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40s Retro Football Fantasy Draft | Finished
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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Nooooooo! Please nooooooo! feckI'm totally lost, the plan was to finally pick a defensive midfielder, but then you guys went all crazy and picked my whole list. So feck defending, let's create some chances for Gerd to score instead. I'm delighted to get him, someone who can dribble and create down the middle and play wonderful defense splitting passes:
Looks like a nice guy as well.
Mate, you've really done one on Me.
These are players who I thought I could get in the next few rounds but they all gone!
@Balu You've been on the mains for a long time, has Dobrin ever been drafted for a game? I checked his name on the caf on sataurday and only 3 posts came up... I was so sure I'd bag him
@Balu You've been on the mains for a long time, has Dobrin ever been drafted for a game? I checked his name on the caf on sataurday and only 3 posts came up... I was so sure I'd bag him
I was wondering who'd pick Suurbier. We considered him, but LW is the strongest pool in this draft and decided to pass on from the inevitable comments on matchday thread.
I imagine there will be plenty of quoted posts from his last match thread
I've no idea to be honest. There are others who play and follow draft games way longer than I do. @Gio might know it? I was actually surprised that he lasted so long, especially because there's in my opinion a rather limited number of great AMs in this draft. He's absolutely brilliant, would have had a great career at Real if Ceausescu didn't forbid the transfer.These are players who I thought I could get in the next few rounds but they all gone!
@Balu You've been on the mains for a long time, has Dobrin ever been drafted for a game? I checked his name on the caf on sataurday and only 3 posts came up... I was so sure I'd bag him
So true. His story is rather sad but also inspiring in the way he played for his hometown club for nigh on his entire career while spurning chances to play for tge Romanian big boys... Almost like Le Tissier.
Are you from Romania?
Meh. Wanted van moer.
I own a restaurant in the U.K, I employ Eastern Europeans and my current emloyee ( a romanian called Elvis) told me about him when I mentioned this draft
If he want to pass on a few more details about his career, I'm happy to receive a PMI own a restaurant in the U.K, I employ Eastern Europeans and my current emloyee ( a romanian called Elvis) told me about him when I mentioned this draft
Will doIf he want to pass on a few more details about his career, I'm happy to receive a PM
the main problem is the fact he only played for his hometown side and he didn't do much internationally.His videos though
he honestly looks like a modern day footballer but playing on black&white screen. This draft has been quite difficult but im glad I found a player who I never knew existed last week.
Always knew van Moer would never make it back to me
Since when is van Moer everyone's target? 
EURO draft probably hehe. It was you who had him then, right?Since when is van Moer everyone's target?
Both CB picks gone and Stiles too. I need to do some thinking.
It's the draft pool. Think we should have gone with 8 and not 16 teams here. If I am not wrong, both 50s and 60s draft were done with 8 teams onlySince when is van Moer everyone's target?
Reckon we should spice it up after round 6 and do the rest of the draft with players born in the 30s....
16 teams is fine. There will be some obscure players picked up later on, but it's good to have some variety and not just the usual suspects.
As far as scan voters are concerned, obscure players are already being picked. Would be surprised if average voting in first round draft games exceeds 10 per match.
Amen.
You need to field some hard-sells and water carriers - which is precisely what could make the teams genuinely interesting for a change.
Well, we could easily have drafts featuring nothing but well known, voter friendly players all the time - but then we'd get bored to tears ourselves, and nobody would bother signing up for the drafts in the first place. And so the scan voters would have nothing to scan.
Heh.. I don't mind low voting but it will be very difficult to formulate some of the arguments. It will be a bit like the All time British draft. In any case, with low voting this draft may not be the best pilot for any score related voting changes.
There's a difference between not well known and obscure. The amount of materials (articles/videos) available to rate a players is in itself will be difficult to find for players picked in rounds 5 or 6, imo. Even down the line, it would become a farce if we start going by manager claims and random bits of data. The hard work goes to managers to put up a decent case for the obscure ones. Hope we just don't get "He has played as half back so can do any kind of job in midfield' arguments.
Since you sold him so well in the Euro draft of courseSince when is van Moer everyone's target?
.It's a different kettle to the usual problem, though, i.e. that someone fields José Obscurio who was by all accounts (but there are hardly any accounts) a great second striker, but he can't do much beyond pointing to a few, measly references to back it up. These players aren't that old. Which means that if there isn't much material available for José Obscurio, or Franz Feckwitzer, it's legit to assume that they weren't that great - which then becomes an argument in itself for the opponent.
I've never understood that particular worry, by the way: The onus is obviously on the manager to back up his claims about the player - if he can't do that, the opponent has a clear edge. And I would think most voters feel that way too (they certainly won't vote for names they've never heard of if they don't bother reading the write-up).
Really can't decide between a couple of players.
Haven't you heard? He shat on Matthäus quite spectacularlySince when is van Moer everyone's target?
Nah I think this is his debut.These are players who I thought I could get in the next few rounds but they all gone!
@Balu You've been on the mains for a long time, has Dobrin ever been drafted for a game? I checked his name on the caf on sataurday and only 3 posts came up... I was so sure I'd bag him
The difference here compared to the British draft is that all of the players are part of the same generation, so in theory we have access to broadly the same level of media coverage. That'll vary subject to where the player comes from, but it's certainly a lot more equal than any of the all-time drafts. I think the 50s draft was 10 teams which probably struck a good balance, but the beauty here is that teams will be getting built around lesser lights for a change - apart from the sell-out cnut Chester - rather than the usual suspects.
We shall see. My personal experience is that unless someone really puts in the effort like anto, even in this kind of draft, the team with most known name wins out.
Yeah I have no idea who half the players picked here are.
Probably yes.
Shame. I wanted to be the one who introduced to the caf
That's clearly the case in terms of scan voters - but then again it's always the case, even with modern players, or players who should be well known: The biggest names are per default vote winners, there isn't anything anyone can realistically do about that - unless we reform the voting system.
So, whether it's downright obscure players, or players who aren't quite as shiny as X, Y or Z - it's the same principle and the same problem regardless of the pool.
Precisely. You'll get some players from S-America or from behind the Iron Curtain whose careers will be a bit difficult to document in the same way you can with most players who featured in the major European leagues - but I think we can live with that.
Every team here will have some genuine stars - so the challenge will be to build proper teams around those players. You don't get to field 11 names you can easily sell - instead you have to actually sell the team, the balance, the tactics, etc. Which is how it should be, actually, if you ask me.
Well, that goes for the rest of you mugs anyway - I have Pelé, so I don't really have to worry about tactics or shite team mates and such.
I seriously dislike having Aldo in that position. I've a feeling he's after both my present targets. Which means I have to gamble to an extent - plus make a sacrifice I could do without.