The headlines
- The regular season 6 draft is below – please send your picks to me by Sunday at 7.30pm
- Post-match fitness recovery will be reduced by 2
- There is a second draft! Again, send your picks to me by 7.30pm on Sunday
Season 6 draft
The regular season is over! We came, we saw, we text filed!
Only this Sunday’s play offs remain and then we’re on the beach. Metaphorically. It’s October.
I’ve put together the draft. See below and let me know which absolute bangers you want to pick. Remember Roy Mackaay?
Name Age Nat Prs St Tk Ps Sh Sm Ag KAb TAb PAb SAb Gam Sav Ktk Kps Sht Gls Ass DP Inj Sus Fit
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JF_Molina 20 spa C 19 4 4 4 83 25 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Nuno_E_Santo 17 por C 17 5 4 4 56 24 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
J_Capdevila 23 spa R 4 20 10 11 82 43 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
N_Naybet 30 mor LC 4 19 11 9 82 50 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
M_Pablo 27 eng C 5 19 7 9 60 39 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
C_Martin 26 spa RC 4 18 6 4 65 31 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
E_Romero 29 spa LC 4 18 9 7 59 21 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Hector 30 spa C 2 17 8 9 58 29 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Djalminha 27 bra RC 5 6 21 13 75 90 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
JC_Valeron 26 spa RLC 4 7 20 9 69 30 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
A_Duscher 21 arg C 3 13 19 5 72 75 300 300 700 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Fran 28 spa L 4 10 19 9 63 35 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
L_Scaloni 25 arg RC 3 5 19 9 59 28 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
M_Silva 19 bra C 3 11 18 6 75 20 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
R_Makaay 24 ned LC 3 2 9 20 65 22 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
D_Tristan 27 spa C 4 8 9 19 80 29 300 300 300 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
W_Pandiani 25 uru RC 5 9 12 18 81 57 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
This is for Season 6 teams (soz Chris and Derek) and the intention is to give a boost to the teams who need it most. The team who finished last in Division 2 gets first pick, followed by the team who finished second last in Division Two… all the way up to the team who came second top in Division One. The team who won Division One doesn’t get a pick, they don’t need any help. It’s tough at the top Mathias.
Email me this list of players with number 1 next to your first choice, number 2 next to your second choice, right through to the bottom. After the deadline I’ll give the first draft team their first choice, if the next team’s first choice has gone I’ll give them their second choice, going through the teams in order.
Who will Djalminha headbutt first?
The deadline is 7.30pm on Sunday! Why mess with a winning formula?
Stamina and fitness
As a recap – I’m looking for a way to include more players in the game and in people’s teams. More available players means more tactical flexibility, matches become more of a battle of wits with different formations, more players develop as they’re also gaining abs, there’s a healthier transfer market as there’s more players available to purchase, and managers are more inclined to sell if they don’t only have 11 good players.
What I don’t want is managers finishing every game with a broken team, eleven players shellshocked and completed shorn of fitness.
Merstham Magic vs Clapton Crusaders, shortly after the final whistle
What I do think will benefit the game is a nudge towards a bit more squad rotation.
Players currently recover 20 fitness after a match. If they have 79 fitness at the final whistle in the match report then they’ll have 99 fitness once the squads are updated, in advance of their next game. 80+ fitness after 90 minutes and they’re back to 100 when the squads are updated. Fitness has an effect on player performance; anecdotally, a player starting with 95 fitness is like them starting with one less main stat.
Currently the game is set up so most players rebound instantly after a match to 100 fitness. This is after we increased every player’s stamina. Having 1-2 players in an average side finish with 95-100 fitness is more true to life and will encourage squad management.
Recovering 18 fitness will achieve this. I’ve reset every squad to 100 fitness and ran some test games, here. The amount of fitness they lost in a game is in the match report and the amount they recovered is clear from their squad file. Any teams who have bought players based on stamina/fitness will still retain this advantage over others.
Second draft
To initially compensate those affected, I’ve created a second draft. It’s not meant to be a draft packed full of quality or stamina, it’s more a draft to give you options and the ability to rest some players.
I’ve put the existing teams into a spreadsheet, highlighted all outfield players who played 8 or more times for their team in a 10+ game season (to isolate the first team) and taken an average of the first team’s stamina. I took FAC and BOW’s likely starting 11 and 4 subs. These are the teams who would be the most and least affected:
HAH get first choice in the draft, FAC get second choice, CLA third choice, etc.
The draft is below, all 20 teams are eligible to take part:
Name Age Nat Prs St Tk Ps Sh Sm Ag KAb TAb PAb SAb Gam Sav Ktk Kps Sht Gls Ass DP Inj Sus Fit
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K_Trippier 29 eng RC 3 19 14 9 66 33 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
S_Savic 26 nmo C 4 19 6 4 67 30 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
S_Vrasaljko 27 srb RC 3 18 11 6 63 26 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
JM_Gimenez 24 uru L 5 18 5 5 55 24 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Felipe 22 bra LC 4 18 9 3 73 26 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
M_Hermoso 27 spa R 4 17 6 9 59 32 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Y_Carrasco 30 bel RC 4 8 19 10 70 32 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Koke 27 spa RLC 4 12 19 5 66 23 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
M_Llorente 25 spa LC 4 8 19 8 62 28 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
T_Lemar 20 fra RC 5 8 18 14 63 35 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
G_Kondogbia 25 cta LC 4 6 18 7 79 28 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
R_DePaul 27 arg LC 2 5 18 8 66 25 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
R_Lodi 20 bra RLC 5 4 18 6 59 27 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
H_Herrera 27 mex LC 4 6 17 9 69 39 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
L_Suarez 20 uru LC 4 3 8 19 69 90 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
A_Griezmann 28 fra RC 3 7 12 19 65 33 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
J_Felix 25 por RC 3 3 14 18 75 36 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
A_Correra 20 arg RC 4 6 8 18 67 29 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
I_Saponjic 30 srb C 4 4 7 17 72 31 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
M_Cunha 20 bra C 5 5 6 17 65 22 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Who will Suarez bite first?
In a surprise to no one – the deadline is 7.30pm on Sunday!
