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Yeah I'd assumed too but then I thought some might be thinking it's [a] and that would cause angst later. The more I thought about the more I liked [a] anyway, but I can see the appeal of too, being able to play your "wild-card" at any time. Let me know ...

I'm a bit surprised they didn't fill say 25, 26 and 30 - the next 3 available with Howe, Davis and McDonald. Will 6 rookies fill the earlier vacant numbers? There doesn't seem to be a policy beyond awarding early picks significant numbers.

Important rule clarification I was thinking about overnight ... It's 17 + 1 but when can you activate the 1? [a] Must make selections from all 17 teams and in R18 can select from a team already selected or Can make the 2nd selection any time. I don't think anyone has selected 2 from a team yet - please let me know if you have because then it's . I favour [a] but it's a democracy (at least on this one) and I'll go with the majority.

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On behalf of RRR: Round 4 Pick 35 - Brendan Fevola - Brisbane Lions B: Lake HB: Goddard C: HF: F: Fevola R: Jolly

10:15 Fri 3/12 is The Master's deadline RRR's next pick is in the can with me.

Maybe not - I think R16-18 could get very interesting

From Roger 2 questions for the adjudicator: 1) Are we putting a team together for just 2011 or the next 3 years. Ie. do we rule out the senior citizens of the comp? In the original I said 3 years but let's just go for 2011 so senior players like Simon Black are in play. 2) Can you move your players around in your team or are they fixed into the line (HB, HF etc) you select them in. Eg If you selected Goodes, could you put him at CHF then FF depending on who you drafted later in proceedings. Yeah you can move them around as you go

Maybe PM me as administrator ...

In the real draft there's 1000s of registered players and it is possible to "hide" someone. So yeah loose lipe could sink ships. In this draft there's around 700 players with exposed and documented form. You're looking at the top 10 players at each club plus a couple - I don't think the peanut gallery is really gonna come up with a "smokey". I think strategy is more important than specifically who you pick.

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I reckon you'll still get a good one - I counted up 12 ruckmen I'd be happy to go to war with. The "plus one" realy give a safety margin here because if you've already selected a player from the sides with remaining decent ruckmen you've still got an out. This game will be tighter next year with 18 teams.

Interesting strategy re ruckmen. At least 6 picked already before the end of the 3rd round. I reckon there's >10 decent ruckmen and really it's daylight after Sandilands. I reckon you're guaranteed to get a decent ruckman.

Wodger - maybe a wuckman? D. Jowwy? BTW, a few are gonna end up with GC draftees who've never played ...

Round 1 1. High Tower - Frawley (Melb) 2. Deez Nutz - Ablett (GC) 3. Roger Mellie - Selwood (Geel) 4. Trengove - Sandilands (Freo) 5. Destroy All - Judd (Carl) 6. Range Rover Realism - Goddard (St Kilda) 7. The Master - Franklin (Haw) 8. Eth38 - Hodge (Haw) 9. Ox 5 Demons - N. Riewoldt (St Kilda) 10. E25 - Goodes (Syd) Round 2 11. E25 - Kreuzer (Carl) 12. Ox 5 Demons - J Riewoldt (Rich) 13. Eth38 - Hayes (St Kilda) 14. The Master - M. Jamar (Melb) 15. Range Rover Realism - Brian Lake (W Bulldogs) 16. Destroy All - D Hille (Ess) 17. Trengove - J Brown (Lions) 18. Roger Mellie - M Le Cras (WCE) 19. Deez Nutz - D.Swan (Coll) 20. High Tower - J.Watson (Ess) Round 3 21. High Tower - M.Pavlich (Frem) 22. Deez Nutz - P.Chapman (Geel) 23. Roger Mellie 24. Trengove 25. Destroy All 26. Range Rover Realism 27. The Master 28. Eth38 29. Ox 5 Demons 30. E25 Round 4 31. E25 32. Ox 5 Demons 33. Eth38 34. The Master 35. Range Rover Realism 36. Destroy All 37. Trengove 38. Roger Mellie 39. Deez Nutz 40. High Tower HT - two picks

Excellent - I can see this getting very interesting in later rounds. Roger up! Nutz up!

OK everyone is on board - the 24 hour rule is in play and we're waiting on Eth

No thanks, don't like FF. Probably a good idea to take it to another thread. Yes we're waiting on The Master and he has until 10:30am tomorrow to get on board - I've PM'ed him. Once we get going I reckon we'll fly.

I'm giving The Master 24 hours from now to get on board - 10:30am Tuesday 2/12 - otherwise his place is taken by first emergency Mr Reims. I've PM'ed him. I reserve the right to make up the rules as required as we go along ....

Patience kids, after the first round, 24 hours it is, some people only have a certain window each day. Agree with the idea of 2 picks next round and if they don't show at that pick it's out.

No worries, thanks - I'm happy to be independent administrator

Yeah I think once everyone is on board we could try a one day time limit, what do you think? Make your selections in order in the thread so we can make sure they happen in the right order but keep a summary post up near the top with all your selections and players in position so so far - does this make sense? It is going to take a while but we've got nothing better to do until the pre-season comp starts ...

Done - E25 - entries closed Can't seem to find Deez Nutz when you need them?

Yes and I'll take 1 more to round it out to 10, next in best dressed - it's gonna get too hard to pick players if we go beyond top 10 on each list - 10 decent West Coast or Essendon players - pleeeeease!!!!

Top effort with the remaining players HT. To make it fairer maybe we should have a draft with the 8 posters selecting their 18 in turn - same rules one from each club + 1 Post your selection and club and fill in your team as you go, e.g. === Fremantle: Sandilands B: HB: C: HF: F: R: Sandilands ===== Draft Order: Round 1 1. High Tower 2. Deez Nutz 3. Roger Mellie 4. Trengove 5. Destroy All 6. Range Rover Realism 7. The Master 8. Eth38 9. Ox 5 Demons 10. E25 Round 2 1. E25 2. Ox 5 Demons 3. Eth38 4. The Master 5. Range Rover Realism 6. Destroy All 7. Trengove 8. Roger Mellie 9. Deez Nutz 10. High Tower R3 repeat Round 1 order R4 repeat Round 2 order etc to Round 18. That's 180 picks ...