Torn
wardy
Mikey Jones
Bad Collin
Jay
BBF
Rip
The Rosk
Chris Scott
son_of_foley
Alex
Beefy
turdpower
Dave
MMH
MikeHunt
Australia
Iran
Japan
South Korea
Cameroon
Honduras
Nigeria
Algeria
Costa Rica
Ghana
Ecuador
Mexico
France
Ivory Coast
Russia
Croatia
The Draft Order
1. Jay 2. Rip 3. wardy 4. Chris Scott 5. turdpower 6. Dave 7. Christopherson 8. Bad Collin 9. son_of_foley 10. Torn 11. Alex 12. MikeHunt 13. Mikey Jones 14. Beefy 15. The Rosk 16. MMH
The Groups
Group A
turdpower
Mexico
MikeHunt
Iran
Group B
Rip
Honduras
Alex
Costa Rica
Group C
The Rosk
Japan
Chris Scott
Ecuador
Group D
Bad Collin
Cameroon
Mikey Jones
Ghana
Group E
wardy
Ivory Coast
MMH
Croatia
Group F
BBF
Australia
Torn
Algeria
Group G
Beefy
South Korea
Dave
Nigeria
Group H
Jay
France
son_of_foley
Russia
The Rules
- Each team consists of 4 players which will be chosen in the normal snake draft method. For each Matchweek each manager select 3 of his players to start with one reserve. Autosubs will be in force.
- There will be 8 groups of 4 teams. Each group will consist of 2 RFF teams and the remaining places will be made of the 16 teams ranked lowest in the FIFA world rankings. This is done to try and ensure as many RFF teams get into the knockout stages as possible.
- The order of the draft will be decided by a random draw, that I will do my best to record and stick in this thread.
- Any player is available for selection as long as they are in the squads for the World Cup. This could lead to an example of Rooney and Rooney playing each other but thems the breaks.
- There will be 3 match weeks in the group stages where each team will play each other once. 3 points will be awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Once all games are played the two teams with the most points will progress into the knockout stages. If teams are equal on points the process of who goes though is based in this order: Goals Scored, Goal Difference, Quickest Goal.
- Each knockout stage will be considered a matchweek totaling 7 matchweeks.
- In the knockout stages two clubs will face each other in the ways detailed below. Once the quarter final stage is reached a supplemental draft will be implemented in order for teams to be replenished with players that are in the actual World Cup quarter finals.
- In lieu of a penalty shoot out, in the eventuality of a drawn knockout game the 'late goal rule' will be implement. This means whoever scored a goal in the latest minute of their game goes through. If this by some chance is equal then the 'sausage sandwich game' will come into effect to determine a winner.
The Schedule
Match week 1
Fixtures
12th June
Brazil v Croatia/turdpower v Iran
13th June
Mexico v Cameroon/MikeHunt v Mexico
Spain v Netherlands/Rip v Costa Rica
Chile v Australia/Alex v Honduras
14th June
Colombia v Greece/The Rosk v Ecuador
Ivory Coast v Japan/Chris Scott v Japan
Uruguay v Costa Rica/Bad Collin v Ghana
England v Italy/Mikey Jones v Cameroon
15th June
Switzerland v Ecuador/wardy v Croatia
France v Honduras/MMH v Ivory Coast
Argentina v Bosnia and Herzegovina/BBF v Algeria
16th June
Iran v Nigeria/Torn v Australia
Germany v Portugal/Beefy v Nigeria
Ghana v United States/Dave v South Korea
17h June
Belgium v Algeria/Jay v Russia
Russia v South Korea/son_of_foley v France
Matchweek 2
Actual Fixtures
17th June
Brazil v Mexico/turdpower v Mexico
18th June
Cameroon v Croatia/MikeHunt v Iran
Australia v Netherlands/Rip v Honduras
Spain v Chile/Alex v Costa Rica
19th June
Colombia v Ivory Coast/The Rosk v Japan
Japan v Greece/Chris Scott v Ecuaor
Uruguay v England/Bad Collin v Cameroon
20th June
Italy v Costa Rica/Mikey Jones v Ghana
Switzerland v France/wardy v Ivory Coast
Honduras v Ecuador/MMH v Croatia
21st June
Argentina v Iran/BBF v Australia
Nigeria v Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Torn v Algeria
Germany v Ghana/Beefy v South Korea
22nd June
United States v Portugal/Dave v Nigeria
Belgium v Russia/Jay v France
South Korea v Algeria/son_of_foley v Russia
Matchweek 3
Actual Fixtures
23rd June
Cameroon v Brazil/turdpower v MikeHunt
Croatia v Mexico/Mexico v Iran
Australia v Spain/Rip v Alex
Netherlands v Chile/Honduras v Costa Rica
24th June
Japan v Colombia/The Rosk v Chris Scott
Greece v Ivory Coast/Japan v Ecuador
Italy v Uruguay/Bad Collin v Mikey Jones
Costa Rica v EnglandCameroon v Ghana
25th June
Honduras v Switzerland/wardy v MMH
Ecuador v France/Ivory Coast v Croatia
Nigeria v Argentina/BBF v Torn
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Iran/Australia v Algeria
26th June
United States v Germany/Beefy v Dave
Portugal v Ghana/South Korea v Nigeria
South Korea v Belgium/Jay v son_of_foley
Algeria v Russia/France v Russia
Matchweek 4 - 28th June - 1st July
Match 1 - Winner of Group A v Runner up of Group B
Match 2 - Winner of Group C v Runner up of Group D
Match 3 - Winner Group E v Runner up of Group F
Match 4 - Winner Group G v Runner up of Group H
Match 5 - Winner Group B v Runner up of Group A
Match 6 - Winner Group D v Runner up of Group C
Match 7 Winner Group F v Runner up of Group E
Match 8 Winner of Group H v Runner up of Group G
Supplemental Draft - 2nd July - 3rd July
Matchweek 5 - 4th July - 5th July
Match 9 - Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2
Match 10 - Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4
Match 11 - Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 6
Match 12 - Winner Match 7 v Winner Match 8
Matchweek 6 - 8th July -9th July
Match 13 - Winner Match 9 v Winner Match 10
Match 14 - Winner Match 11 v Winner Match 12
Matchweek 7 - 13th July
Match 15 - Loser Match 13 v Loser Match 14
Match 16 - Winner Match 15 v Winner Match 16
Neymar is the only major goal threat in terms of stats but with the free flowing football Brazil will be looking to play this summer you could see their goals being spread around between Neymar, Hulk and Oscar as well as a couple of others getting a goal too.
For RFF, I wouldn't say Brazil was a hotbed of goals but Neymar could be a fantastic pick if he turns it on.
Group E
Honduras
Squad -
Valladares (GK)
Escober (GK)
Fernandez (GK)
Beckeles (RB)
Montes (RB)
Chavez, Osman (CB)
Figueroa (CB)
Bernardez (CB)
Izaguirre (LB)
Garcia (LB)
Ranked 34th in the world, you can't imagine Honduras doing much damage this summer, especially against France or Switzerland. They might have a real crack at Ecuador though but they are never going to be front runners.
Costly might be a half decent pick up late in the draft.
The real teams thing is weird BBF? The group stages is where this game works best, all teams play and you don't have half your team disappearing because they got knocked out. The knockout stages are a bit shit. Get Rajah vs Rajah all the time in those?
I was limiting to 16 teams as pickings will be pretty slim for 24 teams (24 x 4 = 96 players compared to 16 x 4 = 64 players) but happy to open up 8 more places if they will be filled.
Doing a little write up for squads as they are announced too cos I'm boooooored.
Well Brazil and Honduras are done. Will do South Korea later and no other squads have been announced yet so shove it up your aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarse, ANTHONY
It won't take that long, will it? The RFF draft has only taken a week, eight days at most, the past two or three seasons, so I don't think there's too much of a rush.
I'm away from the 22nd until 29th May so if we're starting soon someone can have my spot.
The final deadline for finalised squads is 2nd June. If they are all finalised before then we'll start but otherwise it'll be a 3rd June @ midnight start. Gives us 10 days which will be more than enough.
Got a couple of days spare now so squad updates will go up today for those announced.
Am I really going to have to play against Honduras or someone as one of my group fixtures BBF because this seems like a waste. The whole thing even more random pot luck than usual outside the group phases. What's wrong with 4 groups of 4 so we're always playing each other?
'I was limiting to 16 teams as pickings will be pretty slim for 24 teams (24 x 4 = 96 players compared to 16 x 4 = 64 players) but happy to open up 8 more places if they will be filled.'
wardy and Chris Scott are the only others to show interest at the moment.
Squads have to be decided today so draft tomorrow.
I've fucked about with the people playing and as no one has come forward I've decided the following:
Torn
wardy
Mikey Jones
Bad Collin
Jay
Christopherson
Rip
The Rosk
Chris Scott
son_of_foley
Alex
Beefy
turdpower
Dave
MMH
MikeHunt
turdy replaces Matthew, Chris Scott replaces Grim and wardy replaces me. Everyone that wants to play is playing, there just isn't enough interest to sustain 32 places (or even 24).
Draft begins at 12pm tomorrow which seems pretty fair as everyone is in the same timezone. Draft order will be determined by me but I'm at work so can't film it, I'm not playing though so there's no bias.
matthew has given his spot to turdy. Grim wanted to give up his spot so I gave it to Chris and wardy should be able to defend his crown so he can take my place. I'll just run it and do results and stuff.
I've no idea what goes into formatting this but we're padding it out with X amount of other teams, yes? Why can't we get as many human players on board as possible? Why can't you just replace Honduras for example?
1. Jay
2. Rip
3. wardy
4. Chris Scott
5. turdpower
6. Dave
7. Christopherson
8. Bad Collin
9. son_of_foley
10. Torn
11. Alex
12. MikeHunt
13. Mikey Jones
14. Beefy
15. The Rosk
16. MMH
17. BBF
Jay
you can start the drafting at 12pm tomorrow. I'm giving a 10 hour window so if
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