Draft CL Draft Sign-up Thread and Discussion

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Champions League Draft Selection (No Discussions)

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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!

 

[pigge]

Ronaldinho was one of the players I was on about. Should have been a first round pick.

Not sure it's first pick, but it's close. I'd take Zidane any day above him though. Bit confused by the bale/Paul Lambert/mbappe though

 

[Trilly]

FYI Rex and I are discussing the picks.

 

[Rex Stone]

If you preserve your Barca and Real picks to later in the game you can snap up jewels that others can’t pick. I was going to do Ronaldino but picked Neymar from PSG to preserve my Barca pick. Otherwise i would of snapped Ronaldino

Just a word of warning the draft order flips at the end of this round.

That means you’ll be up first in round 3. Good chance that happens early morning here so PM me your pick before you log off.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

Just a word of warning the draft order flips at the end of this round.

That means you’ll be up first in round 3. Good chance that happens early morning here so PM me your pick before you log off.

You are killing it Rexilicious my tough love in the last draft game has turned you into a boss. I will keep that in mind.

 

[Clrnc]

@Clrnc you are a problem bro

We were planning for Maldini 93/94 FFS

Sounds like a familiar complain whenever I play a draft

In all honesty though if I knew it was a one club rule I might not pick him. Limits my freedom a little towards the end

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

If you preserve your Barca and Real picks to later in the game you can snap up jewels that others can’t pick. I was going to do Ronaldino but picked Neymar from PSG to preserve my Barca pick. Otherwise i would of snapped Ronaldino

We adopt this strategy in the WC draft but I think this time it's a dangerous path, we'll see. Apart from Neymar pick which I think is the best value pick of the draft.

 

[A_G]

Actually surprised a few first rounders are still in the mix una

Ronaldinho was one of the players I was on about. Should have been a first round pick.

FOMO kicking in?

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

We end for today in 45 minutes?

 

[albakos]

FOMO kicking in?

@Riou team is a ghost and a slot is open in that team

 

[2Smokeyy]

FOMO kicking in?

Can’t miss out on the best part of the draft. The hating is what I live for

 

[pigge]

@Uncle Good-Advice @SA Gunner You ready to pick tonight If Oexi picks?

 

[bingobob]

@Clrnc picking Maldini - low key ruining my plan.

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

@Uncle Good-Advice @SA Gunner You ready to pick tonight If Oexi picks?

Sure.

 

[Rex Stone]

We end for today in 45 minutes?

Yeah but then @Oxeki only has 15 minutes tomorrow morning at 9am so I hope he logs on before then

@Clrnc picking Maldini - low key ruining my plan.

Mate forgot to say the order flips end of the round so you’ll be one of the first up.

PM your pick in case you’re not online as you’ll still be going before me tomorrow.

 

[pigge]

Yeah but then @Oxeki only has 15 minutes tomorrow morning at 9am so I hope he logs on before then



Mate forgot to say the order flips end of the round so you’ll be one of the first up.

PM your pick in case you’re not online as you’ll still be going before me tomorrow.

Since you are playing, if we send players to you, your team can't pick them? Or are you looking for tips already?

 

[albakos]

Since you are playing, if we send players to you, your team can't pick them? Or are you looking for tips already?

We can send to a non-participating neutral like @Yousif Arsenal or @2Smokeyy or @Nacho and just post a note here that they also have your picks and can post when Your time comes.

 

[Rex Stone]

Since you are playing, if we send players to you, your team can't pick them? Or are you looking for tips already?

Well no if you’re picking before I am if you give me one player I’d have to cheat and pick someone else for you.

That’s pretty scummy even for me

@bingobob picks before I do next so it doesn’t matter even if I want his player.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Ffs yes. Another great catch.

@Sapient Hawk please change your pick it’s CHAMPIONS LEAGUE only not European Cup

 

[albakos]

@Oxeki online. Go, go, go !!!

Surely picking another Real player now

 

[Rex Stone]

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Ffs what a gif that’s unreal

20 minutes to change your pick or it’s randomised mate anyway