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Draft The AM PL Draft 2.0 Selection Thread (No Discussion)

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The picks:

RdMakingtraxRex Caudillo + JonesOnlyOneGDeep™UpTheGunnerzJMBOxekiSapient Hawk + Fewtch
1Erling Haaland (Manchester City)Edwin Van Der Sar (Fulham)Thierry Henry (Arsenal)Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)Matt Le Tissier (Southampton)Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)Mesut Özil (Arsenal)
2Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea)Sol Campbell (Tottenham)Yaya Toure (Manchester City)Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)Sylvain Distin (Newcastle)Graham Stuart (Everton)
3Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United)Rodri (Manchester City)John Terry (Chelsea)Frank Lampard (Chelsea)Didier Drogba (Chelsea)Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)Paul Scholes (Manchester United)Robin Van Persie (Manchester United)
4Kyle Walker (Tottenham)Leighton Baines (Everton)Luka Modric (Tottenham)Michael Owen (Liverpool)Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)Fernando Torres (Liverpool)Declan Rice (West Ham)Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
5William Saliba (Arsenal)Dmitri Payet (West Ham)Allison Becker (Liverpool)Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton)Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City)Gary Breen (Coventry City)
6Jack Grealish (Aston Villa)Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle)Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa)Mousa Dembele (Tottenham)Shay Given (Newcastle)Thiago Silva (Chelsea)Trevor Benjamin (Leicester City)
7John Stones (Everton)Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)Raphinha (Leeds)James Milner (Leeds)Seamus Coleman (Everton)Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)Javier Margas (West Ham)
8Javier Mascherano (Liverpool)Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)Glen Johnson (Portsmouth)David Raya (Brentford)Emi Martinez (Aston Villa)Christian Eriksen (Tottenham)Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)Adrian Mutu (Chelsea)
9Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth)Gabriel (Arsenal)Phil Jagielka (Everton)Jonny Evans (West Brom)Joel Matip (Liverpool)Joleon Lescott (Everton)Danny Rose (Tottenham)Stefan Postma (Aston Villa)
10Stuart Pearce (Newcastle)Gary Neville (Manchester United)John Arne Riise (Fulham)Alexis Macallister (Brighton)Sandro Tonali (Newcastle)Gareth Barry (Aston Villa)Ebere Eze (Crystal Palace)Carl Serrant (Newcastle)
11Jordan Henderson (Sunderland)Cole Palmer (Chelsea)Damien Duff (Blackburn)Louis Saha (Fulham)Ian Harte (Leeds)Marc Cucurella (Brighton)Jordan Pickford (Everton)Peter Fear (Wimbledon)
12Nick Pope (Burnley) Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea) Victor Valdes (Middlesbrough)Tim Flowers (Blackburn)Kepa Arrizabalaga (Bournemouth)Mats Sels (Nottingham Forest)Nigel Martin (Leeds)Espen Baardsen (Tottenham)
13Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich)*Samuel Eto' (Barcelona)*Darren Bent (Aston Villa)Edgar Davids (Juventus)*Angel Di Maria (PSG)*Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)*Matheus Cunha (Wolves)Steve Marlet (Fulham)
14Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)Tugay Kerimoglu (Blackburn)Stephen Nzonzi (Stoke)Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton)Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)Craig Bellamy (Blackburn)Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG)*Branco (Middlesbrough)
15Wayne Bridge (Southampton)Adel Taarabt (QPR)Stephan Sessengon (Sunderland)Michu (Swansea)Ashley Williams (Swansea)Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford)Colin Hendry (Blackburn) Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Nottingham Forest)
16Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham)Pau Torres (Aston Villa)Gonazlo Higauin (Real Madrid)*Robbie Keane (Coventry City)Jermain Defoe (Sunderland)Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace)Yakubu (Middlesbrough)Carl Hoefkens (West Brom)
17James Maddison (Leicester)Jason Euell (Charlton)Leandro Trossard (Brighton)Joseph Yobo (Everton)Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn)Antonee Robinson (Fulham)James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)Greg Strong (Bolton)
18Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)David Batty (Leeds United)Winston Reid (West Ham)Hatem Ben-Arfa (Newcastle)Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)José Fonte (Southampton)Ryan Shawcross (Stoke)Gianfranco Zola (Cagliari)

