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***EPL 2018-19 Fantasy League*** Draft Done - Waivers run on Wednesday (1 Viewer)

@Christo - send me your email addy

Everyone else: go to https://www.rpglibrary.org/software/securedice/index.php

Role 1 ..........1000-sided die   Put your email address in, and my email address  seanconley1  @   gmail

PUT YOUR USER NAME IN THE SUBJECT BOX

Step 1: Select "1" in first box - marked "roll"

Step 2: Select "1000" in 2nd box - marked "d"

Step 3: Select "1" in box marked "Roll this set of dice ____ times"

Step 4: enter your email address

Step 5: enter my email address

Step 6: Enter your User Name

Step 7: Click "Roll the Dice"

Step 8: Profit

Highest number drafts first

If you roll more than 1 die, I will take the first roll - unless  2 or more of you do that, in which case, I will take the lowest of your rolls for making me do extra work.....

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RPG Library Secure Dice generated the following rolls for ssoares76@gmail.com.

1d1000, rolled once.

Roll set 1
Die rolls: 38
Roll subtotal: 38
Roll total: 38

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give me the turn! 

 
RPG Library Secure Dice generated the following rolls 

1d1000, rolled once.

Roll set 1
Die rolls: 195
Roll subtotal: 195
Roll total: 195

 
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RPG Library Secure Dice generated the following rolls for seanconley1@gmail.com.

1d1000, rolled once.

Roll set 1
Die rolls: 67
Roll subtotal: 67
Roll total: 67

:bag:

 
I have made one executive decision - and recommend another.

For position eligibility, I have set the criteria for 15 games played to be eligible at a position.  This uses whatever data feed Fantrax uses - it is about as objective as we can get.

But, I recommend a small committee of 3 to over-ride these settings if the situation warrants.  The only time I see this becoming an issue is the definition and use of wingbacks.  For example, Fantrax classifies players like Marcos Alonso, Victor Moses and Kolasinak as MFs - while the official game, and I think most observers, classify them as defenders.

At a minimum, I think we should get some consensus on that position in particular before a draft - even if that consensus is to leave the eligibility determination to fantrax.
I want to re-visit this - because I looked at the players this morning, and there were a number of really odd results.

Turns out there are two positional oddities - wingbacks and AMs.

Wingbacks should be fairly easy to identify and address - I am inclined to treat them as FBs, most are already listed as Defenders, and I think that is what most people consider wingbacks.  (And the official PL game treats them as Ds)  Though, oddly enough, Fantrax lists Moses as only a M under any criteria 

But, the more difficult position are the AMs - particularly with teams that might play with a 433 - which turns nominal midfielders into forwards.

Alexis Sanchez - AM who plays forward - this is an easy one, and I can see why he is classified as a forward - but the official game lists him as a MF; Hazard is another player who straddles the line between AM and forward.

Ôzil - this is one that really stuck out to me - Fantrax lists him as F 16 games and M 10 games in 17/18 - so he was listed as only a F when I set the criteria to 15 games played.  On its face, nobody thinks of Ôzil as a F, but in truth, when he plays in the 433, he is usually playing a forward spot, albeit in a playmaker role.

I am trying to find the right balance between positional flexibility and creating unrealistic rosters.

If I set the criteria to 15 games from the current season to qualify for a new position, it still creates a number of multi-position players:

M/F - Eriksen, Hazard, Sanchez, Salah, Sterling, Mahrez, Firmino, Sane, Dele, Lingard, Ozil, etc...

The impact really comes down to position scarcity - the fewer forwards there are, the more valuable a good F becomes.  

Thoughts?  Do we want more positional flexibility, or less flexibility?

The current league settings - if you look at the player lists on the site - are set to 15 games current season, and 10 games previous season.  That has reduced a lot of the M/F combos.  There are sill some oddities - like Ozil - but not nearly as many.  (and if I don't put a threshold on games played the previous season, it made a player eligible at any position played last season - so there were a handful of players eligible at D/M/F)

ETA - I just changed the settings to 15 games this season, 15 games last season, and it make Ozil a F only - I have a hard time with that - and I am not even putting Ozil on my draft sheet.

 
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I prefer more flexibility. Getting full lineups can be difficult as is.

I haven't looked yet, have we done anything with roster size and/or injury spots?

 
I prefer more flexibility. Getting full lineups can be difficult as is.

I haven't looked yet, have we done anything with roster size and/or injury spots?
No.  I'd be more in favor of an 18 spot, than an injury spot.  Obviously there is no DL list in PL, so it would take a bit of subjectivity to create (assuming I was even able to set it up in Fantrax)

 

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