All-Time Premier League Draft Attention all wannabe managers and tacticians - who'd be interested in taking part in an 'All-Time Premier League Draft'? Yes, that's right, it's where we take it in turns picking a Premier League player each, to build a team of XI players. Obviously the Premier League era began from the 1992–93 season, so you can't pick George Best or Kenny Dalglish! Rules This is how the All-Time Premier League Draft will work: In a snake draft format... Round One Manager 1 - Chooses a player Manager 2 - Chooses a player Manager 3 - Chooses a player Manager 4 - Chooses a player Manager 5 - Chooses a player Round Two Manager 5 - Chooses a player Manager 4 - Chooses a player Manager 3 - Chooses a player Manager 2 - Chooses a player Manager 1 - Chooses a player ...and so on. Remember, no naming of undrafted players in this thread! FF All-Time Premier League Draft Awards Ceremony Best Team (Eurovision-style) Best Defence (including GK) (Top 3) Best Midfield (Top 3) Best Attack (Top 3) Best Balance (Top 3) We will base our evaluation on only their Premier League career. We need to have a balanced evaluation of the following factors: Peak performance (3 seasons) Longevity and consistency Best single season performance Individual Honours Team Honours Pick Summary Saint_Shane - Dennis Bergkamp, David Beckham, Marcel Desailly, Jermain Defoe, Gary Pallister, John Barnes, Roberto Di Matteo, Antti Niemi, Nigel de Jong, Aleksandar Kolarov, Stephen Carr. borobob - Thierry Henry, Robbie Fowler, Xabi Alonso, Ray Parlour, Marc Overmars, Chris Waddle, Neville Southall, Bacary Sagna, Phil Neville, Gary Cahill, Laurent Blanc. Joga bonito - Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Michael Essien, Leighton Baines, Michael Carrick, Nolberto Solano, Lucas Radebe, Richard Dunne, Michael Dawson, Mark Schwarzer. joshlong91 - Peter Schmeichel, Lee Dixon, Gary Speed, Yaya Touré, Nigel Winterburn, Kevin Phillips, Colin Hendry, Mikaël Silvestre, Rob Lee, Dion Dublin, Santi Cazorla. Cotterill:49 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fàbregas, John Terry, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Harry Kewell, Paul McGrath, Joe Hart, Dennis Wise, Emmanuel Adebayor, Steve Staunton, Rob Jones. CeilingVitaly - Patrick Vieira, Gareth Bale, Vincent Kompany, Andrei Kanchelskis, Carlos Tévez, John Arne Riise, Gareth Barry, Steve Finnan, Eiður Guðjohnsen, David James, Daniel Agger. Quirkafleeg - Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ian Wright, Teddy Sheringham, Juninho, Jussi Jääskeläinen, Nicky Butt, Paul Merson, Steve Bould, Dave Watson, David Unsworth, Steve Clarke. LEF - Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Sami Hyypiä, Paul Ince, Nicolas Anelka, Jamie Carragher, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Dirk Kuyt, Jens Lehmann, Tim Sherwood, Chris Powell. Scotty_Gilk_82 - Edwin van der Sar, Denis Irwin, Nemanja Vidić, Patrice Evra, Emmanuel Petit, Gilberto Silva, Edin Džeko, Gus Poyet, Ronny Johnsen, Antonio Valencia, Lee Sharpe. saint_clark - David Seaman, Martin Keown, Arjen Robben, Ledley King, Branislav Ivanović, Jamie Redknapp, Robbie Keane, Tim Cahill, Clint Dempsey, José Enrique, Samir Nasri. jameslfc11 - Steven Gerrard, David Ginola, Luis Suárez, Freddie Ljungberg, Mark Viduka, Kolo Touré, Glen Johnson, Olof Mellberg, Ian Harte, Scott Parker, Tim Howard. Lord Celery - Frank Lampard, Claude Makélélé, Juan Mata, Steve Bruce, Dimitar Berbatov, Brad Friedel, Gaël Clichy, Rafael van der Vaart, Ashley Young, Gareth Southgate, Paulo Ferreira. TheLoneRanger - Roy Keane, Robert Pirès, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Georgi Kinkladze, Luka Modrić, Phillipe Albert, Eric Thorstvedt, Lauren, Sylvain Distin, Julian Dicks. Gal_P - Petr Čech, Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho, William Gallas, David Silva, Damien Duff, Mikel Arteta, Theo Walcott, Frank Leboeuf, Pablo Zabaleta, Alex Song. Sgt. Serious - Paul