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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4320 on: November 16, 2020, 05:31:57 pm »
The talent pool isn't big enough but we did do a draft of the so called "Tier 2" Leagues combined.

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4321 on: November 16, 2020, 07:19:40 pm »
How about Ligue 1 All-Time Draft?
The talent pool isn't big enough but we did do a draft of the so called "Tier 2" Leagues combined.

Yeah, that was the France/Holland/Portugal league combined draft. I think it was 5+ years ago, so you'd get a few more players via PSG.
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4322 on: November 16, 2020, 07:23:01 pm »
Maybe you could use French/Dutch/Portuguese Colonies too - Africa, South America etc...

Blu-Red-Orange (Blemange - Blueredorange) Draft

Players from Holland/Dutch
Players played in the Eridiviseie (Suarez or Ibra)
Players from France/French
Player played in Ligue 1 (T Silva etc..)
Players from Portugal/Portuguese
Players played in Prem Portugal (Eusebio etc..)

Stars are thick and fast for 36 picks or so, but there is some quality behind it too.

1 Player each from Colonized Peoples :)

French Colonies - Senegal, Cote D'Ivoire etc..
Portuguese Colonies - Brazil
Dutch Colonies - Surinam etc..
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4323 on: November 16, 2020, 07:24:50 pm »
We've done that also. Trend when I say we've done evrey football draft imaginable I'm not exaggerating.  ;D

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4324 on: November 16, 2020, 07:25:05 pm »
How about a German Dutch draft

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4325 on: November 16, 2020, 09:38:00 pm »
Have we done a ‘pick the shittest 11’ draft
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4326 on: November 16, 2020, 09:38:41 pm »
Have we done a ‘pick the shittest 11’ draft

You can't just hand Samie a win like that
Maybe the group, led by your leadership, will see these drafts as PR functions and brilliant use of humor

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4327 on: November 16, 2020, 09:41:50 pm »
Have we done a ‘pick the shittest 11’ draft

We did, it was organsied by Sarge.  ;D

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4328 on: November 17, 2020, 06:52:58 pm »
Okay. Bit of a twist, maybe, its probably been done.

Premier League winning squads. 1 player that is a part of,

1. Liverpool 2019-20
2. Man City 2017-18 AND 2018-19
3. Chelsea 2014-15 AND 2016-17
4. Leicester 2015-16
5. Man City 2011-12 AND 2013-14
6. Man United 2010-11 AND 2012-13
7. Chelsea 2009-2010
8. Man United 2006-2007 AND 2007-2008 AND 2008-2009
9. Chelsea 2004-2005 AND CHELSEA 2005-2006
10. Arsenal 2001-2002 AND 2003-2004
11. Man United 2002-2003

Players will be judged on their performances over those seasons, not their career.

Plot twist.

Each round we all pick from the same squad lists. This will be generated before the round begins AND our draft order is also changed.

Example.

Round one is chosen as team 6, so everyone scrambles to pick a player that were a part of Man United squads in BOTH title winning seasons 2011 and 2013, so Van Persie cant be picked as he only joined for that second title.

Round 2. Another team selected at random minus team 6. And the draft order is also regenerated... So you could have had last pick from United but you could be top of the list to pick from Liverpool 2019-20

This is a test of drafting skills, luck of the draw, bottle and tactics.

For example, you *could* be without a goalkeeper if you leave it too late and the last team is Arsenal 2001-02 / 03-04 as the only goakeeper is Stuart Taylor.

If someone in the draft is ahead of you in that round and needs a goalkeeper, you will have to pick an outfield player in goal!

Obvious drafting rules apply in terms of players can only be picked once. Ashley Cole the obvious example here. If Chelsea 2010 or Arsenal invincibles come up first I'm sure he will be chosen for that team and therefore be out of the second squad.

Thoughts?

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4329 on: November 17, 2020, 07:02:27 pm »
I'll probably put together a list of valid players for each team just to make things easier.

Let's face it, were all picking from the same squads from wiki so theres no real advantage to lots of individual research.

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4330 on: November 17, 2020, 07:29:30 pm »
We did a champions of England draft recently, with yours truly winning it  8), but it was an open draft unlike yours. I think it's a cool idea, maybe we could do it but on a different competition. 
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4331 on: November 17, 2020, 07:45:37 pm »
Yeah that's cool.

I like the idea of having one team per round but the draft order changes each round.

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4332 on: November 17, 2020, 07:47:58 pm »
What about Major tournament Runners up draft?  You can only pick players who lost in major international tournaments.

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4333 on: November 17, 2020, 09:56:29 pm »
What about a draft where you have to draft 1 player in each age category

1. U19
2. 20-21
3. 22
4. 23-24
5. 25
6. 26-27
7. 28
8. 29
9. 30-31
10. 32
11. 33 or older

Current team
Maybe Sheep Draft
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4334 on: November 17, 2020, 11:31:56 pm »
What about a draft where you have to draft 1 player in each age category

1. U19
2. 20-21
3. 22
4. 23-24
5. 25
6. 26-27
7. 28
8. 29
9. 30-31
10. 32
11. 33 or older

Current team
Maybe Sheep Draft

I like this one!
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4335 on: November 17, 2020, 11:47:51 pm »
I like this one!

You’ll get an interesting mix and there will be some great picks late in draft
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4336 on: November 18, 2020, 12:50:10 am »
U19 is a bit OTT, not enough players to select, or worth selecting.

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4337 on: November 18, 2020, 01:28:39 am »
U19 is a bit OTT, not enough players to select, or worth selecting.

That's what makes it fun? Everyone's in the same boat. But you could do 34+ on the other end
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4338 on: November 18, 2020, 02:11:03 am »
U19 is a bit OTT, not enough players to select, or worth selecting.

