Christmas Tree Draft - Christmas Special Edition

Selections of Reinforcement Round 1

GSTQ - To be decided. Let me know a preferred position.
King Kendrick - J. Stam
Gio - Rivaldo
Isotope - P. Maldini
Raees - A. Shevchenko
Enigma - F. Redondo
 
2nd Reinforcement Round
Reinforcement Round 2 - The Take-Other-People's-Presents Round

This is the second reinforcement round and it is once again a sheep round. Select a player who was picked by one of the losing managers and send them to me via PM.

Some points to note:
  • The player or sheep you end up with in this round does NOT have to feature in your match.
  • You get three chances to pick your player.
  • The list of available players are listed below.
Selection Pool
  1. Michaelf7777777 - 1) M. Tardelli 2) J. Bozsik 3) R. Bochini 4) R. Bonhof 5) E. Francescoli 6) V. Bezsonov 7) A. Shesternyov 8) R. Gordillo 9) R. Carvalho 10) G. Bulgarelli 11) J. Heynckes 12) J. Greig 13) N. Liedholm 14) F. Inzhaghi 15) H. Van Breukelen 16) J. Oblak
  2. Zlatan - 1) Ronaldinho 2) C. Gentile 3) Dunga 4) P. Scholes 5) K. De Bruyne 6) P. Montero 7) D. Alaba 8) A. Shearer 9) M. Overmars 10) M. ter Stegen 11) C. Azpilicueta 12) G. Lineker 13) F. De Boer 14) J. S Veron 15) D. Simeone 16) C. Taffarel
  3. Big Dunk - 1) A. Pirlo 2) A. Vidal 3) L.A. Suarez 4) G. Zambrotta 5) N. Kante 6) N. Vidic 7) T. Muller 8) Neymar 9) E. Van Der Sar 10) A. Costacurta 11) J. A. Camacho 12) M. Kempes 13) S. Effenberg 14) C. Puyol 15) M. Tassotti 16) G. Pagliuca
  4. P-nut - 1) Didi 2) S. Mazzola 3) L. Modric 4) A. Hansen 5) D. Bergkamp 6) D. Silva 7) H. Chumpitaz 8) Ze Roberto 9) J. Kimmich 10) P. Evra 11) X. Alonso 12) D. Villa 13) Ederson 14) G. Grosics 15) S. Ramos 16) Deco
  5. EAP - 1) Rivaldo 2) S. Kocsis 3) P. Vierchowod 4) L. Junior 5) M. Kaltz 6) D. Savicevic 7) G. Gattuso 8) A. Benarrivo 9) F. Hierro 10) P. Elkjaer 11) E. Hughes 12) P. Sousa 13) A. Haan 14). P. Cech 15) G. Hagi 16) A. Carrizo
  6. Sjor Mustard - 1) B. Schuster 2) I. Netto 3) M. Essien 4) O. Blokhin 5) S. Eto'o 6) W. Overath 7) V. Van Dijk 8) T. Silva 9) C. Mozer 10) M. Silva 11) L. Enrique 12) J. L. Chilavert 13) Allison 14) R. Lewandowski 15) A. Winter 16) B. Conti
 
GSTQ picks up Matteo Darmian for the first sheep round.

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I honestly didn't anticipate many fails so I haven't considered that someone might end up with a sheep for this round. Have to figure out what to do as there aren't really sheep in that pool :lol:

Maybe I'll listen to suggestions from others in that eventuality.
 
You can give them picks that aren't that useful (i.e. a 2nd choice GK if they've already drafted an elite GK) or players who while they aren't sheep traditionally are less highly rated than most of the players available.

The other option is to use the option I gave myself in the last sheep draft I ran which was that sheep will meet the criteria unless there are no players of a sufficiently low standard that meet the criteria.
 
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To be fair, a sheep more or less takes you out of contention for winning the draft, so any player is just about the same :lol:
 
Himannv said:
Does it? You don't actually have to play the sheep but I suppose you miss out on a top upgrade.
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Yea missing out on a top upgrade especially since the initial drafting had them blocked anyways is quite heavy. Am not complaining of course, that is always the nature of sheep rounds.
 
GodShaveTheQueen said:
To be fair, a sheep more or less takes you out of contention for winning the draft, so any player is just about the same :lol:
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On the bright side you don't need to play Darmian, because that's a big hit.

I'm quite surprised that I landed Redondo in R3, thought he was obvious pick in terms of formation and especially being blocked at first and was fully expected to get a sheep. The risk was obviously worth it of course considering we don't have to play who we get.
 
Squads after 1st reinforcements
Squads after first set of reinforcements
  1. Gio - 1) Z. Zidane 2) L. Riva 3) J. Masopust 4) Leandro 5) L. Blanc 6) M. Bossis 7) S. Gerrard 8) F. Albert 9) S. Campbell 10) N. Goncalves 11) Gerson 12) R. Rosato 13) Raul 14) W. Zenga 15) B. Dietz 16) J. Croy 17) Rivaldo 18) P. Vierchowod
  2. Enigma - 1) M. Laudrup 2) A. Robben 3) T. Cerezo 4) O. Ruggeri 5) D. Irwin 6) Pirri 7) B. Bremner 8) C. Ferrara 9) Jorginho 10) L. Figo 11) J. Greaves 12) KH. Schnellinger 13) R. Rensenbrink 14) U. Fillol 15) C. Vieri 16) H. Schumacher 17) F. Redondo 18) L. Suarez
  3. GSTQ - 1) P. Nedved 2) D. Beckham 3) Socrates 4) KH Forster 5) A. Demyanenko 6) Zito 7) R. Van Nistelrooy 8) A. Del Piero 9) D. Mcgrain 10) R. Bratseth 11) P. Littbarski 12) D. Deschamps 13) J. Charles 14) P. Shilton 15) J. Alba 16) N. Southall 17) M. Darmian 18) M. Kaltz
  4. Isotope - 1) H. Stoichkov 2) D. Santos 3) R. Kopa 4) V. Vasovic 5) M. Tresor 6) U. Stielike 7) J. Fontaine 8) D. Mackay 9) G. Mendieta 10) H-P. Briegel 11) G. Weah 12) F. Totti 13) H-J. Dörner 14) Z. Boban 15) J.M. Pfaff 16) Gilmar 17) P. Maldini 18) I. Netto
  5. Raees - 1) B. Lizarazu 2) E. Gerets 3) Rivellino 4) G. Netzer 5) M. Coluna 6) S. Lerby 7) J. Santamaria 8) Careca 9) A. Picchi 10) P. Jennings 11) E. Cambiasso 12) L. Kubala 13) A. Spencer 14) W. Sagnol 15) O. Sivori 16) L. Mazurkiewicz 17) A. Shevchenko 18) N. Kante
  6. King Kendrick - 1) G. Rivera 2) A. Cole 3) W. Rooney 4) C. Makelele 5) R. Koeman 6) Maicon 7) F. Lampard 8) M. Ballack 9) Lucio 10) E. Abidal 11) D. Drogba 12) J. Mascherano 13) O. Bergmark 14) K. Dalglish 15) D. De Gea 16) M. Preud'homme 17) J. Stam 18) K. de Bruyne
 
Matches for Group Games
Randomizer Results

There were 6 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

  1. GSTQ
  2. King Kendrick
  3. Isotope
  4. Gio
  5. Enigma
  6. Raees
IP: xxx
Timestamp: 2021-01-11 14:28:24 UTC

Christmas Pudding Bowls

Group AGroup B
  • GSTQ
  • King Kendrick
  • Isotope
  • Gio
  • Enigma
  • Raees
FixturesFixtures
  • GSTQ vs King Kendrick
    Injuries: GSTQ (A. Demyanenko) / King Kendrick (C. Makelele)

  • King Kendrick vs Isotope
    Injuries: King Kendrick (K. Dalglish) / Isotope (I. Netto)

  • Isotope vs GSTQ
    Injuries: Isotope (J.M. Pfaff) / GSTQ (N. Southall)
  • Gio vs Enigma
    Injuries: Gio (J. Masopust) / Enigma (L. Suarez)

  • Enigma vs Raees
    Injuries: Enigma (R. Rensenbrink) / Raees (W. Sagnol)

  • Raees vs Gio
    Injuries: Raees (E. Gerets) / Gio (Rivaldo)

Match Rules

  1. The winner of each group progresses to the final. In the case of a stalemate, the % by which you have won will come into play to determine a finalist
  2. One tactical change per match is possible with 1 sub. In the event of a tactical change, both formation graphics will be shown in the OP.
  3. In the unlikely case of having duo managers one will have to be the main debater with the co-manager only allowed three posts per thread to prevent double teaming.
  4. All matches to be completed within a week of the draw. No shows will forfeit unless there are serious extenuating circumstances. Even if you can't put together an OP just send a team sheet.
  5. In the event of a draw, there will be a penalty shootout.
  6. To help avoid fielding ineligible players, please make it known on the main thread if you know a drafter has picked a ineligible player.
  7. There will be one injury per team per round so draft accordingly with a backup goalkeeper. Make those 16 picks count.
  8. It has to be a Christmas Tree formation.
 
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Can we not try and balance out the injuries? Feck me that's another round of getting dicked over.
 
I have to say, the second group seems the group of death. Happy to be in the mellow group :)

When do want to play @Isotope @King Kendrick

@Himannv , you should have made the games more interesting by making it mandatory for the whole squad apart from injuries and sheep to play one of the 2 games. Current version might be a bit redundant and boring.
 
FixturesFixtures
  • GSTQ vs King Kendrick
    Injuries: GSTQ (A. Demyanenko) / King Kendrick (C. Makelele)

  • King Kendrick vs Isotope
    Injuries: King Kendrick (K. Dalglish) / Isotope (I. Netto)

  • Isotope vs GSTQ - Thursday
    Injuries: Isotope (J.M. Pfaff) / GSTQ (N. Southall)
  • Gio vs Enigma
    Injuries: Gio (J. Masopust) / Enigma (L. Suarez)

  • Enigma vs Raees
    Injuries: Enigma (R. Rensenbrink) / Raees (W. Sagnol)

  • Raees vs Gio
    Injuries: Raees (E. Gerets) / Gio (Rivaldo)
 
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