Puskas has played 6 world cup matches?
Fantasy Tournament: World Cup All-Time All-Stars
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I pick Jairzinho.
Pol 1. Maradona
Cal 1. Pele
Aldo 1. Garrincha
Theon 1. Beckenbauer
Rpitroda 1. Zidane
Paceme 1. Platini
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo
Desert 1.Moore
Annah 1. Didi
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine
Fergus 1. Matthäus
Balu/NM 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa
Cutch 1. Muller 2. Facchetti
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi
Cal 1. Pele
Aldo 1. Garrincha
Theon 1. Beckenbauer
Rpitroda 1. Zidane
Paceme 1. Platini
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo
Desert 1.Moore
Annah 1. Didi
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine
Fergus 1. Matthäus
Balu/NM 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa
Cutch 1. Muller 2. Facchetti
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi
Yeah totally forgot about him for Spain. Don't think that should matter for his prime WC form though.
I missed this 
Happy to assist a team though.
Happy to assist a team though.
Well picked Balu, will be a gross offense.
I thought for a while who'd be perfect as a wide forward, if I choose to play Cruyff as a false 9 and I really think there's no one better than him in the draft. His runs off the ball are just .
.I actually came up with a blend of them and the Dutch playing W-W but couldn't make it work (too many Europeans and older players to make the back three viable at all). Would have gone with it otherwise. Wouldn't get a single vote, but it was beautiful.
No, thought he was a non winner since he didn't play a game in '82?
You picked the highest WC scorer in a single tourno so I see where Pippa is coming from. It's not just about goal stats though but combined play. I can see the case with Platini, mind, his very best was at the Euros, not the WC. Zidane is a better pick IMO, even if his Euro 2000 is probably his best tourno performance.
Agreed about Zidane over Platini. I actually wanted to pick one out of Puskas and Eusebio but pippa convinced me to pick Fontaine.
I will take Falcao.
I sure as hell am not picking him on the back of Chile 62! Four goals in three games, scored in all of them. Not bad at all. feck knows how it would have turned out had he not been kicked into lumps but those three appearances alone made him standout from the crowd.
Balls, I was hoping he would last the turn. No one ever seems to rate him highly enough during games.
Mean midfield. Very much what I would have gone for if available. If Puskas weren't around I would have gone Neeskens-Falcao.
I thought about Falcao, but also hoped he might slip through 
. Ffs, this is a nightmare with Anto right after/before me.
. Ffs, this is a nightmare with Anto right after/before me.He was part of the squad, got a medal, he is officially a WC winner. Just like Ronaldo is a double WC winner really.
Pol said a players first appearance. Baresi first appeared in Italia 90.
As much as Platini's pinnacle was '84 (like Zidane's in '00), I don't think his performances in '78, '82 and '86 were any worse than what Zidane did in '98, '02 and '06. Even playing on one leg in Mexico he still had an almost unparalleled range of passing and control of affairs, while his Spanish tourney was a strong effort.
I thought about Falcao, but also hoped he might slip through
It's a pain in the arse. I have Gio pretty sussed by now but was worried about Fergus and Cutch either side, quite rightly.
That was not related to being a winner but pre-post 1970. I even asked him about players whose first appearance was for one country (defines continent) but won it with another. He never answered but I think it's pretty obvious the rule applies to continent there, not having won it.
It's no biggie though, he is right up there with the very best anyway but I thought it was worth pointing out before it could get you tied up in knots at the end of the draft.
Tends to happen a lot doesn't it? Someone takes Matthaus, hence prompting someone else to take another wonderful all round midfielder in Neeskens, which leads to panic that Falcao won't last!
Funny that in some of the drafts with arguably smaller pools of picks, we hardly seem take each other's picks (not just me and you, a lot of people ended up with the team they realistically thought possible in the last draft or two), yet in the huge all time pool we always overlap!
I'd take his 82 tourno as a good one, absolutely, but it isn't Platini the way I see him. He was unstoppable in 84. I agree Zidane wasn't consistently influential in 98 or even 06 (scrap 02) but he put in tournament defining performances, which isn't quite the case with Michel. Edges it. The upside is Platini isn't a winner!
I pick Ruud Krol
Pol 1. Maradona
Cal 1. Pele
Aldo 1. Garrincha
Theon 1. Beckenbauer
Rpitroda 1. Zidane
Paceme 1. Platini
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo
Desert 1.Moore
Annah 1. Didi
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine 2. Krol
Fergus 1. Matthäus 2. Falcao
Balu/NM 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa
Cutch 1. Muller 2. Facchetti
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi
Cal 1. Pele
Aldo 1. Garrincha
Theon 1. Beckenbauer
Rpitroda 1. Zidane
Paceme 1. Platini
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo
Desert 1.Moore
Annah 1. Didi
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine 2. Krol
Fergus 1. Matthäus 2. Falcao
Balu/NM 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa
Cutch 1. Muller 2. Facchetti
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi
You missed a massive massive opportunity to combine Fontaine with the man who made him the top goal scorer, crappy. Would have been an indisputable combo.
Yeah, I half expected him to prompt others with Matthaus and Neeskens gone. Different player though, was hoping people would look more at the defensive side of things and leave me to compliment both. I was pretty sure you were onto the same thing but thought you would take him next turn (irrelevant for me anyway). Good call taking him now though. As said, tremendous midfield combo and I would have rather someone else took him!
It's the 16 managers and length of the turns I think, some positions are not as deep as others so everyone ends up prioritising the same positions before ending up with feck all.
I missed this
Happy to assist a team though.
KM I would welcome the help
Agreed. I take it you are not going for him though, in which case he may well be safe.
You really should tone down the dead giveaways, someone will really kick up a fuss sooner or later.
Me and KM pick Maradona.
Aka give us a minute.
Aka give us a minute.
I was damn sure you would pick him.
Agreed. I take it you are not going for him though, in which case he may well be safe.
You really should tone down the dead giveaways, someone will really kick up a fuss sooner or later.
I might go for him. Him supplying to Mane!
Ok. Good job since I marked him down as a non winner.
Pol can clarify anyway when he's on.
I doubt the winner-non winner constraint will be a big concern for anyone, or maybe I haven't thought it through!
Agreed, a lot of the top players are of course winners but others will pick them and the next port of call is usually a non-winner. Winning or not is a team thing after all, but there are loads of individual stars who were just unfortunate to play for tinpot countries.