Topic: Betty's Christmas Football Draft Draft Sign-up and Discussion Thread

[Max_powers]

Also lets wrap it up. Post your final post secret santa/morphius XI's. I am gonna post the Round of 16 voting threads tomorrow.

[Betty Blue]

I'm good anyway BB, thanks. Having reviewed the opposition I'm quietly confident about at least getting to the final

Here's the final version and before there's some sort mad scenario where I don't make it through the first round I'd like to say many thanks for your great efforts now, before I throw my strop and refuse to acknowledge I was any part of it.

Sorry to piss on your bonfire, but you don't get to keep Thompson after taking the twist option (no-one who did got to keep their 3 originals). So you're back to your original first 11 with Jones to come into it.

[Betty Blue]

We should do away with the voting really, it'd be a travesty if Adz doesnt win with that team

There are fair few really strong teams, I am surprised how good everyone's teams ended up being.

Originally thought the same and I'll be voting for it (unless we face each other ), but there some nasty good sides in this like Max says. Not sure how impactful the secret santa will be. Maybe Tubby is the biggest winner?

[Lawnmowerman]

Sorry to piss on your bonfire, but you don't get to keep Thompson after taking the twist option (no-one who did got to keep their 3 originals). So you're back to your original first 11 with Jones to come into it.

his first line up with scholes in it and jones replacing zabaleta is actually better so he shouldn't complain!

[RobbieRedman]

No complaints 

[Lastrador]

[Drinks Sangria]

Regardless of how many times I’m told, I can’t post a formation via a phone.

Could someone assist please?

4-3-3

                Henry        Ronaldo       Sanchez

                                       De Bruyne

                          Yaya
                                       Fabinho
    Stuart Pearce                                Anderson
                          Maldini    Adams

                               Hellström

Thank you

[Hazell]

This ok?

[Crosby Nick]

So just checking, does voting start for this next Christmas?

[Betty Blue]

Just missing Samie's formation -

Lawnmowerman - https://i.ibb.co/0mvw501/lineup-3.png
Max - https://i.imgur.com/80uvw2v.png
Drink Sangaria - https://this11.com/play/abZof53afG.png
Lastrador - https://tinyurl.com/3tkkhnyb
Adz LFC - https://i.postimg.cc/90XTC1cX/lineup.png
Tubby - https://i.ibb.co/80vd7s1/lineup-2.png
Robbie Redman - https://i.imgur.com/iSJ4SBm.png
Betty - https://this11.com/play/abZnHFwav.png
Red1977 - https://i.postimg.cc/ZRjJ3y3d/lineup-9-copy.jpg
Chakan - https://i.postimg.cc/mZnFrkv4/ab-Zm-Ey-Pakz.png
Nick - https://i.ibb.co/JKm63wM/lineup.png
Samie
El lobo - https://i.imgur.com/1ZovGU7.png
Hazell - https://this11.com/play/abZnD1CamM.png
Card Cheat - https://i.imgur.com/EFTuuE0.png

[Lawnmowerman]

Fuckin guy. in the transfer thread pulling his wire at the thought of matheus nunes

[Lawnmowerman]

max the favourite for me

[Samie]

I posted mine didn't I? 

I'm on the phone, it's impossible to do it without me being on my laptop. 

[Betty Blue]

As promised here are all the santa's that could have been picked -




And my personal favourite, Francesco Totti -

[Max_powers]

The bracket for the games 



Round of 16 coming shortly

[Crosby Nick]

All the legends lumped together in the bottom quarter of the draw I see.

[Drinks Sangria]

This ok?

Great thanks Hazell.

Those santas! I was useless on that one, didn’t know where to look or what terms might unearth them.

[Lawnmowerman]

a nice first round bye 

[Max_powers]

Also made a team for Gerry with the Leftover players sticking to the guidelines.

[Lawnmowerman]

never heard of that don balon mag. looked a goldmine

[Max_powers]

Both set of games up!

Part 1

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=353517.new#new

Part 2

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=353518.new#new

[Max_powers]

Made a lineup for Samie to keep the ball rolling.

[Samie]

Thank you Maxwell, I'd have done it after the Wolves game when I'd be near my laptop instead  f the phone. 

[Max_powers]

Thank you Maxwell, I'd have done it after the Wolves game when I'd be near my laptop instead  f the phone. 

No worries, I am on my computer all day today

[Max_powers]

 Congrats to the winners of Round of 16. QF Voting is up now.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=353529.0

[Hazell]

Yep to the movie draft, I think I will be able to run it next week. 10's or 70's though?

Should just do a 2010-Present Draft then follow up with 70s and then Pre-1970 draft.

This was discussed a few pages back, I'm happy to run either one if people are down.

[Lastrador]

This was discussed a few pages back, I'm happy to run either one if people are down.

Go for it mate. 

[Max_powers]

Semi-final voting thread is now up.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=353537.new#new

[Hazell]

Go for it mate. 

Thoughts on a 2010-2022 movie draft, similar to the previous one? I can start a thread if enough people are interested.

[Max_powers]

Thoughts on a 2010-2022 movie draft, similar to the previous one? I can start a thread if enough people are interested.

Yes. I am down. I am sure more will sign up too

[Lastrador]

Thoughts on a 2010-2022 movie draft, similar to the previous one? I can start a thread if enough people are interested.

