LET'S SEE IF I CAN RECRUIT...........

[035robroy]

morganb, Billy has invited me to St Andrews on Boxing Day to share a balti pie. He did not mention who would be paying. Watch the Championship thread as the season approaches and gets going again. There do not seem to be any interested FISOers now that Tall Paul has moved on to a higher plane but it is early days yet. Doubtless the Forest contingent will have something to say with Psycho making his debut. I keep thinking about that slimmed down bridegroom. Will he be allowed freedom to visit the City Ground ?

[035robroy]

sorry Surprised got a little side-tracked there responding to morganb.

This little piece of activity has no connection at all with TFF. With CILLA BLACK GN 8054476 you are investing some of your own money which might pay off on 11th April next year after the Grand National.
My Grand National sweepstake is worth £200 every year. (this year there were 4 separate races) with all the punters paying £5 for a guaranteed runner.

6 prizes. 1st £60 2nd £40. 3rd and 4th £30 each. £20 each for the last 2 to finish with jockey aboard.
When I have got the last 3 multi millionaire owners on the thread.I will spell it out.

[035robroy]

It has taken almost a week to get to 17 . Please guys make up those last 3 before I give the full explanation. Then I have to get an opposition squad together to make it interesting for the volunteers.

It looks as if conscription is the answer . Your name could be on it. I am studying profiles particularly Carmen members who have just returned from Brazil.

[035robroy]

The full explanation is now on TOP 20'

[Backlash]

Top 20?

A link?
Rob/Roy why not simplify things and explain to idiots like myself in layman's terms.

[Dennisthemenace]

The details are as confusing as a confused man, sitting on a confused bench, in a confused town, in a confused country, on a confused world, reading a confusing story about confusing people.

[Backlash]

The details are as confusing as a confused man, sitting on a confused bench, in a confused town, in a confused country, on a confused world, reading a confusing story about confusing people.

If only they were that confusing

[Surprised]

I don't know what is happening here.

[035robroy]

Surprised, you should have moved on TOP 20 where it is all spelt out. 18 is your squad.

[Maldini]

Unless I'm missing something, only three or four of the twenty squads actually have the chance to win.

[Backlash]

Top 20?
A link?

[Maldini]

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1. ATALANTA. ARSENAL. ALMERIA. BASTIA
2. CAGLIARI. ASTON VILLA. ATH BILBAO BORDEAUX
3. CESENA. BURNLEY. ATH MADRID. CAEN.
4. CHIEVO. CHELSEA. BARCELONA. EVIAN.
5. EMPOLI. C.PALACE. CELTA VIGO. GUINCAMP
6. FIORENTINA. EVERTON. CORDOBA. LENS
7. GENOA. HULL CITY. DEP CORUNA. LILLE
8. INTER MILAN. LEICESTER CITY. ELBAR. LORIENT
9. JUVENTUS. LIVERPOOL.ELCHE. LYON.
10. LAZIO. MANCHESTER CITY.. ESPANYOL. MARSEILLE.
11. MILAN. MANCHESTER UTD. GETAFE METZ.
12. NAPOLI. NEWCASTLE UTD.GRANADA, MONACO.
13. PALERMO. QUEENS PARK RANGERS LEVANTE. MONTPELLIER
14. PARMA SOUTHAMPTON. MALAGA. NANTES
15. ROMA. STOKE CITY. RAYO VAL.NICE.
16. SAMPDORIA. SUNDERLAND.REAL MADRID. PARIS ST GERMAIN
17. SASSUOLO. SWANSEA CITY. REAL SOCIEDAD. RENNES.
18. TORINO. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR.SEVILLA. REIMS
19. UDINESE. WEST BROMWICH ALBION. VALENCIA. SAINT ETIENNE
20. VERONA. WEST HAM UTD. VILLA REAL. TOULOUSE.

[Backlash]

Thank-you Maldini it makes perfect sense now

[035robroy]

Maldini you may have a point but only time will tell. As a supplementary contest in all this, how about everyone picking the top four. You were not part of CARMEN MIRANDA where the ace in the hole was COSTA RICA and the same will happen here I think.
Have noted your underlined 4.9.10.16.

[Backlash]

My head hurts

[Backlash]

Ohh so I need Aston Villa to win the league

Could be worse I could have Vid's bunch

[Sport Billy]

If anyone wants my squad 8 I'm happy to not bother. Bit disappointing and over complicated this Rob. The selling point of not having to do anything is just not that interesting. People who play fantasy games like having to do something? Surely thats the point? If we had to choose a squad of 4 teams that had values with a spend limit, that would have been so much better. Missed opportunity this. Scrap this, rank the teams, invite entries and start again would be my advice......

[Sport Billy]

20 for a top team, 1 for a bottom team. 4 teams to choose, budget of 30? Should work, forces folk to be more creative?

[035robroy]

Billy, I was confident you would come up with an idea which would require activity from FISO members. Fine, as long as you ( and maybe one or two others) fix the values of the 80 teams involved and someone sets it out as fox did for me with Carmen. Over to you.

[Sport Billy]

See, now you just sound defensive and sulky again. I'm a participator not an organiser. So I won't do it. I don't have the patience or the analytical eye not to miss a result and recieve abuse from pedants like me. Does anyone else think the same way about not having to do anything? If it's just me I'll happily get my coat

[robot]

See, now you just sound defensive and sulky again. I'm a participator not an organiser. So I won't do it. I don't have the patience or the analytical eye not to miss a result and recieve abuse from pedants like me. Does anyone else think the same way about not having to do anything? If it's just me I'll happily get my coat

My view would be the world cup game worked because people could make a choice at the start and hope their choices did well,
The problem with your alphabetical list is that from the start it's clear only 4 players really have a chance and the other 16 will lose interest.
Either rank as sport billy has suggested or split into 4 groups of 5 and pick one from each group and from each nation,and base the list on last years finishing position with the championship sides 18/19/20.
Happy to help get the 20 lots of choices but to busy with other leagues through the season.

[035robroy]

The comments from Billy and Robot have been slept on. Now go to TOP 20 thread to continue...........later today.