bickster Posted June 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Heaven Up Here. Yup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 This would actually be really cool, wouldn’t work but great in theory 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Genie said: This would actually be really cool, wouldn’t work but great in theory I am not certain on this but is the NFL draft pick like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I am not certain on this but is the NFL draft pick like this? It’s not a proper sport though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2022 40 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I am not certain on this but is the NFL draft pick like this? Slightly, but not quite. The NFL Draft can't quite have an equivalent to football because it's reliant on the college system to provide a never ending supply line of prospects, rather than academy systems, and then game-ifying the process to decide the order that teams get those prospects. The closest thing you could maybe get to it in football would be something like creating a system where free agents are held from signing for clubs and then an event is held were clubs take turns to pick up each free agent with the order based on various criteria. It's a format that doesn't really work in football. You'd need to change the business model within the industry entirely. Which perhaps wouldn't be the worst thing, but it'd never happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 The closest thing you would get in football would be in the youth set up was centralised and ran independently from the PL clubs and then at the end of each season the PL clubs get to take turns to pick one, we don't have the college sports to then feed a draft set up, it's all in house at each club The interest comes because you already have teams with varying degrees of quality and ages and wages, for example if villa were on the board right now we need a CM, a LB and a striker, what if the best player available at that pick was a potentially world class 10/10 CB? Do we pass on him and take the 8/10 CM because we need one more? You can imagine how the discussion would go on here, we need a back up left back, when we come to take one theres 7 available, you think we would all agree on which one we get?! And then you throw in stuff like we need a CM but we have the 6th pick, we all have a favourite that we want to get and we have to hope and pray that the teams before us don't take him before us It is fun, you can go in to more depth and look at the value of various positions and the also with the NFL you have to factor in rookie contracts and the salary caps etc which make sit even harder to get right Im sure there are an increasing number of fantasy football games that do it the yank draft system way, so you and a group of mates do a league together, you take it in turns picking and for example Harry Kane only exists once, VVD once, Ederson once etc etc you are on the board 6th who do you want, which position do you prioritise it's fascinating IMO, this is the first year I really got in to pre draft podcasts and rankings etc to try and work it all out and follow it, in reality it's near impossible because there's so much college football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Genie said: This would actually be really cool, wouldn’t work but great in theory A bluenose on a what's app group put that up. I said Blues would still have no signings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2022 Anyone else remember when you used to be able to get a one year passport from the post office? Am I going mad or was this a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, sidcow said: Anyone else remember when you used to be able to get a one year passport from the post office? Am I going mad or was this a thing? It was a thing. I went to France in the early 80s and had a one year passport from the post office. Basically a folded piece of card if memory serves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, Seat68 said: It was a thing. I went to France in the early 80s and had a one year passport from the post office. Basically a folded piece of card if memory serves. Yeah, like a cream/yellow folded card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, sidcow said: Yeah, like a cream/yellow folded card. Emergency passports from the embassy look the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted June 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 11, 2022 Maybe one for the Tech Thread but curious if any of the more tech savvy if you ever use plus or subdomain addressing for emails when signing up for things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 59 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Maybe one for the Tech Thread but curious if any of the more tech savvy if you ever use plus or subdomain addressing for emails when signing up for things? All the time. I also do web testing and use variations on my email address firstnamelast name+123@gmail.com etc. Incrementing the numbers each time. As for signing up, I use + and the name of the site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rds1983 Posted June 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 11, 2022 11 minutes ago, Seat68 said: All the time. I also do web testing and use variations on my email address firstnamelast name+123@gmail.com etc. Incrementing the numbers each time. As for signing up, I use + and the name of the site. Have any issues using the + sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 On 10/06/2022 at 20:41, sidcow said: Anyone else remember when you used to be able to get a one year passport from the post office? Am I going mad or was this a thing? Was called a British visitors passport , you just needed a photo and your birth certificate to get one .. think it was only valid for European countries .. fairly sure I went to Ostrava for the villa game on one in the early 90’s so guess they were phased out mid 90’s 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 18 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Have any issues using the + sign? No. Never. For me at least I have a Gmail address, and it always works and websites always accepts +. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted June 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) On 10/06/2022 at 19:03, Genie said: This would actually be really cool, wouldn’t work but great in theory its great for the players you're buying but what about the ones you're losing? it could properly depress you imagine, weekend before the season starts..."and, man utd are pleased to announce their new goalkeeper...emi martinez!" you'd be raging...especially if you'd already bought your new shirt with a player name on the back who you only find out is leaving just before the start of the season it would indeed be box office and a fun watch, as long as your team had a good window! Edited June 11, 2022 by tomav84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, tomav84 said: its great for the players you're buying but what about the ones you're losing? it could properly depress you imagine, weekend before the season starts..."and, man utd are pleased to announce their new goalkeeper...emi martinez!" you'd be raging...especially if you'd already bought your new shirt with a player name on the back who you only find out is leaving just before the start of the season it would indeed be box office and a fun watch, as long as your team had a good window! It all adds to the drama! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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