[Football] Current World XI Draft

[shaolinpunk]

OTTMAR HITZFELD

You've timed it well - if this was a couple of months later he would have been unavailable due to his impending retirement

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Nothing has been agreed so far and i'm not sure it's really needed

There is plenty of time between picks to select a shortlist of several players for your next choice and so far, when players have used up their 10 hours, there haven't been many (if any) picks made* between the deadline expiring and when they finally post their choice
(* excluding Jay Cartwright)

Fair enough, was more a question than a request anyway.

It's only happened to me once during this whole draft so I can't really say it's been a big issue!

 

[The_Viper]

You've timed it well - if this was a couple of months later he would have been unavailable due to his impending retirement

I know

 

[Gazwag]

as [MENTION=23421]JOLovegrove[/MENTION] has had over 12 hours now I'm going to step in shortly for my next pick

 

[Gazwag]

My next pick is an experienced Ukrainian, my captain Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk. His honours include not two but three league titles in different countries - the Ukrainian Premier League, the Russian Premier League and the Bundesliga. At 35 he now plays for Zenit St. Petersburg and is my central defensive midfielder who will snuff out the opposition attacks. He could fit in any number of categories and has played a monster 488 times plus 132 for his country.

Category 1 - Has played at least 200 times for one club Petr Čech
Category 2 – Has made over 70 International appearances David Silva
Category 3 - Has never played at a World Cup Daniel Sturridge
Category 4 - Plays/Manages outside the “top 5” leagues
Category 5 – Has been the top goal scorer in a top-flight season Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Category 6 – Managed in at least 4 different countries José Mourinho
Category 7 – Has been relegated during his career Jay Rodriguez
Category 8 – Has played in a Champions League Semi-Final/Final.
Category 9 – Is under 24 years of age
Category 10 - Has won a league title with 2 different clubs Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Category 11 – Is over 30 years old Dani Alves
Category 12 - Has faced Brighton at some point in his career Martin Škrtel
[MENTION=25389]Jay Cartwright[/MENTION]

 

[The_Viper]

AlbionAlex - Cristiano Ronaldo, Branislav Ivanovic, Thibaut Courtois, Modric, Jackson Martinez, Carlo Ancelotti, Giuseppi Rossi, Filipe Luis, Andre-Pierre Gignac
Frutos - Messi, Pep Guardiola, Mario Gomez, Mata, Alan Dzagoev, Thiago Alcantara, David De Gea, Fabricio Coloccini, Vedran Corluka
The_Viper - Manuel Neuer, Jordi Alba, Isco, Zabaleta, Edin Dzeko, Antonio Barzagli, Ezequiel Garay, Phillipe Coutinho, Ottmar Hitzfeld
JOLovegrove - Bale, Diego Costa, Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas, David Alaba, Julio Cesar, Nemanja Matic, Samuel Eto'o,
Gazwag - Ibrahimovic, David Silva, Daniel Sturridge, Petr Cech, Dani Alves, Jose Mourihno, Martin Skrtel, Jay Rodriguez, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Jay_Cartwright - Neymar, Mats Hummels, Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi, Marcelo, Manuel Pellegrini, Pepe Reina,
MattBackHome - Andrea Pirlo, Cavani, Thomas Muller, Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain, Aaron Ramsay, Maxwell, Marquinhos
Guy Fawkes - Casillas, Falcao, Mehdi Benatia, Theo Walcott, Kaka, Burak Yilmaz, Santi Cazorla, Giovanni Trappattoni
ShaolinPunk - Suarez, Diego Lopez, Dante, Xabi Alonso, Nuri Sahin, Romelu Lukaku, Fabio Coentrao, Joachim Low
Reinelt12 - Arjen Robben, Karim Benzema, Adam Lallana, Neven Subotic, Mario Balotelli, Nigel De Jong, Darijo Srna, Tim Krul
PauldCPFC - Phillip Lahm, Vincent Kompany, Carlos Tevez, Arturo Vidal, Lavezzi, Pjanic, Olivier Giroud, Ter-Stegen
GullFlyingHigh - Yaya Toure, Mario Mandzukic, Giorgio Chiellini, Victor Valdes, Koke, Varane, Alex Sandro, Jack Wilshere
Moggy - Bastian Schweinsteiger, Buffon, Thierry Henry, Arsene Wenger, Vidic, Sergio Ramos, Raul, Julian Draxler,
Turienzo's Lovechild - Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Yohan Cabaye, Marco Reus, Huntelaar, Jesus Navas, Roman Weidenfeller, Glen Johnson
Hamilton - Giggs, Gerrard, Mario Gotze, Sergio Aguero, Tim Howard, Kroos, Van Der Wiel, Brede Hangeland
GNLF - Van Persie, Javier Mascherano, Wayne Rooney, Hulk, Jurgen Klopp, Ashley Cole, Joao Moutinho, Samir Handanovic
STRIPEYSHARK - Wesley Sneijder, Joe Hart, Antonio Di Natale, James Rodriguez, Pepe, Ozil, Laurent Koscielny, Asamoah Gyan
Shatner's Bassoon - Lewandowski, Sergio Busquets, Alexis Sanchez, Paul Pogba, John Terry, Gary Cahill, Igor Akinfeev, Rafa Benitez
Rohana - Eden Hazard, Thiago Silva, Łukasz Piszczek, Drogba, Ivan Rakitic, Mkhitaryan, Marco Veratti, Mark Schwarzer
TomFitz12 - Ronaldihno, Franck Ribery, Dida, Lampard, Baines, Gundogan, Tim Cahill, Kolo Toure

