Euro 2012 Draft

SirDelboy18

Post already addressed ^

Blatter

Maybe

I think if BH or anybody else thinks they may have a problem reaching a computer within a certain 12 hour period, they could just PM the picker before them with a list of their choices in their order of preference.

SirDelboy18

Blatter wrote: »

I think if BH or anybody else thinks they may have a problem reaching a computer within a certain 12 hour period, they could just PM the picker before them with a list of their choices in their order of preference.

Or PM G.K would be fairest

Mikeyt086

Round Robin

I'm in too if there is space?

Blatter

Maybe

SirDelboy18 wrote: »

Or PM G.K would be fairest

Well not really because say for example that I'm number 7 and BH number is 8. If BH can't get access to a computer for a 12 hour period, then he has a problem after my pick. I would be best placed to receive BH's list of choices because I could pick for him straight after my own pick.

SirDelboy18

Blatter wrote: »

Well not really because say for example that I'm number 7 and BH number is 8. If BH can't get access to a computer for a 12 hour period, then he has a problem after my pick. I would be best placed to receive BH's list of choices because I could pick for him straight after my own pick.

Yeah fair enough

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

Yeah, I was going to make myself open as someone who could pick if people weren't available.

1. Copper Pipe
2. Floyd P
3. LuckyLloyd
4. Blatter
5. Moneymaker
6. Andy Carroll
7. bUILDERtHEbOB
8. IncognitoMan
9. BH
10. Coletrickle
11. Junior D
12. Redzerdrog
13. Whatawaster
14. SirDelboy
15. Mikeyt086
16. Vacant

SirDelboy18

G.K. wrote: »

Yeah, I was going to make myself open as someone who could pick if people weren't available.

Will the draft order follow the signup order or will you make a random list?

Bounty Hunter

Thanks-based voting

im used to these kind of draws and ran the last PW one while in aisa so there shouldnt be a problem and if everyone has signed up to 12hrs in advance then they can have no complaints although people will miss turns as life gets in the way no matter what the limit. Do you wait till the rd is over to do your makeup post or do you just make the pick as soon as you can next get online?

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

SirDelboy18 wrote: »

Will the draft order follow the signup order or will you make a random list?

It'll be random.

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

im used to these kind of draws and ran the last PW one while in aisa so there shouldnt be a problem and if everyone has signed up to 12hrs in advance then they can have no complaints although people will miss turns as life gets in the way no matter what the limit. Do you wait till the rd is over to do your makeup post or do you just make the pick as soon as you can next get online?

As soon as.

G.K.

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1 more place, btw.

SirDelboy18

Still waiting on the last 1

ColeTrain

SirDelboy18 wrote: »

Still waiting on the last 1

I'll take the last place if no one else wants it.

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

That's our 16 then. Anyobody else, feel free to join as a backup.

1. LuckyLloyd
2. Coletrickle
3. bUILDERtHEbOB
4. Whatawaster
5. IncognitoMan
6. Mikeyt086
7. Junior D
8. ColeTrain
9. Blatter
10. Floyd P
11. SirDelboy
12. Moneymaker
13. Redzerdrog
14. BH
15. Andy Carroll
16. Copper Pipe

This will be the draft order. I'll make the thread and we'll start the draft tomorrow.

Junior D

Maybe

any chance we can get a guesstimate at the draft time?
I'll be studyin for exams tomorrow and headin back to dublin as well, so i'd like to get a rough idea of the time all this is kickin off

eagle eye

Stick me down as first reserve in case anybody has to pull out.

Copper_pipe

Maybe

I get 2 picks when I get my turn?

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

Junior D wrote: »

any chance we can get a guesstimate at the draft time?
I'll be studyin for exams tomorrow and headin back to dublin as well, so i'd like to get a rough idea of the time all this is kickin off

I won't be up until ~8/9, which is when I'll kick it off, it could well take quite a will to get to you depending on when everybody's around. If you want, PM me a list of people and I'll be able to pick your highest available preference for you if I'm around when it gets to your turn and you aren't.

Moneymaker

20 Participants

Are the players judged on their country and EC performances/achievements? Or will club performances come into it too?

redzerdrog

Thanks-based voting

do we not have to wait till the final squads are in to start the draft?

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

Draft picks thread open.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78892592#post78892592

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

Copper_pipe wrote: »

I get 2 picks when I get my turn?

Yeah, the order works like last time.

LuckyLloyd

Thanks-based voting

Super difficult decision that.

Moneymaker

20 Participants

So rigged.

Jax Teller

Thanks-based voting

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Super difficult decision that.

I made a list of about 20/30 people and he wasn't on it , I forgot all about him

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

Don't forget to PM the next guy after you pick.

SirDelboy18

G.K. wrote: »

Don't forget to PM the next guy after you pick.

If the 12 hours passes what will happen? Shall the next person just go ahead?

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

That is what happens?

Moneymaker

20 Participants

Really is a huge edge to get an early pick. All the 'superstar' players are likely to be gone before the first round even ends.

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

But you get 2 picks in quicker sucession...

Liam O

What I think you should do is after every 2 rounds draw a new order, people might get unlucky but it would maybe stop the same people getting early picks at the start and in the special rounds.

SirDelboy18

Liam O wrote: »

What I think you should do is after every 2 rounds draw a new order, people might get unlucky but it would maybe stop the same people getting early picks at the start and in the special rounds.

The order reverses though, so number 1 will be first in round 1 but last in round 2

LuckyLloyd

Thanks-based voting

Liam O wrote: »

What I think you should do is after every 2 rounds draw a new order, people might get unlucky but it would maybe stop the same people getting early picks at the start and in the special rounds.

That's a really bad idea imo, and drafts are not done in that way for a reason.

I've done a lot of drafts, and had to draft from all parts in the order. For sure, the top of the order have a significant advantage. But people drafting late in the first will get the advantage of looking to pick two compatible players maybe to get the ball rolling; and will be high in the order for the "special" rounds. Swings and roundabouts.

Redrawing before every round could make the thing a farce competitively.

Mikeyt086

Round Robin

Can't have a new draft every 2 rounds, that's lunacy, what if someone gets the top 3 picks a few times?

The way it is is perfect, Lloyd got C.Ronaldo, but now he has to sit and watch the next 31 best players go to everyone else.

Jax Teller

Thanks-based voting

Must be past the 12 hours now ?

Blatter

Maybe

He has around 40 mins and then it's Mikey's turn.

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

I may not be around then. If I'm not can someone give Mikey a nudge?

Rekop dog

Ronaldo is so vastly superior to any other player in Europe that it would take some fairly catastrophic picks for LuckyLloyd to lose this now imo.

Mikeyt086

Round Robin

G.K. wrote: »

I may not be around then. If I'm not can someone give Mikey a nudge?

Should I just go ahead now then?

G.K.

Historical Euro player Wildcard

yeah - PM the next guy. I'll tell IncognitoMan.

Mikeyt086

Round Robin

Ok, I've made my pick and PM'd Junior D.

SlickRic

Thanks-based voting

Rekop dog wrote: »

Ronaldo is so vastly superior to any other player in Europe that it would take some fairly catastrophic picks for LuckyLloyd to lose this now imo.

that's absolute lunacy.

what the fúck did anyone play for then, if it was basically a lottery with the person drawing 1 in the first round winning the thing?

it's not over, even in the slightest.

teams could be created that have greater midfield stability, or greater width, or a brilliant back 4 and goalie, or any number of different things to combat Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is the best player in the competition, but there really is no such thing is a 1-man team. he will have to be complimented in the way LL picks the rest of his team, or else he could come up against any number of teams that have a better all-round look to them.

LuckyLloyd

Thanks-based voting

Hmm, not sure about Alonso there tbh. Might be splitting hairs, but it seems to me that there is a more dominant central midfield player still on the board...

mayordenis

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Hmm, not sure about Alonso there tbh. Might be splitting hairs, but it seems to me that there is a more dominant central midfield player still on the board...

Dominant isnt everything we all know that alonso is amongst the best in centre mid worldwide for the last 6/7 years, when will the first non La Liga player get a call up though?

SlickRic

Thanks-based voting

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Hmm, not sure about Alonso there tbh. Might be splitting hairs, but it seems to me that there is a more dominant central midfield player still on the board...

Lucas is Brazilian.

Mikeyt086

Round Robin

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Hmm, not sure about Alonso there tbh. Might be splitting hairs, but it seems to me that there is a more dominant central midfield player still on the board...

I know who you are talking about, and to be honest, I had a picture of him in the reply box and was in the process of writing a blurb on him, but I was just unsure of him. He didn't have a great Champions League final at all, missed penalty aside, and Xabi Alonso's consistency and ability to do it on the biggest of big stages edged him out. Xabi has been there, done that, won the Euro's and the World Cup, the Champions League and La Liga, and while being the most reliable player on the pitch in nearly every game.

Not everyone's picks were as straight forward as yours. :P

Blatter

Maybe

One thing I will say is that quality midfielders are plentiful in this tournament, they were severely lacking in the EPL draft.

Moneymaker

20 Participants

Sigh, I was really hoping Alonso would slip under the radar. Oy vey.

Bounty Hunter

Thanks-based voting

Casillas is great, but he didnt help me too much in the last draft. No matter what though he should be 1 of if not the stringest keeper in this (legends rd atleast makes it an arguement)

IncognitoMan

Developed answers only count toward the vote

Picked him because I felt the goal keeper position would be trickiest. After a few picks the pickings are slim.