World Cup Draft Discussion Thread

Necronomicon

Delighted with Keita, I opened the picks thread with a deep breath each time this round I accept that Cannavaro is past his best, but I explained why I think he's good value at this stage in my write-up. I was going to sneakily wait until after the Italy game later to pick him, but that would've been unfair to hold everyone else up.

Bounty Hunter

and Rd5 has begun

1. Necronomicon - Messi, Diego Forlan, Lahm, Keita, Cannavaro
2. SlickRic - Xavi, John Terry, Anelka, Alessandro Nesta
3. Whatawaster - Ronaldo, Yoann Gourcuff, Evra, Darren Fletcher
4. Gillington - Villa, Dani Alves, Robinho, Michael Ballack
5. Frisbee - Rooney, Piqué, David Silva, Igor Akinfeev
6. MNG - Drogba, Carles Puyol, Walter Samuel, Andrei Arshavin
7. Mr. Guappa - Fabregas, Chiellini, Ashley Cole, Petr Cech
8. Redzerdrog - Torres, Schweinsteiger, Per Mertesacker, Ronaldinho
9. Xavi - Lampard, Lucio, Diego Milito, Shay Given
10. Voltwad - Iniesta, Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero, Alex
11. Minto - Van Persie, Gianluigi Buffon, Joe Cole, David Beckham
12. BigBenRoeth - Palacios, Nemanja Vidic, Miroslav Klose, Luka Modric
13. Mitch Connor - Sneijder, Danielle De Rossi, Di Natale, Paul Scholes
14. Curry-muff - Julio Cesar, Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez, Rio Ferdinand
15. LuckyLloyd - Kaka, Mascherano, Ricardo Carvalho, Javier Zanetti
16. Titan18 - Fabiano, Maicon, Marek Hamsik, Edin Dzeko
17. Bamboozling - Eto'o, Ribery, Pepe, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
18. Bounty Hunter - Casillas, Higuain, Gattuso, Riquelme
19. Archimedes - Robben, Pirlo, Malouda, Michael Essien
20. Eagle eye - Alonso, Tevez, Pepe Reina, Esteban Cambiasso

Necronomicon

So, now that Round 4 is over I guess we can talk about players who weren't pick, since they can't be now.

My back up in case Keita was picked was Christian Chivu, and after that it was Van Der Sar.

whatawaster

My alternative to Darren Fletcher was Marouane Fellaini. Think i chose right in the end.

Mr. Guappa

Necronomicon wrote: »

So, now that Round 4 is over I guess we can talk about players who weren't pick, since they can't be now.

My back up in case Keita was picked was Christian Chivu, and after that it was Van Der Sar.

van der Sar was my 2nd choice if Cech had been taken. Benzema, van Nistelrooy, Bosingwa and Senna were others who I thought might have went in this round.

SlickRic

nobody picked Duffer.

for shame

Van Der Sar is a good call i didn't even think of, same with Bosingwa.

another i thought would go was Antonio Valencia.

even Ryan Giggs.

Peyton Manning

Surprised Nani wasn't picked with the shortage of quality wingers available.

Frisbee

I had Krasic earmarked for round 6 or 8, didn't think he'd go this soon.

SlickRic

Frisbee wrote: »

I had Krasic earmarked for round 6 or 8, didn't think he'd go this soon.

i didn't think he'd last that long.

and as Archi pointed out, there's not a fantastic array of widemen available.

Necronomicon

I too hoped Krasic would go under the radar for another while, good pick.

Oh, Daniel Van Buyten was another one of my back ups. Dario Srna was another, he would've made a great attacking full-back combination with Lahm.

Bounty Hunter

not saying they all are good enough to have been picked but would not have been surprised if any of these were


Totti, Srna, Zapata, Berbatov, Pandev, Ronaldo, Adriano, Aquilani, Pato, Fernando Gago, Lass Diarra, Mahamadou Diarra

SlickRic

Diarra went under my radar.

i could have done with him as another option to Nesta that round.

whatawaster

pick made.

