The Double Draft

[Ecstatic]

Semi Finals reinforcement rules:

The GOOD

RF 2.0 - Reinforcements will be in open auction format.

RF 2.2 - Player pool will be eliminated teams for R1.
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Player pool: all the eliminated teams?

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Player pool: all the eliminated teams?

Yeah, sorry. All eliminated teams till now.

 

[Chesterlestreet]

Hang on - do we have to buy three players (min) or not? Seems to say both yes and no.

 

[Theon]

Damn, so three players go for the rest of the draft and this is the last reinforcement round?

The winner is definitely going to be decided now IMO - although to be fair Downcast may have this wrapped up already.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Hang on - do we have to buy three players (min) or not? Seems to say both yes and no.

Edited. No min/max player limit. Spend as you wish.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

The winner is definitely going to be decided now IMO - although to be fair Downcast may have this wrapped up already.

I don't think so. There are 3 suspensions to come (2 for this round and 1 for next) which are game changers. Since this is the last reinforcement how you strengthen now and adapt for next round will decide the victor. It does go down the wire.

 

[Chesterlestreet]

Edited. No min/max player limit. Spend as you wish.

Cool, man.

Now just to clarify: You lose two players now (before the s-f) and those players are also out for a possible final - and in addition to that you lose one man before the final. Correct?

 

[Ecstatic]

Yeah, sorry. All eliminated teams till now.

Thanks

 

[Ecstatic]

The winner is definitely going to be decided now IMO - although to be fair Downcast may have this wrapped up already.

LOL. 2 injured players to come... and then a recruitment process where we can buy in theory 10 players! ...and then the games...

So, I don't see one big favourite or one already loser.

Ctp & Enigma were labelled 'already winners' and it was not easy for them at the end.

 

[Chesterlestreet]

Damn, so three players go for the rest of the draft and this is the last reinforcement round?

The winner is definitely going to be decided now IMO - although to be fair Downcast may have this wrapped up already.

The likelihood of him sustaining a double blow in the first injury round is slender, granted, so he's the big favourite to proceed to the final, as I see it - but winning the whole thing is a different matter. Should be possible to buy wisely here, and then ride your luck a bit.

The last part is what will ultimately decide this - and Downcast could simply get unlucky: He could lose A (huge player) and B (not too problematic) in the first injury round, which keeps him top of the pile for the s-f - but he now has to replace A somehow in order to look as good for a possible final. And then, in the second injury round, he loses C (another huge player). Suddenly, he isn't looking that sharp - and it all comes down to who he secures in the final reinforcement round (same as the rest of us).

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Now just to clarify: You lose two players now (before the s-f) and those players are also out for a possible final - and in addition to that you lose one man before the final. Correct?

Yes.

 

[Chesterlestreet]

Yes.

Very good - thanks.

I like this, by the way - good way to keep things tricky enough to be interesting.

 

[Ecstatic]

The likelihood of him sustaining a double blow in the first injury round is slender, granted, so he's the big favourite to proceed to the final, as I see it - but winning the whole thing is a different matter. Should be possible to buy wisely here, and then ride your luck a bit.

The last part is what will ultimately decide this - and Downcast could simply get unlucky: He could lose A (huge player) and B (not too problematic) in the first injury round, which keeps him top of the pile for the s-f - but he now has to replace A somehow in order to look as good for a possible final. And then, in the second injury round, he loses C (another huge player). Suddenly, he isn't looking that sharp - and it all comes down to who he secures in the final reinforcement round (same as the rest of us).

Yeah. I don't have a top bench and the quality of my team is uneven.

 

[Theon]

Suddenly, he isn't looking that sharp - and it all comes down to who he secures in the final reinforcement round (same as the rest of us).

Aye, agree with most of that and luck will play a huge factor again here (as it has throughout).

On this part though there isn't another reinforcement round I don't think - so this is it in terms of recruitment which is a new twist I guess.

I'm not actually that fussed about Downcast's team in that sense, I just like reinforcements so disappointed there aren't going to be any more

 

[harms]

We are losing players after the auction, right? @Edgar Allan Pillow
I hope so, at least

 

[Pat_Mustard]

This is going to be interesting. Downcast looks to be the favourite but Maradona seems like the most irreplacable player in any team if he gets suspended. Not sure if that's really true but its certainly my initial impression. Do the reinforcements take place before the injury announcements? That will really add another layer of interest to the auction, in terms of whether managers prioritise strengthening existing weak links or else future proof against possibly losing key players through injuries.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

We are losing players after the auction, right? @Edgar Allan Pillow
I hope so, at least

Since you have to plan ahead for next round too, I'll be easy. It happens before the auction.....RIGHT NOW!

 

[harms]

Since you have to plan ahead for next round too, I'll be easy. It happens before the auction.....RIGHT NOW!

