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Mitch Connor

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I can't believe that GLaDOS has been allowed to seal the competition with a pick this late in the game. Grabs McT at this stage? an unbelievable steal.

The rest of you should be ashamed.

To be honest, I'd have taken him rounds ago if the competition was player's current ability. However it's judged in their time in the PL and his lack of appearances are an easy stick to beat him with. There are a few similar players who I don't think are good picks based on this. Not played a full season as first choice in the league yet though was on course this year.

Bounty Hunter

Pick made, PM sent, some very tasty lineups there alright

Redzerdrog - Mo Salah, Gini Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, Seamus Coleman, John stones, Wayne Rooney, Gabriel Jesus, Naby Keita, Smalling
Ferris_Bueller - Sergio Aguero, Jan Vertonghen, Dele Alli, Juan Mata, Joao Moutinho, Yaya Toure, Willian, Davison Sanchez, Nathaniel Clyne
IncognitoMan - van Dijk, Bernado Silva, Wilfred Ndidi, Ilkay Gundogan, Ederson, Robin Van Persie, Anthony Martial, Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelof
Dr. Kenneth - De Bruyne, Fabinho, Toby Alderweireld, Pogba, Pepe Reina, Gareth Bale, Callum Willson, Phil Jagielka, Christian Fuchs
Liam O - Sadio Mane, Firminio, Harry Maguire, Zabaleta, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Paul Scholes, Hugo Lloris, Wes Morgan, Fabian Delph
Hello 2D - Andy Robertson, Leroy Sane, Ruben Neves, Joel Matip, Caglar Soyuncu, Didier Drogba, James Maddison, Lucas Moura, Jack Grealish
Mr Nice Guy - N'Golo Kante, Raul Jiminez, Cesar Azpilicueta, Matt Doherty, Jonny Evans, Frank Lampard, Jermaine Defoe, Patrick van Aanholt, Declan Rice
Wrestlemaniac - Sanchez, Jamie Vardy, Gary Cahill, Kyle Walker, Marcos Alonso, Patrick Viera, Jack Wilshere, Asmir Begovic, Eric Dier
Daithi1989 Trent Alexander Arnold, Marcus Rashford, Alisson, Leighton Baines, Nicolas Otamendi, Eden Hazard, Youri Tielemans, Danny Drinkwater, Adam Lallana
Bounty Hunter - Harry Kane, Aymeric Laporte, Mesut Özil, Jorginho, Antonio Rüdiger, Thierry henry, Ben Chilwell, Schmeichel, Serge Aurier, Lucas Torreira
Martyos - David Silva, Fernandinho, Ricardo Pereira, Lacazette, Lucas Digne, John Terry, Adama Traore, Pedro, Rodri, Bernd Leno
Brianregan - Aubameyang, Bruno Fernandes, Mateo Kovacic, Zaha, Bellerin, Viincent Kompany, Danny Rose, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Nathan Ake, Theo Walcott
Shanotheslayer - Milner, Mahrez, Richarlison, De Gea, Tammy Abraham, Steven Gerrard, Wan Bissaka, Willy Boly, Winston Reid, Andre Gomes
Glados - Sterling, Son, Nemanja Matic, Joe Gomez, David Luiz, Luis Suarez, Joe Hart, Benjamin Mendy< Scott McTominay, Reece James

daithi1989

Pick made and PM sent. My pick is still on the Books at Chelsea, despite being gone on loans for a few years! Just a CB left to get!

Mr.Nice Guy

Anyone else very surprised Walcott lasted that long? I would have thought with his overall body of work at Arsenal he would have went a lot earlier. He was one of the most dangerous players in the league at one point in time. Great value at this stage I reckon.

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Anyone else very surprised Walcott lasted that long? I would have thought with his overall body of work at Arsenal he would have went a lot earlier. He was one of the most dangerous players in the league at one point in time. Great value at this stage I reckon.

I actually forgot about him last round. Had him earmarked before. Would have suited my team too. Oh well

brianregan09

with me picking fella's twice before that were already taken I couldn't believe he was still available

martyos121

Not gonna lie, I completely forgot about Jota. That’s a top pick this late in the game Liam O.

Jota is definitely a hell of a pick for round ten.

I have a shortlist of five goalkeepers, all of whom I'd be delira with. If my sums are right, three keepers will be gone before my turn.

redzerdrog

Has Kepa been picked yet? I can't see if he has

Ferris_Bueller

Don't think so.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I have a shortlist of five goalkeepers, all of whom I'd be delira with. If my sums are right, three keepers will be gone before my turn.

My sums were wrong.

Only two.

redzerdrog

Patricia is good value for round 11, was a coin flip between him and kepa for me

Bounty Hunter

Team finished.

Spurs: 2 (Kane, Aurier)
Man City: 1 (Laporte)
Arsenal: 3 (Henry, Ozil, Torreria)
Chelsea: 2 (Jorginho, Rudiger)
Leicester: 3 (Chilwell, Schmeichel, Pérez)

thanks for getting this going H2D, Looking forward to the next phase of this now whatever form that'll take exactly

GLaDOS

All done, really enjoyed the draft. Need to decide what happens next :pac:

I was thinking you could have 4 groups of 3 and 4 with everyone picking the best of those and straight to semi finals. Gives everyone a chance to argue the merits of their team against other teams and doesn't prolong it too much.

