Very Small Rocks - Season Thread

[subbuteo]

oh, but somebody else will have to pick for me. I will be out of town from 8/6-9.

If that is a huge problem I'm willing to step aside and let somebody else play instead.

[kopiteinkc]

1. Me
2. 1800 World Cup
3. Hal
4. Tobacco Roma - confirmed but needs a proxy!
5. Darr
6. MtKillamanjohno
7. DutchFootballruleZ
8. Ilovecolombia
9. Helghallen
10. Tom Van Damn
11. I break 4 coffee
12. Doctor Jones
13. Ingromius -- Jon Ingram

[tomvandamn]

players have to beware that they dont exceed their budget

everyone should prerank their players so this draft goes by fast and smooth

[subbuteo]

hey, is there any way to print out the full list of players with their values in the game?
and the game at premierleague.com is the same as cyki, right?

thanks

[ibreak4coffee]

hey, is there any way to print out the full list of players with their values in the game?
and the game at premierleague.com is the same as cyki, right?

thanks

I dont think its possible... probably the easiest way to do it is to cut and paste all the different team rosters into a word document... that also has the advantage of allowing you to keep track very easily of how many you pick from each team so as not to exceed three per squad.

[subbuteo]

I dont think its possible... probably the easiest way to do it is to cut and paste all the different team rosters into a word document... that also has the advantage of allowing you to keep track very easily of how many you pick from each team so as not to exceed three per squad.
yeah, that is what I'm doing right now ;)

[kopiteinkc]

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/playerlist.html

Has the full player list on one page

Now I have given my secret strategy away ;)

[subbuteo]

excellent...this will save me some time!
thanks kopiteinkc

[kopiteinkc]

If we can get three more players, two divisions of 8 might be possible after all.

[subbuteo]

put a message in some other forums like games or mls

I think two divisions of eight would be great

[Darr]

Clanblue or non of the Chelski league teams want to play?...

[kopiteinkc]

Clanblue or non of the Chelski league teams want to play?...

I have asked Clan, no response yet.

[Hal]

I dont think its possible... probably the easiest way to do it is to cut and paste all the different team rosters into a word document... that also has the advantage of allowing you to keep track very easily of how many you pick from each team so as not to exceed three per squad.

I create an EXCEL spreadsheet with all the positions we will draft and columns for keeping track of each manager's draft. I have the player lists in an EXCEL sheet also with fields for the Position, Name, Team, and Valuation.

Then I just copy and paste the information into the team's draft and I have a running total of how much of the 100 M salary cap each manager has remaining until the completition of his draft.

Then I periodically post the latest accumulated drafts for all the teams in the BigSoccer forum. Usually after each round. It's helpful as a tool to ensure you don't pick a player already selected. We have created procedures to handle that draft situation. You are given an opportunity to make a valid pick if you act promptly. However, if you made an invalid pick then went offline for a while and the rest of the draft would be held up pending you correcting your pick to a valid selection, you may have your turn skipped that round and just make two picks at your next normal turn. This keeps the draft moving.

In addition to still complying with the limit of no more than three players from one team, each manager also has to comply with the total valuation of 15 drafted players not exceeding 100 M.

Some of the draft strategy might be to draft solid but cheap starting players early and then select from the expensive players not chosen early because managers were ensuring they could fit the draft under 100M.

Historically, managers have chosen strikers first, goalkeepers second, midfielders third and then defenders. With few exceptions, this is the order that they seem to accumulate fantasy soccer points.

[1800-WorldCup]

If we can get three more players, two divisions of 8 might be possible after all.

Two Divisions?

Does this mean two drafts or are we all going to go with one pool of players?

[Darr]

Two Divisions?

Does this mean two drafts or are we all going to go with one pool of players?

2 drafts.... 1 draft with 16 teams while being the hardest fantasy challenge on the internet, would bound to have people not paying attention if they didn't have name players... But it would be hella fun to try.. :) ;)

[kopiteinkc]

Two Divisions?

Does this mean two drafts or are we all going to go with one pool of players?

Two drafts was my intent. Kinda like we did with Small Rocks and Chelski last year.

[Hal]

oh, but somebody else will have to pick for me. I will be out of town from 8/6-9.

If that is a huge problem I'm willing to step aside and let somebody else play instead.

Andrew,

I'd be available to serve as your proxy selector.

Jay may be able to serve as Jon's (Ingromius) proxy selector, so the proxy workload can be shared.

Send me a PM at BigSoccer (Hal) with your draft guidance and the extent that my proxy authority is unlimited (i.e. my best judgement).

Also, include your email address and how I can contact you by phone for last minute consultations as necessary. I have plenty of free cell long distance minutes, so just PM me any phone numbers I can use to contact you.

Hal

[kopiteinkc]

Andrew,

I'd be available to serve as your proxy selector.

Jay may be able to serve as Jon's (Ingromius) proxy selector, so the proxy workload can be shared.

Send me a PM at BigSoccer (Hal) with your draft guidance and the extent that my proxy authority is unlimited (i.e. my best judgement).

Also, include your email address and how I can contact you by phone for last minute consultations as necessary. I have plenty of free cell long distance minutes, so just PM me any phone numbers I can use to contact you.

Hal

Sounds like a good solution.

Hal proxy for Andrew, Jay for Jon.

Now can 3 more managers step up?

[johno]

I have to run now, but there should be some interested folks on the hattrick board, many of them, and there are atleast 3 of us in the draft spend alot of time online...

[ibreak4coffee]

I have to run now, but there should be some interested folks on the hattrick board, many of them, and there are atleast 3 of us in the draft spend alot of time online...

I might be able to recruit someone as well. Not a Big Soccer member yet, but very knowledgeable about soccer and reliable fantasy player.