Draft The Second AM World Cup Draft Selection Thread (No Discussion)

Discussion:

The picks:

Rd.MakingtraxalbakosStepsdashsnow17Rex CaudilloA_GSanchriouGDeep
1Lionel Messi (2022) 🇦🇷 🐐Ronaldo (2002) 🇧🇷 💎Zinedine Zidane (2006) 🇫🇷 💎Franco Baresi (1994) 🇮🇹 💎Keylor Navas (2014) 🇨🇷 🥇Kylian Mbappe (2018) 🇫🇷 💎Mile Jedinak (2014) 🇦🇺 🐴Romario (1994) 🇧🇷 💎
2Fabio Cannavaro (2006) 🇮🇹Rafa Marquez (2006) 🇲🇽Claudio Reyna (2002) 🇺🇸Guillermo Ochoa (2014) 🇲🇽Achraf Hakimi (2022) 🇲🇦Oliver Kahn (2002) 🇩🇪Richarlison (2022) 🇧🇷Lillian Thuram (1998) 🇫🇷
3Xavi (2010) 🇪🇸Samuel Eto’o (2010) 🇨🇲Paolo Maldini (1994) 🇮🇹Luka Modric (2018) 🇭🇷Hristo Stoichkov (1994) 🇧🇬Roberto Baggio (1994) 🇮🇹Matt Turner (2022) 🇺🇸Dennis Bergkamp (1998) 🇳🇱
4Manuel Neuer (2014) 🇩🇪Ji-sung Park (2002) 🇰🇷Gheorghe Hagi (1994) 🇷🇴Thomas Muller (2014) 🇩🇪Diego Forlan (2010) 🇺🇾Sol Campbell (2002) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sulley Muntari (2006) 🇬🇭David Villa (2010) 🇪🇸
5Dunga (1994) 🇧🇷Wesley Sneijder (2010) 🇳🇱Carles Puyol (2010) 🇪🇸Lee-Young Pyo (2002) 🇰🇷Hidetoshi Nakata (2002) 🇯🇵Gerard Pique (2010) 🇪🇸Jordan Henderson (2018) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Gigi Buffon (2006) 🇮🇹
6Marcel Desailly (1998) 🇫🇷Iker Casillas (2010) 🇪🇸Miroslav Klose (2006) 🇩🇪Michael Essien (2006) 🇬🇭Sergio Ramos (2010) 🇪🇸Edgar Davids (1998) 🇳🇱Ryan Nelsen (2010) 🇳🇿Giancarlo Gonzalez (2014) 🇨🇷
7Harry Kane (2018) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Philip Lahm (2014) 🇩🇪Gabriel Bautistuta (1998) 🇦🇷Kevin De Bruyne (2018) 🇧🇪Antoine Griezmann (2018) 🇫🇷Luis Suarez (2010) 🇺🇾Gylfi Sigurdsson (2018) 🇮🇸Luis Figo (2006) 🇵🇹
8Robin Van Persie (2014) 🇳🇱Davor Šuker (1998) 🇭🇷Carlos Valderrama (1994) 🇨🇴Javier Zanetti (1998) 🇦🇷Josko Gvardiol (2022) 🇭🇷Sofyan Amrabat (2022) 🇲🇦Cristian Romero (2022) 🇦🇷Lee Jung-soo (2010) 🇰🇷
9Mario Mandzukic (2018) 🇭🇷Bixente Lizarazu (1998) 🇫🇷Kalidou Koulibaly (2022) 🇸🇳Fernando Hierro (2002) 🇪🇸Roberto Carlos (2002) 🇧🇷Nahuel Molina (2022) 🇦🇷Benoit Assou-Ekotto (2010) 🇨🇲Romain Saiss (2022) 🇲🇦