Was just an idea that came to me as an alternative to the knockout and straight voting on the best.

GLaDOS

That's a bloody good idea. Nice compromise between all KO and a league format.

Ferris_Bueller

Yeah that is a good idea! It would be a bit anticlimatic if we were to all just vote for the best team and never hear opinions on the other teams, so something like that would give everyone a bit of a chance.

Barkley was some last pick by the way, I knew a mile off you were going to pick him too and he suits your team very well. Once IncognitoMan picked Doucoure there was nobody really after that who could have picked Barkley so knew he would make it through to you.

brianregan09

Immensely enjoyed that guys pretty happy with how my team turned out , looking forward to seeing what happens next

Shanotheslayer

Happy to go with any format

With Winston Reid and Jonjo Shelvey in my team It's practically invincible

Mr.Nice Guy

A long knockout system didn't work too well last time as I seem to recall interest waned pretty quickly. I'd favour something that can move it along quickly and Liam O's suggestion seems to do that. I'll go along with whatever's decided.

Some nice talent still available. Sissoko, Ings, Winks, McNeil, Fabianski, Cresswell, Shaqiri, Zinchenko some of the names on my list that I think went unpicked. At the start of the game I feared things might be pretty bleak by the time we got to the last round, but there was enough quality.

Bounty Hunter

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

A long knockout system didn't work too well last time as I seem to recall interest waned pretty quickly. I'd favour something that can move it along quickly and Liam O's suggestion seems to do that. I'll go along with whatever's decided.

Some nice talent still available. Sissoko, Ings, Winks, McNeil, Fabianski, Cresswell, Shaqiri, Zinchenko some of the names on my list that I think went unpicked. At the start of the game I feared things might be pretty bleak by the time we got to the last round, but there was enough quality.

Yeah I has Sissoko and Shaqiri on a similar list, Dean Henderson, Felipe Anderson, Heaton, Lamela were there too iirc

Pepe & Cancelo were examples of players arguably good enough for these teams but their time in the Premiership only being counted would make them terrible picks

Wouldn't be adverse to a system like Liam said, vote on who progresses from a made up Pot A-D and the winners make up Semi-Finals we all vote on or something similar.

Ferris_Bueller

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

A long knockout system didn't work too well last time as I seem to recall interest waned pretty quickly. I'd favour something that can move it along quickly and Liam O's suggestion seems to do that. I'll go along with whatever's decided.

Some nice talent still available. Sissoko, Ings, Winks, McNeil, Fabianski, Cresswell, Shaqiri, Zinchenko some of the names on my list that I think went unpicked. At the start of the game I feared things might be pretty bleak by the time we got to the last round, but there was enough quality.

Yep I had a few of them too. Dean Henderson, Ben Davies, Christian Benteke, Michael Keane were a few others I thought would go.

wrestlemaniac

Enjoyed that draft. Cheers for running H2D.
I'm happy enough to go with the groups set up too.

Is it one post to layout our team setup overall or are we waiting for groups to be drawn and then argue our case against opposition teams?

Liam O

Liam O wrote: »

I was thinking you could have 4 groups of 3 and 4 with everyone picking the best of those and straight to semi finals. Gives everyone a chance to argue the merits of their team against other teams and doesn't prolong it too much.

Was just an idea that came to me as an alternative to the knockout and straight voting on the best.

Is everyone happy with Liam O's suggestion so?

If you're happy with it just 'thank' this post and I'll do the draw later and ye can get working on yer write-ups. Write-ups are optional, not obligatory.

I'll leave this for a couple of hours.

wrestlemaniac

wrestlemaniac wrote: »

Is it one post to layout our team setup overall or are we waiting for groups to be drawn and then argue our case against opposition teams?

Good question.

I'm easy, so if people have a preference don't be shy and share with the group.

Ferris_Bueller

Maybe do the draw for each group, post here and then start a thread for each group. Each poster can put up one post on their team and how they would compete against others or something and then everyone can vote in that thread for who goes through to the semi?

Right I put the list of names into Random.org in the order we drafted. The winner of each group goes into the semi-finals. In the interest of avoiding potential match fixing I've already conducted the semi-final draw. Winner Group A vs. Winner Group D and Winner Group B vs. Winner Group C

The groups are;

Group A
Dr. Kenneth
Shanotheslayer
GlaDos
Bounty Hunter

Group B
Martyos
Hello 2D
Ferris_Bueller
Brianregan

Group C
Wrestlemaniac
Liam O
Redzer

Group D
Daithi1989
Incognito
Mr. Nice Guy


How long do ye want to do yer write-ups?

If it suits the people involved maybe have one or 2 groups going at a time that opens for voting for 24 hours after the last person has put up their first writeup. Discussion can happen between the players involved before this and everyone after so you can respond to the criticism of your team while it not being too long or getting clogged up before everyone has a chance to set their stall.

Bounty Hunter

I like this format, different and interesting.

A group of four instead of a group of 3 gives me more competition but happily more to analyze too. So Dr Ken, Shano & GlaDOS may the best team win and...

:pac: