TheFranchise

SIGN-UPS ARE NOW CLOSED. We're running this as serpentine draft rules.. so the order goes 1, 2, ...13, and then 13, 11, 10.. so the last person to pick in the first round is also the first person to pick in the next round. 1. You can draft 11 (eleven) first team players and 5 (five) substitutes too, so there will be 16 (sixteen) player draft rounds. Any formation you like.. but when selecting a player, please say where he plays in your team, I.E 'right back', 'left wing', 'left midfield' etc. 2. There is no formation limits, as long as you have one keeper and ten outfield players you can put them wherever you want. 3. There will be a final round draft to draft yourself an assistant manager, who can be anybody, manager, coach, anybody at all. 4. You can draft any player, living or dead, in the prime of their career, but you can only draft one player once, you can't sign Man United's David Beckham and someone else draft Real Madrid's same player. Don't worry if you don't have extensive football knowledge.. this is just for fun. =] Random order of selections : 1. Sivy 2. King Cucaracha 3. TheFranchise 4. Deancoles 5. Huss 6. Jorge Gorgeous (DQ'd) 7. 909 8. Gert T 9. MFerXtreme87 10. Mystery Eskimo 11. UndertakerHart 12. RonL21 (DQ'd) 13. Chriswok Now the little bitty rules.. try and include a little description and picture of your player picked. & PM the person after yourself! There are 12 hour gaps between picks, if somebody doesn't pick in that 12 hours, then the next person is eligible to pick, with the person who missed out able to pick at any future time. Players so far: Sivy Diego Maradona (1) Lionel Messi (26) Jurgen Klinsmann (27) John Terry (51) Rio Ferdinand (52) Ronald Koeman (77) Gheorghe Hagi (78) Cesc Fabregas (104) Iker Casillas (105) Arjen Robben (128) Marc Overmars (129) Rudi Voller (150) Nemanja Vidić (151) Arsene Wenger (171) Chris Waddle (172) Shay Given (194) Joe Cole (195) Mexico City Stadium (208) King Cucaracha Eric Cantona (2) Peter Schmeichel (25) Ryan Giggs (28) Luis Figo (50) Tony Adams (53) Stuart Pearce (76) Bryan Robson (79) Ian Rush (103) Glenn Hoddle (106) Marcel Desailly (127) Dani Alves (130) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (149) Paul Gascoigne (152) David James (170) Michael Essien (173) Alessandro Nesta (196) Sven Goran Eriksson (197) TheFranchise Pele (3) Gianluigi Buffon (24) Roberto Carlos (29) Steven Gerrard (49) Jairzinho (54) Claude Makelele (74) Roy McFarland (81) Michael Owen (102) Norman Hunter (107) David Seaman (126) Geoff Hurst (131) Bill Shankly (148) Wembley Stadium (153) William Gallas (169) Steve Bruce (174) Wayne Rooney (190) Ashley Cole (204) Duncan Edwards (205) Deancoles Franz Beckenbauer (4) Dino Zoff (23) Stanley Matthews (30) Andreas Brehme (48) Gerd Muller (55) Didier Deschamps (75) Daniel Passarella (82) Djalma Santos (99) Paco Gento (108) Michael Laudrup (125) Robert Prosinecki (134) Hristo Stoichkov (147) Camp Nou (154) Ray Clemence (168) Nandor Hidegkuti (175) Ferenc Puskas (191) Ricardo Carvalho (207) Huss George Best (5) Christiano Ronaldo (22) Roy Keane (31) Paul Scholes (47) Alan Shearer (56) Kenny Dalglish (73) José Luis Chilavert (83) Gary Neville (98) Billy Wright (109) Sol Campbell (124) Philipp Lahm (132) Teddy Sheringham (146) Sir Matt Busby (155) Old Trafford (167) Gary Pallister (176) Ruud van Nistelrooy (189) Nobby Stiles (192) 909 Michel Platini (7) Marco Van Basten (20) Eusebio (33) Franco Baresi (45) John Barnes (58) Jaap Stam (72) Carlos Alberto (84) Patrick Vieira (96) Robert Pires (110) Frank de Boer (123) Bruce Grobbelaar (133) Fabio Capello (145) Anfield (156) Hugo Sanchez (166) Jamie Carragher (177) Alfredo di Stefano (188) Pepe Reina (193) Johan Cruyff (201) Gert T Ronaldo (8) Romario (19) Zico (34) Michael Ballack (44) Gennaro Gattuso (67) Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo (71) Trifon Ivanov (85) Alan Hansen (97) Sergio Ramos (111) Rivelino (122) Andriy Shevchenko (135) Edwin Van Der Sar (144) Andrea Pirlo (157) Kolo Toure (164) Brad Friedel (179) Stadio Azteca (187) MFerXtreme87 Lev Yashin (9) Bobby Charlton (18) Roberto Baggio (35) Gabriel Batistuta (43) Rivaldo (59) Gaetano Scirea (70) Giacinto Facchetti (86) Teofillo Cubillas (95) Nilton Santos (112) Denis Irwin (121) Fernando Redondo (136) Jose Mourinho (143) Gianni Rivera (158) Elias Figueroa (163) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (178) Sepp Maier (186) Thierry Henry (206) Mystery Eskimo Bobby Moore (10) Paulo Maldini (17) Cafu (36) Lothar Matthäus (42) Ruug Gullit (60) Denis Law (69) Denis Bergkamp (87) Gianfranco Zola (94) Graeme Souness (113) Peter Shilton (120) Jimmy Greaves (137) Brian Clough (142) John Charles (159) Des Walker (165) Paul McGrath (180) Pat Jennings (185) Matt Le Tissier (202) Santiago Bernabeu (203) UndertakerHart David Beckham (11) Zinedine Zidane (16) Landon Donovan (37) Didi (61) Kasey Keller (62) Eric Wynalda (68) Eddie Pope (88) Brian McBride (93) Eddie Hapgood (114) Yegishe Melikyan (119) Michel Der Zakarian (138) Sargis Hovsepyan (141) Edward Szymkowiak (160) The Rose Bowl (181) Bruce Arena (184) Cobi Jones (198) DaMarcus Beasley (199) Grzegorz Lato (200) Chriswok Peter Beardsley (13) Gordon Banks (14) Garrincha (39) Fabio Cannavaro (40) Gianluca Zambrotta (64) Carles Puyol (65) Dunga (89) Sócrates (90) David Ginola (116) Jackie Milburn (117) Bixente Lizarazu (139) Sir Alex Ferguson (140) Deco (161) Kevin Keegan (162) Kaka (182) Phillip Albert (183) Don't forget to send a PM after you've posted to the person after you!

