Premier League Draft Picks Thread

Frankie Lee

Random order for round 1 to be reversed for round 2

1. Chrissybhoy
2. Redzerdog
3. ASOT
4. Bucketybuck
5. Frankie Lee
6. eagle eye
7. SherlockWatson
8. Blatter
9. SlickRic
10. Rushden
11. Andersonisgod
12. Ferris Bueller
13. Liam O
14. LuckyLloyd
15. Incognito Man
16. DildoFaggins

Timestamp: 2014-12-29 15:05:02 UTC

Rules: Eligible footballers include any players who have played in the premier league up to the end of the 2013/14 season.
Players are judged on their peak in the PL, so previous and subsequent form abroad is irrelevant. Some weighting should be given to consistency and impact on the league too.
Each player has 24hrs to make a pick. Hopefully it can proceed quicker than that though.
Whoever is the 10th pick in the 2nd round should put up a random list for the 3rd round draw to help ensure fairness. Random.org recommended.

Also, PM the next poster on the list when you have picked.

edit Slight rule modifications, cut off point of 2013/14 season introduced, so whatever happened this season is irrelevant. Slightly more emphasis placed on players peaks too. If the first two players wish to change their picks in light of these changes it is ok.
Round 2:

1. DildoFaggins
2. Incognito Man
3. LuckyLyoyd
4. Liam O
5. Ferris Bueller
6. Andersonisgod
7. Rushden
8. Slickric
9. Blatter
10. SherlockWatson
11. eagle eye
12. Frankie Lee
13. Bucketybuck
14. ASOT
15. Redzerdog
16. Chrissyboy

Round 3:
1. ASOT
2. Rushden
3. Bucketybuck
4. Chrissybhoy
5. Blatter
6. Andersonisgod
7. LuckyLloyd
8. Ferris Bueller
9. DildoFaggins
10. Eagle Eye
11. Frankie Lee
12. Liam O
13. Redzerdog
14. Slickric
15. Incognito Man
16. SherlockWatson

Round 4:
1. SherlockWatson
2. Incognito Man
3. Slickric
4. Redzerdog
5. Liam O
6. Frankie Lee
7. Eagle Eye
8. DildoFaggins
9. Ferris Bueller
10. LuckyLloyd
11. Andersonisgod
12. Blatter
13. Chrissybhoy
14. Bucketybuck
15. Rushden
16. ASOT

Round 5:
1. LuckyLloyd
2. Redzerdog
3. SherlockWatson
4. Chrissybhoy
5. Liam O
6. ASOT
7. Ferris Bueller
8. Slickric
9. eagle eye
10. Bucketybuck
11. Rushden
12. Incognito Man
13. DildoFaggins
14. Andersonisgod
15. Blatter
16. Frankie Lee

Round 6:
1. Frankie Lee
2. Blatter
3. Andersonisgod
4. DildoFaggins
5. Incognito Man
6. Rushden
7. Bucketybuck
8. eagle eye
9. Slickric
10. Ferris Bueller
11. ASOT
12. Liam O
13. Chrissybhoy
14. SherlockWatson
15. Redzerdog
16. LuckyLloyd

Round 7:
1. Eagle Eye
2. Frankie Lee
3. ASOT
4. Incognito Man
5. DildoFaggins
6. Chrissybhoy
7. Redzerdog
8. Andersonisgod
9. SherlockWatson
10. Ferris Bueller
11. Bucketybuck
12. Liam O
13. Rushden
14. LuckyLloyd
15. Blatter
16. Slickric

Round 8:
1. Slickric
2. Blatter
3. LuckyLloyd
4. Rushden
5. Liam O
6. Bucketybuck
7. Ferris Bueller
8. SherlockWatson
9. Andersonisgod
10. Redzerdog
11. Chrissybhoy
12. DildoFaggins
13. Incognito Man
14. ASOT
15. Frankie Lee
16. Eagle Eye

Round 9:
1. Slickric
2. Bucketybuck
3. Ferris Bueller
4. Redzerdog
5. Frankie Lee
6. ASOT
7. Chrissybhoy
8. Liam O
9. SherlockWatson
10. LuckyLloyd
11. DildoFaggins
12. Andersonisgod
13. Eagle Eye
14. Rushden
15. Blatter
16. Incognito Man

Round 10:
1. Incognito Man
2. Blatter
3. Rushden
4. Eagle Eye
5. Andersonisgod
6. DildoFaggins
7. LuckyLloyd
8. SherlockWatson
9. Liam O
10. Chrissybhoy
11. ASOT
12. Frankie Lee
13. Redzerdog
14. Ferris Bueller
15. Bucketybuck
16. Slickric

Round 11:
1. Chrissybhoy
2. Blatter
3. Andersonisgod
4. Rushden
5. Bucketybuck
6. Ferris Bueller
7. Incognito Man
8. Liam O
9. Eagle Eye
10. Frankie Lee
11. LuckyLloyd
12. Redzerdog
13. Slickric
14. ASOT
15. DildoFaggins
16. SherlockWatson

Round 12:
1. SherlockWatson
2. DildoFaggins
3. ASOT
4. Slickric
5. Redzerdog
6. LuckyLloyd
7. Frankie Lee
8. Eagle Eye
9. Liam O
10. Incognito Man
11. Ferris Bueller
12. Bucketybuck
13. Rushden
14. Andersonisgod
15. Blatter
16. Chrissybhoy

Round 13:
1. ASOT
2. Ferris Bueller
3. DildoFaggins
4. LuckyLloyd
5. Eagle Eye
6. Andersonisgod
7. Bucketybuck
8. Frankie Lee
9. Blatter
10. Incognito Man
11. Slickric
12. Liam O
13. Redzerdog
14. Chrissybhoy
15. Rushden
16. SherlockWatson

Round 14:
1. SherlockWatson
2. Rushden
3. Chrissybhoy
4. Redzerdog
5. Liam O
6. Slickric
7. Incognito Man
8. Blatter
9. Frankie Lee
10. Bucketybuck
11. Andersonisgod
12. Eagle Eye
13. LuckyLloyd
14. DildoFaggins
15. Ferris Bueller
16. ASOT

Chrissybhoy

1st pick Thierry Henry

redzerdrog

Roy Keane.

ASOT

Sorry lads I was up north with no internet!

Torres.

bucketybuck

Absolutely astounded I still have the chance to pick this guy.

42 goals in all competitions, Premier league winner, Champions league winner and player of the tournament, Premier League Golden Boot and Premier League Player of the Season awards, PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year awards, and named in the PFA Team of the Year for a third consecutive year. Winner of the Ballon D'or and FIFA world player of the year.

I'll have the 2008 vintage Cristiano Ronaldo please.

Frankie Lee

I could go through all the quotes about him but everyone knows them by now. In the same class as Xavi and Pirlo and there are no other central midfielders in the premier league era you could say that about.

eagle eye

I can't believe this guy is still here, I give you..

Louis Suarez

SherlockWatson

For me, this man is in the top two CM's to play in the league, powerful and fearless, and a fantastic leader.

He is, Patrick Vieira.

Blatter

Have to go with Alan Shearer, not sure anyone will ever beat his record of 260 PL goals. Extraordinary goalscoring consistency over a number of years despite a few bad injuries and whilst not always being in the best of sides.

SlickRic

Embarrassingly underrated despite all his achievements.

He has scored more Premier League goals than any other midfielder ever.

He's second in the list of most assists in the Premier League ever.

In the mid-2000s, and particularly 2004/05, he could legitimately claim to be one of the very best players in the world.

He is the Swansea City legend, Frank Lampard.

Rushden

Was thinking of a two or three players for this pick, one of them just got taken so I've gone with .....


Wayne Rooney

Andersonisgod

I can't do pics as I'm on my phone and, tbh I haven't the slightest clue how to post a pic on this forum anyway.

However my choice needs no picture to introduce himself. Champions League hero, FA Cup hero, remember Olympiakos? Or that night in Istanbul? It can only be Steven Gerrard!

Ferris_Bueller

Ryan Giggs. The most decorated player in English football history, 600+ PL appearances, 13 Premier League medals, 4 FA cups, 2 Champions Leagues, etc. I would think he would make it into everyones Premier League XI of all time. Pacy, tricky winger who always worked hard and later adapted his game as he got older. Surprised he got this far in the draft, if I didn't pick him now I am sure he would have been picked in the next few goes.