Hoped for a tougher restrictions

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

First up is @Chesterlestreet . He says good bye to Tom Finney and Michel Preud'homme

and

 

[Chesterlestreet]

On this part though there isn't another reinforcement round I don't think - so this is it in terms of recruitment which is a new twist I guess.

Aye - that's what I meant: Final, as in this one. Which makes it very interesting - you have to, if possible, try and cover for that last injury before it happens (unlike previous rounds).

Should be fun - but, again, luck will play an immense part here.

 

[Ecstatic]

Lucky Chester

 

[Theon]

Well that wasn't bad at all

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Next up is @Downcast who says goodbye to Roberto Carlos and Romario

and

 

[Ecstatic]

We can agree I'm no longer the 'favourite'

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Next harm is done to @harms who loses Maldini and Chumpitaz

and

 

[harms]

We can agree I'm no longer the 'favourite'

Nah, definitely not the worst players to lose for you. And upgrades are available in the given pool.

 

[harms]

Paolo!!

 

[Physiocrat]

Ouch @Downcast

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

And finally @Invictus and @Theon who lose Ronaldinho and Nordahl

and

 

[Ecstatic]

Paolo!!

Nah, definitely not the worst players to lose for you. And upgrades are available in the given pool.

 

[Ecstatic]

Lucky Invictus because his top priority was certainly to acquire one striker

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

TEAMS THROUGH TO SEMI FINALS (pre-auction):


Downcast - 1. Wes Brown 2. Scirea 3. Roberto Carlos 4. Puskas 5. Tardelli 6. Maradona 7. L. Monti 8. Rattin (20m) 9. Ruggeri (46m) 10. Sorin (10m) 11. Kempes (10m) 12. Areola (20m) 13. Conti (10m) 14. Vieri (10m) 15. Fillol (20m) 16. Alessandro Mazzola (20m) 17. Rep (10m) 18. Reuter (14m) 19. Ardiles (10m) 20. Careca (10m) 21) Matthäus (37m) 22) Romario (23m) 23) Ferrara (10m)

Chesterlestreet - 1. T. Motta 2. L. Thuram 3. B. Moore 4. J. Santamaría 5. D. De Gea 6. B. Charlton 7. K-H. Förster 8. Albertini(10m) 9. Law (38m) 10. Briegel (30m) 11. Kaltz (30m) 12. Greaves (20m) 13. Wim Jansen (10m) 14. R. Donadoni (10m) 15. T. Cubillas (10m) 16. M. Preud'homme (20m) 17. T. Finney (20m) 18. Guardiola (12m) 19) G. Müller (25m) 20) Falcão (25m) 21) Matthews (20m)

Invictus - 1. O Hargreaves 2. Redondo 3. Nesta 4. Brehme 5. Jairzinho 6. Ronaldinho 7. Varela 8. Vasović (27m) 9. Nordahl (20m) 10. Zizinho (20m) 11. Kahn (25m) 12. Puyol (12m) 13. J. Andrade (20m) 14. Rivera (20m) 15. Carvajal (10m) 16. Riva (20m) 17. Zenga (20m) 18. Gordillo (10m) 19) Di Stefano (24m) 20) Facchetti (24m) 21) Garrincha (22m)

harms - 1. Éder Assis 2. Luis Suárez Miramontes 3. Cafu 4. J. Masopust 5. Messi 6. Chumpitaz 7. Seeler 8. Kante (30m) 9. Koeman (20m) 10. Maier (20m) 11. Evra (20m) 12. Boniek (25m) 13. Dzajic (45m) 14. Perfumo (10m) 15. Zito (20m) 16. Demyanenko (10m) 17. Bonhof (10m) 18) Maldini (30m) 19) Van Basten (30m) 20) Cannavaro (10m)


Player Pool for Reinforcements (after QF Auction):


Joga bonito - 1. Carrick 3. Burgnich 5. Rivelino 7. Griezmann 8. Dino Zoff (20m) 9. Bossis (37m) 10. Coluna (25m) 12. Stielike (32m) 13. Sarosi (20m) 14. Van der Sar (20m) 15. Littbarski (10m) 16. Haan (14m)

Mazhar13 - 1. M Le Tissier 2. Gento 4. Pirri 6. Vierchowod 8. Neuer (20m) 9. Shevchenko (32m) 10. Zambrotta (32m) 11. Lato (10m) 12. Hamrin (22m) 13. Cerezo (20m) 14. J.A. Camacho (30m) 15. V. Andrade (22m) 16. Rosato (22m)

Cal? - 1. M Scholl 8. Zlatan (15m) 9. Kroos (55m) 10. Schmeichel (27m) 11. Mascherano (32m) 12. Giggs (17m) 13. Pirlo (12m) 14. Rossi (10m) 15. Bergkamp (10m) 16. Drogba (10m) 17. Socrates (18m)

