Who Ate All The Bratwurst

Fantasy Football Update: Matchday 2

It's all change at the top of The Bratwurst League. Felix Winstone's alllright have been propelled to the top of the table from sixth place on the back of a Peter Crouch scissor kick. Felix also benefited from the 20 points picked up by skipper Juninho. Former leaders McIntyre Utd swapped places with alllright, and are in sixth place after scoring a disappointing 27 points. 

The league's biggest climbers were Elton Woo's OTTV who jumped from 11th to second with an impressive haul of 62 points - 22 of which were bagged by Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Fantasy Football Update: Matchday 2 continued

We also have a new record low score. We thought Bratwurst XI's 24 points from Matchday 1 would take some beating (they managed double that this week by the way!), but Gavin Campbell's macca have topped that with just 23 points this week. Naughty Zlatan Ibrahimovic must take the blame after his red card.

1 alllright Felix Winstone 114
2 OTTV Elton Woo 104
3 ARCEALONA Mandeep Bansal 96
4 Horizon FC Mohamed Shifau 96
5 Dynamo George Vader Robert Williams 93
6 McIntyre Utd Ross McIntyre 92
7 Baron's Bombers Mike Nothum 88
8 LAGER BOYS Andrew Millard 87
9 Where Was Ashton? Thomas Wilkinson 87
10 onimans euro legends James Sanders 84
11 Modbury Juniors Oliver Irish 82
11 mart_j Martin James 82
13 Gringos United Matt Scheffert 82
14 Girondins de G Funk Gareth Weijburg 76
15 Escobar's Own Goal Keith Moss 72
16 Bratwurst XI Rob Parker 70
17 jillie Jill Bailey 62
18 Aston Fritter Steven Lynch 57
19 awferfuxsake Jon Reisner 56
20 macca Gavin Campbell 52

Fantasy Football Update: Matchday 1

The Bratwurst League is up and running following this week's Champions League action. Bratwurst's very own Bratwurst XI have decided that lulling the rest of you into a false sense of security is the best tactical approach. Let down by Lukas Podolski's inability to find the net during Bayern Munich's 4-0 victory and Frank Lampard's greediness by shooting instead of squaring for Andriy Shevchenko, the Bratwurst XI are currently lying languishing bottom of the league with just 24 points.

Fantasy Football Update: Matchday 1 continued

At the other end of the table, Ross McIntyre's McIntyre Utd are the early leaders. The secret to Ross's good start? Money well spent on his FC Unicef connection of Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o, who between them bagged as many points as Bratwurst XI! The rest of us can take some comfort in the fact that Ross's subs list reads like an exotic Sunday League team!

Robert Williams's Dyanmo George Vader, Mandeep Bansal's ARCEALONA and Mohamed Shifau's Horizon FC are all hot on the heels of Ross, but the rest of us didn't even reach the average score for Matchday 1 of 53 points. Hang your heads in shame!

1 McIntyre Utd Ross McIntyre 65 
2 Dynamo George Vader Robert Williams 62 
3 ARCEALONA Mandeep Bansal 60 
4 Horizon FC Mohamed Shifau 59
5 Baron's Bombers Mike Nothum 49 
6 alllright Felix Wnstone 48
7 onimans euro legends james sanders 47 
8 Where Was Ashton? Thomas Wilkinson 44
8 LAGER BOYS Andrew Millard 44 
10 Modbury Juniors Oliver Irish 43 
11 OTTV Elton Woo 39
12 Gringos United Matt Scheffert 38 
13 Escobar's Own Goal Keith Moss 37
14 Girondins de G Funk Gareth Weijburg 35 
15 jillie Jill Bailey 34
16 mart_j Martin James 33
17 Aston Fritter Steven Lynch 29 
17 macca Gavin Campbell 29 
19 awferfuxsake Jon Reisner 27
20 Bratwurst XI Rob Parker 24

Anyone for transfers?!

Don't forget to join the Bratwurst Champions League fantasy football competition

The Bratwurst Fantasy Champions League tournament is starting to take shape with several teams already raring to go. If you want to join them, then hurry up because scoring starts on Tuesday! Click here to sign up and pick your squad. Once you have done that, click leagues and then join a private league. The code to join the league is 15605-3344. If that fails for any reason, email me and I'll send you an invite.

