Retro Football Fantasy Championship

Merry Christmas to all!

I pick Raí :)
He was an exceptionally gifted attacking midfielder who starred for Sao Paulo, winning 2 Libertadores Cups and 1 Intercontinental Cup, before moving to Paris Saint-Germain and leading them to domestic and European success. He also won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994.

Trivia - he is the younger brother of the recently deceased footballing legend Sócrates

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DanNistelrooy - 1. Eric Cantona, 2. David Seaman, 3. Dunga, 4. Franck Leboeuf, 5. Oscar Ruggeri 6. David Platt 7. Les Ferdinand, 8. Robert Jarni, 9. Predrag Mijatovic

IBleedRed - 1. Lothar Matthaus, 2. Ian Rush, 3. Giuseppe Bergomi, 4. José Mari Bakero, 5. Guido Buchwald 6. Eusebio Sacristan 7. Aron Winter, 8. Jesper Olsen, 9. Sebastino Rossi

Polaroid - 1. Michael Laudrup, 2. Stefan Effenberg, 3. George Weah, 4. Davor Suker, 5. Thomas Hassler 6. Mauro Silva 7. Des Walker, 8. Jocelyn Angloma, 9. Ronny Johnsen, 10. Raí

Team Brian GB - 1. Franco Baresi, 2. Jurgen Klinsmann, 3. Andoni Zubizaretta, 4. Matthew Le Tissier, 5. Manuel 'Manolo' Sanchis, 6. Mauro Tassotti 7. Angelo Di Livio, 8. Graeme Le Saux, 9. Oliver Bierhoff, 10. Teddy Sheringham

K Stand Knut - 1. Paolo Maldini, 2. Jean Pierre Papin, 3. Jose Luis Chilavert, 4. Gary McAllister, 5. Miguel Angel Nadal, 6. Darko Pancev, 7. Lee Dixon, 8. Stefan Reuter, 9. Krasimir Balakov, 10. Nicola Berti

Ralaks - 1. Marco Van Basten, 2. Didier Deschamps, 3. Brian Laudrup, 4. Rudi Völler, 5. Steve Bruce, 6. Guillermo Amor, 7. Aldair, 8. Olaf Thon, 9. Jan Heintze, 10. Jan Molby

Cal? - 1. Roberto Baggio, 2. Fernando Redondo, 3. Zvonimir Boban, 4. Andreas Möller, 5. Careca, 6. Bodo Illgner, 7. Pierre Littbarski, 8. Branco, 9. Thomas Helmer, 10. Roberto Sensini

The Horse's Mouth - 1. Mathias Sammer, 2. Gary Lineker, 3. Alessandro Costacurta, 4. Claudio Taffarel, 5. Jorginho, 6. Jorge Burruchaga, 7. Peter Beardsley, 8. Luigi Di Agostini, 9. Jan Wouters, 10. Nikolay Iliev

KM - 1. Romario, 2. Paul Gascoigne, 3. Laurent Blanc, 4. Ronnie Whelan, 5. Abedi Pele, 6. Amoros, 7. Georghe Popescu, 8. Nigel Winterburn, 9. Youri Djorkaeff, 10. Mazinho

Desert Eagle - 1. Dennis Bergkamp, 2. Tony Adams, 3. Enzo Francescoli, 4. Leonardo, 5. Siniša Mihajlović, 6. Claudio Caniggia, 7. Roberto Mancini, 8. Dan Petrescu, 9. Kevin Radcliffe, 10. Eike Immel

Crustanoid - 1. Peter Schmeichel, 2. Gheorghe Hagi, 3. Ciro Ferrara, 4. Bixente Lizarazu, 5. Emilio Butragueno, 6. Paolo Futre, 7. Enzo Scifo, 8. Josimar, 9. Lucas Radebe, 10. Emil Kostadinov

Nani Nana - 1. Oliver Kahn, 2. Ronald Koeman, 3. Denis Irwin, 4. Paul Ince, 5. Ian Wright, 6. Chris Waddle, 7. Antonio Conte 8. Steve Nicol, 9. Mark Wright, 10. Igor Belanov

Snow - 1. Hristo Stoichkov, 2. Fernando Hierro, 3. Gianfranco Zola, 4. John Barnes, 5. Gianluca Pagliuca, 6. Andrei Kanchelskis, 7. Thomas Linke, 8. Chendo 9. Erwin Koeman 10. Julio Cesar Romer

