Topic: All Time PL Draft - With a Twist! (Discussion Thread & Sign up)

[Sarge]

Cheers, Sarge. Do you like me boss muzzy too?

So 70s Smokie and the Bandit.

[vivabobbygraham]

So 70s Smokie and the Bandit.

I was a looker back then alright, kidder. That muzzy is a homage to Bert Reynolds. See the similarity?

[Linudden]

Lastrador's team names have a nice natural symmetry to them.

Stam = stem in Dutch and other Germanic languages
Berg = mountain in other Germanic languages including Norwegian, somehow extinct in English.
Hazard
Bridge

The bridge on the stem between the bergs was quite a hazard

[Linudden]

I was a looker back then, kidder. That muzzy is a homage to Bert Reynolds. See the similarity?

You mean the 1870s right as you're 164 years old grandpa?

[Sarge]

I was a looker back then alright, kidder. That muzzy is a homage to Bert Reynolds. See the similarity?

Twins big man.

[Linudden]

So ladies what ya all think of my 10 so far?

I am he/him 

If the idea is that the opposition never gets to your backline because the midfield spits fire, I like it

However, if you think that Andy Cole is not going to get stuck in a maze and not sure what to do when between Vidic and van Dijk you're obviously sorely mistaken! Not to mention that if my team is in trouble, the keeper might pop up to save the day!

[vivabobbygraham]

You mean the 1870s right as you're 164 years old grandpa?

[Sarge]

Nobody has gone yet can i swap Keown for my other pick?

[Lastrador]

Jimmy-Floyd Hasslebaink

One of the coolest name in football history. Couldn’t half twat a ball too.

[Sarge]

One of the coolest name in football history. Couldn’t half twat a ball too.

A great get this late too, your thoughts on my team?


I think everyone knows who my CB will be

[Crosby Nick]

Jimmy Floyd doesn’t strike me as the type to take kindly to being shunted out wide.

[Sarge]

Jimmy Floyd doesn’t strike me as the type to take kindly to being shunted out wide.

Played wide for Leeds would you believe and The Holland Netherlands Dutch team.

[Crosby Nick]

Played wide for Leeds would you believe and The Holland Netherlands Dutch team.

In place of Bergkamp or Kluivert maybe. Not for Andrew Cole!

Only nitpicking, it’s a strong side Sarge.

[vivabobbygraham]

Trippier CB Kompany Pearce

     Cahill Gerrard Grealish

     Waddle Drogba Pires

[Sarge]

In place of Bergkamp or Kluivert maybe. Not for Andrew Cole!

Only nitpicking, it’s a strong side Sarge.

I hope voters remember or if to young ask about Cole at Newcastle, he was prolific.

[Sarge]

Trippier CB Kompany Pearce

     Cahill Gerrard Grealish

     Waddle Drogba Pires

I like it, MF the weakest part of it and that says it all. CB and Keeper will make or break ya Bobster.

Any thoughts on the Sarge outfit?

[Lastrador]

A great get this late too, your thoughts on my team?


I think everyone knows who my CB will be

I really like it mate, solid across the board. Have to agree with Nick though, Jimmy out wide doesn't seem like his more natural fit. He could do a good job sure, but maybe play a more classic 4-4-2, with Overmars in the left and Silva cutting in from the right? Just an idea.

[Sarge]

                                     Edwin van der Saar

 TAA                      Centre Back           Walker               Staunton

            Makelele                                               Scholes

       Overmars                                                         David Silva

                                Andy Cole          Hasslebaink


Not too shabby at all.

[Lastrador]

                                     Edwin van der Saar

 TAA                      Centre Back           Walker               Staunton

            Makelele                                               Scholes

       Overmars                                                         David Silva

                                Andy Cole          Hasslebaink


Not too shabby at all.

[XabiArt]

So, your team has the Forest version of Keane which was okay but noting special

Nothing special. Lol okay.

Players judged at PL peak anyway so I dont know what you mean by 'Forest Keane'

[Crosby Nick]

Nothing special. Lol okay.

Players judged at PL peak anyway so I dont know what you mean by 'Forest Keane'

Ooh, good point. Has anyone thought about how we’re going to judge these players?

[El Lobo]

GK
Pereira CB Carragher Robertson
Essien Milner
Sterling                    Mane
Bergkamp
Jota

Happy with that

[Adz LFC]

Pereira

Ndidi

Kasper Schmeichel

[Crosby Nick]

Haha, very good!

[XabiArt]

Just need another attacker.

Just trying to establish which player on my shortlist had the highest peak.

[XabiArt]

[Linudden]

Picks:

Players:

Lastrador Salah, Hazard, Stam, van Persie, McAllister, B Silva, Vertonghen, Berg, Bridge

Drinks Sangria Henry, Fabinho, Rio Ferdinand, King, Lukaku, Zabaleta, Payet, Mata, Lallana

Lawnmowerman Suárez, Cantona, McGrath, Gilberto, Robben, Tugay, Sané, Finnan, Albert

Max_Powers Shearer, Vardy, Woodgate, Okocha, Fernindinho, Kyle Walker, Hyypiä, Ballack, Adams

Hazell Modric, Yaya Toure, Rooney, Henderson, Ginola, Baines, Kolo Touré, Rüdiger, G. Kelly

