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Welcome to the world of Sly Sports where all football before 1992 does not exist. This is a Premier League era draft where you can pick any player who graced the league between the 1992/93 season and the present day.

Rules:

- All form is based on Premier League appearances only. e.g. If you pick George Weah, you get the shit Weah at City not the AC Milan one.

- Performances before the 1992/93 season do not exist, so John Barnes' days as a flying winger are long gone

- You can only pick one player from each nation and therefore by the end of the draft you will have 11 different nations represented in your line-up. e.g. If you draft Fernando Torres for Spain, then Xabi Alonso and every other Spaniard is then off limits to you.

- 2 hours per pick dropping down to 1 hour if you're really slow

- Draft hours are 9am - 11pm GMT (but you can pick outside of these if it's your turn and you're about)

- PM the next drafter after you pick on pain of death.

Draft order:



Teams:

1. Tubby - Mo Salah (Egypt), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal), Robert Pires (France), Denis Irwin (Rep. Ireland), Gary McAllister (Scotland), Mousa Dembélé (Belgium), Diego Costa (Spain), Markus Babbel (Germany), Ledley King (England), Tim Cahill (Australia), Carlo Cudicini (Italy). Bonus Round: Midfielder: Temuri Ketsbaia (Georgia), Forward: Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria), Defender: Djimi Traore (Mali).

2. child-in-time - Thierry Henry (France), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Sami Hyypia (Finland), Ilkay Gundogan (Germany), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Holland), Carlos Tevez (Argentina), Lauren (Cameroon), Martin Skrtel (Slovakia), Jorginho (Italy), Leighton Baines (England), Shay Given (Rep. Ireland). Bonus Round: Forward: Dwight Yorke (Trinidad and Tobago), Defender: Frank Sinclair (Jamaica), Midfielder: Ruben Neves (Portugal).

3. Lastrador - Luis Suarez (Uruguay), Jaap Stam (Holland), Robbie Fowler (England), Emmanuel Petit (France), Michael Ballack (Germany), Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina), Jan Vertonghen (Belgium), Georgi Kinkladze (Georgia), Alexander Hleb (Belarus), Jussi Jääskeläinen (Finland), Marcos Alonso (Spain). Bonus Round: Forward: Robbie Keane (Rep. Ireland), Midfielder: Tomas Rosicky (Czech Republic), Defender: Slaven Bilic (Croatia).

4. Draex - Virgil Van Dijk (Holland), Eric Cantona (France), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Fernandinho (Brazil), Freddie Ljungberg (Sweden), John Arne Riise (Norway), Nemanja Matić (Serbia), Seamus Coleman (Rep. Ireland), Jens Lehmann (Germany), Tony Adams (England), Luis Diaz (Columbia). Bonus Round: Midfielder: Vinnie Jones (Wales), Forward: Michu (Spain), Defender: Dominic Matteo (Scotland).

5. Samie - Steven Gerrard (England), Alisson Becker (Brazil), Fernando Torres (Spain), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), David Ginola (France), Toby Alderweireld (Belgium), Mateo Kovacic (Croatia), Paulo Ferreira (Portugal), Tugay Kerimoğlu (Turkey), Nathan Ake (Holland), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia). Bonus Round: Forward: Faustino Asprilla (Colombia), Midfielder: Cheick Tiote (Ivory Coast), Defender: Taribo West (Nigeria).

6. Vivabobbygraham - Harry Kane (England), Luka Modric (Croatia), Claude Makélélé (France), Arjen Robben (Holland), Philippe Coutinho (Brazil), Philippe Albert (Belgium), Lucas Radebe (South Africa), Gabriel Heinze (Argentina), Gary Kelly (Rep. Ireland), Martin Řdegaard (Norway), Pepe Reina (Spain). Bonus Round: Midfielder: Leroy Sane (Germany), Forward: Titi Camara (Guinea), Defender: Victor Moses (Nigeria).

7. Crosby Nick 128 - Alan Shearer (England), Marcel Desailly (France), Michael Essien (Ghana), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria), Damien Duff (Rep. Ireland), Nobby Solano (Peru), Thiago Silva (Brazil), Gary Speed (Wales), Alvaro Arbeloa (Spain), Christian Ziege (Germany), Brad Friedel (USA). Bonus Round: Forward: Divock Origi (Belgium), Midfielder: Vladimir Smicer (Czech), Defender: Torben Piechnik (Denmark).

8. red1977 - Patrick Vieira (France), Vincent Kompany (Belgium), Andy Robertson (Scotland), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland), Christian Eriksen (Denmark), Petr Cech (Czech Republic), Paul Scholes (England), Luis Garcia (Spain), Olof Melberg (Sweden), Steve Finnan (Ireland), Paulo Di Canio (Italy). Bonus Round: Forward: Mark Viduka (Australia), Midfielder: Eyal Berkovic (Israel), Defender: Robert Huth (Germany).

9. Betty Blue - Sergio Aguero (Argentina), Gianfranco Zola (Italy), Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast), Gilberto Silva (Brazil), Gini Wijnaldum (Holland), Dan Petrescu (Romania), Ian Harte (Rep. Ireland), Matt Le Tissier (England), Aymeric Laporte (Spain), Gus Poyet (Uruguay), Hugo Lloris (France). Bonus Round: Forward: Tony Yeboah (Ghana), Defender: Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Midfielder: Mustapha Hadji (Morocco).

10. Lone Star Red - Sadio Mané (Senegal), N'golo Kante (France), Trent Alexander-Arnold (England), Alexis Sanchez (Chile), Ruben Dias (Portugal), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Thiago Alcantara (Spain), Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia), Per Mertesacker (Germany), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Rafael van der Vaart (Holland). Bonus Round: Forward: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Defender: David Luiz (Brazil), Midfielder: Clint Dempsey (USA).

11. Chakan - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Xabi Alonso (Spain), Nemanja Vidic (Serbia), Wayne Rooney (England), Marc Overmars (Holland), Mesut Özil (Germany), Richard Dunne (Rep. Ireland), Lucas Leiva (Brazil), Gaël Clichy (France), Henning Berg (Norway), Mark Schwarzer (Australia). Bonus Round: Forward: Craig Bellamy (Wales), Midfielder: Gordon Strachan (Scotland), Defender: Maynor Figueroa (Honduras).

12. Mikey_LFC - Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), Erling Haaland (Norway), Bernardo Silva (Portugal), Rodri (Spain), Ashley Cole (England), Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia), Dirk Kuyt (Holland), Antonio Rudiger (Germany), Ederson (Brazil), Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina), Frank LeBoeuf (France). Bonus Round: Forward: Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Midfielder: Momo Sissoko (Mali), Goalkeeper: Steve Staunton (Rep. Ireland).

13. Hazell - Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast), Son Heung-min (South Korea), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Paul McGrath (Rep. Ireland), Nicolas Anelka (France), Sol Campbell (England), Fabio Aurelio (Brazil), Santi Cazorla (Spain), Edwin Van Der Sar (Holland), Vegard Heggem (Norway). Bonus Round: Midfielder: Yossi Benayoun (Israel), Defender: Dejan Lovren (Croatia), Forward: Diogo Jota (Portugal).

14. Elzar - Roy Keane (Rep. Ireland), David Silva (Spain), Joel Matip (Cameroon), Robin van Persie (Holland), Harry Kewell (Australia), Steve McManaman (England), Colin Hendry (Scotland), Bacary Sagna (France), Juninho (Brazil), Stig Inge Bjornebye (Norway), Neville Southall (Wales). Bonus Round: Forward: Fabrizio Ravanelli (Italy), Defender: Chris Samba (Congo), Midfielder: Ali Dia (Senegal).

15. RobbieRedman - Dennis Bergkamp (Holland), Ryan Giggs (Wales), Rio Ferdinand (England), Fabinho (Brazil), César Azpilicueta (Spain), Daniel Agger (Denmark), William Gallas (France), Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany), Juan Sebastián Verón (Argentina), Ji Sung Park (South Korea), Jerzy Dudek (Poland). Bonus Round:

16. Nicholls - Eden Hazard (Belgium), Gareth Bale (Wales), Frank Lampard (England), Roberto Firmino (Brazil), Didi Hamann (Germany), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark), Joao Cancelo (Portugal), Patrice Evra (France), Stéphane Henchoz (Switzerland), Roberto Di Matteo (Italy), Ronny Johnsen (Norway). Bonus Round: Midfieder: Patrick Berger (Czech), Forward: Yakubu Ayegbeni (Nigeria), Defender: Nacho Monreal (Spain).

« Last Edit: November 21, 2023, 08:30:04 pm by Betty Blue »
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