I know there are a few ideas floating around atm, but I’ve thought of a bit of a chilled out footy draft if anyone fancied it some time.
Basically it’s taking the simulation aspect of Linudden’s latest idea and combining it with the classic blind auction draft from a few years ago - where everybody is given a transfer budget and must try to build their team, whilst trying to outwit others in a hidden bidding war.
To make it easier/fairer for everyone, I could provide a link of all available in game players (with their detailed stats etc) and then proceed to have say 14 rounds with the potential to sign 11 starters & 3 subs - or in some cases 14 chances to sign at least one player
Once the drafting has finished I would send a basic tactics template out for everybody to fill in e.g Possession or Counter Attack (I could provide this before so people can have an idea of how they may want to build their team) and they would return it in secret to prevent any copying
I’d then edit the teams with drafters’ lineups / tactics and would sim a single league season, a cup and the super cup to see who comes out on top! Obviously I wouldn’t be taking part as the host, but it would need a full 16 to achieve a league. Picks would only be needed once every 24 hours though, so hopefully that would entice people to join - potentially even the old school posters who can’t commit anymore due to their time zones?
I reckon we could even twist John C’s arm to join in with this sort of one
as you could put as little or as much effort in as you wanted!