Join our World Cup Fantasy League!

[Salty25]

Yes, its finally here!

You can join the Fantasy League now by signing up at http://en.fifaworldcup.fantasysports.yahoo.com/.

To join our private satellite.co.uk Fantasy League, SATsters Cup, simply go to 'Group' on the top bar once you've signed up and selected your team, and then click 'Join a group'.

You will then be asked to sumbit the 'Group #', and 'Group Password'. Here they are -

Group # - 1055
Group password - lights


Please identify yourself on this thread so that I know that your a forum member, and not just a passerby!

Good Luck!

 

[Tom34]

Hmm,
"The password is incorrect"???

What did I do wrong? :-)
Oh now I see. One needs the Group ID#!! Not the group name.

 

[Salty25]

Hmm,
"The password is incorrect"???

What did I do wrong? :-)
Oh now I see. One needs the Group ID#!! Not the group name.

Thank you for spotting that, I didnt see that myself, and I'm meant to be organising it. Does something tell me that this isnt meant to go right or something?! Anyway, is you can see, I've fixed that (had to email myself an invite to find out the number as it didnt say on my account on the game ANYWHERE, vvv helpful and why I thought it wanted the name in the first place.

 

[Norm]

Donkeyland has signed up. Squad picked, just the rules to study a bit!

 

[Salty25]

Donkeyland has signed up. Squad picked, just the rules to study a bit!

Spread the word, we need more, more moooooooooooooooore! Mwhahahahahahahahaha.

Yes, if you could just pass word about ;)

 

[Salty25]

Donkeyland has signed up. Squad picked, just the rules to study a bit!

Stankovic and Craig Moore, interesting. I was a bit scared to pick Aussies, they could hit or flop, but Stankovic is a top choice.

 

[Analoguesat]

Team Scottish Borders. Jeez this is complicated compared to the F1. Should have had a pint before I started

 

[Salty25]

Team Scottish Borders. Jeez this is complicated compared to the F1. Should have had a pint before I started

It is, but its not half detailed! My tactic will be to change about my starting lineup after every group as played a round of games. Remember that the 23 players you just picked are your entire squad, and that you have to pick XI players to start and actually get points off. Best I think to get clued up on the rules - http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/fwc06/fg/index.html

WOW, you've gone for a very different 23 to what I reckon most people will go for... especially not having Ronaldinho.

 

[Analoguesat]

The stats show something like 70% of folks have Ronaldinho - so I wanted do do a different approach! Not difficult as I have no idea at all about the form of almost all the players, so I used the shotgun approach

 

[Salty25]

3 people so far including me! Come on people, esp the F1 Fantasy League members, lets get it together (no, not like that, but you get what I mean!).


To add some flavour to this thread in the run up to the World Cup, I would invite people to post any funny bit n bobs about the Cup that they find.

I'll start.

I've found this wonderful blog written by the BBC sports journalists going to Germany, provides a good read - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldcup/

World Cup team bus slogan - A little know fact is that all the teams are given a team bus to travel across Germany in, and they will all have slogans on them, specially selected from entries, and here they all are - http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/hfc/bt_ws.html

 

[Salty25]

Hi all, 4 people in our league now (whose 'Rainbow'?), and everyone is welcome to join.

Attached is my own World Cup wallchart, freshly stolen from the BBC website and edited by moi with a key to which games are live on BBC and ITV.

The original, unedited/unruined wallchart can be found here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/printable_wallchart/default.stm

 

[Tom34]

Rainbow, that's me.

 

[Salty25]

Rainbow, that's me.

Ok, good team by the way.

Here's the highlight from the latest blog entry on the BBC - A student spoof of the new Nike ad - http://www.montyfootball.com/

And the original to compare - http://nikefootball.nike.com/nikefootball/siteshell/index.jsp

 

[Salty25]

Another newbie as entered, Tugas4Ever please indentify yourself Great team by the way, although making Calvalho the captain is a bit of a risk for me.

Jus taken another look at your team Tom, why Nilsson? I'll hold my hands up and admit that I cant remember who he is, please remind me! Whats he like playing for Panathinaikos?

 

[Salty25]

I have more in the way of wallcharts (by the way I updated my edited BBC wallchart as I got some game broadcasters wrong, but I'm pretty sure it correct now!) -

Mirror Newspaper - http://www.mirror.co.uk/worldcup/downloads/tm_objectid=17085568&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=world-cup-wallchart-name_page.html

ITV Sport - http://worldcup.itv.com/Interactive/Downloads/0,16462,7727,00.html

Sky Sports - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/bbc_coverage/default.stm

And the BBC have now put up a full info on their coverage, of which I must say the most interesting feature is the ability to listen to foreign commentary - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/bbc_coverage/default.stm

So expect to hear something like this if you watch the Brazil-Croatia game with Brazillian commentary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY4uQxHiR3A&search=Ronaldinho%20Brasil (and people say Johnathon Pearce is loud!)

 

[Tom34]

Why Nilsson?
I don't know, probably cause the name rang a bell.... Pippi Langstrumpf's monkey is called "Herr Nilson", I guess that's the reason :-)

 

[Salty25]

Why Nilsson?
I don't know, probably cause the name rang a bell.... Pippi Langstrumpf's monkey is called "Herr Nilson", I guess that's the reason :-)

Pippi Langstrumpf's???!

Anyway, got some highlights from the Germany 2-2 Japan friendly, with some lively Japanese commentary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzOTgFMyev8&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b

 

[Tom34]

Sorry, I think it's "Pippi Longstocking" in the UK :-)

 

[Salty25]

Like the team John, I guess we will be able to see just how much value for money Chelsea's players are.

 

[john_graydon]

Like the team John, I guess we will be able to see just how much value for money Chelsea's players are.

There you go 2 goals last night. Put 20 euro on Crespo for top goalscorer yesterday * 20/1.

By the way do you get points for players on the bench. Noticed my points are fairly high for the players that were on the bench.