Agreed.. Sometimes its fun to see who is the most prescient of drafters...

In fact, this brings me to an interesting idea --- what if we started knitting together all of the very best drafts ever done here on RAWK into a new league format with points.  Top 16 of all time (that way each player can draft from every position).
Keep on going table and have a rando grouping of 5 non playing judges who alternate voting in groups of three.  Someone like Chakan, Jersey Kloppite, Betty if he doesn't have time for the league etc...

After each draft, the group votes to see if the winner of the old draft (Samie's bragging rights of past drafts) and the new draft winner --- which team is better and why.   Then, we will have exhausted all possible scenarios but will have kicked on from our --- "we've done every draft" under the moon excuse.   

For example, re-doing the PICK 4 teams draft using all 11 players (no more than 3) was quite fun.   As was the Balkan draft --- and the all-time LFC draft --- and the 100 caps draft etc... --- $ Bid draft we just finished this Summer and probably many more.  Just need the best 16.

For some, re-doing them would be a fun exercise in strategy, and others might be introduced to entirely new drafts.

And in the end, we would know that there are 16 drafts at least -- which takes the sting out of any one draft or the feeling like there are not any more drafts to do.... 

Operation Massive Re-Boot

Plus we might try a new draft no one has seen before --- I think Jersey suggested a RAWK Poster draft - where we draft our favorite 11 RAWKites and compete for the prize... Stuff like that.   

I know for myself, I would be much less involved with the competitive parts if I knew there were going to be more drafts ---  "get em next time type of stuff".   Anyway something to chew on.
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4339 on: November 19, 2020, 01:13:49 pm »
70's Draft is next lads.

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4340 on: November 19, 2020, 01:18:12 pm »
Sit down, shock is better taken with bent knees.

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4341 on: November 19, 2020, 01:26:32 pm »
Fatty I knew you were fat, I didn't know you were a chicken.

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4342 on: November 19, 2020, 01:34:56 pm »
Fatty I knew you were fat, I didn't know you were a chicken.

You bought me chicken?  Thanks!
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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4343 on: November 19, 2020, 06:29:42 pm »
70's Draft is next lads.

I'm ready

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« Reply #4344 on: November 19, 2020, 06:36:14 pm »
70's Draft is next lads.

70’s music? 70’s films? 70s tv shows? 70s wrestlers? 70s swimming champions? 70s cyclists?

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« Reply #4345 on: November 19, 2020, 06:38:11 pm »
All those eventually, but we've been doing a decades football draft. So far we've done 80/90/00/10's draft.  70's our last one though.  ;D

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« Reply #4346 on: November 19, 2020, 06:45:13 pm »
All those eventually, but we've been doing a decades football draft. So far we've done 80/90/00/10's draft.  70's our last one though.  ;D

I'll have a bash! Will be a lot of googling involved though  ;D

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« Reply #4347 on: November 19, 2020, 09:46:41 pm »
Not for me that. Too much research involved and other than seeing highlights of the big hitters I dont have the knowledge to vote properly. I'll leave it to you old lads ;D

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4348 on: November 20, 2020, 05:40:31 pm »
I’m ready for the 70’s.


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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4349 on: November 20, 2020, 07:36:51 pm »
All those eventually, but we've been doing a decades football draft. So far we've done 80/90/00/10's draft.  70's our last one though.  ;D
Shame those boxing drafts fell off. Now they were drafts. Intelligent lads. Very educational. They've all fucked off now haven't they? well the intelligent ones have... ;D

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« Reply #4350 on: November 20, 2020, 07:39:35 pm »
Shame those boxing drafts fell off. Now they were drafts. Intelligent lads. Very educational. They've all fucked off now haven't they? well the intelligent ones have... ;D

Aye mate. We did 4 of them but the voting numbers in the last one went down really badly.  :(

Also you can't really improvise on a Boxing draft too much.

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« Reply #4351 on: November 20, 2020, 07:42:54 pm »
Aye mate. We did 4 of them but the voting numbers in the last one went down really badly.  :(

Also you can't really improvise on a Boxing draft too much.
Those first few drafts were quality. Probably the best drafts i ever saw. Thought there was only 3. The 4th must have been highly forgettable

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« Reply #4352 on: November 20, 2020, 07:45:01 pm »
You fluked a win somehow in the  second draft.  ;D

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« Reply #4353 on: November 20, 2020, 07:48:07 pm »
You fluked a win somehow in the  second draft.  ;D
Fluked me hole. Think it was the 3rd. Remember winning with Steve Collins in me team. Pissed you off! Didn't you pick Kimbo Slice??

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« Reply #4354 on: November 20, 2020, 07:49:41 pm »
Ah yeah , it was the 3rd draft.  ;D

Me picking Kimbo Slice? Not in this lifetime mate...I hope not.  ;D

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« Reply #4355 on: November 20, 2020, 07:53:11 pm »
Ah yeah , it was the 3rd draft.  ;D

Me picking Kimbo Slice? Not in this lifetime mate...I hope not.  ;D
Anywhichway did

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« Reply #4356 on: November 20, 2020, 07:54:07 pm »
 :lmao

If anyone was going to it would be our old mate.

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« Reply #4357 on: November 20, 2020, 07:57:50 pm »
:lmao

If anyone was going to it would be our old mate.
Picked Amir Khan aswell. Jaysus kimbo was his 1st pick
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« Reply #4358 on: November 20, 2020, 08:05:56 pm »
The mad man, we need more lunatics like him in the draft world.   ;D

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Re: Draft Towers
« Reply #4359 on: November 20, 2020, 08:15:20 pm »
Trend was fun and nuts. Been tamed by the fucking stazi on here...
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