Gio - 1. Ruud Gullit, 2. Jurgen Kohler, 3. Robert Prosinecki, 4. Andreas Brehme 5. Bebeto, 6. Roberto Donadoni, 7. Ivan Zamorano, 8. Thomas Berthold, 9. Fernando Couto, 10. Alemão

kps88 - 1. Gabriel Batistuta, 2. Walter Zenga, 3. Carlos Valderrama, 4. Gary Pallister 5. Pearce 6. David Ginola 7. Michel 8. Martin Keown 9. Steve McMahon 10. Vladimir Jugovic

Brwned - 1. Frank Rijkaard, 2. Marcel Desailly, 3. Dragan Stojkovic, 4. Dejan Savicevic 5. Mark Hughes 6. Gianluca Vialli 7. Andreas Köpke 8. Danny Blind 9. Antonio Benarrivo 10. Hong Myung-Bo
 
Do we all have 6 hours to make out pick? If so does that it make it my pick?

I can post my picks now but only around for the next hour or so...

ps Merry Christmas all
 
On phone but ill pick Clayton blackmore and Paul parker
 
I am pleased to pick Santiago Cañizares, one of the top 3 goalkeepers in the world during the turn of the millennium :D

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DanNistelrooy - 1. Eric Cantona, 2. David Seaman, 3. Dunga, 4. Franck Leboeuf, 5. Oscar Ruggeri 6. David Platt 7. Les Ferdinand, 8. Robert Jarni, 9. Predrag Mijatovic, 10. Clayton Blackmore, 11. Paul Parker

IBleedRed - 1. Lothar Matthaus, 2. Ian Rush, 3. Giuseppe Bergomi, 4. José Mari Bakero, 5. Guido Buchwald 6. Eusebio Sacristan 7. Aron Winter, 8. Jesper Olsen, 9. Sebastino Rossi, 10. Berry Van Aerle, 11. Sonny Silooy

Polaroid - 1. Michael Laudrup, 2. Stefan Effenberg, 3. George Weah, 4. Davor Suker, 5. Thomas Hassler 6. Mauro Silva 7. Des Walker, 8. Jocelyn Angloma, 9. Ronny Johnsen, 10. Raí, 11. Santiago Cañizares

Team Brian GB - 1. Franco Baresi, 2. Jurgen Klinsmann, 3. Andoni Zubizaretta, 4. Matthew Le Tissier, 5. Manuel 'Manolo' Sanchis, 6. Mauro Tassotti 7. Angelo Di Livio, 8. Graeme Le Saux, 9. Oliver Bierhoff, 10. Teddy Sheringham

K Stand Knut - 1. Paolo Maldini, 2. Jean Pierre Papin, 3. Jose Luis Chilavert, 4. Gary McAllister, 5. Miguel Angel Nadal, 6. Darko Pancev, 7. Lee Dixon, 8. Stefan Reuter, 9. Krasimir Balakov, 10. Nicola Berti

Ralaks - 1. Marco Van Basten, 2. Didier Deschamps, 3. Brian Laudrup, 4. Rudi Völler, 5. Steve Bruce, 6. Guillermo Amor, 7. Aldair, 8. Olaf Thon, 9. Jan Heintze, 10. Jan Molby

Cal? - 1. Roberto Baggio, 2. Fernando Redondo, 3. Zvonimir Boban, 4. Andreas Möller, 5. Careca, 6. Bodo Illgner, 7. Pierre Littbarski, 8. Branco, 9. Thomas Helmer, 10. Roberto Sensini

The Horse's Mouth - 1. Mathias Sammer, 2. Gary Lineker, 3. Alessandro Costacurta, 4. Claudio Taffarel, 5. Jorginho, 6. Jorge Burruchaga, 7. Peter Beardsley, 8. Luigi Di Agostini, 9. Jan Wouters, 10. Nikolay Iliev

KM - 1. Romario, 2. Paul Gascoigne, 3. Laurent Blanc, 4. Ronnie Whelan, 5. Abedi Pele, 6. Amoros, 7. Georghe Popescu, 8. Nigel Winterburn, 9. Youri Djorkaeff, 10. Mazinho

Desert Eagle - 1. Dennis Bergkamp, 2. Tony Adams, 3. Enzo Francescoli, 4. Leonardo, 5. Siniša Mihajlović, 6. Claudio Caniggia, 7. Roberto Mancini, 8. Dan Petrescu, 9. Kevin Radcliffe, 10. Eike Immel

Crustanoid - 1. Peter Schmeichel, 2. Gheorghe Hagi, 3. Ciro Ferrara, 4. Bixente Lizarazu, 5. Emilio Butragueno, 6. Paolo Futre, 7. Enzo Scifo, 8. Josimar, 9. Lucas Radebe, 10. Emil Kostadinov

Nani Nana - 1. Oliver Kahn, 2. Ronald Koeman, 3. Denis Irwin, 4. Paul Ince, 5. Ian Wright, 6. Chris Waddle, 7. Antonio Conte 8. Steve Nicol, 9. Mark Wright, 10. Igor Belanov

Snow - 1. Hristo Stoichkov, 2. Fernando Hierro, 3. Gianfranco Zola, 4. John Barnes, 5. Gianluca Pagliuca, 6. Andrei Kanchelskis, 7. Thomas Linke, 8. Chendo 9. Erwin Koeman 10. Julio Cesar Romer

Gio - 1. Ruud Gullit, 2. Jurgen Kohler, 3. Robert Prosinecki, 4. Andreas Brehme 5. Bebeto, 6. Roberto Donadoni, 7. Ivan Zamorano, 8. Thomas Berthold, 9. Fernando Couto, 10. Alemão

kps88 - 1. Gabriel Batistuta, 2. Walter Zenga, 3. Carlos Valderrama, 4. Gary Pallister 5. Pearce 6. David Ginola 7. Michel 8. Martin Keown 9. Steve McMahon 10. Vladimir Jugovic

Brwned - 1. Frank Rijkaard, 2. Marcel Desailly, 3. Dragan Stojkovic, 4. Dejan Savicevic 5. Mark Hughes 6. Gianluca Vialli 7. Andreas Köpke 8. Danny Blind 9. Antonio Benarrivo 10. Hong Myung-Bo
 
Winner of the English top flight twice, playing in the central midfield of the Irish national side 73 times - I give you Ray Houghton.

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DanNistelrooy - 1. Eric Cantona, 2. David Seaman, 3. Dunga, 4. Franck Leboeuf, 5. Oscar Ruggeri 6. David Platt 7. Les Ferdinand, 8. Robert Jarni, 9. Predrag Mijatovic, 10. Clayton Blackmore, 11. Paul Parker

IBleedRed - 1. Lothar Matthaus, 2. Ian Rush, 3. Giuseppe Bergomi, 4. José Mari Bakero, 5. Guido Buchwald 6. Eusebio Sacristan 7. Aron Winter, 8. Jesper Olsen, 9. Sebastino Rossi, 10. Berry Van Aerle, 11. Sonny Silooy

Polaroid - 1. Michael Laudrup, 2. Stefan Effenberg, 3. George Weah, 4. Davor Suker, 5. Thomas Hassler 6. Mauro Silva 7. Des Walker, 8. Jocelyn Angloma, 9. Ronny Johnsen, 10. Raí, 11. Santiago Cañizares

Team Brian GB - 1. Franco Baresi, 2. Jurgen Klinsmann, 3. Andoni Zubizaretta, 4. Matthew Le Tissier, 5. Manuel 'Manolo' Sanchis, 6. Mauro Tassotti 7. Angelo Di Livio, 8. Graeme Le Saux, 9. Oliver Bierhoff, 10. Teddy Sheringham, 11. Ray Houghton

K Stand Knut - 1. Paolo Maldini, 2. Jean Pierre Papin, 3. Jose Luis Chilavert, 4. Gary McAllister, 5. Miguel Angel Nadal, 6. Darko Pancev, 7. Lee Dixon, 8. Stefan Reuter, 9. Krasimir Balakov, 10. Nicola Berti

Ralaks - 1. Marco Van Basten, 2. Didier Deschamps, 3. Brian Laudrup, 4. Rudi Völler, 5. Steve Bruce, 6. Guillermo Amor, 7. Aldair, 8. Olaf Thon, 9. Jan Heintze, 10. Jan Molby

Cal? - 1. Roberto Baggio, 2. Fernando Redondo, 3. Zvonimir Boban, 4. Andreas Möller, 5. Careca, 6. Bodo Illgner, 7. Pierre Littbarski, 8. Branco, 9. Thomas Helmer, 10. Roberto Sensini

The Horse's Mouth - 1. Mathias Sammer, 2. Gary Lineker, 3. Alessandro Costacurta, 4. Claudio Taffarel, 5. Jorginho, 6. Jorge Burruchaga, 7. Peter Beardsley, 8. Luigi Di Agostini, 9. Jan Wouters, 10. Nikolay Iliev

KM - 1. Romario, 2. Paul Gascoigne, 3. Laurent Blanc, 4. Ronnie Whelan, 5. Abedi Pele, 6. Amoros, 7. Georghe Popescu, 8. Nigel Winterburn, 9. Youri Djorkaeff, 10. Mazinho

Desert Eagle - 1. Dennis Bergkamp, 2. Tony Adams, 3. Enzo Francescoli, 4. Leonardo, 5. Siniša Mihajlović, 6. Claudio Caniggia, 7. Roberto Mancini, 8. Dan Petrescu, 9. Kevin Radcliffe, 10. Eike Immel

Crustanoid - 1. Peter Schmeichel, 2. Gheorghe Hagi, 3. Ciro Ferrara, 4. Bixente Lizarazu, 5. Emilio Butragueno, 6. Paolo Futre, 7. Enzo Scifo, 8. Josimar, 9. Lucas Radebe, 10. Emil Kostadinov

Nani Nana - 1. Oliver Kahn, 2. Ronald Koeman, 3. Denis Irwin, 4. Paul Ince, 5. Ian Wright, 6. Chris Waddle, 7. Antonio Conte 8. Steve Nicol, 9. Mark Wright, 10. Igor Belanov

Snow - 1. Hristo Stoichkov, 2. Fernando Hierro, 3. Gianfranco Zola, 4. John Barnes, 5. Gianluca Pagliuca, 6. Andrei Kanchelskis, 7. Thomas Linke, 8. Chendo 9. Erwin Koeman 10. Julio Cesar Romer

Gio - 1. Ruud Gullit, 2. Jurgen Kohler, 3. Robert Prosinecki, 4. Andreas Brehme 5. Bebeto, 6. Roberto Donadoni, 7. Ivan Zamorano, 8. Thomas Berthold, 9. Fernando Couto, 10. Alemão

kps88 - 1. Gabriel Batistuta, 2. Walter Zenga, 3. Carlos Valderrama, 4. Gary Pallister 5. Pearce 6. David Ginola 7. Michel 8. Martin Keown 9. Steve McMahon 10. Vladimir Jugovic

Brwned - 1. Frank Rijkaard, 2. Marcel Desailly, 3. Dragan Stojkovic, 4. Dejan Savicevic 5. Mark Hughes 6. Gianluca Vialli 7. Andreas Köpke 8. Danny Blind 9. Antonio Benarrivo 10. Hong Myung-Bo
 
My final pick and by far and away the hardest to choose!!

A mercurial, young player who never played to his best in England BUT was still a fantastic player at his peak:

Tomas BROLIN:
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DanNistelrooy - 1. Eric Cantona, 2. David Seaman, 3. Dunga, 4. Franck Leboeuf, 5. Oscar Ruggeri 6. David Platt 7. Les Ferdinand, 8. Robert Jarni, 9. Predrag Mijatovic, 10. Clayton Blackmore, 11. Paul Parker

IBleedRed - 1. Lothar Matthaus, 2. Ian Rush, 3. Giuseppe Bergomi, 4. José Mari Bakero, 5. Guido Buchwald 6. Eusebio Sacristan 7. Aron Winter, 8. Jesper Olsen, 9. Sebastino Rossi, 10. Berry Van Aerle, 11. Sonny Silooy

Polaroid - 1. Michael Laudrup, 2. Stefan Effenberg, 3. George Weah, 4. Davor Suker, 5. Thomas Hassler 6. Mauro Silva 7. Des Walker, 8. Jocelyn Angloma, 9. Ronny Johnsen, 10. Raí, 11. Santiago Cañizares

Team Brian GB - 1. Franco Baresi, 2. Jurgen Klinsmann, 3. Andoni Zubizaretta, 4. Matthew Le Tissier, 5. Manuel 'Manolo' Sanchis, 6. Mauro Tassotti 7. Angelo Di Livio, 8. Graeme Le Saux, 9. Oliver Bierhoff, 10. Teddy Sheringham, 11. Ray Houghton

K Stand Knut - 1. Paolo Maldini, 2. Jean Pierre Papin, 3. Jose Luis Chilavert, 4. Gary McAllister, 5. Miguel Angel Nadal, 6. Darko Pancev, 7. Lee Dixon, 8. Stefan Reuter, 9. Krasimir Balakov, 10. Nicola Berti, 11. Tomas Brolin

Ralaks - 1. Marco Van Basten, 2. Didier Deschamps, 3. Brian Laudrup, 4. Rudi Völler, 5. Steve Bruce, 6. Guillermo Amor, 7. Aldair, 8. Olaf Thon, 9. Jan Heintze, 10. Jan Molby

Cal? - 1. Roberto Baggio, 2. Fernando Redondo, 3. Zvonimir Boban, 4. Andreas Möller, 5. Careca, 6. Bodo Illgner, 7. Pierre Littbarski, 8. Branco, 9. Thomas Helmer, 10. Roberto Sensini

The Horse's Mouth - 1. Mathias Sammer, 2. Gary Lineker, 3. Alessandro Costacurta, 4. Claudio Taffarel, 5. Jorginho, 6. Jorge Burruchaga, 7. Peter Beardsley, 8. Luigi Di Agostini, 9. Jan Wouters, 10. Nikolay Iliev

KM - 1. Romario, 2. Paul Gascoigne, 3. Laurent Blanc, 4. Ronnie Whelan, 5. Abedi Pele, 6. Amoros, 7. Georghe Popescu, 8. Nigel Winterburn, 9. Youri Djorkaeff, 10. Mazinho

Desert Eagle - 1. Dennis Bergkamp, 2. Tony Adams, 3. Enzo Francescoli, 4. Leonardo, 5. Siniša Mihajlović, 6. Claudio Caniggia, 7. Roberto Mancini, 8. Dan Petrescu, 9. Kevin Radcliffe, 10. Eike Immel

Crustanoid - 1. Peter Schmeichel, 2. Gheorghe Hagi, 3. Ciro Ferrara, 4. Bixente Lizarazu, 5. Emilio Butragueno, 6. Paolo Futre, 7. Enzo Scifo, 8. Josimar, 9. Lucas Radebe, 10. Emil Kostadinov

Nani Nana - 1. Oliver Kahn, 2. Ronald Koeman, 3. Denis Irwin, 4. Paul Ince, 5. Ian Wright, 6. Chris Waddle, 7. Antonio Conte 8. Steve Nicol, 9. Mark Wright, 10. Igor Belanov

Snow - 1. Hristo Stoichkov, 2. Fernando Hierro, 3. Gianfranco Zola, 4. John Barnes, 5. Gianluca Pagliuca, 6. Andrei Kanchelskis, 7. Thomas Linke, 8. Chendo 9. Erwin Koeman 10. Julio Cesar Romer

Gio - 1. Ruud Gullit, 2. Jurgen Kohler, 3. Robert Prosinecki, 4. Andreas Brehme 5. Bebeto, 6. Roberto Donadoni, 7. Ivan Zamorano, 8. Thomas Berthold, 9. Fernando Couto, 10. Alemão

kps88 - 1. Gabriel Batistuta, 2. Walter Zenga, 3. Carlos Valderrama, 4. Gary Pallister 5. Pearce 6. David Ginola 7. Michel 8. Martin Keown 9. Steve McMahon 10. Vladimir Jugovic

Brwned - 1. Frank Rijkaard, 2. Marcel Desailly, 3. Dragan Stojkovic, 4. Dejan Savicevic 5. Mark Hughes 6. Gianluca Vialli 7. Andreas Köpke 8. Danny Blind 9. Antonio Benarrivo 10. Hong Myung-Bo
 
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João Pinto, 400+ games for Porto, European Cup winning captain, plenty of other trophies.
 
DanNistelrooy - 1. Eric Cantona, 2. David Seaman, 3. Dunga, 4. Franck Leboeuf, 5. Oscar Ruggeri 6. David Platt 7. Les Ferdinand, 8. Robert Jarni, 9. Predrag Mijatovic, 10. Clayton Blackmore, 11. Paul Parker

IBleedRed - 1. Lothar Matthaus, 2. Ian Rush, 3. Giuseppe Bergomi, 4. José Mari Bakero, 5. Guido Buchwald 6. Eusebio Sacristan 7. Aron Winter, 8. Jesper Olsen, 9. Sebastino Rossi, 10. Berry Van Aerle, 11. Sonny Silooy

Polaroid - 1. Michael Laudrup, 2. Stefan Effenberg, 3. George Weah, 4. Davor Suker, 5. Thomas Hassler 6. Mauro Silva 7. Des Walker, 8. Jocelyn Angloma, 9. Ronny Johnsen, 10. Raí, 11. Santiago Cañizares

Team Brian GB - 1. Franco Baresi, 2. Jurgen Klinsmann, 3. Andoni Zubizaretta, 4. Matthew Le Tissier, 5. Manuel 'Manolo' Sanchis, 6. Mauro Tassotti 7. Angelo Di Livio, 8. Graeme Le Saux, 9. Oliver Bierhoff, 10. Teddy Sheringham, 11. Ray Houghton