[MENTION=23421]JOLovegrove[/MENTION] has a pick to come, and [MENTION=25389]Jay Cartwright[/MENTION] has two again.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Updated A-Z list of players who have been picked

AGUERO, S
AKINFEEV, I
ALABA, D
ALBA, J
ALCANTARA, T
ALONSO, X
ALVES, D
ANCELOTTI, C
BAINES, L
BALE, G
BALOTELLI, M
BARZAGLI, A
BENATIA, M
BENITEZ, R
BENZEMA, K
BUFFON, G
BUSQUETS, S
CABAYE, Y
CAHILL, G
CAHILL, T
CARZORLA, S
CASILLAS, I
CAVANI, E
CECH, P
CESAR, J
CHIELLINI, G
COENTRAO, F
COLE, A
COLOCCINI, F
CORKULA, V
COSTA, D
COURTOIS, T
COUTINHO, P
DANTE
DE GEA, D
DE JONG, N
DI MARIA, A
DI NATALE, A
DI ROSSI, D
DIDA
DRAXLER, J
DROGBA, D
DZAGOEV, A
DZEKO, E
ETO'O, S
FABREGAS, C
FALCAO, R
GARAY, E
GERRARD, S
GIGGS, R
GIGNAC, A
GIROUD, O
GOMEZ, M
GOTZE, M
GUIARDIOLA, P
GUNDOGAN, I
GYAN, A
HANDANOVIC, S
HANGELAND, B
HART, J
HAZARD, E
HENRY, T
HIGUAIN, G
HITZFELD, O
HOWARD, T
HULK
HUMMELS, M
HUNTELAAR, K-J
IMBRAHIMOVIC, Z
INIESTA, A
ISCO
IVANOVIC, B
JOHNSON, G
KAKA
KLOPP, J
KOKE
KOMPANY, V
KOSCIELNY, L
KROOS, T
KRUL, T
LAHM, P
LALLANA, A
LAMPARD, F
LAVEZZI, EZEQUIEL
LEWANDOWSKI, R
LOPEZ, D
LOW, J
LUIS, F
LUKAKU, R
MANDZUKIC, M
MARCELO
MARQUINHOS
MARTINEZ, JACKSON
MASCHERANO, J
MATA, J
MATIC, N
MAXWELL
MESSI, L
MKHITARYAN, H
MODRIC, L
MOURINHO, J
MOUTINHO, J
MULLER, T
NAVAS, J
NEUER, M
NEYMAR
OZIL, M
PELLEGRINI, M
PEPE
PIQUE, G
PIRLO, A
PISZCZEK, L
PJANIC, M
POGBA, P
RAKITIC, I
RAMOS, S
RAMSEY, A
RAUL
REINA, P
REUS, M
RIBERY, F
ROBBEN, A
RODRIGUEZ, JAMES
RODRIGUEZ, JAY
RONALDINHO
RONALDO, C
ROONEY, W
ROSSI, G
SAHIN, N
SANCHEZ, A
SANDRO, A
SCHWARZER, M
SCHWEINSTEIGER, B
SILVA, D
SILVA, T
SKRTEL, M
SNEIJDER, W
SRNA, D
STURRIDGE, ,D
SUAREZ, L
SUBOTIC, N
TERRY, J
TER-STEGEN, M
TEVEZ, C
TOTTI, F
TOURE, K
TOURE, Y
TRAPATTONI, G
TYMOSHCHUK, A
VALDES, V
VAN DER WIEL, G
VAN PERSIE, R
VARANA, E
VERATTI, M
VIDAL, A
VIDIC, N
WALCOTT, T
WEIDENFELLER, R
WENGER, A
WILSHIRE, J
XAVI
YILMAZ, B
ZABALETA, P

 

[JOLovegrove]

My next pick didn't have a great first half of the season, but has really kicked on and become a key member of the most likely chmapions of England. Strong and great in the air, also chipping in with a few goals this season, I give you my second CB,

Martin Demichelis

 

[Guy Fawkes]

[MENTION=278]MattBackHome[/MENTION] your up

 

[bhafc22]

[MENTION=8619]Guy Fawkes[/MENTION] - you can jump in now, [MENTION=278]MattBackHome[/MENTION] can jump in and [MENTION=25389]Jay Cartwright[/MENTION] has 2 (naturally!)

 

[MattBackHome]

Relegated with Villareal (how the hell did that team go down BTW?) and a central defender with the world at his feet.

Christian Zapata



Who's next? I'm lost...

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Up next is my under 24 category pick

The versatile midfielder - who can play as a No. 10, from either flank, as a second striker or as a deep-lying midfielder - helped the side to win two Campeonato Gaucho titles and also claimed the Recopa Sudamericana.

Also making waves on the international scene, he showed his talent as he helped the Brazilian youth side to win the South American Youth Championship, the FIFA Under-20 World Cup and the Superclasico de las Americas all in 2011. It was enough to get a first-team chance and he made his senior Brazil debut in September 2011 against Argentina before attracting some of Europe's top clubs with his skills.

Strengths: His game is based on movement, dynamism and short, sharp passing; he is a fine finisher with either foot and can score a lot of goals with late runs from midfield.

Style: Techincal, agile, energetic, versatile with great vision.

Honours
Internacional:
Campeonato Gaúcho (2): 2011, 2012
Recopa Sudamericana (1): 2011
Chelsea:
UEFA Europa League (1): 2012–13
Brazil:
South American Youth Championship: 2011
FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2011
Superclásico de las Américas: 2011
Olympic Silver Medal: 2012
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2013

Aged 22 and currently playing for Chelsea, I present
Oscar

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Your up [MENTION=4147]shaolinpunk[/MENTION] and [MENTION=25389]Jay Cartwright[/MENTION] still has 2 picks to make.

 

[shaolinpunk]

Finally. Feels like ages since my last pick.

My next pick is a centreback that plays outside the top 5 leagues. Currently plying his trade at Porto, he is linked with a big money move to Man City this summer for a fee of up to £29m. Give it a year or two and he'll be considered on of the best centrebacks in the world

ELIAQUIM MANGALA

[MENTION=5392]Reinelt12[/MENTION]

 

[Reinelt12]

For my next pick I am choosing an attacking midfielder in category 2 (Has made 70 international appearances) and has an eye for goal... I am also trying to put together players where some have played with each other...

RAFAEL VAN DER VAART


[MENTION=13200]bhafc22[/MENTION] You are up!

 

[bhafc22]

I find it pretty unbelievable that this player is not taken.

He was ranked as the 5th DM on my list and can slot in at CB depending on how my draft ends.

He plays for the outgoing Champions League Winners, and is a current Bundesliga Champion.

He played well over 200 times for his previous club Athletic Bilbao.

Javi Martinez
[MENTION=24420]Gullflyinghigh[/MENTION] is up next (I think!)

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

I find it pretty unbelievable that this player is not taken.

He was ranked as the 5th DM on my list and can slot in at CB depending on how my draft ends.

He plays for the outgoing Champions League Winners, and is a current Bundesliga Champion.

He played well over 200 times for his previous club Athletic Bilbao.

Javi Martinez
[MENTION=24420]Gullflyinghigh[/MENTION] is up next (I think!)

Noooo. You horrible human being! It is me next but...damn it. Hmm. Thinking time.

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Right, I've had to re-think my approach this go round due to the selection immediately before mine taking the player I wanted (horrible, horrible man) so, I shall move onto the next man on my wishlist.

He qualifies as either my over-30 player or as the holder of exactly 70 caps. He's easily one of the best right-backs in recent memory, has a bulging trophy cabinet and was recently called into the Brazil world cup squad.

The one, the only, Maicon

I believe the next pick goes to [MENTION=1284]moggy[/MENTION]

 

[moggy]

Picking my left back now and filling in category 7 and was relegated with athleticio Madrid back in 1999
36 years old now playing for espanyol and will probably retire at the end of this season.
Had a glittering career both domestically and international level

Joan Capdevilla

Category 1 - Has played at least 200 times for one club - Nemanja Vidic
Category 2 – Has made over 70 International appearances - Batien Schweinsteiger
Category 3 - Has never played at a World Cup -
Category 4 - Plays/Manages outside the “top 5” leagues - Raúl
Category 5 – Has been the top goal scorer in a top-flight season -
Category 6 – Played football in at least 4 different countries -
Category 7 – Has been relegated during his career - Joan Capdevilla
Category 8 – Has played in a Champions League Semi-Final/Final - Sergio Ramos
Category 9 – Is under 24 years of age - Julian Draxler
Category 10 - Has won a league title with 2 different clubs - Thiery Henry
Category 11 – Is over 30 years old - Gianluigi Buffon
Category 12 - Has faced Brighton at some point in his career - Arsene Wenger

Over to [MENTION=24420]Turienzos lovechild[/MENTION]

 

[Guy Fawkes]

I find it pretty unbelievable that this player is not taken.
He was ranked as the 5th DM on my list and can slot in at CB depending on how my draft ends.
He plays for the outgoing Champions League Winners, and is a current Bundesliga Champion.
He played well over 200 times for his previous club Athletic Bilbao.
Javi Martinez

Right, I've had to re-think my approach this go round due to the selection immediately before mine taking the player I wanted (horrible, horrible man) so, I shall move onto the next man on my wishlist.

He qualifies as either my over-30 player or as the holder of exactly 70 caps. He's easily one of the best right-backs in recent memory, has a bulging trophy cabinet and was recently called into the Brazil world cup squad.
The one, the only, Maicon

Both were players I was hoping to pick but felt I had to fill the under 24 category first as I think there is less choice and had my choice gone, it would have been harder to find a replacement for.