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Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,187
Adams, Tony
Agger, Daniel
Aguero, Sergio 'Kun'
Alonso, Xavi
Anderson, Viv
Anderton, Darren
Anelka, Nicholas
Arteta, Mikel
Austin, Charlie
Azpilicueta, Cesar
Babayaro, Celestine
Baines, Leighton
Bale, Gareth
Ballack, Michael
Barmby, Nick
Barnes, John
Barry, Gareth
Barthez, Fabian
Batty, David
Beardsley, Peter
Beckham, David
Bellamy. Craig
Bent, Darren
Berbatov, Dimitar
Berg, Henning
Berger, Patrik
Bergkamp, Dennis
Bjornebye, Stig Inge
Blanc, Laurent
Boateng, George
Boateng, Kevin Prince
Bould, Steve
Bridge, Wayne
Brown, Wes
Bruce, Steve
Butt, Nicky
Cabaye, Yohan
Cahill, Gary
Cahill, Tim
Campbell, Sol
Campo, Ivan
Cantona, Eric
Carr, Stephen
Carragher, Jamie
Carrick, Michael
Carvalho, Ricardo
Cazorla, Santi
Cech, Petr
Clichy, Gael
Cole, Andrew
Cole, Ashley
Cole, Joe
Collymore, Stan
Coloccini, Fabricio
Corkula, Vedran
Costa, Diego
Courtois, Thibaut
Coutinho, Philippe
Crouch, Peter
Cudicini, Carlo
De Gea, David
De Jong, Nigel
Defoe, Jermain
Desailly, Marcel
Deschamps, Didier
Di Canio, Paulo
Di Matteo, Roberto
Distin, Sylvain
Dixon, Lee
Djorkaeff, Youri
Drogba, Didier
Dudek, Jerzy
Duff, Damian
Dunne, Richard
Dyer, Kieron
Ehiogu, Ugo
Emmanuel Adebayor
Enrique, Jose
Essien, Michael
Evra, Patrice
Fabregas, Cesc
Ferdinand, Les
Ferdinand, Rio
Ferguson, Duncan
Fernandinho
Ferreira, Paulo
Finnan, Steve
Fowler. Robbie
Friedel, Brad
Gallas, William
Garcia, Luis
Gascoigne, Paul
Geremi
Gerrard, Steven
Giggs, Ryan
Ginola, David
Given, Shay
Gravesen, Thomas
Grimaldi, Giles
Grobbelaar, Bruce
Gudjohnsen, Eider
Gullit, Ruud
Hamman, Dietmar
Hart, Joe
Harte, Ian
Hasselbaink, Jimmy..
Hazard, Eden
Heinze, Gabriel
Henchoz, Stephane
Hendry, Colin
Henry, Thierry
Hitzlsperger, Thomas
Holland, Matt
Howard, Tim
Hughes, Aaron
Hughes, Mark
Hyppia, Sami
Ince, Paul
Irwin, Denis
Ivanovic, Branislav
Jaaskalainen, Jussi
Jagielka, Phil
James, David
Johnsen, Ronny
Johnson, Glen
Jones, Vinnie
Juninho
Kanchelskis, Andrei
Kane, Harry
Kanu, Nwankwo
Keane, Robbie
Keane, Roy
Kelly, Gary
Keown, Martin
Kerimoglu, Tugay
Kewell, Harry
King, Ledley
Kinkladze, Georgi
Klinsmann, Jurgen
Kolarov, Aleksandar
Kompany, Vincent
Kuyt, Dirk
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Lampard, Frank
Lauren
Laursen, Martin
Le Saux, Graham
Le Tissier, Matthew
Leboeuf, Frank
Lee, Rob
Lehmann, Jens
Lescott, Joleon
Ljungberg, Freddie
Luiz, David
Makelele, Claude
Malouda, Florent
Martyn, Nigel
Mascherano, Javier
Mata, Juan
McAllister, Gary
McAteer, Jason
McClair, Brian
McGrath, Paul
Mcmanaman, Steve
Mellberg, Olof
Merson, Paul
Mertesacker, Per
Milner, James
Milosevic, Savo
Modric, Luca
Murphy, Danny
Nani
Nasri, Samir
Neville, Gary
Neville, Phil
Nilsson, Roland
Nolan, Kevin
Okocha, Jay Jay
Oscar
O'Shea, John
Overmars, Mark
Owen, Michael
Ozil, Mesut
Pallister, Gary
Parker, Scott
Parlour, Ray
Pearce, Stuart
Petit, Emanuel
Petrescu, Dan
Phillips, Kevin
Pires, Robert
Powell, Chris
Poyet, Gus
Radebe, Lucas
Ramsey, Aaron
Ravaneli, Fabricio
Reina, Pepe
Reyes, Jose Antinio
Richards, Micah
Riise, John Arne
Robben, Arjen
Robinio
Robson, Bryan
Ronaldo, Christiano
Rooney, Wayne
Rosicky, Tomas
Rush, Ian
Sagna, Bacary
Saha, Louis
Sanchez, Alexis
Schmichael, Peter
Scholes, Paul
Schurrle, Andre
Schwarzer, Mark
Seaman, David
Sharpe, Lee
Shearer, Alan
Sherringham, Edward
Sherwood, Tim
Silva, David
Silva, Gilberto
Silvestre, Mikael
Skrtel, Martin
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
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Taylor, Ian
Terry, John
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Toure, Kolo
Toure, Yaya
Upson, Matthew
Valencia, Antonio
Van Bronkhorst, Giovanni
Van Der Sar, Edwin
Van Der Vaart, Rafael
Van Nistelrooy
Van Persie, Robin
Vidic, Nemanja
Viduka, Mark
Vieira, Patrick
Waddle, Chris
Walcott, Theo
Walker, Des
Wanchope, Paulo
Westerveld, Sander
Wiltord, Sylvain
Winterburn, Nigel
Wise, Dennis
Woodgate, Jonathan
Wright, Ian
Wright-Phillips, Shaun
Yeboah, Tony
Yorke, Dwight
Young, Ashley
Zabaleta, Pablo
Zamora, Bobby
Ziege, Christian
Zola, Gianfranco
 






Frutos

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Helpful Moderator
NSC Patreon
May 3, 2006
35,494
Northumberland
I have just had one of those 'eureka' moments in trying to finalise who I want to pick next - anyone who now picks this person is going to be very much off my Christmas card list
 


moggy

Well-known member
Oct 15, 2003
5,050
southwick
Picking a blinder of a player who would've surely gone earlier if he'd played more in the prem but only played 7 times for Man Utd on loan is one of swedens all time top strikers
Henrik Larsson

Over to [MENTION=225]Hamilton[/MENTION]
 




Hamilton

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 7, 2003
12,393
Brighton
Hard man pick.

Slaven Bilić - he eats Giggsys for breakfast.

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Over to you [MENTION=6505]Foolg[/MENTION]
 


Shatner's Bassoon

The Puff Pastry Hangman
Feb 12, 2012
860
Hard man pick.

Slaven Bilić - he eats Giggsys for breakfast.

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Over to you [MENTION=6505]Foolg[/MENTION]
I like almost everything about Slaven Bilic, and then I remember the World Cup semi final...
 


Shatner's Bassoon

The Puff Pastry Hangman
Feb 12, 2012
860
I'd be interested to see if we can come up with a team of players who fit none of the categories. I've got a player I'd love to pick, but can't. Somebody else had one earlier as well.
 




DarrenFreemansPerm

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sep 28, 2010
17,328
Shoreham
Picking a blinder of a player who would've surely gone earlier if he'd played more in the prem but only played 7 times for Man Utd on loan is one of swedens all time top strikers
Henrik Larsson

Over to [MENTION=225]Hamilton[/MENTION]

Without wishing to sound rude, do you realise this draft is judging players based only on their Premier League careers?
 




Cullip4

New member
Oct 4, 2003
1,014
Brighton
Without wishing to sound rude, do you realise this draft is judging players based only on their Premier League careers?

Was a strange choice, there are at least four World class top top strikers who nobody has picked as they only played about 40 premier league games let alone 7, 3 at Chelsea and one at Liverpool for sure!!

Gazza was a risk but it's Gazza!!

But hey it's your team!!
 




Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,187
Picking a blinder of a player who would've surely gone earlier if he'd played more in the prem but only played 7 times for Man Utd on loan is one of swedens all time top strikers
Henrik Larsson

Over to [MENTION=225]Hamilton[/MENTION]

Without wishing to sound rude, do you realise this draft is judging players based only on their Premier League careers?

Yes
Buts he was quality so goes into my team

Larsson was signed on loan by Manchester United from 1 January until 12 March 2007. He started just 5 Premier League games in that time and also made 2 substitiue appearances, scoring just 1 goal.

I don't think that i'd have ever have picked him for this draft based on that. Maybe being another name will help you at the end of this but again i think that there were better options but the alternatives may have been lesser known players who may not be fully recognised for their performances / achievements so again, i guess it's how the voters judge it (like with Gazza) that will be all that matters.
 




The_Viper

Well-known member
Oct 10, 2010
4,345
Charlotte, NC
Wow you all got around to me quick!

With way over 70 international caps, I am delighted he's still on the board. Quickly being accepted as the face of American soccer and back in the MLS now, is a man who was and still is a legend at Fulham, his honours list, like Tim Cahill leaves alot to be desired but his worth to a team and to a nation for his influence upon the game is beyond question.

Clint Dempsey
 




DarrenFreemansPerm

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sep 28, 2010
17,328
Shoreham
Wow you all got around to me quick!

With way over 70 international caps, I am delighted he's still on the board. Quickly being accepted as the face of American soccer and back in the MLS now, is a man who was and still is a legend at Fulham, his honours list, like Tim Cahill leaves alot to be desired but his worth to a team and to a nation for his influence upon the game is beyond question.

Clint Dempsey

That's a cracking pick. I think there's still some real quality to be unearthed in this draft
 




stripeyshark

All-Time Best Defence
Dec 20, 2011
2,294
Tough decision here. But everyone will need a centre back on the bench. Also, with my wing backs (Riise and Valencia), I could opt for a 3-5-2. Therefore, introducing a man with 45 England caps, a World Cup goal and an FA cup winners medal. More recently he has managed Chester City to the football league and faced his fears in the celebrity jungle.

MARK WRIGHT
 


Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,187
I see that a few of the players that i thought would have gone a lot earlier are now starting to go at last.

I just hope my next few preferred picks from my shortlist of players are still available when it finally reaches me again
 




Garry Nelson's Left Foot

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
13,055
tokyo
Phone rings in F.C GNLF managers office, waking him from his 87/88 season reverie.

GNLF: Hello
Caller: ...
GNLF: What's that? you've got a player lined up who's scored a premier league hat trick. Twice? Tell me more, I'm looking to fill that category.
Caller...
GNLF: What?! He's scored over 100 premier league goals? And no one's picked him yet?!
Caller...
GNLF: Get outta here! He won the premier league golden boot to boot! excuse the pun but I just can't believe there's a golden boot winning player with over 100 premier league goals left unpicked this deep into the draft! Any other strings to his magnificent bow?
Caller...
GNLF: He's an accomplished centre half as well? So he can offer attacking and defensive cover to my team? This guy sounds too good to be true!
Caller...
GNLF: You're making this up aren't you? He is also a top quality saxophonist? And he's invented his own musical instrument?! And released an album?! What a legend! Who is this man?

Good question. The answer to which is:

Dion Dublin
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Garry Nelson's Left Foot

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
13,055
tokyo
So the bench is all about strength in depth and tactical flexibility. With Sterling and Dublin I've got all my attacking options and cover at centre half sorted. Next is midfield. I need a player of great quality who can play either as a defensive midfielder or as a more attacking box to box midfielder. Luckily I have one of those up my sleeve. There'll be no teasing out his name, no dilly dallying or prevarication for this announcement, his quality speaks for itself. I'm talking about:

Stiliyan Petrov

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[MENTION=1349]turienzo's lovechild[/MENTION], its back to you.
 



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