Scholes, Sol Campbell, Michael Owen, Les Ferdinand, Nigel Martyn, Joe Cole, Henning Berg, David Batty, Wayne Bridge, Warren Barton, Jay-Jay Okocha. Ollie - Ashley Cole, Matt Le Tissier, Shay Given, Steve McManaman, Sergio Agüero, Paulo Di Canio, Dietmar Hamann, Gary Kelly, Gary McAllister, Des Walker, Ugo Ehiogu. King_Kenny - Tony Adams, Gary Neville, Jaap Stam, Stuart Pearce, Pepe Reina, Peter Beardsley, Javier Mascherano, Jürgen Klinsmann, David Platt, Stan Collymore, Tomáš Rosický. Dan - Gianfranco Zola, Éric Cantona, Fernando Torres, Michael Ballack, Dan Petrescu, Graeme Le Saux, Alex, Carlo Cudicini, Lucas Leiva, Phil Jagielka, Eden Hazard. Team Formations Create a formation using www.footballuser.com/post or www.this11.com/boards/editor Saint_Shane borobob Joga bonito joshlong91 Cotterill:49 CeilingVitaly Quirkafleeg LEF Scotty_Gilk_82
saint_clark jameslfc11 Lord Celery TheLoneRanger Gal_P Sgt. Serious Ollie King_Kenny Dan FF All-Time Premier League Draft Awards Ceremony Best Team 1st borobob 113 points 2nd CeilingVitaly 91 points 3rd Dan 85 points 4th Joga bonito 83 points 5th Gal_P 81 points 6th King_Kenny 76 points 7th TheLoneRanger 76 points 8th Ollie 71 points 9th Cotterill:49 68 points 10th jameslfc11 66 points 11th Lord Celery 61 points 12th Saint_Shane 59 points 13th Scotty_Gilk_82 37 points 14th Sgt. Serious 24 points 15th LEF 17 points 16th saint_clark 15 points 17th joshlong91 11 points 18th Quirkafleeg 10 points Best Defence (including GK) 1st - King_Kenny 45 points 2nd - Scotty_Gilk_82, Lord Celery 9 points 3rd - saint_clark 8 points Best Midfield 1st - Cotterill:49 25 points 2nd - Lord Celery, TheLoneRanger 14 points 3rd - Saint_Shane, jameslfc11, CeilingVitaly 10 points Best Attack 1st - Joga bonito 36 points 2nd - borobob, Quirkafleeg 17 points 3rd - TheLoneRanger 9 points Best Balance 1st - jameslfc11 15 points 2nd - King_Kenny 14 points 3rd - borobob 10 points
Hi CeilingVitaly, maybe a confusion in language: The 'time' in this case ('Premier League', formerly the 'Premiership') is defined as beginning August 1992 and ending May 2013 - thus, the full/"all" allocated time - I hope this makes sense
I was tempted to extend it back to the old English First Division, but the 'Premier League' era still has a vast pool of quality players. Depends on how many players want to play too - hoping for at least 10, maximum 20. Would it interest you?
What is the point exactly? So someone names a player out of the thousands that have played in the Premier League. Then ten more do the same so that we have an XI. Then what?
The drafting process and discussion is good fun, but once all our teams are complete we then vote for who has the 'best' team
OK, but I'm warning you, this team will take some beating. Bobby Mimms Nelson Vivas Tomas Repka Darren Moore Richard Shaw Hossam Ghaly Matty Appleby Stephen Glass Regi Blinker Paul Furlong Jan Aage Fjortoft
I'm impresed by your knowledge of the cult legEnds! This is how the All-Time Premier League Draft would work: In a snake draft format... Round One Manager 1 - Chooses a player Manager 2 - Chooses a player Manager 3 - Chooses a player Manager 4 - Chooses a player Manager 5 - Chooses a player Round Two Manager 5 - Chooses a player Manager 4 - Chooses a player Manager 3 - Chooses a player Manager 2 - Chooses a player Manager 1 - Chooses a player ...and so on.
To save it being the usual boring Man United nine players and two others, make a rule with no more than 2 or 3 from each team?
Why? Man United players will be common as they have been the best during the majority of the Premier League era....
Yes, I'm sure they'll be snapped up by most of the managers in the first few rounds Managers can't sign the same player, i.e two managers can't have Djemba-Djemba in their team. Are you guys in?
Yes, we take it in turns - you can draft whatever positions you want, and in whichever order you desire. The formation is up to you, but you must draft one goalkeeper!