Yeah, I would think so. Similar to the '00s draft, but with Sci-Fi and Horror as individual categories, as it was a great decade for those two genres.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=353007.msg18493507#msg18493507

[Hazell]

Yeah, so it would be:

Cat 1. Action/War/Western
Cat 2. Thriller/Crime
Cat 3. Adventure/Fantasy
Cat 4. Drama/Romance
Cat 5. Comedy/ Musical
Cat 6. Sci-Fi
Cat 7. Horror
Cat 8. Animation/Family
Cat 9. Wildcard (pick whatever you like)

[Max_powers]

Congrats to LMM and Adz.

The final match voting thread is now up

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=353545.new#new

Voting closes in 24 hours.

[Betty Blue]

** Last Orders **



Thanks to everyone who took part. Fantastic drafting, Adz. A very worthy winner!

As a bonus, some Christmas awards I'd like to dedicate -

Most Christmasy team goes to...

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Newbie drafter Card Cheat and his complete commitment to the Christmas tree formation. I hope he'll join us for another footy draft again soon.

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Worst pick...

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Kyle fucking Walker. I'm sorry, Samie. But there is no excuse

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Most Christmasy pick goes to....

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Hazell for unearthing Baggio in a santa outfit

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Best/worst pun...

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Of course goes to Nick for

Gold, Ferencincense and Myrrh [6]

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First class mindgaming goes to...

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Lawnmo for making the whole draft community second guess picking Tigana at DM for all eternity.

Tigana was under 5 foot 7 and a defensive midfielder?? he looked around 80 pounds wet. thought he was 6 foot odd with that frame for that position

edit: he was only 5 foot 4 an actual elf. this draft is an eye opener

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Best/worst tantrum...

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Yeah, we all know that one 

Although without this moment, we wouldn't have got this masterful piece of punning from El Lobo. Redeeming himself for Merry Christmarcel -

Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is Breitner

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Most memorable pick....

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Marcelo Salas going before Henry in his category, all while Cruyff, Pele, Baresi, and Di Stefano were still available elsewhere 

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And finally, the list of numbers from the Secret Santa round that I forgot to post. Couldn't screenshot it as it was far too long -

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List Randomizer

There were 99 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

    Signori
    Kuyt
    Fernandinho
    V. Karpin
    Vertonghen
    Zamorano
    Neymar
    King
    Coluna
    Gerets
    Guardiola
    Lineker
    Rummenigge
    P. Thompson
    P. Albert
    Cantona
    Viv Anderson
    Mijatovic
    Pires
    Kaltz
    Ferrer
    Emerson
    Le Tissier
    Klinsmann
    Tevez
    De Rossi
    Terry
    Sneijder
    Kolo Toure
    Raul
    Augenthaler
    Figueroa
    Rivera
    Casemiro
    Shevchenko
    Cambiasso
    Tugay
    van Nistelrooy
    Dunga
    Aimar
    Greaves
    R. Jones
    I. Cordoba
    G. Silva
    Carvalho
    Jay-Jay Okocha
    B. Conti
    Cannavaro
    Makaay
    Shearer
    Johnstone
    Di Natale
    Gemmel
    Kempes
    Ginola
    Hugo Sanchez
    Aldair
    Reiziger
    R. Nilsson
    Verratti
    Aguero
    Veron
    Schnellinger
    Charlton
    R. Song
    Winterburn
    Edwards
    Pjanic
    Valderrama
    Torres
    Beardsley
    Cubillas
    Mackay
    Gento
    J. Barnes
    McManaman
    Sorin
    Elber
    Ibra
    Nicol
    Sansom
    Schweinsteiger
    Sammer
    Boniek
    Ayala
    Ze Roberto
    Melberg
    A. Winter
    Hazard
    Jardel
    Prosinecki
    Blanchflower
    Jarni
    Liam Brady
    Gattuso
    Marquez
    J. Hansen
    Del Piero
    Charles

Timestamp: 2023-01-04 23:41:53 UTC

There were numbers in the original. Not sure why they won't paste over.

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And here's who was matched to who in the secret santa round (first number corresponds to the order I received them, then I randomized that list and linked you to whoever was beneath your name in the order) -

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2.    Samie 55, 77, 90 > Nick = Ginola, Sorin, Jardel
1.    Nick 18, 37, 52 > Lastrador = Mijatovic, Tugay, Di Natale
5.    Lastrador 14, 33, 65 > Robbie = Thompson, Rivera, R. Song,
3.    Robbie 15, 24, 74 > Chakan = Albert, Klinsmann, Gento
11.    Chakan 37, 13, 84 > Lawnmo = Tugay, Rummenigge, Boniek
7.    Lawnmo 4, 16, 32 > Hazell = Karpin, Cantona, Figueroa
6.    Hazell 17, 18, 19 > DS = Viv Anderson, Mijatovic, Pires
8.    DS 16, 28, 90 > El Lobo = Cantona, Sneijder, Jardel
12.    El lobo 69, 6, 9 > Adz = Valderrama, Zamorano, Coluna
14.    Adz 12, 25, 37 > Max = Lineker, Tevez, Tugay
4.    Max 71, 59, 83 > Card Cheat = Beardsley, R. Nilsson, Sammer, 
13.    Card Cheat 46, 47, 48 > Tubby = Okocha, Conti, Cannavaro
9.    Tubby 85, 31, 77 > Red 1977 = Ayala, Augenthaler, Sorin,
10.    Red1977 4, 11, 22 > Samie = Karpin, Guardiola, Emerson

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[Crosby Nick]

I told you I was picking one category at a time. Checked Angel’s team mates and thought “he’ll do”. Didn’t even get onto looking at Santa Cruz. Hard graft this draft given I was off work for most of the picks.