The Club Career Draft What is the Club Career Draft? Every manager (you) will take it in turns picking one player each in a set order. You can choose any footballer who has played between 1989 and 2014. Your goal is to build the best team (strong defence, midfield, attack, balance and tactics).
RULES Snake-draft format. No budgets, no categories and no bidding - just the classic draft order. Multiple player versions. For example, one manager could pick Zidane (Juventus), another manager could pick Zidane (Real Madrid). One player per football club. For example, you could not choose Shearer (Newcastle) and Ginola (Newcastle). 1989 - 2014 evalution period. Only club performances from 1988-89 to the 2013-14 season will be evaluated. The player's International football career is not to be evaluated. However, Domestic Cup and European competitions are to be included. Full club career. An interesting twist - club legends will be valued more highly as the whole of their football career at their chosen club will be evaluated. 10 hour pick window. Each manager has 10 hours to make his pick. If he misses the deadline the following manager in the draft order can make his pick. Leave a shortlist with someone if you plan to be away for more than 10 hours. After you make your pick, PM the following manager in the draft order. Player profile. After you make your pick, if you have time, you can add a player profile of your chosen player - the evaluation period covers 25 years, an era some experts consider a technical golden age of the beautiful game. 11 players. We are only drafting 11 players each. Once our teams are complete, we will then have ranked voting to decide the winners of each evaluation category (best team, defence, midfield, attack and balance). Player Evaluation. As always having a balanced perspective of the following factors will help us evaluate our players: - longevity - consistency - ability and effectiveness - strength of peak season(s) - length of prime - strength of competitions/league - team and individual awards - lasting influence/legacy with club - lasting legacy within his position Some players may score strongly on some factors, while some may score poorly on another. Some club legends may be strong on all accounts.
DRAFT ORDER yakubu:- Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Roberto Baggio (Juventus), Giuseppe Signori (Lazio), Claude Makélélé (Real Madrid), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Thomas Häßler (Roma), Denis Irwin (Manchester United), Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool), William Gallas (Chelsea), Roberto Donadoni (AC Milan), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal). LEF:- Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Michael Essien (Chelsea), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Lee Dixon (Arsenal), Ledley King (Tottenham), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Leighton Baines (Everton). AJ's Right Peg:- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Pavel Nedvěd (Juventus), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Claude Makélélé (Chelsea), Tony Adams (Arsenal), Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich), Marcel Desailly (AC Milan), Dani Alves (Sevilla), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Andoni Zubizarreta (Barcelona), Christian Vieri (Inter Milan). Suffolk Punch:- Paolo Maldini (AC Milan), Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers), Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid), Petr Čech (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Gary Neville (Manchester United), David Silva (Manchester City), Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan), Antonio Conte (Juventus). The Red Viper:- Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid), Ronaldo (Barcelona), Lothar Matthäus (Bayern Munich), Fabio Cannavaro (Parma), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea), Gheorghe Hagi (Galatasaray), Cafu (AC Milan), Pavel Nedvěd (Lazio), Vincent Candela (Roma), Walter Zenga (Inter Milan). Gal_P:- Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United), Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Marc Overmars (Ajax), Didier Deschamps (Marseille), Ricardo Carvalho (Porto), Romário (Barcelona), Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid), Alexis Sánchez (Udinese). Shane-JH1980:- Diego Maradona (Napoli), Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Luís Figo (Barcelona), Lilian Thuram (Juventus), Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Francesco Toldo (Fiorentina), Daniel De Rossi (Roma), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Neymar (Santos). Guyett:- Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Gianluigi Buffon (Parma), Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter Milan), Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich), Didier Deschamps (Juventus), Pep Guardiola (Barcelona), Ronald de Boer (Ajax), Pietro Vierchowod (Sampdoria), Robbie Fowler (Liverpool), David Ginola (Tottenham Hotspur). CeilingVitaly:- Raúl (Real Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Mehmet Scholl (Bayern Munich), Ronald Koeman (Barcelona), Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan), Danny Blind (Ajax), Gareth Bale (Tottenham), Mauro Tassotti (AC Milan), Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal). Telstar:- Marco van Basten (AC Milan), Michael Laudrup (Barcelona), Matthias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund), Lilian