Fantasy Draft Judging thread

[abcd]

Match i

I see the midfield for The Fighting Mongooses having trouble working together. Four great names, but sadly four individuals. They hold their own only for so long, and sadly they don't help the forward line as much as they should. Senna for Robot House does a good job of holding off the midfield through balls.

The attack line for Robot House proves too strong against Yobo and Heitinga....


The winning team is....

Robot House

Match ii

Ronaldinho has a rare cracking game and manages to skin every defender from Rotation Berlin. His improvement in form is infectious, and the other attacking players for Spartak Piecrust respond well. The defence, midfield and attack are all stronger for Spartak Piecrust and the difference is obvious.

The winning team is...

Spartak Piecrust

[jambot]

Round one has finished, and round two is underway!

Round 1 finished like this:

Match A (1v11):

Sexy Like Iain Dowie FC

Green
Van Der Wiel Marquez Breno Emanuelson
Xavi
Moutinho Collison
Giovinco
Berbatov Huntelaar

v

The Fighting Mongooses

--------------Lloris-------------

Seitaridis--Yobo--Heitinga--Lahm

-------Fabregas--Gerrard--------
Joaquin-----------------Ben Arfa

------------Cahill---------------
------------Forlan--------------

Win for Fighting Mongooses.


Match B (2v12):

CoraTeam
(no formation given, but I'm guessing:)

G Cech
D Ramos
D Carvalho
D Alex
D Gael Givet
M Modric
M Stilian Petrov
M/S Twat Ronaldo
M/S McGeady
S Toni
S Santa Cruz
v

Robot House

--------------Coupet-----------------

Rafina--Hangeland--Gallas--Aurelio

--------------Senna------------------

Beckham--------------Schweinsteiger

-------------Riquelme-----------------

----------Villa-------Henry------------

Win for Robot House

Match C (3v13):

Rotation Berlin
(no formation given, but it seems to look like this:)

GK Akinfeev
LB Grosso
D? Carragher
CB Onuoha
M Iniesta
M Barry
M Gattuso
M Martin Petrov
M Wright Phillips
S Dani Guiza
S Anelka
v

BrickTeam

GK: Mark Schwarzer

RB: Micah Richards
CB: Lucio
CB: Kolo Toure
LB: Yuri Zhirkov

CDM: Lassana Diarra
CM: Michael Carrick
CM: Ryan Giggs

LF: Karim Benzema
CF: Fat Ronaldo
RF: Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Win for Rotation Berlin

Match D (4v14):

Gangsta FC

-----------------VDS--------------
Rafael-------Brown---------Puyol--------Evra
Ramires-------Hargreaves-------Dempsey
Zidan-----------Fabiano---------Rooney

v

Spartak Piecrust

GK Howard
LB Heinze
RB Ivanovic
CB Skrtel
CB Chivu
CM Seedorf
CM Melo
LM Ronaldinho
RM Dejan Stankovic
S Eto'o
S Drogba

Win for Spartak Piecrust

Match E (5v15):

Kippax XI

Joe Hart GK
Capdevila LB
Van Buyten CB
Gabriel Milito CB
Domenico Criscito RB
Drenthe LMF
Messi CMF
Matic CMF
Daniel Silva RMF
Frazier Cambell STK
Alexandre Pato STK

v

The Inglorious Mockmasterds:

GK: Victor Valdes

LB: Joleon Lescott
CB: Nemanja Vidic
CB: Gerard Pique
RB: Dani Alves

LM: Joe Cole
CM: Wilson Palacios
CM: Sully Muntari
RM: Danny

S: Diego Milito
S: Edin Džeko

Win for The Inglorious Mockmasterds

Match F (6v16):

Deportivo Wanka

Jussi
Mertesacker Kompany Distin (all CB)
Cambiasso
Robinho Ireland Kaka Robben
Gomez Bojan

v

Superking's Swashbucklers FC

GK: Frey
RB: Maicon
CB: Marchena
CB: Chiellini
LB: Juan Manuel Vargas
DMC: Mascherano
RM: Maxi Rodriguez
LM: Simao
AMC: Gourcuff
ST: Aguero
ST: Higuain

Win for Superking's Swashbucklers FC

Match G (7v17):

