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townee



Joined: Feb 23, 2024
Post   Posted: Jan 09, 2026 - 06:52 Reply with quote Back to top
Just wondering how many seasons you usually keep your players rostered per redraft? I'm a loyal SOB and hate to dump my best players at the end of the season. I feel they should die on the pitch rather than take a walk due to the redraft rules, but keeping them really limits the overall development of the team (and winning % it seems). It feels like 3 seasons max to hold over your better players before it really, and I mean really gets super expensive to bring them back and your team end up really sucking. Guess I wouldn't be a good GM of an actually FB team with these redraft rules. LMAO. LMK
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townee
Drrek



Joined: Jul 23, 2012
Post   Posted: Jan 09, 2026 - 07:06 Reply with quote Back to top
All players should die honorably on the pitch.

GW won't allow that, but it's the way it should be.
JohnDaker



Joined: Aug 01, 2014
Post   Posted: Jan 09, 2026 - 07:53 Reply with quote Back to top
Cost of keeping players should be based on their skill level, not on seasons. Q.E.D.
Sp00keh



Joined: Dec 06, 2011
Post   Posted: Jan 09, 2026 - 10:21 Reply with quote Back to top
The real answer is it depends on the number of players ur keeping
The total agent fees is what determines how deep u have to cut in order to keep the ones you want

I've not done a lot of seasons with any team really, but carrying more than 200-250k of agent fees starts to get very painful, you end up with 0 or 1 rerolls, no apoth, and very minimal rest of the team

Also it means ur TV comes out low, say 1100k, which makes blackbox matchups less common, or u are often underdog
It means part (or most) of the next season is a struggle and u mostly are just rebuilding rather than growing

Personally, I'd consider 200k of total agent fees to be around the most I'd want to be carrying
If u don't feel confident playing with a compromised team, with few RRs etc, then the number should probably be lower

And then when you're recruiting a new positional at the start of a season, it's either because you're training up a replacement (and u pump SPP into them) or its just a placeholder who won't get kept (and u avoid giving them SPP)
CrisisChris



Joined: Dec 11, 2023
Post   Posted: Jan 09, 2026 - 11:18 Reply with quote Back to top
As Sp00keh said and what makes MattDakka argue so often: It really depends on the team how long you can hold on to a specific player. In a team that mostly works with vanilla players plus one stat-freak, you can avoid letting the freak go for longer. While a team that wants several slightly advanced players will struggle earlier. So the total amount of fees needed is a good indicator brought up by Sk00keh.

It really would have been great if this issue was addressed in the new edition but it was not. I guess exponential fees depending in skill-ups could have been one step in the right direction.
koadah



Joined: Mar 30, 2005
Post   Posted: Jan 09, 2026 - 11:20 Reply with quote Back to top
townee wrote:
...I'm a loyal SOB and hate to dump my best players at the end of the season. I feel they should die on the pitch rather than take a walk due to the redraft rules...



Join the O[L]C or CIBBL or WOBBL or some such. Mr. Green

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BeanBelly



Joined: Nov 14, 2019
Post   Posted: Jan 09, 2026 - 19:54 Reply with quote Back to top
CrisisChris wrote:
I guess exponential fees depending in skill-ups could have been one step in the right direction.


Fees increase as player level-ups increase...

..ooh that sounds a rather good idea. Shame it is not an actual thing.

I love building teams and skilling up players; but I also dislike high TV ('cos I think game mechanics break down).

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Nightbird



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Post   Posted: Jan 10, 2026 - 02:26 Reply with quote Back to top
Drrek wrote:
All players should die honorably on the pitch.

GW won't allow that, but it's the way it should be.


^THIS 100%^
Redraft sucks!

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Kinks



Joined: Feb 28, 2007
Post   Posted: Jan 10, 2026 - 23:47 Reply with quote Back to top
Nightbird wrote:
Drrek wrote:
All players should die honorably on the pitch.

GW won't allow that, but it's the way it should be.


^THIS 100%^
Redraft sucks!

was just coming here to say the same thing.

It's a trick question, you shouldn't play redraft Smile

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ThierryM



Joined: Mar 27, 2015
Post   Posted: Jan 11, 2026 - 09:06 Reply with quote Back to top
They should have given "redraft" its real name : Sacking

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awambawamb



Joined: Feb 17, 2008
Post   Posted: Jan 11, 2026 - 16:36 Reply with quote Back to top
ThierryM wrote:
They should have given "redraft" its real name : Sacking


You mean "minmaxing"? Wink

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