FPL Draft league

Dermo

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Why not do 9 divisions of 6 to make it 54 in the free league? 6 is an ideal number.

I don't see you down for the free league, or I'm going blind. Should I add you?

Scorpion Sting

Dermo wrote: »

I don't see you down for the free league, or I'm going blind. Should I add you?

No I'm just making a suggestion. I think 6 is a good number to have and with 51 players in for the free league ye would need just 3 more people to fill the spaces with the deadline getting closer.

Dermo

I'm up for having different numbers based on how every many we have at the deadline

stephenl15

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

No I'm just making a suggestion. I think 6 is a good number to have and with 51 players in for the free league ye would need just 3 more people to fill the spaces with the deadline getting closer.

Yeah 6 is a good number. Ran an 8 team draft league last year, playing strikers are gold dust

affcu

6 is the ideal number. We did a How-To-Draft and six-team four-round mock here: 

Benimar

I vote for 8 team divisions. I think we need to be using at least 120 players so that someone who does a bit of research for the draft can get some benefit in the later rounds.

A blind squirrel could pick a good squad from the top 90 players!

Seámus-Púbach

Stick me down for the free league if there's a spot

wrestlemaniac

Benimar wrote: »

I vote for 8 team divisions. I think we need to be using at least 120 players so that someone who does a bit of research for the draft can get some benefit in the later rounds.

A blind squirrel could pick a good squad from the top 90 players!

I agree, 8 team divisions the way to go

manual_man

Bumping this up for awareness. We really should start making the leagues (maybe call them Draft league A, B, C etc.) and then I'd suggest a thread for each individual league, to make it easier for organisational purposes and then for chat etc. once the league is under way

davemckenna25

Hi. Mind if I add myself to the list...added on bottom.
Thanks.
(also added in Ses-Púbach)

Current status:
Players that are in for free league:
1. F1ngers
2. Copper_pipe
3. manual_man
4. MarkSRFC21
5. ScummyMan
6. steve_r
7. KevIRL
8. Iago
9. spock.
10. eagle eye
11. 2nd Row Donkey
12. Thatsfootball
13. hurlingman97
14. billymitchell
15. Mr.Prodston
16. wrestlemaniac
17. L.S.F
18. alchemist33
19. thewools
20. mno101
21. Limpar
22. Sands81
23. LightningBlue
24. finnharpsboy
25. stephenl15
26. skippy15
27. claw
28. normanoffside
29. Boots234
30. Wanderer100
31. Benimar
32. Dr Bre
33. False prophet
34. $hifty
35. Rikand
36. Gaillimh1976
37. Romteilly
38. Father Hernandez
39. mdwexford
40. Invincible
41. Remoteboy
42. Lemlin
43. Mr. Guappa
44. Hairy Nipples 87
45. Miley Byrne
46. Dermo
47. Chesty08
48. Clouter
49. Paddy_Irishman
50. patmac
51. Dr Kenneth
52. Ses-Púbach
53. davemckenna25

Paddy_Irishman

Maybe somebody has this in hand I don't know who is organising things. Just wanted to put forward an idea on how to organise the draft groups.

Everybody submits their ranking finish last year in the overall points. Highest ranked 8 in pool A. And so on.

After the season a real ranking could be decided based on your finish in your pool this year and division's setup for next year?

My overall rank last year was 184,771

Just to further chat on fpl draft in general. I actually prefer the head to head format for a league but it's not without it's issues, with 8 teams does it turn it into a Scottish league type system where you will play each team 4 or 5 times? To get to 38 gameweeks? Even with a 16 team draft you would only play 30 matches so what happens for the last 8 gameweeks?

JoeyJJ

Doing my work draft tomorrow, should be fun. hard to prioritize this list though.

alchemist33

Paddy_Irishman wrote: »

Maybe somebody has this in hand I don't know who is organising things. Just wanted to put forward an idea on how to organise the draft groups.

Everybody submits their ranking finish last year in the overall points. Highest ranked 8 in pool A. And so on.

After the season a real ranking could be decided based on your finish in your pool this year and division's setup for next year?

My overall rank last year was 184,771

Just to further chat on fpl draft in general. I actually prefer the head to head format for a league but it's not without it's issues, with 8 teams does it turn it into a Scottish league type system where you will play each team 4 or 5 times? To get to 38 gameweeks? Even with a 16 team draft you would only play 30 matches so what happens for the last 8 gameweeks?

As good an idea as ranking the leagues is, I think at this stage it would take too much work for the 50ish people signed up to provide numbers. Just taking them in order would just be simpler. Four leagues of 8, three of 7, give or take one or two for latecomers or those who have disappeared. I could divide them up tonight and then we're looking for a volunteer from each group to set up a league and PM the codes.