Big Dick Nick Agüero, Fàbregas, Mascherano, Desailly, Kewell, Duff, G. Johnson, Carrick

vivabobbygraham Gerrard, Drogba, Pirès, Kompany, Grealish, T. Cahill, Pearce, Waddle, Trippier

Linudden van Dijk, Lampard, Vidic, Tevez, Barry, Les Ferdinand, Alisson, Jorginho, Kanchelskis

Tubby Kanté, Alonso, Zola, Campbell, Petrescu, Van Nistelrooy, Le Saux, A. Sánchez, Bellamy

Sheer Magnetism Vieira, Kane, Terry, Beardsley, Alderweireld, Beckham, Coutinho, Ince, Cancelo

XabiArt Roy Keane, Ronaldo, Carvalho, Ashely Cole, Eriksen, Speed, Torres, R. Dias, Carr, K. Schmeichel

Adz LFC Fowler, De Bruyne, Son, Ljunberg, Radebe, Irwin, Diop, Cech, Hendry, Ndidi

Fucking Appalled Bergkamp, Mané, Sterling, Essien, Milner, Robertson, Jota, Carragher, Henchoz, R. Pereira

JordanTre Bale, Mahrez

Sarge Makelélé, David Silva, Scholes, Andy Cole, Alexander-Arnold, Overmars, Staunton, van der Sar, Des Walker, Hasselbaink

Philanthropist  Le Tissier, Juninho

Teams:

Lastrador Liverpool, Chelsea, Man United, Arsenal, Leeds, Man City, Tottenham, Blackburn, Southampton

Drinks Sangria Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United, Tottenham, Everton, Man City, West Ham, Chelsea, Southampton

Lawnmowerman Liverpool, Man United, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Chelsea, Blackburn, Man City, Fulham, Newcastle

Max_Powers Blackburn, Leicester, Leeds, Bolton, Man City, Tottenham, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal

Hazell Tottenham, Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Newcastle, Everton, Arsenal, Chelsea, Leeds

Big Dick Nick Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Leeds, Blackburn, Portsmouth, Man United

vivabobbygraham Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Aston Villa, Everton, Nottm Forest, Sheff Wed, Tottenham

Linudden Southampton, West Ham, Man United, Man City, Aston Villa, QPR, Liverpool, Chelsea, Everton

Tubby Leicester, Liverpool, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Sheff Wed, Man United, Blackburn, Arsenal, Newcastle

Sheer Magnetism Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Newcastle, Southampton, Man United, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Man City

XabiArt Nottm Forest, Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle, Leicester

Adz LFC Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham, Arsenal, Leeds, Man United, Fulham, Chelsea, Blackburn, Leicester

Fucking Appalled Arsenal, Southampton, Man City, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Hull, Wolverhampton, Liverpool, Blackburn, Leicester

JordanTre Tottenham, Leicester

Sarge Chelsea, Man City, Man United, Newcastle, Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Fulham, Sheff Wed, Leeds

Philanthropist Southampton, Middlesbrough

[Drinks Sangria]

Not gonna lie, I dropped the ball big time with this draft, both in my availability and my picks. I lost my third and fourth round picks and then have picked players not suited to my intended formation 

Originally wanted:

                                         Henry
                    Mata            Lallana         Payet
 
                             Fabinho        DM 

LB            Ferdinand                    King          Zabaleta

                                      GK

I've since realised that I did a fugue state drafting of Lukaku, which makes the two up top a right pairing but leaves the midfield light.

So I either have to go:

                                           Henry        Lukaku
                                                   Payet
                                                              Mata 

                                 Lallana             
                                                   Fabinho

Lallana as a pivot, Mata an 8, Fab holding, Payet the 10.

Or:

                              Henry        Lukaku        Payet

                                          Mata
                                                    Lallana
                                       Fab   

Henry was devastating coming in from the left, so that's not a problem, but honestly I don't really like the midfield balance in any of those. Had in my head for ages that I could pair Fab with Ndidi (before he was yoinked) for a super solid base, with a 10 free to roam.

[Crosby Nick]

Poor old Mahrez and Bale. Sidelined for the draft when they would have been picked elsewhere.

And, er, Le Tissier and Juninho also watching on.

(Being unfair on Le Tiss there. I reckon he would have been selected).

[XabiArt]

Who's go is it?

[El Lobo]

Its on Methuselah

[Lawnmowerman]

Poor old Mahrez and Bale. Sidelined for the draft when they would have been picked elsewhere.

And, er, Le Tissier and Juninho also watching on.

(Being unfair on Le Tiss there. I reckon he would have been selected).

Who's doing the vote threads?

[Lawnmowerman]

Who's go is it?

Nick up in 4 minutes

[Crosby Nick]

Ok, I’ll pick now. It was Linudden, then Bobby. Are they both AWOL?

[Max_powers]

Yep. Linuden is showing as online but their times up I think.

[Crosby Nick]

Yep. Linuden is showing as online but their times up I think.

Bobby has his left back sorted already so I don’t feel too guilty jumping in there if he had been waiting patiently for his turn!

[Max_powers]

Slow on the trigger Linudden

[Adz LFC]

Slow on the trigger Linudden

You’ve jumped ship with Riise at Fulham

[Linudden]

Ok, I’ll pick now. It was Linudden, then Bobby. Are they both AWOL?

There's a small thing called working. Can't draft if you can't eat

[Max_powers]

You’ve jumped ship with Riise at Fulham

I needed him badly. He is a perfect Left Wingback for my system.

You don't even know how desperate my backup options were.