Current Premier League Players Draft

[Nate]

dontcloseyoureyes gets his frist choice of Paul Robinson
Marcuss gets his first choice of David James
Mr Mxyzptlk gets a random selection of Michael Turner
duffer gets a random selection of Richard Cresswell
Pup Clarke gets a random selection of Kyle Naughton

Arsenal (Marcuss) - Cesc Fabregas, Thomas Vermaelen, Antonio Valencia, Craig Bellamy, John Carew, Stephen Warnock, Stiliyan Petrov, David James
Aston Villa (cpr) - Dimitar Berbatov, Owen Hargreaves, Ashley Young, Micah Richards, Stuart Downing, Ben Foster, Gareth Bale, Jimmy Bullard
Birmingham City (Matteh) - Didier Drogba, Gareth Barry, Mikel Arteta, Thomas Sorensen, Vedran Corluka, Phil Jagielka, Matt Taylor, Kenwyne Jones
Blackburn (Somerset) - Frank Lampard, Edwin van der Sar, Michael Ballack, Robinho, Tomas Rosicky, Patrick Vieira, Gary Neville, Mikael Silvestre
Bolton (NUFAN) - Tim Cahill, Kolo Toure, Joe Cole, Florent Malouda, Jose Bosingwa, Abou Diaby, Heurelho Gomes, Michael Owen
Burnley (GeraintIsMyHero) - Ashley Cole, Jason Koumas, Peter Crouch, Eduardo da Silva, Deco, Jonathan Woodgate, Carlo Cudicini, Steve Caldwell
Chelsea (biased indian) - Michael Essien, Brad Friedel, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon, Daniel Sturridge, John Obi Mikel, Landon Donovan, Ryan Shawcross
Everton (BoyBrumby) - Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor, Mark Schwarzer, Ryan Giggs, Alex Song, Carlos Cuellar, Sol Campbell, Danny Murphy
Fulham (Clapo) - Steven Gerrard, Ricardo Carvalho, James Milner, Emile Heskey, Bakary Sagna, Leighton Baines, Rob Green, Curtis Davies
Hull (Blewy) - Carlos Tevez, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Joleon Lescott, Yuri Zhirkov, Theo Walcott, Wayne Bridge, John O'Shea
Liverpool (Nnanden) - Fernando Torres, Rio Ferdinand, Jamie Carragher, Tim Howard, Maxi Rodriguez, David Bentley, Anderson, Emmanuel Eboue
Manchester City (dontcloseyoureyes) - James Beattie, Stephen Ireland, Benjani Mwaruwari, Brede Hangeland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Wilson Palacios, Nigel de Jong, Paul Robinson
Manchester United (Uppercut) - Wayne Rooney, Martin Petrov, Michael Brown, Paul Scholes, Darron Gibson, Gabriel Obertan, Ben Amos, James Chester
Portsmouth (irfan) - Patrice Evra, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nani, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Martin Skrtel, Yakubu, Salomon Kalou
Stoke City (duffer) - Andrei Arshavin, William Gallas, Manuel Almunia, Samir Nasri, Daniel Agger, Danny Higginbotham, Mamady Sidibe, Richard Cresswell
Sunderland (Mr Mxyzptlk) - John Terry, Joe Hart, Liam Lawrence, Robbie Keane, Nico Kranjcar, Nyron Nosworthy, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner
Tottenham (Pup Clarke) - Maroaune Felliani, Javier Mascherano, Glen Johnson, Roque Santa Cruz, Michael Dawson, Danny Rose, John Bostock, Kyle Naughton
West Ham United (marc71178) - Shay Given, Jermain Defoe, Gael Clichy, Clint Dempsey, Alberto Aquilani, Rafael, Zavon Hines, Danny Gabbidon
Wigan Athletic (chalky) - Nicolas Anelka, Pepe Reina, Luka Modric, Louis Saha, Yossi Benayoun, Ledley King, Alex, Fabio Aurelio
Wolverhampton (Bobisback) - Petr Cech, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Dirk Kuyt, Richard Dunne, Stephen Hunt, Damien Duff, Sylvain Distin, Wes Brown

 

[Nate]

Strongest team(s) at this point? Top four for me - Arsenal, Blackburn, Everton and Hull.

 

[Nate]

Round Nine

The next five members up ARE -

irfan
Matteh
BoyBrumby
cpr
Clapo

Members have until 11pm AEDT, Tuesday 2nd March, to list up to five nominated players.

 

[Johnners]

Albert Riera
Lucas

 

[Nate]

Again, if someone would like to manage, or re-manage their side, it's still open. United in particular are falling apart, but with Rooney, Petrov and Scholes, and with lots of rounds (including the International round) to come, now's the time to jump on. It'll be well worth it when the comp starts, so keen.

 

[Nate]

Think I'm finally happy with the shape Liverpool are taking btw. Been thinking a lot about whether I should be picking players to fit a formation or the other way around. Reckon I should have the versatility to finish in the top six.

 

[Jarquis]

Yeah I'm undecided on my formation. Initially set out to replicate the current Arsenal formation with 3 in the middle, 2 attacking wide men and one up front. Can still do that if I'd like, or switch to a more orthodox 4-4-2, see how it goes.
Am happy with my side so far though

 

[Matteh]

Ramsey
Cana
Milijas
Stanislas
Henderson

 

[BoyBrumby]

Had wiped international round from me memory, clearly.

1) Upson
2) Aaron Hughes
3) James Collins
4) Jonny Evans
5) Kaboul

 

[cpr]

Camps getting the random selection of one of my defensive targets

Michael Dawson
Gary Cahill
Johnny Evans
Vincent Kompany
Pascal Chimbonda

 

[Blewy]

Formation is something ive started thinking about and it looks like ill have a version of the 4-4-2 although it may be a little un-orthodox... Will have the flat back 4, but the rest is up in the air, all depends on what i get the next few rounds..

As for my International, im not sure whether to take one of the jeffy keepers left in the EPL or go for a world class one from the International teams as i think there may still be a couple of hidden gems in the EPL sides.

 

[cpr]

Blowin it on a striker TBH. Didn't notice the international round, so lucked in by not bagging a second hitman. Bigging Nath to stick me in pot one (have I been there yet )

ACtually, reckon at end of round 10, people should declare what position they are going for, then pot em together. Be harsh if 4people after strikers are in 1st group , then the only other persons after one goes last..... Even better would be emailing them, so theres no stealing idea's for players.

 

[BoyBrumby]

TBF tho, it depends which players are still available. I'be deliberately chosen some players (Giggs, Van Persie, Murphy, Cuellar) who can play in more than one position.

 

[Jarquis]

I can shunt Bellamy upfront or wide left, the rest of my side's in set positions really.
GK - James
LB - Warnock
CB - Vermaelen
CB -
RB -
CDM -
CM - Fabregas
CM - Petrov
RW - Valencia
LW - Bellamy
ST - Carew

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

My team is rubbish tbh, so good.

GK: Robinson
LB:
CB:
CB: Hangeland
RB:
CM: Palacios
CM: de Jong
CM: Steven Ireland
FW: Benjani
ST: James Beattie
FW: Shaun Wright-Phillips

 

[Johnners]

GK: Rob Green
LB: Leighton Baines
CB: Curtis Davies
CB: Ricardo Carvalho
RB: Bakary Sagna
CDM:
RM: James Milner (his natural position iirc on FIFA, nafe?)
LM: Albert Riera (pending)
CAM: Steven Gerrard
ST:
ST: Emile Heskey

 

[Blewy]

GK:
LB: Wayne Bridge
CB: Joleon Lescott
CB: Nemanja Vidic
RB: John O'Shea
CM:
CM: Michael Carrick
LW: Yuri Zhirkov
RW: Theo Walcott
CF: Carlos Tevez
ST:

As i said a bit of an un-orthodox formation but i think it could work... A Little different to what i 1st thought i was going to use...

 

[Nate]

Bigging Nath to stick me in pot one (have I been there yet )

Haha, both you and biased indian have asked this when you have currently been in the first group.

You've gone 3 4 2 2 1 4 3 2 1.

RM: James Milner (his natural position iirc on FIFA, nafe?)

And IRL. Been gunning it next to Gerrard.

 

[Johnners]

Been using gerrard as CM or CAM/SS ?

 

[Nate]

Rcm