I thought it might be a good idea if we have our own World Cup fantasy league.
Amazon are running a fantasy game and I've set up our very own league - SO World Cup Fantasy League. It's free to join and there are some good prizes to be won as well.
Sign up here: http://ff2006.fantasyleague.com
and pick your team.

Once signed up, to join our league you will need to know the unique league pin - which is: 86

See if you can beat "H's Hopefulls"! :)

Nice one Haydon!

Shouldn't that be "Hopefuls", Haydon? :wink_kiss

I shall get my experts to help me with this (when they get home from school).

LOL if you're going to be pedantic, may as well do it twice! :D

I don't know what you mean, Mik. *innocent*

*the hell you are!*
:D

Shouldn't that be "Hopefuls", Haydon? :wink_kiss

I shall get my experts to help me with this (when they get home from school).
... woteva. Don't know... don't care. Are you joining the league?

Welcome aboard Mick!
Nice team - although I'm not sure about Barthez. He's sometimes genius and other times makes a complete mess of things. Zidane? Past it now!

Uh I thought that of all my team Gary Neville was the dodgy one! :D

France are in a pretty soft group, so I don't expect them to leak too many goals. I'm hoping Zidane will take the free kicks and get a few assists from crosses too.

Rob - you're a brave man putting Schwarzer in goal! Not only is he genuinely not good enough for Scotland (and if you're a goalie that ain't good! ) but I reckon the Brazilians will score a hatful against him.

Helen - you're more than brave to pick Owen Hargreaves! :D

Helen - you're more than brave to pick Owen Hargreaves! :D

I guess I had better confess to doing a "lucky dip" then hadnt I - I havent heard of HALF of the "rest of the world" players, so decided if I did it that way I cant blame myself if they are cack - although I would have prefered to have the lovely Becks in my team, for purely pervy reasons of course :laugh:

The site showed an error when I used 86. My boys are now adrift in fantasy land :mellow:

Looks like yo're in now - and with Dwight Yorke!

I'm supporting Tobago - I've seen them play!

It'd be fun going to the home games :)

It was :thumbsup:

Except it wasn't the world cup

Ah well found Hayd! - i'll certainly be having a butchers at the player lists and pikking (sometimes this can be spelt 'picking' also) a squad of me own before it all kicks off. Not sure how to submit a team on the Survivor Online League though, but i'll do my best.

I must give prior warning to all rivals that i once finished 6th (3 places outside the 3rd and final cash prize position - approx. £5000) in the Sunday People Fantasy Football Competition a few years back, and also finished a very respectable (but not respected by anybody here at this forum i imagine!) 21st position in the Daily Star World Cup 2002 Fantasy Football Competition - so i'm good...and i'm shrewd...and i'm just warnin' ya...:yahoo:

Nice one Haydon, nice one son!:w00t:

Well I think my crabs have nipped it in the bud with the lot of you!

Why are we pending?
Why-y are we pending?

Is anyone going to own up to managing the Dribbly Dozers?

And Fee, you're really not taking this very seriously, are you?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/FenellaFinkelstein/smiley/peerroundcorner.pngWho? Me? It took me ages to pick that team.

I may have to drop Dwight Yorke though.

Judging by his face, he was dropped on it at birth. :bag:

Are you going for the least points?

With Amelia in goal? Pshaw!

Although I do hope the boys aren't too rough with her. I imagine she's better at hockey.

No. I imagine her in a rather fetching empire line frock, wielding a croquet mallet with her second cousin, Rupert. She is flirting a little, the sun is shining and a squirrel is nibbling his nuts on a near-by branch.

At least she's not a Buffoon. And I see Mars has a bread roll in goal.

I'm not stupid you know.

And a horse up front.

You could have fooled me.

Haydon's got a ponce at silly mid-off.

I know all the lingo, me :smartie:

Is he in the slips? You just made me lol, btw. Thanks for that.

I have entered my team, loved the names in Fee's team.

