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The Daily Hilario: Opening Day; WaFFLe draft results

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WHO'S GOT A FUNNY DANCE AND IS THE #1 PICK?  THIS GUY!
WHO'S GOT A FUNNY DANCE AND IS THE #1 PICK? THIS GUY!
Julian Finney

WFFL:

Getting twelve people together on very short notice was fairly impressive, I must say.  Getting the vast majority of them to persevere through five hours of slow drafting (thanks to a rather quirky system which insisted on seeing out the full 90 seconds of each turn, rather than giving the users the ability to lock in and "end their turn," so to speak once they decided on a pick) was even more impressive.

So after all that, here are the initial, week 1 squads for all the teams.  Hopefully they've all managed to lock in their lineups before the 11am BST deadline.  But first, here's the first round:

  1. Aloneville:  Daniel Sturridge
  2. FootieFromAfar:  Eden Hazard
  3. PickledFoo:  Diego Costa
  4. Chairman DPeezy:  Sergio Agüero
  5. BrendanKali:  Yaya Touré
  6. RossWB:  Wayne Rooney
  7. yatcli:  Cesc Fàbregas
  8. B Tret:  Robin van Persie
  9. AMLang:  Alexis Sánchez
  10. Sebastian Correa:  Aaron Ramsey
  11. Jack Goodson:  Juan Mata
  12. Haz Mat:  David Silva

The Squads (2 GK, 5 DEF, 5 MID, 3 FWD).  Managers may pick any 1 of 7 different formations (4-4-2, 4-3-3, 5-3-2, 5-4-1, 4-5-1, 3-4-3, 3-5-2).

ALONEVILLE:
GK:  Mignolet, Fabianski
DEF:  Koscielny, Skrtel, Davies, Van Aanholt, Manquillo
MID:  Tadic, Sigurdsson, Nolan, Mutch, Knockaert
FWD:  Sturridge, Bony, Ings

MOTHER HEN MOURINHO:
GK:  De Gea, Caballero
DEF:  Baines, Azpilicueta, Gibbs, Sagna, Tomkins
MID:  Hazard, Gerrard, Adam, Snodgrass, Arteta
FWD:  Jelavic, Bojan, Berahino

IN HAZARDOUS KOMPANY:
GK:  Courtois, Cech
DEF:  Jagielka, Davies, Rosenior, Cameron, Bardsley
MID:  Willian, Wilshere, Navas, Tioté, Oxlade-Chamberlain
FWD:  Costa, Torres, Weimann

DP'S ALL-STARS:
GK:  Szczesny, Ospina
DEF:  Kompany, Coleman, Debuchy, Fonte, Isla
MID:  Matic, A.Young, Rodwell, Besic, Schneiderlin
FWD:  Agüero, Zárate, S.Fletcher

CAHILL FOR JESUS:
GK:  Lloris, Schmeichel
DEF:  Terry, Cahill, Cresswell, J.Ward, Clichy
MID:  Yaya Touré, Lamela, A.Johnson, Fernandinho, Paulinho
FWD:  Dzeko, Pellè, Austin

DYNAMO HAWKEYE:
GK:  Hart, Mannone
DEF:  Kolarov, Distin, Caulker, Smalling, Dann
MID:   Sterling, Eriksen, Barkley, McCarthy, Sessegnon
FWD:  Rooney, Jay Rodriguez, Wickham

BLINK 1 ETO'O:
GK:  Forster, Speroni
DEF:  Shaw, G.Johnson, Chambers, Vlaar, Rangel
MID:  Fabregas, Mirallas, Henderson, Davis, Shelvey
FWD:  Benteke, Adebayor, Markovic

B TRET:
GK:  Guzan, McGregor
DEF:  Ivanovic, Mertesacker, Dawson, Bertrand, Olsson
MID:  Oscar, Lallana, Herrera, Lennon, Sissoko
FWD:  Van Persie, Agbonlahor, Riviere

LANGERS ATHLETIC:
GK:  Howard, Foster
DEF:  Mangala, Trippier, Janmaat, Evans, Demel
MID:  Schürrle, Cabella, Ramires, Ramírez, Ward-Prowse
FWD:  Sánchez, Remy, Nugent

SILENT JAMES & THE FALCAO PUNCH:
GK:  Begovic, Adrián
DEF:  Vertonghen, Walker, Okore, Reid, Demichelis
MID:  Ramsey, Özil, Coutinho, Atsu, Can
FWD:  Jovetic, Arnautovic, Drogba

WEST STAINES MASSIV:
GK:  Jääskeläinen, Vorm
DEF:  Luis, P.Jones, Lovren, Shawcross, Sakho
MID:  Mata, Nasri, Walcott, Puncheon, J.Montero
FWD:  Lukaku, Soldado, Crouch

HAZ MAT SUITS:
GK:  Krul, Boruc
DEF:  Zabaleta, Clyne, Bacuna, A.Williams, Coloccini
MID:  Silva, Cazorla, Holtby, Osman, Delph
FWD:  Giroud, Gouffran, Podolski

So which team's your early favorite?

FOOTBALL (all times BST):
11.00:  U18 Premier League, opening day:  Chelsea U18 vs. Southampton U18 (hey, that's us!)
12.15:  Championship, 22nd vs. 3rd:  Leeds United vs. Middlesborough
12.45:  Premier League, opening day:  Manchester United vs. Swansea City
15.00:  Championship, 19th vs. 9th:  Rotherham United vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers
15.00:  Premier League, opening day:  Leicester City vs. Everton
15.00:  Premier League, opening day:  QPR vs. Hull City
15.00:  Premier League, opening day:  Stoke City vs. Aston Villa
15.00:  Premier League, opening day:  West Bromwich Albion vs. Sunderland
15.00:  Premier League, opening day:  West Ham United vs. Tottenham Hotspur
16.00:  Ligue 1, 11th vs. 9th:  PSG vs. SC Bastia
17.30:  Premier League, opening day:  Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace
19.30:  MLS, 2nd(W) vs. 1st(W):  Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle Sounders
19.30:  Friendly:  Real Madrid vs. Fiorentina
19.45:  Eredivisie, 17th vs. 11th:  Vitesse vs. Cambuur

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