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Basic Draft Strategy?

FPL Draft format starting in 2017/18
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Re: Basic Draft Strategy?

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The Catman wrote: 05 Aug 2017, 09:39I don't think anyone thinks their initial team is a guaranteed winner, (except MoSe??)
When did I say that????
I'm a fake news victim :x

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dino1980 wrote: 19 Jul 2017, 20:05All the players in the league then log in before this and set their autopick lists to the 15 players they've picked in the in person draft and bob's your uncle.
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MoSe wrote: 05 Aug 2017, 12:14
The Catman wrote: 05 Aug 2017, 09:39I don't think anyone thinks their initial team is a guaranteed winner, (except MoSe??)
When did I say that????
I'm a fake news victim :x
Haha....I just looked at the teams and decided you are the favourite :)

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Ah, lol, your assessment then, not mine!
I thought my test draft one was better... :?

What I said actually, is that I think the initial draft weights at least for 75% of a team success.
I was condescending tho, I really think that's 85-90%.
I hardly can see transactions influencing more than 10-15% of a team final score

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The Catman wrote:
MoSe wrote: 05 Aug 2017, 12:14
The Catman wrote: 05 Aug 2017, 09:39I don't think anyone thinks their initial team is a guaranteed winner, (except MoSe??)
When did I say that????
I'm a fake news victim :x
Haha....I just looked at the teams and decided you are the favourite :)
MoSe wrote: 05 Aug 2017, 14:32 Ah, lol, your assessment then, not mine!
I thought my test draft one was better... :?
see there too
FISO Regulars - Drafted Teams

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The Catman wrote: 05 Aug 2017, 09:3960 secs is a lot too long, 30 would be plenty.
Of course I strongly disagree :mrgreen:

After a test draft with 90 (see time analysis and plots in the test draft topic), and this "serious" one with 60, I came to this conclusion for myself, that I'll never even begin to consider to enter a league where they'd set a 30" draft.

If you can't invest 10-15 more minutes of your time in something influencing most the rest of your season, then you should plan to spend 2 or 3 hours (at least) in setting up a thorough watchlist, and then deliberately skip the draft.
That's what I'd do now in a league where they'd force 30".
That, or leave it before the draft.

My personal stance, of course :)

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So, anyone who's drafted, can you confirm whether the players disappear from watchlists once they're drafted? Or do they still hang around being in the way??

Also, how do you keep track of players others have drafted?

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Players do indeed disappear from watchlists once drafted. It's hard in the moment to keep track of who got who, I'd leave that to the end and just worry about your picks if you can.

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So there isn't a whole League view of the Squads and players selected?

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You can view the teams one by one, but I don't think it was that useful to worry about it mid-draft. You can't control who others pick, id just concentrate on your own team until it's over.

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So no chat Window to wind people up then? :roll:

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yes, you can Chat, and you can check other team selections too, during the draft

should you, well, I don''t know :P

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Magic wrote: 08 Aug 2017, 15:43 So, anyone who's drafted, can you confirm whether the players disappear from watchlists once they're drafted? Or do they still hang around being in the way??

Also, how do you keep track of players others have drafted?
There's a Drafted button too, in the Draft Room:

All players | Watchlist (x) | Drafted

there you can see all picks in Draft order, even during the draft

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Thanks to those who answered. Draft went smoothly, 8 team league over in half an hour.

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Re: Basic Draft Strategy?

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i did a draft recently and after one round of picking the entire draft system froze because the person wan't there to make there pick

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