This will be a tough league!
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This will be a tough league!
I'm in.
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Originally Posted by HibsMax
Maybe time for a new thread? :)
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Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Could we not just set up a new league or would that be to much work :dunno:. Would be a shame for anyone to miss out.
I was having a look on the NFL web site and you can have divisions and expand the play offs, If everyones ok with that.
sounds good :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
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Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Sounds good! How are we going to split the divisions?
Do you want me to draw them out a hat? Or does someone have a better idea.
We could have a nfc/afc split depending on what teams we support? Off the top of my head theres more of us nfc'ers mind you...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
I'll be melting in the Med for the next fortnight, can you wait till midJuly?
aye as long as everything is firmed up (including the attendance guesses) before the Livi game.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
How about a Scottish based and a Rest of the World based split? I reckon at least 6 of the 14 live outside Scotland (based on their location on here), NOLA (Krakow), Haymaker (London - Sort of), Derry Hibee (assuming Derry?), Sylar (Hampshire), Calvin (Newcastle) and Hibs Max (Boston). Hibsbollah is still listed as Happy Clappertoun, but I'm pretty sure he's moved since we got relegated... :greengrin DH1875, Hi8sry, and DarrenSQH don't have a location listed.
That's a good idea Sergio.
I'd be keen to get involved in this if there's space folks
There's at least 6 of us from the AFC East. There's a division right there. Could get a bit messy though :)
Aye, could be a right battle zone that one! :casper:Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Fire a PM to Gatecrasher, he's the league boss.Quote:
Originally Posted by brythehibby
Let's not give him an ego - he's the glorified administrator :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
I'll see what I can do, We need even numbers to make it work.Quote:
Originally Posted by brythehibby
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Originally Posted by Haymaker
Attachment 13012Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
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Originally Posted by Sylar
Just an updates guys, I'm waiting to hear back from lochhibs to see if he's interested in doing this year. I sent him a PM this morning hoping to get an answer by the end of the week.
No bother, cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Apologies if its too late but id like to get involved, if you are splitting it into divisions I support the Eagles.
Ok so Darren, Derry, Bry and Lugz would make it 15 and if Loch (waiting on confirmation) is in that would make it 16 2 divisions of 8
Sounds great!
Rather than trying to come up with criteria for grouping the divisions, how about I put everybody's name into Excel and use a random number generator to assign a number to everyone between 1 and 16.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
You then give me a rule (i.e., all odds and all evens) and we do it that way?
Seems easier than attempting to lump by conference supported?
16 teams :worried:That means around another 60 - 70 players on rosters. It's going to be painful come Round 3 of the draft :greengrin
I don't know if it's worth doing divisions as you're really playing everyone just once with such big numbers - might as well be all up against each other in one division.
We're gonna get one super star each I think... It's gonna be tough!
16 players, the draft will take forever, better start it now to be sure :greengrin defo dont want to be picking first this year :agree: unless we choose to autopick and then trade the players we arent happy with?
Is it possible to do the draft for the first 4/5 rounds or so and then auto-pick the rest or can that not be done? would allow us to select the decent players ourselves and then trade our other players if we don't like them?Quote:
Originally Posted by NOLA
Whatever we do we'll have to start pretty soon, 58 days till kick-off!
I think we should pick our own players to be honest. Usually picking up a bargain late on can make all the difference!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sergio sledge
Im with. Ayrshire on this :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AyrshireHibs
Absolutely. Autogenerating picks is a waste of time. We're all fairly knowledgeable so we should know even the players in the lower rounds pretty well :dunno:Quote:
Originally Posted by AyrshireHibs
No auto-pick for me. That happened in my work's league last year and it sucks not being in control of who is in your line-up.
With more players we will need to speed up our draft. :agree:
I have sent PM's to Bry, Darren, Smithy, Lugz and Derry to join the league. I haven't heard from Lochhibs yet, I will give him a bit longer then he might need to be punted if he doesn't respond.
Any thoughts on names or how to split the divisions?
Just tried to join and it says that the league is full
Aye same for me as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by SmithyHibee
Sorry, try now?
That's it working now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
ok I'm clearly being the silly one here, ive logged in and can't find an option to type in league no and password?
Just asks if I want to join a league with an auto or manual draft.
sorted now, the app/mobile site wasn't the best for trying to find it.
Will join when im back home as the mobile wont let me join a private league.
How did you get into it from the mobile site. Cant find where to go on the iphone.Quote:
Originally Posted by lugz
had to go into menu and on to the full site, dont think its possible through app/mobile siteQuote:
Originally Posted by DarrenSQH
Cheers thats my team in now. now i will spend the rest of my work day trying to change my team symbol to the Fleur de Li. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by lugz
Any idea when the draft is yet?
Nice one :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by SmithyHibee
That's me in as well. CheersQuote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Is it too early to predict the Livvy attendance?
If not, 9437 please :greengrin
Go for it, I'll sort the league and stuff tomorrow. Was going to do it today but it's too nice outside :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
Expect PMs in the next day or do.
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Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
:woohoo:
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
I have split the league into 2 Divisions of 8, we have SOL :scarf:and GGTTH :flag:
The split was completely random. how do you guys feel about having 4 subs instead of 6? that would make team management a bit harder but will free up some players on FA as well?
Also i have had to remove lochhibs, he hasn't been responding to my PM's and has been inactive on here since 31/01/2014, we have 1 place available for the upcoming season. Is anyone lurking who is interested? or does anyone on here know an NFL hibby who wants to have a go? If no one takes up the offer by the end of the day i will post a thread on the PM board to see if anyone on there is interested.
I've been lurking as you say and would be interested if that's alright, would need a bit of a run down as I'm a rookie in this sort of thing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
if you haven't got an account on NFL.com you will need to set one up.Quote:
Originally Posted by KirkyK
I have also sent you a PM.
Once i have Kirky set up I will get everyone to submit a guess the attendance for the draft, the draft will probably start immediately after the attendance is confirmed and the draft order is set.
So we have:
Uber Alles - Gatecrasher
Edinburgh Giants - Smithyhibee
Aberdonian Seahawks - Calvin
Revis Islanders - Ayrshirehibs
The Late Hits - Hibsbollah
Loch Ness Monsters - Sergio
Hampshire claymores - Sylar
Boston Bawbags - DH1875
Haymakers Patriots - Haymaker
Rajun Cajuns - NOLA
The Uphill Gardiners - HibsMax
Tebows before Hoes - DarrenSQH
Finsagogo - H18sry
The Celek Few - Lugz
Edinburgh Dolphins - brythehibby
No Romo - KirkyK
Can we match the team names with the usernames? just to confirm.
Got mines right mate
My team is Tebows before Hoes.
Has anyone on here ever watched the tv show The League as i was tempted to name my team password is Taco.
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Originally Posted by SmithyHibee
Thanks guysQuote:
Originally Posted by DarrenSQH
Yeah I watch the league, I think it's brilliant.
As I'm no longer in Surrey, we've re-franchised again as the Hampshire Claymores :greengrin
I'm thinking of a name change now that Revis has moved to the dark side. I could stomach Tampa but the Patsies are a team too far.
The Celek Few is me.
How did you change your team name? I can finally renounce my Aberdonianness!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
No Romo is correct!
Thanks, so that should mean Edinburgh Dolphins is brythehibby and Rajun Cajuns is NOLA.Quote:
Originally Posted by lugz
I will go for 8,900 as my guess
when you are in my team screen just choose edit settings :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Calvin
9762 for me - a valuable lesson learned last year is to be conservative, as picking first is **** :greengrin
8426
I'll go with 8107
9022
9213
I'll go 9422
8652
8988
Have the divisions already been picked? and can we stick to the 24hr rule this time around. No excuses :rules: :greengrin.
9437.
9112
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I'l go 10000
9000.
Uber Alles - Gatecrasher - 8900
Edinburgh Giants - Smithyhibee - 8107
Aberdonian Seahawks - Calvin - 10000
Revis Islanders - Ayrshirehibs - 9022
The Late Hits - Hibsbollah - 9437
Loch Ness Monsters - Sergio - 9112
Hampshire claymores - Sylar - 9762
Boston Bawbags - DH1875 - 8988
Haymakers Patriots - Haymaker - 9000
Rajun Cajuns - NOLA - 8992
The Uphill Gardiners - HibsMax - 9753
Tebows before Hoes - DarrenSQH - 9123
Finsagogo - H18sry - 8426
The Celek Few - Lugz - 8652
Edinburgh Dolphins - brythehibby - 8236
No Romo - KirkyK - 9422
the Ragin Cajuns are guessing 8992 :aok:
8236 for me
9,753
That's everyone got their guesses in :thumbsup:
Had to change my teams name to the Byrds and the Brees as tebow name was getting a bit old and this is more Saints related.
love the name change :agree: very clever play on words darren :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrenSQH
Did we ever find out what division we were in and who we'd be up against or do we have to log into nfl.com for that?
It's on NFL.com buddy - divisions are:Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
SOL:
Uber Alles
Byrds and the Brees
Edinburgh Giants
Finsagogo
Ragin Cajuns
Boston Bawbags
Hampshire Claymores
Revis Islanders
GGTHH:
The Celek Few
No Romo
The Uphill Gardeners
Haymakers Patriots
Loch Ness Monsters
The Late Hits
The Tyneside 12s
Edinburgh Dolphins
Cheers bud. Shame I wont be ripping haymaker a new one. Guessing you'll just have to do :greengrin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
Seen as I'm a rookie at this anybody got any tips for me? Think I've got the jist of it but I'm sure there are some secrets I'm unaware of! :greengrin
dont use your 1st pick on a QB, plenty enough high scoring qbs in the middle rounds :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by KirkyK
:greengrin got to let you Jessies have some enjoyment from football.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Another year of sore necks looking up at us :agree:
Pick Aaron Rodgers at your pearl, Honestly :turnevil:
He is a pearl - a points pearl and one that should be fished out the sea quickly...:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
NY Jets were being tipped on ESPN Insider this week as having 'the best defence in football' this season!
Wow. I can think of ten defenses i'd pick before the Jets. The Broncos have picked up a ridiculous amount of talent on d.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
Have you seen our defensive line? We also have one of the best defense-minded coaches in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
I think the problem will be the Offense of the other team getting too many oppurtunities. I cant see the Jets dominating time of possesion and keeping the offense on long enough to give the D time to recover.Quote:
Originally Posted by AyrshireHibs
I wouldn't be so sure. I think we'll feature the running game quite heavily next year - best stable of RBs we've had in a while and it worked a few years back with Sanchez and Tomlinson when we made it to the AFC championship. Anyway, I'll happily draft the Jets in the second last round if no one is taking them :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrenSQH
I wasn't being disparaging by pointing out by the way. I think it could be a turnaround year for you guys after the past couple of seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by AyrshireHibs
Still fancy us to take the AFC East right enough.