RdThe Angry Duckalbakos2Smokkey + ClrncA_GRunTheTrapTir Na NogSuloskyTaylor Gang Gunners
1Jamie Vardy (Leicester)N'Golo Kante (Leicester)Roy Keane (Manchester United)Luis Suarez (Liverpool)Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)Kevin De Bryune (Manchester City)Virgil Van Dijk (Southampton)Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
2Robert Pires (Arsenal)Sadio Mane (Southampton)Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)Gareth Bale (Tottenham)Harry Kane (Tottenham)Ashley Cole (Chelsea)Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)Alan Shearer (Newcastle)
3Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)Petr Cech (Chelsea)Tony Adams (Arsenal)Jaap Stam (Manchester United)Ruben Dias (Manchester City)Michael Carrick (Manchester United)Andy Cole (Manchester United)Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
4Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)David Beckham (Manchester United)Son Heung-Min (Tottenham)David Silva (Manchester City)Michael Ballack (Chelsea)Kolo Toure (Arsenal)Claude Makelele (Chelsea)Ledley King (Tottenham)
5Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)Trent Alexander Arnold (Liverpool)Andy Robertson (Liverpool)David Seaman (Arsenal)Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)Steve McManaman (Liverpool)Leroy Sane (Manchester City)Ronny Johnsen (Aston Villa)
6Fernandinho (Manchester City)Jonathan Woodgate (Leeds)Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City)Carlos Tevez (West Ham)Fabinho (Liverpool)Ashley Young (Aston Villa)Sami Hyypia (Liverpool)Andrei Kanchelskis (Southampton)
7Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)Juninho (Middlesbrough)Kieran Trippier (Newcastle)Moises Caicedo (Brighton)Michael Olise (Crystal Palace)Paolo DiCanio (West Ham)Scott Parker (West Ham)Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United)
8Jarrod Bowen (West Ham)Alexander Isak (Newcastle)Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)Wes Morgan (Leicester)Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham)David Ginola (Newcastle)Mikel Arteta (Everton)
9Rafael Van Der Vaart (Tottenham)Romelu Lukaku (Everton) Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds)Harry Maguire (Leicester City)Tino Livramento (Newcastle)Nathaniel Clyne (Southampton)Stephen Carr (Birmingham City)Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal)
10Graeme Le Seux (Blackburn)Alex Kolarov (Manchester City)Brad Friedel (Blackburn) Luke Shaw (Southampton) Mark Schwarzer (Fulham)Gary Speed (Newcastle)Gael Givet (Blackburn) Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
11Gary Kelly (Leeds)Gareth Southgate (Aston Villa)Nicolas Anelka (Bolton)Ruben Neves (Wolves)Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton)Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester)Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton)Ben Chilwell (Leicester City)
12Mark Flekken (Brentford)David James (Portsmouth)Joe Hart (Birmingham)Scott Carson (Charlton)Brad Guzan (Aston Villa)Tim Howard (Everton)Thomas Sorensen (Sunderland)Ben Foster (Watford)
13John Heitinga (Everton)Gary Cahill (Bolton)Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)*Lucas Radebe (Leeds United)Diogo Jota (Wolves)Brede Hangeland (Fulham)Esteban Cambiasso (Inter)*Mark Viduka (Leeds United)
14Granit Xhaka (Sunderland)Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)*Gaizka Mendieta (Middlesbrough)Ivan Campo (Bolton)Tim Cahill (Everton)George Boateng (Middlesbrough)Teemu Pukki (Norwich City)Lewis Dunk (Brighton)
15Dusan Tadic (Southampton)Ian Wright (Arsenal)Raul Jimenez (Wolves)Edinson Cavani (Napoli)*Deco (Porto)*Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)*Afonso Alves (Middlesbrough)Luis Diaz (Bayern Munich)*
16Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth)Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn)Philippe Coutinho (Villa)Bryan Ruiz (Fulham)Tony Yeboah (Leeds)Phil Bardsley (Stoke)Clint Dempsey (Fulham)Amir Zaki (Wigan)
17Pascal Gross (Brighton)John O'Shea (Sunderland)Mohammed Kudus (WHU)Paul Ince (Middlesbrough)Robert Huth (Stoke)Shaun Maloney (Wigan)Titus Bramble (Wigan)Jonathan De Guzman (Swansea)
18Davor Suker (Real Madrid)*Dele Alli (Tottenham)Nathan Ake (Bournemouth)Joao Pedro (Watford)Seb Larsson (Sunderland)Harry Kewell (Leeds)Marc Albrighton (Leicester)Daniel Sturridge (Bolton)

