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Baresi - Invictus - 13:35 - 26m
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Baresi - Invictus - 13:35 - 26m
Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
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Baresi - Invictus - 13:35 - 26m
Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
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Cruyff, Cabrini and Rijkaard...nice to see some of my heavy hitters getting rehomed :cool:. This seems to be moving pretty quickly too.
Yeah. I hope we will finish quickly. Between 5 and 7 players needed per managers if we want diverse tactical systems.
 

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Baresi - Invictus - 13:35 - 26m
Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
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Suppose people are just waiting for the deadlines - to have their primary targets confirmed. No sense in nominating anyone until that happens, really.

Then again, what could possibly happen here? It would be surprising, not to say a bit bizarre, if someone suddenly decided to up a bid which has been standing for hours - there are only four of us, after all.
 

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Suppose people are just waiting for the deadlines - to have their primary targets confirmed. No sense in nominating anyone until that happens, really.

Then again, what could possibly happen here? It would be surprising, not to say a bit bizarre, if someone suddenly decided to up a bid which has been standing for hours - there are only four of us, after all.
I don't think all of us have a clear strategy with priority 1, priority 2 and so on
 

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N. Santos - harms - 12:00 - 20m
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Pelé - Invictus - 13:08 - 20m
Rijkaard - Chester - 13:29 - 34m
Baresi - Invictus - 13:35 - 26m
Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
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Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
Desailly - harms - 17:17 - 10m
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Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
Desailly - harms - 17:17 - 10m
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I'm thinking this round is a mistake
Wanted blood, eh?

Well, the question is what format could have been chosen that would've been super exciting at this stage.

Snake would have been faster, of course. Sheep doesn't work - people are loaded with players who can do a job.

Could have done the old "steal and block" thing: Block one of your own players and try to grab one off the others.

I think it will work out pretty nicely, actually - at least in terms of getting four fairly interesting sides for the semis. It's pretty open, as I see it - which is a good thing.
 

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Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
Desailly - harms - 17:17 - 10m
Lizarazu - Chester - 17:49 - 10m
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Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
Desailly - harms - 17:17 - 10m
Lizarazu - Chester - 17:49 - 10m
Pelé - Invictus - 17:57 - 34m
Cruyff - harms - 18:11 - 20m

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Would have been an utter scandal if he went for 10m
 

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No, the 100m thingy. Was a bit too much as everyone can get a proper 2nd full team.

I should have restricted the squad to 18 players and force managers to release the rest into the pool.
Aye - in hindsight that could've been done, I suppose.

Still - it's always about the relative strength of the teams. Having a functional second XI isn't necessarily an advantage here - it's just a bit...well, pointless, I suppose.
 

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Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
Desailly - harms - 17:17 - 10m
Lizarazu - Chester - 17:49 - 10m
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Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
Desailly - harms - 17:17 - 10m
Lizarazu - Chester - 17:49 - 10m
Pelé - Invictus - 17:57 - 34m
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No, the 100m thingy. Was a bit too much as everyone can get a proper 2nd full team.

I should have restricted the squad to 18 players and force managers to release the rest into the pool.
Yeah, Downcast just assembled (assuming his picks will go through) a perfect zona mista defence around Scirea for 30m with only Cabrini being possible to upgrade in the future and he still have enough funds to do pretty much everything.

Well, you can always introduce a surprise doping test
 

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Sorry for change of rules at last minute... But sadly, it is necessary.

All squads should not exceed 19 players (incl. 1 backup GK) at end of the auction. Rest should be released into the pool.

So be careful on whom you place your bids on.

If you want to withdraw any of bids below, please go ahead.

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N. Santos - harms - 12:00 - 20m
Rijkaard - Chester - 13:29 - 34m
Baresi - Invictus - 13:35 - 26m
Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
Desailly - harms - 17:17 - 10m
Lizarazu - Chester - 17:49 - 10m
Pelé - Invictus - 17:57 - 34m
Cruyff - Chester - 18:15 - 25m
Bergomi - harms - 18:23 - 10m
Best - harms - 18:23 - 10m
 

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Well, you can always introduce a surprise doping test
Given the state of the teams, and the 100m thing, and the fact that there will be just one injury before the final - then, yeah, I don't think that's unreasonable.

For me, though, it's mainly a question of which measures actually work in terms of keeping it interesting. Like I said earlier, the upside to introducing more bamboozlin' is - well - the fun of bamboozlin' as such, people going into meltdown, etc. But the downside - at this late stage of the thing - is that screwing things up at random could potentially settle the outcome, to a degree which isn't very entertaining.
 

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Before this auction, I already had more than 19 players....

So, I have to say now the players I don't want? Or after the auction?

Edit: other managers also
EAP's message says "after the auction" so I would imagine we'll have to provide a full squad list after the end of the reinforcements
 

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With so much money around, why everyone is so stingy when bidding?
 

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Baresi - Invictus - 13:35 - 26m
Figueroa - harms - 13:38 - 18m
Cabrini - Downcast - 14:16 - 10m
Vogts - Downcast - 14:43 - 10m
Kohler - Downcast - 16:46 - 10m
Desailly - harms - 17:17 - 10m
Lizarazu - Chester - 17:49 - 10m
Pelé - Invictus - 17:57 - 34m
Cruyff - Chester - 18:15 - 25m
Bergomi - harms - 18:23 - 10m
Best - harms - 18:23 - 10m
L. Ronaldo - Downcast - 19:12 - 29m