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Fletcher

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Ozil

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Gourcuff

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Ronaldo---

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I knew i'd be waiting nearly 40 picks for another go, by which time all the good attacking mids would probably be gone. I'd made a decision to build from the front, and i'm very happy with the way it's turned out so far.

It was between Ozil and one other for my pick. I've no doubt they'll be one of the next half-dozen to go, so when they do i'll reveal who it was.

SlickRic

because of the hype after yesterday, Ozil would have definitely been gone by the time it got round to you again.

i'll be interested to see how you sort out the spine of your team now we're getting deep into this.

where will the legend go for instance? (that's a rhetorical, i'm not actually being stupid and cheeky enough to ask )

titan18

Thought Valencia would go and Pato.Others who might have gone were Srna,Adebayor,Diarra(both Madrid players),Giggs,Aboutrika and Hamit Altintop

Mr.Nice Guy

Thought Bojan and Benzema might have gone in the last round. Also Olic.

redzerdrog

some of the picks in round 4 were terrible when you consider some of the players that were takin late in the round and some that werent picked at all.

The 5 that i had ear marked were ronaldiho, arshavin, kieta, akinfeev and pato. the versatility of ronaldiho and arshavin won them over for me and then it was a 50/50 choice between the 2, the fact that ronaldiho just had a very good year with scoring and assisting a lot won me over.

redzerdrog

ozil is a good pick i had him on my list at the start but knew after the start he had to the tournament he wouldnt last till the later rounds were i was hoping to get him

Mr. Guappa

redzerdrog wrote: »

some of the picks in round 4 were terrible when you consider some of the players that were takin late in the round and some that werent picked at all.

The 5 that i had ear marked were ronaldiho, arshavin, kieta, akinfeev and pato. the versatility of ronaldiho and arshavin won them over for me and then it was a 50/50 choice between the 2, the fact that ronaldiho just had a very good year with scoring and assisting a lot won me over.

I thought most of the picks were good. Once Essien and Cambiasso went there was a pool of probably 30-40 players of a similar level, so I think people filled an area in their team that they might struggle to get a quality player for in later rounds.

BigBenRoeth

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

I thought most of the picks were good. Once Essien and Cambiasso went there was a pool of probably 30-40 players of a similar level, so I think people filled an area in their team that they might struggle to get a quality player for in later rounds.

Spot on.
I'm really happy with Modders

eagle eye

I gotta say I'm very surprised at guys that were not picked in that round. Adebayor, Bellamy, Sissoko and JOS are the ones that stand out to me that were not picked.

Smegball

I honestly can't believe Pato wasn't picked, especially with the lack of quality strikers left available to pick, I'm guessing alot of people are saving the striker for the legend round!

eagle eye

Smegball wrote: »

I honestly can't believe Pato wasn't picked, especially with the lack of quality strikers left available to pick, I'm guessing alot of people are saving the striker for the legend round!

Adebayor >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pato

Gillington

Forgot abouut Benzema

BigBenRoeth

Was between Adebayor and Modric for me but I'm nearly sure I'm gonna play a 4-5-1

Frisbee

Pick made and PM sent

Peyton Manning

Fúck ya Laura :mad::(

Mr.Nice Guy

Pick made and PM sent. Very pleased as I only had two keepers in mind I would have been happy with. I was able to breathe a sigh of relief after Gillington's pick since I knew Frisbee sorted his keeper out already. :cool:

Frisbee

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I was able to breathe a sigh of relief after Gillington's pick since I knew Frisbee sorted his keeper out already. :cool:

Well I had been considering making a bold Maradona style management decision and picking two keepers but you would have been ok anyway, I had someone else in mind.

Mr.Nice Guy

Frisbee wrote: »

Well I had been considering making a bold Maradona style management decision and picking two keepers but you would have been ok anyway, I had someone else in mind.

Funny I was actually thinking of declaring my planned pick before your go since I knew you had your keeper anyway. Didn't want to risk it even if it was a slim chance. :pac: