Fantasy Tournament: World Cup All-Time All-Stars

Pol 1. Maradona 2. P. Maldini 3. Breitner 4. Zizinho 5. Boniek 6. Ocwirk 7. Zito 8. Ferdinand 9. Cohen
Cal 1. Pelé 2. Sándor Kocsis 3. Gérson 4. Blanc 5. Overath 6. Cristiano Ronaldo 7. Lev Yashin 8. Lúcio 9. Leandro
Aldo 1. Garrincha 2. Romário 3. Scirea 4. Gentile 5. Kempes 6. Ballack 7. Lizarazu 8. Burgnich 9. Hidegkuti
Theon 1. Beckenbauer 2. Zico 3. Baggio 4. Kohler 5. R. Carlos 6. Socrates 7. Andrade 8. Van Hanegem 9. Maier
Rpitroda 1. Zidane 2. Masopust 3. Varela 4. Desailly 5. Batistuta 6. Nasazzi 7. Figo 8. Zoff 9. Eyzaguirre
Paceme 1. Platini 2. Rijkaard 3. Djalma Santos 4. Thuram 5. Tigana 6. Ademir 7. Cabrini 8. C. Maldini 9. Clodoaldo
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo 2. Cannavaro 3. Rivaldo 4. Brehme 5. Vieira 6. Coluna 7. Schiaffino 8. Kahn 9. Julinho
Desert 1.Moore 2. Meazza 3. Passarella 4. Busquets 5. Makélélé 6. Pirlo 7. Messi 8. Caniggia 9.Branco
Annah 1. Didi 2. Iniesta 3. Ronaldinho 4. Stoichkov 5. Leonidas 6. Lahm 7. Vicente Lucas 8. Bellini 9. Stam
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine 2. Krol 3. Kopa 4. Vogts 5. Dunga 6. Ruggeri 7. Tarantini 8. Leonel Sanchez 9. Mauro Silva 10. Ricardo Zamora
Fergus 1. Matthäus 2. Falcao 3. Rivelino 4. Nilton Santos 5. Karlheinz Förster 6. Chumpitaz 7. Tostao 8. Manuel Amoros 9. Banks 10. Rummenigge
Balu/NM 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho 3. Carlos Alberto 4. Davids 5. Silvio Marzolini 6. Frank de Boer 7. Forlan 8. Gilmar 9. Ceulemans 10. Haan
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens 3. Bozsik 4. Czibor 5. Ghiggia 6. Junior 7. Mazurkiewicz 8. Gamarra 9. Seeler 10. Chilavert
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa 3. Laudrup 4. Xavi 5. Keane 6. Da Guia 7. Briegel 8. Lato 9. Zagallo 10. Jorginho
Cutch 1. Müller 2. Facchetti 3. Cafu 4. Santamaría 5. Cubillas 6. Bergomi 7. Monti 8. Nesta 9. F Albert 10. F Walter
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi 3. Zanetti 4. Schnellinger 5. Tardelli 6. Paolo Rossi 7. Perfumo 8. Vavá 9. Gascoigne 10. Cerezo
 
Balu said:
I'm starting to worry that my theory that no one will pick certain players because they really really don't need them anymore will fail, massively.
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AldoPaine18 said:
Which one of us are you referring there, Balu? :D
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I can answer that now, Aldo :). Van Hanegem was a backup plan for me, but I always prefered Haan for my team with Davids already playing that left sided box 2 box role. I thought both would slip through for one more round and became nervous because missing out on both would have fecked up my plans big time. No one needed Haan really, but well, Theon didn't need van Hanegem as well, so who knows :lol:. All good now.
 
Everyone is awfully quiet, no more I like this and I like that, feels like battle lines being drawn.

I knew there was someone out there with balls of steel riding Rummenigge out, was somewhat concerned they may be riding Uwe too! :nervous:
 
Fergus has 7 post 70 players now am i right in saying? If thats the case i wonder who's going to miss out.

Rummenigge is a good pick at this stage, but i found him a harder sell than he should have been last time out, and i think it was Theon that had the same problem the time before that.
 
Cutch said:
Fergus has 7 post 70 players now am i right in saying? If thats the case i wonder who's going to miss out.

Rummenigge is a good pick at this stage, but i found him a harder sell than he should have been last time out, and i think it was Theon that had the same problem the time before that.
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I count 5 and 5 myself, it is Gio who is on 7.

I think the problem with Rummenigge is he didn't play at the same level in the World Cup as he did in the 1980 Euros, always seemed to arrive at the World Cup injured or out of form. Was still a cracking player IMO, but didn't get the headlines or get anyone particularly excited. I did notice in the 50s draft (when Pol picked him and then Brwned took him on board) that he wasn't getting much credit on here. Can't give names but the strikeforce Brwned had at the end should have blown me out of the water yet I think that was the one settled by that Arse single vote at the end.
 
Yes, Fergus is fine, he picked almost perfect so far, imo. Not only quality and great fits, but also in terms of balancing the restrictions.
 
So basically you had Muller and Cubillas down as post and believed to be 5 and 5 either side? I did find it weird how you kept going for oldies last night.
 
