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You can mock draft a million times and you're still never prepared!

Two hours to go.....

26 minutes ago, Beastmix said:

Well, with Yahoo, you find out the order when you open the draft app about an hour before. There's no way to check it earlier, as far as I know.

You could also do an early pick, mid-pick, and late pick mocks. They never seem to work out anywhere close to the real draft anyway 

That is very true!

11 hours ago, Beastmix said:

It randomises it automatically on Yahoo. I could do a 'pick names from a hat' sorta deal, but then you'd all just have to trust I did it fair. Opens a can of worms, imo.

It's open to discussion though! If enough people want it that way, I'll do it.

Yeah, Randomising seems fairer!

I suppose the sooner we do it the sooner we can mock draft. 

6 hours ago, Beastmix said:

It's currently set as random (since we're effectively starting anew), but if we want a reverse order from last year, I can set it up. Was reverse order the way we used to have it?

What does everybody think?

Would probably be hard to do reverse order as there were 14 teams last season.

Random probably makes most sense. Could we randomise the draft order so we know which position we're picking from?

Do we know what the draft order is?

Just now, Villa87 said:

It’s going to be disgusting watching the unveiling. 

Don't watch it then?

28 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Interesting that according to Sky, we offered him more money than City have.

If that’s true, it should put to bed the petty comments around it being money motivated.

And that’s how agents work. Getting into the ear of the whores at sky to spin the narrative. It works. 

Is the snake still here? Ffs go already lad!

Are we all flapping now over a speculative daily Mail article? Or is there something else I’ve missed?

Refuse to read the daily Mail but I suspect it says “today” as the headline but then the rest of the article is pure speculation?

It did start. They made a quick announcement and then did a load of random waffling when they thought their mics were muted.

It's weird. Really weird.

Just now, mikeyjavfc said:

Here's some extremely sketchy ITK info: I work in Manchester and the wife of a colleague has just sworn blind that she has seen Grealish with Girlfriend and dog in tow in a black Range Rover in Hale. Here's where it gets stranger - they had pulled over as the dog was being sick by the side of the road. I had to ask if this was a wind up when that detail was revealed but apparently not.

I did tell them it was very unlikely as he was pictured in London this very morning but she was 99% sure it was him... Have there been any recent photos of Grealish training this afternoon?

Maybe they sent Matty Cash up instead?

Why do we have to be selling someone to spend? I know i'm going to hear FFP but that doesn't stop other teams....

Betting odds can shift on just a single large bet being placed. All it shows is a growing confidence in him staying and people reacting to it by placing bets.

Now that could be people like us who have hope, but not much else or it could be people who actually know things we don't.

Regardless, it's not a smoking gun....... yet.

Just now, Villan_of_oz said:

Not that I disagree with you but that's exactly what Delph did...

Completely different regime. We were a shambles. Plus there was a release clause wasn’t there?

I don’t think the club would parade him around in villa clobber, in what was clearly a public venue, if he was about to sign for another club. 

WHO PUT THE BALL IN THE SMALL HEATH NET?

I reckon we should tell him if he wants to go he needs to hand in a formal transfer request. If not, get yer arse into training tomorrow and stop pissing about in your daft gear. 

Fake account is fake.

There’s a hell of a lot people in this thread throwing out the “100%” stuff. 
 

None of you lot are in the know as much as some of you would like to pretend you are. 

I’ll be concerned if our owners accept £100m without a release clause to be honest. 
 

We don’t have to sell. If Jack wants to go make him hand in a request.
 

There’s no scenario here where Jack leaves and gets to be considered a legend. As far as I’m concerned he will just be another player who talked the talk but ultimately was blinded by excessive riches. 

He will regret the decision when his career is done if he leaves now.

1 minute ago, jacketspuds said:

Jamie O'Hara slating Grealish on talkSPORT because of his stats, but still thinks he's worth £100m.

Clueless.

Who is Jamie O’Hara?

As a born and bred Villa fan, of all the times to leave, this is the absolute worst time to do so. 

I always thought he'd go at some point though, our timelines just won't quite align, but I never thought it would be now.  I still don't. Just doesn't make sense to me.

I am however prepared for it.