SG's WC2014 Draft - Selection Thread

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Welcome to SG's WC2014 Draft Selection Thread!

- There'll be 18 selection rounds, 11 for the starters and 7 for the subs.
Each participant will choose up to 18 players for their team: 11 starters plus 7 subs (1 keeper, 2 defenders, 2 midfielders and 2 forwards), which can only be used in case of injuries or their NT being eliminated. Once you pick a replacement though, you are stuck with it and can't get back to your original selection.

- Any formations are valid as long as the players composing them are placed in their "natural" positions. We'll restrict player positions by what's listed on www.whoscored.com.

- Each player will get a 1.5hrs window to make their pick, according to their turn in the pecking order.

- Scores will be based on www.whoscored.com, and we'll exclusively consider the players' ratings.
At the end of each matchday, we check the players' ratings and add them up. In the end of the tournament the team that has the highest accumulated score is the draft winner.

Also, quoting The Sacred Book of SG Drafts:

Only post picks in this thread. Do not discuss picks or anything else, please use the other thread for discussion. After you make your pick, please PM the next person to let them know they are up. This will speed up the draft immensely.

If you cannot make your pick, please PM a small list to someone who can make your pick for you.

Also, just to make this thread more than 15 names per page, please post a picture of the player when you draft.

Don't post player's nickname but their last (and first when deemed necessary) names or common nicknames for Brazilians and such. Failure to follow such rules might get your pick skipped. Note that all accents, umlauts, squiggles, and any other funny things have been removed from letters and all that is used are the 26 standard letters used in English with nothing over them. This is done for better Ctrl + F searching.

Draft Members

1. Massive
2. Xaviesta
3. fender
4. Mus
5. Bobby
6. Skip
7. Dytza
8. cdicicco
9. nady
10. Horatiu
11. Azrael
12. Jaboldinho
13. kp41
14. ARIAGA II
15. Arnau
16. Nimreitz


Round 1

1. Xaviesta - Leo Messi (Argentina)
2. kp41 - Robin Van Persie (Netherlands)
3. Mus - Neymar (Brazil)
4. fender - Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
5. Azrael - Alexis Sanchez (Chile)
6. Bobby - Mesut Ozil (Germany)
7. Dytza - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
8. Jaboldinho - Eden Hazard (Belgium)
9. cdicicco - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
10. ARIAGA II - Luiz Suarez (Uruguay)
11. nady - Ciro Immobile (Italy)
12. Massive - Andres Iniesta (Spain)
13. Skip - Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
14. Arnau - Sergio Aguero (Argentina)
15. Horatiu - Oscar (Brazil)
16. Nimreitz - Angel Di Maria (Argentina)


Round 2

1. Nimreitz - Thomas Muller (Germany)
2. Horatiu - Sergio Ramos (Spain)
3. Arnau - Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina)
4. Skip - Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
5. Massive - Hulk (Brazil)
6. nady - Thiago Silva (Brazil)
7. ARIAGA II - Paul Pogba (France)
8. cdicicco - Mario Ballotelli (Italy)
9. Jaboldinho - Karim Benzema (France)
10. Dytza - Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
11. Bobby - Oribe Peralta (Mexico)
12. Azrael - Diego Costa (Spain)
13. fender - Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
14. Mus - Fred (Brazil)
15. kp41 - Philip Lahm (Germany)
16. Xaviesta - Antoine Griezmann (France)


Round 3

1. Xaviesta - Mario Gotze (Germany)
2. kp41 - David Luiz (Brazil)
3. Mus - Gerard Pique (Spain)
4. fender - Mario Mandzukic (Croatia)
5. Azrael - Miroslav Klose (Germany)
6. Bobby - Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
7. Dytza - David Silva (Spain)
8. Jaboldinho - Jordi Alba (Spain)
9. cdicicco - Ivan Rakitic (Croatia)
10. ARIAGA II - Marcelo (Brazil)
11. nady - Daniel Sturridge (England)
12. Massive - Daniel Alves (Brazil)
13. Skip - Giovani dos Santos (Mexico)
14. Arnau - Xabi Alonso (Spain)
15. Horatiu - Sergio Busquets (Spain)
16. Nimreitz - Ricardo Rodriguez (Switzerland)


Round 4

1. Nimreitz - Vincent Kompany (Belgium)
2. Horatiu - Paulinho (Brazil)
3. Arnau - Xavi (Spain)
4. Skip - Jack Wilshere (England)
5. Massive - Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Colombia)
6. nady - Wayne Rooney (England)
7. ARIAGA II - Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
8. cdicicco - Arturo Vidal (Chile)
9. Jaboldinho - Jan Vertonghen (Belgium)
10. Dytza - Mats Hummels (Germany)
11. Bobby - Julian Draxler (Germany)
12. Azrael - Cesar Azpilicueta (Spain)
13. fender - Giorgio Chiellini (Italy)
14. Mus - Mathieu Valbuena (France)
15. kp41 - João Moutinho (Portugal)
16. Xaviesta - Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina)


