Rajah Fantasy Football 2012/13 Draft Thread (All Done)

[MMH]

Round One



Torn (Wayne Rooney)
Andy (Lionel Messi)
Bad Collin (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Jay (Gary Hooper)
Beefy (Jon Shaw)
Dave (Mario Gomez)
Alex (Stuart Beavon)
MMH (Nikica Jelavic)
SheltonLondon (Charlie Austin)
Turdpower (Mario Balotelli)
Son of Foley (Rory McAllister)
Chris Scott (Steven Fletcher)
BBF (Kevin Davies)
Mikey Jones (Marc Richards)
Grimario (Tony Gray)
Christopherson (Martin Boyle)
Connorboy (Anthony Stokes)
Da Man (Andy Mangan)
Gary J (Christopher Templeman)
Simon (Darren Bent)
Uk Blue (Matt Tubbs)
The Rosk (Jermaine Beckford)
Rip (Lee Trundle)
Hurley (Demba Ba)


Round Two



Hurley (Kevin Doyle)
Rip (Stephen Elliot)
The Rosk (Jon Daly)
Uk Blue (Michael Chopra)
Simon (David Nugent)
Gary J (Darius Henderson)
Christopherson (Steven Doris)
Turdpower (David Ngog)
SheltonLondon (Andre Gray)
Bad Collin (Jamie Longworth)


Round Three



Torn (Radamel Falcao)
Andy (Danny Hattersley)
Bad Collin (Marlon King)
Jay (David Ball)
Beefy (Fabio Borini)
Dave (Billy Kee)
Alex (Leon Best)
MMH (Lukas Podolski)
SheltonLondon (Cody McDonald)
Turdpower (Olivier Giroud)
Son of Foley (Adam Boyes)
Chris Scott (Rene Howe)
BBF (Daniel Nardiello)
Mikey Jones (Andy Williams)
Grimario (Craig Gunn)
Christopherson (Andy Kirk)
Connorboy (Andrew Little)
Da Man (Nuno Gomes)
Gary J (Nick Proschwitz)
Simon (Danny Welbeck)
Uk Blue (Sylvain Ebanks Blake)
The Rosk (Andy Keogh)
Rip (Andy Carroll)
Hurley (Barry Corr)


Round Four



Hurley (Javier Hernandez)
Rip (Ross McCormack)
The Rosk (Craig Beattie)
Uk Blue (Danny Kedwell)
Simon (Danny Graham)
Gary J (Adebayo Akinfenwa)
Da Man (Gary Madine)
Connorboy (Alan Connell)
Christopherson (Paul McManus)
Grimario (Scott Spencer)
Mikey Jones (Andy Rodgers)
BBF (Chris Porter)
Chris Scott (Marvin Emnes)
Son of Foley (Reece Styche)
Turdpower (Robert Earnshaw)
SheltonLondon (John Cofie)
MMH (Jack Midson)
Alex (Anthony Malbon)
Dave (Eden Hazard)
Beefy (Klaas Jan Huntelaar)
Jay (Magno Vieira)
Bad Collin (Rickie Lambert)
Andy (Tyrone Barnett)
Torn (Frank Demouge)


Round Five



Torn (Farid El Alagui)
Andy (Etien Velikonja)
Bad Collin (Matty Fryatt)
Jay (Zlatan Ibrahimovic)
Beefy (Scott Rendell)
Dave (Jon McShane)
Alex (James Collins)
MMH (Giuseppe Sole)
SheltonLondon (Andy Cook)
Turdpower (Kevin Phillips)
Son of Foley (Ben Wright)
Chris Scott (Jermaine Defoe)
BBF (Ryan Wallace)
Mikey Jones (Lyle Taylor)
Grimario (Michael Higdon)
Christopherson (Izale McLeod)
Connorboy (Yann Kermogant)
Da Man (Matt Harrold)
Gary J (Bradley Bubb)
Simon (Nikola Zigic)
Uk Blue (Leigh Griffiths)
The Rosk (Ryan Donnelly)
Rip (Sone Aluko)
Hurley (Adam Rooney)


Round Six



Hurley (Craig Mackail Smith)
Rip (Loic Remy)
The Rosk (Lee Miller)
Uk Blue (James Constable)
Simon (Ashley Barnes)
Gary J (Craig Malcolm)
Da Man (Luciano Becchio)
Connorboy (Johnie Jackson)
Christopherson (Steven Thompson)
Grimario (Grant Holt)
Mikey Jones (Jack Lester)
BBF (Ashley Grimes)
Chris Scott (Joe Mason)
Son of Foley (David Clarkson)
Turdpower (Billy Sharp)
SheltonLondon (Kieran Agard)
MMH (Michael Moffatt)
Alex (Craig Reid)
Dave (John Parkin)
Beefy (Leon Clarke)
Jay (Dwight Gayle)
Bad Collin (Jason Walker)
Andy (Marvin Sordell)
Torn (James Brown)


Round Seven



Torn (Nakhi Wells)
Andy (Kris Doolan)
Bad Collin (Sean Canham)
Jay (Matthew Barnes Homer)
Beefy (Gary Alexander)
Dave (Pavel Pogrebnyak)
Alex (Eliot Richards)
MMH (Michael Daly)
SheltonLondon (Brett Pitman)
Turdpower (Craig Bellamy)
Son of Foley (Danny Rowe)
Chris Scott (Clint Dempsey)
BBF (Brett Ormerod)
Mikey Jones (Henrik Ojamaa)
Grimario (Brian Woodall)
Christopherson (Bradley Wright-Phillips)
Connorboy (Sam Baldock)
Da Man (Jamie Vardy)
Gary J (Peter MacDonald)
Simon (Steven Gerrard)
Uk Blue (Freddie Sears)
The Rosk (Iain Hume)
Rip (Kevin Lisbie)
Hurley (Daniel Sturridge)


Round Eight



Hurley (Charlie MacDonald)
Rip (Peter Weatherstone)
The Rosk (Gary McSheffrey)
Uk Blue (Dean Bowditch)
Simon (Frank Lampard)
Gary J (Alex Revell)
Da Man (Ruben Rochina)
Connorboy (Paul Hayes)
Christopherson (Clayton Donaldson)
Grimario (Phil Marsh)
Mikey Jones (Robert Ogleby)
BBF (Brian Graham)
Chris Scott Frazier Campbell)
Son of Foley (Kyle Perry)
Turdpower (Edison Cavani)
SheltonLondon (Modibo Maiga)
MMH (Kevin Smith)
Alex (Kolbienn Sigthorsson)
Dave
Beefy
Jay
Bad Collin
Andy
Torn

[MMH]

Squads

[MMH]

Alphabetical List of Players Taken

Adebayor, Emmanuel (Dave)
Agard, Kieran (SheltonLondon)
Aguero, Sergio (Andy)
Akinfenwa, Adebayo (Gary J)
Alexander, Gary (Beefy)
Aluko, Sone (Rip)
Austin, Charlie (SheltonLondon)

Ba, Demba (Hurley)
Ball, David (Jay)
Baldock, Sam (connorboy)
Balotelli, Mario (turdpower)
Barnes, Ashley (Simon)
Barnes-Homer, Matthew (Jay)
Barnett, Tyrone (Andy)
Beattie, Craig (The Rosk)
Beavon, Stuart (Alex)
Becchio, Luciano (da man)
Beckford, Jermaine (The Rosk)
Bellamy, Craig (turdpower)
Bent, Darren (Simon)
Best, Leon (Alex)
Borini, Fabio (Beefy)
Bowditch, Dean (UK Blue)
Boyes, Adam (son_of_foley)
Boyle, Martin (Christopherson)
Brown, James (Torn)
Bubb, Bradley (Gary J)

Campbell, Frazier (Chris Scott)
Canham, Sean (Bad Collin)
Carroll, Andy (Rip)
Cavani, Edison (turdpower)
Chopra, Michael (UK Blue)
Cisse, Papiss Demba (Alex)
Clarke, Leon (Beefy)
Clarkson, David (SOF)
Cofie, John (SheltonLondon)
Collins, James (Alex)
Connell, Alan (connorboy)
Constable, James (UK Blue)
Cook, Andy (SheltonLondon)
Corr, Barry (Hurley)

Daly, Jon (The Rosk)
Daly, Michael (MMH)
Davies, Kevin (BBF)
Defoe, Jermaine (Chris Scott)
Demouge, Frank (Torn)
Dempsey, Clint (Chris Scott)
Donaldson, Clayton (Christopherson)
Donnelly, Ryan (The Rosk)
Doolan, Kris (Andy)
Doris, Steven (Christopherson)
Doyle, Kevin (Hurley)

Earnshaw, Robert (turdpower)
Eastwood, Freddy (Beefy)
Ebanks-Blake, Sylvain (UK Blue)
El Alagui, Farid (Torn)
Elliot, Stephen (Rip)
Emnes, Marvin (Chris Scott)

Falcao, Radamel (Torn)
Fletcher, Steven (Chris Scott)
Fryatt, Matty (Bad Collin)

Gayle, Dwight (Jay)
Gerrard, Steven (Simon)
Gillespie, Steven (Torn)
Giroud, Olivier (turdpower)
Gomez, Mario (Dave)
Graham, Brian (BBF)
Graham, Danny (Simon)
Gray, Andre (SheltonLondon)
Gray, Tony (Grimario)
Green, Matt (MMH)
Griffiths, Leigh (Uk Blue)
Grimes, Ashley (BBF)
Gunn, Craig (Grimario)

Harrold, Matt (da man)
Hattersley, Danny (Andy)
Hayes, Paul (connorboy)
Hazard, Eden (Dave)
Hearn, Liam (Grimario)
Henderson, Darius (Gary J)
Hernandez, Javier (Hurley)
Higdon, Michael (Grimario)
Holt, Grant (Grimario)
Hooper, Gary (Jay)
Howe, Rene (Chris Scott)
Huntelaar, Klaas Jan (Beefy)

Ibrahimovic, Zlatan (Jay)

Jackson, Johnnie (Connorboy)
Jelavic, Nikica (MMH)

Kedwell, Danny (UK Blue)
Kee, Billy (Dave)
Keogh, Andy (The Rosk)
Kermogant, Yann (Connorboy)
King, Marlon (Bad Collin)
Kirk, Andy (Christopherson)

Lambert, Rickie (Bad Collin)
Lampard, Frank (Simon)
Lester, Jack (Mikey Jones)
Lisbie, Kevin (Rip)
Little, Andrew (Connorboy)
Longworth, Jamie (Bad Collin)

MacDonald, Charlie (Hurley)
MacDonald, Peter (Gary J)
Mackail-Smith, Craig (Hurley)
Madine, Gary (da_man)
Maiga, Mobido (SheltonLondon)
Malcolm, Craig (Gary J)
Mangan, Andy (da_man)
Marks, Sean (sof)
Marsh, Phil (Grimario)
Mason, Joe (Chris Scott)
McAllister, Rory (sof)
McCormack, Ross (Rip)
McDonald, Cody (SheltonLondon)
McLeod, Izale (Christopherson)
McManus, Paul (Christopherson)
McShane, Jon (Dave)
McSheffrey, Gary (The Rosk)
Messi, Lionel (Andy)
Midson, Jack (MMH)
Miller, Lee (The Rosk)
Moffatt, Michael (MMH)

Nardiello, Daniel (BBF)
Ngog, David (turdpower)
Nugent, David (Simon)
Nuno Gomes (da_man)

Ogleby, Robert (Mikey_Jones)
Ojamaa, Henrik (Mikey_Jones)
Ormerod, Brett (BBF)

Parkin, John (Dave)
Perry, Kyle (son_of_foley)
Phillips, Kevin (Turdpower)
Pitman, Brett (SheltonLondon)
Podolski, Lukas (MMH)
Pogrebnyak, Pavel (Dave)
Porter, Chris (BBF)
Proschwitz, Nick (Gary J)

Reid, Craig (Alex)
Remy, Loic (Rip)
Rendell, Scott (Beefy)
Revell, Alex (Gary J)
Rhodes, Jordan (Jay)
Richards, Marc (Mikey_Jones)
Rochina, Ruben (da_man)
Rodgers, Andy (Mikey_Jones)
Rooney, Adam (Hurley)
Rooney, Wayne (Torn)
Ronaldo, Cristiano (Bad Collin)
Rowe, Danny (son_of_foley)

Sears, Freddie (UK Blue)
Shaw, Jon (Beefy)
Sharp, Billy (turdpower)
Sigthorsson, Kolbienn (Alex)
Smith, Kevin (MMH)
Sole, Giuseppe (MMH)
Sordell, Marvin (Andy)
Speight, Jake (Connorboy)
Spencer, Scott (Grimario)
Stokes, Anthony (connorboy)
Sturridge, Daniel (Hurley)
Styche, Reece (son_of_foley)
Suarez, Luis (Chris Scott)

Taylor, Lyle (Mikey Jones)
Templeman, Christopher (Gary J)
Tevez, Carlos (BBF)
Thompson, Steven (Christopherson)
Torres, Fernando (da_man)
Trundle, Lee (Rip)
Tubbs, Matt (UK Blue)

Van Persie, Robin (Mikey_Jones)
Vardy, Jamie (da_man)
Velikonja, Etien (Andy)
Vieira, Magno (Jay)

Walker, Jason (Bad Collin)
Wallace, Ryan (BBF)
Weatherstone, Peter (Rip)
Welbeck, Danny (Simon)
Wells, Nakhi (Torn)
Williams, Andy (Mikey_Jones)
Woodall, Brian (Grimario)
Wright, Ben (sof)
Wright-Phillips, Bradley (Christopherson)

Zigic, Nikola (Simon)

[MMH]

Just to clarify the rules, any player is available to be taken, just understand that those with Euro picks can take anyone who has already been picked from europe if they so wish from a manager who doesnt have a Euro pick. If that makes sense...

MMH – Matt Green (Mansfield Town)
Torn - Steven Gillespie (Fleetwood Town)
Beefy – Freddy Eastwood (Southend United)
Bad Collin – No keeper
Mikey Jones – Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
Turdpower - TBA
Jay – Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield Town)
Grimario - Liam Hearn (Grimsby Town)
Andy – Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
SOF – Sean Marks (Braintree Town)
BBF - Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)
Dave - Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City)
SheltonLondon - No keeper
Chris Scott – Luis Suarez (Liverpool)
connorboy – Jake Speight (Mansfield Town)
Christopherson - No keeper
Alex – Papiss Cisse (Newcastle United)
Gary J - None
da_man – Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
Simon – n/a
Uk Blue n/a
Hurley – Relegated
Ringo - Relegated
The Rosk - n/a

[UK Blue]

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[MMH]

Sorted.

Oh and can you all do me a favour and post your ongoing squads as you draft as its easier to copy and paste them in to the squad list. I do understand that some people will be making picks on mobiles etc though so its not a rule just a request.

[Grimario]

Round One



Torn
Andy
Bad Collin
Jay
Beefy
Dave
Alex
MMH
SheltonLondon
Turdpower
Son of Foley
Chris Scott
BBF
Mikey Jones



Hurrrrrry up!

[MMH]

That members who have read this thread thing will be quite handy this year too.

[SheltonLondon]

Is that us started then?

[Beefy]

Torn is such a cunt

[Mikey_Jones]

:hyper:

[Grimario]

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What a great day to celebrate your birthday/start of the draft :beer:

[BBF]

Have we confirmed that if the forums go down we'll be using the Twitter RFF Feed to whack our teams in?

[Torn]

Are we actually starting now?

[Beefy]

If you make your pick then we seem to be.

[SheltonLondon]

Get it started! Should probably get onto this twitter malarkey, not really taken off in this backwards place...

[Torn]

MMH?

[Beefy]

Torn, you could have picked your player in May.

[Torn]

But I'm not going to start a flurry of draft activity without an official start!

edit:
meh fuck it

[The Rosk]

I have to wait until 35 players are taken before picking my first player? I should have read the rules before signing up to this bollocks.

[Torn]

With the first overall pick of the 2012/13 RFF Draft, Fiorentorna selects:

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

[Beefy]

:eek:

Very bold choice, mate.

[Torn]

Being able to keep Rooney next year is huge. This year there is definitely more than just 7 top quality European players as well so I'm not worried about missing out there, so I can hopefully combine a top European player later on with Rooney. And I've won with Ronaldo and Messi in consecutive years so I wanted to try with something different.

[connorboy]

Bloody hell

[Grimario]

Fucks sake, Andy.

[The Rosk]

I hope wardy has some good ideas. This was better years ago. My RFF Euro 2012 trophy is shinier than anything you can fucking win here. 35 players. Christ.

[connorboy]

ANDY OUT

[Beefy]

I hope wardy has some good ideas. This was better years ago. My RFF Euro 2012 trophy is shinier than anything you can fucking win here. 35 players. Christ.

We used to have two keepers when you were playing before so by the time someone down the bottom of the list had a pick 60+ players would have been gone.

[Torn]

The annoying part about picking Rooney first is that it lets a cheat player fall to BC in third. Although BCWROGS will probably tell him to pick Cliff Akurang.

[Beefy]

The annoying part about picking Rooney first is that it lets a cheat player fall to BC in third. Although BCWROGS will probably tell him to pick Cliff Akurang.

Yeah I'm gutted about missing out on third by a point now.

[The Rosk]

We used to have two keepers when you were playing before so by the time someone down the bottom of the list had a pick 60+ players would have been gone.

Nah you are wrong. I only played for one season before.

[The Rosk]

We used to have two keepers when you were playing before so by the time someone down the bottom of the list had a pick 60+ players would have been gone.

Nah you are wrong. I only played for one season before.

[MMH]

I have to wait until 35 players are taken before picking my first player? I should have read the rules before signing up to this bollocks.

Where are you getting 35 from? Its 22.

[Beefy]

Where are you getting 35 from? Its 22.

He's adding the keepers.

[Beefy]

Nah you are wrong. I only played for one season before.

Actually, my friend, it is you who is mistaken. You played in 06-07 (http://forums.rajah.com/showthread.php?120262-Rajah-Fantasy-Football-06-07) and then were in the 07-08 draft (http://forums.rajah.com/showthread.php?128628-Rajah-Fantasy-Football-07-08-draft-thread) when we had two keepers each.

[Andy]

We've started?! Give me 10 minutes, I'm going to do a live coin toss.

[MMH]

He's adding the keepers.

Ah right fair enough.

[Beefy]

We've started?! Give me 10 minutes, I'm going to do a live coin toss.

You know, I don't think your managerial genius is as appreciated around here as it should be.

[Andy]

:D

[The Rosk]

Actually, my friend, it is you who is mistaken. You played in 06-07 (http://forums.rajah.com/showthread.php?120262-Rajah-Fantasy-Football-06-07) and then were in the 07-08 draft (http://forums.rajah.com/showthread.php?128628-Rajah-Fantasy-Football-07-08-draft-thread) when we had two keepers each.

Exactly. I gave up in that season because I thought it was a ludicrous decision. Never mind. I will finish above your shithouse team again. Even if I have to pull out the 36th most popular pick as my main striker I'll give it a go just to shut your boring cheating dogshit great-game-ruining face up.

[RFF Champ]

I imagine Luke Moore will still be available at that time so you needn't worry.

[son_of_foley]

Shut up you cunt and dont dare mock.my.braintree man

[son_of_foley]

That was for the rosk but ky feud with Alex needs more.fuel

[The Rosk]

Braintree ffs.

[Andy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHblnXAJAjM&feature=youtu.be



Inter Milandy

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

[RFF Champ]

I've no time for feuds what with having to research European goalscorers and anticipating my pick which will be any moment now.

[The Rosk]

Messi and Aguero before I have even made a pick. Brilliant. Can't wait til Clinton Morrison proves you all wrong.

[Torn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHblnXAJAjM&feature=youtu.be



Inter Milandy

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)


Brilliant

[Bad Collin]

Fantastic, I am delighted to welcome back Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

[Andy]

FUCKING HELL JAY

[Jay]

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/match-centre/article702641.ece/ALTERNATES/gallery-large/gary-hooper-celtic-cropped

Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield)
Gary Hooper (Celtic)

[Beefy]

I did not see these four picks coming.

Ok, maybe I did.

I'm drafting Jon Shaw (Luton Town)

Jon Shaw (Luton Town)
Freddy Eastwood (Southend United)

Dave is up.

[Andy]

I think everyone should make video picks.

[MMH]

I did not see these four picks coming.

Ok, maybe I did.

I'm drafting Jon Shaw (Luton Town)

Jon Shaw (Luton Town)
Freddy Eastwood (Southend United)

Dave is up.

Now thats an interesting pick. He was deffo on my radar.

[MMH]

Oh its Daves pick?

Sigh...see you lot tomorrow chaps.

[Beefy]

I've sent Dave a message on twitter. He'd tweeted a few minutes earlier to say that he was using the Wi-Fi on the Tube so heaven-only knows when he'll be around to pick.

[MMH]

They have wifi on the tube?

Blimey I bet the streets really are paved with gold down there.

[Bad Collin]

Shaw is a very good pick according to BCWROGS, he is rated fifth. In fact here are the players in the top ten who have gone so far:

1. Messi
2. Ronaldo
3. ???
4. ???
5. Jon Shaw
6. ???
7. ???
8. ???
9. ???
10. ???

[Jay]

Yet further proof that BCWROGS is a complete load of bollocks.

[MMH]

Yeah I thought Hooper missing was odd.

Not that we should be talking about potential draft choices just yet...(or mystery ones...)

[Andy]

Rooney and Hooper aren't in there? You're a fucking mental case BC.

[Torn]

Never mind Hooper missing, it's missed off Rooney ffs :lol:

[son_of_foley]

I did not see these four picks coming.

Ok, maybe I did.

I'm drafting Jon Shaw (Luton Town)

Jon Shaw (Luton Town)
Freddy Eastwood (Southend United)

Dave is up.
You wanker

[son_of_foley]

I wont be picking tonight. My list is in work. Shaw.was my number 1 unsuprisingly after how well hes.done for me past 2 years

[Dave]

I'll make my pick within an hour. I've done no research, so want a quick scout around before I make a pick.

(Also, for information, how long do I actually have for my pick?)

[Bad Collin]

Yet further proof that BCWROGS is a complete load of bollocks.


Yeah I thought Hooper missing was odd.

Not that we should be talking about potential draft choices just yet...(or mystery ones...)


Rooney and Hooper aren't in there? You're a fucking mental case BC.


Never mind Hooper missing, it's missed off Rooney ffs :lol:

It's science you cunts. There are a lot of euro players in the top ten. Domestically Hooper and Rooney are 10th and 7th respectively.

[Andy]

I'll make my pick within an hour. I've done no research, so want a quick scout around before I make a pick.

(Also, for information, how long do I actually have for my pick?)

Well since we've started early I'd guess 9pm tomorrow? Are we getting 12 hours per pick?

[MMH]

I would prefer if I got my pick tonight...

The 12 hour thing is realistically for people who are working etc to cover any lack of access. Its not a rule where we can walk in and say "ok ill make my pick tomorrow" coz thats annoying.

[Dave]

Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich)

No-one domestically stands out, and this'll give me a bit of time to actually look at what's around in the UK.

Davalencia
Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich)
Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City)

[Andy]

That's the first six I thought would go, although not in that order. Interested to see what happens next.

[Jay]

It's science you cunts. There are a lot of euro players in the top ten. Domestically Hooper and Rooney are 10th and 7th respectively.Can you please explain the "science" behind Jon Shaw being in the top five strikers in Europe?

[Beefy]

Can you please explain the "science" behind Jon Shaw being in the top five strikers in Europe?

60 goals in two seasons probably had something to do with it. Now playing for the favourites for the Conference as opposed to a midtable side as well.

As I said the other day, I thought the first five picks were no-brainers, personally. I know from speaking to Alex yesterday that he thinks I've over-rated Shaw but I settled on him as my pick weeks ago and am happy enough with how it has turned out.

[Beefy]

You wanker

:heart:

[MMH]

60 goals in two seasons probably had something to do with it. Now playing for the favourites for the Conference as opposed to a midtable side as well.

As I said the other day, I thought the first five picks were no-brainers, personally. I know from speaking to Alex yesterday that he thinks I've over-rated Shaw but I settled on him as my pick weeks ago and am happy enough with how it has turned out.

I dont think he is overated but its a slightly risky one with him moving to a new team and Luton having other good options. If you wanted him though there was no way he would be available by the time it was your next turn so I reckon thats justification enough.

[RFF Champ]

Stuart Beavon (Wycombe Wanderers)

[RFF Champ]

I don't think you've overrated Shaw. I was just urging caution because he's had injuries in the past and he hasn't played in either of Luton's pre-season friendlies. He's also struggled with a move before too.

If he clicks though then you've got a goalscorer on your hands.

[RFF Champ]

I don't think you've overrated Shaw. I was just urging caution because he's had injuries in the past and he hasn't played in either of Luton's pre-season friendlies. He's also struggled with a move before too.

If he clicks though then you've got a goalscorer on your hands.

[MMH]

Stuart Beavon (Wycombe Wanderers)

Thats a bit of a surprise I must admit. I was going to keep him last night but didnt like the fact he is being linked to lots of clubs and other than last season his record wasnt that great.

Still a top scorer last year dropping down a division could pay off well for you. You are turning into my team from last year there....

My pick coming in a moment.

[Beefy]

That's what I meant.

Had I thought again I'd have probably gone for Beavon.

[RFF Champ]

Thats a bit of a surprise I must admit. I was going to keep him last night but didnt like the fact he is being linked to lots of clubs and other than last season his record wasnt that great.

Still a top scorer last year dropping down a division could pay off well for you. You are turning into my team from last year there....

My pick coming in a moment.

haha, I didn't realise you had him.

This morning he wasn't going to be my pick but I had a crisis of confidence and abandoned my previous pick. I saw him play last year and he's a top top player. If he stays at Wycombe then happy days but more likely he'll end up at Preston or Sheffield United who I expect to compete at the right end of League One and neither have any decent strikers.

[RFF Champ]

I've never had a good first round pick (has anyone?) so I don't think there's that much pressure on it, gone for a gamble.

[Beefy]

I've never had a good first round pick (has anyone?) so I don't think there's that much pressure on it, gone for a gamble.

Jon Shaw is stepping today into boots previously worn by Danny Graham (2 goals), Leon Constantine (0 goals) and Lee Barnard (0 goals).

Matt Tubbs last year got me 12 before he got sold in January. He was by far my best no.1 pick ever and even he was only good for half a season.

[Mikey_Jones]

I've never had a good first round pick (has anyone?) so I don't think there's that much pressure on it, gone for a gamble.

I dunno, I think RVP was good last year

[MMH]

With their first round pick of the 2012/13 RFF draft FC Mighto Molly Hollyhock pick....

Nikica Jelavic (Everton)


http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7240/squadc.jpg

Maybe a slight heart over head pick there but I had my sights set on him from the start so part 1 of my 8 part plan is complete.

[RFF Champ]

I've had Justin Richards, Ismael Miller, Mark Burchill and James Constable. They all failed and got dropped except Constable who failed and took me 3/4 of the season to drop.

[Mikey_Jones]

Balls, I was going to welcome him home to Brazil Nuts after an 18 month loan to Christopherson. Good pick

[MMH]

haha, I didn't realise you had him.

This morning he wasn't going to be my pick but I had a crisis of confidence and abandoned my previous pick. I saw him play last year and he's a top top player. If he stays at Wycombe then happy days but more likely he'll end up at Preston or Sheffield United who I expect to compete at the right end of League One and neither have any decent strikers.

His ability to play on the wing worried me as did the fact that Charlton were linked with him. But then again Charlton are linked with everybody.

I literally changed my mind about 100 times last night on who to keep.

[RFF Champ]

:lol: That is stunning, MMH.

[MMH]

:lol: That is stunning, MMH.

Ha cheers. I have decided to make a record like that of every player I sign this year and see where it takes me.

I was worried you were going to take Jelavic and then I would have had to change the image!

[Andy]

I'm going to wait until it comes around towards me again before I start refining my list. There's just no point at this stage with 15 odd good players to be taken before it's back on me.

[RFF Champ]

Ha cheers. I have decided to make a record like that of every player I sign this year and see where it takes me.

I was worried you were going to take Jelavic and then I would have had to change the image!

He was in the second category on my list, mainly because of the play every week thing. He's a good safe pick I think, most of the players at the top of my list have moved club, division so it's probably wiser to pick someone with something of a proven track record.

[RFF Champ]

Ha cheers. I have decided to make a record like that of every player I sign this year and see where it takes me.

I was worried you were going to take Jelavic and then I would have had to change the image!

He was in the second category on my list, mainly because of the play every week thing. He's a good safe pick I think, most of the players at the top of my list have moved club, division so it's probably wiser to pick someone with something of a proven track record.

[Jay]

60 goals in two seasons probably had something to do with it.I meant absolutely nothing against Jon Shaw, as I actually toyed with the idea of picking him myself, but I just wanted BC to explain the "science" behind his rankings because the facts say both Hooper and Rooney have a better goals/game ratio than Shaw over the past two seasons. And you know how much I love my facts.

I can vaguely remember BC explaining it all before, but I'd love to read it again.


I dunno, I think RVP was good last year
Yeah, that Rhodes fella turned out to be alright, as well.

[Andy]

I can't even remember who my number one pick was last season.

[MMH]

He was in the second category on my list, mainly because of the play every week thing. He's a good safe pick I think, most of the players at the top of my list have moved club, division so it's probably wiser to pick someone with something of a proven track record.

Yeah it helps that he is at my club of course too so ill know when he is playing or not. The way we set up too I genuinely expect him to score every goal we score next year!

Im at that horrible point now where I have a few players who could be brilliant but may be awful too on my list.

[Jay]

I'm going to wait until it comes around towards me again before I start refining my list. There's just no point at this stage with 15 odd good players to be taken before it's back on me.Yeah, I'm just leaving my list as it is until my next pick is fairly imminent.

My list is in tiers and I have just five players in the second tier for my next pick, none of which have gone yet, although there's a long way to go yet.

[Andy]

I'm already getting excited about drafting long shots, punts and risks. I don't think that's ever going to change. Fuck 15 goal a season Championship strikers, I'm going for obscure Scottish players and random English league players I've never heard of.

[Bad Collin]

I meant absolutely nothing against Jon Shaw, as I actually toyed with the idea of picking him myself, but I just wanted BC to explain the "science" behind his rankings because the facts say both Hooper and Rooney have a better goals/game ratio than Shaw over the past two seasons. And you know how much I love my facts.

I can vaguely remember BC explaining it all before, but I'd love to read it again.

.

It's just a spreadsheet with a formula to work out an expected number of goals. It works fairly well, I had a good draft last year, but sadly I lost last year's spreadsheet so I can't check how accurate it was.

[MMH]

Only 2 managers yet to check into this thread. Not too bad.

[SheltonLondon]

Who are we on at the moment then?

[Jay]

You.

MMH, Beefy or Dave always updates the thread title with the names of the next four people to pick.

[SheltonLondon]

Okay no worries, on my phone. Give me a couple of minutes

[SheltonLondon]

Charlie Austin (Burnley)

[Grimario]

Shaw is a very good pick according to BCWROGS, he is rated fifth. In fact here are the players in the top ten who have gone so far:

1. Messi
2. Ronaldo
3. ???
4. ???
5. Jon Shaw
6. ???
7. ???
8. ???
9. ???
10. ???

I understand why you would have European players in the top 10 of BCWRONGS but they should be in a completely separate pool, you numpty.

9 of the top 10 in "Grims Sheet of Pretty Colours" have either all been taken or were keepers.

[turdpower]

Mario balotelli (Manchester city)

[son_of_foley]

Levski S_O_Fia have come to an agreement for the signing of

Rory McCallister (Peterhead)

Their manager is quoted as saying "Well he's no Jon Shaw but he'll do"

[Bad Collin]

Great pick there SoF, I have no idea how he has lasted so long in this draft. Look after him buddy.

EDIT: And get his bloody name right

[son_of_foley]

I'm like Jim Smith mate. Names aren't important.

[Bad Collin]

True enough son_of_Gobbledy Gooker

[MMH]

I was going to take him over Jelavic. But as I said heart over head.

[Simon]

I still don't understand the European players thing. :cry:

[son_of_foley]

I still don't understand the European players thing. :cry:

Which bit? Only the top 6 teams or something get european players. The rest of us have to make do with players who play in eligible leaguyes (Scotland and England).

[Grimario]

Hurry up Chris Scott, BBF and Mikey :happysad:

Otherwise it will get late again and you guys will be stuck waiting for me to pick tomorrow...

[son_of_foley]

Grim I can take a list if you want

[Bad Collin]

Leave me some names if you want Grim.

[Mikey_Jones]

My pick may be delayed since my list is at home and I'm in Sheffield

[MMH]

I still don't understand the European players thing. :cry:

Basically you dont get one as you didnt qualify for Europe last season. Dont worry about it too much, it will make sense to you as the season goes on.

You can however take a risk on a player in Europe (or indeed the world) if you think he is going to sign for a team in an eligible. So say for example you had heard that Tottenham where about to sign lets say Robert Lewandowski you could pick him but you will be left short if he doesnt sign for you at some point in this window and will then be forced to pick up another player.

Also say you did sign Lewandowski with your first pick and then Beefy or whoever takes him with his Euro pick later in the draft you will lose him anyway as his Euro pick takes precedence over your normal pick.

My advice is not to worry about foreign based players unless you have insider info or something. And if you wanted to take one wait until the bottom end of the draft where the loss of the player should he not sign wouldnt be so bad.

[Beefy]

I still don't understand the European players thing. :cry:

Top six in the league + the winner of the cup get the chance to draft a player from any of the main European leagues. You can only pick one player and you can't swap him for another Euro player later (for example Jay had David Villa last season as his Euro player and once he got injured he had to swap him out for a domestic player).

We also have a second cup competition called the MMH Cup which also gives everyone access to a European player. Teams are eliminated from the MMH Cup when they don't score a goal amongst their eight squad players in a single week. The last team standing wins a Euro player which they can keep for the duration of the next MMH Cup (which starts the following game week).

Currently turdpower & MMH are in the final two of this current MMH Cup.

EDIT - or what MMH said

[Simon]

OK, I think I get it. :dunno:

[son_of_foley]

Why the shrug? Which bit are you struggling with mate. Treat us like Jonny 5 we need more input son holla

[Simon]

Na I was just shrugging in a sort of "I think I get it, we'll see"

[Beefy]

Yeah just see how it play outs.

Biggest tip that you could get right now, Simon, is something which gets said every year. Don't worry too much about the draft. Obviously try to get the best squad that you can but you'll find that the vast majority of teams are completely different by mid October to what they are at the end of the draft itself.

This game is all about picking up players through the season and picking the right five players on a Saturday.

[Simon]

Why is that?

[Grimario]

Jon Shaw is stepping today into boots previously worn by Danny Graham (2 goals), Leon Constantine (0 goals) and Lee Barnard (0 goals).

Matt Tubbs last year got me 12 before he got sold in January. He was by far my best no.1 pick ever and even he was only good for half a season.


I've had Justin Richards, Ismael Miller, Mark Burchill and James Constable. They all failed and got dropped except Constable who failed and took me 3/4 of the season to drop.


Why is that?

This.

[Beefy]

Because whilst we're all convinced when we draft a player that he's going to be an example of how great we are at spotting talent, actually we're not. Plus often you'll pick a player convinced that he's going to score 20 goals once he gets into his club's side but the reality of only having eight spots available to you means that you often don't have the luxury of being able to wait so you end up dropping him for someone who happens to be playing against Barnet the next Saturday.

It's just the way the game works out. Obviously if you can pick up a Robin van Persie or Jordan Rhodes in the draft then brilliant but more flops get drafted than success stories.

[Simon]

Ah ok.

I started following a bunch of Rajah people that BBF mentioned yesterday, but other than Grimario I don't know who they are. Who are TheMikeChilds and MackAttack?

[Jay]

Mikey_Jones and I think the other is Alex.

[Grimario]

Ah ok.

I started following a bunch of Rajah people that BBF mentioned yesterday, but other than Grimario I don't know who they are. Who are TheMikeChilds and MackAttack?

I got this request from SOB and my first thought was "why the fuck is Seanny One Ball following me on twitter?!?!" :eek:

Then saw a tweet that was basically "something something something #fuckoffarsenal", joined the dots and voila.

[Simon]

WAAAAAAAY THATS ME!

[Bad Collin]

Mikey Jones and Alex

EDIT: Fuck you Jay.

I need to reset my twitter password and get involved in this.

[MMH]

I really should get on the twitter bandwagon at some point.

[Beefy]

Hopefully Chris Scott comes on here soon.

Lists, people.

[Bad Collin]

Can't we just pick Danny Agger for him?

[Mikey_Jones]

There is the RFFleague account as well that was set up last year

[Jay]

Mikey Jones and Alex

EDIT: Fuck you Jay.

I need to reset my twitter password and get involved in this.:D

Yeah, I need to get involved also. I was fairly obsessed with Twitter for a while when I had my iPhone (Tweetbot > *), but I haven't touched it since I switched to Android about a year ago because there wasn't a single half-decent Twitter App. Thankfully, a number of them have all pretty much arrived on the scene at the same time recently - Boid and Tweet Lanes (both of which are still in Beta mode) - and Carbon is being released this week, as well.

[RFF Champ]

My pick may be delayed since my list is at home and I'm in Sheffield

You must have a good idea of who you'll pick first without your list?

[son_of_foley]

maybe he's on trial with Sheffield United and wants to see how that goes?

[Grimario]

You must have a good idea of who you'll pick first without your list?

Mikey doesn't have a list... let's be serious here, he is an unemployed bum right now and the last thing unemployed people do is get organised.

[Bad Collin]

This is disgraceful from MJ. He knew we were starting soon and he should have taken his list with him. As for Chris Scott...

[Mikey_Jones]

I thought we were starting Monday 9am!

[Jay]

I'll be doing the usual and sending PM's out to those who have imminent picks to try and speed things along a little. I won't be PM'ing everyone, though, because a fair few of us are pretty active and don't need reminders.

I'll be around a fair bit now, so anyone who wishes to leave a small list of players, feel free to do so.

[Bad Collin]

I will be excitedly checking this thread every 30 seconds or so until tomorrow night so feel free to leave a list with me too.

[Simon]

If it comes to my turn and I don't reply to PMs quickly, can someone contact me on Twitter as that will get sent straight to my phone :yes:

[Chris Scott]

I'm here lads

[Grimario]

Chris Scott picks MMH Sucks! (Liverpoo)

[Chris Scott]

Steven Fletcher (Wolves)

[Chris Scott]

Chris Scott picks Fabio Borini (Liverpoo)

I was actually thinking fuck it I'll pick him cos I've left my list at home.

[MMH]

Can we please stop mentioning undrafted players.

[Beefy]

I've sent a tweet to BBF so hopefully he can make his pick soon.

[Beefy]

Can we please stop mentioning undrafted players.

I'd suggest a three point penalty for Grim, but that would be a third of his points total for the season.

[Chris Scott]

Also Beefy and BBF send me a message on twitter if im late picking.

Rajah Fantasy Foorball is now following me :cool:

EDIT: Thanks for the notifications Jay, SOF and Beefy, with me knowing were back playing this i will check more often.

[Grimario]

Also Beefy and BBF send me a message on twitter if im late picking.

Rajah Fantasy Foorball is now following me :cool:

EDIT: Thanks for the notifications Jay, SOF and Beefy, with me knowing were back playing this i will check more often.

Are you Chris LFC (or something) on there? I was going to tweet you but wasn't sure if I was about to tweet some other Chris who supports Liverpool on my followers list.

[Beefy]

Twitter is already proving really handy this year for chasing people up about their upcoming draft picks.

[Grimario]

Can't believe I have to wait for an hour for BBF to make his pick :(

Mikey has left me with a few options for him if BBF picks and he is away.

[Dave]

Do we have a list of twitter names for managers/teams?

If so we can be like WWE and when our teams are announced we can have it small underneath them... :rolleyes:

[Beefy]

BBF is here! :panic:

[BBF]

give me 5 lads

[BBF]

eBBFleet United select Kevin Davies (Bolton)

eBBFleet United

Kevin Davies (Bolton)
Carlos Tevez (Man City)

[Beefy]

Interesting pick.

C'mon Mikey, we can rattle through a few picks here.

[The Rosk]

I cannot wait to pick Kenny Deuchar, Juan Ugarte, Simon Yeo and Paul McGrillen.

[BBF]

Interesting pick.

C'mon Mikey, we can rattle through a few picks here.

I was stuck between 3. Davies could get a shedload in the Championship though. Hopefully one of my others stays until my next pick.

[Mikey_Jones]

Marc Richards (Chesterfield)

Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
Marc Richards (Chesterfield)

[Beefy]

I was stuck between 3. Davies could get a shedload in the Championship though. Hopefully one of my others stays until my next pick.

When he turned 35, some people said that the chances of Kevin Davies ever being a first round RFF draft pick were gone.

Those people look a bit silly now.

[BBF]

How many years has it been since you didn't have a Richards in your team?

[Grimario]

Tony Gray (Southport)

Liam Hearn (Grimsby Town)
Tony Gray (Southport)

Night gents :heart:

[BBF]

When he turned 35, some people said that the chances of Kevin Davies ever being a first round RFF draft pick were gone.

Those people look a bit silly now.

20 goals plus this season.

[Beefy]

Christopherson was online about 40 minutes ago. Don't suppose he left a list with anyone?

[Jay]

Nope, nothing here. Bah.

[The Rosk]

I want to choose my player now. Everyone else seems to have Messi and Ronaldo and I literally cannot wait to choose Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Cardiff)

[RFF Champ]

Tony Gray (Southport)

Liam Hearn (Grimsby Town)
Tony Gray (Southport)

Night gents :heart:

bah! I hoped he might slide under the radar. I was going to have him as my keeper but thought that by not discussing my keeper choice in here noone would even know he existed.

[Gary J]

He was going to be my no 1 pick if he had still been available surprised he took this long to go to be honest.

[Bad Collin]

He was high on my list too Alex. I think St Chris is going to steal my main round 2 target.

[Mikey_Jones]

How many years has it been since you didn't have a Richards in your team?

I think he has been in my team every season, but he always gets goals, and now at chesterfield he should get more

[BBF]

Fair play, wasn't knocking your pick just wondered when it was you didn't have him.

[RFF Champ]

I think he has been in my team every season, but he always gets goals, and now at chesterfield he should get more

That's why I was surprised you made the list comment. I said to Beefy on saturday that you would pick Richards. Chesterfield are rumoured to be giving him 4k a week and their transfer business has been pretty good.

[Chris Scott]

Are you Chris LFC (or something) on there? I was going to tweet you but wasn't sure if I was about to tweet some other Chris who supports Liverpool on my followers list.

Yep that's me mate, I've got you too.

[RFF Champ]

He was going to be my no 1 pick if he had still been available surprised he took this long to go to be honest.

Really? He's a part-timer in a team that seemed to have an anomaly of a season. He hasn't even got a wikipedia which made me wonder if he'd still be available in the third round. He won me quite a few points on his own last season.

[Gary J]

Yeah made a quick list yesterday and not a lot stood out for what i thought would be available by the time it was my pick.

[Simon]

I have a feeling when I make my first pick I'm going to get laughed at for having made a massive oversight, as it seems there are really obvious ones that haven't been picked yet :\

[Bad Collin]

No, Kevin Davies has gone mate :)

[BBF]

Can't wait for Davies to 'Harrold' you all

[Simon]

COME THE FUCK. Where is Christopherson? He is shitting in the face of art here.

[RFF Champ]

Christopherson obviously missed the fact that this draft has to be wrapped up by Friday.

[Simon]

Why does it have to be done by Friday? And how long does each person technically have, is it 8 hours?

[Andy]

It doesn't need to be done by any set time, well apart from by the time the season starts. It's usually 12 hours per pick.

I am stunned at the signing of Kevin Davies early in Round 1. Stunned.

[Bad Collin]

It doesn't, he was being facetious and it is normally 12 hours each.

[BBF]

It doesn't need to be done by any set time, well apart from by the time the season starts. It's usually 12 hours per pick.

I am stunned at the signing of Kevin Davies early in Round 1. Stunned.

Why? He's going to score a hatful with his big fat forehead. BBF Guarantee.

[RFF Champ]

Why does it have to be done by Friday? And how long does each person technically have, is it 8 hours?

I'm taking my kit along in the hope I might get a go in the Olympics.

[Beefy]

Why? He's going to score a hatful with his big fat forehead. BBF Guarantee.

Probably because he's 35, has never been a goalscorer and often didn't even get in the team last season.

I have faith in you though, BBF.

[Simon]

Kevin Davies is an odd choice it must be said. I fancy Ngog and Sordell to outscore him.

[Andy]

This is like Grant Holt from last year all over again. Except it won't turn out remotely as well.

[RFF Champ]

Kevin Davies is an odd choice it must be said. I fancy Ngog and Sordell to outscore him.

MMH won't like you saying it, but it's what we were all thinking.

[BBF]

We'll see, I think he'll do really well in the Championship and lead the line for Bolton.

As you've already said though, the draft is often a poor litmus test for a squad especially in the early couple of rounds. Its a punt but I think it will come off.

[Simon]

Why won't MMH want me to say it? How many fucking rules are there in this game?! Jesus

[BBF]

Its just an unwritten rule that you don't really name players that haven't been picked yet.

[RFF Champ]

Why won't MMH want me to say it? How many fucking rules are there in this game?! Jesus

It's not really a rule but it must be fairly obvious why we don't want to be discussing undrafted players in public. We want as many 'Kevin Davies picks' as possible, we don't want to direct these people to decent picks.

[MMH]

It's not really a rule but it must be fairly obvious why we don't want to be discussing undrafted players in public. We want as many 'Kevin Davies picks' as possible, we don't want to direct these people to decent picks.

Ha this, although yeah Simon basically said exactly what I was thinking too.

[Beefy]

Bloody hell Christopherson. Bloody hell.

[connorboy]

Im here lads just waiting on bloody Christopherson

[Gary J]

To be fair to BBF of the two mentioned that we think outscore Davies one of them couldn't manage to do so last season and the other barely got a game after signing in fact until i was doing some research i forgot he was even at Bolton. Despite all this i still Davies is a poor pick as i can't see him or Bolton doing too much next season.

[MMH]

Christfuckofferson :mad:

[Andy]

Davies wasn't even on my list.

[Bad Collin]

I don't think the gap between the bottom half of the Prem and the top of the championship is too big at the moment.

[Bad Collin]

Davies wasn't even on my list.

Davies currently ranks 87 on BCWROGS making him the second lowest rated first draft pick so far (Baloteli is ranked 89)

[RFF Champ]

To be fair to BBF of the two mentioned that we think outscore Davies one of them couldn't manage to do so last season and the other barely got a game after signing in fact until i was doing some research i forgot he was even at Bolton. Despite all this i still Davies is a poor pick as i can't see him or Bolton doing too much next season.

booooo, objectivity, boooooo!

[Gary J]

Davies wasn't even on my list.

Wasn't on mine either but in defence of BBF if he thinks Bolton will do well in the championship then i can understand why he'd think Davies is gonna be their main goal threat.

[Gary J]

booooo, objectivity, boooooo!

Someone's gotta defend him. It certainly is not a family trait as i can break his sisters defences whenever i want to.

[Simon]

Nice one Beefy I had missed something there. Makes my choice a lot simpler now unless someone fucks me.

[The Rosk]

Zzzzzzzzz

[Beefy]

I think he's waiting for Rangers to sign a striker.

[The Rosk]

Can any of the four go?

[connorboy]

No :(

[Torn]

Bloody Christopherson.

Some surprising choices so far as well as some very unsurprising ones. I think everyone saw MMH with Jelavic and Mikey with Richards coming for months, both nice picks though. Richards is the one consistent name at the top end of the League Two top scorers table every year, and MMH I know you keep saying heart over head but I'd have taken him just after the first 5. I like the top Premier League goalscorers as you'd expect someone like Jelavic to get a similar amount of goals to a top goalscorer in League One/Two, but in less games and his games are mostly on weekends.

Beavon at 7 is mental. Gambling on him staying at Wycombe is a huge risk that could pay off massively, fair play for taking it as I wouldn't, but if he doesn't and goes back to League One then you've got a good, not great, goalscorer with no real proven track record on your hands. I had him last year for a while and he was a decent squad player who went through some dry spells. Although he picked it up a bit for MMH after I dropped him, that's a very small sample size and I was able to replace his goals fairly easily, and I don't think you could say that about the likes of Jelavic and McAllister.

I don't think any more needs to be said about Kevin Davies... don't understand this "oh well" mentality when picking a first round pick because they've failed in the past. Still a big chance to get a consistent goalscorer if you don't lose the plot.

[MMH]

Bloody Christopherson.

Some surprising choices so far as well as some very unsurprising ones. I think everyone saw MMH with Jelavic and Mikey with Richards coming for months, both nice picks though. Richards is the one consistent name at the top end of the League Two top scorers table every year, and MMH I know you keep saying heart over head but I'd have taken him just after the first 5. I like the top Premier League goalscorers as you'd expect someone like Jelavic to get a similar amount of goals to a top goalscorer in League One/Two, but in less games and his games are mostly on weekends.

Beavon at 7 is mental. Gambling on him staying at Wycombe is a huge risk that could pay off massively, fair play for taking it as I wouldn't, but if he doesn't and goes back to League One then you've got a good, not great, goalscorer with no real proven track record on your hands. I had him last year for a while and he was a decent squad player who went through some dry spells. Although he picked it up a bit for MMH after I dropped him, that's a very small sample size and I was able to replace his goals fairly easily, and I don't think you could say that about the likes of Jelavic and McAllister.

I don't think any more needs to be said about Kevin Davies... don't understand this "oh well" mentality when picking a first round pick because they've failed in the past. Still a big chance to get a consistent goalscorer if you don't lose the plot.

You should do a review for that with each round I reckon :yes:

Chaps whats the twitter page again?

[connorboy]

@rffleague

[MMH]

Cheers have followed it.

[Torn]

Rajah Fantasy Footy ‏@RFFleague
(https://twitter.com/RFFleague)@Andrew_Francis (https://twitter.com/Andrew_Francis) You are shit at me

:lol:! Just constant abuse from all angles towards BBF today.

[Dave]

I don't think any more needs to be said about Kevin Davies... don't understand this "oh well" mentality when picking a first round pick because they've failed in the past. Still a big chance to get a consistent goalscorer if you don't lose the plot.Of last years' top 10 scorers, 5 were keepers, 4 were taken in the first round, and one was Mario Gomez. Speaking of Gomez, I assume the rules have been changed as last year he was held over as his MMH pick, and no-ones mentioned anything about me taking him this year.

[Andy]

:lol:

[MMH]

Of last years' top 10 scorers, 5 were keepers, 4 were taken in the first round, and one was Mario Gomez. Speaking of Gomez, I assume the rules have been changed as last year he was held over as his MMH pick, and no-ones mentioned anything about me taking him this year.

SCS is no longer in the league so Gomez was made available. If he was still here it would have been the same rule as last year.

[Torn]

The MMH cup holder was SCS, and he got removed from the game, so there is no MMH cup holder right now basically.

[son_of_foley]

Has anyone pmed Christopherson

[MMH]

He was last on at 1.15 today so I doubt it would have made a difference really. Chris aint lazy hes just not on as much as everyone else I suppose.

[RFF Champ]

Bloody Christopherson.

Some surprising choices so far as well as some very unsurprising ones. I think everyone saw MMH with Jelavic and Mikey with Richards coming for months, both nice picks though. Richards is the one consistent name at the top end of the League Two top scorers table every year, and MMH I know you keep saying heart over head but I'd have taken him just after the first 5. I like the top Premier League goalscorers as you'd expect someone like Jelavic to get a similar amount of goals to a top goalscorer in League One/Two, but in less games and his games are mostly on weekends.

Beavon at 7 is mental. Gambling on him staying at Wycombe is a huge risk that could pay off massively, fair play for taking it as I wouldn't, but if he doesn't and goes back to League One then you've got a good, not great, goalscorer with no real proven track record on your hands. I had him last year for a while and he was a decent squad player who went through some dry spells. Although he picked it up a bit for MMH after I dropped him, that's a very small sample size and I was able to replace his goals fairly easily, and I don't think you could say that about the likes of Jelavic and McAllister.

I don't think any more needs to be said about Kevin Davies... don't understand this "oh well" mentality when picking a first round pick because they've failed in the past. Still a big chance to get a consistent goalscorer if you don't lose the plot.


You're basing it on stats whereas I'm obviously taking that into consideration as well as his ability. I'm confident he'll rock up at Preston, he's too good to stay in League Two. The big gamble I feel is that he could end up in the Championship. It's no more of a gamble than Shaw or even keeping Cisse, I don't think.

[Gary J]

Have reset my password for Twitter since it's seems like it could be a major thing for the new RFF season now i just have to work out how it bloody works.

[Dave]

SCS is no longer in the league so Gomez was made available. If he was still here it would have been the same rule as last year. Phew - I figured it'd have been pointed out before now, I just wanted to check.

FInished my English list this afternoon, should be able to get a couple of them but it's had the misfortune of making me impatient. On the plus side I have put my list on the internet so I can access it anywhere. Well, anywhere there's internet.

[Beefy]

He was last on at 1.15 today so I doubt it would have made a difference really. Chris aint lazy hes just not on as much as everyone else I suppose.

Yeah it's just annoying that he was in this thread this afternoon when there were two people before him to pick and presumably knowing he wouldn't be back for a while and he didn't say anything.

[da_man]

Can I have a volunteer to take a shortlist off me if my pick comes up tomorrow please?

[Jay]

On the plus side I have put my list on the internet so I can access it anywhere. Well, anywhere there's internet.Yeah, I've done the same, as I got caught out last year and ending up drafting David Villa on the fly.

Although to be fair, Kevin Gameiro, who I wanted to pick, didn't fare much better.

[Jay]

Can I have a volunteer to take a shortlist off me if my pick comes up tomorrow please?Feel free to shoot me a PM. I'll be around.

[SheltonLondon]

Looks like Charlie Austin's move to Leeds will be going through, which is why I opted for him, didn't have any stand out picks but I'm pretty happy with that now the move is happening. Thoughts?

[da_man]

His arms are attached to his shoulders by sellotape.

[son_of_foley]

Thats Randolph Austin.a.winger you mentalist

[son_of_foley]

Rodolph

[Bad Collin]

Lads, I think that KingKennyRules4Eva is playing the Aguero gambit on us.

[BBF]

What?!

[SheltonLondon]

Thats Randolph Austin.a.winger you mentalist

Haha just fucking noticed that. What a whopper. Oh well, sure he'll do well at Burnley........................................... .....

[son_of_foley]

I love you Shelton. If hes first choice he'll bang them in

[Jay]

:lol:

You're like Karl Pilkington, only reading the headline.

[Bad Collin]

By that I mean that he has picked someone just not shit enough to be believable in the hope that a mega star signs for a big team and he can get first pick in the supplementary draft by dropping Davies.

[connorboy]

:lol: bloody hell Shelton. Bet he scores 30 goals now

[Torn]

Why would it make a difference whether he was at Leeds or Burnley in the first place? He did alright for Burnley last year and they finished above Leeds.

[son_of_foley]

Warnocks sides dont score too many usually.do they anyway. Rodriguez has gone as well which will help

[Christopherson]

Give me 10 mins.

Martin Boyle (Montrose)


The wife was away to the mother in laws all weekend and she just got back this afternoon, she needed some hairy big fat bastard time, what can I say :shrug:.

[Torn]

YOU HAVE FIVE MAXIMUM.

[Jay]

connorboy and Gary are here as well, and hopefully Topping is still knocking about. We could get through a few in quick succession here.

[connorboy]

Depends if Chris picks who I'm going to pick. That will really throw me out!

[BBF]

Chris picked getting his end away over RFF

STRIKE ONE

[Bad Collin]

He edited his post to pick Martin Boyle, off you go Connor old son.

[connorboy]

Anthony Stokes (Celtic)


Anthony Stokes (Celtic)
Jake Speight (Mansfield Town)

GO TOPPING GO