[Rob Parker, Editor]

Join the Who Ate All The Bratwurst Fantasy Champions League tournament

Roll up, roll up for the Bratwurst Fantasy Champions League tournament. We are going to run a private league within the official Uefa competition just so we can keep a close eye on what Lennart Johansson and co are up to! It's free to enter and the more the merrier.

Click here to sign up and pick your squad. Once you have done that, click leagues and then join a private league. The code to join the league is 15605-3344. If that fails for any reason, email me and I'll send you an invite. Good luck and get a move on - matches start on Tuesday.

[Rob Parker, Editor]

Bratwurst's Fantasy World Cup team unleashed!

Bratwurst has at last entered a fantasy team, in Metro's free World Cup fantasy competition (it was the 'free' part that appealed to us – not to mention the £10,000 first prize).

Here's how Bratwurst's Boys line up, in an attacking 3-4-3 formation:

GK: Paul Robinson (England)
DEF: Juan-Pablo Sorin (Argentina), Willy Sagnol (France),  Rio Ferdinand (England)
MF: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Miroslaw Symkowiak (Poland), Johann Vogel (Switzerland)
CF: Thierry Henry (France, capt.), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Maciej Zurawski (Poland)
Sub: Phillipe Senderos (Switzerland)

Guaranteed no one else will have that XI. I'm banking on Switzerland, Poland and France to have a good tournament. No Brazilians and just one Argentine. Will probably backfire, but, hey, it's only a game…

Make money on the World Cup Stock Exchange

OK, it's virtual money, but good fun nonetheless. The BBC already has an online, celebrity-based Stock Exchange (Celebdaq) and a sports-based Stock Exchange (Sportdaq) and now, logically enough, it's come up with a World Cup Daq. The concept is simple: you buy virtual shares in World Cup teams (they give you £10,000 when you sign up) and the price of those shares goes up or down based on how much press coverage that team receives. At the end of the tournament, the traders who've made the most profit will be entered into a draw to win real prizes. Makes a refreshing change from the usual fantasy football games.

World Cup Fantasy Football round-up

So most of the big hitters have launched their World Cup fantasy football games. Big money, big prizes on offer. If you fancy your chances, here are some of the best…

Guardian's Fantasy Fussball £10,000 in prizes, just £3 to enter
Daily Telegraph Endorsed by Des Lynam, first prize of £25,000
Offical FIFA Fantasy Game Sponsored by McDonald's :(
Fantasy League Classic World Cup The original fantasy footie. £25,000 in prizes
Metro Free Fantasy Football Free to enter, but £10,000 first prize
World Soccer You the Manager £30,000 first prize, and you must pick a 4-3-3 formation
Channel 4 Fantasy Football Have to play 4-4-2 formation but it's free to play
World Cup Prediction League No prizes, but free to enter
Sky's Fantasy Football £5.95 to enter, first prize is £25,000
Orange Fantasy League £1,000 to the winner + transfers via your mobile
Coral Fantasy World Cup Win PSP, iPod Nano and a dream holiday
Amazon.co.uk Fantasy Football Loads of cool prizes to be won
Asda Love the Game Win a year's free grocery shopping at Asda!
Daily Star Fantasy World Football Win 25 grand
The Times Spirit of '66 Top prize is a brand-new Mini Cooper

Official World Cup Fantasy Football game kicks off

Now the squad lists are safely handed in you can start thinking about putting your world-beating fantasy football squad together. The FIFA's official fantasy football competition is now up and running. You can register by clicking here.

Rob Parker

BBC World Cup Results Predictor

Fancy yourself as a bit of a psychic? The BBC's World Cup results predictor is an excellent waste of time if you are at a loose end or trying to avoid doing any work. You type in your predicted results for every World Cup match and the Beeb tots them all up and shows you the table. Click here to have a go.

Rob Parker

Showboating!

Not much to do with the World Cup, but brighten your dull Thursday with some glorious showboaters!

mofgimmers

Official FIFA Fantasy Football

I'd never endorse McDonald's and think it's a bit rich that they're an official sponsor (or is it 'partner' these days?) of a sporting event, but, hey, you haven't come here to gather around a soapbox; you've come here to pick a fantasy team that will kick ass in Germany. Anyway, McD's are sponsoring FIFA's official fantasy competition. You can register for it here. Good luck…