Round 5

1. Xaviesta - James Rodriguez (Colombia)
2. kp41 - Luka Modric (Croatia)
3. Mus - Daniele De Rossi (Italy)
4. fender - Fabio Coentrao (Portugal)
5. Azrael - Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)
6. Bobby - Per Mertesacker (Germany)
7. Dytza - Toni Kroos (Germany)
8. Jaboldinho - Willian (Brazil)
9. cdicicco - Pepe (Portugal)
10. ARIAGA II - Ezequiel Garay (Argentina)
11. nady - Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
12. Massive - Bruno Alves (Portugal)
13. Skip - Igor Akinfeev (Russia)
14. Arnau - Iker Casillas (Spain)
15. Horatiu - Blaise Matuidi (France)
16. Nimreitz - Jackson Martinez (Colombia)


Round 6

1. Nimreitz - Fernando Gago (Argentina)
2. Horatiu - Yohan Cabaye (France)
3. Arnau - Claudio Marchisio (Italy)
4. Skip - Diego Godín (Uruguay)
5. Massive - Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
6. nady - Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
7. ARIAGA II - Pedro (Spain)
8. cdicicco - Raphael Varane (France)
9. Jaboldinho - Marco Verratti (Italy)
10. Dytza - Manuel Neuer (Germany)
11. Bobby - Rafa Marquez (Mexico)
12. Azrael - Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
13. fender - Gokhan Inler (Switzerland)
14. Mus - Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland)
15. kp41 - Luiz Gustavo (Brazil)
16. Xaviesta - Federico Fernandez (Argentina)


Round 7

1. Xaviesta - Sergio Romero (Argentina)
2. kp41 - Leighton Baines (England)
3. Mus - Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
4. fender - Andre Ayew (Ghana)
5. Azrael - Erik Durm (Germany)
6. Bobby - Bacary Sagna (France)
7. Dytza - Laurent Koscielny (France)
8. Jaboldinho - Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
9. cdicicco - Daley Blind (Netherlands)
10. ARIAGA II - Julio Cesar (Brazil)
11. nady - Andrea Barzagli (Italy)
12. Massive - Diego Lugano (Uruguay)
13. Skip - Gary Cahill (England)
14. Arnau - Eliaquim Mangala (France)
15. Horatiu - Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium)
16. Nimreitz - Keisuke Honda (Japan)


Round 8

1. Nimreitz - Son Heung-Min (South Korea)
2. Horatiu - Toby Alderweireld (Belgium)
3. Arnau - Mattia De Sciglio (Italy)
4. Skip - Mathieu Debuchy (France)
5. Massive - Raul Meireles (Portugal)
6. nady - Hugo Lloris (France)
7. ARIAGA II - Jerome Boateng (Germany)
8. cdicicco - Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
9. Jaboldinho - Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
10. Dytza - Axel Witsel (Belgium)
11. Bobby - Miguel Layun (Mexico)
12. Azrael - Alan Dzagoev (Russia)
13. fender - Darjo Srna (Russia)
14. Mus - Fernando Muslera (Uruguay)
15. kp41 - Shinji Okazaki (Japan)
16. Xaviesta - Thiago Motta (Italy)


Round 9

1. Xaviesta - Marouane Fellaini (Belgium)
2. kp41 - Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
3. Mus - Martin Caceres (Uruguay)
4. fender - Asmir Begovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
5. Azrael - Phil Jagielka (England)
6. Bobby - Diego Benaglio (Switzerland)
7. Dytza - Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast)
8. Jaboldinho - Dejan Lovren (Croatia)
9. cdicicco - Atsuto Uchida (Japan)
10. ARIAGA II - Maxi Pereira (Uruguay)
11. nady - Patrice Evra (France)
12. Massive - David Ospina (Colombia)
13. Skip - Yuto Nagatomo (Japan)
14. Arnau - Dries Mertens (Belgium)
15. Horatiu - Rui Patricio (Portugal)
16. Nimreitz - Fabian Schar (Switzerland)


Round 10

1. Nimreitz - Tim Howard (USA)
2. Horatiu - Olivier Giroud (France)
3. Arnau - David Abate (Italy)
4. Skip - Juan Camilo Zuniga (Colombia)
5. Massive - Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
6. nady - Antonio Valencia (Ecuador)
7. ARIAGA II - Antonio Candreva (Italy)
8. cdicicco - Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana)
9. Jaboldinho - Cheick Tiote (Ivory Coast)
10. Dytza - João Pereira (Portugal)
11. Bobby - Nani (Portugal)
12. Azrael - Joe Hart (England)
13. fender - Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria)
14. Mus - Steven Gerrard (England)
15. kp41 - Jasper Cillessen (Netherlands)
16. Xaviesta - Marcos Rojo (Argentina)


