Teacider 108 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 There's been a few mentions on the paid fantasy league thread about starting a draft league so thought a separate thread might be handy. I'm going to create a league through the main fpl site, and set a draft Day of Friday (to catch as many transfers as possible) and will organise a time to suit as many people as possible. If you're interested in giving this a go (please bear with me as I've not done one of these before!) Then leave a comment below with the best time for you for the draft to take place! Just to add this will be free and just for bragging rights! There's a maximum of 18 teams so will be on a first come first served basis! Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,311 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, Teacider said: There's been a few mentions on the paid fantasy league thread about starting a draft league so thought a separate thread might be handy. I'm going to create a league through the main fpl site, and set a draft Day of Friday (to catch as many transfers as possible) and will organise a time to suit as many people as possible. If you're interested in giving this a go (please bear with me as I've not done one of these before!) Then leave a comment below with the best time for you for the draft to take place! Just to add this will be free and just for bragging rights! There's a maximum of 18 teams so will be on a first come first served basis! Friday, I am working until half 4 so wouldn't be available until after that, if that lines up with everyone else? Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernSmoggie 4,223 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Never tried draft but up for it! Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,311 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Must be more than 3 of us game surely? Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,246 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Yes I’m in. Just a quick note. You don’t have to be around at the time of the draft to play. You can select a list which will pick for you automatically. The quicker you set up the league, the quicker players can enter and select their lists. Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie-H 1,322 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I'm down I've done draft in NFL leagues interested to try it in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Mate If you're going to do a draft league, do it through an app other than the official site. The reason being, the scoring is very limited on the official game - goals, assists, clean sheets and bonus points. When you think about a draft league, you generally have 10-12 teams, thats 140 players - there's not 140 players in the league that are any use in fantasy with official scoring! It leaves the free agent pool completely unusable and you tend to get no trades because you can only do likenfor like trades I recommend fantrax with togga scoring. Basically this means as well as the normal scoring metrics, players get points for key passes, tackles, aerial duels, interceptions, dribbles.. pretty much everything on the pitch. It means more players are useful and you can be more tactical about who you pick up and when. Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Sorry, i hadn't finished haah You can also change your team right up to the kick off of every match. Ie if you have one player left to play in the last game of the weekend and he's benched, you can swap him for another player who is playing either from your bench or the free agent pool. I've been playing draft for years and this is far and away the best format, although it does tend to take over your life a little at the weekend! - if you want to chat more about it if be happy to give you the lowdown and give you a hand setting it up if you prefer this Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,246 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I'm probably not arsed with that tbh. Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,311 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Neverbefore said: Sorry, i hadn't finished haah You can also change your team right up to the kick off of every match. Ie if you have one player left to play in the last game of the weekend and he's benched, you can swap him for another player who is playing either from your bench or the free agent pool. I've been playing draft for years and this is far and away the best format, although it does tend to take over your life a little at the weekend! - if you want to chat more about it if be happy to give you the lowdown and give you a hand setting it up if you prefer this That sounds waaaay to involved for a first time round for me Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, OldManGravz said: That sounds waaaay to involved for a first time round for me Haha fair. Probably not enough time to prep. Definitely worth thinking about it for next season if you enjoy the official draft. Link to post Share on other sites
Teacider 108 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Right guys, got the league ready the code is: jos7o0 As someone said above you don't need to be there for the draft but it's due to take place at 5pm tomorrow! Link to post Share on other sites
Teacider 108 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Final shout for this - the draft starts in an hour - just enough time to get over to fantasy.premierleague.com and enter code: jos7o0 on the draft league page and join the fun! Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Good luck fellas! Were going to be playing each other a lot with just the 6 entrants haha. Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I got adama so I win the draft! Link to post Share on other sites
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