Thuram (Parma), Edgar Davids (Juventus), Jaap Stam (Manchester United), Frank Rijkaard (Ajax), Marc Overmars (Arsenal), Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), José Luis Chilavert (Vélez Sarsfield), Clarence Seedorf (Real Madrid). Purple Bananaa:- Franco Baresi (AC Milan), Ronaldo (Inter Milan), Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona), Roy Keane (Manchester United), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Míchel Salgado (Real Madrid), Jari Litmanen (Ajax), Mauro Silva (Deportivo de La Coruña), Gianluca Pagliuca (Sampdoria), Andreas Möller (Borussia Dortmund). Plymouth Gooner:- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Cafu (Roma), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Yaya Touré (Manchester City), Edgar Davids (Ajax), Lúcio (Inter Milan), George Weah (AC Milan), Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund). mrwatfordfc:- Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina), Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona), Kaká (AC Milan), Frank de Boer (Ajax), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), David Beckham (Manchester United), Aldair (Roma), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus), Stefan Reuter (Borussia Dortmund), David Seaman (Arsenal). prolifik:- Xavi Hernández (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Alessandro Nesta (Lazio), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), David Villa (Valencia), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Robert Pirès (Arsenal), Maicon (Inter Milan), Rui Costa (Fiorentina), Demetrio Albertini (AC Milan), Filipe Luís (Atlético Madrid). Cotterill:49:- Paul Scholes (Manchester United), Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan), John Terry (Chelsea), Andreas Brehme (Inter Milan), Edwin van der Sar (Ajax), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Paul McGrath (Aston Villa), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Juan Sebastián Verón (Lazio), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid). The Doc:- Francesco Totti (Roma), Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan), Alan Shearer (Newcastle United), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich), Roberto Ayala (Valencia), Walter Samuel (Inter Milan), Dani Alves (Barcelona), Marcos Senna (Villareal), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal), Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus). borobob:- Romário (PSV Eindhoven), Rivaldo (Barcelona), Frank Rijkaard (AC Milan), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Jürgen Kohler (Borussia Dortmund), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus), Stefan Effenberg (Bayern Munich), Neville Southall (Everton), Steve McManaman (Liverpool), Christian Panucci (Roma). Joga bonito-Ollie:- Lothar Matthäus (Inter Milan), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal), Ruud Gullit (AC Milan), Luís Figo (Real Madrid), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Ciro Ferrara (Juventus), John Barnes (Liverpool), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona), Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest), Antonio Benarrivo (Parma), Santiago Cañizares (Valencia).
SQUADS yakubu Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) Goalkeeper Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool) Centre-back William Gallas (Chelsea) Centre-back, Full-back Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) Right-back Denis Irwin (Manchester United) Full-back Claude Makélélé (Real Madrid) Holding Man Thomas Häßler (Roma) Central/Right Attacking Midfielder Ronaldinho (Barcelona) Left/Central Attacking Midfielder Roberto Donadoni (AC Milan) Winger, Attacking Midfielder Roberto Baggio (Juventus) Forward Giuseppe Signori (Lazio) Striker, Forward LEF Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Goalkeeper Ledley King (Tottenham Hotspur) Centre-back Jamie Carragher (Liverpool) Centre-back, Full-back Lee Dixon (Arsenal) Right-back Leighton Baines (Everton) Left-back Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan) Deep-lying Playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) Central Midfielder, Defensive Midfielder Michael Essien (Chelsea) Box-to-box Midfielder Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) Second Striker, Left/Central Forward Lionel Messi (Barcelona) False #9, Right Wing-Forward Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) Striker AJ's Right Peg Andoni Zubizarreta (Barcelona) Goalkeeper Tony Adams (Arsenal) Centre-back Dani Alves (Seville) Right-back Patrice Evra (Manchester United) Left-back Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) Holding Man Marcel Desailly (AC Milan) Defensive Midfielder Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Box-to-box Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich) Central Attacking Midfielder, Central Midfielder Pavel Nedvěd (Juventus) Attacking Midfielder, Winger Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Left Wing-Forward, Forward Christian Vieri (Inter Milan) Striker Suffolk Punch Petr Čech (Chelsea) Goalkeeper Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid) Libero, Defensive Midfielder, Centre-back Gary Neville (Manchester United) Right-back Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) Left-back, Centre-back Ashley Cole (Arsenal) Left-back Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) Holding Man Antonio Conte (Juventus) Central Midfielder Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan) Attacking