The pick order is as follows:

1. @Makingtrax
2. @Rex Caudillo + @jones
3. @OnlyOne
4. @GDeep™
5. @UpTheGunnerz
6. @JMB
7. @Oxeki
8. @Sapient Hawk
9. @The Ducking Duck
10. @albakos
11. @2Smokeyy + @Clrnc
12. @A_G
13. @RunTheTrap
14. @Tir Na Nog
15. @Sulosky
16. @Taylor Gang Gunners

It’s going to be a snake draft so the order will reverse at the end of the round. You will have a 60 minute window to make your pick, but if you’re online when your time comes it’s 10 minutes before you get a randomised player. The game will be paused overnight.

Please make sure to tag the next player to keep the game moving quickly.

Discussion:
 

2Smokeyy

Standin' On Bihness! 💯

Country: England
İlkay GOATdoğan (Manchester City)

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Would have left him another round or two but had to snap him up before anyone else did. One of the key cogs to the City side during their successful period and would always come up with some key goals.

@albakos
 

albakos

Arséne Wenger: "I will miss you"
Administrator

Country: Kosova

Player:Saka
Next up, let's continue with a typical English central defender who was one of the key players in that exciting Leeds team of the noughties.

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It is Jonathan Woodgate of Leeds United.

@The Ducking Duck you're up next
 

A_G

Responsible Gambler
Moderator

Country: England
The randomiser has given @Sapient Hawk…

Trevor Benjamin, Leicester City

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They say he’s played for more clubs than @Rex Caudillo supports:
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@Oxeki is next, we usually pause the game at 9pm UK time until tomorrow morning but feel free to make your hopefully non-Liverpool pick whenever is convenient
 

UpTheGunnerz

Vrei sa pleci dar una una iei
Won’t get his accolades here on AM me thinks but for me a baller, a chef, a splendid footballer and will be a cog in the machine im building here

Just hoping Matt Le tiss doesn’t try and dismantle my machine with conspiracy theories una!

It’s Mo Dembele

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@GDeep™
 

Rex Caudillo

Viva la Starmer-ball

Country: Wales

Player:Nwaneri
We’re taking Wilf Zaha from Palace. Kind of forgotten considering their recent success but still comfortably their best player in club history.

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@OnlyOne you’re up.
 

A_G

Responsible Gambler
Moderator

Country: England
The randomiser for @Sapient Hawk says…

Javier Margas, West Ham
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Fitting that Hawk is given a player who went AWOL like his manager:

His escape act gained notoriety as it was several weeks later before he was discovered back in his homeland, with his manager at the time admitting that desperate measures were taken in his efforts to leave England.

Ex-Hammers boss Redknapp told Betsafe: “His wife hated it, she had a big family back home, she was crying.

“Suddenly he didn't show up to training one day and someone said his wife had gone home and he was staying at the Swallow Hotel.

“So we went round to see him and someone said he might be going home, and we said 'he can't, he's got a contract here, we bought him!'"

Redknapp added upon gaining access to Margas’ hotel room: “He'd left half his gear there, the window was open, he was on the first floor, he obviously took what he needed, jumped out the window and legged it.

"We never saw him again, he went back to Chile and that was the end of his career at West Ham."
 

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