MarkSRFC21

Paddy_Irishman wrote: »

Maybe somebody has this in hand I don't know who is organising things. Just wanted to put forward an idea on how to organise the draft groups.

Everybody submits their ranking finish last year in the overall points. Highest ranked 8 in pool A. And so on.

After the season a real ranking could be decided based on your finish in your pool this year and division's setup for next year?

My overall rank last year was 184,771

Just to further chat on fpl draft in general. I actually prefer the head to head format for a league but it's not without it's issues, with 8 teams does it turn it into a Scottish league type system where you will play each team 4 or 5 times? To get to 38 gameweeks? Even with a 16 team draft you would only play 30 matches so what happens for the last 8 gameweeks?

I honestly think ranking based on last years performance would completely skew the divisions next season should it progress to a tiered system, plus the time it would take to get 50+ OR's from last year is just not worth it. I reckon just take in order of signup, or randomise it through a random sequence generator, for example. Either way, I think this really needs to get moving quickly or it will go by the wayside. I'll throw in my name for any necessary admin work, but again we really have to work out the details and put the wheels in motion fairly soon

Father Hernandez

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

I honestly think ranking based on last years performance would completely skew the divisions next season should it progress to a tiered system, plus the time it would take to get 50+ OR's from last year is just not worth it. I reckon just take in order of signup, or even find a way to randomise it. Either way, I think this really needs to get moving quickly or it will go by the wayside. I'll throw in my name for any necessary admin work, but again we really have to work out the details and put the wheels in motion fairly soon

I think it was proposed a little while back to put all the names into a (digital) hat and draw 8 teams to go into the draft PL, 8 into draft championship and so on...

There's 53 people interested so that would mean 6 leagues.

5 leagues with 8 people each with 13 people in the final league.

Final 13 people might feel a little hard done by but I suppose luck of the draw.

If the leagues were made on a credible website by somebody with the results shown, we go along with that. In each league as posted on here, one person takes the lead, creates the league and sends out the codes. Perhaps a separate thread for each league thereafter the leagues are sorted.

wrestlemaniac

alchemist33 wrote: »

As good an idea as ranking the leagues is, I think at this stage it would take too much work for the 50ish people signed up to provide numbers. Just taking them in order would just be simpler. Four leagues of 8, three of 7, give or take one or two for latecomers or those who have disappeared. I could divide them up tonight and then we're looking for a volunteer from each group to set up a league and PM the codes.

Or just set up different threads with draft times and dates given for 8 team leagues and let people sign up for the one they can do. Will cut out trying to arrange times and dates, as people sign up for the one that suits them.

Sands81

Agree that this is the best way to go. It would cut out a lot of hassle with groups trying to agree on times. And keeping it to 8 teams in a league would help the length of time of the draft. Will probably have to do this fairly soon.

JoeyJJ

So we done a work draft. Quick question, what happens after Thursday evening ?

Is there a free pool day on Friday or if someone is traded out are they missing game week 1?

F1ngers

JoeyJJ wrote: »

So we done a work draft. Quick question, what happens after Thursday evening ?

Is there a free pool day on Friday or if someone is traded out are they missing game week 1?

There's an FAQ on the FPL draft site:

https://draft.premierleague.com/help

alchemist33

wrestlemaniac wrote: »

Or just set up different threads with draft times and dates given for 8 team leagues and let people sign up for the one they can do. Will cut out trying to arrange times and dates, as people sign up for the one that suits them.

Having looked at one of the paid league threads and the FAQ I can see this makes sense. I'll probably start one tonight with maybe Sunday as draft day.

Do people think we'd need different threads for each? It might clog up the board.

JoeyJJ

Yeah it doesn't cover as much detail as I like tbh.

Player A is traded out by team 1.
PlayerA is on watchlist for Team 2.

What happens on the Thursday? Does he get auto picked up or go into the following thursday waiver list and not be in anyones team for the next gameweek?

F1ngers

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Yeah it doesn't cover as much detail as I like tbh.

Player A is traded out by team 1.
PlayerA is on watchlist for Team 2.

What happens on the Thursday? Does he get auto picked up or go into the following thursday waiver list and not be in anyones team for the next gameweek?

Waivers are processed 24 hours before the Gameweek deadline.

I don't think it's as easy as team 1 giving team 2 a player - (lowest ranked team gets first dibs it seems(how that works before GW1, I've no idea).

It's very likely that player A will be on more than 1 watchlist.

Transactions are completed 24 hours before the GW starts so either way player A will be in someones team for that GW.

JoeyJJ

ok, so player A is traded out, nobody can select Sign like you do for pool players. If he is high on your watchlist does he auto get traded in or does he sit out the game week and become available in waiver for week 2?

F1ngers

JoeyJJ wrote: »

ok, so player A is traded out, nobody can select Sign like you do for pool players. If he is high on your watchlist does he auto get traded in or does he sit out the game week and become available in waiver for week 2?

Sent you a PM there.
We'll test it out on that - You transfer in Kane, I'll put him low down on my watchlist and then you release him, just thinking, it prob needs more than 2 players to test it though.

SeamusAFA

Room for more? I would like to play

Current status:
Players that are in for free league:
1. F1ngers
2. Copper_pipe
3. manual_man
4. MarkSRFC21
5. ScummyMan
6. steve_r
7. KevIRL
8. Iago
9. spock.
10. eagle eye
11. 2nd Row Donkey
12. Thatsfootball
13. hurlingman97
14. billymitchell
15. Mr.Prodston
16. wrestlemaniac
17. L.S.F
18. alchemist33
19. thewools
20. mno101
21. Limpar
22. Sands81
23. LightningBlue
24. finnharpsboy
25. stephenl15
26. skippy15
27. claw
28. normanoffside
29. Boots234
30. Wanderer100
31. Benimar
32. Dr Bre
33. False prophet
34. $hifty
35. Rikand
36. Gaillimh1976
37. Romteilly
38. Father Hernandez
39. mdwexford
40. Invincible
41. Remoteboy
42. Lemlin
43. Mr. Guappa
44. Hairy Nipples 87
45. Miley Byrne
46. Dermo
47. Chesty08
48. Clouter
49. Paddy_Irishman
50. patmac
51. Dr Kenneth
52. Ses-Púbach
53. davemckenna25
54 WD_Raceway

alchemist33

Right.

Boards Free Draft League A. Entry code 332731-82702. Up to 8 players - just enter. Draft starts 21.00 on Sunday.

Chesty08

alchemist33 wrote: »

Right.

Boards Free Draft League A. Entry code 332731-82702. Up to 8 players - just enter. Draft starts 21.00 on Sunday.

Just joined. 6 in already

Invincible

alchemist33 wrote: »

Right.

Boards Free Draft League A. Entry code 332731-82702. Up to 8 players - just enter. Draft starts 21.00 on Sunday.

Getting invalid code message?

alchemist33

Invincible wrote: »

Getting invalid code message?

Are you sure you're in the draft section rather than normal fantasy? Theres still two spaces and the code is correct.

MarkSRFC21

alchemist33 wrote: »

Right.

Boards Free Draft League A. Entry code 332731-82702. Up to 8 players - just enter. Draft starts 21.00 on Sunday.

Joined

Invincible

alchemist33 wrote: »

Are you sure you're in the draft section rather than normal fantasy? Theres still two spaces and the code is correct.

Can I use the same email and password to login on draft section or have I to register separate with alternative details?

skippy15

Boards Free Draft League B
Code to join this league: 334328-83075

Draft Tuesday at 9pm- 8 players
Only join if added name in here please- and only join one league

stephenl15

Joined B

davemckenna25

Joined B

alchemist33

Invincible wrote: »

Can I use the same email and password to login on draft section or have I to register separate with alternative details?

No, all the same. When you're on one of your normal pages (e.g. transfers or pick team) hover your mouse over the "fantasy" button and you'll get an option for Draft.

patmac

Joined B

Paddy_Irishman

Joined B also

wanderer100

Joined B !!!

fermanagh_man

Joined B

steve_r

Joined B. Thanks for arranging.

dr.kenneth noisewater

A and B full now so?

alchemist33

A is anyway. We need a C.

Benimar

Boards Free Draft League C code 343395-85014

Draft 9pm Wednesday

Can someone confirm whether we are using Classic scoring or head to head?

wrestlemaniac

Benimar wrote: »

Boards Free Draft League C code 343395-85014

Draft 9pm Wednesday

Can someone confirm whether we are using Classic scoring or head to head?

I'm in League A and it's classic

SeamusAFA

In C

Father Hernandez

Joined C there myself

eagle eye

This doesn't work out because you'll have loads of people joining up from outside boards.ie who are not even members and just lurk.

Benimar

eagle eye wrote: »

This doesn't work out because you'll have loads of people joining up from outside boards.ie who are not even members and just lurk.

I'll admin Group C so can anyone who has signed up please post (or PM) their team name.

If there is any lurkers I'll turf them out.

clouter

I joined C- team name Xhakakan!!

Scorpion Sting

Benimar wrote: »

I'll admin Group C so can anyone who has signed up please post (or PM) their team name.

If there is any lurkers I'll turf them out.

Yeah folks, you need to administer each league otherwise every Tom, Dick and Harry will be entering them. People who are joining the leagues should pm the league admin their team name and those who have not added their name to the list should be booted out.