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Best runner up being the one with the most votes in a losing cause? There might be better teams who just come up against a really strong one although not much you can do about that I guess!

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Nice one Nicholls.  :wave

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Round of 14 fixtures:

tubby v Sheer Magnetism

Card Cheat v Hazell

Draex v Drinks Sangria

surfer v Samie

red1977 v Corrie Nick

Nicholls v child-in-time

Vivabobbygraham v Popcorn


I will create match threads this evening.

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Thx Nicholls.

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Piss easy win for moi.

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Piss easy win for moi.

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I like Draex’s team but think it lacks a bit of balance - Dybala as a RM, the already weak-pick of De Sciglio played on the wrong side etc. Nice strikers though and Nedved was a workhorse.

I think my team maybe has less star quality but is more put together with players in their correct positions, defined roles in a specific tactical system.
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Thanks Nicholls.

Looking at Card Cheat's team, I might be a bit fucked here.
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I like Draex’s team but think it lacks a bit of balance - Dybala as a RM, the already weak-pick of De Sciglio played on the wrong side etc. Nice strikers though and Nedved was a workhorse.

I think my team maybe has less star quality but is more put together with players in their correct positions, defined roles in a specific tactical system.

The matches aren't even up yet :D

De Sciglio played 101 times at left back and 161 times at right back, that's not out of position. When he was voted in the team of the season he played half the games at left back v's right back.

Dybala is playing as a roaming high right forward as Zanetti was a one man right side of the pitch monster.

Perfecto balanceio.

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First 3 fixtures are up!

tubby vs Sheer Magnetism
Card Cheat vs Hazell
Draex vs Drinks Sangria


Start mass-debating and voting  8)

24hr poll.


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 :wave Thanks for organising Nicholls

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First 3 fixtures are up!

tubby vs Sheer Magnetism
Card Cheat vs Hazell
Draex vs Drinks Sangria


Start mass-debating and voting  8)

24hr poll.



I was halfway there already.

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Cheers Nicholls.

Ive played a fair few drafts now but i'm never prepared for how difficult it is to split the teams. its almost always very close.

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There's seemingly a trend here where posters try to pick great fullbacks and just fit in good players in attack with no wide attacking / 1v1 qualities. That's one way to do it but it's kinda obvious (at least to me) that you are asking a lot of heavy lifting to penetrate and stretch (haha) from just 2 players, which simply isn't practical in a real game.

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Build from the front and just like my women  I like top heavy front.

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Build from the front and just like my women  I like top heavy front.

And ropey at the back?

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We've drafted with each other way too long mate...

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Here's my team if you need it Nicholls - Cheers.

Went into the draft wanting to base my team and system on Conte's record breaking Juventus squad and got pretty damn close. Would have loved to see how Di Natale would have done with that squad but have to respect his loyalty to Udinese.


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The next set of fixtures are now live:

surfer vs Samie
red1977 vs Corrie Nick



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Last two fixtures will be up after our game.

Quarter finals Monday night.

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3 teams got 8 votes, but lost... I will create a poll now, however, not a 24 hour poll, we'll take the poll result at 5pm.






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I will set up the 2nd set of QFs later this morning.

RE: votes, I did have the voting settings so you could change your vote (as your opinion could be changed after discussion in the thread). I will remove this setting from the semi finals onwards as some have raised their concern about cheating.

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Hello mate, when's the Final?  :wave

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Will do now, yesterday's game took over my whole Sunday  ;D

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Thx Nicholls for completing the draft, Betty for setting it up. Been a great walk down memory lane.