Rummenigge was still amazing in 82, imo. Scored the first four German goals of the tournament and was overall quality as always. Sucked he had to come off injured against Spain, but then coming on as a sub in extra time in the semifinal against France, playing basically on one leg and still scoring and helping Germany to turn around that game. The French president in the stands shit his pants, when Rummenigge came on despite France being 2 goals up and Kalle limping, that's how good he was.
 
antohan said:
Part of the problem is the terms pre70. It's more precise to say post70 and pre74.
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Yes, we all misused it, but Pol's opening post is clear, can't fault him for that. Bit unlucky for Cutch that it didn't came up earlier.
 
Balu said:
Rummenigge was still amazing in 82, imo. Scored the first four German goals of the tournament and was overall quality as always. Sucked he had to come off injured against Spain, but then coming on as a sub in extra time in the semifinal against France, playing basically on one leg and still scoring and helping Germany to turn around that game. The French president in the stands shit his pants, when Rummenigge came on despite France being 2 goals up and Kalle limping, that's how good he was.
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Oh, I agree, just saying with the injuries and Rossi grabbing the headlines I can see why some would overlook his contribution.
 
Balu said:
Yes, we all misused it, but Pol's opening post is clear, can't fault him for that. Bit unlucky for Cutch that it didn't came up earlier.
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It was only bound to come up at this stage. That was one reason I took so long last night between coming on and making my second pick, I wasn't sure what Cutch and Gio were playing at :lol:
 
If Fritz Walter gets benched now, I'm pissed btw. :mad: .

Of course, I know it's not really Cutch's fault, but it would really suck.
 
antohan said:
It was only bound to come up at this stage. That was one reason I took so long last night between coming on and making my second pick, I wasn't sure what Cutch and Gio were playing at :lol:
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I was looking on smugly thinking i've got this shit under control nicely, with my 5 pre and 5 post and there was me with fecking 7 and 3!

Nightmare
 
AldoPaine18 said:
Proved to be a liability for me in the last draft all the way till the final. I kept facing wingers like Best and Garrincha and poor guy wasn't given a chance.
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I can imagine, although in this draft he ought to be better off considering the lack of quality wingers? He also over-performed in that WC compared to his real skill.
 
antohan said:
Everyone is awfully quiet, no more I like this and I like that, feels like battle lines being drawn.

I knew there was someone out there with balls of steel riding Rummenigge out, was somewhat concerned they may be riding Uwe too! :nervous:
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You picked Seeler at the right time ;)

Though all teams are quite impressive, I think yours and Balus team have both shaped up really well, made even more impressive considering you stuck to certain themes or tactics. Gio is strong as he always seems to be whilst Cutch has been a little unlucky with the misinterpretation of the pre 1970 rule.
 
Fergus' son said:
You picked Seeler at the right time ;)

Though all teams are quite impressive, I think yours and Balus team have both shaped up really well, made even more impressive considering you stuck to certain themes or tactics. Gio is strong as he always seems to be whilst Cutch has been a little unlucky with the misinterpretation of the pre 1970 rule.
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I would have a completely other team as well if I knew about the pre 72 rule. But I am not too bothered it has been fun and there is always a next draft.

I mean to rules are crystal clear that it is players from 1970 and earlier.

"3. at most 6 from 1970 and earlier"
Anyhow like I said I couldn't care more, but it would be nice to have the rules update when they change - and in general be much more detailed to start with.
 
I thought the rules were clear, and wasn't aware that they were changed at any point.

Plus your team is pretty great anyway!
 
Fergus' son said:
I thought the rules were clear, and wasn't aware that they were changed at any point.

Plus your team is pretty great anyway!
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Thanks mate, you also have a solid team with a great midfield core! I am happy with it too, had a theme tactic I wanted to recreate from the start so it always makes it easier at the end. There weren't many players I wanted over Vicente for example so I had a chance to pick him up late even if he in WC terms is one of the best for that very specific job.
 
Annahnomoss said:
Thanks mate, you also have a solid team with a great midfield core! I am happy with it too, had a theme tactic I wanted to recreate from the start so it always makes it easier at the end. There weren't many players I wanted over Vicente for example so I had a chance to pick him up late even if he in WC terms is one of the best for that very specific job.
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Yeah, there's something strangely satisfying about waiting and biding your time for a really good player and then getting him at a relatively late stage.
 
Annahnomoss said:
I would have a completely other team as well if I knew about the pre 72 rule. But I am not too bothered it has been fun and there is always a next draft.

I mean to rules are crystal clear that it is players from 1970 and earlier.

"3. at most 6 from 1970 and earlier"
Anyhow like I said I couldn't care more, but it would be nice to have the rules update when they change - and in general be much more detailed to start with.
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I don't really understand?

'pre 72' is the same as '1970 and earlier'? No one changed anything, it's always been that way.
 
Cutch said:
Rummenigge is a good pick at this stage, but i found him a harder sell than he should have been last time out, and i think it was Theon that had the same problem the time before that.
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Yeah he isn't a great sell at all in these things
 
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