Draft CL Draft Sign-up Thread and Discussion

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Champions League Draft Selection (No Discussions)

The Draft discussions thread https://arsenal-mania.com/forum/threads/cl-draft-sign-up-thread-and-discussion.36173/ Rd. Riou JuanM Beard +Gooner416 A_G jones + albakos pigge Uncle Good+ SA Gunner 1 Emmanuel Eboue (ARS - 2005/06) Cristiano Ronaldo (RMA - 2013/14) Lionel Messi (BAR - 2010/11)...

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• The idea is to pick a team of 11 players from the Champions League era
• You will be looking to pick the best players you possibly can for your team for all areas: goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders and attackers
• The player is picked based upon their performances at their time for the season you chose him for (i.e. if you pick Andriy Shevchenko for AC Milan, his form at Kiev and Chelsea does NOT come into the equation during the competition).
• You need to select at least one player from the top 5 league in Europe: Premier League (England), La Liga (Spain), Seria A (Italy), Bundesliga (Germany) and Ligue 1 (France).
• For the season that the player is picked, he must have reached at least the quarter final stage of the competition
• Each player, must have played in at least one Champions League final.
• Number 1 gets first pick, Number 2 gets second pick, Number 3 gets third pick and so on....
• When offline, each member will get 2 hours to make their pick, if you miss the window then your pick will be chosen by the Rexdomizer ™.
• If the next picker is online and active in discussion he has only 20 minutes to make his pick
• The game will be frozen each night at 9pm GMT and resume at 9am GMT the following morning. You are still free to make your pick in this period if you want to but are under no obligation to do so.
• The draft order will be drawn at random and will follow the 3rd round reverse snake format. So the same as last time where we flip the order after the second round. This should stop anyone building up an unfair advantage by going first.
• The season of your player must have reached one of the below stages depending on when that season falls...

Prior to 1994-95: Quarter finals
1994-95 to 1998-99: Semi finals
1999-2000 to 2002-03: 2nd group stage
2003-04 to present day: Quarter finals

• AGAIN, You need to draft a starting XI and five outfield substitutes. The 17th round will consist of backup goalkeepers. You have to draft one Goalkeeper in the first 11 rounds.

That’s it for now. The game will hopefully start at 12 noon GMT on Thursday. That should give everyone enough time to figure out the rules and make plans. We may start earlier depending on sign up.

As I’ve said above there will be a definitive result this time! I’ve set up a custom league ready to be simulated, I just have to add your players once selected and fingers crossed we’ll have the results and champion before the Leeds match

Thanks everyone and enjoy the game!

 

[Rex Stone]

Come on @bingobob make another pick

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

Is Real Madrid Castilla or Barca B allowed to choose from? Some players who played there at young age are better than the dross left

 

[Sapient Hawk]

@albakos looking at @Sapient Hawk paper with a bunch of incorrect answers but still calling him out for bending the rules

Savage.

Starting to think that, by the end of the draft, a couple black Tahoes will roll up to my house, rough my up, blindfold & cart me off to Vladivostok wherein we meet @albakos himself.

With a look of sadness he taps me shoulder & says:

"It's over, Hawk. I tried but they wouldn't listen. I'm afraid it's the gulag for you!!".

Meanwhile, I'm dragged off thinking:

1. Who are "They"?

2. Why the hell am I being imprisoned in a gulag & not @Riou ?

 

[Rex Stone]

Is Real Madrid Castilla or Barca B allowed to choose from? Some players who played there at young age are better than the dross left

Have Castilla ever made a CL quarter final?

 

[jones]

Come on @bingobob make another pick

Randomise his second pick if he doesn't add it until the deadline

Is Real Madrid Castilla or Barca B allowed to choose from? Some players who played there at young age are better than the dross left

RM Castilla and Barca B never reached a final

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

Randomise his second pick if he doesn't add it until the deadline

RM Castilla and Barca B never reached a final

But some of their players later did Ok, I get it, the infamous Yaya Toure rule!

 

[Rex Stone]

Randomise his second pick if he doesn't add it until the deadline

RM Castilla and Barca B never reached a final

He got Angelo Peruzzi if he’s got a Juventus already one of the Lazio years is ok

 

[jones]

But some of their players later did Ok, I get it, the infamous Yaya Toure rule!

Meant quarterfinal but yeah

 

[A_G]

@jones what year for Casillas?

