C'mon football fans from around the world and even those who aren't (JG - Uber). It's a real easy game, basically you just pick the winners from each and every game played.

Get in through the link below but you'll have to register with ESPN.

http://games.espn.go.com/worldcup/frontpage

Group - Gangster BB
Password - corleone

Wow, talk about coincidence!

As Commish, YOU can have the official thread...

Additional Info:

Starts: Friday, June 9

Objective: Accumulate the most points by correctly selecting the "winning pick" for each of the sixty-four (64) matchups associated with the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Locktime: Each pick locks at scheduled game time.

Scoring:
Group Stage (48 matches): 1 point per match = 48 total points
Round of Sixteen (8 matches): 3 points per match = 24 total points
Quarterfinals (4 matches): 5 points per match = 20 total points
Semifinals (2 matches): 7 points per match = 14 total points
Consolation/Third Place (1 match): 5 points per match = 5 total points
Final (1 match): 9 points per match = 9 total points

See: How to Play

I don't know shit about soccer/football/futbol... but what the hell -- Uber, baby!

I deleted the thread I started for this game...

C'mon people, 5 in so far.

Im In

Good lad DN.

Where's Yogi, he hasn't been around for a while.

Who is Adak1, by the way?

I'm in. As my team name suggests, I know nothing about soccer.

Hi Turi - I am Adak1 - fairly new to the board. Thanks for setting up the group on the ESPN site. By the way, my predictions are more of a "wish list" rather than a realistic expectation.
Cheers.

Ah cool, welcome to the BB and welcome to the game Wolfman. Thanks for verifying your identity.

And whoa, DS joins too. God, you guys will try any games you have no interest in. Glad to have you aboard.

I also joined. .

Tell me something Turi, do we make ALL of our picks for each day listed at once?

Or should we make our picks on a daily basis?


Don Cardi

8 days to go - get in!

DC, it's upto you and how seriously you take it. I'll be trying to look at team news and making my predictions as close to the games as possible. Obviously that isn't going to be always be realistic so I'll probably do 2-4 days picks at a time. Poland and Germany are the first teams to play twice (09/06 & 14/06) so I certainly wont be making my second Poland and Germany picks until I know what they've been like in their first games.

Also good to have you in mate.

I'm basically going to be choosing my predictions like Turi; seeing how the teams are progressing, because I'd like to see as many games as possible, like I usually do.

Also, I don't want my name to be "M. Corleone", as it currently is, so I've changed it to "E Raserhead", but it isn't showing yet on the BB list. Hmm...

M. Corleone seems a bit plain for you to use as your moniker. But good to have you in.

I don't think I need to post who's who, everyone's self explanatory. Everyone knows I wee in the bath and Sicilia knows nothing about soccer.

OK Turi, I'm in. As I don't post at weekends I'll be making my Fri, Sat & Sun picks on Friday. England to lose big style!!

Ha ha the fix is in!
Ah no i meant to say Yogi's in
The selections are in,the points are mine,victory is near..
It'll not be long until i'm doing the Crouchy

For the duration of the World Cup I've decided to revert to my original Henrik Larssson avatar.

I've decided that I'm going to win.

As long as England win,i don't care about my predictions

I know what you mean De Niro...however i would like me & England to win

Not that you'll need it but here's just a little reminder that it all kicks off tomorrow 5pm for UK followers. That's 12noon for you ET Americans.

I'm away for the weekend so I'm getting my picks in until tuesday now.

C'MON ENGLAND!!!

Just wondering... Unless you're Germany, is there any real difference between classifying one team as "Home" and another team as "Away"?

Smart to wait on your picks since Ronaldo has a fever, Gerrard has back spasms, Ballack has a calf strain, Sanchez (Mexico's #1 keeper) is headed home for a funeral, two Italians collected a recent injury, several Czech Republic players are injured and Cisse broke his leg. These all change the odds. Still, the teams that everyone typically picks are pretty deep.

I love how "Know Nothing About Soccer" is currently ranked at the top.

The Poles let me down. Bastards.

Hey, I watched a game/match (what's the correct term?) this morning. I watched England take on Paraguay.

Two thoughts...
1 - Refs call too many fouls.
2 - I love the running clock. It should be instituted in all sports. Question though - what determines the extra time at the end? Why doesn't the game end at 90 minutes?

The ref for the England game was ridiculous. Gerrard should never have been booked.

The game (or match; it doesn't matter) goes on with "stoppage time", or "injury time" for as many minutes as the ball has been out of play. Like in basketball, you don't get it, because the timer is stopped whenever the ball goes out of play. So, add up all the injuries and freekicks and whatnot, and you usually get about three to four minutes added on. If a team is already winning about 7-0 (like England will be in the final), you don't usually get much time added on...there's no point.

The Swedes let me down, the jerks. I hate goalless draws in a World Cup.

no not at all. the "stoppage time" at the end is all subjective, as most things in soccer.

and well, DB, you had a bad luck on the game you chosed to watch. that game sucked! I woke up before 12 AM in a saturday for the first time in a looooong time, and the game was not worth it. england sucked. argentina sucked in its opening match too.

You could say it was a typical England performance; full of energy and meeting expectations early on, and by the end, we barely scraped it. I don't know if it's out blood or not, but we seem to lack the killer instinct to finish off matches when needed.

Still, I shouldn't complain: it's obvious England are still going to win this tournament.

By the way, when (yes, when) I win this game, how will my name be initialised on the winners header?

What a comeback by Australia.