Fantasy Fridays: Team Line Up

3000! Yes 3000 hits in a month! We are most definitely back! Www.6ppb.com proudly announces its return into the worldwide web of Information. We present to you news about touch celebrities, their Wives and Girlfriends, scandals as well as the creation of fantasy managerial careers for people who just have nothing better to do. This week we bring to you a Fantasy Friday Special, discussing the surprising increase in 6-pack's popularity, a special bonus Fantasy Round created for 6-pack fans and lastly we take a look inside 6-pack's new training ground.

Fantasy Bonus Round
STL All-Stars vs 6-pack

Despite receiving a bye from the organisers for this weekend, a 6-pack side unwilling to disappoint fans and friends alike, have organised a game against an STL All-Star side, ladened with Touch Singapore Internationals, WAGs and finally Joshua Yap.  Yes that very same Joshua Yap of '3 straight red cards' infamy. 

Now this is a potentially shaping up to be a tricky but truly competitive fixture for a 6-pack side with individuals facing personal battles against:

a) a probable wife-to-be, 

b) girlfriends,

c) aunties

d) competing Fantasy Managers.

Now this could lead to some intense grudge matches and desperate managers seizing the opportunity to earn some much needed fantasy leverage over the top of the heap. 

Grudge Match 1

Lee Yum Hwa vs Xu Xueting

 

Yum and XT in Happier Times

One hundred views in five days, just plainly screams "Grudge Match 1". The one that you've long been waiting for. Who is the better player? Will it be Lee who threw down the gauntlet last weekend declaring to his gf that she's just isn't that good anymore. Or will XT reverse a week of hurt and truly mark her comeback by adding a few tries and reinforcing the growing belief that she is indeed the more skilled one. We will be taking and comparing the stats for this one.

You asked for it
A couple of days ago, an anonymous fan asked for the exact definition of 'Handwork'. While we have tried to oblige by asking XT to provide an explanation. All we managed to squeeze out of her was a feeble excuse that she made a typo and that 'Handwork' was supposed to be 'Hardwork'. Right, yours truly knows better to believe that the letters "R" and "N" are anywhere but close to each other on the keyboard, making the likelyhood of a typo on a keyboard seem highly unlikely and extremely dubious.

She has left us no choice but to put it up to the public to start guessing. For starters, I have searched for a definition. You do the rest.

Handwork
def: a work produced by hand labor

Six Pack: Leander, Yum Hwa, Caleb, Elmo, Akio, Michael, Bobby, David, Adam, Gideon, Chris, Muhdy, Taufiq, Terence, Alex.
All Stars: Jeslyn, Sheemah, Eunice, Juriani, Joshua, Nazhan and SCDF teamates, Xu Xueting, Jazreel, Daryl, Su-En Chua, Alvinia, Timothy, Marli(Manager/Player)

Kelong! Manager speaks of loose gaps

In an unexpected twist of events, rumours and allegations of match-fixing have just been unceremoniously confirmed by manager, Juriani Saini of Sugarush TFC. Juriani, affectionately known as Ju has been captured on facebook, blurting out that she will position herself 'as a middle' in the upcoming 6 pack versus All-Stars game this weekend(1.20pm), allowing for her fantasy captain to enter and "score in her gaps".

Is she applying the screw to the Fantasy league as well?



Scoring In my gaps

Now if this phrase were to be taken literally, then we think that you're truly in for a helluva treat this weekend. However that takes sheer audacity to do in the middle of the pitch and we can less excitedly presume that JU meant scoring through gaps around her. Nonetheless, the statement must now be considered as overwhelming evidence of foul play.

The fact that the young manager is perched on top of the competition further plagues the fantasy league with increased rumours about how the relatively inexperienced Ju, worked her way up past her colleagues within the first two weeks of the league.

Evidence 1-Also proving the corruptibility of referees.(stay on the blog for article on claudia)

The Caleb Ong Defense

"I did no wrong. I was there because clearly boys being boys they don't carry a water bottle to every game. And girls being beings we are very caring so it's a natural action to offer drinks for the poor boys."-Juriani Saini, 22, youngest female fantasy manager when questioned by members of the press.

Only just a few days ago, Ju's integrity was questioned by writer Adam Chan over her extravagant gifts of water to Fantasy captain Caleb. Her swift response to accusations seemed empathetic, innocous and strong, that is untill her latest outburst betrayed her claims of innocence. 

Examining her response, one can identify two areas of  doubt:

1) There were other players who weren't in posession of water bottles. But did not receive similar treatment.

2) "Boys Being Boys" and "Girls being Beings"?-The Insanity defence?

A cause to worry

This is a manager with close associations to several players and is now according to her, scandalously linked to SuperHeroes Teamate, Taufiq Asari. Which might explain his lack of presence at the after game sessions at Picotin. It might be a cause of worry, but rest assured Fantasy 6-pack are monitoring the players and like Justice Chan mentioned, all players implicated will stand trial before a jury of their beers and be given a fair execution.

 

As for Ms Juriani Saini, 22, though the evidence is piling up, we leave it to you, her fellow Fantasy Managers, friends and fans to watch and analyse the game, judge and then punish her adequately.

Referees Special:The Joshua Transfer Saga- 3rd Sending off in a row!

3 red cards in a row! Exactly what is going on, in the mind of former 6-pack star, Yap? Ever since he earned his orange jersey, he has decidely assumed dual responsibilities of playing and supervising the touch judges, reminding them constantly to their faces of their mistakes.

1) Can Yap distinguish between Refereeing and Playing?

2) Can there ever be a player/referee?

3) Is cussing the refs behind their backs out of fashion?
4) Is Joshua just a victim of rival touch judges?

Much has been said about the summer transfer of Joshua Yap to Victorious Secrets. Coming to loggerheads with several members of his former team, his stormy relationship with Lee has recently been highlighted as the cause of his departure by the captain of the recently formed Victorious Secrets. 

"errr I just wanted to get away from Yum's whinings." we all know your pain.

You reap what you sow

The seeds of discontent was sown when Yap was once thrown out of Lee's car, for jokes bordering on the edges of Lee's mental capacity. This kickstarted a period of torn friendship when Yap was constantly refused entry into the luxury of plush seats in a BMW X5 and had to adjust his life into a daily routine of pretending to be fast asleep on priority plastic seats in public trains after trainings.

 Plush Leather Seats of a Yum's BMW X5

 Man(not Joshua Yap), seen here in a Stomp photograph, asleep on a priority seat

6-pack Hierachy then reluctantly allowed a disillusioned Yap to leave the club and form a team with a highly misleading name that has led opponents and fans to fear the day when the team emulates their 6-pack heroes of old.

A Triumph-ant Return?

A stroke of genius?

"I believe Joshua's getting himself sent off 3 times in 3 games is a move that can only be described as genius. If he can train his team to play with only 5 players, imagine what they can do with 6. It was a mistake to sell Joshua. We could have picked him as Dick of the Day every week."- A contender of the Dick of the Year award wishing to remain anonymous.

A growing belief among 6-pack players is that, contrary to widespread thoughts, there exists a method to this madness from their shrewd former teamate. 

A reason of Josh's angst perhaps?

It is thought that the Victorious Secrets team is a fit contigent and are getting fitter every week with each red card- compared to a resurgent 6-pack packed with experience but also saddled with excess pounds.

Yap may still have the final say and we won't be surprised if he gets sent off this weekend too.

BREAKING NEWS: Chu linked to allegations of corruption!

This just in... Chupachups Manager, Eunice Chu, is believed to have been requested by the authorities to assist in their investigations regarding certain comments she made last night. It is believed that her alleged comments are linked to the upcoming match between league favourites, 6-Pack and Brotown Morningside. Two other managers have also been implicated in this case, Juriani (Sugarush) and Jazreel (TeamDream, also known affectionately as JizzonJazz).

The issue seems to stem from their willingness to resort to bribing their players with promises of choice hydration only reserved for elite athletes. The highly prized isotonic beverage, 100plus, was even put up as a reward to ensure the players performed favourably for the managers in question. Sources have also revealed that the players implicated in this case are David Teo and Caleb Ong.

Figures in a flash:

1) David Teo, was offered a grand sum of 1 can of 100plus by Jazreel to perform better. In return, Teo, who is also part of the Fantasy Stats crew, offered to award 60 points to Jazreel.

David Teo, in another compromising situation with Talentoe's manager.

2) Caleb Ong, was offered limitless quantities of water by manager Juriani to ensure another stellar performance in Round 4.

Caleb Ong performs tricks for water while onlookers recoil in horror

These under-the-table dealings have forced many observers to wonder aloud:

- How is it that these 2 players are damn cheap?

- If they're already so cheap, can I 'purchase' Terence just by offering him an empty can of Coke?

- Would Bobby have to bribe the managers to pick him?

It is unfortunate that the state of the fantasy league has fallen to such depths that even a top fantasy pick like Caleb Ong could be easily bought by promises of water, which is actually supplied free of charge, every Saturday. All of this would have gone undetected if not for that one comment by Chu which started it all. In the event that Saturday's game results in an unusually high scores for both Caleb and David, it is a guarantee that they would be charged accordingly in the Court of Justice Chan at the end of the season.

Baby Blue Mondays

What a weekend! 16 tries, new fans, an error strewn game with just two really outstanding performances and a couple of correctly guessed tips from Sure Huat Teo. The start of the week is here, and we know you're not looking ahead to the rest of the working week but looking past towards the weekend when you'll be able to finally catch your 6-pack stars in action again.

New Fans

Now stats means nothing to a blog if fans and friends don't turn up. But turn up you did. With a quick glance moments before the game, yours truly noticed that there was a sizeable assembly around the field. Whats more pleasant, the turnout resembled nothing like the sausage festivales hosted at the other pitchs.

*We'll soon have a person with a camera taking candid shots of friends and fans in our following games.

Errors

Which might be the cause of the numerous errors made in the game. 11 in total. Promising so much and delivering so little in terms of entertainment value might seem like a page ripped out of Gideon's private life. And surely men who are overly eager to please and displaying a little naivety without the good sense to slowing it down will finish disappointingly. Isn't the game more enjoyable if you relaxed and exhibited some skills. Come on Fellas, do the ladies a favour.

Playa of the Day

Playa of the day would have been a difficult choice, if not for a single shining performance which stood out. Muhdy.

Muhdy- These Stats don't lie, showing good temprement & performing brilliantly last weekend

Player Stats

Name: Muhdy

Height: Short

Weight: 55 kg

Round 3 Fantasy Points: 81

Total Fantasy Points: 151

Favourite Quotes: "It was the shampoo!!man!", "Yum overshot into my cubicle!"

Aliases: Muhdy KJ, Muhammad, Muhdy F*cker

Interesting Fun Facts: Tried to pay his STL 2012 Fees using Ringgit, but placed his 10RM on the top of the pile.

Muhdy F*cker, deceptive both on and off the pitch, almost conning Terence Toh

Living up to his potential, the young middle was simply a defensive rock making 16 touches, forcing 2 turnovers while being the most potent in attack, 16 runs, 5 of which was either scored or created by the dimunitive center.

Interestingly, Muhdy has performed better than his eager teamates when in front of an expectant crowd. Therefore we can safely conclude that either

The Bedroom Scene is one that is rarely captured in 6-pack, Muhdy taking his time, his charms proving too irresistable for girl with horns.

a) Muhdy is a ladies man and knows how to tantalise and entertain

Awesome Foursome-A very suspicious photo, notice how Muhdy's and Taufiq's faces are almost touching.

b) Muhdy is disinterested in the Ladies which might explain that white substance on his back outside the showers or

Muhdy, displaying skills worthy of his billing.

c) Muhdy's a pure professional who thrives infront of an expectant crowd.

You decide.

WAG outraged- Player takes tactlessness down to a new low

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". We're all familiar with this age old cliche, therefore we tend to behave intelligently & sensitively around our girlfriends. Well, almost all of us that is. It was almost 16 hours ago, when Xu Xueting decided to take her boyfriend's ridiculous comparisons public through a status update in Facebook.

Disrespecting years of constant handwork and getting himself in the spotlight for the wrong reasons, again!

Yumsanity
The player in question today, is a certain Mr Lee Yum Hwa. Recently, the blog editors have taken a sabbatical from reporting on Lee as it might seem, like incessantly, unfair targetting of an individual. However, the man seems to have a constant knack in providing this blog with excessive free ammunition, to gun him down with.

It is understood from Xu's updates, that Yum Hwa was present at a girls U-20 selection match, which some concerned parents might say that he had no business lurking around and abouts. Lee was taken by a certain 18 year old's brilliant performance and foolishly proceeded to make his comparisons known to his World Cup Bronze Medallist, girlfriend.

Better Player

 10 likes and counting, XT the better half of the pair.

I have dropped Xueting a supportive comment, that she "is a better player" than her quick to judge, boyfriend. This comment and belief has since been reinforced by 12 likes and is quickly gaining consensus in the touch community.
Lend Your Support to Xueting



Lastly, this goes out to Tactless Lee, "Years of Handwork" must be respected if not treasured.

Fantasy Fridays Latest: 6-pack line up released

Attention Fantasy Managers.....Captain Yohanes Leander has named a strong side to field against The Bandits. Despite the tags of favourites, Leander is refusing to take a laid back approach to this game and instead demands excellence from his players.

24th Mar 6-pack's Lineup against Bandits

1) Caleb Ong
2) Terence Toh
3) Taufiq Asari
4) Muhdy
5) Gideon Loh
6) Adam Chan
7) David Teo
8) Yohanes Leander(c)
9) Lee Yum Hwa(s)
10)Bobby Sumantri
11)Akio Lim
12)Alex Lim
13)Suhaimi

Remember you have till 2 hours before kickoff to edit your line-up
Here is last week's dream team

Fantasy Friday Mornings

Its Fantastic Fantasy Fridays once again! Its early in the morning and we know your seated in your office, whilst enjoying a freshly brewed cuppa thinking and rethinking your fantasy strategies. Therefore we have prepared a whole load of information for you today. Join us for the latest updates on the Fantasy 6-pack League as well as the usual news on players, their girlfriends, their injuries, their girlfriend's injuries and much more. Now if you're caught in a train, stuck in a bus or just prematurely counting down to lunch, its time to smile cuz we're back again.

But First.... Have you Buanged Suay?

Activity in the 6-pack camp has been high after the recent highlight of  the ill-fortune befalling Star Centre, Caleb Ong. It is said that some players have started seeking divine intervention. In the case of Defence Lynchpin Lee Yum Hwa, he has managed to sneak a much needed hair-cut into his busy schedule and has recently re-engaged the services of his long time good luck charm, Xu Xueting-who co-incidentally is also his girlfriend. We expect great things to come from the self proclaimed Keyman. We have also heard rumours that Terence Toh plans to have a hair-cut although he has claimed that he's not 'buanging suay' but just trimming his already short top.

WhatsAPlayerWithoutTheTeam, Spartans & Sexy time, have you done it yet?

Now while I do want to buang suay to the fantasy sidelines, a certain bad apple from my Fantasy 6-pack team. I am unable, namely due to a unfortunate technicality(putting mimi in the wrong position last weekend and the 2 changes rule), which has pretty much forced me to show some damn faith and hope that he bloody well remembers his jersey. Yes I'm still sore.

Injury Update

Finally, we've got some more than pleasant news, Elmo 'Baby Hatchet' Cheok has been sighted on his feet, up and running in 6-pack training yesterday and playing a friendly against NUS, it looks likely that he will make an appearance this saturday although it is hard to say whether it be on the field or the stands. It might be quite unrealistic to expect the Steps When Static Cheok to play after the massive pile-up at the ECP last week.

Exclusive: Interview with DOTD Terence Toh

In last week's fantasy tips, Terence Toh was highlighted as one of the players to watch. And watch we did, albeit for just 8 minutes as 'Camel' Toh was sent off because of a technicality. This interview hopes to let Terence clear his name in his own words. Enjoy!

"Mistakes are the stepping stones to success"

Integrity-Teo: Honest truth about Round 2, coupled with unobjective opinions.

Alright Kids! The article that you've been long camping in the blog, tearing your hair out for, has landed. Yours truly, LTA Integrity-Teo, has his sights set on special individuals today and this piece is most definitely not a pleasant one.

Last weekend team's performance was certainly eventful if not bemusing, suspect and physically damaging. Not for the first time ever, we've had a questionable player being the sole cause of disgusted faces, trespassing players being chased out of the shower facilities at the indoor football grounds by dodgy individuals and the rather surprising outcome to Round 1 of the commencing Fantasy 6-pack League-oddly defying the tip given by the most learned of all touch football punters, 'Justice' Chan.

Before we get cracking, here's a big up to the rookies-Akio and Alex having burst their try-scoring cherry last weekend. May your try scoring turn habitual and may it in turn score me, some much needed Fantasy Points.

Now lets do away with the pleasantries.

Pick of the Round
Sore. Just one word to cap my feelings about my pick as Fantasy Captain.

A dissapointment, odds are high that he will receive the drop from most Fantasy Managers.

Its hard to accept that Toh-the rising star-would even be considered for the award. Being one of the most consistent, responsible performers and leaving behind any off colour emotions before he crosses the sideline onto the field. He represents the safest "choice" for even the most pessimistic of all tipping analysts.

His background conjoined with the intense lobbying from the Fantasy Fridays Crew, resulted in a natural belief that was instantly turned into shock when Toh nervously uttered "eh i forgot to bring my jersey, can use this blue one or not?"

Collateral Damage

Cannot. Toh played 8 mins before being politely asked to sit out for the rest of the game by touch judges-none of whom could forgive and look past the different shades of blue. Yes, its a tremendous task.

Nonetheless, every action has a reaction and the covering players 6-pack side did admirably well despite having players who were still far from full fitness.

Failed Empathy

Though Terence apologised for his actions or rather lack of to be exact. He proudly claimed after "eh i did well considering, I only had 8 mins and I scored one try and an assist." His braggadocio dissapated into "no comment", the moment he became aware that yours truly was listening intently. Yes rule 1. anything you say, can and will be used against you in the blog.

Not walking the talk
Rule 2. "Anything you say, you do. Anything you say and you don't do, can and will be used against you in the blog". 

"Terence and Taufiq said they will score from every quickie" Yanyi Kang(left), while commenting on a quickie involving the said personnel. Note that same quickie did not result in a try.


We certainly have Yanyi to thank for stepping up and giving an on camera testimony against Terence & Taufiq. Video will soon be made available.

Proving that Democracy works when manipulated the right way.

 "Camel" Toh, the self given moniker "Talentoe" and finally "Choice" Toh are some of the nicknames fairly attached to the quick footed, steppy, tights wearing Terence. However, after last week's fiasco, we can safely say that more unsavoury terms such as "bu" Toh, "kepala Bu" Toh, "ccb" Toh has been added to his freshly expanded library of labels.  You are the dick of the day.

This evening-Integrity Teo rants about corrupt shower attendants

Fantasy 6-pack: Controversy Befalls Round 2

After the farce of round 1, one could have safely assumed that Adam Chan's forced leave of absence by the powers that be, would have encouraged discipline and injected some balance to the force. However, controversy continues to surround the 6-pack side as a number of suspicious events took place prior and during the game against Blue Thunder.

Too Much Pride Ong
Last week, we produced a rather favourable-which is unlike the nature of yours truly-article on the Ong. Caleb had announced to the world that he had "too much pride" to go down with a calf injury in the first minute. If 'pride' were to be a quantifiable figure, then we would derive a conclusion that Ong's pride while it is "too much" for him, is not enough for us. Ong's Pride<What was Expected.

Last weekend, the fantasy grapes on the fields of turf city was just excrutiatingly sour/bitter to chew on. However to cast doubts on the, church going Ong's integrity would be highly impulsive and awfully presumptious. We reject the notion that Ong would betray his well-serving Wingman, widely known to many as God.

The Suggestion(Jinx from Down Under)
This leads us to negotiate a tricky path of an intangible known to many as 'Superstition'. Now some of us have practices which can be considered Superstitious, such as keeping a lucky coin etc. Others may have more acqquired practices, such as Gideon's addiction to sniffing or Yum's insistence on maintaining his infamous Reverse Pyramid Hairdo(Making it look like he has a bigger head, thus a bigger brain. So he says). Nonetheless, I am digressing. What we actually should be discussing more about is, a jinx, or rather the unintentional jinx aka curse, hex, the evil eye and the more colloquial term, SUAY.

We can safely assume that as a collective whole, the 6-pack side is not Superstitious. So when a misguided fan, made a dreaded comment. The powers that be simply brushed aside that remark as nonsense, which is logically the right thing to do. Never again. From now onwards, all comments will be scrutinised and judged accordingly and players will be actively encouraged to either seek divine intervention or to do what our mothers do. 'BUANG SUAY'.

Buang Suay
n. Local Slang To actively rid oneself or others of a jinx,curse, evil eye and bad luck by engaging in our mother's superstition.
Eg. Flower Baths(Mandi Bunga), Rearranging Feng Shui, Hair Cut, Rubbing Salt on the body.

Flower Baths also known as Mandi Bunga, according to expert aunties advice, an excellent tried and tested, method of buang-ing the Suay.

There lies one curse, no amount of 'buang suay' can rid your fantasy team of. That fellow managers is the "Choice" Curse.

Shedding light on the choice curse will take some testicular fortitude, which this reporter readily admits that he does not possess enough of, right now. There will come a day, sometime this week, when I have enough alcohol in my blood stream to undertake such a risk.

Fantasy Fridays-Signing off

Its officially 0010hrs here in Bukit Panjang, the headquarters of Fantasy 6-pack and its been surprisingly quiet in the last couple of hours before registration deadline. Contrary to the last minute mad rush that the organisers here expected, it seems that all the teams and their respective fantasy managers have acted early and orderly, which frees up space for this writer to settle down and bore myself to sleep while watching Super Rugby-an inferior competition, with less colourful managerial characters and over inflated player egos. It is with a breath of fresh air that we annouce the 6-pack Fantasy League officially open and that this league being amatuer is one that does not need to deal with the evils of prize money nor player/manager salaries. 

No, we do it because of bragging rights, and bragging rights my fellow managers enriches you. Whats more,  it enrages the hell out of your rivals. Booyah! Indeed, there is nothing like friendly banter between fans of rival teams.

Without further ado, 

Here are your 17 Teams and Fantasy 6-pack Managers
Badakadonk                                     Leander'The Oracle' Yohanes
chupaChups                                      Eunice'ChubbyChubsy'

KitKat                                              Marli 'HersheyBB'

Leanderthals                                     Jeslyn 'Jazz' Lim

Fancy Pants                                     'King' Kenny Chitty

LineBreakers                                   'Dive Glory' Chan

Sin Bin                                             CJW

SpyderPigs                                      Trigger Happy Bunny

MotherwithBaby                              Alex'TheLion' Lim

Touch Fantasies VI                         David 'wants a backrub' