Posts by Charles Roberts33

I’d suggest double-checking the roster of available players before you submit your picks. A good number of names are already off the table, so it’s easy to make a mistake. I thought about giving everyone a redo if you messed up, but I only just realized the error myself, and I don't want to potentially ruin someone else's pick by shifting the goalposts mid-game.

A few participants tried to pull one over on me. Since I didn't explicitly state that goals scored during penalty shootouts don't count, I've decided to honor those picks—mostly because they wouldn't have won anyway. But keep this in mind: for the second round, shootout goals won't count, nor will goals scored in overtime.

To be clear, only goals scored during regulation play in matches where the chosen striker's team loses (if applicable) will count. No shootouts.

The deadline to submit new picks is tomorrow at 10:00 PM, though we can wrap it up earlier if everyone gets them in ahead of schedule.

Round 5

The new criterion requires you to pair a player who scored during a knockout stage match of a major continental tournament (Champions League, Europa League, or Conference League) in a fixture where his team was ultimately eliminated, with a player born in that same year.

For instance:
If Player A scored in a 1982 Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinal where his side was knocked out,
Player B must have been born in 1982.

In the event both players are blocked, you face no restrictions during your redraw.
If only Player A qualifies, you are still tied to the year that specific mid-series match took place, and you must select a player born in that year.
If only Player B qualifies, you remain tied to his birth year, but you are free to change the tournaments or matches as you wish.
It doesn't matter whether Player A scored in the first leg or the second.

All matches from the old European Cup, UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup eras are treated as knockout stage matches.
Since the transition to the modern group stage format, only true knockout rounds count; qualifying rounds are excluded.

To ensure your pick is validated, you must submit the names of both players, links to both club matches for Player A—clearly showing his team's elimination and his goal—and the Wikipedia profile for Player B confirming his birth year.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 6, at 2:00 PM.

LIST OF BANNED PLAYERS:

Bendtner, Nicklas
Bergomi, Giuseppe
Bossis, Maxime
Brehme, Andreas
Casillas, Iker
Charlton, Bobby
Cruijff, Johan
Dasayev, Rinat
Di Stefano, Alfredo
Eusebio
Giresse, Alain
Iniesta, Andres
Kaltz, Manfred
Kohler, Jurgen
Maldini, Paolo
Meazza, Giuseppe
Modrić, Luka
Moore, Bobby
Muller, Gerd
Neeskens, Johan
Nesta, Alessandro
Netzer, Gunter
Pele
Platini, Michel
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo
Rummenige, Karl-Heinz
Sammer, Mathias
Santos, Djalma
Suarez Miramontes, Luis
Suarez, Luis
Van Basten, Marco
Van der Sar, Edvin
Vidić, Nemanja
Vieira, Patrick
Vogts, Berti
Zanetti, Javier
Zico
Xavi

ALL SELECTED PLAYERS

Albert (CF)
Albertini, Demetrio
Amoros (RB)
Augenthaler (CB)
Bakota, Bozo
Baresi (SW/CB)
Bettega, Roberto
Blanker (CM)
Blohin (CF)
Bremner, Billy
Briaschi (CF)
Burgnich (RB)
Burruchaga (AM)
Busquets (DM)
C. Ronaldo (WF)
Cabrini (LB)
Chus Herrera (CF)
Clodoaldo
Cubillas (AM)
De Rossi, Daniele
Dossena (AM)
Drogba (CF)
Džajić (WF)
Effenberg (DM)
Ferdinand (CB)
Ferri (CB)
Flohe, Heinz
Garrincha
Gerrard (CM)
Giggs (WF)
Goikoetxea, Andoni
Gourcuff (AM)
Govedarica (CM)
Heitinga (CB)
Horvat, Ivan
Hrubesch (CF)
Hughes (SS)
Hugo Sanchez (CF)
Ibrahimović (CF)
Illgner (GK)
Jarni (LB)
Jasín (GK)
Jonquet, Robert
Junior, Leo
Klinsmann (CF)
Krol (LB)
Kubala (SS)
Kyrgiakos (CB)
Lato, Grzegorz
Laudrup (AM)
Le Tissier, Matt
Lewandowski (CF)
Lipošinović (WF)
Lizarazu (LB)
Lucio (CB)
Luis Jimenez (AM)
Makelele (DM)
Mascherano (DM/CB)
Masopust (CM)
Matthäus (DM)
Matthews (WF)
McKennie (CM)
Messi (WF/SS)
Mijatović (CF)
Montero (CB)
Nielsen (CB)
Pancév (CF)
Prosinečki (AM)
Puskas (CF)
Ramsey (CM)
Reus (WF)
Rijkaard (DM/CM)
Rivera (AM)
Rooney (SS)
Roy Keane (CM)
Savičević (WF)
Schweinsteiger, Bastian
Scirea (SW/CB)
Seedorf (CM)
Sergio Ramos (CB)
Stielike (DM)
Stojković (AM)
Suurbier (RB)
Tassotti (RB)
Terry, John
ter Stegen (GK)
Thiago Silva (CB)
Tigana (CM)
Uralde (CF)
Valdes, Victor
van Hanegem (CM)
Vasović (CB)
Virdis (CF)
Vokrri (CF)
Xabi Alonso (DM)
Zenga, Walter
Zidane (AM)
Zubizarreta (GK)

Lester, regarding Steinbruckner—he’s backed out, so his players are being moved to the ban list.

While one person picks the easy way out, Daniel Rogers chooses Nadoveza, and rowdybison4 goes with Karačić.

Due to an error when posting last round's results—I managed to swap the stats for Schmidt and Steiner—I reached out to Steiner today at 10:30 AM to let him know. I pushed the deadline back to midnight, giving him an extra two hours just in case he hadn't seen my message during the day. He hasn't responded.

LIST OF BANNED PLAYERS:

Bendtner, Nicklas
Bergomi, Giuseppe
Bossis, Maxime
Brehme, Andreas
Casillas, Iker
Charlton, Bobby
Cruijff, Johan
Dasayev, Rinat
Di Stefano, Alfredo
Eusebio
Giresse, Alain
Iniesta, Andres
Kaltz, Manfred
Kohler, Jurgen
Maldini, Paolo
Meazza, Giuseppe
Modrić, Luka
Moore, Bobby
Muller, Gerd
Neeskens, Johan
Nesta, Alessandro
Netzer, Gunter
Pele
Platini, Michel
Ronaldo
Rummenige, Karl-Heinz
Sammer, Mathias
Santos, Djalma
Suarez Miramontes, Luis
Van Basten, Marco
Van der Sar, Edvin
Vogts, Berti
Zanetti, Javier
Zico
Xavi

SELECTED PLAYERS

Albert (CF)
Amoros (RB)
Augenthaler (CB)
Baresi (SW/CB)
Blanker (CM)
Blohin (CF)
Briaschi (CF)
Burgnich (RB)
Burruchaga (AM)
Busquets (DM)
C. Ronaldo (WF)
Cabrini (LB)
Chus Herrera (CF)
Cubillas (AM)
Dossena (AM)
Drogba (CF)
Džajić (WF)
Effenberg (DM)
Ferdinand (CB)
Ferri (CB)
Gerrard (CM)
Giggs (WF)
Gourcuff (AM)
Govedarica (CM)
Heitinga (CB)
Hrubesch (CF)
Hughes (SS)
Hugo Sanchez (CF)
Ibrahimović (CF)
Illgner (GK)
Jarni (LB)
Jašin (GK)
Klinsmann (CF)
Krol (LB)
Kubala (SS)
Kyrgiakos (CB)
L. Suarez URU (CF)
Laudrup (AM)
Lewandowski (CF)
Lipošinović (WF)
Lizarazu (LB)
Lucio (CB)
Luis Jimenez (AM)
Makelele (DM)
Mascherano (DM/CB)
Masopust (CM)
Matthäus (DM)
Matthews (WF)
McKennie (CM)
Messi (WF/SS)
Mijatović (CF)
Montero (CB)
Nielsen (CB)
Pančev (CF)
Prosinečki (AM)
Puskas (CF)
Ramsey (CM)
Reus (WF)
Rijkaard (DM/CM)
Rivera (AM)
Ronaldinho (SS)
Rooney (SS)
Roy Keane (CM)
Savičević (WF)
Scirea (SW/CB)
Seedorf (CM)
Sergio Ramos (CB)
Stielike (DM)
Stojković (AM)
Suurbier (RB)
Tassotti (RB)
ter Stegen (GK)
Thiago Silva (CB)
Tigana (CM)
Uralde (CF)
van Hanegem (CM)
Vasović (CB)
Vidić (CB)
Vieira (DM)
Virdis (CF)
Vokrri (CF)
Xabi Alonso (DM)
Zidane (AM)
Zubizarreta (GK)

The deadline is tomorrow at 10:00 PM.