10Nasser Mazraoui (2022) 🇲🇦Javier Mascherano (2014) 🇦🇷Lee Woon-Jae (2002) 🇰🇷Franck Ribery (2006) 🇫🇷Roy Keane (1994) 🇮🇪Carlos Salcido (2006) 🇲🇽Emmanuel Adebayor (2006) 🇹🇬Bastian Schweinsteiger (2014) 🇩🇪
11Shinji Kagawa (2018) 🇯🇵Gennaro Gattuso (2006) 🇮🇹Denzel Dumfries (2022) 🇳🇱Marc Overmars (1994) 🇳🇱Tomas Brolin (1994) 🇸🇪Makoto Hasebe (2018) 🇯🇵Jurrien Timber (2022) 🇳🇱Enzo Fernandez (2022) 🇦🇷
12Javier Hernandez (2010) 🇲🇽Robert Lewandowski (2022) 🇵🇱Deco (2006) 🇵🇹Michael Owen (1998) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Alexis Sanchez (2014) 🇨🇱Neymar (2014) 🇧🇷Gareth Bale (2022) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Rio Ferdinand (2006) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
13Pepe (2022) 🇵🇹Steven Gerrard (2006) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Jan Vertoghen (2018) 🇧🇪Paul McGrath (1994) 🇮🇪Bruno Fernandes (2022) 🇵🇹Juan Cuadrado (2014) 🇨🇴John Stones (2022) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Vincent Kompany (2018) 🇧🇪
14Brian Laudrup (1998) 🇩🇰Xherdan Shaqiri (2014) 🇨🇭Kieran Trippier (2018) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Marcelo Salas (1998) 🇨🇱Juan Sebastian Veron (1998) 🇦🇷Vitinha (2022) 🇵🇹Markus Babbel (1998) 🇩🇪Marcelo Brozovic (2018) 🇭🇷
15Yordan Letchkov (1994) 🇧🇬Kolo Toure (2010) 🇨🇮Kaka (2006) 🇧🇷Krasimir Balakov (1994) 🇧🇬Frank Rijkaard (1994) 🇳🇱Šime Vrsaljko (2018) 🇭🇷Alessandro Del Piero (1998) 🇮🇹Henrik Larsson (2006) 🇸🇪
16Gheorge Popescu (1994) 🇷🇴Diego Lugano (2010) 🇺🇾Didier Drogba (2006) 🇨🇮Maicon (2010) 🇧🇷Christian Vieiri (1998) 🇮🇹Rigobert Song (2002) 🇨🇲Rui Costa (2002) 🇵🇹Marek Hamsik (2010) 🇸🇰
17Kevin Prince Boateng (2010) 🇬🇭Moussa Dembele (2018) 🇧🇪Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2006) 🇸🇪Maniche (2006) 🇵🇹Mats Hummels (2014) 🇩🇪Christian Eriksen (2018) 🇩🇰Sergio Busquets (2010) 🇪🇸Sinisa Mihalojvic (1998) 🇷🇸
18David Ospina (2014) 🇨🇴Claudio Bravo (2014) 🇨🇱Jorge Campos (1994) 🇲🇽Alireza Beiranvand (2018) 🇮🇷Jordan Pickford (2018) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Thibaut Courtois (2018) 🇧🇪Shay Given (2002) 🇨🇮Petr Cech (2006) 🇨🇿

Rd.jonesUp The ChampionzClrncSapient HawkThe Ducking DuckTir Na NogOnlyOne4Juan6
1Ronaldinho (2002) 🇧🇷 💎Domagoj Vida (2018) 🇭🇷 🥉Rivaldo (2002) 🇧🇷 💎Alexi Lalas (1994) 🇺🇸 🐴James Rodriguez (2014) 🇨🇴 💎Andres Iniesta (2018) 🇪🇸 💎Ricardo Quaresma (2018) 🇵🇹 🥉Cristiano Ronaldo (2018) 🇵🇹 💎
2Alphonso Davies (2022) 🇨🇦Henri Camara (2002) 🇸🇳Thierry Henry (2006) 🇫🇷Carlos Costly (2014) 🇭🇳Son Heung-min (2018) 🇰🇷Jay-Jay Okocha (1998) 🇳🇬El Hadji Diouf (2002) 🇸🇳N’Golo Kante (2018) 🇫🇷
3Andrea Pirlo (2006) 🇮🇹Hasan Şaş (2002) 🇹🇷Arjen Robben (2014) 🇳🇱Ze Kalanga (2006) 🇦🇴Mesut Özil (2014) 🇩🇪Hong Myung Bo (2002) 🇰🇷Asamoah Gyan (2010) 🇬🇭Tim Howard (2014) 🇺🇸
4Patrick Vieira (1998) 🇫🇷Emil Forsberg (2018) 🇸🇪Eden Hazard (2018) 🇧🇪Oleg Salenko (1994) 🇷🇺David Seaman (1998) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Hector Herrera (2018) 🇲🇽Keisuke Honda (2010) 🇯🇵Kim min-Jae (2022) 🇰🇷
5Bounou
(2022) 🇲🇦
Paulo Wanchope (2002) 🇨🇷Michael Laudrup (1998) 🇩🇰Andres Guardado (2010) 🇲🇽Taribo West (1998) 🇳🇬Sergino Dest (2022) 🇺🇸Bryan Ruiz (2014) 🇨🇷Cafu (2002) 🇧🇷
6Toni Kroos (2014) 🇩🇪Avery John (2006) 🇹🇹Gianluca Zambrotta (2006) 🇮🇹Matthias Sammer (1994) 🇩🇪Claudio Suarez (1994) 🇲🇽Ricardo (2006) 🇵🇹Landon Donovan (2010) 🇺🇸Ashley Cole (2006) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
7Angel Di Maria (2014) 🇦🇷Marco Etcheverry (1994) 🇧🇴Lothar Matthaus (1994) 🇩🇪Philemon Masinga (1998) 🇿🇦Claude Makelele (2006) 🇫🇷Lucio (2002) 🇧🇷Yerry Mina (2018) 🇨🇴Yaya Toure (2014) 🇨🇮
8Ricardo Carvalho (2006) 🇵🇹Saeed Al Owarian (1994) 🇸🇦Xabi Alonso (2010) 🇪🇸Walter Samuel (2002) 🇦🇷Marcelo (2018) 🇧🇷David Beckham (2002) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Arturo Vidal (2014) 🇨🇱Francesco Totti (2006) 🇮🇹
9Edinson Cavani (2018) 🇺🇾Jan Koller (2006) 🇨🇿Diego Godin (2018) 🇺🇾Harry Kewell (2006) 🇦🇺Ivan Perisic (2018) 🇭🇷Romelu Lukaku (2018) 🇧🇪Maxi Pereira (2010) 🇺🇾Jaap Stam (1998) 🇳🇱
10John Terry (2006) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Li Weifeng (2002) 🇨🇳Brad Friedel (2002) 🇺🇸Leonardo (1994) 🇧🇷Demetrio Albertini (1994) 🇮🇹Ousmane Dembele (2022) 🇫🇷Harry Maguire (2018) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Pavel Nedved (2006) 🇨🇿
11Takehiro Tomiyasu (2022) 🇯🇵Peter Rufai (1994) 🇳🇬Hernan Crespo (2006) 🇦🇷Georges Bregy (1994) 🇨🇭Roland Nilsson (1994) 🇸🇪Fabio Gross (2006)🇮🇹Tim Cahill (2010) 🇦🇺Michael Ballack (2002) 🇩🇪
12Pedro (2010) 🇪🇸Jan Heinze (2002) 🇩🇰Ruben Dias (2022) 🇵🇹Frank De Boer (1998) 🇳🇱Raul (2002) 🇪🇸Per Mertesacker (2006) 🇩🇪Emi Martinez (2022) 🇦🇷Mohamed Salah (2018) 🇪🇬
13Patrick Kluivert (1998) 🇳🇱Cobi Jones (1994) 🇺🇸Ivan Rakitic (2018) 🇭🇷Finidi George (1994) 🇳🇬Ko Itakura (2022) 🇯🇵Sadio Mane (2018) 🇸🇳Theo Hernandez (2022) 🇫🇷Cesc Fabregas (2010) 🇪🇸
14Toby Alderweireld (2018) 🇧🇪Mohamed Elneny (2018) 🇪🇬Yuto Nagatomo (2014) 🇯🇵Faryd Mondragon (2014)Gabriel Heinze (2006) 🇦🇷Stephen Appiah (2006) 🇬🇭Ze Roberto (2006) 🇧🇷Carlos Tevez (2010) 🇦🇷
15Kennet Anderson (1994) 🇸🇪Roque Santa Cruz (2002) 🇵🇾Mehdi Benatia (2018) 🇲🇦Ahn Jung-Hwan (2002) 🇰🇷Andriy Shevchenko (2006) 🇺🇦Jerry Bengston (2014) 🇭🇳Alvaro Morata (2022) 🇪🇸Freddie Ljungberg (2006) 🇸🇪
16Robert Prosinecki (1998) 🇭🇷Hans Sarpei (2010) 🇬🇭Wayne Rooney (2006) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Willy Sagnol (2002) 🇫🇷Granit Xhaka (2018) 🇨🇭John Dahl Tomasson (2002) 🇩🇰Martin Skrtel (2010) 🇸🇰Jose Giminez (2018) 🇺🇾
17Sofiane Feghouli (2014) 🇩🇿Lucas Radebe (2002) 🇿🇦Tomas Rosicky (2006) 🇨🇿Alessandro Costacurta (1994) 🇮🇹Salem Al-Dawsari (2022) 🇸🇦Damien Duff (2002) 🇨🇮Daniele De Rossi (2010) 🇮🇹Nemanja Vidic (2010) 🇷🇸
18Victor Enyeama (2014) 🇳🇬Igor Akinfeev (2018) 🇷🇺Jose Luis Chilavert (2002) 🇨🇱Rogerio Ceni (2002) 🇧🇷Rustu Receber (2002) 🇹🇷Roberto Abbondanzieri (2006) 🇦🇷Dominik Livakovic (2022) 🇭🇷Peter Schmeichel (1998) 🇩🇰
World Cup Yes GIF by FIFA


Have four years passed already? Apparently so which on one hand means the World Cup is only a few months away but even more importantly @A_G and I can run another draft to celebrate.

Now certain members (no names) had some difficulty following the rules in the last draft so no excuses this time round.

The rules are:

1) You can select any player who has started a World Cup game from USA 1994 to Qatar 2022. When selecting your player you have to state which World Cup you’re selecting them.

We’re NOT judging players on overall World Cup careers, just the World Cup that you’ve selected them from.

For example, if you wanted to select Emile Heskey you’d have to specify which one of his two World Cups you’re picking him from. Draft posts would then ideally look like this:

“I select Emile Heskey – South Korea & Japan 2002

Insert reasons for selection here.

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@next user it’s your turn”


2) You can only select ONE player per nation.

3) You must have at least one player from each of the five FIFA regions in your starting XI:

• CONMEBOL (South America)
• UEFA (Europe)
• CONCACAF (North America & the Caribbean)
• CAF (Africa)
• AFC (Asia)

There is technically a 6th region Oceania but they’ve only sent one team to a World Cup. So if you want to select anyone from 2010 New Zealand they’ll count as an AFC team for the purposes of this game.

Please try and remember that it's a World Cup game so ideally you'd pick players based primarily on that basis. There are bonus points available based on performance...

If you don’t follow these rules you will be of course randomised into oblivion.

One footnote: if you select a player from any one of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro or Serbia you are not allowed to draft a player from the other two iterations. Yes, they’re technically different but each country inherited the previous one’s FIFA place.

Familiarise yourself with the rules here…

Also two extra rules just to add we are allowing trades this time! You should be looking to draft players based on their performance at tournaments and bonus points will be handed out for certain players chosen.

A simple equation is “World Class player + Great tournament = giant rating”

Finally you are now allowed to trade! This includes whatever number of players and picks you are comfortable to lose before and after a pick. Any agreement you reach with another participant then has to be cleared by myself and @A_G to ensure fairness.

The draft lottery is underway.

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And the first pick goes to…

@Makingtrax

After that the order is:
2) @albakos
3) @Steps
4) @dashsnow17
5) @Rex Caudillo
6) @A_G
7) @Riou + @Sanchez11
8) @GDeep™
9) @jones
10) @UpTheGunnerz
11) @Clrnc
12) @Sapient Hawk
13) @The Ducking Duck
14) @Tir Na Nog
15) @OnlyOne
16) @JMB + @Gooner416

@Makingtrax you are on the clock.
 

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Premier League - Live Table

Team P W D L Goals GD Pts
1
Arsenal
Arsenal
W W W W W L
38 26 7 5 71:27 +44 85
2
Manchester City
Manchester City
L D W W D W
38 23 9 6 77:35 +42 78
3
Manchester United
Manchester United
W W D W W W
38 20 11 7 69:50 +19 71
4
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
W W D L L W
38 19 8 11 56:49 +7 65
5
Liverpool
Liverpool
D L D L W W
38 17 9 12 63:53 +10 60
6
Bournemouth
Bournemouth
D D W W D W
38 13 18 7 58:54 +4 57
7
Sunderland
Sunderland
W W D D L L
38 14 12 12 42:48 -6 54
8
Brighton
Brighton
L L W L W D
38 14 11 13 52:46 +6 53
9
Brentford
Brentford
D D L W L D
38 14 11 13 55:52 +3 53
10
Chelsea
Chelsea
L W D L L L
38 14 10 14 58:52 +6 52
11
Fulham
Fulham
W D L L W D
38 15 7 16 47:51 -4 52
12
Newcastle
Newcastle
L W D W L L
38 14 7 17 53:55 -2 49
13
Everton
Everton
L L D D L L
38 13 10 15 47:50 -3 49
14
Leeds
Leeds
L W D W D W
38 11 14 13 49:56 -7 47
15
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
L D L D L L
38 11 12 15 41:51 -10 45
16
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest
D L D W W W
38 11 11 16 48:51 -3 44
17
Tottenham
Tottenham
W L D W W D
38 10 11 17 48:57 -9 41
18
West Ham
West Ham
W L L L W D
38 10 9 19 46:65 -19 39
19
Burnley
Burnley
D L D L L L
38 4 10 24 38:75 -37 22
20
Wolves
Wolves
D D L D L L
38 3 11 24 27:68 -41 20
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