TheFranchise

Man.. you actually did it. Hawk & I were discussing whether you'd go for it, with Roots Genoa on your roster.

CM Punk vs Kofi Kingston next week on Raw. We'll see.

Surprised me a little, I thought you might have taken somebody else dude to who One of your early picks was. (manager wise)

A popular independent wrestling venue in Philadelphia. Talk about the worst kept spoiler in history!

Gutsy move, not taking a manager in favour of the trio.

I'll say.. you've got Messi up front twice!

He said he was on his PSP and probably didnt want to miss the first managers pick due to a time limit running out.

You're on to something there, King. We can come back from commercial to have a close up of Khali talking in a soft and saddened tone, and then pan out to reveal Khali lying on a psychiatrists couch, talking to a doctor, who just sits there having no clue what Khali's saying. And, of course, cut to a three second shot of Khali in the back reading the Wall Street Journal or Financial Times, and then cut to another scene of someone else.

Yep, only thing i'd look at is Desailly out and Nesta starting.

Have you mixed up Elano with Derby legend Stefano Eranio?

20. Hull- Everything. Won't crack 10 points. See ya. Oh god, PLEASE. I'd be so happy. Take That Derby! Also.. Don't be so sure on the SWP deal. === Dougie Freeman was subbed on 40 minutes of his own testimonial.

NEVILLE FUCKING SOUTHALL!

Hagi sitting in front of the defence?!

I was going to take an arena that would go with my Guerrero's/SCS fued, but since it's for my whole roster & there's a few different styles to incorporate, I'm going to take an overall venue. Since Brook took the home of wrestling, i'll take (arguably) wrestling's second home. St. Louis was a major wrestling hotbed for a long, long time, and mainly down to the Kiel Auditorium. As for my manager selection.. Jim Cornette I can't think of somebody better to be in the corner of the SCS against The Guerreros.

I asked Hawk to pick for me but i'm just dithering at the moment & i'm actually online when I thought I wouldn't be, so hold your fire there Hawk.

Walking out on a lovely, sunny Saturday in front of 80,000 screaming fans at their ground, Wembley Stadium.. Team Franchise kick off their first game of the season with the following line-up, handed to the referee by manager Bill Shankly: 1. Gianluigi Buffon 2. William Gallas 3. Ashley Cole 4. Norman Hunter 5. Steve Bruce 6. Claude Makelele 7. Jairzinho 8. Steven Gerrard 9. Wayne Rooney 10. Pele 11. Michael Owen ----- Subs ----- 13. David Seaman 14. Roberto Carlos 15. Roy McFarland 12. Geoff Hurst 16. Duncan Edwards After much deliberation, i've decided against a fancy formation, these players dont need any help, they will just go on the pitch and play football better than anybody else can. Buffon is usually as solid as they come, and put in front of him Bruce and Hunter, two rock hard centre-halfs who wont let a sniff get past them, and you're going to be keeping a lot of clean sheets. In William Gallas and Ashley Cole, you've got two wing backs who will be bringing the ball into play and setting up attacking moves on the break.. which is why i've opted to select Claude Makelele and sacrifice an attacking player, so my centre-backs will have some extra support while the wing-backs go forward. While Makelele is staying back, Gerrard and Jairzinho will drift out to each wing, taking defenders with them and really confusing them with their tricks and great crosses from each side, into the two strikers, Pele and Owen. I've put Owen in ahead of Hurst for the sole reason of playing with Pele, Owen's pace and Pele's vision and tricks to find him, will be the ultimate strike force. And if by some small fluke of a chance that the ball is cleared out of the area, there's Wayne Rooney waiting outside the box to slam the ball into the back of the net. If things aren't working or I need a change, then Edwards and Hurst can come off the bench to add extra firepower in front of goal. If i'm needing to keep the lead, then I can bring McFarland on to play alongside Makelele in front of the defence and take off one of my strikers. Carlos is there for the sole reason of being able to play anywhere down the whole of the left side and adds a lot of versatility, and can strike a sweet free kick. Team Franchise 2010 Champions League Winners.

Clough would have been miserable, he'd have nothing to moan at! Greaves was such a natural goalscorer, it's unbelievable how he gets lost in the conversation of legends.

I was actually going to go with another team, but as silly as it seems.. even this late into it, I had a feeling FVE wouldn't get back to me in the next few picks. Oh well.. i've got a few more picks that I know for sure won't go in the next 40 picks.

Duncan Edwards I'll design the formation of my team later tonight and post it.

Fritz Von Erich Former AWA Champion, bringing some more tradition to my roster.

My first of two picks is Ashley Cole. I'll make my last pick later and finalise my team with a neat presentation.

We are in round 17 of 18 currently. I'll make this simple: Sixteen players required including 5 subs One manager One stadium Picks left: Sivy 1 King Cucaracha 1 TheFranchise 2 Deancoles 2 Huss 1 909 1 Gert T 2 MFerXtreme87 2 Mystery Eskimo 2 UndertakerHart 3 Chriswok 2 === Because the draft has been messed up a little and the majority of 'great' players have gone already.. everybody might as well get their last pick or two picks in as soon as possible, everybody is eligible to pick right now.

As long as the members haven't been taken previously of course.

I can't see that many stables being left at the last stage, but I have no problem whatsoever with that.