11 Responses to “Der Spiel”

1. Wes Truth says:
   April 24th, 2006 at 2:33 pm

   I am on tenterhooks.

2. The Ghost of Dennis Watts says:
   April 24th, 2006 at 2:51 pm

   I’ve got my formation lined up already. Hawaii 5-0-5 has never let me down yet!

3. Wes Truth says:
   April 25th, 2006 at 9:07 am

   The strong midfield of the ‘owl formation’ (2-8-2-0) employed by the legendary French side of the 1930’s could beat the Hawaii 5-0-5 any day of the week.

4. The Ghost of Dennis Watts says:
   April 25th, 2006 at 9:56 am

   Dream on Truthy!
   The 5-0-5 is too versatile to be beaten by the 2-8-2-0. At a moments notice the defence can push on, the attackers play deep and hey presto we’ve flooded the midfield with our binary 0-10-0, outgunning the mere 8 midfielders in the 2-8-2-0.
   Game, set and match to the 5-0-5!

5. Fouldsy says:
   April 25th, 2006 at 12:17 pm

   “Fantasy competition forecast play”? Based on previous experience I didn’t stick that into Google.

6. Wes Truth says:
   April 26th, 2006 at 12:03 pm

   Don’t you think the members of the owl formation will be prepared for that??!! When under pressure the team will no doubt refer to the resolute 9-1-1 of the ‘boyband formation’ .

   The ‘none shall pass’ attitude shown in the past by the 9-1-1 shape will easily nullify the pathetic kids-football-esque binary mess.

7. Salvatoré says:
   April 26th, 2006 at 12:12 pm

   You’re all wrong!

   The most favourable formation would be the ‘Beverly Hills’ style which packs the defence, has an outstanding striker who can open up the opposition and bring the creative midfielders into play.

   The ‘9-0-2-1-0′ was the preferred formation adopted by Fiji in their World Cup 2006 qualifying campaign.

8. The Ghost of Dennis Watts says:
   April 26th, 2006 at 12:57 pm

   9-1-1? Boyband formation by name, boyband properties by nature. The 9-1-1 will start brightly, playing entertaining football that may be considered ‘top of the pops’ but 15 minutes in, the cracks will start to appear. Another newer game will have kicked off elsewhere, and the supporters will start leaving. After 30 minutes, the 9-1-1ers will resort to badly copying old tactics from the sixties and seventies, much to the chargrin of everyone watching. By half time, six of the players will have left to form solo teams elsewhere, leaving the remainder to be decimated by the ruthless 5-0-5ers. By full time, the 9-1-1ers will be a mere footnote in the annals of football, remembered by few, revered by none.

9. Wes Truth says:
   April 27th, 2006 at 9:54 am

   They will be at least 25-0 up at half-time anyway and the 5-0-5 will be too stupid to take advantage of having more players on the pitch.

10. The Ghost of Dennis Watts says:
    April 27th, 2006 at 10:54 am

    25-0? Don’t make me laugh! Too stupid? The mental and physical discipline required to carry out the 5-0-5 means that any player rewarded with a place in a team playing 5-0-5 would need to have not only the strength and stamina of ten men, but would also need to be an intellectual colossus to boot! Successful 5-0-5 teams have been likened to a new step on the evolutionary ladder, homo superior if you will.

11. The Ghost of Dennis Watts says:
    April 27th, 2006 at 10:55 am

    As such, first name on my 5-0-5 Phantasienkonkurrenzvoraussagenspiel team sheet, Gary Neville.

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