Liam O

And so it comes to me, with almost no choice but to take this man. 5 PLs in 6 seasons with Leeds and Man United. One of the great Premier League captains. Technical but also no pushover and a great goals record for a second striker. The inimitable Eric Cantona.

LuckyLloyd

John Lionheart Terry

While Terry may be disliked for valid reasons, with every additional season he manages at his current high level of play he takes a further stride out on his own as the best Center Half of the Premiership era. There's no real need to state his attributes here, but he will be a great slab to build the rest of my team around.

IncognitoMan

The man who carried Arsenal and lead Man utd to premier league glory. Capable of that something special

Robin Van Persie

DildoFaggins

6x Premier league winner,1x Fa Cup, 1x CL Winner and 2x Finalist and 6x PFA team of the year.

Pace,Strength,Technique all the attributes that describe this goliath of a man.
1 half of the best CB partnership of the PL era and arguably the best CB in the premier league era

I give you

DildoFaggins

I give you Yaya Toure.

IncognitoMan

I give you the former Arsenal captain and probably one of the best leaders to ever grace the league

Tony Adams

LuckyLloyd

Ruud Van Nisteelroy

Oh how you had to laugh at the 'yeah well, he only scores goals like - rubbish otherwise' barbs that used to be thrown in this player's direction. Yeah, Ruud just scored goals. A lot of them. Quickly.

Liam O

Really tough choice here with some of the options still available probably having more name value but I feel good about my decision to sacrifice a top defender in the knowledge that my pick will add a lot to it anyway. Unlike the rest of the players available this man has a claim to being the best ever in his position. My 2nd Frenchman and neither of them played for Arsenal!

My pick is of course Claude Makelele.

Ferris_Bueller

Sorry lads I was in work all day.



For my second choice I choose Nemanja Vidic. Along with the other three centre halves that were picked I would class these four as the greatest to ever play in the league. Hard as nails, dangerous from corners and captain material, won the Premier League player of the season twice, I feel like no matter who else I pick my back line will be solid to a degree with Vidic in there. Let's just hope he doesn't come up against Fernando Torres :P

I'm off to get locked for the night. Happy new year folks!

Andersonisgod

My next pic (again without a pic) is the outstanding Francesc Fabregas. Arriving from Barcelona while still a teenager, the young Spaniard quickly broke into the Arsenal first team and established himself as one of the brightest young talents in the world. One of the heroes of Euro 2008 (that penalty against Italy in the quarter final!) Fabregas would go onto captain Arsenal at a very young age, imo, he was the finest midfielder in the league for years, Fabregas would go back to his boyhood club much to the chagrin of Arsenal fans. He has since returned to Chelsea and has been better than ever.

Francesc Fabregas

Rushden

Two of my picks just got taken there in the last couple of picks, so I'm going to go with the midfield powerhouse himself......

Michael Essien

SlickRic

2 Premier League titles.

Fast, strong, and can score with both feet.

Able to play up top on his own or as part of a 2.

Arguably the best player in the league since 2012.

my next pick is that bit of stardust every great team needs.

It's Sergio Agueeeerrrrrrrooooooo!

Blatter

On the phone so will add a picture and a write up later but my next pick is Peter Schmeichel.

SherlockWatson

Sorry for the delay chaps, sore head :pac:

I pick, Didier Drogba, on phone will do pic and write up later.

eagle eye

My second pick is

Gareth Bale

Frankie Lee

Paul McGrath AKA God
Had all the composure, game reading ability and pace of Rio Ferdinand combined with the strength and bravery of Vidic.
He was the complete defender in the early premier league years. Him and John Terry remain the only defenders to win the PFA player of the year in the Premier League era which speaks volumes.
Ron Atkinson once described him as better than John Terry and Tony Adams, combined. I can't say I disagree.

bucketybuck

I never would have believed that five defenders could be taken already without this guy going, easily one of the greatest defenders in Premier league history.

The defensive bedrock of the great treble winning side, physically imposing but also with great pace and a fearsome leader. Named on the PFA team of the year 3 times in a row and named Uefa defender of the year twice in a row 1999 and 2000. I'll have the complete defender, Jaap Stam!

ASOT

The man the legend Gianfranco Zola

redzerdrog

the best full back in the world for a period and without doubt the best of the premier league era Ashley Cole

Chrissybhoy

I give you one of the fittest and best dead ball specialist the league has seen

David Beckham

ASOT

Sol Campbell

On my phone so it's a **** to post pictures sorry lads.

