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These are the current TP-rating list, I'd be happy to get some critique on it. If someone thinks a player is missing as these are bound to be incomplete for newer players especially.

Amount of TP-Listed players - 158 - 9.875 available per team.
Of the eligible players according to their age in these lists:

Forwards: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268295
Number 1-15 in this list are TP-rated.

Finishers: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268304
Number 1-16 in this list are TP-rated. (And Shevchenko and Eto'o.)

Trequartistas: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268272
Number 1-12 in this list are TP-rated

Playmakers(Includes midfielders and AM's): http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268252
Number 1-34(And Scholes) in this list are TP-rated. Riquelme is not TP-rated.

Wingers: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268199
Number 1-15 in this list are TP rated. (And Robben and Ribery.)

DM's/Box to box: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268223
Number: 1-30(and Schweinsteiger) in this list are TP-rated. Gerrard is not TP-rated.

Centre-backs: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268164
Number 1-31(And T.Silva, Vidic, Ferdinand and Stam) in this list are TP-rated. Hansen, Ferrara and Koeman are not TP-rated.

Full-backs: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268318
The first 15 in this list are TP-rated. (And Lahm and Alves).
 
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Just to make sure, born after 1955 means 1955 and later or 1956 and later? Platini or no Platini?
 

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Good, good. Maybe add the Jan 1st part in the op to make sure everyone knows about it :)
Fixed, check through the TP list if you can and tell me if you have some modern players you'd want TP-rated as well.
 

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Fixed, check through the TP list if you can and tell me if you have some modern players you'd want TP-rated as well.
Just post the lists in this thread (not the links, the actual lists), set a 24 hour deadline for suggestions, so that we can include missing players and then start the draft tomorrow evening or Sunday morning :).
 

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Regarding the TP list it might be a good idea for everybody to keep an eye out for players - not on the list - who would be obvious vote pullers, if you catch my drift. Players who are bound to attract Caf voters beyond what can be called an objective assessment of their quality.

I don't mean players who might get pure sympathy votes, of course, but players who are genuinely somewhere near a TP status but who would be disproportionally popular among the voters here.
 

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Regarding the TP list it might be a good idea for everybody to keep an eye out for players - not on the list - who would be obvious vote pullers, if you catch my drift. Players who are bound to attract Caf voters beyond what can be called an objective assessment of their quality.

I don't mean players who might get pure sympathy votes, of course, but players who are genuinely somewhere near a TP status but who would be disproportionally popular among the voters here.

Indeed, United or no United doesn't matter either but would be good if we could eliminate them well.
 

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Just post the lists in this thread (not the links, the actual lists), set a 24 hour deadline for suggestions, so that we can include missing players and then start the draft tomorrow evening or Sunday morning :).
Yeah we should all give our suggestions by tonight if possible so that Annah can finalize the lists and we can start tomorrow morning.
 

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That top player list looks not bad. I can only think of possibly adding Lahm and Thiago Silva. If i was removing any, probably Hansen (seeings this is a United forum), Koeman (underrated on here), maybe Ruggeri (also underrated), Gerrard (same reason as Hansen) and Rui Costa.
 

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That top player list looks not bad. I can only think of possibly adding Lahm and Thiago Silva. If i was removing any, probably Hansen (seeings this is a United forum), Koeman (underrated on here), maybe Ruggeri (also underrated), Gerrard (same reason as Hansen) and Rui Costa.
Like all those ideas, will adjust to it.
 

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Forwards: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268295
Number 1-15 in this list are TP-rated.

Suggested Adds: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Bergkamp

Finishers: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268304
Number 1-16 in this list are TP-rated.
Suggested Adds: Shevchenko, Samuel Etoo

Trequartistas: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268272
Number 1-12 in this list are TP-rated
Suggested Adds: None

Playmakers(Includes midfielders and AM's): http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268252
Number 1-34(And Scholes) in this list are TP-rated.

Suggested Adds: None

Wingers: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268199
Number 1-15 in this list are TP rated
Suggested Adds: Robben, Bale

DM's/Box to box: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268223
Number: 1-30(and Schweinsteiger) in this list are TP-rated.
Suggested Adds: Vidal

Centre-backs: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268164
Number 1-31(And Vidic, Ferdinand and Stam) in this list are TP-rated.
Suggested Adds: Sol Campbell

Full-backs: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268318
The first 15 in this list are TP-rated.

Suggested Adds: Lahm, Dani Alves
 

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Another suggestion Annah is having no players born after 1990. Its annoying having players like Neymar, Varane, Gotze and Hazard in these drafts and possibly for scan voters being rated higher than players that had good long careers.

Other than that, rules look great.
 

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Forwards: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268295
Number 1-15 in this list are TP-rated.

Suggested Adds: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Bergkamp

Finishers: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268304
Number 1-16 in this list are TP-rated.
Suggested Adds: Shevchenko, Samuel Etoo

Trequartistas: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268272
Number 1-12 in this list are TP-rated
Suggested Adds: None

Playmakers(Includes midfielders and AM's): http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268252
Number 1-34(And Scholes) in this list are TP-rated.

Suggested Adds: None

Wingers: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268199
Number 1-15 in this list are TP rated
Suggested Adds: Robben, Bale

DM's/Box to box: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268223
Number: 1-30(and Schweinsteiger) in this list are TP-rated.
Suggested Adds: Vidal

Centre-backs: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268164
Number 1-31(And Vidic, Ferdinand and Stam) in this list are TP-rated.
Suggested Adds: Sol Campbell

Full-backs: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268318
The first 15 in this list are TP-rated.

Suggested Adds: Lahm, Dani Alves
Agree with all those suggestions. The odd man out is Sol, perhaps - but everything else is spot on.
 

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Agree with all those suggestions. The odd man out is Sol, perhaps - but everything else is spot on.
Yeah, I debated all combinations of Campbell, Terry and none of them, but ultimately I think voters tend to be more negative towards Terry`s pace issues than Campbell`s distributive mediocrity.

Campbell had some good CB`s who repeatedly failed to take his job as England CB, even for short periods of time.
 

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Didn't add Ibrahimovic, he has never had a good draft and he doesn't rack up votes above his qualities. Nor did I add Bale and Campbell for the same reason.

Added: Eto'o, Shevchenko, Ribery, Robben, Bergkamp, Alves.
 

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Another suggestion Annah is having no players born after 1990. Its annoying having players like Neymar, Varane, Gotze and Hazard in these drafts and possibly for scan voters being rated higher than players that had good long careers.

Other than that, rules look great.
Balu said the same thing but I think with all the first-timers involved it may be making it more difficult for them. There won't be any real benefit in playing Neymar above Overmars, if anything people tend to be quite hard on those young players.
 

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Yep, suppose you're right.
Added Vidal, removed Bergkamp. Will hear more opinions on the two though as Bergkamp is great enough to be tp-rated but like you say underrated enough to not be there.

Vidal is far from good enough to make the TP-list, I am not sure just how overrated he is but unless others brings it up I will follow your opinion on it.
 

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Added Vidal, removed Bergkamp. Will hear more opinions on the two though as Bergkamp is great enough to be tp-rated but like you say underrated enough to not be there.

Vidal is far from good enough to make the TP-list, I am not sure just how overrated he is but unless others brings it up I will follow your opinion on it.
What you said there actually sums it up, I think:

Bergkamp: Good enough to be TP rated - in my opinion - but his status will not make him a vote puller.

Vidal: Not good enough to be TP rated - but flavour of the month to the extent that he WILL be a vote puller.
 

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I take back Bergkamp, he`s kind of a liability positionally in this type of draft, as are a lot of 10`s.

But Vidal you can use in a 2-man midfield and not be seen as overrun, which is a massive advantage when scanning someone`s squads. I`d consider Yaya Toure for the same reason, though many see him as a bit spacey for that role, I suppose.
 

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I don't think Vidal was rated enough in the last two drafts to be TP rated here. We don't need perfect TP lists anyway, a few gems between the not listed players make the auction part interesting. Let's have a few bidding wars for those players and if they are that important to some of the managers, they will cost a lot of money.
 

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Personally I wouldn't want Vidal in the TP list. I mean, I don't rate him to be of match-winning quality in terms of influencing the votes. He will go for a lot of money as well if he is actually rated highly, so that part of the equation will solve most issues rather than the TP-system.
 

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2 more that probably shouldn't be on the list are:

Ferrara: very underrated on here and plenty of defenders already on.
Riquelme: Anyone that gets him and is able to build the right team around him, fair fecks to them. A bit of a poisoned chalice i think.
 

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2 more that probably shouldn't be on the list are:

Ferrara: very underrated on here and plenty of defenders already on.
Riquelme: Anyone that gets him and is able to build the right team around him, fair fecks to them. A bit of a poisoned chalice i think.
Both changed.
 

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After we are satisfied with the lists we will start the draft without deadlines until everybody arrives and shows activity.
 

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Wait, Gerrrad is not TP rated but Vidal is? That's just wrong. Could you post the lists we have now? I'm a bit confused who is TP rated and who's not at the moment.
 

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Wait, Gerrrad is not TP rated but Vidal is? That's just wrong. Could you post the lists we have now? I'm a bit confused who is TP rated and who's not at the moment.
Up to others, but I agree that Vidal is maybe a bit pointlessly TP-rated. Never seen him be rated among the very finest in this era.
 

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I suppose it is. But given recent events Gerrard is going to be one hell of a liability on here.
Just because people make fun of him right now doesn't mean, they can't judge his peak anymore. He might not be rated fairly on the Caf at the moment, but he sure as hell is still rated higher at his peak than Vidal who so far has done feck all in European competitions.
 

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Sorry have to drop out , simply can't spend the time the next few days or when does this start?
 

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Sorry have to drop out , simply can't spend the time the next few days or when does this start?
I would think it starts soon enough, basically you "Have to be" online once every 12 hours to be sure to not miss out on bids. So if you can be online once every 12 hours you should have no issues with the draft.
 

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Well crafted system Annah. Looking forward to watching it all unfold.
 

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Which 8`s have been better than Vidal since the Davids/Vieira/Keane era? I'd say only Xavi, though I guess Vidal might not be preferred by all over Schweinsteiger, Seedorf, Yaya or Essien. That's decent depth, actually.

In general, I think there's a lot of decent 6's and a shit ton of 10's, but the death of the box to box midfielder means there are few 8's that look really fantastic between a DM and an AM, and Vidal is one.