When SugarShaun begged me to run the draft thread again I told him I would be far too busy this year but - like a date with Thomas Partey - he doesn't take 'no' for an answer and here we are... Despite hating almost each and every one of you and openly preferring that you assholes be drafted in to actual conscription rather than having to do this I'm your draft guide once again. The rules are below and the same as the last 10 iterations but that never stops some dipshit from taking a 4th Italian player in the 6th round thus cementing Bankz spot in the relegation zone. I say this every year but its truly my last running this piece of shit so get all of your compliments and well wishes out now while you still have the chance. I'll see you all in hell, Hala Madrid! Rules: The draft rules remain the same as years past. Your starting XI must consist of 2 players from each of the 4 major domestic leagues (England, Spain, Germany & Italy) as well as 2 players from anywhere else outside of those leagues, and 1 "wildcard" pick that has no restrictions. Your first 11 picks become your starting XI so plan accordingly. There are no restrictions on any bench or reserve selections other than a minimum of 3 goalkeepers in your 23 man squad. There is a 3 hour time limit per pick during the week (Monday-Friday 10a-10p EST) with no time restrictions overnight or during the weekends. The clock will be reduced once we make it through the first 11 rounds. When making your selections please tag the next 2-3 posters after you in the draft order so that everyone is notified. You're welcome to PM myself or Shaun with your pick/a list of preferences if you're going to be unavailable or away from the board for several hours and don't want to possibly get skipped. We also have a groupme that most of us are already a part of so if you're new to this or not already a member of it please sign up on groupme.com and post your username so we can add you. DRAFT ORDER: 1. bwi2 2. Mr. Bananagrabber 3. MA 4. NineteenNine 5. SugarShaun 6. Pasta88 7. DelapThrows 8. Bankz 9. BayouMafia 10. goheels10 11. Owsley 12. zeberdee 13. TheFreak55 14. WillySaliba 15. nexus 16. Druce 17. Popovio 18. tne Spoiler Round 1: Spoiler 1. bwi2 - Coward Mbappe - PSG 2. Mr. Bananagrabber - Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City 3. MA - Lionel Messi - PSG 4. NineteenNine - Karim Benzema - Real Madrid 5. SugarShaun - Erling Haaland - Manchester City 6. Pasta88 - Victor Osimhen - Napoli 7. DelapThrows - Mo Salah - Liverpool 8. Bankz - Harry Kane - Spurs 9. BayouMafia - Robert Lewandowski - Barcelona 10. goheels10 - Virgil Van Dijk - Liverpool 11. Owsley - Vinicius Jr. - Real Madrid 12. zeberdee - Bukayo Saka - Arsenal 13. TheFreak55 - Marcus Rashford - Manchester United 14. WillySaliba - Neymar - PSG 15. nexus - Sadio Mane - Bayern Munich 16. Druce - Joshua Kimmich - Bayern Munich 17. Popovio - Lautaro Martinez - Inter Milan 18. tne - Pedri - Barcelona ROUND 2: 19. tne - Jude Bellingham - Borussia Dortmund 20. Popovio - Rodri - Manchester City 21. Druce - Bruno Fernandes - Manchester United 22. nexus - Casemiro - Manchester United 23. WillySaliba - Marquinhos - PSG 24. TheFreak55 - Frenkie de Jong - Barcelona 25. zeberdee - Christopher Nkunku - RB Leipzig 26. Owsley - Leon Goretzka - Bayern Munich 27. goheels10 - Rúben Dias - Manchester City 28. BayouMafia - Bernardo Silva - Manchester City 29. Bankz - Rafael Leao - AC Milan 30. DelapThrows - Paulo Dybala - Roma 31. Pasta88 - Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - Napoli 32. SugarShaun - Federico Valverde - Real Madrid 33. NineteenNine - Kingsley Coman - Bayern Munich 34. MA - Joao Cancelo - Bayern Munich 35. Mr. BananaGrabber - Luka Modric - Real Madrid 36. bwi2 - Nicolo Barella - Inter Milan ROUND 3: 37. bwi2 - Sergej Milinkovic-Savic - Lazio 38. Mr. Bananagrabber - Heung-Min Son - Spurs 39. MA - Toni Kroos - Real Madrid 40. NineteenNine - Martin Ødegaard - Arsenal 41. SugarShaun - Theo Hernández - AC Milan 42. Pasta88 - Aurélien Tchouaméni - Real Madrid 43. DelapThrows - Jamal Musiala - Bayern Munich 44. Bankz - Riyad Mahrez - Manchester City 45. BayouMafia - N'Golo Kanté - Chelsea 46. goheels10 - Dušan Vlahović - Juventus 47. Owsley - Sandro Tonali - AC Milan 48. zeberdee - Marco Verratti - PSG 49. TheFreak55 - Thomas Müller - Bayern Munich 50. WillySaliba - Alphonso Davies - Bayern Munich 51. nexus - Phil Foden - Manchester City 52. Druce - Achraf Hakimi - PSG 53. Popovio - Matthijs de Ligt - Bayern Munich 54. tne - Gabriel Jesus - Arsenal ROUND 4: 55. tne - Federico Chiesa - Juventus 56. Popovio - Moussa Diaby - Bayer Leverkusen 57. Druce - Christiano Ronaldo - Al Nassr 58. nexus - Milan Srkiniar - Inter Milan 59. WillySaliba - Niklas Süle - Borussia Dortmund 60. TheFreak55 - Antoine Griezmann - Atlético Madrid 61. zeberdee - Thomas Partey - Arsenal 62. Owsley - Ousmane Dembélé - Barcelona 63. goheels10 - Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen 64. BayouMafia - Leroy Sané - Bayern Münich 65. Bankz - Reece James - Chelsea 66. DelapThrows - Jules Kounde - Barcelona 67. Pasta88 - Enzo Fernández - Chelsea 68. SugarShaun - Serge Gnabry - Bayern Munich 69. NineteenNine - Marcelo Brozovic - Inter Milan 70. MA - Kieran Trippier - Newcastle 71. Mr. BananaGrabber - Antonio Rudiger - Real Madrid 72. bwi2 - Raphinha - Barcelona ROUND 5: 73. bwi2 - Andrew Robertson - Liverpool 74. Mr. Bananagrabber - Paul Pogba - Juventus 75. MA - Ángel Di María - Juventus 76. NineteenNine - Dusan Tadic - Ajax 77. SugarShaun - Eder Militão - Real Madrid 78. Pasta88 - Dayot Upamecano - Bayern Munich 79. DelapThrows - Sergio Ramos - PSG 80. Bankz - Marcos Acuña - Sevilla 81. BayouMafia - Fikayo Tomori - Milan 82. goheels10 - Franck Yannick Kessié - Barcelona 83. Owsley - Lorenzo Pellegrini - AS Roma 84. zeberdee - Gavi - Barcelona 85. TheFreak55 - Presnel Kimpembe - PSG 86. WillySaliba - Trent Alexander-Arnold - Liverpool 87. nexus - David Alaba - Real Madrid 88. Druce - Ronald Araujo - Barcelona 89. Popovio - Declan Rice - West Ham United 90. tne - Joško Gvardiol - RB Leipzig ROUND 6: 91. tne - Eduardo Camavinga - Real Madrid 92. Popovio - Kai Havertz - Chelsea 93. Druce - Marco Reus - Dortmund 94. nexus - Ciro Immobile - Lazio 95. WillySaliba - Diogo Jota - Liverpool 96. TheFreak55 - Manuel Locatelli - Juventus 97. zeberdee - Bremer - Juventus 98. Owsley - Aymeric Laporte - Man City 99. goheels10 - Nabil Fekir - Real Betis 100. BayouMafia - Alessandro Bastoni - Inter 101. Bankz - Marcos Llorente - Atlético Madrid 102. DelapThrows - Thiago - Liverpool 103. Pasta88 - Ibrahima Konaté - Liverpool 104. SugarShaun - Raphaël Varane - Manchester United 105. NineteenNine - Jordi Alba - Barcelona 106. MA - Kalidou Koulibaly - Chelsea 107. Mr. BananaGrabber - Romelu Lukaku - Inter 108. bwi2 - Nico Schlotterbeck - Dortmund ROUND 7: 109. bwi2 - Jack Grealish - Manchester City 110. Mr. BananaGrabber - Nicolás Otamendi - Benfica 111. MA - Memphis Depay - Atlético Madrid 112. NineteenNine - Lucas Hernández - Bayern Munich 113. SugarShaun - Hakan Çalhanoğlu - Inter 114. Pasta88 - Nuno Mendes - PSG 115. DelapThrows - Gabriel Martinelli - Arsenal 116. Bankz - 117. BayouMafia - 118. goheels10 - 119. Owsley - 120. zeberdee - 121. TheFreak55 - 122. WillySaliba - 123. nexus - 124. Druce - 125. Popovio - 126. tne -
Draft will officially start tomorrow with clock I’ll still be texting people today to move things along as much as we can but want to give a 24 hour notice before clock starts bwi2 can pick whenever
The part where you acted like a dumb cunt and got told you were a dumb cunt or Mbappé going first? Spoiler: Just kidding I know its both
love an early pick that actually takes current form into account and isn't just based on FIFA ratings.
I took this as a knock on my lovemaking it’s instead an attack on my fifa acumen and now I’m incensed
Sorry man, when we had 18/20 return, decided to just move forward to start faster rather than try to fill the spots
if you find a 3rd one of you can have zeb’s spot and he can go back to writing his Howie Roseman fanfic
love it. drafted 260 slots higher than he was taken last year, good candidate to take that title this year.