All-Time Championship Draft First Division (1993-2004) & Championship (2005-2014) Are you ready for the challenge? Attention all wannabe managers and tacticians - who'd be interested in taking part in an 'All-Time Championship Draft'? In this draft game you have to build a team, with each player satisfying one of the following categories: Category 1 - Has made 100 or more Championship appearances for the same club Category 2 - Has played in the Championship for 4 or more clubs Category 3 - Has captained a Championship club Category 4 - Has played in a Domestic Cup Semi-final or Final with his Championship club Category 5 - Has never played in the Top Tier English Division Category 6 - Made his league debut in the Championship Category 7 - Played for a promotion-winning Championship team Category 8 - Played for a team that was relegated from the Championship Category 9 - Has scored 18 or more goals in a Championship season Category 10 - Has scored in the play-offs Category 11 - Has never played for a London club 11 players, 11 different categories. We will pick our players in a snake-draft format. E.g Round One Manager 1 - Chooses a player Manager 2 - Chooses a player Manager 3 - Chooses a player Round Two Manager 3 - Chooses a player Manager 2 - Chooses a player Manager 1 - Chooses a player etc You can choose each category in any order you want, but you must pick one player for each category. We will be drafting Championship footballers who played between 1993 and 2014 (seasons 1992-93 to 2013-14). We will evaluate our players on only their Championship career (formerly the First Division (1993 - 2004), and now the Championship (2005 - 2014)). We will base our evaluation on their performances from 1993-2014. However, the category may apply to years before 1993. E.g Category 7: I could choose a player who won promotion in 1988.
Category Rules Category 1 - Has made 100 or more Championship appearances for the same club Includes multiple spells at the same club. Excludes cup and European games. Category 2 - Has played in the Championship for 4 or more clubs Includes loan spells. Category 3 - Has captained a Championship club Started a Championship game as the team captain. Category 4 - Has played in a Domestic Cup Semi-final or Final with his Championship club Played actual minutes in a FA Cup/League Cup Semi-final/Final with his Championship team. Category 5 - Has never played in the Top Tier English Division Has never played in the top tier division of England. 'First Division' (to 1992), 'Premiership' (1993-2006) and the 'Premier League' (2007-current). Category 6 - Made his league debut in the Championship His debut senior career game was for a Championship club. 'Second Division' (to 1992), 'First Division' (1993 - 2004) and the Championship (2005 - current). Category 7 - Played for a promotion-winning Championship team Played actual minutes for a Championship club that won promotion in a season. Includes loaned-in spells, but excludes loaned-out players. Category 8 - Played for a team that was relegated from the Championship Played actual minutes for a Championship club that was relegated. Includes loaned-in spells, but excludes loaned-out players. Includes forced-demotions. Category 9 - Has scored 18 or more goals in a Championship season Excludes cup and European goals. Category 10 - Has scored in the play-offs Includes the play-off final and penalty shoot-outs. Excludes own goals. Category 11 - Has never played for a London club Has never played for a London club in his whole professional career. Includes loans spells. Draft Rules 1. Once the first pick has been made, the next manager has a maximum of 10 HOURS to make his pick. If the 10 hour deadline expires, the next manager in the draft order can make his pick. 2. If you think you will be away for over 10 hours remember to leave someone your shortlist to post for you. 3. Once you have made your pick, please Private Message the manager who follows you in the Draft Order. 4. You must draft a goalkeeper! Choose a sensible formation and build a balanced team. 5. DO NOT name unpicked players! Repeat offenders will miss their go.