Should have taken the Sheepherders!

Also, if anyone is up and not watching it, watch it because there's a Million Doller Man vs Macho Man rematch after their WM4 match. Looks good.

If anyone in the UK is watching WWE Vintage Collection which is on before Raw, there's what seems like a 30 minute+ match between Bret Hart and Bad News on. 25 minutes in now. Edit: Time limit draw. Good little match actually.

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Depending on the quality of international opposition, you can't grumble at that goals per game ratio. I'll make a new topic for the draft then, since there's at least three interested, a new post might encourage people who dont venture into this thread.

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Summerslam 98 The Highway To Hell Stone Cold Steve Austin vs The Undertaker WWF Championship The buildup to this match was absolutely awesome. The best video package of all time too. Outstanding match.

Discuss!

Finally, someone admits they want in this Football draft! So who else wants in?

I wouldn't say I was a 'smart mark' as such, still have lots of huge mark moments self-admittedly.. but even as an Internet follower for the last 15 or so years, I think I speak for a lot of people, the majority, who remember D-Lo for his mannerisms & chest protector gimmick. Sure, people know the Droz incident, but seriously, the percentage is small, even smaller to those who care about it.

Great first post, welcome to TSM. I don't see Raw being overtaken in parts by ECW, because Raw doesn't need it, SmackDown! did.

He'd have some claim. I wonder if anybody would draft him in the TSM All Time Football Draft?

Survivor Series 2003 Team Eric Bischoff vs Team Stone Cold "Team Bischoff" Chris Jericho Mark Henry Randy Orton Christian Scott Steiner w/Eric Bischoff, Stacy Keibler, Theodore Long "Team Stone Cold" Shawn Michaels Booker T Rob Van Dam D-Von Dudley Bubba Ray Dudley w/Steve Austin

I think this was the perfect place for it, directly after the 'jullago' comment.

I like that match too.. apart from the main match itself, the only match I remember from that Rumble. Good choice.

I picked Tajiri as one of.. four junior/cruisers. Larry Z was someone who was very versatile though.

I'm going to bed.. PM'd my pick to Mellow.

Good call on Black Machismo. Wonder who Stevie'll draft.

I can't believe this is the first Ted Dibiase match to be used. Wrestlemania 4 World Title Tournament Final 'Macho Man' Randy Savage vs 'The Million Dollar' Man Ted Dibiase Hogan interference not included, I loved this match. Shame about the crowd, though.

WWE house show report 6-11 Auckland, New Zealand

Orange Goblin has until 1.57pm UK time (roughly five 1/2 hours from THIS POST) to pick, Drury can pick at any time. Everybody reference this post if you're confused.

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(Because it'll be in the first line spoken!) Ah. Good sport for not resorting to name calling, though.