Match is on.
All time British+Irish Fantasy Draft
- Thread starter crappycraperson
- Start date
Sorry folks.. i dozzed off after a hectic weekend. W
Is it possible for my game to start now(or within a few hours)? As wont be able to contribute a lot after I leave office. Got stuff to do.
I will start it in 1 hour
Thanks.
Hmmm.
Sorry Pat, had been up since 4.30 yesterday. Happy to go whenever.I saw it Annah
If you're still awake mate should we kick off without the referee as well?
No problem mate! I'm not sure about my gaffer Skizzo's schedule, but I'm sure one of us will be around if @crappycraperson wants to set it up whenever. Although there's two games going on now so I'm fine with it being left until Edgar vs Annah finishes too.
Only one.
I can starts yours now if you want or later
I can starts yours now if you want or later
Hmm I hope this doesn't piss off Skizzo but I'm fine with it being started now. He should be around later on when the game has gathered some discussion anyway.
I saw it Annah
The plot thickens...
Who is it that urgently needs an assistant? And most important, does he get a vote as well? Is that kosher?
Semi final Auction will start tomorrow at 09.00 GMT
Rules?
50m again?
Pool only from this round's loses (Group stages losing teams excluded) ?
Min Bids and such?
well balls. Auction starts in the middle of the night.Interesting that the three with most money remaining will go through. Will be interesting to see how/where they choose to reinforce.
Budgets/dosh in hand:
1. Skizzo/Pat: 30m
2. EAP: 15m
3. Stobz: 14m & Chester: 14m
4. Gio: 10m OUT
5. MJJ/mani: 9m
6. Raees: 2m
7. Annah: 0 OUT
Budgets/dosh in hand:
1. Skizzo/Pat: 30m
2. EAP: 15m
3. Stobz: 14m & Chester: 14m
4. Gio: 10m OUT
5. MJJ/mani: 9m
6. Raees: 2m
7. Annah: 0 OUT
Got some tough decisions to make...
The elephant in the room is whether you bank on the Beckham-Charles and a left winger route. And your central Scots.
Personally I'd look at Ince and Lawro as the ones that stick out like sore thumbs.
In Gaz-Becks you have a compelling story. In them and Charles + a winger on the other side you also do. That winger could be improved... but works well with your central teammates of his, another compelling story (one that probably won't win a final, but won't lose it either). Not your number 1 priority IMO.
1) In Moore you have the pick of the draft at the back, get him someone who will make that a core strength.
2) Replacing Ince would be my way of galvanising that midfield core, there's a very obvious target there. D'oh!
3) Then Dunne could do with an upgrade, but I'm not sure there's any worth blowing cash on, not off the top of my head. Looking at the winger Gemmell (still in), looking at Moore (deployed left) Wilson (looks like staying in).
Agree with most of what you've said. With Becks and Nev, and the Lions, I've enjoyed plugging them since I don't think they've ever been appreciated in a draft setting before.
They've certainly grown on me, I've actually watched a few games of theirs over the last week or so. I've mentioned it before, here in Uruguay we have a bit of a soft spot for Scotland and, when it comes to football, Celtic. The latter is more a Peñarol than Uruguay thing, we have great memories from that golden decade and a half of international battles at club level. It was a brave new world and we have a lot of time for the clubs which provided us with a challenge and a yardstick (Real, Benfica, Inter and Celtic, no idea why we never played United, or any English team for that matter).
Looks like we have all our semi finalists!
good games everyone!
good games everyone!
Budgets/dosh in hand:
1. Skizzo/Pat: 30m + 50m
2. EAP: 15m + 50m
3. Stobz: 14m & Chester: 14m + 50m
4. MJJ/mani: 9m + 50m
Auction Rules
Auction will begin shortly at 12.00 London time
1. Skizzo/Pat: 30m + 50m
2. EAP: 15m + 50m
3. Stobz: 14m & Chester: 14m + 50m
4. MJJ/mani: 9m + 50m
Auction Rules
- Everyone gets 50m more
- Minimum Starting bid of any player = 25m
- Bids mature in 12 hours if unchallenged
- Same increment rule as before (2m raises for first 4 hours, 5m for next 6 hours and 10m for last 2 hours)
- Total of 10 players will go on sale.
- Each remaining player can nominate 2 (and only 2) players not already on the auction list. 2 players will be nominated by the moderator.
- Deadline to nominate players is 12.00 London time 19/12/2014 (tomorrow)
- Only players from losing quarter finalists are available (Gio, Stob, Annah, Raees)
Auction will begin shortly at 12.00 London time
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What happened to 9? I stayed up so I could be around...now all of a sudden it's happening at 4am here?
Yeah that seems unfair. Was it already stated in advance that the starting bid for the semis has to be 30? If not it's unfair to some (Mjj/Mani) as they wouldn't have been able to plan for it.
I can start it now. But the bid clock would actually start from 12 AM.. Is that ok with you?
We'll be in position to bid for just one player
Changed it to 25m.
Keep it at 12. Makes it easier to keep track of for everyone else. I'll have my AM keep an eye on things before I'm back (if he's ok with that
) and I should be back before I miss anything. Thanks though!It should really stay at 20m since it was never mentioned that the minimum bid would keep rising as the game progresses.
A maximum of 2 players can be bought by team in the auctions after R16, QFs and only one after semis.
You already had this rule so am not sure what increasing the minimum bid price every round achieves. Also, all players are suppose to discard players once their squad reaches 15 so they should be available as well?
There will be no more rule changes.
Am assuming this applies to future rounds as well? Since you already arent following your OP rules.
So in the next round the min bid will stay at 25m and nominations at two or will that change as well.
For next round it will be 30m and a single nomination.
Thanks.
Pretty much on the money. There is gold to be had in midfield to upgrade Ince with a couple of Lawro improvements available who shouldn't cost the earth. The Celtic/United players as Anto says are worth keeping as they're part of a bigger story that will generate votes.
I presume this has started now?
Best 25m 12:00
Best 25m 12:00
I agree with this. It makes the advantage the moneybags have even bigger, particularly once you already set this max reinforcements rule.
With only one reinforcement after the semi and not knowing who that could be, you would certainly try to get two here and ensure you complete the team. This makes the maximum bid on any one player 34-39-40 and 55 respectively. Basically Raees and Pat can most likely get anyone they want if they bid 40M. In fact, they can almost guarantee their top two picks at 40M a head.
It's not really an auction then as no one has any use for leftover money, just one pick each and the one with more money picks first.
TBF crappy did mention that after the semis you only get one pick and two before then so I dont have any problem with that.
Auction List - 2 nominations per manager before 12.00 London Time 19/12/2014
Best - 25m MJJ 12.00
Keane
Best - 25m MJJ 12.00
Keane
Yeah, that's fine, I'm only pointing out the flaws in that for future reference.