World Cup Fantasy - Drafted League

I hope the last links we posted has helped some of you find the fantasy World Cup game that's right for you and that one of you wins a prize.

Of course, playing fantasy football is not always about winning a prize but competing for fun with people in a 'private league'.

One of the things we do on Big Soccer, during the Premier League season, is get together to form a drafted league (or two) where no player may appear on another team. We then have head-to-head fixtures and internal cup competitions.

This takes a lot of work on my part to run but there was an interesting game at FFLO on the same idea, which is more automated; although still has a few flaws. The one good thing is you don't all have to be online at the same time to go through the draft; although that is half the fun.

Anyway, back on the the World Cup, we've also done a drafted league (of 11 managers) on the Metro Fantasy Site.

The draft went reasonably smoothly, although I had draft position 8 and missed a couple of rounds when my cable Internet packed up for three days.

Some managers, myself included (out of neccesity) have made a few changes from their original draft and the line-ups are almost ready to be locked in.

This is what we have:

1800-Brazil.com
O. Sanchez, Mexico

Abidal, France
Pernia, Spain
Roberto Carlos, Brazil
Ramos, Spain

Riquelme, Argentina
Rosicky, Czech Rep
Rotan, Ukraine
Simao, Portugal

Al-Kahtani, Saudi Arabia
Toni, Italy
Van Persie, Holland

Aviators
Cech, Czech Rep

Paulo Ferreira, Portugal
Friedrich, Germany
R. Kovac, Croatia
Van Bronckhorst, Holland

Alonso, Spain
Joe Cole, England
Luis Garcia, Spain
Nedved, Czech Rep

Adriano, Brazil
Drogba, Ivory Coast
Larsson, Sweden

FC Canada
Robinson, England

Ayala, Argentina
Grosso, Italy
Mertesacker, Germany
Puyol, Spain

Gonzalez, Argentina
Kranjcar, Croatia
Krzynowek, Poland
Ronaldinho, Brazil

Fonseca, Mexico
Ibrahimovic, Sweden
Trezeguet, France

FC Ily
Van Der Sar, Holland

Cannavaro, Italy
Ferdinand, England
Jiranek, Czech Rep
Vidic, Serbia-Mont

Gerrard, England
Kaka, Brazil
Tymoschuk, Ukraine
Van Der Vaart, Holland

Borgetti, Mexico
Frei, Switzerland
Kezman, Serbia-Mont

Handov Frings
Isaksson, Sweden

Gallas, France
Lucic, Sweden
Marquez, Mexico
Zambrotta, Italy

Beckham, England
Frings, Germany
Park Ji-Sung, South Korea
Ronaldo, Portugal

Crouch, England
Shevchenko, Ukraine
Tevez, Argentina

In off the post
Barthez, France
Cafu, Brazil
A. Cole, England
Edman, Sweden
Kromkamp, Holland

Emerson, Brazil
Reyes, Spain
Robben, Holland
Schweinsteiger, Germany

Henry, France
McBride, USA
Prso, Croatia

Kraftwerk FC
Buffon, Italy

Heinze, Argentina
Jankulovski, Czech Rep
Lahm, Germany
Lopez, Spain

Juninho, Brazil
Malouda, France
Pirlo, Italy
Rodriguez, Argentina

Owen, England
Pauleta, Portugal
Torres Spain

Pork Soda
Casillas, Spain

Carvalho, Portugal
Nuno Valente, Portugal
Nesta, Italy
Sagnol, France

Ballack, Germany
Camoranesi, Italy
Karimi, Iran
Ljungberg, Sweden

Crespo, Argentina
Podolski, Germany
Villa, Spain

RainbowPie Polity
Dida, Brazil

Salgado, Spain
Sorin, Argentina
Terry, England
Thuram, France

Cambiasso, Argentina
Deco, Portugal
Lampard, England
Xavi, Spain

Gilardino, Italy
Koller, Czech Republic
Totti, Italy

Tomvandamns Stars
Ricardo, Portugal

Lucio, Brazil
Mellberg, Sweden
G. Neville, England
Oddo, Italy

Joaquin, Spain
Srna, Croatia
Ze Roberto, Brazil
Zidane, France

Klose, Germany
Van Nistelrooy, Holland
Zurawski, Poland

Yellowcake Phantoms
Lehmann, Germany

Juan, Brazil
Meira, Portugal
Rozehnal, Czech Rep
Rusol, Ukraine

Donovan, USA
Fabregas, Spain
Luis Figo, Portugal
Poborsky, Czech Rep

Messi, Argentina
Raul, Spain
Ronaldo, Brazil

If you like this concept and would like to see how we all get on (or maybe join us in the Premier League season), visit the Offical Small Rocks World Cup Blog.