Round 11

1. Xaviesta - Glen Johnson (England)
2. kp41 - Dante (Brazil)
3. Mus - Sami Khedira (Germany)
4. fender - Ron Vlaar (Netherlands)
5. Azrael - Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Greece)
6. Bobby - Gary Medel (Chile)
7. Dytza - Gervinho (Ivory Coast)
8. Jaboldinho - Alexander Anyukov (Russia)
9. cdicicco - Victor Ibarbo (Colombia)
10. ARIAGA II - William Carvalho (Portugal)
11. nady - Nigel De Jong (Netherlands)
12. Massive - Dmitri Kombarov (Russia)
13. Skip - Raheem Sterling (England)
14. Arnau - Martin Demichelis (Argentina)
15. Horatiu - Kevin Mirallas (Belgium)
16. Nimreitz - Geoff Cameron (USA)

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Subs Rounds

Remember: you have to pick 1 keeper, 2 defenders, 2 midfielders and 2 forwards.


Round 12

1. Nimreitz - Michael Bradley (USA) (MF)
2. Horatiu - Claudio Bravo (Chile) (GK)
3. Arnau - Frank Lampard (England) (MF)
4. Skip - Freddy Guarin (Colombia) (MF)
5. Massive - Ramires (Brazil) (MF, FW)
6. nady - Ross Barkley (England) (MF, FW)
7. ARIAGA II - Josip Drmic (Switzerland) (MF, FW)
8. cdiccico - Lukas Podolski (Germany) (MF, FW)
9. Jaboldinho - Daniel Van Buyten (Belgium) (DF)
10. Dytza - Mauricio Isla (Chile) (DF, MF)
11. Bobby - Jean Beausejour (Chile) (DF, MF)
12. Azrael - Andre Schurrle (Germany) (MF, FW)
13. fender - Clint Dempsey (USA) (MF, FW)
14. Mus - Eiji Kawashima (Japan) (GK)
15. kp41 - Ivan Perisic (Croatia) (MF)
16. Xaviesta - Rodrigo Palacio (Argentina) (MF, FW)


Round 13

1. Xaviesta - Hernanes (Brazil) (MF)
2. kp41 - Javier Hernandez (Mexico) (FW)
3. Mus - Hugo Campagnaro (Italy) (DF)
4. fender - Eduardo Vargas (Chile) (MF, FW)
5. Azrael - John Obi Mikel (Nigeria) (MF)
6. Bobby - Keylor Navas (Costa Rica) (GK)
7. Dytza - Ezequiel Lavezzi (Argentina) (MF, FW)
8. Jaboldinho - Fernando Torres (Spain) (FW)
9. cdiccico - David Villa (Spain) (MF, FW)
10. ARIAGA II - Loic Remy (France) (MF, FW)
11. nady - Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) (MF)
12. Massive - Javi Martinez (Spain) (DF, MF)
13. Skip - Hector Herrera (Mexico) (MF)
14. Arnau - Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia) (FW)
15. Horatiu - Miguel Veloso (Portugal) (MF)
16. Nimreitz - Bernard (Brazil) (MF)


Round 14

1. Nimreitz - Fabian Johnson (USA) (DF, MF)
2. Horatiu - Eugenio Mena (Chile) (DF)
3. Arnau - Antonio Cassano (Italy) (MF, FW)
4. Skip - Aleksandr Kokorin (Russia) (MF, FW)
5. Massive - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands) (MF, FW)
6. nady - Juan Mata (Spain) (MF, FW)
7. ARIAGA II - Alex Song (Cameroon) (DF, MF)
8. cdiccico - Viktor Fayzulin (Russia) (MF)
9. Jaboldinho - Jo (Brazil) (FW)
10. Dytza - Fernandinho (Brazil) (MF)
11. Bobby - Helder Postiga (Portugal) (FW)
12. Azrael - Kevin Grosskreutz (Germany) (DF, MF)
13. fender - Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) (DF, MF)
14. Mus - Kwadwo Asamoah (Gyan) (DF, MF)
15. kp41 - Jordan Henderson (England) (MF, FW)
16. Xaviesta - Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina) (MF)


Round 15

1. Xaviesta - Carlos Bacca (Colombia) (FW)
2. kp41 - Igor Denisov (Russia) (MF)
3. Mus - Alessio Cerci (Italy) (M, FW)
4. fender - Bruno Martins Indi (Netherlands) (DF)
5. Azrael - Victor Moses (Nigeria) (MF)
6. Bobby - Santi Cazorla (Spain) (MF)
7. Dytza - Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) (MF, FW)
8. Jaboldinho - Raul Albiol Spain) (DF)
9. cdiccico - Koke (Spain) (MF)
10. ARIAGA II - Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria) (GK)
11. nady - Senad Lulic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (DF, MF, FW)
12. Massive - Stipe Pletikosa (Croatia) (GK)
13. Skip - Nicolas N'Koulou (Cameroon) (DF, MF)
14. Arnau - Sergey Ignashevich (Russia) (DF)
15. Horatiu - Teofilo Gutierrez (Colombia) (FW)
16. Nimreitz - Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) (FW)


Round 16

1. Nimreitz - Michael Essien (Ghana) (DF, MF)
2. Horatiu - Pablo Armero (Colombia) (DF, MF)
3. Arnau - Emir Spahic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (DF)
4. Skip - Andres Guardado (Mexico) (DF, MF)
5. Massive - Juanfran (Spain) (DF, MF)
6. nady - Stefan De Vrij (Netherlands) (DF)
7. ARIAGA II - Daryl Janmaat (Netherlands) (DF)
8. cdiccico - Benedikt Howedes (Germany) (DF)
9. Jaboldinho - Adam Lallana (England) (MF, FW)
10. Dytza - Ricky Alvarez (Argentina) (MF)
11. Bobby - Park Chu-Young (South Korea) (MF, FW)
12. Azrael - Danny Welbeck England) (MF, FW)
13. fender - Moussa Dembele (Belgium) (MF, FW)
14. Mus - Jose Basanta (Argentina) (DF)
15. kp41 - Boubacar Barry (Ivory Coast) (GK)
16. Xaviesta - Salvatore Sirigu (Italy) (GK)


Round 17

1. Xaviesta - Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) (DF)
2. kp41 - Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast) (DF)
3. Mus - Lucas Biglia (Argentina) (MF)
4. fender - Roman Weidenfeller (Germany) (GK)
5. Azrael - Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria) (DF)
6. Bobby - Philippe Senderos (Switzerland) (DF)
7. Dytza - Sol Bamba (Ivory Coast) (DF)
8. Jaboldinho - Moussa Sissoko (France) (MF, FW)
9. cdiccico - Mamadou Sahko (France) (DF)
10. ARIAGA II - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (England) (MF)
11. nady - Eduardo (Croatia) (MF, FW)
12. Massive - Jeremain Lens (Netherlands) (MF)
13. Skip - Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico) (GK)
14. Arnau - Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) (MF)
15. Horatiu - Cristian Zapata (Colombia) (DF)
16. Nimreitz - Adrian Ramos (Colombia) (MF, FW)


Round 18

1. Nimreitz - Jung Sung-Ryong (South Korea) (GK)
2. Horatiu - Hugo Almeida (Portugal) (FW)
3. Arnau - Pepe Reina (Spain) (GK)
4. Skip - Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) (FW)
5. Massive - Juan Fernando Quintero (Colombia) (MF)
6. nady - Maximo Banguera (Ecuador) (GK)
7. ARIAGA II - Jozy Altidore (USA) (FW)
8. cdiccico - Simon Mignolet (Belgium) (GK)
9. Jaboldinho - David De Gea (Spain) (GK)
10. Dytza - Beto (Portugal) (GK)
11. Bobby - Gaston Ramirez (Uruguay) (MF, FW)
12. Azrael - Tim Krul (Netherlands) (GK)
13. fender - Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) (MF, FW)
14. Mus - Felipe Caicedo (Ecuador) (FW)
15. kp41 - Yasuyuki Konno (Japan) (DF)
16. Xaviesta - Mario Yepes (Colombia) (DF)

 

[Mandieta6]

Massive is a power-abusing whore.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Xaviesta picks Leo Messi

 

[Mus]

Neymizzle

 

[kp41]

Robin van Persie (Netherlands)

 

[fender]

Yaya Toure

 

[Bobby]

Az isn't on and this is his window. He wants Alexis Sanchez.

I'm next, I take Mesut Ozil.

 

[Xaviesta]

Dytza picks Cristiano Ronaldo

 

[Jaboldinho]

Eden Hazard

 

[cdicicco]

Andrea Pirlo

 

[ARIAGA II]

Luis Suarez

 

[MaSsiVe]

Andrés Iniesta

 

[Pogba4Now]

Reus

Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk

 

[Arnau]

Kun Agüero

 

[yoyo913]

Oscar.


Yes, this will be a thing

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Di Maria

Thomas Muller

Great photoshop, Italians

 

[MaSsiVe]

Horatiu picks:

Sergio Ramos

 

[MaSsiVe]

Arnau picks Higuaín

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

Bastian Schweinsteiger and Romelu Lukaku