Shocked to have gotten anything, after missing all of those picks! I certainly built from the center, and it showed with a decent showing there! Also, woot, 11!
Wow! Didn't think I'd come 2nd from bottom! Will have to enter the next one to save My rep! Think I'll prefer the next draft too. None of this 12 month form to worry about which ended up costing Me I think.
Well done Shane deserved win. I learned a lot on this draft, how limited my European player knowledge was and also learned about some cracking players. Looking forward to the new draft now , hopefully I can do a bit better this time.
Second season syndrome Only 3 more places available for the new draft game. I doubt many people visit the 'Competitions' forum (?), but we have a few new players.
So how did your players get on in 2014? The Current Draft was from November 2013. LEF - Lionel Messi, Mario Götze, Ángel di María, Jack Wilshere, Branislav Ivanović, Diego Godín, Marko Baša, Nigel De Jong, Fábio Coentrão, Mario Gómez, Asmir Begović. CeilingVitaly - Cristiano Ronaldo, Hulk, Isco, Asier Illarramendi, Nuri Şahin, Marco Verratti, Dejan Lovren, João Pereira, Aleksandar Kolarov, Fabricio Coloccini, Igor Akinfeev. Guyett - Zlatan Ibrahimović, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Luiz Gustavo, Stephan El Shaarawy, Leandro Castán, Federico Balzaretti, Vincent Enyeama, John Terry, Gregory van der Wiel, Mohamed Salah. MrE - Luis Suárez, Javi Martínez, Andrea Barzagli, João Moutinho, Antoine Griezmann, Marcel Schmelzer, Carlos Vela, Mamadou Sakho, Guiseppe Rossi, Morgan De Sanctis, Kevin Großkreutz. borobob - Andrés Iniesta, Steven Gerrard, Daniele De Rossi, Jackson Martínez, Burak Yılmaz, Sidney Sam, Christian Maggio, Gary Cahill, Fabian Schär, Fernando Muslera, Jetro Willems. BeeLz - Arturo Vidal, Dante, Hugo Lloris, Ivan Rakitić, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Juanfran, Christian Benteke, Samir Nasri, Ricardo Rodríguez, Axel Witsel, Andrea Ranocchia. saint_clark - Phillip Lahm, Mats Hummels, David Luiz, Fernando Llorente, Esteban Cambiasso, Rafinha, Michu, Fredy Guarín, Dries Mertens, Adam Lallana, Tim Krul. Easty - Radamel Falcao, Sergio Busquets, Leonardo Bonucci, Didier Drogba, Christian Eriksen, Nicolás Otamendi, Lucas Moura, Salvatore Sirigu, Ramires, Séamus Coleman, Mattia De Sciglio. Cotterill:49 - Franck Ribéry, Andrea Pirlo, Leighton Baines, Hernanes, Łukasz Piszczek, David de Gea, Vedad Ibišević, Miralem Pjanić, Jonny Evans, Fernandinho, Ashley Williams. Saint_Shane - Robert Lewandowski, Giorgio Chiellini, Neven Subotić, Francesco Totti, Theo Walcott, Marcelo, Rafael, Paulinho, Diego López Rodríguez, Victor Wanyama, André Schürrle. Ollie - Thiago Silva, Neymar, İlkay Gündoğan, Julian Draxler, Nemanja Matić, Jesús Navas, Fred, Marc-André ter Stegen, Álvaro Arbeloa, Simon Kjær, Emilio Izaguirre. Purple Bananaa - Vincent Kompany, Marek Hamšík, Pepe, Stefan Kießling, Darijo Srna, Patrice Evra, Son Heung-Min, Jefferson Farfán, Fernando, Víctor Valdés, Michael Bradley. jameslfc11 - Edinson Cavani, Xabi Alonso, David Silva, Diego Costa, Philippe Coutinho, Arda Turan, Lucas Leiva, Phil Jagielka, Daniel Agger, Pepe Reina, Martin Škrtel. AJ's Right Peg - Sergio Agüero, Eden Hazard, Lars Bender, Alexis Sánchez, Ezequiel Garay, Mehdi Benatia, Mathieu Valbuena, Juan Zúñiga, Kevin Strootman, Glen Johnson, Steve Mandanda. NZCityfan1947 - Yaya Touré, Wayne Rooney, Oscar, Sven