RogueTeam

Given
Sagna Nesta Metzelder Zambrotta
Pirlo Van Bommel
Walcott Totti Hleb
Torres

v

FXTeam

-----------Asenjo-----------
Abidal--- Mexes--- Bordon --- Eboue
Young---Arteta--- Palombo ----Camoranesi
Agbonlahor--- Balotelli

Win for Rogue

Match H (8v18):

Meh FC

Casillas
Bosingwa - Barzagli - Albiol - Gibbs
Sneijder - Aquilani - De Rossi - Nasri
Kanoute - Eduardo

v

Lolerpool Pirates

GK: Almunia
LB/LWB: Marcelo
CB: Agger
CB: Cannavaro
RB/RWB: Johnson
LW: Riera
CM: Van Der Vaart
CM: Nakamura
RW: Benayoun
SS: Tevez
CS: Crouch

Win for Meh FC

Match I (9v19):

Portsmouth Pirates

GK: Buffon
RB: Zanetti
CB: Jagielka
CB: Ferdinand
LB: Cole
RM: Milner
CM: Toure
CM: Fletcher
LM: Malouda
ST: Adebayor
ST: Mutu

v

Ali Dia Memorial XI

--------------Júlio César--------------
-----------Pepe-------Juan-----------
Srna---------------------------Pranjić
----------Essien----Lucho-----------
Ribery---------Diego-----------Mata
-----------------Raul-------------------

Win for Ali Dia Memorial XI

Match J (10v20):

DowTeam

-----------Friedel

Miguel---Vermaelen---Clichy

-------Alonso--Vieira
Valencia--------------Pires
----------Arshavin

----------Van Persie
------------Owen

v

El Pronostico's All Stars

--------------Rossi---------------
--Recoba--------------Mancini--
-----------Lamps-Juninho-------
-------------M.Diarra------------
-Jankulovski-Terry-Cordaba-Cicinho-
---------------Reina---------------

Win for El Pronostico's All Stars

[jambot]

...which means that the complete line up for the already partially judged round 2 is:

Match i

The Fighting Mongooses

--------------Lloris-------------

Seitaridis--Yobo--Heitinga--Lahm

-------Fabregas--Gerrard--------
Joaquin-----------------Ben Arfa

------------Cahill---------------
------------Forlan--------------
v

Robot House

--------------Coupet-----------------

Rafina--Hangeland--Gallas--Aurelio

--------------Senna------------------

Beckham--------------Schweinsteiger

-------------Riquelme-----------------

----------Villa-------Henry------------

Match ii

Rotation Berlin
(no formation given, but it seems to look like this:)

GK Akinfeev
LB Grosso
D? Carragher
CB Onuoha
M Iniesta
M Barry
M Gattuso
M Martin Petrov
M Wright Phillips
S Dani Guiza
S Anelka

v

Spartak Piecrust

GK Howard
LB Heinze
RB Ivanovic
CB Skrtel
CB Chivu
CM Seedorf
CM Melo
LM Ronaldinho
RM Dejan Stankovic
S Eto'o
S Drogba

Match iii

The Inglorious Mockmasterds:

GK: Victor Valdes

LB: Joleon Lescott
CB: Nemanja Vidic
CB: Gerard Pique
RB: Dani Alves

LM: Joe Cole
CM: Wilson Palacios
CM: Sully Muntari
RM: Danny

S: Diego Milito
S: Edin Džeko

v

Superking's Swashbucklers FC

GK: Frey
RB: Maicon
CB: Marchena
CB: Chiellini
LB: Juan Manuel Vargas
DMC: Mascherano
RM: Maxi Rodriguez
LM: Simao
AMC: Gourcuff
ST: Aguero
ST: Higuain

Match iv

RogueTeam aka Theteam Runcklesworth

Given
Sagna Nesta Metzelder Zambrotta
Pirlo Van Bommel
Walcott Totti Hleb
Torres

v

Meh FC

Casillas
Bosingwa - Barzagli - Albiol - Gibbs
Sneijder - Aquilani - De Rossi - Nasri
Kanoute - Eduardo

Match v

Ali Dia Memorial XI

--------------Júlio César--------------
-----------Pepe-------Juan-----------
Srna---------------------------Pranjić
----------Essien----Lucho-----------
Ribery---------Diego-----------Mata
-----------------Raul-------------------

V

El Pronostico's All Stars, upside down for no apparent reason

--------------Rossi---------------
--Recoba--------------Mancini--
-----------Lamps-Juninho-------
-------------M.Diarra------------
-Jankulovski-Terry-Cordaba-Cicinho-
---------------Reina---------------

Now we need Zellery, Judge X and half a Stu. Oh, and everyone's nomination for the 6th wildcard spot.

[Mockmaster]

Oh, and everyone's nomination for the 6th wildcard spot.

The what now?

[abcd]

I'll finish off this afternoon.

I won't be on a computer again till next Tuesday....I hope that doesn't cause problems.

[jambot]

What's the next round of this going to involve jambot?

OK, my thinking was in round 2 we'd have 5 knockout games like round 1, to get down to 5 teams. But then the judges would each pick their wild card favourite from the round 2 matches, to give us a final 6. Spicy.

Then round three, 6 teams in knockout again - and then a final round of 3 way - i.e. a mini league with 3 games overall, to give a winnar.

Then I thought we probably wouldn't do this again for a whole year. At least.

[jambot]

I'll finish off this afternoon.

I won't be on a computer again till next Tuesday....I hope that doesn't cause problems.

No, maybe, doh And Harry's off on hols...there might be a slight hiatus until the next round, during which time I was thinking of having the contestants write their versions of how their games would go, then the judges could pass judgement on the fake judgements. Or something.

[Dolph Wiggler]

Why must you hate me so much abcd?

[abcd]

I've got to be honest with you, I've no idea whose team belongs to who?

[The People's ElboReformat]

Match H

I see a lot of players cancelling each other out. Both defences cope well with the wide players running direct, so the goals only come from deep crosses....

For me, Crouch is perfect for this type of game. He'll lay off for Tevez, and BANG, back of the net.

The winning team is...

Lolerpool Pirates

Shame the other judges (bar one) didn't agree.

[abcd]

Match iii

The Inglorious Mockmasterds are a very hard team to break down. On paper they are quite the force and I suspect that they parked a bus on the pitch.

It needs a good creative team to break down The Inglorious Mockmasterds....

and they come through.


The winning team is...

Superking's Swashbucklers FC

Match iv

I don't see Theteam Runcklesworth (RogueTeam) having as much fun as their previous game. A defence full of flair and attacking options makes Meh FC a perfect "total football" team and a team worthy of breaking down TR(RT). Not enough tracking back by TR(RT) proves to be their downfall.

The winning team is....

Meh FC

[Mockmaster]

Damn. 2-1. My strikeforce is not on form at all in this competition. Not a single goal between Maestro Milito or Doomsday Džeko.

[abcd]

Match v

A tougher game for El Pronostico's All Stars this time. Formation wise, the teams cancel each other out, in terms of how the teams work together, I think Ali Dia Memorial XI have the edge. The direct runs of Ribery into the box prove too much for Terry to cope with, which is unusual for him.

The winning team is....

Ali Dia Memorial XI


That concludes the judging by myself.

[jambot]

Which leaves all fives matches still to be decided split decisions after 3 judges. All down to Zellery and *Mr X*.

Stu has also sent me his wild card choice - HoC and H_O still to do that.

[Harry Ola]

Which leaves all fives matches still to be decided split decisions after 3 judges. All down to Zellery and *Mr X*.

Stu has also sent me his wild card choice - HoC and H_O still to do that.

Don't we need to know which 5 teams are through before we can pick which of the other 5 will be the wild card?

[jambot]

Which leaves all fives matches still to be decided split decisions after 3 judges. All down to Zellery and *Mr X*.

Stu has also sent me his wild card choice - HoC and H_O still to do that.

Don't we need to know which 5 teams are through before we can pick which of the other 5 will be the wild card?

No, we're going wilder than that

[jambot]

Anyone seen Zellery or, errr, the mystery judge?

[Harry Ola]

I have just returned from a two week fact finding mission to uncover the true potential of these teams. Are we still waiting on the final judgements from round 2?

[jambot]

Yes. This has prompted the following emotional response from me:



I shall act upon the most recent emotion.

[Zellery]

Sorry guys, I got back the other night from a fortnight away too.