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Club Teams

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:33 am
by Hangus
So who has formed one yet, i know Madhobbit and the eccbl should be there, but who else has form or is forming one?

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:42 am
by rodders
sudbury club will have one and possibly a "B" team as well

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:45 am
by Hangus
rodders wrote:sudbury club will have one and possibly a "B" team as well
i thought you where playing for scotland :D

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:46 am
by hoomin_erra
He's obviously decided not too.


Traitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :pissed:

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:47 am
by rodders
club comes before country :wink:

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:47 am
by Hangus
whoops started a club vs country row :lol:

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:56 am
by hoomin_erra
Is that like the City v Country row?

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:54 pm
by Podfrey
As there is no requirement to form teams until Friday evening (i.e. when you can see who is doing well, etc), it would be possible for players NOT to enter formally before the Fri evening and only at that point to pull together as a creme de la creme team, thus giving the [insert nominated country to represent here] team the best chance of winning the event.

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:03 pm
by hoomin_erra
SCOTLAND!!

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:34 pm
by Hangus
lucifer wrote:As there is no requirement to form teams until Friday evening (i.e. when you can see who is doing well, etc), it would be possible for players NOT to enter formally before the Fri evening and only at that point to pull together as a creme de la creme team, thus giving the [insert nominated country to represent here] team the best chance of winning the event.
Interesting point Mr Geoff. Do you see alot of people doing that?
Surely the foreign coaches will be forming teams with their mates as will league buddies, which could leave not many for you Porritts Uber Team or as some may call it "Geoffs got no mates so found 5 other chumps" :D

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:56 pm
by Gorbad
Hangus wrote:
lucifer wrote:As there is no requirement to form teams until Friday evening (i.e. when you can see who is doing well, etc), it would be possible for players NOT to enter formally before the Fri evening and only at that point to pull together as a creme de la creme team, thus giving the [insert nominated country to represent here] team the best chance of winning the event.
Interesting point Mr Geoff. Do you see alot of people doing that?
Surely the foreign coaches will be forming teams with their mates as will league buddies, which could leave not many for you Porritts Uber Team or as some may call it "Geoffs got no mates so found 5 other chumps" :D
I'd call it "Gorbad finally wins something by offering money to the top-5, even though he lost all his games" 8)

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:03 pm
by rodders
I can see alot of repatriation and clubs "gaining " new members etc via bribes :wink:

this could be as bent as italian football only with less violence :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:37 pm
by Panico
Uh... somebody calling me? I'm master in "italian" bribing and sneaky affairs... I'll be without team until friday, than I'll join Lucifer or Gorbad... it depends who offers me more beers :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:44 pm
by rodders
you could be very drunk by friday night :wink:

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:57 pm
by Deathwing
lucifer wrote:As there is no requirement to form teams until Friday evening (i.e. when you can see who is doing well, etc), it would be possible for players NOT to enter formally before the Fri evening and only at that point to pull together as a creme de la creme team, thus giving the [insert nominated country to represent here] team the best chance of winning the event.
Possible I suppose if people really want to try and abuse the format. There is no official requirement to enter a team in advance.
Between tickets going on sale and well in advance of the event there will be pre-registration of teams.
Friday evening is about organising spares and drops outs, not creation of uber teams.

This inaugral NAF WC is about getting as many people together from as many different countries as we can, providing a great time for all, open to everybody yet still retaining a competitive edge and giving everybody the chance for the team experience and still adding some national flavour.
It's not an easy balance.

Maybe the next NAF WC in 2011 will involve qualifiers and truly trying to establish a WC winning nation from amongst the elite players from each country.. who knows?

But not this year!