Draft Order Team Summary LEF - Kevin Phillips, Kevin Nolan, Wayne Routledge, Wade Elliott, Danny Shittu, Paddy Kenny, Paul McKenna, Danny Fox, Angel Rangel, Michael Tonge, Chris Morgan. Suffolk Punch - David Johnson, Jim Magilton, Dean Richards, Kieron Dyer, Damien Duff, Robert Koren, Darren Bent, Kelvin Davis, Jamie Clapham, Tony Mowbray. Quirkafleeg - Steve Bull, Steve Walsh, Clive Mendonca, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Simpson , Richard Sneekes, Keith Curle, Mike Stowell, Lee Naylor, James Perch, Steve Froggatt. borobob - Phil Jagielka, Michael Gray, Steve Claridge, Wilfried Zaha, Dougie Freedman, Ross McCormack, Adam Lallana, Nigel Pearson, Gary Kelly, Alan Stubbs, Nigel Martyn. Ollie - Tim Cahill, Andy Reid, Wes Morgan, Georgi Kinkladze, Chris Powell, Curtis Davies, Morgan Schneiderlin, Craig Bellamy, Julián Speroni, Danny Mills, Dean Ashton. Purple Bananaa - Shaun Goater, Richard Rufus, Jason McAteer, Jordan Rhodes, Darren Moore, John Robinson, Gary Rowett, Mark Kennedy, Paul Robinson, Alan Kelly, Mark Kinsella. Joga bonito - John Aldridge, Neil Redfearn, Gary McSheffrey, Matt Holland, Kieran Trippier, Craig Hignett, Jimmy Kébé, Neil Clement, Russell Hoult, Gary Breen, Kaspars Gorkšs. AJ's Right Peg - Andy Johnson, Mark Hudson, Lee Clark, Adel Taarabt, Aaron Cresswell, Liam Lawrence, Chris Coleman, Nathaniel Clyne, Jack Cork, Keiren Westwood, Darren Ambrose. furno-RoyalMike - Shane Long, Lloyd Doyley, Nuhiu, Ali Benarbia, Leighton Baines, Jody Craddock, Lee Grant, Gareth Bale, John Eustace, Ricardo Gardner, Anthony Gardner. mrwatfordfc - Marlon King, Steve Sidwell, Malky Mackay, Robert Prosinečki, Ashley Young, Michael Dawson, Alan Thompson, Steve Finnan, Mile Jedinak, Martin Grainger, Kevin Miller. Cotterill:49 - Lee Hughes, Jason Koumas, Iwan Roberts, Darren Huckerby, Richard Wright, Joe Ledley, Chris Cohen, Karl Henry, Craig Short, Jason Shackell, Kevin McNaughton. Ringleader - Peter Whittingham, Ashley Williams, Clinton Morrison, Kris Commons, Robert Green, Alex Rae, Julio Arca, Andrew Crofts, Tom Ince, Colin Cooper, Bradley Orr. Sgt. Serious-Ross luton town - Robert Earnshaw, Joleon Lescott, Paul Merson, Shaka Hislop, Charlie Austin, Michael Brown, Neil Cox, Charlie Adam, Jay DeMeritt, Carlos Edwards, Richard Naylor. Madejski - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Graham Alexander, Jobi McAnuff, Andy King, Nicky Shorey, Marcus Stewart, Ívar Ingimarsson, Marcus Hahnemann, Scott Sinclair, Mikele Leigertwood. All-Time Championship Draft Awards Ceremony Best Team 1st - Joga bonito 120 points 2nd - LEF 115 points 3rd - Madejski 113 points 4th - Ollie 112 points 5th - Ringleader 112 points 6th - Suffolk Punch 98 points 7th - Purple Bananaa 94 points 8th - Quirkafleeg 91 points 9th - mrwatfordfc 91 points 10th - AJ's Right Peg 90 points 11th - borobob 81 points 12th - Cotterill:49 67 points 13th - Sgt. Serious-Ross luton town 57 points 14th - furno-RoyalMike 33 points Best Defence (including GK, CB, FB & WB) 1st - borobob 16 points 2nd - Ollie 12 points 3rd - Purple Bananaa 10 points Best Midfield (including DM, CM & AM) 1st - Joga bonito 12 points 2nd - Ollie 9 points 3rd - LEF 8 points Best Attack (including ST, FW & W) 1st - Quirkafleeg 16 points 2nd - borobob 10 points 3rd - Cotterill:49, Madejski 7 points Best Balance 1st - Joga bonito 9 points 2nd - Madejski 8 points 3rd - LEF, Ringleader 7 points
Yeah team-ups are fine mate. Looking for a maximum of 16 managers though, anything more and it's gets messy and slow.
I asked the moderators if they have in-depth knowledge of the Championship and strategic tactical know-how... and they told me to "**** off" I think they don't like 'games' in their forum (it's a fair point) - a bit like how the Current World Draft was moved. But I still think these draft games encourage good discussion.
Yes, all will be explained tomorrow - we will be strictly evaluating the players purely on their Championship career. I.e if one player had one season in the Championship but then later became a Premier League legend scoring 20 goals a season, we would disregard his Premier League career, but evaluate him on his single Championship season.
Well there goes my shortlist of players who had brief loan spells in the Championship and went on to play for England.
They've got Championship games on there, so I'm surprised they didn't make it a sticky on there. Good to see a few new managers in here, looking forward to this draft a lot more than previous ones. Some cult heroes on my short list already.
Will be difficult to make your picks given you're now permanently banned...good luck with that, though.
