »
Salah would link up with him well, given how Salah plays, he starts on the right but we all know that he's in and around the box more than the conventional wide player.

There's not much I can do formation wise with the players I picked.



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Cole's best individual season in the Premier League was playing alongside Beardsley at Newcastle. Salah + Lampard between them offer the perfect level of creativity and movement around him to make him highly effective in your set-up. Plus Heighway sweeping balls into the box. Cole's quite an underrated striker IMO. Hate who he played for, but he was a highly highly effective goalscorer.
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If he's being asked to head the ball too frequently - which isn't exactly his specialty - it could affect his ear and cause an infection. Especially if the ball hits him on the ear directly.

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Re: Champions of England All Time XI Draft Sign Up Thread
« Reply #599 on: July 7, 2020, 05:18:19 pm »
No hating here it's a great team, just again a diamond maybe more appealing

      Cole         Salah
            Lampard
Highway            Essien
            Gundogan

Essien/Gundogan can be swapped, works either way