Bender, Matija Nastasić, Borja Valero, Roman Weidenfeller, Daley Blind, Bernard, Kyle Walker, Mateo Musacchio. The Fuzz - Gareth Bale, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Daniel Carvajal, Romelu Lukaku, Lukas Podolski, Lucas Digne, Gonzalo Castro, René Adler, Sylvain Distin. DeadlyDemon - Manuel Neuer, Juan Mata, Álvaro Negredo, Pablo Zabaleta, Iñigo Martínez, Luke Shaw, Rodrigo Palacio, Mateo Kovačić, Olivier Giroud, Nicolas N'Koulou, Gareth Barry. Dan - Xavi Hernández, Daniel Sturridge, Ashley Cole, Claudio Marchisio, Jérôme Boateng, Marquinhos, Willian, Maxime Gonalons, Ignazio Abate, Xherdan Shaqiri, Artur Boruc. mrwatfordfc - Bastian Schweinsteiger, David Alaba, Gonzalo Higuaín, Pedro Rodríguez, Thiago Motta, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Benedikt Höwedes, Nemanja Vidić, Wesley Sneijder, Wojciech Szczęsny, Stephan Lichtsteiner. prolifik - Robin van Persie, Cesc Fàbregas, Jan Vertonghen, Carlos Tévez, João Miranda, Gökhan Inler, Samir Handanović, Adriano Correia, Alessio Cerci, Kieran Gibbs, Thiago Alcântara. Quirkafleeg - Dani Alves, Aaron Ramsey, Mario Mandžukić, Koke, Gianluigi Buffon, Laurent Koscielny, Maxwell, Ignacio Piatti, Alfreð Finnbogason, Ross Barkley, Hugo Campagnaro. Gal_P - Petr Čech, Mario Balotelli, Raphaël Varane, Paul Pogba, Erik Lamela, James Rodríguez, Eliaquim Mangala, Lazar Marković, Cesar Azpilicueta, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Ben Davies. Joga Bonito - Arjen Robben, Thomas Müller, Santi Cazorla, Karim Benzema, Blaise Matuidi, Morgan Schneiderlin, Bacary Sagna, Gaël Clichy, Toby Alderweireld, Daniel Van Buyten, Simon Mignolet.
Nemanja Matić moved to Chelsea & became the best DM in the Prem, hardly anyone knew him when I picked him but I was mad keen on picking him. I could have picked him last for all anyone cared. Thiago Silva & Neymar starred at the world cup. Fred was shit mind you. Marc-André ter Stegen went to Barca. Gündoğan has been out injured. My other picks were through necessity really.
RVP hasn't had a great year but he was an easily justifiable pick, as were Fabregas, Miranda and Tevez. Cerci was doing fine until he moved to Atleti to keep the bench warm. Vertonghen had a poor second season with Spurs and is only just getting back on form. Thiago's been even more injury-prone than before. The rest were pretty nondescript picks if I'm honest, but then we did have a lot of managers in this draft.
Just goes to show how much can change in a year..Tevez, Costa and Sanchez were barely in the first 100 players picked, James didn't get picked until round six!
Arjen Robben - star for Netherlands at WC, and villain! Thomas Müller - probably my best player. What a year! Santi Cazorla - varying from average to inspiring Karim Benzema - he has bagged so many goals this calendar year, a key member of Madrid's unstoppable BBC. Blaise Matuidi - PSG's/France's powerhouse, gone from strength to strength. Wenger would love Matuidi and Schneiderlin! Morgan Schneiderlin - a very tactically important player for Saints, caps for France too now. Will he move to a 'bigger club' to play Champions League football...? Bacary Sagna - moved to City, seen little of him. Gaël Clichy - City's consistent LB. Toby Alderweireld - now at Saints, forming a solid partnership with Fonte, best defence in Prem. Daniel Van Buyten - retired, after reaching his pinnacle with Bayern. Simon Mignolet - oh dear oh dear