LIST OF BANNED PLAYERS:

Bendtner, Nicklas
Bergomi, Giuseppe
Brehme, Andreas
Casillas, Iker
Charlton, Bobby
Cruijff, Johan
Dasayev, Rinat
Di Stefano, Alfredo
Eusebio
Iniesta, Andres
Kohler, Jurgen
Maldini, Paolo
Meazza, Giuseppe
Modrić, Luka
Moore, Bobby
Muller, Gerd
Neeskens, Johan
Nesta, Alessandro
Netzer, Gunter
Pele
Platini, Michel
Ronaldo
Rummenige, Karl-Heinz
Sammer, Mathias
Santos, Djalma
Suarez Miramontes, Luis
Van Basten, Marco
Van der Sar, Edvin
Vogts, Berti
Zanetti, Javier
Zico

ALL ELIGIBLE PLAYERS

Albert (CF)
Amoros (RB)
Augenthaler (CB)
Baresi (SW/CB)
Blanker (CM)
Blohin (CF)
Briaschi (CF)
Burgnich (RB)
Burruchaga (AM)
Busquets (DM)
C. Ronaldo (WF)
Cabrini (LB)
Chus Herrera (CF)
Cubillas (AM)
Dossena (AM)
Drogba (CF)
Džajić (WF)
Effenberg (DM)
Ferdinand (CB)
Ferri (CB)
Gerrard (CM)
Giggs (WF)
Gourcuff (AM)
Govedarica (CM)
Heitinga (CB)
Hrubesch (CF)
Hughes (SS)
Hugo Sanchez (CF)
Ibrahimović (CF)
Illgner (GK)
Jarni (LB)
Jašin (GK)
Klinsmann (CF)
Krol (LB)
Kubala (SS)
Kyrgiakos (CB)
L. Suarez URU (CF)
Laudrup (AM)
Lewandowski (CF)
Lipošinović (WF)
Lizarazu (LB)
Lucio (CB)
Luis Jimenez (AM)
Makelele (DM)
Mascherano (DM/CB)
Masopust (CM)
Matthäus (DM)
Matthews (WF)
McKennie (CM)
Messi (WF/SS)
Mijatović (CF)
Montero (CB)
Nielsen (CB)
Pančev (CF)
Prosinečki (AM)
Puskas (CF)
Ramsey (CM)
Reus (WF)
Rijkaard (DM/CM)
Rivera (AM)
Ronaldinho (SS)
Rooney (SS)
Roy Keane (CM)
Savičević (WF)
Scirea (SW/CB)
Seedorf (CM)
Sergio Ramos (CB)
Stielike (DM)
Stojković (AM)
Suurbier (RB)
Tassotti (RB)
ter Stegen (GK)
Thiago Silva (CB)
Tigana (CM)
Uralde (CF)
van Hanegem (CM)
Vasović (CB)
Vidić (CB)
Vieira (DM)
Virdis (CF)
Vokrri (CF)
Xabi Alonso (DM)
Zidane (AM)
Zubizarreta (GK)

The deadline is tomorrow at 10:00 PM.

During the last round, one player dropped out, so I’ve sourced a replacement. A competitor going by the alias Srećko Lušić will be stepping in to take over Mr. Jigsawa's squad.

This will be the final roster swap for this session. Unless someone else decides to bow out, we’ll be wrapping things up with this lineup.

The players selected by Inž and Put99 are being moved to the banned list. I'm currently crunching the numbers and uploading the spreadsheet now.

Status after three rounds



It’s almost too predictable. They handed him Yoan Gourcouff like he was some prize sheep, then followed it up with Luis Jimenez.

It looks like the selection process is leaning toward the usual suspects, much like how a certain politician might pick their inner circle.

ALL BANNED PLAYERS:

Bergomi, Giuseppe
Brehme, Andreas
Cruijff, Johan
Di Stefano, Alfredo
Eusebio
Iniesta, Andres
Kohler, Jurgen
Maldini, Paolo
Modrić, Luka
Muller, Gerd
Neeskens, Johan
Nesta, Alessandro
Platini, Michel
Ronaldo
Rummenige, Karl-Heinz
Sammer, Mathias
Van Basten, Marco
Van der Sar, Edwin
Vogts, Berti
Zanetti, Javier

SELECTED PLAYERS:
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The challenge for this new criterion is to identify a player whose very first career transfer occurred after they turned 30.

Loan spells don't count as transfers. So, players who left their clubs before age 30 solely to go on loan do meet the criteria.

Once they hit 30, they can make as many subsequent transfers as they like.

Please submit the player's name, birth year, the year they made that first transfer, and a Wiki profile link to verify everything.

Any entries missing these specific details will be disqualified. I’ve spent enough time digging through the archives to spot even the slightest attempt at cutting corners.

The deadline is tomorrow at 11:59 PM.

If you all get moving, we might even wrap this up by this afternoon.

NEW BANS ISSUED:

Cafu
Diego Maradona
Thomas N'Kono

The deadline for appeals is tomorrow at 8:00 PM.

@Axl, you just staged an invasion of my territory, and frankly, I can't let that slide.

Good grief, give me strength.

Here’s one for all the die-hard listeners of the local nightly news station:



Catch you all in about four minutes—I need to go double-check where I tripped up on my last bit.

In the meantime, stay healthy and keep smiling, whoever you are.

NEWLY BANNED PLAYERS:
Giuseppe Bergomi
Andreas Brehme
Jurgen Kohler
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Ronaldo
Marco Van Basten
Edwin Van der Sar
Javier Zanetti

ALL BANNED PLAYERS:

Johan Cruyff
Alfredo Di Stefano
Eusebio
Andres Iniesta
Luka Modric
Gerd Muller
Johan Neeskens
Michel Platini
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Mathias Sammer
Berti Vogts

Congrats to everyone who made the cut—some truly brutal peaks in there.

If both players are blocked, you can go wherever you want.

If only one player is blocked, just pivot toward them.

Deadline for submitting new peaks is tomorrow at 10:30 PM.

For the atmosphere, here is one of the most powerful female voices in American pop music. I have a feeling ☕ThePlaza
might actually approve.

The current status regarding our selected protected players and available wildcards



Just to clear up any confusion: the black squares hold the sheep, while the gold ones house the protected players.

Parish Announcements:

Starting this round, every competitor is allowed to shield one player from scavenging, just in case someone else manages to nail your identity.
Send me the name of your chosen player via private message. You’re free to swap out your protected player during the competition if you need to. Of course, if you don't want to protect anyone, that's fine too.

Additionally, everyone who clears this first round will earn an extra raid repellent, giving you the ability to protect a second player.

The 'Block Nullifier' Joker belongs to Nenad Gračan—whose version of Messi was arguably more dominant than Slišković’s Ronaldo.☕.

He can deploy it starting from the next criteria; currently, he has the power to nullify a single block.

The sheep have been distributed.

Bogdan landed Chus Herrera.
Massimo Briaschi went to Zdravko Logaršić.
Ton Blanker went to Ilija Lončarević.
Fabio Borini went to Dražen Medić.
Nicklas Bendtner went to Branko Tucak.

Note:

In case I wasn't clear, this list of rivalries from Wikipedia is just meant to give you some starting points for digging deeper. Not every derby listed here necessarily meets my specific criteria

New criteria:

Your task is to select two players who found themselves on opposing sides during a local or regional derby within the North American continent.

The rules are that

-neither club can be based in their respective country's capital city.
-the player involved in your chosen derby must have played for a club that finished higher in the standings during that specific season, and they must have received a card of any color during that match.

You are required to provide:

-a link to the match itself.
-a link to the final league standings for that season.

If both players are rejected, you aren't tied to your previous choices; feel free to pivot wherever you like.
If only the player with the card is accepted, you remain tied to that specific match, or perhaps another derby where that same player was carded and his team finished the season ranked higher than their rival.
If only the non-carded player is accepted, you are stuck with any derby that player has ever participated in, regardless of the club. For instance, if you choose two players from the Tyne-Wear derby, but only the Sunderland player passes, you could look for the second player in any derby he played in with Newcastle or Middlesbrough—provided you ensure his club was ranked lower than their rival in that season and that your new pick also ended the match with a card.

A list of acceptable derbies can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ries_in_Europe

The deadline for submitting peaks is Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 10:30 PM.

Daniel Rogers3 undergoes a selection process: he’s picking Lucky for Bogdan, Branko Karačić for Drazen Medic, Roy Ferenčina for Jamie Perez3, Zoran Vulić for feralmarlin67, and Nenad Gračan for Branko Tucak. To find the specific sheep, check the scorers list from that same game—you know, the one you linked me when you missed out on a player earlier. Once you've decided, shoot me your choice via PM.

Here is the roster of selected players, organized by nationality to keep things simple:



ALL BANNED PLAYERS:

Cruijff, Johan
Di Stefano, Alfredo
Eusebio
Iniesta, Andres
Modrić, Luka
Muller, Gerd
Neeskens, Johan
Platini, Michel
Rummenige, Karl-Heinz
Sammer, Mathias
Vogts, Berti

Final round results coming up in exactly 3 minutes and 44 seconds.



Stay safe out there—some people were great, some weren't, but we all made it through. ☕

Tijs, you're the moderator here—get this loser off my screen.

New banned player:

Berti Vogts

The deadline for the final round is tomorrow at 10:00 PM.

Good luck to everyone.