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SlickRic wrote: »

Morzadec wrote: »

Yeah it's interesting this round - there's a lot of players being picked who are the position / style of player that I want but who weren't necessarily on my radar / shortlist.  There's been a few recently that I haven't been sorry to see go, not to say they were bad picks, just not players I wanted.

Does seem to be coming down a bit more to opinion at this stage.

it'll also be interesting to see how people view longevity versus talent.

how will people view Fabinho for instance?

I think its both but a good half season is just too short for me. Especially if we're judging on just EPL performances

SlickRic

i was wondering if Ozil would go.

IncognitoMan

Current Premier League Draft

correction wrote: »

I'm guessing it will be a random draw to decide the matchups when all the picks have been made? Will there be brackets or will it be a draw every round? I've never been involved in one of these before.

Can do either. We'll try to get someone who isn't in the draft to draw the teams so there isn't any issues with cheating or anything.

Brackets would be nice.

I'd also be in favour of the pick one player from a team if you beat them. Would make all match-ups very interesting for all watching.

SlickRic

SlickRic wrote: »

i was wondering if Ozil would go.

This round or in the entire draft?

IncognitoMan

Current Premier League Draft

SlickRic wrote: »

i was wondering if Ozil would go.

At this stage I was just thinking who's a better 10 than him.

Obviously you need quality in front and behind him because he isn't a guy who'll win a game on his own. But in the correct set up he's some player.

SlickRic

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This round or in the entire draft?

Entire draft.

I was wondering if people could look past the perception of him being lazy.

Morzadec

All time English league draft

IncognitoMan wrote: »

Can do either. We'll try to get someone who isn't in the draft to draw the teams so there isn't any issues with cheating or anything.

Brackets would be nice.

I'd also be in favour of the pick one player from a team if you beat them. Would make all match-ups very interesting for all watching.

Obviously your choice as the man running this, but my own opinion is that I wouldn't like this at all.

We've spent quite a lot of time drafting this XI to play together. By the time of the final the two teams in it will have 3 world class players to replace 3 of their more questionable picks. Someone who has a serious deficiency in their team might suddenly see it solved and that makes it less interesting and less about the original drafting we did which I'm not mad on.

I think these latter rounds of picks are interesting and having to pick players that are less obviously world class or who divide opinion makes it more interesting - this could be negated by the "stealing" from other teams.

Just my opinion, I would prefer the purity of trying to bring your original drafted team through to the end!

redzerdrog

All time English league draft

SlickRic wrote: »

Entire draft.

I was wondering if people could look past the perception of him being lazy.

If team is set up to get best out of him he will be a quality pick imo

redzerdrog

All time English league draft

IncognitoMan wrote: »

Can do either. We'll try to get someone who isn't in the draft to draw the teams so there isn't any issues with cheating or anything.

Brackets would be nice.

I'd also be in favour of the pick one player from a team if you beat them. Would make all match-ups very interesting for all watching.

Open draw and no picking player from beaten teams would be my vote. Picking a player from a beating team just puts too much on the luck of the draw imo

Also the danger of brackets is it brings in a possibility of tactical voting or arguing against a team you are facing the next round ect. Open draw for every round gets my vote

SlickRic

SlickRic wrote: »

Entire draft.

I was wondering if people could look past the perception of him being lazy.

Ya true, the man is/was a genius though

IncognitoMan

Current Premier League Draft

redzerdrog wrote: »

If team is set up to get best out of him he will be a quality pick imo

That's the important thing with Ozil and the quality of players he is setting up.

We've seen what hes like when he has world class talent in front of him. Equally we've seen that he isn't the best when he has to do it on his own when paired with lesser quality attackers.

I'm happy enough I'll have a decent set up for him.

Lucas Hood

Current Premier League Draft

Ozil was my favourite player to watch for years. I don't think hes been at his best in the premier league for a prolonged period ever though.

correction

Current Premier League Draft

I like the Ozil pick. He was truly sensational all season the year Leicester won the league. He really should have won Arsenal the league that season but a certain big handsome French striker could not score for multiple months in a row despite being provided with the chances.

SlickRic

i love the Ozil pick. i just thought he may be avoided because of the perceptions about him.

Sagna is a top quality snag too.

Trigger

All time English league draft

SlickRic wrote: »

i love the Ozil pick. i just thought he may be avoided because of the perceptions about him.

Sagna is a top quality snag too.

I had been looking at Sagna, I went with getting my midfield sorted before I looked there though.. he was a beast of a player with Arsenal

IncognitoMan

Current Premier League Draft

Yeah 2015/16 he had 19 assists and 6 goals scored in 35 PL games.

The record for most assists in a single season is 20, and like correction pointed out that was setting up player/players who wouldn't be classed as a prolific striker/strikers. Trying not to name names :pac:

Funny enough that 2015/16 season is more assists than he ever managed at Real where he was undoubtedly considered world class.

Ferris_Bueller

Current Premier League Draft

redzerdrog wrote: »

Open draw and no picking player from beaten teams would be my vote. Picking a player from a beating team just puts too much on the luck of the draw imo

Also the danger of brackets is it brings in a possibility of tactical voting or arguing against a team you are facing the next round ect. Open draw for every round gets my vote

I agree with this. I would be up for one sub player as well if others were but either way I think an open draw and not taking a player from the other team is a good idea.

IncognitoMan

Current Premier League Draft

Seems like the pink slips idea is an unpopular one so we'll leave that out.

The sub one needs to be decided now as we're not that far away from that round. Should be there in a couple of days hopefully.

Morzadec

All time English league draft

IncognitoMan wrote: »

Seems like the pink slips idea is an unpopular one so we'll leave that out.

The sub one needs to be decided now as we're not that far away from that round. Should be there in a couple of days hopefully.

Would be fairest for those of us at the end of the draw to have a sub round to round off the evenness of the picks, but might not make a huge difference

correction

Current Premier League Draft

I'm pro one sub. Gives a little flexibility. But tell me this, will the quality of the sub matter on game day or will it be purely 11 vs 11.

redzerdrog

All time English league draft

Sub is a grand idea as long it is utilised to give flexibility in starting 11 and not with the intention of changing when the match has started and you winning losing certain areas if that makes sense?

IncognitoMan

Current Premier League Draft

correction wrote: »

I'm pro one sub. Gives a little flexibility. But tell me this, will the quality of the sub matter on game day or will it be purely 11 vs 11.

11 v 11. The sub would be to allow you to maybe pick between two tactical set ups but once you name your starting team that's it.

dr.kenneth noisewater

IncognitoMan wrote: »

correction wrote: »

I'm pro one sub. Gives a little flexibility. But tell me this, will the quality of the sub matter on game day or will it be purely 11 vs 11.

11 v 11. The sub would be to allow you to maybe pick between two tactical set ups but once you name your starting team that's it.

In that case I think its good idea

KBurke85

Current Premier League Draft

I think if we were gonna go with subs we should have decided that from the start. Peoples's picks could well have been different all the way through if they had known that having a certain player as a sub to tweak their system was an option.

Lets just go with 11 players and let the best team win.

Lucas Hood

Current Premier League Draft

I'm not not for a sub but am for taking a player from someone elses team if you beat them.

KBurke85

All time English league draft

KBurke85 wrote: »

I think if we were gonna go with subs we should have decided that from the start. Peoples's picks could well have been different all the way through if they had known that having a certain player as a sub to tweak their system was an option.

Lets just go with 11 players and let the best team win.

Don't think it was specified that there would not be subs either. I assumed there would be as it's an uneven number of picks otherwise so people are disadvantaged somewhat. Subs isn't even a term I'd use since they can't come on and it's 11 v 11 in the match.

SlickRic

no subs IMO.

i'll roll with whatever though.

martyos121

All time European cup competitions draft

Yeah don't like the sub idea myself.

I'd have to add an extra column to the table and honestly, that's just not on.



Ah no, seriously I'll go along with whatever. I do prefer the idea of just 11 picks though tbh.

asdfgh86

Could you just remove the double pick reverse for the final round? And just repeat the order from the penultimate round for the final round? Makes it fairer and then you don't need to add a sub which seems to be contentious?

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Trigger

All time English league draft

11 v 11 for me, even though I have the perfect sub player that I know will probably get thru I just dont see the point on it.

If decided I wont mind though