I also rated him highly especailly after the Euro 2012, but his heart problems ruled him out of most of last season. He will be a question mark. He was one of the obvious choices.
Based on a relative position strengths and individual talent; Falcao, Alba and Modric were our top 3 picks with the likes of Hazard, Nani and Benzema just behind so pretty happy to get one of the 3.
gotze is a bit of a sleeper imo, a bit injury prone last year but huuuuge in dortmunds first league win and still good when he played last season
I had assumed he was gone in the first round...and then I thought AEF would also go after him in round 2. Mes lucky, I think.
Cech was a bit of a panic pick on my behalf, I had a shortlist of players that I prepared quickly (Many of them were picked in the first round anyway), there's a few in hindsight I should have gone with. I haven't really yet thought about tactics either so didn't want to lock myself in with anything.
Damn you soccernutter. Although we're happy with Alba, given the dearth of LB's, Falcao would have been an incredible pickup. That man is incredible at what he does.
10 picks in, three left. soccernutter Twenty26Six AudereEstFacere Deadline is tomorrow at 8pm (BST) Round 3 will be the first double round. The selection pool will cover most of the best players available, but there will be a catch.
JamesA - was a toss up between him and Modric for me as first pick. But considering his scoring record... I will have my pick in today, probably later rather than earlier.
Round 2 Pick 1 AudereEstFacere - Fail (Aguero) benni... & SyedZada - Fail (Neuer) cr7torossi & JamesA - Fail (Vidal) El-CapitanoR7 - Fail (Neuer) Excape Goat - Fail (Pirlo) Holy__Joe - Fail (Aguero) nicephoras & schwuppe - Fail (Vidal) Peru FC - Fail (Suarez) Salama - Fail (Vidal) soccernutter - Fail (Aguero) Stud83 - Fail (Pirlo) thebigman & PDG1978 - Pass Twenty26Six - Fail (Suarez) Banned List Additions Sergio Aguero, Manuel Neuer, Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo, Luis Suarez 2nd Picks to be submitted by Monday 30th August - 8pm (BST)
I'm pretty sure that is a new record for failed picks. With just two picks left, there was every chance that all picks would fail.
Round 3 Criteria Pick A Select a player who has won a league title between the end of the 2010 World Cup and the start of Euro 2012. Pick B Select a player who was relegated from the league used in Pick A in the same season. The players must have played at least one league game to be eligible. To determine whether a league is valid for this round, it must have finished during the specified time frame. If you are successful with one pick, but not the other then you are tied into the league(s) affected by your successful pick. For the purposes of Sheep, if you are successful only with Pick B and there are no suitable Sheep from the title winning team, then your sheep will come from a team promoted to the league concerned. Please do not submit picks until Round 2 is complete