Rushden

Time to get a defender in and there weren't many better than this guy. I give ye........

Ricardo carvalho

bucketybuck

This was a difficult pick, there are a few world class players still available and about 3/4 different players I desperately want to take now and that probably won't last this round, but in the end I decided to make a tactical choice.

I've surprised myself by taking a full back early, but there are very few world class full backs to choose from and only one that is equally comfortable playing on either side, something that will give me a lot of freedom later in the draft.

I'll have 7 time Premier league winner, treble winner, and mr reliable Denis Irwin please.

Chrissybhoy

This man contributed massively to Chelsea success. In there for the argument for greatest PL goalkeeper.

Peter Cech

Blatter

I'm pretty much forced into taking this man because of the sheer influence he's had on the league, there's no way he should have lasted this long. I give you Dennis Bergkamp, who I think will be a very nice foil for Shearer.

Andersonisgod

Leading the line for team Andersonisgod is God himself, sometimes known as Robbie Fowler. Injuries took their toll in the end but in his prime Fowler was unplayable, hailed as the most naturally gifted finisher to come from England since Jimmy Greaves, compared to Romario at the age of 18, Fowler would have a good time of things at Leeds and Man City but in his Liverpool pomp he was one of the best around.

LuckyLloyd

I'll take David Silva, the little Spanish trickster who can be utterly breathtaking to watch by times:



John Terry (C)
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
David Silva

Ferris_Bueller

Had to double check to make sure this man wasn't already picked, Michael Owen.



For some reason he doesn't seem to be rated too highly by Liverpool fans anymore, but at his peak he was one of the best goalscorers in the world. Premier League golden boot two years in a row, only player to score in four different tournaments for England, top scorer for Liverpool 7 years in a row and 2001 Ballon D'Or winner, the only other PL player to win Ballon D'Or as far as I know was Cristiano Ronaldo, not bad company. There are definitely better strikers in the draft but at this stage I think he is good value. Bonus points for him being one of the best commentators of all time too

Now let's get this draft moving quickly!!

DildoFaggins

The man who scores goals is next
He's won everything there is to win in the domestic game most Prem goals in one season it's the "Outstanding":cool: 2nd top scorer in Prem history Andrew Cole

eagle eye

With my third pick I select......

Eden Hazard

Frankie Lee

Vincent Kompany


He has everything and will have an excellent partnership with McGrath.

Liam O

One of the best premier league center midfielders, thought he'd be picked by now and if I had to hand pick one player to play beside Makelele it could have very well been this man from the start.

Xabi Alonso

redzerdrog

need to get my striker on board Arsenal legend Ian Wright

Apologies for lack of pictures have been posting from my phone

SlickRic

Easy pick for me.

One of my favourite ever Premier League players.

Former Footballer of the Year and Premier League winner.

He is also a World Cup and Euros winner.

An integral part of the famous Arsenal Invincibles, and for a couple of years was genuinely one of the top couple of players in the League.

He'll be a vital creative dimension to my team.

Robert Pirés.

IncognitoMan

3rd Round pick, Emmanuel Petit.

Feel I need a midfielder who can provide protection to the defence and there is no better man to do just that than the former Arsenal midfielder

He also may just have the best fan chant of any player in this draft :pac:

SherlockWatson

For my third pick, I'm gonna take Vidic, along with Vieira and Drogba so far the team has a very physical edge to it.


Sorry was on phone had a quick skim and didn't see Vidic.

In that case, I'm gonna take Martin Keown, proven to work well with Vieira and Seaman, a major part of the defence.



For my fourth pick, has to be David Seaman, up there as one of the best keepers to ever play in the league, and finishes off what I think is a very solid spine to my team.




Seaman
Vidic Keown
Vieira
Drogba

Frankie Lee

SherlockWatson wrote: »

For my third pick, I'm gonna take Vidic, along with Vieira and Drogba so far the team has a very physical edge to it.



For my fourth pick, has to be David Seaman, up there as one of the best keepers to ever play in the league, and finishes off what I think is a very solid spine to my team.


Seaman
Vidic
Vieira
Drogba

Vidic has been taken already.

IncognitoMan

4th round pick luka modric