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All Time Soccer/Football Draft and Tourney (2 Viewers)
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The Gator
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PIK95
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to you
PIK95
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We just signed a three year deal with Revs Academy that I have been working on for months. It's gonna be nice to step away from coaching and have the pros coaching our kids.
We have been doing things with them for years, but this is gonna take it to a new level. I'm exhausted but excited. I also closed on a house this afternoon and put another under contract so my next pick may be a little surprising.
We have been doing things with them for years, but this is gonna take it to a new level. I'm exhausted but excited. I also closed on a house this afternoon and put another under contract so my next pick may be a little surprising.
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Bonzai
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The Gator
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3:17pt
Shader picked over an hour ago.
Or did I miss a clock change from 2 hours top 1 hour?
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((Morpheus))
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Wait, what's the name of the club? I played for Bolts in the 90s and my brother played for Revs academy for a couple of years when they started up.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Two hour clock. Can be persuaded to move it to one hour next week.
Bonzai
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PIK95
Footballguy
Biggest town club in R.I. Cranston. Bolts is no joke. You must have been a great player.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
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Bonzai
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9.15 Eric Cantona - Support Striker - Legend - France
"A large, physically strong, hard-working, and tenacious forward, who combined technical skill and creativity with power and goalscoring ability, Cantona is often regarded as having played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force in the 1990s and he enjoys iconic status at the club. He wore the number 7 shirt at Manchester United with his trademark upturned collar. Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans as "King Eric", and was voted as Manchester United's greatest ever player by Inside United magazine."
World Soccer Magazine rated him as the 24th greatest player of the 20th Century.
While Cantona has an impressive goal scoring record, his true value is his ability to bring others into play and orchestrate goals. Until this season, Cantona had the best games-per-assist ratio in Premier League history (a certain bug eyed fellow from Arsenal took the top spot this year).
Alex Ferguson was recently quoted as recognizing only 4 of the players who played under him as "World Class". C Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes, and Cantona.
Honours
Club
Marseille
Division 1 (2): 1988–89, 1990–91
Montpellier
Coupe de France (1): 1989–90
Leeds United
Football League First Division (1): 1991–92
Charity Shield (1): 1992
Manchester United
Premier League (4): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97
FA Cup (2): 1993–94, 1995–96
Charity Shield (3): 1993, 1994, 1996
National team[edit]
France U-21
UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1988
Beach soccer
Beach Soccer World Cup (1): 2005
Individual
Ballon d'Or – Third Place: 1993[75]
BBC Sport Goal of the Month (2): February 1994, December 1996
PFA Team of the Year (1): 1993–94
PFA Players' Player of the Year (1): 1993–94
FWA Footballer of the Year (1): 1995–96
Premier League Player of the Month (1): March 1996
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (1): 1995–96
Onze d'Or (1): 1996
ESM Team of the Year (1): 1995–96
Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02)
Overseas and overall Team of the Decade
Overseas Player of the Decade
English Football Hall of Fame 2002
UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll – 42nd
FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers
"A large, physically strong, hard-working, and tenacious forward, who combined technical skill and creativity with power and goalscoring ability, Cantona is often regarded as having played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force in the 1990s and he enjoys iconic status at the club. He wore the number 7 shirt at Manchester United with his trademark upturned collar. Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans as "King Eric", and was voted as Manchester United's greatest ever player by Inside United magazine."
World Soccer Magazine rated him as the 24th greatest player of the 20th Century.
While Cantona has an impressive goal scoring record, his true value is his ability to bring others into play and orchestrate goals. Until this season, Cantona had the best games-per-assist ratio in Premier League history (a certain bug eyed fellow from Arsenal took the top spot this year).
Alex Ferguson was recently quoted as recognizing only 4 of the players who played under him as "World Class". C Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes, and Cantona.
Honours
Club
Marseille
Division 1 (2): 1988–89, 1990–91
Montpellier
Coupe de France (1): 1989–90
Leeds United
Football League First Division (1): 1991–92
Charity Shield (1): 1992
Manchester United
Premier League (4): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97
FA Cup (2): 1993–94, 1995–96
Charity Shield (3): 1993, 1994, 1996
National team[edit]
France U-21
UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1988
Beach soccer
Beach Soccer World Cup (1): 2005
Individual
Ballon d'Or – Third Place: 1993[75]
BBC Sport Goal of the Month (2): February 1994, December 1996
PFA Team of the Year (1): 1993–94
PFA Players' Player of the Year (1): 1993–94
FWA Footballer of the Year (1): 1995–96
Premier League Player of the Month (1): March 1996
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (1): 1995–96
Onze d'Or (1): 1996
ESM Team of the Year (1): 1995–96
Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02)
Overseas and overall Team of the Decade
Overseas Player of the Decade
English Football Hall of Fame 2002
UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll – 42nd
FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers
Spartans Rule
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Rooney10
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((Morpheus))
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I was just ok, but that team had some really great players (Charlie Davies, Geoff Cameron, Chris Tierney, Mike Vidiera, etc.)
