I'm perfectly fine with being able to bid on all auction lots. With the minimum bids that are required, there's only 1 team currently that could win all lots in a single auction, Bristol City, and that could only be done once. Everyone else must be selective in what they bid on.

I was thinking of a list box before I saw this posting, so it looks like we're on the same page here. My idea is as follows:

• Each lot bid has a list box next to it that contains a list of all previous lots. So, Lot 1 would have no list because it's the first one. Lot 4 would have a list that includes Lots 1,2,3.
• Managers select their conditional in the list that has the effect of saying... "If I win these players, ignore this bid." The manager has total control over when to bid and when to pull back a bid.
• Example... I bid on Lot 1 (Age IV DF), Lot 2 (Age I FW), Lot 3 (Age II DF), Lot 4 (Age I DF), Lot 5 (APP GK). I want a maximum of 2 DFs. So, for Lots 1, 2, and 3, I do nothing other than enter my bid. For Lot 4, however, I use the list box to select Lots 1 and 3. Then, if I win both Lots 1 and 3, my bid for Lot 4 is thrown out. This gives me the potential to have more money to have available for Lot 5, the coveted APP GK.

Another idea I had, and this is a question of how much info do we want to "Give" managers, versus how much do we want them to figure out if they want to know... I was thinking it would be interesting to show the average auction value that players have been selling for. 

Thanks for the feedback Rob.  I think I have another idea based on yours that might work...

More to come...still open though to ideas on this one..

Al

Something like this would suffice