The 2014 World Football Market Draft What is the 2014 World Football Market Draft? The 2014 World Football Market Draft is where each manager (you) will be building a squad of 16 players from a budget of £500m. We will be buying our players from alternating rounds of either BIDDING or DRAFTING from the best leagues in the world. Your players, your formation and your tactics. Rules Each manager will be given a squad budget of £500m to build a 16-player squad. You must sign at least 2 goalkeepers, the rest is up to you. All player valuations will be based from this website: www.transfermarkt.co.uk We will be signing players through a succession of rounds where we either bid for a player or draft players. The game will follow this pattern: Round 1: BID - La Liga Market Round 2: DRAFT - La Liga Market Round 3: BID - Premier League Market Round 4: DRAFT - Premier League Market Round 5: BID - Bundesliga Market Round 6: DRAFT - Bundesliga Market Round 7: BID - Serie A Market Round 8: DRAFT - Serie A Market Round 9: BID - Open Market Round 10: DRAFT - Open Market Round 11: BID - La Liga Market Round 12: DRAFT - La Liga Market Round 13: BID - Premier League Market Round 14: DRAFT - Premier League Market Round 15: BID - Bundesliga Market Round 16: DRAFT - Bundesliga Market and so on... This is how the BID round works: Each manager will Private Message me with a bid for a player. You must bid for a player from the League Market that is open: E.g, Round 3: bid for any player who plays for a Premier League team. For example: Danny Welbeck £50m The minimum amount you can bid for a player is their valuation on www.transfermarkt.co.uk. All player valuations should be rounded up to zero decimal places. E.g £30.4m will be viewed as £31m. NOTE Before anyone has sent me their bids, I will Private Message my bids to Suffolk Punch. The manager with the highest bid signs the player. If two or more managers make an equal bid for a player, those same managers will make one final re-bid. If there is still no 'highest bid', the player will be unsigned and remain available for the future rounds. This is how the DRAFT round works: The draft order will be based on the amount we bid on the previous round. The manager with the smallest bid amount will draft first. If two or more managers bid the same amount, the draft order will be based on (i) the manager with the largest remaining budget drafts first, (ii) the manager with the most players drafts first, (iii) the name of the manager, A-Z (excluding numbers and symbols). Therefore: Round 3: BID Round 4: DRAFT (draft order based on Round 3's bid amounts) Round 7: BID Round 8: DRAFT (draft order based on Round 7's bid amounts) Each manager will then pick ONE PLAYER to purchase from the League Market that is open. His value will be based on his price on www.transfermarkt.co.uk. All player valuations should be rounded up to zero decimal places. E.g £30.4m will be viewed as £31m. "Open Market" allows you to draft a player from any club, from any league in the world (except for La Liga, Premier League, Bundesliga and Serie A). Free agents are also available. After you make your pick, please Private Message the following manager in the Draft Order. There is a Draft Deadline Window of 10 hours. If you miss the deadline the next manager in the draft order can continue. If you think you will be away for longer than 10 hours please send a shortlist to a manager who follows you in the draft order. You must sign 16 players for your squad. If you run out of money, the last player(s) you bought will be sold to the other managers (you will only receive their base value, not their sale value). "If you were building