Like the name of your team, Maz. :)

Haydon! Haydon! Why are we still pending? Is there something you need to do? If so, please do it. I'm swinging in limbo and I don't like it. :cry:

I'm swinging in limbo

You're such a pendant, Patsy!:)

Patsy the Pendulous Pending Pedant. Has a certain ring, don't you think? Maybe I'll change my team's name, if I ever get into the proper league. :angry:

"You have good teams, and you will play well, but my team is better and we will win"

Jose "Gatubela" Maurinho

Watch out for Gatubela United!

"You have good teams, and you will play well, but my team is better and we will win"

Jose "Gatubela" Maurinho

Watch out for Gatubela United!
You got a filthy-rich Russian to buy up all the players for you?! :surrender:

I have entered my team but can't get on the league, when I go to private league it wants me to set one up. Help?

When you go into private league, you should be faced with 2 boxes. In the second box, put in 86. This should take you to our league.

Haydon can we have a name for our league as 86 is boring.

When you go into private league, you should be faced with 2 boxes. In the second box, put in 86. This should take you to our league.

No Patsy...when I do there it gives me a whole page of blurbge about starting up a league....I see no boxes, honest.

Trouble is, I can't remember what options I took, without doing it all again.

Haydon, can you help please?

No Patsy...when I do there it gives me a whole page of blurbge about starting up a league....I see no boxes, honest.
I have just done mine, we'll have a look at work tomorrow

Haydon can we have a name for our league as 86 is boring.

'86 is fine - it was a wunderbar year made even more wunderbar by the Mexico '86 World Cup, right Hayd?....right! (still needs a couple of of words to precede the numbers though i think...perhaps Fantasy Forum '86...or maybe Give Davina the boot '86 - (Gareth Hale paid me handsomely to print that...)

The one-man Anti-Davina parade gains precious momentum even here on a World Cup thread!:wink2:

ok we got 11 teams in our private league now!

I have to manually approve teams wanting to join our league, so sorry for the delay. You're no longer "pending".

There are some good prizes to be had - Xbox's, LCD TV's, PSP, MP3 players, shirts etc. So if you haven't signed up, do so now! It's free!

The name of our league is "SO World Cup Fantasy League" - 86 is just our unique number.

Where have the Dribbley Dozers gone?:huh:

I swear they were there when I looked earlier. :unsure:

D'you think we have a dope-testing scandal looming:unsure:

Nah! She's just running scared. She's heard about Amelia's game plan.

Okay, I'm registered (not disabled or insane - though people would argue the latter i ought to be) and ready for action...

Woodstock's 'Only The Strong Survive' XI are made up of the following players...

GK ~ Gianluigi Buffon (Italia)

DEF ~ Alessandro Nesta (Italia)
DEF ~ Carles Puyol (Espana)
DEF ~ Jean-Alain Boumsong (France) (...aha!, there is a method to this particular piece of madness...i know he can't defend for toffee, but Thuram will help him along...if you see what i mean?...)
DEF ~ Lilian Thuram (France)

MID ~ Michael Ballack (Deutschland)
MID ~ Steven Gerrard (Angleterre)
MID ~ Frank Lampard ~ (Angleterre)
MID ~ Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

ATT ~ Ronaldo (Brasil...so you see, there ARE two Ronaldos after all!)
ATT ~ Adriano (Brasil)

...wot no Ronaldinho? :shock:

I wish you luck...:boxing:

1st Place - Woodstock's 'Only The Strong Survive' XI :flex:
Solid throughout, strong spine (it would be a case of two strong spines if there was another keeper in goal alongside Buffon), stubborn at the back, devastating down the flanks, and merciless up front - couldn't be asking for more really! The one (and only) weak link in the team is Mr. Boumsong - but he'll be just fine in that French back four, and I'm just a wee bit worried that Ballack may not feature from the start. Aside form those minor concerns, O.T.S.S. must be strong favourites...even if i do say so myself!:yahoo:

2nd Place - Fat Loser's All Stars
A strong back four (five, even), except for perhaps Vidic, who may be part of a Serbia team that concedes a few against Argentina and Holland, but we'll see. Being a Manchester United fan I want to see him do well anyway. But then I could say the same for Gabriel Heinze of Argentina, and Ruud van Nistelrooy and Van der Sar of Holland really. Also possesses a strikeforce to be feared in Henry and Ronaldinho. It'll be a close battle between the All Stars and Mazwad's XI...for second place...of course.

3rd Place - Mazwad's Men O'Paws
I like what you're doing defensively, but I do have major concerns regarding the selection of Makelele and to an extent Boa Morte - the latter being a bit of a loose cannon, and the former just being a misfiring one. However, apart from those glaring weaknesses down the left, nobody should fu*k with your strike partnership of Tevez and Ronaldinho - awesome!

Wooden Spoon Award - a tightly-fought contest between 'Mars' Red Brigade' and 'H's Hopefuls'. Mars' Brigade look like a very strong XI - well, X actually, because I'm not too sure Abbiati will be favoured in goal over Buffon (in fact I'm not too sure Abbiati is even there), but I actually think this lot are still good enough to contest for Runners-Up spot, if that one particular issue is dealt with quickly.

As for H's bunch, I'm not too sure what's going on in the back four with regards to Ponzio, Rodriguez, and Gilberto, and I'm a wee bit concerned about your left flank with Kosowski - you obviously know something I don't about that lot. But, quite a strong selection in the main.

As for the rest, 'Cromer's Crabs' (...I hope they don't move like crabs) are keeping faith with the 'old guard' of Vieira and Zidane in midfield. It's a gamble but it may pay off, and also a shrewd selection of Milan Baros, who suddenly becomes a good player in tournaments like these.

Buzz has plumped for Lebo-Lebo - which has left me baffled, and has also opted for Rooney from the start, and therefore is obviously investing more hope in England's best hope than the majority of English folk. But van Nistelrooy will grab some goals for 'the Babes' and they have a fairly secure back four...apart form Lebo-Lebo.

'If You're Lucky' is a very strong XI, particularly at the back, and with an extremely potent pairing of Tevez and Torres up front - this lot may surprise...but it's good to see this manager has a sense of humour, demonstrated perfectly by the selection of Owen Hargreaves.

'Amber Gamblers' I'm a little bit concerned about, as they really look like a very effective lot. It's touch-and-go at to whether Barthez shall start but look at that fron pairing of Ronaldinho and Adriano...almost as good as my own pairing of Ronaldo and Adriano.

I think Fee has based her selections on the most humorous names she could possibly find (either that or she's ventured into the 'lucky dip') so I'm guessing that her participation in this league isn't quite as intense as my own - she's just having a wee bit of fun, something which is clearly evident in her choosing a player with the surname 'Scotland'- well done Fee!. I'm also liking 'Loco' and the wonderfully-named 'Yapi-Yapo', and 'captain Kaka' deserves a wee mention too.

'Not Good Enough For Scotland' may prove to be a force to be reckoned with too.

I don't know about you lot but I can't soddin' way for this World Cup to get started...

...good luck...and may the best annoying-poll creator win! :surrender:

SOmebody please wake up Haydon - i've got a team pending over at his Fantasy League desk...:whistling:

I think he may already have noticed but he's feeling a little bit :( at the thought of his lot being in the same company of such a fine selection of world-beaters...:yahoo:

I've picked me players and it now says pending on the board under woodstock - is this correct and do I have to do anything now?

ah fekkin hell - got some sort of a run-time error thingie and it all disappeared.

would haydon still have the details of tigereye's totty? H? Or do I do the whole thing again.....:wacko:

If Woodstock's still pending, I would guess that Haydon hasn't visited it for a while.

Gwan, you've got nothing better to do. :wink_kiss

thou knowest me too well.

Tried to re-enter the same team, but 'snot working.

It's there. I can see it.

Won't win though.

It's there. I can see it.

Won't win though.

...and that's because mine will...or would have...or something...i don't know...:sick: (...I guess that particular fate rests with Haydon...hint bloody hint!)

I was thinking of naming my team 'Swine-off Sausage Face' after my second-favourite insult of all time, but I decided to stick with 'Only The strong Survive' as it almost strikes fear into the opposition...:shock:

...now...I wonder if he's un-pended my pending yet...:whistling:

It's there. I can see it.

Won't win though.

Hah - just looked at yours.:sick:

I have a few sneaky transfers in mind.

Yeah, but, at least I don't smell. :kid:

I'd like to make a team change, but it's asking me for a transfer code.

I'd like to make a team change, but it's asking me for a transfer code.
I just had a wee look at that myself Patsy and spotted the following instruction. I wish I could make transfers myself...but I'm still waiting to be granted entry into this dang league - I think Haydon's pretending to be on holiday or something just so my lot won't have an opportunity to wipe the floor with all who stand in their way...:unsure:

The 'transfer code' you require to complete your transfers can be obtained from the Amazon.co.uk World Cup (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/16382581/ref=amb_right-2_53823191_1/203-1881997-9188707) store. This code will change each week so don't forget to check back for the latest code.

Thanks for that. You wouldn't want to be changing Ballack, by any chance?

Nobody called me did they?
New teams have now been accepted into the SO League.

Nobody called me did they?
New teams have now been accepted into the SO League.

Cheers Hayd :good:

...you won't and probably will regret it both at the same time...:surrender:

I made a couple of wee transfers prior to the big kick-off, ditching Boumsong and Thuram and now my defence looks overly-impressive even if i'm saying so myself...

Thanks for that. You wouldn't want to be changing Ballack, by any chance?

I think i did...well, i must have done 'cos he 'aint there now! :blink: (that's my memory for you!)

I'm now placing heaps of faith in an Anglo-Portugese midfield, an all-Brazilian attack, and a Mediterranean defence that's based both on stunningly good looks and great competence...:cool:...with a fully-bald crazy basta*d in goal...

Aww that's not fair.
I've got a goalie whose team won today by 4-2 but because he let in two goals I'm now -1:ranting:

Right. I'm ready. One minor (actually, probably quite major) adjustment and we're off. :applause:

Right. I'm ready. One minor (actually, probably quite major) adjustment and we're off. :applause:

I just took it up on myself to have a wee nosey at your team and i have to confess they're causing me not quite but almost major concerns - very strong line-up!, and the strike pair of Ronaldinho and Henry is probably the strike pair i would have chosen if i hadn't plumped for Adriano and Ronaldo.

You'll push me close...

...i'm also a tad...but only a tad concerned about Mars' lot - although i have spotted just the one weak link in his line-up, and that ultimately might cost him...so i'm hoping he keeps faith with Gonzalez in his midfield...:yahoo:

I don't like this game.

I just took it up on myself to have a wee nosey at your team and i have to confess they're causing me not quite but almost major concerns - very strong line-up!, and the strike pair of Ronaldinho and Henry is probably the strike pair i would have chosen if i hadn't plumped for Adriano and Ronaldo.

You'll push me close...

I shall be making some adjustments in the second phase. Be afraid........ be very afraid.

Mwahahahaaaaaa............

I don't like this game.
Cheer up H. You're going to get at least 3 points tonight.

...if i hadn't plumped for Adriano and Ronaldo.
"Plump" being the operative word for Big R :)

I'm beginning to doubt my strategy of picking players who don't actually appear for their country. A few of my no-shows need to be fired.

I'm confused. How come Haydon has got 6 points for Rio Ferdinand for 2 clean sheets, when today's results haven't even been updated yet?

Am I winning this?:confused:

Have you even bothered to look?

I'm confused. How come Haydon has got 6 points for Rio Ferdinand for 2 clean sheets, when today's results haven't even been updated yet?

Now it's updated my Terry points, but hasn't given me anything for Gerrard. What's going on? :angry:

Have you even bothered to look?
Yes, I had a quick look, long enough to see you are at the top:sleepy:

Oh, I see. Playing the old "I'll pretend I didn't really care about winning in the first place and find it all boring" game, are we?

Oh, I see. Playing the old "I'll pretend I didn't really care about winning in the first place and find it all boring" game, are we?
Moi?? play a game?? I am no good at games...:laugh:

"Plump" being the operative word for Big R :)



Absolutely! :applause: ...and what a disgrace he was too!

Samba-dee take him off, quickly!

Now it's updated my Terry points, but hasn't given me anything for Gerrard. What's going on? :angry:

Now I've got my internet connection back (no excuses, but a two day absence may have cost me big time!:evilmad: ) i'll see if i can make some sense of the points lark...

I'm taking back a couple of the transfers i made... :wallbash:

...what do you mean i can't?...:ohmy:

...but they were useless...rank!...flippin' waste of time!...:pooh:

...I want my Adriano and Ronaldo back...they'll be back in tomorrow that's for sure!...:boxing:

Oh, oh dear oh dear oh dear Woody. One of your new signings has just given away a penalty and been sent off.

Did you go to the Patricia Routledge school of football management?

:naughty:

:wallbash: Oh, oh dear oh dear oh dear Woody. One of your new signings has just given away a penalty and been sent off.

Did you go to the Patricia Routledge school of football management?

:naughty:

ah, you've cast the dreadful news that i was about to...

Words escape me...they really do - perhaps the most cursed set of transfers i've ever made for a fantasy football team...and there has been plenty (of cursed transfers) beside the ones for this particular team!

I guess the sending-off means i've gone backwards rather than forwards now doesn't it?

Flippin' Ujfalusi! - who in their right mind would have picked Ujfalusi??:sad:

...temporary blip...that's all it was...yeah...temporary blip...and there's still Luca Toni to help put things right again...:good:

...I almost enrolled myself into the Patricia Routledge School of Football Management but I opted instead for Richard Wilson's own classes instead...and on the face of my disastrous treansfer dealings, i feel i am now fully qualifed to utter with great dispondency...

"...I just don't BELIEVE it!":wallbash:

Spain rested their entire first choice eleven this afternoon as they took on mighty Saudi Arabia...well oil be damned! :ninja:

What a real kick in the teeth that has proved to be as not only did i have soddin' Torres in my SO fantasy team (he was in there to score at least three against the Saudis), but i also had Puyol in there to keep a clean one for me and clock up a few additional points.:wallbash:

This is by no means the worst of it - i have many other fantasy teams in other competitions (large cash prizes) with almost half of the Spanish first team selected.

I give up, i really do. :surrender: Are these World Cup coaches not aware there is an important fantasy football competition taking place??.

It's mighty inconsiderate.:mad2:

And here's us slogging our guts out in the name of good competition, jumping around like billy-o and the ones above us are probably blissfully unaware that they are - above us that is.

I don't like this game any more. :cry:

I don't like this game any more. :cry:

...no, i'm losing faith too.:rain:...until the Second Round :bye:

I think I may have to go and change some players.:mellow:

I've given up.

Whitebait. :shutup:

I'd love to change some players but don't have a clue who to go for. Still only allowed 2 from each country right?

how do you see how you're doing in the SO league - I know I'm about 10,000 th in the overall thingie.

Anyone any suggestions?

Click on My Team, Click on Private League (grey box under the pitch)

You'll see me there on the bottom :w00t:

I don't know who plays who anymore - is it just the top ones from each group that go through?

Click on Fixtures on the left hand side.

The next Germany match is the first one in the next phase, when you will be given another 4 transfers.

Better late than never but I have set up a team, couldn't have the players I would have liked from Sweden or Holland now they are out but never mind!

Click on Fixtures on the left hand side.

The next Germany match is the first one in the next phase, when you will be given another 4 transfers.

Yes, but no but...

How do you know who is going through? Or is likely to go through? Are they all playing each other?

sorry to be thick but with my four transfers I have available do I just dump the players that have gone and pick four new ones, and is it still only two players allowed from each country?

:mellow:

Yes and yes. :bye:

Yes, but no but...

How do you know who is going through? Or is likely to go through? Are they all playing each other?

They are still playing 2nd round matches, but the quarter finals start on Friday. If you click on the Fixtures button on the left hand side it tells you who has played and who is due to play.

Looks like Sherlock and I are both guilty of not reading the transfer rules properly.

Take care, chaps. From what I can make out, you have 12 transfers altogether. You can make up to 8 in the first round, up to 4 in the second and up to 4 thereafter. We've blown all of ours now, so fill your boots folks! :wallbash: :wallbash:

Now I've done my pants in this league, I really want to sit back and enjoy the football.

Tonight's match between Spain and France made me realise that I had been wanting teams to win for the wrong reasons.

I have two Spanish forwards in my team, but in RL would have supported France.

France have just won and I'm really, really pleased. For the right reasons.

Vive la France!!!! :w00t: :good:

Does anyone know how I am getting on at all?:bag:

Well, you're not last.

Well that's nice...

Am I first then?

I don't suppose I am

Lets put it like this. One of us is and the other one's called Buzz.

Are we clear now?

Lets put it like this. One of us is and the other one's called Buzz.

Are we clear now?
Right so, I am not last, but I am not first either....


am i somewhere in the middle then, and would that be topish middle or bottomish middle?

I could look myself, but this is much more fun.

How do you know who is going through? Or is likely to go through? Are they all playing each other?

You mean to say you don't have your world cup wallchart to hand!:w00t:

I've made my changes and look out cause the points are all coming my way!

I haven't a clue Andrea!:w00t:

Are England still in?

Now I've done my pants in this league, I really want to sit back and enjoy the football.

Tonight's match between Spain and France made me realise that I had been wanting teams to win for the wrong reasons.

I have two Spanish forwards in my team, but in RL would have supported France.



:laugh: ...i think i can relate to that Pat. However, i really did want the ol' Spaniards to put one over the French tonight (regardless of fantasy allegiances). But my first natural response to the final whistle in most of these games has been to jump on the pc and check out if i'm beating your score:sly: ...when i should really have been reflecting on 'what a thoroughly fabulous game of football that was' etc. etc.

...right...i'm off now...to check if i'm beating your score...:good:

Right so, I am not last, but I am not first either....


am i somewhere in the middle then, and would that be topish middle or bottomish middle?

I could look myself, but this is much more fun.

The second option. And very close to it.

...right...i'm off now...to check if i'm beating your score...:good:

:laugh: Don't do it to yourself!

I can us both sinking rapidly from now on. :sad:

Lets put it like this. One of us is and the other one's called Buzz.

Are we clear now?

:laugh: oooh...you are gettin' cockee! :applause:

:laugh: Don't do it to yourself!

I can us both sinking rapidly from now on. :sad:

:cry: ...i did it to myself...and yes, you are right...but only one of us has sunk rapidly...so what happened to you?? :(

I don't think I'll be far behind you! :(

I don't think I'll be far behind you! :(

...yeah let's hope s...i mean i wish you good luck! :cool1:

For all those SO fantasy managers who need a pick-me-up...i give you the genuine original kings of fantasy football... :good:

http://www.baddielandskinner.com/ :tv_happy:

Ooh I'm 3rd in our league and I've just made some more changes!:applause:

I'm down to seventh...:(

did'nt really get the hang of this.....:wacko:

maybe today's changes might help.....:kid:

Well, waddya know?! :applause: Close thing there with Maz, but I managed to cling on.

Thanks for organising this competition, H. I really enjoyed it. :good:

PS: Do I get an award now?

Patsy, seeing your delight makes me so glad I let you win :)

ooh I crept up to 3rd position in the end.:w00t:

Well done Patsy on 1st and Maz on 2nd:applause:

I enjoyed this too:thumbsup:

Well done Patsy I only ever saw your team at the top its really quite satisfying to get higher than the blokes although have to admit to some help with my original line up. Well done Andrea I thought you were going to overtake me at the last knockings.

ooh I crept up to 3rd position in the end.:w00t:



...which had been reserved for moi...:p

...pipped by a bunch of crabs!!...:wallbash: