Rules: The draft rules remain the same as years past. Your starting XI must consist of 2 players from each of the 4 major domestic leagues (England, Spain, Germany & Italy) as well as 2 players from anywhere else outside of those leagues, and 1 "wildcard" pick that has no restrictions. Your first 11 picks become your starting XI so plan accordingly. For your bench and reserves: - You must have 2 backup GKs. They don’t have to be drafted in rounds 12-18, then 19-23, you can take them 12th and 13th or 22nd and 23rd, doesn’t matter. - You must select at least 1 player from each league again. EPL / LaLiga / Serie A / Bundesliga / Other - No more than 3 players from a single league for bench / reserves There is a 3 hour time limit per pick during the week (Monday-Friday 10a-10p EST) with no time restrictions overnight or during the weekends. The clock will be reduced once we make it through the first 11 rounds. When making your selections please tag the next 2-3 posters after you in the draft order so that everyone is notified. You're welcome to PM myself or Shaun with your pick/a list of preferences if you're going to be unavailable or away from the board for several hours and don't want to possibly get skipped. We also have a groupme that most of us are already a part of so if you're new to this or not already a member of it please sign up on groupme.com and post your username so we can add you. DRAFT ORDER: 1. zeberdee 2. SugarShaun 3. BleedinGreen 4. tne 5. NineteenNine 6. goheels10 7. steamengine 8. bwi2 9. Druce 10. skrouse 11. Mr. Bananagrabber 12. Bankz 13. TheFreak55 14. Irush 15. hood b. goode[/USER 16. BayouMafia 17. Popovio 18. nexus Spoiler ROUND 1 1. zeberdee - Mohamed Salah - Liverpool 2. SugarShaun - Kylian Mbappe - Real Madrid 3. BleedinGreen - Erliing Haaland - Manchester City 4. tne - Rodri - Manchester City 5. NineteenNine - Jude Bellingham - Real Madrid 6. goheels10 - Vinicius Junior - Real Madrid 7. steamengine - Lamine Yamal - Barcelona 8. bwi2 - Harry Kane - Bayern Munich 9. Druce - Pedri - Barcelona 10. skrouse - Robert Lewandowski - Barcelona 11. Mr. Bananagrabber - Ousmane Dembele - PSG 12. Bankz - Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen 13. TheFreak55 - Victor Osimhen - Galatasaray 14. Irush - Raphinha - Barcelona 15. hood b. goode - Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City 16. BayouMafia - Lionel Messi - Inter Miami 17. Popovio - Virgil Van Dijk - Liverpool 18. nexus - Jamal Musiala - Bayern Munich ROUND 2 19. nexus - Lautaro Martinez - Inter Milan 20. Popovio - Viktor Gyokeres - Sporting CP 21. BayouMafia - Martin Odegaard - Arsenal 22. hood b. goode - Heung Min Son - Tottenham 23. Irush - Alexander Isak - Newcastle United 24. The Freak55 - Bruno Fernandes - Manchester United 25. Bankz - Federico Valverde - Real Madrid 26. Mr. Bananagrabber - Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - PSG 27. skrouse - N'golo Kante - Al Ittihad 28. Druce - Leroy Sane - Bayern Munich 29. bwi2 - Bukayo Saka - Arsenal 30. steamengine - Achraf Hakimi - PSG 31. goheels10 - William Saliba - Arsenal 32. NineteenNine - Declan Rice - Arsenal 33. tne - Michael Olise - Bayern Munich 34. BleedinGreen - Rafael Leao - AC Milan 35. SugarShaun - Nuno Mendes - PSG 36. zeberdee - Antonio Rudiger - Real Madrid ROUND 3 37. zeberdee - Julian Alvarez - Atletico Madrid 38. SugarShaun - Dayot Upamecano - Bayern Munich 39. BleedinGreen - Cole Palmer - Chelsea 40. tne - Alessandro Bastoni - Inter Milan 41. NineteenNine - Rodrygo - Real Madrid 42. goheels10 - Vitinha - PSG 43. steamengine - Joshua Kimmich - Bayern Munich 44. bwi2 - Marquinhos - PSG 45. Druce - Ruben Dias - Manchester City 46. skrouse - Grimaldo - Bayer Leverkusen 47. Mr. Bananagrabber - Nico Williams - Athletic Bilbao 48. Bankz - Nicolo Barella - Inter Milan 49. TheFreak55 - Kingsley Coman - Bayern Munich 50. Irush - Hakan Çalhanoglu - Inter Milan 51. hood b. goode - Loïs Openda - RB Leipzig 52. BayouMafia - Theo Hernández - AC Milan 53. Popovio - João Neves - PSG 54. nexus - Phil Foden - Manchester City ROUND 4 55. nexus - Jonathan Tah - Bayer Leverkusen 56. Popovio - Moises Caicedo - Chelsea 57. BayouMafia - Jeremie Frimpong - Leverkusen 58. hood b. goode - Aurelien Tchouameni - Real Madrid 59. Irush - Gabriel - Arsenal 60. TheFreak55 - Alphonso Davies - Bayern Munich 61. Bankz - Bremer - Juventus 62. Mr. Bananagrabber - Scott McTominay - Napoli 63. skrouse - Nico Schlotterbeck - Borussia Dortmund 64. Druce - Serhou Guirassy- Borussia Dortmund 65. bwi2 - Federico DiMarco - Inter Milan 66. steamengine - Alexis McAllister - Liverpool 67. goheels10 - Xavi Simons - RB Leipzig 68. NineteenNine - Granit Xhaka - Bayer Leverkusen 69. tne - Frenkie de Jong - Barcelona 70. BleedinGreen - Jules Koundé - Barcelona 71. SugarShaun - Ibrahima Konaté - Liverpool 72. zeberdee - Ademola Lookman - Atalanta ROUND 5 73. zeberdee - Tijjani Reijnders - AC Milan 74. SugarShaun - Christian Pulisic - AC Milan 75. BleedinGreen - Eduardo Camavinga - Real Madrid 76. tne - Trent Alexander-Arnold - Liverpool 77. NineteenNine - João Cancelo - Al-Hilal 78. goheels10 - Jonathan David - Lille 79. steamengine - Kevin Yildaz - Juventus 80. bwi2 - Antoine Griezmann - Atletico Madrid 81. Druce - Sergej Milinkovic-Savic - Al-Hilal 82. skrouse - Pedro Porro - Tottenham Hotspur 83. Mr. Bananagrabber - Bruno Guimarães - Newcastle United 84. Bankz - Eder Militão - Real Madrid 85. TheFreak55 - Ronald Araujo - Barcelona 86. Irush - Paulo Dybala - Roma 87. hood b. goode - Bernardo Silva - Manchester City 88. BayouMafia - Ollie Watkins - Aston Villa 89. Popovio - Piero Hincapié - Bayer Leverkusen 90. nexus - Luis Diaz - Liverpool ROUND 6 91. nexus - Dani Olmo - Barcelona 92. Popovio - Desire Doué - PSG 93. BayouMafia - Benjamin Pavard - Inter Milan 94. hood b. goode - Denzel Dumfries - Inter Milan 95. Irush - Aymeric Laporte - Al Nassr 96. TheFreak55 - Manuel Locatelli - Juventus 97. Bankz - Mickey van de Ven - Tottenham Hotspur 98. Mr. Bananagrabber - Ryan Gravenberch - Liverpool 99. skrouse - James Maddison - Tottenham Hotspur 100. Druce - Fikayo Tomori - AC Milan 101. bwi2 - Mattia Zaccagni - Lazio 102. steamengine - Pau Cubarsi - Barcelona 103. goheels10 - Josko Gvardiol - Manchester City 104. NineteenNine - Dusan Vlahovic - Juventus 105. tne - Isco - Real Betis 106. BleedinGreen - Bradley Barcola - PSG 107. SugarShaun - Omar Marmoush - Manchester City 108. zeberdee - Willi Orban - RB Leipzig ROUND 7 109. zeberdee - Fábian Ruiz - PSG 110. SugarShaun - Exequiel Palacios - Bayer Leverkusen 111. BleedinGreen - Leon Goretzka - Bayern Munich 112. tne - Gianluigi Donnarumma - PSG 113. NineteenNine - Nathan Aké - Manchester City 114. goheels10 - Davide Frattesi - Inter Milan 115. steamengine - Myles Lewis Skelly - Arsenal 116. bwi2 - Kim Min-Jae - Bayern Munich 117. Druce - Sadio Mane - Al Nassr 118. skrouse - Lorenzo Pellegrini - Roma 119. Mr. Bananagrabber - Alejandro Balde - Barcelona 120. Bankz - Alex Baena - Villareal 121. TheFreak55 - Henrikh Mkhitaryan - Inter Milan 122. Irush - Dani Carvajal - Real Madrid 123. hood b. goode - Edmond Tapsoba - Bayer Leverkusen 124. BayouMafia - Lucas Hernández - PSG 125. Popovio - Jan Oblak - Atletico Madrid 126. nexus - Ruben Neves - Al-Hilal ROUND 8 127. nexus - Mike Maignan - AC Milan 128. Popovio - Marcos Llorente - Atletico Madrid 129. BayouMafia - Thibaut Courtois - Real Madrid 130. hood b. goode - Moussa Diaby - Al-Ittihad 131. Irush - Pedro Gonçalves - Sporting CP 132. The Freak55 - Alisson - Liverpool 133. Bankz - Federico Chiesa - Liverpool 134. Mr. Bananagrabber - Gregor Köbel - Dortmund 135. skrouse - Yann Sommer - Inter Milan 136. Druce - Sandro Tonali - Newcastle United 137. bwi2 - Mikel Merino - Arsenal 138. steamengine - Samuele Ricci - Torino 139. goheels10 - Odilon Kossounou - Atalanta 140. NineteenNine - Gabriel Martinelli - Arsenal 141. tne - Willian Pacho - PSG 142. BleedinGreen - John Stones - Manchester City 143. SugarShaun - Giovanni Di Lorenzo - Napoli 144. zeberdee - Dominick Szoboszlai - Liverpool ROUND 9 145. zeberdee - Jurrian Timber - Arsenal 146. SugarShaun - Marc-André ter Stegen - Barcelona 147. BleedinGreen - Dávid Hancko - Feyenoord 148. tne - Marcus Thuram - Inter Milan 149. NineteenNine 150. goheels10 - 151. steamengine - 152. bwi2 - 153. Druce - 154. skrouse - 155. Mr. Bananagrabber - 156. Bankz - 157. TheFreak55 158. Irush 159. hood b. goode 160. BayouMafia 161. Popovio 162. nexus ROUND 10 163. nexus - 164. Popovio - 165. BayouMafia - 166. hood b. goode - 167. Irush - 168. The Freak55 - 169. Bankz - 170. Mr. Bananagrabber - 171. skrouse - 172. Druce - 173. bwi2 - 174. steamengine - 175. goheels10 - 176. NineteenNine - 177. tne - 178. BleedinGreen - 179. SugarShaun - 180. zeberdee - ROUND 11 181. zeberdee - 182. SugarShaun - 183. BleedinGreen - 184. tne - 185. NineteenNine 186. goheels10 - 187. steamengine - 188. bwi2 - 189. Druce - 190. skrouse - 191. Mr. Bananagrabber - 192. Bankz - 193. TheFreak55 194. Irush 195. hood b. goode 196. BayouMafia 197. Popovio 198. nexus ROUND 12 199. nexus - 200. Popovio - 201. BayouMafia - 202. hood b. goode - 203. Irush - 204. The Freak55 - 205. Bankz - 206. Mr. Bananagrabber - 207. skrouse - 208. Druce - 209. bwi2 - 210. steamengine - 211. goheels10 - 212. NineteenNine - 213. tne - 214. BleedinGreen - 215. SugarShaun - 216. zeberdee -
People can select any club they want and I’ll move the clubs into the Bundesliga I’ll also run a cup and UCL
Normally we do this earlier in the year but we’re still before the transfer window (non CWC) so think it makes sense we are basing club / league based on where they played 24/25 season (including if it’s a loan club)
Please add me - not sure what my groupme account username is, just my initials and last name (removing this after) -
I used to run the draft for many years so Shaun and I have running text messages about it and he shared your name, address and cell phone number so I can just call you directly when it’s your turn nbd
Sorry for the wait, gonna go Erling Haaland - ST - Manchester City - EPL. Just signed up for groupme w/ username BleedinGreen tne NineteenNine
Can you copy link to your profile and send me a PM with it so I can add you? It will only allow me to add contacts
I’ll post a formation and tactics thread once I get a chance to check out the game and see what they’ve changed on that stuff but we don’t do simplicity, I am willing to figure out a way to make whatever formation you want. There’s a ton in game but we’ve had custom ones that I worked with guys to get to their liking
Who is they? I read a bit of the sim tactics thread but do you have a good link to what we want to accomplish?
They being EA You can give instructions to players based on the position they play and sometimes EA changes the options available. Example being you can tell a ST to get in behind or to come short; tell them to be a false 9, a target man, etc. Can tell your fullbacks to overlap or invert when they do go forward; to stay back, be balanced, or to constantly get forward The OP of the 2023 tactics thread gives all the options that were available at that time and then Zeberdee’s post right after is a great example of the telling me exactly what he wants his guys to do. The mandatory things are: telling me the roles (FK/corner/pen taker, Captain) as someone has to be chosen, giving me baseline tactics (how much width you want, how high the back line plays, type of build up, type of attack). The player instructions are completely optional and some guys just leave everyone default/balanced on everything while others want to give a ton of instructions because they are drafting guys with specific things in mind they want them to do
steamengine BleedinGreen hood b. goode Irush After we draft and then I have the lineup/formation, tactics, roles, and any instructions you want to give I take that info and I update a club of your choice to have that roster and info on EA FC 25. I then set up a custom league and will run a daily sim after work (Try to stick to a regular schedule but occasionally may miss a day) that I stream on Twitch for transparency sake. I post the link so people can watch if they want. If anyone on your squad gets injured, gets a red card, or eventually gets a suspension from yellow card accumulation then I’ll come to you and ask what changes you want to the lineup. That may be an easy like for like sub, it may be something that forces you to want to change your lineup or the tactics for that player. Say Mbappé is out for some reason and I draft a slower, strong ST for the bench, I’m not giving him the same instructions. Since I aim to run sim daily roughly same time frame (Weekends are a wildcard) that gives plenty of time for guys to check the board for any forced changes. I also will sometimes text (if I have your number) or tag on GroupMe to give a heads up