ETA: Forgot about Mike ***ito, who's evidently still kicking around in the MLS
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Spartans Rule
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Is the clock off for tonight or will I be up in a few minutes? Last pick was 8:25 Eastern.
Spartans Rule
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Native's here anyway, so moot point. I'll wait for him.
The Gator
Footballguy
Native
Footballguy
Ok. Still need a LB and it just so happens that an all timer is still on the board.
9.16 Junior, Brazil and Torino
Brazilian maestro who manned LB for the national team for close to ten years. Was captain for many years at Flamengo and them moved to Europe where he became the greatest foreign import Torino has ever known - he was even Serie A player of the year in the mid 80s.
Part of Peles All time FIFA 100. He provides the skills and width to play wide and also offers solid defensive mettle.
9.16 Junior, Brazil and Torino
Brazilian maestro who manned LB for the national team for close to ten years. Was captain for many years at Flamengo and them moved to Europe where he became the greatest foreign import Torino has ever known - he was even Serie A player of the year in the mid 80s.
Part of Peles All time FIFA 100. He provides the skills and width to play wide and also offers solid defensive mettle.
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Spartans Rule
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9.17 Karlheinz Forster, CB, Germany
The third-greatest Karlheinz of all time and the second best on my team. Known for his marking, he'll be the more defensive of my CBs next to Hierro.
10.1 Mario Kempes, F, Argentina
Won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot as Argentina won the 1978 World Cup. Also led La Liga in goals a couple times. Even has a stadium named after him.
The third-greatest Karlheinz of all time and the second best on my team. Known for his marking, he'll be the more defensive of my CBs next to Hierro.
10.1 Mario Kempes, F, Argentina
Won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot as Argentina won the 1978 World Cup. Also led La Liga in goals a couple times. Even has a stadium named after him.
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Native
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One of the most decorated Goalkeepers in the history of the game. He was the goalie for Brazil's victorious 1958 and 1962 World Cup squads and was between the bars for Santos as they won five Brazilian titles in the 1960's. Broadcaster and journalist Juca Kfouri called him "simply the greatest of all time". He will serve as my team's captain.
10.2 Gilmar, Goalkeeper, Brazil and Santos
Universally hailed as the best South American goalkeeper of the 20th century, the elegantly athletic Gilmar would have been on any realistic shortlist to determine the greatest net-minder on the planet during the 1950s and '60s. Twice Gilmar reigned supreme and ever-present between his country's posts as they won the World Cup, in Sweden in 1958 and four years later in Chile. His hoard of major club honours was colossal, both at Santos in the 1960s, but also with his first employers, Corinthians.
Gilmar attracted global attention through his excellence in the 1958 World Cup finals after keeping clean sheets in Brazil's first four games of the tournament. One of the enduring images of the 1958 World Cup triumph was Pele breaking down in tears of joy on Gilmar's shoulder after the final.
He remained a dominant influence as the Selecao successfully defended their crown on South American soil in 1962, letting in only five goals in the six matches, the climax being the 3-1 victory over a splendid Czechoslovakia side in the Santiago final. At Santos, as a member of what was for several seasons arguably the finest team in the world, Gilmar helped to win five successive national championships from 1961 to 1965, five Sao Paulo state titles between 1962 and 1968, two Copa Libertadores in 1962 and 1963, and he capped it off by overcoming first Benfica and then Milan to lift the Intercontinental Cup.
10.2 Gilmar, Goalkeeper, Brazil and Santos
Universally hailed as the best South American goalkeeper of the 20th century, the elegantly athletic Gilmar would have been on any realistic shortlist to determine the greatest net-minder on the planet during the 1950s and '60s. Twice Gilmar reigned supreme and ever-present between his country's posts as they won the World Cup, in Sweden in 1958 and four years later in Chile. His hoard of major club honours was colossal, both at Santos in the 1960s, but also with his first employers, Corinthians.
Gilmar attracted global attention through his excellence in the 1958 World Cup finals after keeping clean sheets in Brazil's first four games of the tournament. One of the enduring images of the 1958 World Cup triumph was Pele breaking down in tears of joy on Gilmar's shoulder after the final.
He remained a dominant influence as the Selecao successfully defended their crown on South American soil in 1962, letting in only five goals in the six matches, the climax being the 3-1 victory over a splendid Czechoslovakia side in the Santiago final. At Santos, as a member of what was for several seasons arguably the finest team in the world, Gilmar helped to win five successive national championships from 1961 to 1965, five Sao Paulo state titles between 1962 and 1968, two Copa Libertadores in 1962 and 1963, and he capped it off by overcoming first Benfica and then Milan to lift the Intercontinental Cup.
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10.3 Hans-Georg "Katsche" Schwarzenbeck - D - Germany
Fits perfectly next to Sammer. Eephus paired Beckenbauer with Kohler, seems only natural for us to pair Sammer with Schwarzenbeck.
Schwarzenbeck is a member of the Bayern Munich hall of fame. From his bio:
"Every successful side needs unsung heroes like Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, an ultra-loyal servant who put in years of tireless effort on Bayern's behalf.
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck was that rarity among footballers, a loyalist who spent his entire career at one club. The player appeared for Bayern between 1966 and 1982, an unsung hero usually found in the long shadow thrown by his "boss" Franz Beckenbauer.
The tactics of the era called for a midfield ball-winner, and Schwarzenbeck was a shining example of the craft. The "Kaiser's Bodyguard" harried, tackled and hoofed clear whatever the opposition sent in the direction of the goal he was defending, a role never likely to earn stardom but which he carried out with tireless efficiency.
He made 416 Bundesliga appearances, 70 in Europe and earned 44 Germany caps. He scored a total of 21 goals as a professional. Schwarzenbeck collected six German championships (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981), a European Cup Winners' Cup medal in 1967, and the Champions' Cup three times in succession from 1974 to 1976. With Germany, he was European Champion in 1972, World Champion in 1974 and European Championship runner-up in 1976.
Pride of place in Schwarzenbeck's impressive medal collection goes to his 1972 European Championship honour and 1974 World Cup winners' medal. If there was an accolade for combining success with unassuming modesty, the former Bayern defender would be first in line."
Fits perfectly next to Sammer. Eephus paired Beckenbauer with Kohler, seems only natural for us to pair Sammer with Schwarzenbeck.
Schwarzenbeck is a member of the Bayern Munich hall of fame. From his bio:
"Every successful side needs unsung heroes like Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, an ultra-loyal servant who put in years of tireless effort on Bayern's behalf.
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck was that rarity among footballers, a loyalist who spent his entire career at one club. The player appeared for Bayern between 1966 and 1982, an unsung hero usually found in the long shadow thrown by his "boss" Franz Beckenbauer.
The tactics of the era called for a midfield ball-winner, and Schwarzenbeck was a shining example of the craft. The "Kaiser's Bodyguard" harried, tackled and hoofed clear whatever the opposition sent in the direction of the goal he was defending, a role never likely to earn stardom but which he carried out with tireless efficiency.
He made 416 Bundesliga appearances, 70 in Europe and earned 44 Germany caps. He scored a total of 21 goals as a professional. Schwarzenbeck collected six German championships (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981), a European Cup Winners' Cup medal in 1967, and the Champions' Cup three times in succession from 1974 to 1976. With Germany, he was European Champion in 1972, World Champion in 1974 and European Championship runner-up in 1976.
Pride of place in Schwarzenbeck's impressive medal collection goes to his 1972 European Championship honour and 1974 World Cup winners' medal. If there was an accolade for combining success with unassuming modesty, the former Bayern defender would be first in line."
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Native
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My team thus far
Platini and Xavi pulling the strings in midfield is pure magic. I cannot imagine the number of through balls and open space they create for Del Pierro and Zola. With so much trickery on offense, Zlatan may score 100 goals in this format. On the flanks, Junior and Bergomi will maraud down the sidelines, while Redondo effortlessly champions the midfield. In central defense, Pasarellla will marshal the backline while bombarding the goal from distance.
Platini and Xavi pulling the strings in midfield is pure magic. I cannot imagine the number of through balls and open space they create for Del Pierro and Zola. With so much trickery on offense, Zlatan may score 100 goals in this format. On the flanks, Junior and Bergomi will maraud down the sidelines, while Redondo effortlessly champions the midfield. In central defense, Pasarellla will marshal the backline while bombarding the goal from distance.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
We turned off the clock for the weekend last week. I stupidly didn't address it this week, but I don't think it's fair to @Lehigh98 to time him out without clear notice that the clock would run over the weekend. Sorry. In truth, there's no way I can stay on top of a two hour clock this weekend anyway. Everyone is welcome to check in occasionally, and if he's up, to make a pick. But I'm not going to time any one out.
Brady Marino
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Charlie Steiner
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Hey guys, I've been enjoying watching this unfold so much that I'm going to ask if, after the draft is over, can I put together a team of undrafted players for pre-tournament friendlies to give you a chance to work out your lineups/get a peek at how the simulator is going to work? I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable as any of you but I do know there are personal favorites and players who have caught my eye over the years that I think are going to go unselected.
shader
Footballguy
If you want, pm me those un selected guys and I'll let you know what I think of them.
The Gator
Footballguy
The Gator
Footballguy
I think it'd be cool if someone put a FA team together just to se what was out there.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
LOL at "the simulator."