a squad of 16 players to win the Champions League, who would you buy?" (Injuries and suspensions do not exist) The evaluation of the teams will work in two stages. After every manager has posted his tactics and team profile: Firstly, we will rank eachothers teams under the usual categories (best team, best defence, best midfield, best attack, best balance and best bench) Secondly, we will then play a Knockout Tournament . However, each time a team progresses, that team will be able to steal one player from an eliminated team. Thus, a team who reaches the final can potentially steal 4 players (2 from Group Stage, 1 from a Quarter-Finalist and 1 from a Semi-Finalist).
Results (Failed bids in RED) Round 1: BID - La Liga Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Koke 50 borobob - Koke 36 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Marc-André ter Stegen 20 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Luka Modrić 36 Cotterill:49 - Luka Modrić 39 David-tottivillarossi - Ángel di María 36 Gal_P - Filipe Luís 14 Guyett - Luka Modrić 45 jameslfc11 - Alexis Sánchez 37 Joga bonito - Ángel di María 60 mrwatfordfc - Cristiano Ronaldo 106 Ollie - Diego Godín 21 Plymouth Gooner - Alexis Sánchez 31 prolifik - Cristiano Ronaldo 110 Purple Bananaa - Gabi 14 Ringleader - Xabi Alonso 11 Round 2: DRAFT - La Liga Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Carlos Vela 18 borobob - Gareth Bale 71 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Ivan Rakitić 18 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Jordi Alba 22 Cotterill:49 - Miranda 14 David-tottivillarossi - Sergio Busquets 40 Gal_P - Neymar 53 Guyett - Antoine Griezmann 22 jameslfc11 - Dani Alves 16 Joga bonito - Daniel Carvajal 11 mrwatfordfc - Juanfran 13 Ollie - Andrés Iniesta 49 Plymouth Gooner - Marcelo 22 prolifik - Keylor Navas 4 Purple Bananaa - Sergio Ramos 36 Ringleader - Lionel Messi 106 Round 3: BID - Premier League Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Aaron Ramsey 30 borobob - Séamus Coleman 9 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - John Terry 13 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Luis Suárez 80 Cotterill:49 - César Azpilicueta 17 David-tottivillarossi - Robin van Persie 51 Gal_P - César Azpilicueta 16 Guyett - Hugo Lloris 20 jameslfc11 - Luis Suárez 97 Joga bonito - Sergio Agüero 91 mrwatfordfc - Yaya Touré 46 Ollie - Vincent Kompany 36 Plymouth Gooner - Robin van Persie 65 prolifik - Morgan Schneiderlin 15 Purple Bananaa - Luis Suárez 72 Ringleader - Pablo Zabaleta 22 Round 4: DRAFT - Premier League Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Gary Cahill 17 borobob - Eden Hazard 40 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Daniel Sturridge 18 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Oscar 30 Cotterill:49 - Diego Costa 31 David-tottivillarossi - Nemanja Matić 22 Gal_P - Thibaut Courtois 22 Guyett - Juan Mata 32 jameslfc11 - Santi Cazorla 27 Joga bonito - Leighton Baines 18 mrwatfordfc - Raheem Sterling 12 Ollie - David de Gea 15 Plymouth Gooner - Per Mertesacker 16 prolifik - David Silva 36 Purple Bananaa - Wayne Rooney 40 Ringleader - Pepe Reina 9 Round 5: BID - Bundesliga Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Marco Reus 65 borobob - Robert Lewandowski 82 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Marco Reus 70 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Robert Lewandowski 71 Cotterill:49 - Philipp Lahm 57 David-tottivillarossi - Robert Lewandowski 86 Gal_P - Philipp Lahm 27 Guyett - Atsuto Uchida 6 jameslfc11 - Manuel Neuer 63 Joga bonito - Marco Reus 82 mrwatfordfc - Marcel Schmelzer 10 Ollie - Luiz Gustavo 16 Plymouth Gooner - Jérôme Boateng 33 prolifik - Mats Hummels 35 Purple Bananaa - Ciro Immobile 32 Ringleader - Henrikh Mkhitaryan 31 Round 6: DRAFT - Bundesliga Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Ricardo Rodríguez 18 borobob - Roberto Firmino 14 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Javi Martínez 33 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Nuri Şahin 11 Cotterill:49 - Toni Kroos 36 David-tottivillarossi - Łukasz Piszczek 14 Gal_P - Bastian Schweinsteiger 36 Guyett - Thomas Müller 40 jameslfc11 - Mario Götze 49 Joga bonito - Dante 15 mrwatfordfc - Arjen Robben 22 Ollie - Franck Ribéry 37 Plymouth Gooner - Kevin-Prince Boateng 14 prolifik - David Alaba 29 Purple Bananaa - Naldo 5 Ringleader - Sven Bender 16 Round 7: BID - Serie A Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Kevin Strootman 24 borobob - Andrea Barzagli 17 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Morgan De Sanctis 3 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Giorgio Chiellini 40 Cotterill:49 - Juan Cuadrado 26 David-tottivillarossi - Mattia Perin 13 Gal_P - Giorgio Chiellini 22 Guyett - Andrea Barzagli 12 jameslfc11 - Ashley Cole 9 Joga bonito - Arturo Vidal 91 mrwatfordfc - Arturo Vidal 81 Ollie - Francesco Totti 1 Plymouth Gooner - Paul Pogba 86 prolifik - Carlos Tevez 34 Purple Bananaa - Juan Cuadrado 42 Ringleader - Ashley Cole 6 Round 8: DRAFT - Serie A Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Dries Mertens 12 borobob - Leonardo Bonucci 18 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Mehdi Benatia 25 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Claudio Marchisio 25 Cotterill:49 - Nigel de Jong 8 David-tottivillarossi - Leandro Castán 13 Gal_P - Mario Balotelli 27 Guyett - Daniele De Rossi 18 jameslfc11 - Marek Hamšík 31 Joga bonito - Alex 5 mrwatfordfc - Gianluigi Buffon 5 Ollie - Andrea Pirlo 7 Plymouth Gooner - Cristián Zapata 5 prolifik - Nemanja Vidić 9 Purple Bananaa - Kwadwo Asamoah 18 Ringleader - Gonzalo Higuaín 34 Round 9: BID - Open Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Darijo Srna 10 borobob - Zlatan Ibrahimović 141 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Marco Verratti 47 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Zlatan Ibrahimović 101 Cotterill:49 - Luisão 5 David-tottivillarossi - Thiago Silva 86 Gal_P - William Carvalho 11 Guyett - Daniel Van Buyten 2 jameslfc11 - Frank Lampard 5 Joga bonito - James Rodríguez 102 mrwatfordfc - Blaise Matuidi 26 Ollie - Zlatan Ibrahimović 102 Plymouth Gooner - Zlatan Ibrahimović 146 prolifik - João Moutinho 36 Purple Bananaa - Thiago Silva 94 Ringleader - Ronaldinho 3 Round 10: DRAFT - Open Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Ezequiel Garay 18 borobob - Guillermo Ochoa 5 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Ezequiel Lavezzi 19 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Wesley Sneijder 15 Cotterill:49 - Lucas Moura 30 David-tottivillarossi - Marcos Rojo 5 Gal_P - Axel Witsel 31 Guyett - Radamel Falcao 53 jameslfc11 - Edinson Cavani 53 Joga bonito - Tiago 3 mrwatfordfc - Mathieu Valbuena 13 Ollie - Yohan Cabaye 20 Plymouth Gooner - Jackson Martínez 27 prolifik - Thiago Motta 8 Purple Bananaa - Vincent Enyeama 4 Ringleader - Daley Blind 6 Round 11: BID - La Liga Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Karim Benzema 111 borobob - Karim Benzema 83 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Pedro Rodríguez 64 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Karim Benzema 70 Cotterill:49 - Pedro Rodríguez 52 David-tottivillarossi - Pepe 33 Gal_P - Karim Benzema 30 Guyett - Aymeric Laporte 12 jameslfc11 - Javier Mascherano 53 Joga bonito - Xavi Hernández 9 mrwatfordfc - Karim Benzema 153 Ollie - Karim Benzema 166 Plymouth Gooner - Carlos Kameni 1 prolifik - Pedro Rodríguez 33 Purple Bananaa - Javier Mascherano 26 Ringleader - Raphael Varane 37 Round 12: DRAFT - La Liga Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Giovani dos Santos 9 borobob - Fábio Coentrão 13 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Alberto Moreno 9 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Iñigo Martínez 11 Cotterill:49 - Iker Muniain 16 David-tottivillarossi - Arda Turan 22 Gal_P - Gerard Piqué 32 Guyett - Isco 31 jameslfc11 - Sami Khedira 20 Joga bonito - Carlos Gurpegi 2 mrwatfordfc - Raúl García 11 Ollie - Álvaro Arbeloa 7 Plymouth Gooner - Claudio Bravo 4 prolifik - Diego López 9 Purple Bananaa - Mario Mandžukić 27 Ringleader - Alex Song 15 Round 13: BID - Premier League Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Tim Howard 11 borobob - Ross Barkley 53 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Mesut Özil 106 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Edin Džeko 80 Cotterill:49 - Petr Čech 101 David-tottivillarossi - Cesc Fàbregas 103 Gal_P - Theo Walcott 25 Guyett - Jan Vertonghen 104 jameslfc11 - Tim Howard 7 Joga bonito - Tim Howard 2 mrwatfordfc - Edin Džeko 91 Ollie - Mathieu Debuchy 10 Plymouth Gooner - Cesc Fàbregas 48 prolifik - Bacary Sagna 35 Purple Bananaa - Fernandinho 63 Ringleader - Thomas Vermaelen 26 Round 14: DRAFT - Premier League Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Jordan Henderson 14 borobob - Wilfried Bony 8 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Romelu Lukaku 22 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Álvaro Negredo 24 Cotterill:49 - Christian Eriksen 16 David-tottivillarossi - Branislav Ivanović 17 Gal_P - Samir Nasri 20 Guyett - Artur Boruc 2 jameslfc11 - Laurent Koscielny 16 Joga bonito - Tomáš Rosický 2 mrwatfordfc - Ander Herrera 18 Ollie - Jesús Navas 18 Plymouth Gooner - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 15 prolifik - Olivier Giroud 18 Purple Bananaa - Steven Gerrard 7 Ringleader - Joe Hart 15 Round 15: BID - Bundesliga Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Stefan Kießling 117 borobob - Lars Bender 22 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Neven Subotić 31 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Xherdan Shaqiri 100 Cotterill:49 - Kevin Volland 51 David-tottivillarossi - Kevin De Bruyne 41 Gal_P - Neven Subotić 18 Guyett - Neven Subotić 87 jameslfc11 - Ralf Fährmann 4 Joga bonito - Roman Weidenfeller 7 mrwatfordfc - Neven Subotić 67 Ollie - Roman Weidenfeller 5 Plymouth Gooner - Rafinha 8 prolifik - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 50 Purple Bananaa - Sokratis Papastathopoulos 67 Ringleader - Benedikt Höwedes 22 Round 16: DRAFT - Bundesliga Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Bernd Leno 16 borobob - Sidney Sam 8 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Leon Goretzka 7 CeilingVitaly-Shane - İlkay Gündoğan 18 Cotterill:49 - Ömer Toprak 16 David-tottivillarossi - Max Kruse 9 Gal_P - Thiago Alcántara 27 Guyett - Christoph Kramer 8 jameslfc11 - Heung-min Son 13 Joga bonito - Claudio Pizarro 1 mrwatfordfc - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 11 Ollie - Julian Draxler 27 Plymouth Gooner - Matthias Ginter 11 prolifik - Joël Matip 15 Purple Bananaa - Daniel Baier 3 Ringleader - Jefferson Farfán 14 Round 17: BID - Serie A Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Giuseppe Rossi 126 borobob - Miralem Pjanić 102 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Stephan Lichtsteiner 77 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Samir Handanović 30 Cotterill:49 - Federico Marchetti 18 David-tottivillarossi - Alessio Cerci 42 Gal_P - Samir Handanović 21 Guyett - Mattia De Sciglio 18 jameslfc11 - Philippe Mexès 7 Joga bonito - Christian Abbiati 1 mrwatfordfc - Raúl Albiol 78 Ollie - Plymouth Gooner - Stephan El Shaarawy 18 prolifik - Miralem Pjanić 57 Purple Bananaa - Yuto Nagatomo 14 Ringleader - Miralem Pjanić 120 Round 18: DRAFT - Serie A Market - COMPLETED AJ's Right Peg - Shkodran Mustafi 7 borobob - Michu 11 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Radja Nainggolan 16 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Domenico Berardi 14 Cotterill:49 - Gökhan Inler 11 David-tottivillarossi - Borja Valero 21 Gal_P - Fernando Llorente 20 mrwatfordfc - Federico Fernández 5 Ollie - Sergio Romero 2 Plymouth Gooner - Mateo Kovačić 17 prolifik - Hernanes 18 Purple Bananaa - Andrea Consigli 8 Round 19: BID - Open Market - COMPLETED borobob - Salvatore Sirigu 69 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Salvatore Sirigu 40 Cotterill:49 - David Villa 50 David-tottivillarossi - Salvatore Sirigu 19 Gal_P - Serge Aurier 6 mrwatfordfc - David Luiz 135 Ollie - Maxwell 68 Round 20: DRAFT - Open Market - COMPLETED borobob - Enzo Pérez 10 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Alex Teixeira 15 David-tottivillarossi - Steve Mandanda 15 Gal_P - Eliaquim Mangala 21 mrwatfordfc - Júlio César 3 Round 21: BID - La Liga Market - COMPLETED borobob - Adriano Correia 126 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Iker Casillas 40 Gal_P - Nicolás Otamendi 11 Round 22: DRAFT - La Liga Market - COMPLETED Gal_P - Jan Oblak 15 CeilingVitaly-Shane - Jeremy Mathieu 13 Round 23: BID - Premier League Market - COMPLETED CeilingVitaly-Shane - Rafael 14 The 2014 World Football Market Draft Awards Ceremony Best Team 1st - Joga bonito 201 points 2nd - Ollie 197 points 3rd - jameslfc11 178 points 4th - prolifik 164 points 5th - Guyett 157 points 6th - Gal_P 138 points 7th - David-tottivillarossi 127 points 8th - Ringleader 107 points 9th - mrwatfordfc 105 points 10th - Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz 99 points 11th - Purple Bananaa 93 points 12th - AJ's Right Peg 87 points 13th - Cotterill:49 87 points 14th - borobob 81 points 15th - Plymouth Gooner 60 points 16th - CeilingVitaly-Shane 39 points Best Defence (including GK, CB, FB & WB*) 1st - Ollie 27 points 2nd - prolifik 22 points 3rd - Cotterill:49 9 points Best Midfield (including WB*, DM, CM & AM) 1st - Joga bonito & Guyett 19 points 2nd - David-tottivillarossi 18 points 3rd - AJ's Right Peg 14 points Best Attack (including ST, FW & W) 1st - Joga bonito 29 points 2nd - jameslfc11 24 points 3rd - Ringleader 11 points Best Balance 1st - Ollie 22 points 2nd - David-tottivillarossi 12 points 3rd - Gal_P 11 points Best Bench 1st - Ollie 28 points 2nd - Gal_P 18 points 3rd - Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz & jameslfc11 9 points The 2014 World Football Tournament Match Day One Results jameslfc11 W-L Plymouth Gooner Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz D-D Guyett Cotterill:49 D-D Gal_P borobob L-W Joga bonito Purple Bananaa L-W Ringleader David-tottivillarossi D-D prolifik Ollie W-L AJ's Right Peg CeilingVitaly-Shane L-W mrwatfordfc Match Day Two Results jameslfc11 W-L Guyett Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz W-L Plymouth Gooner Cotterill:49 L-W Joga bonito borobob L-W Gal_P Purple Bananaa L-W prolifik David-tottivillarossi D-D Ringleader Ollie W-L mrwatfordfc CeilingVitaly-Shane D-D AJ's Right Peg Match Day Three Results jameslfc11 W-L Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz Guyett D-D Plymouth Gooner Cotterill:49 W-L borobob Joga bonito W-L Gal_P Purple Bananaa D-D David-tottivillarossi prolifik W-L Ringleader Ollie W-L CeilingVitaly-Shane mrwatfordfc W-L AJ's Right Peg Quarter Final Results Q1: jameslfc11 8-3 Gal_P Q2: Joga bonito 11-0 Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz Q3: prolifik 12-1 mrwatfordfc Q4: Ollie 14-0 Ringleader Semi Final Results S1: jameslfc11 6-7 prolifik S2: Joga bonito 6-8 Ollie Final prolifik 6-2 Ollie prolifik wins the 2014 World Football Tournament
Squads AJ's Right Peg - Koke (£50m), Carlos Vela (£18m), Aaron Ramsey (£30m), Gary Cahill (£17m), Ricardo Rodríguez (£18m), Kevin Strootman (£24m), Dries Mertens (£12m), Darijo Srna (£10m), Ezequiel Garay (£18m), Giovani dos Santos (£9m), Tim Howard (£11m), Jordan Henderson (£14m), Stefan Kießling (£117m), Bernd Leno (£16m), Giuseppe Rossi (£126m), Shkodran Mustafi (£7m) borobob - Gareth Bale (£71M), Séamus Coleman (£9m), Eden Hazard (£40m), Roberto Firmino (£14m), Andrea Barzagli (£17m), Leonardo Bonucci (£18m), Guillermo Ochoa (£5m), Fábio Coentrão (£13m), Ross Barkley (£53m), Wilfried Bony (£14m), Lars Bender (£22m), Sidney Sam (£8m), Michu (£11m), Salvatore Sirigu (£69m), Enzo Pérez (£10m), Adriano Correia (£126m) Cal_BCFC-The Fuzz - Marc-André ter Stegen (£20m), Ivan Rakitić (£18m), John Terry (£13m), Daniel Sturridge (£18m), Javi Martínez (£33m), Morgan De Sanctis (£3m), Mehdi Benatia (£25m), Marco Verratti (£47m), Ezequiel Lavezzi (£19m), Pedro Rodríguez (£64m), Alberto Moreno (£9m), Mesut Özil (£106m), Romelu Lukaku (£22m), Leon Goretzka (£7m), Stephan Lichtsteiner (£77m), Radja Nainggolan (£16m) CeilingVitaly-Shane - Jordi Alba (£22m), Oscar (£30m), Nuri Şahin (£11m), Giorgio Chiellini (£40m), Claudio Marchisio (£25m), Wesley Sneijder (£15m), Iñigo Martínez (£11m), Álvaro Negredo (£24m), Xherdan Shaqiri (£100m), İlkay Gündoğan (£18m), Samir Handanović (£30m), Domenico Berardi (£14m), Alex Teixeira (£15m), Iker Casillas (£40m), Jeremy Mathieu (£13m), Rafael (£14m) Cotterill:49 - Miranda (£14m), César Azpilicueta (£17m), Diego Costa (£31m), Philipp Lahm (£57m), Toni Kroos (£36m), Nigel de Jong (£8m), Luisão (£5m), Lucas Moura (£30m), Iker Muniain (£16m), Petr Čech (£101m), Christian Eriksen (£16m), Kevin Volland (£51m), Ömer Toprak (£16m), Federico Marchetti (£18m), Gökhan Inler (£11m), David Villa (£50m) David-tottivillarossi - Sergio Busquets (£40m), Nemanja Matić (£22m), Robert Lewandowski (£86m), Łukasz Piszczek (£14m), Mattia Perin (£13m), Leandro Castán (£13m), Marcos Rojo (£5m), Pepe (£33m), Arda Turan (£22m), Cesc Fàbregas (£103m), Branislav Ivanović (£17m), Kevin De Bruyne (£41m), Max Kruse (£9m), Alessio Cerci (£42m), Borja Valero (£21m), Steve Mandanda (£15m) Gal_P - Filipe Luís (£14m), Neymar (£53m), Thibaut Courtois (£22m), Bastian Schweinsteiger (£36m), Mario Balotelli (£27m), William Carvalho (£11m), Axel Witsel (£31m), Gerard Piqué (£32m), Theo Walcott (£25m), Samir Nasri (£20m), Thiago Alcántara (£27m), Fernando Llorente (£20m), Serge Aurier (£6m), Eliaquim Mangala (£21m), Nicolás Otamendi (£11m), Jan Oblak (£15m) Guyett - Luka Modrić (£45m), Antoine Griezmann (£22m), Hugo Lloris (£20m), Juan Mata (£32m), Atsuto Uchida (£6m), Thomas Müller (£40m), Daniele De Rossi (£18m), Daniel Van Buyten (£2m), Radamel Falcao (£53m), Aymeric Laporte (£12m), Isco (£31m), Jan Vertonghen (£104m), Artur Boruc (£2m), Neven Subotić (£87m), Christoph Kramer (£8m), Mattia De Sciglio (£18m) jameslfc11 - Alexis Sánchez (£37m), Dani Alves (£16m), Luis Suárez (£97m), Santi Cazorla (£27m), Manuel Neuer (£63m), Mario Götze (£49m), Ashley Cole (£9m), Marek Hamšík (£31m), Frank Lampard (£5m), Edinson Cavani (£53m), Javier Mascherano (£53m), Sami Khedira (£20m), Laurent Koscielny (£16m), Ralf Fährmann (£4m), Heung-min Son (£13m), Philippe Mexès (£7m) Joga bonito - Ángel di María (£60m), Daniel Carvajal (£11m), Sergio Agüero (£91m), Leighton Baines (£18m), Marco Reus (£82m), Dante (£15m), Arturo Vidal (£91m), Alex (£5m), James Rodríguez (£102m), Tiago (£3m), Xavi Hernández (£9m), Carlos Gurpegi (£2m), Tomáš Rosický (£2m), Roman Weidenfeller (£7m), Claudio Pizarro (£1m), Christian Abbiati (£1m) mrwatfordfc - Juanfran (£13m), Yaya Touré (£46m), Raheem Sterling (£12m), Marcel Schmelzer (£10m), Arjen Robben (£22m), Gianluigi Buffon (£5m), Blaise Matuidi (£26m), Mathieu Valbuena (£13m), Raúl García (£11m), Edin Džeko (£91m), Ander Herrera (£18m), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (£11m), Raúl Albiol (£78m), Federico Fernández (£5m), David Luiz (£135m), Júlio César (£3m) Ollie - Diego Godín (£21m), Andrés Iniesta (£49m), Vincent Kompany (£36m), David de Gea (£15m), Luiz Gustavo (£16m), Franck Ribéry (£37m), Francesco Totti (£1m), Andrea Pirlo (£7m), Yohan Cabaye (£20m), Karim Benzema (£166m), Álvaro Arbeloa (£7m), Mathieu Debuchy (£10m), Jesús Navas (£18m), Julian Draxler (£27m), Sergio Romero (£2m), Maxwell (£68m) Plymouth Gooner - Marcelo (£22m), Robin van Persie (£65m), Per Mertesacker (£16m), Jérôme Boateng (£33m), Kevin-Prince Boateng (£14m), Paul Pogba (£86m), Cristián Zapata (£5m), Zlatan Ibrahimović (£146m), Jackson Martínez (£27m), Carlos Kameni (£1m), Claudio Bravo (£4m), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (£15m), Rafinha (£8m), Matthias Ginter (£11m), Stephan El Shaarawy (£18m), Mateo Kovačić (£17m) prolifik - Cristiano Ronaldo (£110m), Keylor Navas (£4m), Morgan Schneiderlin (£15m), David Silva (£36m), Mats Hummels (£35m), David Alaba (£29m), Carlos Tevez (£34m), Nemanja Vidić (£9m), João Moutinho (£36m), Thiago Motta (£8m), Diego López (£9m), Bacary Sagna (£35m), Olivier Giroud (£18m), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£50m), Joël Matip (£15m), Hernanes (£18m) Purple Bananaa - Gabi (£14m), Sergio Ramos (£36m), Wayne Rooney (£40m), Ciro Immobile (£32m), Naldo (£5m), Juan Cuadrado (£42m), Kwadwo Asamoah (£18m), Thiago Silva (£94m), Vincent Enyeama (£4m), Mario Mandžukić (£27m), Fernandinho (£63m), Steven Gerrard (£7m), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (£67m), Daniel Baier (£3m), Yuto Nagatomo (£14m), Andrea Consigli (£8m) Ringleader - Xabi Alonso (£11m), Lionel Messi (£106m), Pablo Zabaleta (£22m), Pepe Reina (£9m), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£31m), Sven Bender (£16m), Gonzalo Higuaín (£34m), Ronaldinho (£3m), Daley Blind (£6m), Raphael Varane (£37m), Alex Song (£15m), Thomas Vermaelen (£26m), Joe Hart (£15m), Benedikt Höwedes (£22m), Jefferson Farfán (£14m), Miralem Pjanić (£120m)
I like the sound of the the knockout bit at the end where you get to take players etc, I wanted us to do a play off type thing for the Championship draft if you recall. I'm assuming there's a thread created with a poll for each match up then we vote on who has the best team? Not sure about the other voting part as no one seems to enjoy that, people don't vote & it takes FOREVER waiting for votes from people who lost interest. For the purposes of this draft I will henceforth be known as AAA battery.
I've seen it done with a thread made for each match up with a poll & the one with the most votes for the best team wins. Dunno about the groups stages mind.
Evaluation (roughly): 60% last season performance (2013-14) 20% previous season (2012-13) 20% potential with your starting XI Thoughts? Yes, public poll.