RedTiger/Marty - 1. A di Livio 2. K-H. Schnellinger 6. W. Overath 8. Banks(22 m) 9. Varane(22m) 10. Effenberg (20m) 11. Del Piero (42m) 12. Kaka (20m) 13. Barnes (10m) 14. Stojkovic (10m) 15. A. Hansen (14m) 16. Rensenbrink (10m) 17. Deschamps (32m)

Tuppet - 1. B Schneider 3. D. Santos 6. M Laudrup 7. Robson 8. Ter Stegen (37m) 9. Marzolini (27m) 10. Souness (30m) 11. Yashin (31m) 14. Hazard (10m)

DavidG - 1. Petit. 2. Hugo Sanchez 5. Costacurta 6. Didi 7. Tresor 8. Moreno (30m) 10.Buffon (28m) 11. Pedernera (24m) 12. Bellerin (10m) 13. Stiles (20m) 14. Marcelo (10m)

Sjor - 1. Camoranesi 2. Schweinsteiger 3. Ferdinand 5. Courtois 7. Blokhin 8. Elkjaer (10m) 9. Vidic (43m) 10. Luis Enrique(17m) 11. Gerets (37m) 12. T. Müller (10m) 13. Kopa (33m) 14. Amoros (50m) 15. Carvalho (10m)

ctp - 1. Ginola 2. Netzer 3. Carlos Alberto 5. Kocsis 7. S. Busquets 8. Júnior (32m) 9. Stam (50m) 10. Trapp (20m) 11. Czibor (37m) 12. Boateng (24m) 13. Blakenburg (10m) 14. F Water (20m) 15. Cantona (10m)

Skizzo/Pat - 1. Solskjaer 2. Van Hanegem 3. Kohler 4. Henry 5. Verratti 6. Rijkaard 7. Schuster 8. Cabrini (80m) 9. McGrain (10m) 10. Totti (43m) 11. Jennings (20m) 12. Schiaffino (27m) 13. Simonsen (17m) 14. Olsen (10m) 15) Cruyff (26m) 16) Passarella (21m) 17) McGrath (10m) 18) Dani Alves (10m)

Raees - 1. D Baggio 2. Figo 3. Vogts 4. Best 5. J. Nasazzi 6. Neeskens 7. Blanc 8. Piola (20m) 9. Liedholm (20m) 10. D. Da Guia (20m) 11. Rico (30m) 12. Lizarazu (55m) 13. Tostão (16m) 14. Shesternyov (10m) 15. Kubala(39m) 16) Desailly (30m) 17) Rummenige (15m) 18) Zico (12m) 19) Sammer (12m)

P-Nut - 1. Ince 2. Batistuta 3. Baresi 4. Ronaldo (fenomeno) 5. Gentile 6. Platini 7. Vieira 8. Maicon (10m) 9. L. King (10m) 10. Oblak (35m) 11. Cole (37m) 12. Scholes (26m) 13. Makélélé (30m) 14. Weah (30m) 15. Thiago Silva (15m) 16. Bale (10m) 17) Keane (25m) 18) Pogba (10m) 19) Hierro (14m) 20) Lahm (10m) 21) Stoichkov (10m)

Enigma - 1. Ze Roberto 2. Rivaldo 3. Figueroa 4. Bergomi 5. Pele 6. Davids 7. Tigana 8. Leno (35m) 9. Seedorf (34m) 10. G. Meazza (26m) 11. Suarez (47m) 12. Sagnol (10m) 13. Dasayev (20m) 14. Bessonov(10m) 15. W Schulz (28m) 16) N. Santos (22m) 17) Cr. Ronaldo (28m) 18) Nedved (10m) 19) Xavi (10m)[/QUOTE]

 

[Ecstatic]

Big war tomorrow

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Invictus @Theon @Chesterlestreet @harms @Downcast

You can start nominating at scheduled time tomorrow.

All the best!

 

[harms]

@Downcast only Messi would've been a bigger blow for me at the moment.

 

[Ecstatic]

@Downcast only Messi would've been a bigger blow for me at the moment.

 

[Raees]

Harms got it worse in my opinion. Followed by Downcast.

 

[harms]

Harms got it worse in my opinion. Followed by Downcast.

And all this after losing Suarez and Seeler for the quarters. I definitely have enough excuses for the upcoming defeat

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

And all this after losing Suarez and Seeler for the quarters. I definitely have enough excuses for the upcoming defeat

Suarez and Seeler are back. Only Mladini is a big hit, but certainly not irreplaceable.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

@Invictus @Theon @Chesterlestreet @harms @Downcast

Just to add some heat to the bidding wars...do you people want to know your opponents before the auction?