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Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,187
Adams, Tony
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Aguero, Sergio 'Kun'
Alonso, Xavi
Anderson, Viv
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Austin, Charlie
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Barry, Gareth
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Beckham, David
Bellamy. Craig
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Edu
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Emmanuel Adebayor
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Ferdinand, Rio
Ferguson, Duncan
Fernandinho
Ferreira, Paulo
Finnan, Steve
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Fonte, Jose
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Fowler. Robbie
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Gallas, William
Garcia, Luis
Gascoigne, Paul
Geremi
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Grimaldi, Giles
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Gullit, Ruud
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Hamman, Dietmar
Hart, Joe
Harte, Ian
Hasselbaink, Jimmy..
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Henchoz, Stephane
Hendry, Colin
Henry, Thierry
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Heskey, Emile
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Holland, Matt
Howard, Tim
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Hughes, Mark
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Ince, Paul
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Juninho
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Lauren
Laursen, Martin
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Lee, Rob
Lehmann, Jens
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Nani
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Nolan, Kevin
Okocha, Jay Jay
Oscar
O'Shea, John
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Parker, Scott
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Ramires
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Richards, Micah
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Robben, Arjen
Robinio
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Robson, Bryan
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Rooney, Wayne
Rosicky, Tomas
Rush, Ian
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Saha, Louis
Sanchez, Alexis
Scales, John
Schmichael, Peter
Schneiderlin, Morgan
Scholes, Paul
Schurrle, Andre
Schwarzer, Mark
Seaman, David
Sharpe, Lee
Shearer, Alan
Sherringham, Edward
Sherwood, Tim
Silva, David
Silva, Gilberto
Silvestre, Mikael
Skrtel, Martin
Smith, Alan
Solano, Nobby
Solskjaer, Ole Gunnar
Song, Alex
Sorensen, Thomas
Southall, Neville
Southgate, Gareth
Speed, Gary
Stam, Jaap
Staunton, Steve
Stirling, Raheem
Sturridge, Daniel
Suarez, Luis
Sutton, Chris
Taricco, Mauricio
Taylor, Ian
Terry, John
Tevez, Carlos
Torres, Fernando
Toure, Kolo
Toure, Yaya
Upson, Matthew
Valencia, Antonio
Van Bronkhorst, Giovanni
Van Der Sar, Edwin
Van Der Vaart, Rafael
Van Hooijdonk, Pierre
Van Nistelrooy
Van Persie, Robin
Vialli, Gianluca
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Viduka, Mark
Vieira, Patrick
Waddle, Chris
Walcott, Theo
Walker, Des
Walker, Ian
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Watson, Dave
Westerveld, Sander
Wiltord, Sylvain
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Woodgate, Jonathan
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Wright, Mark
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Young, Luke
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Zola, Gianfranco
 


Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,187
Is he one of your picks? Haha. John O'Shea has had a good career. Him and Wes Brown have made a good move going to Sunderland. Again, I'd have O'Shea over a lot of defenders drafted. Will be interesting to see everyone's teams and to also see who has made the elevens from picks 12 to 16.

I think whoever's team he happens to be in should win this and its just purely co-incidental it happens to be mine - honest :blush:

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I have been trying to put together a squad with no obvious weak links in it and therefore isn't really affected too much if someone was to get injured or suspended (as will happen over the course of a season) and to have a squad which, when fully available would cause a manager a nice selection headache. My team should be able to line up in different formations too and still be very strong (as should everyones i guess)

It will be interesting to see everyones teams once they are all finished and i hope those who have dropped behind with their picks will also catch up and complete their line ups
 


stripeyshark

All-Time Best Defence
Dec 20, 2011
2,294
This game is great when people are arguing over players like O'Shea :lolol:

I'm getting passionate about it now i have my 16. I actually don't mind O'Shea. Opinions on football players are always fuel to a thread.
 


stripeyshark

All-Time Best Defence
Dec 20, 2011
2,294
I think whoever's team he happens to be in should win this and its just purely co-incidental it happens to be mine - honest :blush:

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I have been trying to put together a squad with no obvious weak links in it and therefore isn't really affected too much if someone was to get injured or suspended (as will happen over the course of a season) and to have a squad which, when fully available would cause a manager a nice selection headache. My team should be able to line up in different formations too and still be very strong (as should everyones i guess)

It will be interesting to see everyones teams once they are all finished and i hope those who have dropped behind with their picks will also catch up and complete their line ups

Knew it! You were defending him far to fiercely for him not to be your's.

I share your sentiment about formation. I have chosen the definition of wing backs in Riise and Valencia so I can change from 442 to 352 easily. I like to think my bench will provide competition to my XI too.
 






Rohana

I'm.Actually.Dead.
Feb 16, 2010
546
Shoreham-By-Sea
Need a player with over 200 appearances, so I've gone for somebody who can play on either wing, has 300+ appearances and scored one of the greatest goals of the Premier League era (Although it wasn't actually in the Premier League)

Trevor Sinclair.


 




shaolinpunk

[Insert witty title here]
Nov 28, 2005
7,187
Brighton
I'm rounding out my team with a bit of pace out wide from the bench, which would also allow more variety in formations. He's also played with Bale plenty of times so would be able to easily work with him.

AARON LENNON
 




DarrenFreemansPerm

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sep 28, 2010
17,328
Shoreham
I've got serious doubts as to whether I've managed to meet the criteria, I need to sit down and have a proper look at it but I think I might have cocked up spectacularly :(
 


shaolinpunk

[Insert witty title here]
Nov 28, 2005
7,187
Brighton
I've got serious doubts as to whether I've managed to meet the criteria, I need to sit down and have a proper look at it but I think I might have cocked up spectacularly :(

Have you not been keeping track of who can fit where? A rookie error.
 


DarrenFreemansPerm

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sep 28, 2010
17,328
Shoreham
Have you not been keeping track of who can fit where? A rookie error.

Not particularly, I kind of lost my way at about the half way point, I think my final pick may have been the nail in the coffin.

Edit. Is it too late to change my last pick? The player I want is still available?
[MENTION=15934]Rohana[/MENTION] ?
 
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DarrenFreemansPerm

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sep 28, 2010
17,328
Shoreham
What's your squad?

Schmeichel
Irwin
Ivanovic
Brown
Hendry
Sherwood
van der Vaart
Ljungberg
Coutinho
Viduka
Keane

Wanchope
May (David)
van Hooijdonk
Scales
I'm not sure who the other one is :eek:

Edit, again. My missing player is Rob Lee, phew.

I'd still like to change my last pick....please
 
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Rohana

I'm.Actually.Dead.
Feb 16, 2010
546
Shoreham-By-Sea
Not particularly, I kind of lost my way at about the half way point, I think my final pick may have been the nail in the coffin.

Edit. Is it too late to change my last pick? The player I want is still available?
[MENTION=15934]Rohana[/MENTION] ?

Schmeichel
Irwin
Ivanovic
Brown
Hendry
Sherwood
van der Vaart
Ljungberg
Coutinho
Viduka
Keane

Wanchope
May (David)
van Hooijdonk
Scales
I'm not sure who the other one is :eek:

Edit, again. My missing player is Rob Lee, phew.

I'd still like to change my last pick....please

If you can't fit them all in to categories then feel free to change your pick at the end of the draft. Think that's the fair way of doing it.
 






Cullip4

New member
Oct 4, 2003
1,014
Brighton
Wow last pick :( thanks everyone it's been a lot of fun, infuriating at times but some great names have been dragged up from the past!! Special thanks to [MENTION=8619]Guy Fawkes[/MENTION] for keeping that list updated so I did not have to read through the entire thread when thinking of a random name at 3am.

Just the sub goalkeeper to go.

Last week I thought of a keeper who would win the draft pick on his own, a man who would guarantee I win the tournament, a man no Brighton fan could vote against, the keeper who made the greatest save of all.....HE SAVED THE ALBION!

Gentleman I give you....Mark Beeney!

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Unfortunately seven days and sleepless nights later I can unhappily confirm he fits not one sodding category so I am stuck with the man Guy Fawkes will affectionately call Green Rob, it's....Rob Green!!

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That's it, the boys and I are on the next ferry to Longford for some pre tournament bonding!!
[MENTION=1023]Shuggie[/MENTION] your up!
 


Frutos

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Helpful Moderator
NSC Patreon
May 3, 2006
35,493
Northumberland
Wow last pick :( thanks everyone it's been a lot of fun, infuriating at times but some great names have been dragged up from the past!! Special thanks to [MENTION=8619]Guy Fawkes[/MENTION] for keeping that list updated so I did not have to read through the entire thread when thinking of a random name at 3am.

Just the sub goalkeeper to go.

Last week I thought of a keeper who would win the draft pick on his own, a man who would guarantee I win the tournament, a man no Brighton fan could vote against, the keeper who made the greatest save of all.....HE SAVED THE ALBION!

Gentleman I give you....Mark Beeney!

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Unfortunately seven days and sleepless nights later I can unhappily confirm he fits not one sodding category so I am stuck with the man Guy Fawkes will affectionately call Green Rob, it's....Rob Green!!

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That's it, the boys and I are on the next ferry to Longford for some pre tournament bonding!!
[MENTION=1023]Shuggie[/MENTION] your up!
Oh **** OFF.

:censored:

:wink:
 


Garry Nelson's Left Foot

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
13,054
tokyo
Right, I'm going to sneak in and make my last pick. Muchos Gracias to [MENTION=278]MattBackHome[/MENTION] stepping in for me. I'm not sure how I managed to not see Paul Robinson's name on the already picked list but I did so I'm left with a goalkeeper as my final pick.

I'm going to go for a keeper who has been one of the most consistent in the premier league over since becoming a regular in the 2011/12 season. He's a big dominant presence in the box and has remendous reflexes. He poses a goal threat to boot having scored against southampton last season. Gents, I give you pick sixteen of Team GNLF:

Asmir Begovic

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Garry Nelson's Left Foot

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
13,054
tokyo
so:

Reina - World cup winning squad.
Staunton - 200 appearances
Lauren - Won premier league
Southgate - Promoted to premier league
Henchoz - 3 premier league clubs
Keane - Relegated from premier league
Toure - Transfer fee over 10 million.
Gullit: Won a major foreign top flight league
Nasri - Scored a north london, merseyside or manchester derby goal
Torres - 2 red cards
Tevez - played against Brighton
Begovic - Currently playing in premier league
Arbeloa - won f.a cup
Petrov - 70 international caps
Sterling - made his prem debut before the age of 20
Dublin - Scored a premier league hattrick
 


Frutos

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Helpful Moderator
NSC Patreon
May 3, 2006
35,493
Northumberland
I've now lose THREE would-be sub 'keepers since my last pick (Robinson, Green, Begovic)....we are not amused. :(
 



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