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redzerdrog

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Cole is a very good pick, one of the very few genuine world class players to play in the premier league

Morzadec

All time English league draft

Fabregas was pure class in his prime at Arsenal, thought he'd go much later though as he did spend quite a while at Chelsea where he was a shadow of that player and that might stick in the memory.

Well worthy of his high pick on those Arsenal days though, his attacking output for 09/10 season is pretty insane:

27 matches, 15 goals, 13 assists

correction

Current Premier League Draft

I was kind of hoping he would fall to me in the 3rd round tbh. Will have to revise, hopefully no one takes my plan b now.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Morzadec wrote: »

Fabregas was pure class in his prime at Arsenal, thought he'd go much later though as he did spend quite a while at Chelsea where he was a shadow of that player and that might stick in the memory.

Well worthy of his high pick on those Arsenal days though, his attacking output for 09/10 season is pretty insane:

27 matches, 15 goals, 13 assists

Yeah I was thinking of him in his Arsenal prime really, he really stepped up after Viera left. He was fairly good in his first season at Chelsea as well in fairness

Liam O

All time English league draft

I always knew astradave wasn't to be trusted haha . I don't think he'd have made it through to me anyway but sure the hope was there.

Trigger

All time English league draft

Liam O wrote: »

I always knew astradave wasn't to be trusted haha . I don't think he'd have made it through to me anyway but sure the hope was there.

:pac: I was surprised that no one had copped it on their second picks anyways and it was getting too close, I had him earmarked but also had a few other names that I wanted before him.

Morzadec

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Hmm I thought that VVD might well fall down to me based on his overall lack of matches, disappointed to see him go.

Only 1 full season at a top team, but what a season it was. The most complete CB to ever play in the league imo in terms of ability, no part of the CB game that he is not exceptional at - can't be considered the greatest yet purely because of how long he's been playing and what others have achieved but wouldn't surprise me if he was considered so a few years down the line.

You can pair him with anyone on either side too.

This is it

All time European cup competitions draft

Sincere apologies lads, I was away for the weekend, had no idea this was taking place. Hope I didn't hold ye up too long. Best of luck with it

redzerdrog

All time English league draft

Had earmarked Torres for this pick. Need time to evaluate. Dies help that am.half cut but will make a pick within the hour

gimli2112

redzerdrog wrote: »

Had earmarked Torres for this pick. Need time to evaluate. Dies help that am.half cut but will make a pick within the hour

you should never drink and draft

martyos121

All time European cup competitions draft

redzerdrog wrote: »

Had earmarked Torres for this pick. Need time to evaluate. Dies help that am.half cut but will make a pick within the hour

Paul McShane is still available. It’ll seem like a great idea until you sober up. :pac:

redzerdrog

All time English league draft

martyos121 wrote: »

Paul McShane is still available. It’ll seem like a great idea until you sober up. :pac:

Could partner him up with Shane duffy

redzerdrog

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After 2 picks there is already 3 teams ruled out imo

Morzadec

All time English league draft

redzerdrog wrote: »

After 2 picks there is already 3 teams ruled out imo

That's quite a statement to make at this early stage - not saying you're wrong as I haven't looked through the teams but I'm curious if this opinion is based more so on the combination of players picked (i.e. good players that won't work well together) or the quality of the players (not good picks)?

jayo26

All time English league draft

Morzadec wrote: »

That's quite a statement to make at this early stage - not saying you're wrong as I haven't looked through the teams but I'm curious if this opinion is based more so on the combination of players picked (i.e. good players that won't work well together) or the quality of the players (not good picks)?

Or desire to sway people's opinions.

Ferris_Bueller

Current Premier League Draft

Way too early to say. Still over 140 players to be picked, it's impossible to know how it will go.

Morzadec

All time English league draft

Some of the teams at the top of the draw are starting to look very strong.

That said, those of us at the bottom still might have some genuine world class picks on pick 4 but by the time it gets round to the top of the draw they might have to start looking at some questionable players.

I'm looking forward to seeing the dross picks in the latter rounds!

redzerdrog

All time English league draft

jayo26 wrote: »

Or desire to sway people's opinions.

How so?

redzerdrog

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Morzadec wrote: »

That's quite a statement to make at this early stage - not saying you're wrong as I haven't looked through the teams but I'm curious if this opinion is based more so on the combination of players picked (i.e. good players that won't work well together) or the quality of the players (not good picks)?

Mostly the value of the picks had so far, some are good value others are bad value for where they are picked.

But let's not forget everyone is shocked their picks made it through to the.m

Ferris_Bueller

Current Premier League Draft

That was a difficult pick, there will be 23 picks before I get to go again so you really have to think what positions don't have many options and I felt once two or three holding midfielders go then there is a significant drop off. I think it will be hard to judge the value of the picks until the end, Alonso and Kante, for example, might not be the best value picks at this stage but there are not many players similar to them of the same quality

Trigger

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Lads, Astradave here, just letting ye know I have changed my name, apologies if it causes any confusion

correction

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Damn, logged on to see basically everyone I had earmarked for my 3rd pick has been picked yesterday evening.

dr.kenneth noisewater

correction wrote: »

Damn, logged on to see basically everyone I had earmarked for my 3rd pick has been picked yesterday evening.

Yeah same, gonna get pretty tough after the next 2 rounds I think

correction

Current Premier League Draft

I started to get extremely confident of Campbell falling to me when I saw Stam and Van Djik picked ahead of him but no. I'm down to my last option for round 3 and if he's picked before me I'm at panic stations.

KBurke85

Current Premier League Draft

correction wrote: »

I started to get extremely confident of Campbell falling to me when I saw Stam and Van Djik picked ahead of him but no. I'm down to my last option for round 3 and if he's picked before me I'm at panic stations.

No need for any panic. There's over 25 years worth of premier league players to choose from.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Can I suggest we shorten the time to pick to 12 hours with the hours of 12am to 8am not included . Should speed things up.

I'd be up for doing this

Morzadec

All time English league draft

What happens on the last round of picks? Those at the top of the draw will get a slight advantage as we end on an odd number.

Are we just saying that's the luck of the draw, or could we draft until 12 players each and then have some flexibility over which 11 we want to choose from based on the opposition we face which might even things out a bit?

IncognitoMan

Current Premier League Draft

Morzadec wrote: »

What happens on the last round of picks? Those at the top of the draw will get a slight advantage as we end on an odd number.

Are we just saying that's the luck of the draw, or could we draft until 12 players each and then have some flexibility over which 11 we want to choose from based on the opposition we face which might even things out a bit?

A sub option might be very interesting alright.

duffman13

Current Premier League Draft

Sorry folks, wasn't expecting it to come back to me so quickly, PM sent to next on the list!

KBurke85

Current Premier League Draft

Made my pick. quite happy with my first 3

dr.kenneth noisewater

Damn was really hoping for Makelele this round

martyos121

All time European cup competitions draft

Damn you KBurke! Really thought I was going to get Maka, couldn't believe Kante went before him (both are absolutely phenomenal of course, just thought Maka was that bit better).

Morzadec

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Ha i like everyone was eyeing up Makelele but i might have waited til round 4. Not too surprised to see he didn't last though.

My shortlist for the next 2 pics is shortening. 1 in particular I hope stays around for me

Liam O

All time English league draft

Morzadec wrote: »

Ha i like everyone was eyeing up Makelele but i might have waited til round 4. Not too surprised to see he didn't last though.

My shortlist for the next 2 pics is shortening. 1 in particular I hope stays around for me

I don't know why I'm even paying attention right now as I'm so far away that absolutely everyone I want will be gone haha.

KBurke85

Current Premier League Draft

Liam O wrote: »

I don't know why I'm even paying attention right now as I'm so far away that absolutely everyone I want will be gone haha.

Important to pay attention. I'm waiting for when someone tries to a pick a player that's already been picked haha

martyos121

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Only a matter of time KBurke!

What's that you say, Thierry Henry was already taken? Oh no...I meant....eh....Karl Henry.

Lucas Hood

Current Premier League Draft

Another suggestion. When you move on you can take 1 player from your opponents team.

Liam O

All time English league draft

I didn't think Alonso would have been picked before my last one but I still had a heart attack moment when I posted last time

Ferris_Bueller

Current Premier League Draft

martyos121 wrote: »

Damn you KBurke! Really thought I was going to get Maka, couldn't believe Kante went before him (both are absolutely phenomenal of course, just thought Maka was that bit better).

Very close between both of them but I think Kante is a little better which is why I went for him first, barely anything between them though and probably the two best defensive midfielders in the draft. Keane up there too obviously but he was more box to box. I think there is a pretty big drop off in quality to the next DM now.

Ferris_Bueller

Current Premier League Draft

Tony Adams a great pick at this stage, Incognito Man is going to have some defence. I'd say the 5 guys after him in the draft are raging, none of them have picked a defender yet so I'd say Adams was on a lot of their lists.

IncognitoMan

Current Premier League Draft

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Tony Adams a great pick at this stage, Incognito Man is going to have some defence. I'd say the 5 guys after him in the draft are raging, none of them have picked a defender yet so I'd say Adams was on a lot of their lists.

In truth I wanted Makelele this round so when that went out the window I was looking at Adams and thinking I can't let him slip by really.

I was looking at another DM but I just think Adams was the best player there to be picked.

Morzadec

All time English league draft

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Tony Adams a great pick at this stage, Incognito Man is going to have some defence. I'd say the 5 guys after him in the draft are raging, none of them have picked a defender yet so I'd say Adams was on a lot of their lists.

Adams was the man I wanted, thought he was going to slip through

He's a player I don't remember a huge amount about (but I do distinctly remember watching that famous volley against Everton at the end of the 97-98 season), but after reading up about him he really is so well regarded by both Arsenal fans and others. He holds an odd record which I genuinely don't think we'll see broken in our lifetimes - the only player to captain a Premier League / First Division winning team in 3 different decades.

I agree he's an excellent pick at this point.

redzerdrog

All time English league draft

Adams is great value, could easily have been a first round pick

redzerdrog

All time English league draft

Anyone good with tables that could putt together all the picks after each round?

martyos121

All time European cup competitions draft

redzerdrog wrote: »

Anyone good with tables that could putt together all the picks after each round?

I’ll do one up on Google Sheets soon, that way I can keep it updated and share it here. Much handier than the table code here IMO.

martyos121

All time European cup competitions draft

Here’s your shiny new table:



Any mistakes, PM me. I’ll update it and share after each round when I have the time.

Trigger

All time English league draft

Good man yourself.. but I distinctly recall selecting Keane and Henry so please update accordingly..


Thanks

martyos121

All time European cup competitions draft

Trigger wrote: »

Good man yourself.. but I distinctly recall selecting Keane and Henry so please update accordingly..


Thanks

Was that the Italian boy?

:pac:

Owl.

I'm not involved but this thread and the picks thread are great reading. Fair play to all involved.

jayo26

All time English league draft

Owl. wrote: »

I'm not involved but this thread and the picks thread are great reading. Fair play to all involved.

Yeah really enjoying it great craic.