All Time Soccer/Football Draft and Tourney (1 Viewer)

[The Gator]

If I log in as Bluto and roll 111 will that count for tasker and me?

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

If I log in as Bluto and roll 111 will that count for tasker and me?

Wait, Bluto is you?  Should I remove him? This explains so much.

 

[The Gator]

Wait, Bluto is you?  Should I remove him? This explains so much.

Yes,  take that bum off

 

[Sinn Fein]

 

[timschochet]

I will be reading this thread avidly, and hoping to learn something about this sport which I know so little about. 

 

[AcerFC]

I will be reading this thread avidly, and hoping to learn something about this sport which I know so little about. 

Great

 

[roadkill1292]

I will be reading this thread avidly, and hoping to learn something about this sport which I know so little about. 

Ditto. Mixed feelings, though.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I will be reading this thread avidly, and hoping to learn something about this sport which I know so little about. 

It's mostly about Gator jokes and Jose Mourinho reaction gifs.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

I will be reading this thread avidly, and hoping to learn something about this sport which I know so little about. 

Probably better to zip through Inverting the Pyramid over your lunch hour.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Probably better to zip through Inverting the Pyramid over your lunch hour.

Mr.Ishida's Guide to Soccer Tactics.

 

[El Floppo]

I feel a disturbance in the force.

 

[The Gator]

I feel a disturbance in the force.

Luckily he said he'd just read

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Mr.Ishida's Guide to Soccer Tactics.

1.01 Obamayang

 

[Steve Tasker]

How many physios do we need to draft?

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

How many physios do we need to draft?

Only one.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Only one.

Gator made the exact same joke to me

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Gator made the exact same joke to me

I'm not above picking the low hanging fruit.

 

[The Gator]

1.1 Dejan Lovren

 

[shader]

I will be reading this thread avidly, and hoping to learn something about this sport which I know so little about. 

All I can tell you Tim, is pick a team and get into this sport.  You won't regret it.

 

[Bonzai]

Rolling "1d10" 3 times1: 102: 93: 6sum: 25, average: 8.33

 

[Bonzai]

Well, ####.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Need rolls for @Eephus, @Spartans Rule, and @((Morpheus))

3 10 sided dice from the dice server of your choice sent to stevenerobertson@gmail.com.  Clock starts tomorrow at 11AM Eastern time.  Anyone who hasn't rolled will be added to the end.

 

[Brady Marino]

Need rolls for @Eephus, @Spartans Rule, and @((Morpheus))

3 10 sided dice from the dice server of your choice sent to stevenerobertson@gmail.com.  Clock starts tomorrow at 11AM Eastern time.  Anyone who hasn't rolled will be added to the end.

Should put them mid-round. Some like drafting on the turn.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Should put them mid-round. Some like drafting on the turn.

Hoping it won't be an issue.  In this draft in particular, I'm not sure I'd want to be at the turn.  Anyway, the point isn't to reward or to punish.  We'll accommodate people however possible while keeping the draft going.  

 

[((Morpheus))]

Sent! Not thrilled with 681

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

RHE (Draft draw 752)

joneseed (Draft draw 135)

Sinn Fein (Draft draw 1016)

Bonzai (Draft Draw 1096)

Spartans Rule

wdcrob (Draft draw 122)

The All Post-Steven Gerrard Liverpool Best XI aka shader (Draft Draw 1039)

Brady Marino (Draft draw 136)

Gator/Tasker Team of Cristiano Ronaldo Sex Clones (Draft draw 141)

Native (Draft draw 1310)

AcerFC (Draft draw 285)

Pik95 (Draft draw 696)

Floppo Namedropping Again (Draft draw 897)

Charv's All-Zlatan/Henrik Larsen Extravaganza (Draft Draw 471)

Eephus's Route 1 All Stars

Lehigh98 (Draft draw 1058)

Morpheus (Draft draw 681)

At 10:45, I will roll for Eephus and Spartans Rule and assign the draft order.  They will be on autoskip until checking in to the thread, at which point they may make up any missed picks.  2 hour clock starts at 11AM Eastern Time.  I'll get started on a Google spreadsheet, but be gentle, I'm a lawyer. 

 

[shader]

Since this is a historical draft, are we assuming that the player we draft is going to be judged on his "peak season" or at the height of his career?  

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Since this is a historical draft, are we assuming that the player we draft is going to be judged on his "peak season" or at the height of his career?  

Anyone who wants to offer an opinion or vote in a pool gets to value that stuff personally.  There are no guidelines.  You can make you case when you make your pick or submit your gameday lineup. 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Here's our sign-up: 

DRAFT ORDER

1  wdcrob (Draft draw 122)

2  jonessed (Draft draw 135)

3  Brady Marino (Draft draw 136)

4  Gator/Tasker  (Draft draw 141)

5  AcerFC (Draft draw 285)

6  Eephus (Draft Draw 461) 

7  Charvik (Draft Draw 471)

8  ((Morpheus)) (Draft draw 681)

9   Pik95 (Draft draw 696)

10 RHE (Draft draw 752)

11  El Floppo (Draft draw 897)

12  Sinn Fein (Draft draw 1016)

13  shader (Draft Draw 1039)

14  Lehigh98 (Draft draw 1058)

15  Bonzai (Draft Draw 1096)

16  Native (Draft draw 1310)

17  Spartans Rule (Draft draw 10105)

Draft Order is set.  2 hour clock starts in 5 minutes.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Link to Google Spreadsheet

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

I hate starting off an all-time list with an active player, but he's the GOAT IMO...

1.01 Lionel Messi

 

[The Gator]

I hate starting off an all-time list with an active player, but he's the GOAT IMO...

1.01 Lionel Messi

Sorry, this is a "players who didn't take steroids" draft. 

re-pick 

 

[((Morpheus))]

Sorry, this is a "players who didn't take steroids" draft. 

re-pick 

Growth hormones != steroids. Far more likely that Ronaldo is doping, IMO.

 

[The Gator]

Growth hormones != steroids. Far more likely that Ronaldo is doping, IMO.

My Link

 

[jonessed]

1.2 Pele

 

[The Gator]

let's give a nice little mention to the next person when we pick, too 

@jonessed is up...eta, see it's like magic.

@Brady Marino > go

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

FYI, for now the Spreadsheet is only editable by me and Acer.  I'll open it up once I'm done with all the tabs.  If the order gets screwed up on the Draft Tab, just PM me.  I have a hidden column that I can use to re-sort correctly.

 

[Eephus]

Sorry I've been traveling.   Where are the rolling instructions?

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Sorry I've been traveling.   Where are the rolling instructions?

It's cool.  I rolled for you.  You pick 6th. 

 

[Lehigh98]

A couple requests:

I'm not going to know anyone after the first ten or so, and no one by my pick.  Please post a quick blurb on your guy (and maybe why you took him or how he fits in with your team / formation) when you take him so we can all learn a little more about these guys as they are picked.

Please PM the next up when you make your pick... especially me.  If I don't get PM'ed and get an alert to come in and pick you guys are going to be sick of autoskipping me pretty quick.

Thanks!

 

[The Gator]

A couple requests: Please post a quick blurb on your guy (and maybe why you took him or how he fits in with your team / formation) when you take him so we can all learn a little more about these guys as they are picked

 

 

[Brady Marino]

I'm torn between two guys, but in the interest of saving money on cocaine, I'm selecting...

1.03 - Cristiano Ronaldo

In addition to having the abs worthy of a John Mayer song, he's constantly in arguments over who is the GOAT: Ronaldo or Messi (even though Pele is also deserving of being in the mix). I went with him over the other guy (who I'm sure will be picked very, very soon) not just for the lack of cocaine in his life, but also the club performance as well as the fact that he's fairly versatile. I plan on running a 4-2-3-1 Wide and he can occupy the AML or ST positions (probably AML for me) while the other guy was pretty much an AMC only.

 

[The Gator]

#### this

 

[((Morpheus))]

#### this

Huh? You just got an early Christmas present

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

In the interest of furthering discussion ...  How do you rate Pele?  For years, he was the face of soccer to me.  To the point that it was odd to hear that there were other players (even ones I had seen) who had claims to the best ever title.  When you watch him on YouTube, you see the skill.  The incredible balance. The excellent dribbling.  But you also see some calamitous defending and goal keeping. 

He has the most "Black Ink".  Reports of over 1000 competitive goals scored (always hard to tell in Brazil).  His teams won a lot of club honors from 1962-1966 or so, but other than that 4 year period, Santos didn't dominate Brazil, much less South America. He really only has two meaningful games against European club sides, but he won both of them and scored a hattrick to beat __________'s Benfica in the 62 Intercontinental Cup.  He has the 3 World Cups, but there's an asterisk there because he really wasn't part of the 64 World Cup.  He was the most famous player on the most beloved international team ever, but that team was LOADED.  The majority of them are going to be drafted in this. You can argue that he wasn't the most outstanding player in any of his World Cup wins. 

 

[Brady Marino]

In the interest of furthering discussion ...  How do you rate Pele?  For years, he was the face of soccer to me.  To the point that it was odd to hear that there were other players (even ones I had seen) who had claims to the best ever title.  When you watch him on YouTube, you see the skill.  The incredible balance. The excellent dribbling.  But you also see some calamitous defending and goal keeping. 

He has the most "Black Ink".  Reports of over 1000 competitive goals scored (always hard to tell in Brazil).  His teams won a lot of club honors from 1962-1966 or so, but other than that 4 year period, Santos didn't dominate Brazil, much less South America. He really only has two meaningful games against European club sides, but he won both of them and scored a hattrick to beat __________'s Benfica in the 62 Intercontinental Cup.  He has the 3 World Cups, but there's an asterisk there because he really wasn't part of the 64 World Cup.  He was the most famous player on the most beloved international team ever, but that team was LOADED.  The majority of them are going to be drafted in this. You can argue that he wasn't the most outstanding player in any of his World Cup wins. 

He's there with Messi, Ronaldo, and ######## with me.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Huh? You just got an early Christmas present

Gay4Ronaldo is Gator's shtick.

I'm sure he's aware that he's getting 1.1 value at 1.4.

 

[((Morpheus))]

Gay4Ronaldo is Gator's shtick.

I'm sure he's aware that he's getting 1.1 value at 1.4.

Ah, ok. Tough to keep the notebook up-to-date with a toddler.

 

[Brady Marino]

@The Gator, wanna trade?

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Obviously, Ronaldo's big hole is international success.  It's not as if he hasn't come close.  Losing the Euro final to Greece (he was just a pup then).  He's gotten to the semis in the World Cup and the Euros since (and another QF in the Euros).  But he hasn't had the great international moment.  And his strike rate with Portugal (56 in 125 games) is kind of pedestrian compared to this level of completion (Messi's international strike rate isn't amazing either).