It's not a problem. You're OK. Your life is good.
But why not make it great?
I mean, if you join Fantasy Scout, you may find yourself discussing the >literary merit of rhyming the names of different Brazilian forwards with >Futbolmetrix via email late at night (not something that happened to me).
(No, seriously, it didn't happen to me. They were WhatsApp messages, not >emails.)
It's not a problem. You're OK. Your life is good.
But why not make it great?
I mean, if you join Fantasy Scout, you may find yourself discussing the literary merit of rhyming the names of different Brazilian forwards with Futbolmetrix via email late at night (not something that happened to me).
The game requires no time commitment, and it's simple. The new cycle,
where everybody restarts from zero, will start on 1 August. Come join us.
Minimal description of the game (but the rules, that you can find over
at https://fantasyscout.altervista.org/ , are not much longer):
- You play by picking players from the major nations that nobody has
picked so far and that have fewer than 2 international caps.
- When you pick a player, you lose 10 points.
- For each international cap a player you picked gets in his whole
career, you get 1 point. For each international goal he scores, also 1 point.
- There is a different ranking for every two-year period of picks.
- But the players keep scoring points even after the two years! So there will be a ranking based on the career of all the players picked in
2026-28, and this ranking will keep evolving for the next 15+ years (the ranking for the 2007-10 period is not fully decided yet!).
If you have questions, ask away.
(No, seriously, it didn't happen to me. They were WhatsApp messages, not emails.)
--
Cheers
milivella
On 07/07/2026 20:20, milivella wrote:
It's not a problem. You're OK. Your life is good.
But why not make it great?
I mean, if you join Fantasy Scout, you may find yourself discussing
the literary merit of rhyming the names of different Brazilian
forwards with Futbolmetrix via email late at night (not something that
happened to me).
The game requires no time commitment, and it's simple. The new cycle,
where everybody restarts from zero, will start on 1 August. Come join us.
Minimal description of the game (but the rules, that you can find over
at https://fantasyscout.altervista.org/ , are not much longer):
- You play by picking players from the major nations that nobody has
picked so far and that have fewer than 2 international caps.
- When you pick a player, you lose 10 points.
- For each international cap a player you picked gets in his whole
career, you get 1 point. For each international goal he scores, also 1
point.
- There is a different ranking for every two-year period of picks.
- But the players keep scoring points even after the two years! So
there will be a ranking based on the career of all the players picked
in 2026-28, and this ranking will keep evolving for the next 15+ years
(the ranking for the 2007-10 period is not fully decided yet!).
If you have questions, ask away.
(No, seriously, it didn't happen to me. They were WhatsApp messages,
not emails.)
--
Cheers
milivella
I only played this one cycle back in 2018ish.
Just reminded myself I picked Joao Carvalho when Nottingham Forest
signed him from Benfica. He was touted to have a bright future but ended
up at Almeria, Olympiacos and currently Estoril. He was 21 when I signed him, now he's 29 with not a single senior cap to his name.
I'll try to join the next cycle but somehow don't think I'll be
troubling the top places in the leader board!
RM
On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 21:20:05 +0200, milivella <milivella@gmail.com>
wrote:
It's not a problem. You're OK. Your life is good.
But why not make it great?
I mean, if you join Fantasy Scout, you may find yourself discussing the
literary merit of rhyming the names of different Brazilian forwards with
Futbolmetrix via email late at night (not something that happened to me).
(No, seriously, it didn't happen to me. They were WhatsApp messages, not
emails.)
Ugh...I actually don't remember this. What rhymes did we come up with?
I only played this one cycle back in 2018ish.
Just reminded myself I picked Joao Carvalho when Nottingham Forest
signed him from Benfica. He was touted to have a bright future but ended
up at Almeria, Olympiacos and currently Estoril. He was 21 when I signed him, now he's 29 with not a single senior cap to his name.
I'll try to join the next cycle
but somehow don't think I'll be
troubling the top places in the leader board!
Just seen you can filter all the Scouts to see your previous picks. Wow,
I'm bad at this. 7 players picked and only 5 points scored!
I saw Borja Garces play for Atletico de Madrid in some pre-season international tournament, honestly he looked great. Surely he would go
on to be capped for Spain?
No.
His career took him to Feunlabrada (??), Leganes, Tenerife, Elche and
most recently Kutosija in the Croatian second divison. Looks like a knee injury cut his momentum short when he was at Atletico. Shame.
My only pick to score me points was Cervi, who I picked when Benfica
signed him from Rosario Central. He made 114 appearances for Benfica
over 5 seasons and is currently at Celta Vigo. He played four times for Argentina in 2018 - and scored once! Thank you Franco Cervi for saving
me from nil puan!
Anyway, here is the original Italian and the translated text of my
flamenco song about Igor Thiago (a pick of mine), which features a
reference to Matheus Cunha (a pick of Futbolmetrix's).
Igor... Igor Thiago
Con la palla tra i piedi tu sei proprio un mago
Igor... Igor Thiago
Di vederti in campo non sar|# mai pago
Igor... Igor Thiago
Anche se sembri Otello, sei furbo come Iago
Igor... Igor Thiago
Poi vedo Mateus Cunha, vado in bagno e [dramatic music change] Con le violette e le roselline
La donzelletta orna il suo crine...
Igor... Igor Thiago
With the ball at your feet, you're truly a magician
Igor... Igor Thiago
Seeing you on the pitch will never satisfy me
Igor... Igor Thiago
Even if you look like Othello, you're as cunning as Iago
Igor... Igor Thiago
Then I see Mateus Cunha, I go to the bathroom and [dramatic music
change] With violets and little roses
The little damsel adorns her hair...
I will not explain what rhyme one would expect in the last line in
Italian, because I am not _that_ shameless. What I can tell you is that
the line that replaces the shameful one is a reference to Giacomo
Leopardi's (one of the greatest Italian poet) "Il sabato del
villaggio" ("Saturday in the Village", one of his most famous poems),
which contains verses about exactly a little damsel adorning her hair
with violets and roses. Three notable (?!) things:
a player you picked gets in his whole career, you get 1 point. For
each international goal he scores, also 1 point.
milivella wrote:
For each international cap
a player you picked gets in his whole career, you get 1 point. For
each international goal he scores, also 1 point.
That's the bit I don't like. It rewards picking forwards too much. You
get penalized for picking defensive players. That's probably why I've
never played it.
Mark:
milivella wrote:
For each international cap
a player you picked gets in his whole career, you get 1 point. For
each international goal he scores, also 1 point.
That's the bit I don't like. It rewards picking forwards too much.
You get penalized for picking defensive players. That's probably
why I've never played it.
That's fair.
I don't want to change your mind about FS generally or this rule specifically, but let me reply with two things:
(1) If you join, you can propose a change to this rule. :)
(2) Ranking of players picked between 2007 and 2010 (practically all
retired from international football) by caps+goals: 1. Neymar
2. Muller
3. Di Maria
4. Busquets
4. Otamendi
6. Lloris
7. Kroos
8. Bonucci
9. Neuer
10. Wijnaldum
Do you find this ranking too forward-heavy?
By caps only:
1. Di Maria
1. Lloris
3. Busquets
4. Otamendi
5. Muller
6. Neymar
7. Neuer
8. Bonucci
9. Kroos
10. Pique
Do you find this ranking better than the former? (both are
non-rhetorical questions!)
milivella wrote:
Mark:
milivella wrote:
For each international cap
a player you picked gets in his whole career, you get 1 point. For
each international goal he scores, also 1 point.
That's the bit I don't like. It rewards picking forwards too much.
You get penalized for picking defensive players. That's probably
why I've never played it.
That's fair.
I don't want to change your mind about FS generally or this rule
specifically, but let me reply with two things:
(1) If you join, you can propose a change to this rule. :)
I propose a change to the rule. (You didn't say I couldn't propose it
if I don't join.)
(2) Ranking of players picked between 2007 and 2010 (practically all
retired from international football) by caps+goals: 1. Neymar
2. Muller
3. Di Maria
4. Busquets
4. Otamendi
6. Lloris
7. Kroos
8. Bonucci
9. Neuer
10. Wijnaldum
Do you find this ranking too forward-heavy?
It's not too bad. Better than I might have expected.
By caps only:
1. Di Maria
1. Lloris
3. Busquets
4. Otamendi
5. Muller
6. Neymar
7. Neuer
8. Bonucci
9. Kroos
10. Pique
Do you find this ranking better than the former? (both are
non-rhetorical questions!)
It's a bit better.
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