Midfielder David Silva (Manchester City) Attacking Midfielder Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich) Left Winger Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) Striker The Red Viper Walter Zenga (Inter Milan) Goalkeeper Fabio Cannavaro (Parma) Centre-back Marcel Desailly (Chelsea) Centre-back Lothar Matthäus (Bayern Munich) Libero, Defensive Midfielder Cafu (AC Milan) Right-back Vincent Candela (Roma) Left-back, Left Wing-back Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid) Defensive Midfielder Pavel Nedvěd (Lazio) Left Winger Gheorghe Hagi (Galatasaray) Left/Central Attacking Midfielder Thierry Henry (Arsenal) Left/Central Forward Ronaldo (Barcelona) Striker Gal_P Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United) Goalkeeper Ricardo Carvalho (Porto) Centre-back Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan) Centre-back Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) Full-back, Defensive Midfielder Ashley Cole (Chelsea) Left-back Didier Deschamps (Marseille) Holding Man Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid) Defensive Midfielder Marc Overmars (Ajax) Winger Alexis Sánchez (Udinese) Forward, Wing-Forward Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Striker Romário (Barcelona) Striker Shane-JH1980 Francesco Toldo (Fiorentina) Goalkeeper Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) Centre-back Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid) Centre-back Lilian Thuram (Juventus) Centre-back, Right-back Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan) Full-back, Defensive Midfielder Daniel De Rossi (Roma) Defensive Midfielder Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan) Defensive Midfielder Diego Maradona (Napoli) Central Attacking Midfielder Luís Figo (Barcelona) Right Winger Neymar (Santos) Forward, Left Wing-Forward Robin van Persie (Arsenal) Striker, Second Striker Guyett Gianluigi Buffon (Parma) Goalkeeper Pietro Vierchowod (Sampdoria) Centre-back Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan) Centre-back Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter Milan) Centre-back, Right-back Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich) Left-back Didier Deschamps (Juventus) Holding Man Pep Guardiola (Barcelona) Deep-lying Playmaker Ronald de Boer (Ajax) Attacking Midfielder, Central Midfielder, Forward Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid) Central/Left Attacking Midfielder David Ginola (Tottenham Hotspur) Left Winger Robbie Fowler (Liverpool) Striker CeilingVitaly Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) Goalkeeper Danny Blind (Ajax) Libero, Centre-back, Left-back Ronald Koeman (Barcelona) Libero, Centre-back Mauro Tassotti (AC Milan) Right-back Joan Capdevila (Villarreal) Left-back Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan) Defensive Midfielder Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Central Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder Mehmet Scholl (Bayern Munich) Attacking Midfielder Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund) Winger Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) Forward, Left Winger Raúl (Real Madrid) Forward, Striker Telstar José Luis Chilavert (Vélez Sarsfield) Goalkeeper Jaap Stam (Manchester United) Centre-back Frank Rijkaard (Ajax) Centre-back Lilian Thuram (Parma) Centre-back, Right-back Matthias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund) Libero Edgar Davids (Juventus) Box-to-box Midfielder Clarence Seedorf (Real Madrid) Central Midfielder Michael Laudrup (Barcelona) Attacking Midfielder Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) Forward, Attacking Midfielder Marc Overmars (Arsenal) Winger Marco van Basten (AC Milan) Striker Purple Bananaa Gianluca Pagliuca (Sampdoria) Goalkeeper Sol Campbell (Arsenal) Centre-back Franco Baresi (AC Milan) Libero, Centre-back Míchel Salgado (Real Madrid) Right-back Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus) Full-back, Winger Mauro Silva (Deportivo de La Coruña) Defensive Midfielder Roy Keane (Manchester United) Box-to-box Midfielder Andreas Müller (Borussia Dortmund) Central/Right Attacking Midfielder Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) Left Wing Forward, Second Striker Jari Litmanen (Ajax) Attacking Midfielder, Second Striker Ronaldo (Inter Milan) Striker Plymouth Gooner Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United) Goalkeeper Lúcio (Inter Milan) Centre-back Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) Centre-back Carles Puyol (Barcelona) Centre-back, Right-back Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid) Left-back Cafu (Roma) Right Wing-back, Right-back Edgar Davids (Ajax) Box-to-box Midfielder Yaya Touré (Manchester City) Box-to-box Midfielder Zinedine Zidane (Juventus) Central Attacking Midfielder George Weah (AC Milan) Striker Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Striker mrwatfordfc David Seaman (Arsenal) Goalkeeper Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea) Centre-back Aldair (Roma) Centre-back Frank de Boer (Ajax) Centre-back, Left-back Stefan Reuter (Borussia Dortmund) Right Wing-back, Right Winger Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus) Defensive Midfielder Xabi Alonso (Liverpool) Deep-lying Playmaker Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Central/Left Attacking Midfielder, Central Midfielder David Beckham (Manchester United) Right Winger Kaká (AC Milan) Attacking Midfielder Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina) Striker prolifik Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) Goalkeeper Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) Centre-back Alessandro Nesta (Lazio) Centre-back Maicon (Inter Milan) Right-back Filipe Luís (Atlético Madrid) Left-back Demetrio Albertini (AC Milan) Deep-lying Playmaker Xavi Hernández (Barcelona) Central Midfielder Rui Costa (Fiorentina) Central Attacking Midfielder Robert Pirès (Arsenal) Left Winger Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) Left/Right Wing-Forward, Winger David Villa (Valencia) Striker, Second Striker Cotterill:49 Edwin van der Sar (Ajax) Goalkeeper John Terry (Chelsea) Centre-back Paul McGrath (Aston Villa) Centre-back Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk) Right-back Andreas Brehme (Inter Milan) Left Wing-back, Left-back Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid) Deep-lying Playmaker Paul Scholes (Manchester United) Central Midfielder, Holding Playmaker Juan Sebastián Verón (Lazio) Central Attacking Midfielder, Central Midfielder Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) Forward Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) Striker David Trezeguet (Juventus) Striker The Doc Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus) Goalkeeper Walter Samuel (Inter Milan) Centre-back Roberto Ayala (Valencia) Centre-back Dani Alves (Barcelona) Right-back Marcelo (Real Madrid) Left-back Marcos Senna (Villareal) Holding Man Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan) Central Midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal) Attacking Midfielder, Winger Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) Winger Francesco Totti (Roma) Second Striker, Central Attacking Midfielder, False #9 Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) Striker borobob Neville Southall (Everton) Goalkeeper Jürgen Kohler (Borussia Dortmund) Centre-back Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Centre-back, Right-back Christian Panucci (Roma) Right-back, Centre-back Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus) Full-back, Wing-back Frank Rijkaard (AC Milan) Defensive Midfielder Stefan Effenberg (Bayern Munich) Central Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder Steve McManaman (Liverpool) Attacking Midfielder, Winger Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) Winger Rivaldo (Barcelona) Central Attacking Midfielder, Second Striker Romário (PSV Eindhoven) Striker Joga bonito-Ollie Santiago Cañizares (Valencia) Goalkeeper Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) Centre-back Ciro Ferrara (Juventus) Centre-back, Libero Antonio Benarrivo (Parma) Full-back, Wing-back Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest) Left-back Patrick Vieira (Arsenal) Box-to-box Midfielder Lothar Matthäus (Inter Milan) Box-to-box Midfielder Ruud Gullit (AC Milan) Attacking Midfielder, Forward Luís Figo (Real Madrid) Right Winger John Barnes (Liverpool) Left Winger, Attacking Midfielder Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) Striker The Club Career Draft Results Best Team 1st - Joga bonito-Ollie 252 points 2nd - AJ's Right Peg 207 points 3rd - borobob 194 points 4th - Suffolk Punch 190 points 5th - Shance-JH1980 190 points 6th - Guyett 185 points 7th - Purple Bananaa 180 points 8th - mrwatfordfc 168 points 9th - Telstar 161 points 10th - Plymouth Gooner 158 points 11th - The Red Viper 149 points 12th - prolifik 143 points 13th - The Doc 141 points 14th - Gal_P 119 points 15th - CeilingVitaly 110 points 16th - LEF 85 points 17th - Cotterill:49 75 points 18th - yakubu 47 points Best Defence (including GK, CB, FB & WB) 1st - Suffolk Punch 32 points 2nd - Guyett 19 points 3rd - Purple Bananaa 15 points Best Midfield (including WB, DM, CM & AM) 1st - Joga bonito-Ollie 39 points 2nd - Telstar 15 points 3rd - AJ's Right Peg 8 points Best Attack (including ST, FW & W) 1st - LEF 14 points 2nd - The Doc, The Red Viper 11 points 3rd - borobob, Telstar 9 points Best Balance 1st - Joga bonito-Ollie 22 points 2nd - AJ's Right Peg 14 points 3rd - mrwatfordfc, Purple Bananaa 10 points
At least in this game if an idiotic serial killer takes me down Joga can see it through to the end. Oh wait, wrong game. Introducing... THE REAL DREAM TEAM
lol I think Joga will be more help in terms of research tbh bro. You did not seem to have the time to help much. x
btw Joga & I are whatsapping to communicate so we'll be as rapid as if we were playing on our own, no chuckle brothers shit. It's ok the weird points system was still all that stopped us from officially winning. We won on the Telegraph scoring (in your face tvr, with your 100 points for defenders who conceded a truckload).
Nice to have a change for immediate redemption following the frustration of the Challenge Draft. Can we decide the draft order over the weekend?
Need to find out when Yakubu and Guyett are back - potentially this Monday. Looking for 15 - 18 managers, anymore is too much, looking back at how the other drafts went. 12 so far... Joga bonito-Ollie Guyett prolifik Purple Bananaa Plymouth Gooner Telstar borobob yakubu Gal_P The Doc Shane Suffolk Punch Team-ups are welcome. By the way, if anyone didn't submit votes for the Challenge Draft your place is not safe
In if there's space please! Hopefully do a bit better this time by not screwing up in the first round
Can I join please? I always try and tell myself I have better things to do than play these draft games but that's just not true.