K Stand Knut - 1. Paolo Maldini, 2. Jean Pierre Papin, 3. Jose Luis Chilavert, 4. Gary McAllister, 5. Miguel Angel Nadal, 6. Darko Pancev, 7. Lee Dixon, 8. Stefan Reuter, 9. Krasimir Balakov, 10. Nicola Berti, 11. Tomas Brolin

Ralaks - 1. Marco Van Basten, 2. Didier Deschamps, 3. Brian Laudrup, 4. Rudi Völler, 5. Steve Bruce, 6. Guillermo Amor, 7. Aldair, 8. Olaf Thon, 9. Jan Heintze, 10. Jan Mølby, 11. João Pinto,

Cal? - 1. Roberto Baggio, 2. Fernando Redondo, 3. Zvonimir Boban, 4. Andreas Möller, 5. Careca, 6. Bodo Illgner, 7. Pierre Littbarski, 8. Branco, 9. Thomas Helmer, 10. Roberto Sensini

The Horse's Mouth - 1. Mathias Sammer, 2. Gary Lineker, 3. Alessandro Costacurta, 4. Claudio Taffarel, 5. Jorginho, 6. Jorge Burruchaga, 7. Peter Beardsley, 8. Luigi Di Agostini, 9. Jan Wouters, 10. Nikolay Iliev

KM - 1. Romario, 2. Paul Gascoigne, 3. Laurent Blanc, 4. Ronnie Whelan, 5. Abedi Pele, 6. Amoros, 7. Georghe Popescu, 8. Nigel Winterburn, 9. Youri Djorkaeff, 10. Mazinho

Desert Eagle - 1. Dennis Bergkamp, 2. Tony Adams, 3. Enzo Francescoli, 4. Leonardo, 5. Siniša Mihajlović, 6. Claudio Caniggia, 7. Roberto Mancini, 8. Dan Petrescu, 9. Kevin Radcliffe, 10. Eike Immel

Crustanoid - 1. Peter Schmeichel, 2. Gheorghe Hagi, 3. Ciro Ferrara, 4. Bixente Lizarazu, 5. Emilio Butragueno, 6. Paolo Futre, 7. Enzo Scifo, 8. Josimar, 9. Lucas Radebe, 10. Emil Kostadinov

Nani Nana - 1. Oliver Kahn, 2. Ronald Koeman, 3. Denis Irwin, 4. Paul Ince, 5. Ian Wright, 6. Chris Waddle, 7. Antonio Conte 8. Steve Nicol, 9. Mark Wright, 10. Igor Belanov

Snow - 1. Hristo Stoichkov, 2. Fernando Hierro, 3. Gianfranco Zola, 4. John Barnes, 5. Gianluca Pagliuca, 6. Andrei Kanchelskis, 7. Thomas Linke, 8. Chendo 9. Erwin Koeman 10. Julio Cesar Romer

Gio - 1. Ruud Gullit, 2. Jurgen Kohler, 3. Robert Prosinecki, 4. Andreas Brehme 5. Bebeto, 6. Roberto Donadoni, 7. Ivan Zamorano, 8. Thomas Berthold, 9. Fernando Couto, 10. Alemão

kps88 - 1. Gabriel Batistuta, 2. Walter Zenga, 3. Carlos Valderrama, 4. Gary Pallister 5. Pearce 6. David Ginola 7. Michel 8. Martin Keown 9. Steve McMahon 10. Vladimir Jugovic

Brwned - 1. Frank Rijkaard, 2. Marcel Desailly, 3. Dragan Stojkovic, 4. Dejan Savicevic 5. Mark Hughes 6. Gianluca Vialli 7. Andreas Köpke 8. Danny Blind 9. Antonio Benarrivo 10. Hong Myung-Bo
 
Snow said:
Thought Houghton was a right midfielder. Played like that for Liverpool no?
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I'll mainly be playing a 532 so will need a midfielder comfortable in the middle and on the right, and go to the right entirely in a 343 or a 442 with Di Livio coming in from right wing back into the middle as a defensive midfielder as he often did.

With my final pick I will need a central midfielder proper though this is a range of things I can do with my current players, when I get one that will increase my options substantially.


Zubiszaretta
Di Livio, Tassotti, Baresi, Sanchis, Le Saux
Houghton, Le Tissier
Sheringham
Klinsmann, Bierhoff

Zubiszaretta
Tassotti, Baresi, Sanchis, Le Saux
Houghton, Di Livio, Le Tissier
Sheringham
Bierhoff, Klinsmann

Zubiszaretta
Tassotti, Baresi, Sanchis
Houghton, Di Livio, Le Tissier, Le Saux
Sheringham, Bierhoff, Klinsmann
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Dear all, hope you have had a great Christmas Day:) It is now past 0900 hours of Boxing Day, the 6 hours rule is back in effect - if a manager does not make a pick within 6 hours of his turn commencing, the draft will continue with the next manager after him making a pick eg the draft continues with KM if TheHorse'sMouth does not make his pick by 1512 hours.

Once the drafting is complete (all managers have picked their squad of 12 players), the 16 teams will be allocated into 4 groups (A, B, C, D) using Random Group Creator

The matchday draw will be as follows

Retro Football Fantasy Championship group round-robin matches
Matchday 1
Group A match 1 at Allianz Arena - Team 1 of Group A vs Team 2 of Group A
Group A match 2 at Estádio da Luz - Team 3 of Group A vs Team 4 of Group A
Group B match 1 at Amsterdam Arena - Team 1 of Group B vs Team 2 of Group B
Group B match 2 at Hampden Park - Team 3 of Group B vs Team 4 of Group B

Matchday 2
Group C match 1 at Athens Olympic Stadium - Team 1 of Group C vs Team 2 of Group C
Group C match 2 at Emirates Stadium - Team 3 of Group C vs Team 4 of Group C
Group D match 1 at Stadio San Paolo - Team 1 of Group D vs Team 2 of Group D
Group D match 2 at Stade Vélodrome - Team 3 of Group D vs Team 4 of Group D

Matchday 3
Group A match 1 at Allianz Arena - Team 1 of Group A vs Team 3 of Group A
Group A match 2 at Estádio da Luz - Team 2 of Group A vs Team 4 of Group A
Group B match 1 at Amsterdam Arena - Team 1 of Group B vs Team 3 of Group B
Group B match 2 at Hampden Park - Team 2 of Group B vs Team 4 of Group B

Matchday 4
Group C match 1 at Athens Olympic Stadium - Team 1 of Group C vs Team 3 of Group C
Group C match 2 at Emirates Stadium - Team 2 of Group C vs Team 4 of Group C
Group D match 1 at Stadio San Paolo - Team 1 of Group D vs Team 3 of Group D
Group D match 2 at Stade Vélodrome - Team 2 of Group D vs Team 4 of Group D

Matchday 5
Group A match 1 at Allianz Arena - Team 1 of Group A vs Team 4 of Group A
Group A match 2 at Estádio da Luz - Team 2 of Group A vs Team 3 of Group A
Group B match 1 at Amsterdam Arena - Team 1 of Group B vs Team 4 of Group B
Group B match 2 at Hampden Park - Team 2 of Group B vs Team 3 of Group B

Matchday 6
Group C match 1 at Athens Olympic Stadium - Team 1 of Group C vs Team 4 of Group C
Group C match 2 at Emirates Stadium - Team 2 of Group A vs Team 3 of Group A
Group D match 1 at Stadio San Paolo - Team 1 of Group D vs Team 4 of Group D
Group D match 2 at Stade Vélodrome - Team 2 of Group D vs Team 3 of Group D

Retro Football Fantasy Championship Quarter Finals
Matchday 7
Quarter Final 1 at Santiago Bernabéu - Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B
Quarter Final 2 at Stade de France - Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A
Quarter Final 3 at San Siro - Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group D
Quarter Final 4 at Stadio Olimpico - Winner Group D vs Runner-up Group C

Retro Football Fantasy Championship Semi Finals
Matchday 8
Semi Final 1 at Camp Nou - Winner of Quarter Final 1 vs Winner of Quarter Final 3
Semi Final 2 at Wembley - Winner of Quarter Final 2 vs Winner of Quarter Final 4

Retro Football Fantasy Championship Final
Matchday 9
Grand Final at Old Trafford - Winner of Semi Final 1 vs Winner of Semi Final 2

The assigned stadiums are merely to add colour to the game, they do not have any material impact on the competition ie there is no influence (home advantage, crowd support, familiarity etc) on the players and the match at all

Polls will last 1 day, except for the semi-finals and final which will last 2 days. Polls are open to all Redcafe members to vote. However, managers and assistant managers must not vote in matches of their group nor the group which provides their next opponent in the knockout round (Managers and assistant managers of teams in Group A or B cannot vote in both Group A and B matches. Managers and assistant managers of teams in Group C or D cannot vote in both Group C and D matches). Non-compliance could result in expulsion from the competition. To enforce this, the votes in polls will be made public. 30 minutes before the poll closes, I will make a final call for votes. 5 minutes before the poll closes, I will post the votes tally and this will be the final result of the match.
 
Good stuff Pols.

What is the significance of the 12th player? Is he a substitute or a reserve?
 
kps88 said:
Good stuff Pols.

What is the significance of the 12th player? Is he a substitute or a reserve?
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Hope you have had a great Christmas day kps88:)

The 12th player is a substitute, part of the matchday squad. Group winner gets to pick one player each from the two eliminated teams to add to his squad, followed by the group runner-up's turn. In the knockout rounds, winner of the tie gets to add one player from the losing side to his squad. This means that by the final round, each of the two finalists will have a squad of 16 players to choose their starting XI from. In choosing for the team that would most likely win the match, voters have to consider the starting XI, tactics, team balance and bench strength, with players considered at the level they were at in their prime :)
 
Nani Nana said:
a 12th player?! What 12th player???:eek:
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You have not been reading carefully :)

In the OP
Polaroid said:
What is different this time round are the players and the competition format.

All players born in the 1960s (1 Jan 1960 to 31 Dec 1969), bar Diego Maradona, are available for drafting. For the purpose of this competition, these players are considered at the level when they were in their prime. Each manager gets to pick 12 players to form a squad.

Competition format is identical to that of the Euros - 4 groups of 4, top 2 in each group advance to the quarters. Group winner gets to pick one player each from the two eliminated teams to add to his squad, followed by the group runner-up's turn. In the knockout rounds, winner of the tie gets to add one player from the losing side to his squad. This means that by the final round, each of the two finalists will have a squad of 16 players to choose their matchday team from.
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I'm not in favor of picking a player from the losing teams. Kind of defeats the whole draft. You can just chuck one out for one of the best player ever. Some players get more lucky than others.
 
Snow said:
I'm not in favor of picking a player from the losing teams. Kind of defeats the whole draft. You can just chuck one out for one of the best player ever. Some players get more lucky than others.
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It does not defeat the whole draft, voters have to consider the starting XI and bench strength, the whole squad counts, every one of your original 12 picks counts. And there are 3 group matches to determine which two teams out of four progresses to the quarter-finals before they can pick players from the eliminated sides to add to their squads.

Personally though, i do not mind sticking to the 12 players of the draft.
However, to effect this change, it should be with the assent of all 16 managers.
 
Snow said:
I'm not in favor of picking a player from the losing teams. Kind of defeats the whole draft. You can just chuck one out for one of the best player ever. Some players get more lucky than others.
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Polaroid said:
It does not defeat the whole draft, voters have to consider the starting XI and bench strength, the whole squad counts, every one of your original 12 picks counts. And there are 3 group matches to determine which two teams out of four progresses to the quarter-finals before they can pick players from the eliminated sides to add to their squads.

Personally though, i do not mind sticking to the 12 players of the draft.
However, to effect this change, it should be with the assent of all 16 managers.
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Crustanoid said:
I go along with sticking with the original 12
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Appreciate if the remaining managers can state their views on this. If there are no objections to Snow's proposal by the completion of the draft, we will effect the change - no additions to the original squad of 12.
 
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Sergio Goycochea, voted as the best keeper in 1990 world cup.
 
Polaroid said:
You have not been reading carefully :)

In the OP
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i wasnt made aware of that!:mad:

this changes my entire strategy.. My whole game plan is fecked

in light of this, i think its fair to start the picking process all over again.. Starting with me. I pick van basten
 
Polaroid said:
Appreciate if the remaining managers can state their views on this. If there are no objections to Snow's proposal by the completion of the draft, we will effect the change - no additions to the original squad of 12.
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I like the added element of choosing a new player from a losing team. Makes things more interesting for the voters as well I think.

I pick the greatest player from Belarus ever and part of the Soviet Euro 1988 runner-ups: Sergei Aleinikov
 
Nani Nana said:
i wasnt made aware of that!:mad:

this changes my entire strategy.. My whole game plan is fecked

in light of this, i think its fair to start the picking process all over again.. Starting with me. I pick van basten
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I take it that you are kidding

Desert Eagle said:
I like the added element of choosing a new player from a losing team. Makes things more interesting for the voters as well I think.

I pick the greatest player from Belarus ever and part of the Soviet Euro 1988 runner-ups: Sergei Aleinikov
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Does that mean that you object to Snow's proposal?
 
I picked players knowing that if I got through the group stages I would get two more and so forth, I'd be annoyed if it changed because people didn't read the rules through.
 
Sticking with the ethos of players at their peak I'm surprised this guy hasn't been picked yet.

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Need him to add some steel to my midfield. I trust the matches will be voted for under the presumption that the referees use 80's standards - and not the present day namby pambys who would take a dim view of Big Norms rough-house play!
 
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