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Tim Cahill is another I'd like to have seen picked up.

I had a not so short list of 16+ players for each possible position depending on formation.

There was 18 players selected that I hadn't got on my shortlist. Of the 18 there was two that would have made the shortlist had I thought of them

Redknapp is another and Bowyer

bucketybuck wrote:

He joined the PL and was immediately one of the best players in it, head and shoulders above his Chelsea teammates. He played in 3 seasons, 49 games, was in the PFA team of the year for 1995 I think, and finished 2nd only to Cantona for Player of the year.

bucketybuck wrote:

Again, not saying he is a round one pick, but here is a world class player who undeniably made an impact in the PL over a few seasons, just as with Jurgen Klinsmann I think he would have been worthy of his spot.

bucketybuck wrote:

In this modern age of 3 man midfields can you imagine Gullit sitting back and directing play, Nigel De Jong breaking legs and Juninho splitting defences? They would clean up against most teams.

Was between him and Alli for my last CM slot, don't really remember much of him at Chelsea so went for Alli. Probably showing my age but Alli was excellent his first 2 seasons imo

Apologies for the delay, here’s the final table:

Draw should be done each round to reduce tactical voting.

These are always great fun to read. Thanks to all involved for their hard work.

The stand out players not picked to me would be Klinsmann, Juninho, Colin Hendry, Southgate and Gullit.

One player who I was very interested to see if he would be picked was Owen Hargreaves. I thought he was sublime for the one season he wasn't injured but it feels like cheating to include him. Though Ledley King and the likes did get picked as well.

It's interesting how the change in tactics affected the draft. As Slickric said, there was great value to be had in the forwards with the move to one man systems. I feel if you didn't get the absolute best like Aguero you may have been best off waiting till near the end to pick. Likewise the death of number tens meant there were some fantastic players ignored. On the flip side full back was a hard spot to fill. A lot of the older full backs would struggle to fly up and down the pitch all day long. And of course you don't want to spend high picks here, just enough to be good enough.

I would have put a greater premium on goalies than everyone else did it looks like. Well, for the very special ones I think they make a huge difference to the team and there's a big drop off after the first few. I'd have picked Schmeicel round one and the likes of Cech and Seaman soon after. If I didn't get one of those I would have waited till the end like most did, there were a lot of very good goalies over the years.

I thought the older centre backs didn't get the attention they deserved. I guess I'm just old . The old Arsenal back four could have gone earlier and Gareth Southgate missing out to lads who were never starters for England was weird.

As a few others have mentioned, at first glance Morzadec's team looks very strong. To me Suarez is in the same tier as Ronaldo and Henry was way above the rest. To see him go at 14 was bizarre.

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