 

[albakos]

@albakos looking at @Sapient Hawk paper with a bunch of incorrect answers but still calling him out for bending the rules

Savage.

Mate you tagged poor @Sapient Hawk wrongly that caused his unfair rant at me

Let his gentle soul enjoy the feasting of iftar with his dishes.

My reply was to farzaad4dangryarse

 

[jones]

@jones what year for Casillas?

No idea, we can wait until Clrnc is back himself no? Otherwise pick one of the CL winning years I guess

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Mate you tagged poor @Sapient Hawk wrongly. Let his gentle soul enjoy the feasting of iftar with his dishes.

My reply was to farzaad4dangryarse

Too late for that, Boss.

I'm packing my winter clothes as we speak

 

[A_G]

Man like JMB had his eye on Peruzzi

 

[albakos]

Too late for that, Boss.

I'm packing my winter clothes as we speak

Ok then make your pick before you board Albakos Airlines

 

[pigge]

DRAFT PAUSED

GAME PAUSED

@Riou @Juan Matas Beard @Gooner416 @A_G @albakos @jones @pigge @Uncle Good-Advice @SA Gunner @Oxeki @Trilly @Sapient Hawk @bingobob @Clrnc @farzad4daarse

Right so we've all reached the end of the first XI draft (barely) so I want to fire through the sub benches and give everyone a fair chance to round out their squads so pay attention to the following rules...

Rule 1) When it's your turn you must make two picks at a time. At the end of your draft your subs bench should have at least one striker, defender and midfielder on there so it's up to you how you do it. So as we're drafting 6 more players that's only 3 more rounds to go.

The rounds will be structured like this:

Rounds 1 & 2) Same rules as the first XI picks
Round 3) You can choose two players regardless of if you've already picked their team but one of them has to be your back up goalkeeper. In your final squad however you can only have a maximum of two players from any one club. The rules about making a final and reaching a certain stage of the CL in that season are still in effect.

Rule 2) Timings are being slashed in half so an hour to make your pick if you're offline and 10 minutes if you're online.

Rule 3) You will be allowed some substitutes at the end but this won't be unlimited and you still have to have a representative from all 5 major leagues in your first XI so watch this space

@Riou @Juan Matas Beard @Gooner416 @A_G @albakos @jones @pigge @Uncle Good-Advice @SA Gunner @Oxeki @Trilly @Sapient Hawk @bingobob @Clrnc @farzad4daarse

Ok so we're lifting the restrictions on picking sub goalkeepers in the final round so see the updated rules...

Round 1) Same rules as the first XI picks
Round 2) Same rules as the first XI picks but from this round onwards you can pick your substitute goalkeeper
Round 3) You can choose two players regardless of club even if you've already picked it. In your final squad however you can only have a maximum of two players from any one club. The rules about making a final and reaching a certain stage of the CL in that season are still in effect.
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Are these the current rules?

I dont understand what counts as a round 1 or round 2. Where are we now?

 

[albakos]

DRAFT PAUSED




@Riou @Juan Matas Beard @Gooner416 @A_G @albakos @jones @pigge @Uncle Good-Advice @SA Gunner @Oxeki @Trilly @Sapient Hawk @bingobob @Clrnc @farzad4daarse

Ok so we're lifting the restrictions on picking sub goalkeepers in the final round so see the updated rules...

Round 1) Same rules as the first XI picks
Round 2) Same rules as the first XI picks but from this round onwards you can pick your substitute goalkeeper
Round 3) You can choose two players regardless of club even if you've already picked it. In your final squad however you can only have a maximum of two players from any one club. The rules about making a final and reaching a certain stage of the CL in that season are still in effect.
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Are these the current rules?

I dont understand what counts as a round 1 or round 2. Where are we now?

We are now in round 2 of the bench picks

 

[pigge]

We are now in round 2 of the bench picks

And we pick 2 at a time?

 

[A_G]

Are these the current rules?

I dont understand what counts as a round 1 or round 2. Where are we now?

Look at the table:


This is the bench part of the draft. Since each round is a double pick: 12/13 is round 14/15 is round 2 and 16/17 is round 3.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

I got a question is 6 total bench players meaning 5 outfield players and a keeper. Or 6 outfield players and a keeper?

 

[pigge]

Luckily I have lawyers on retainer for my AM-Drafts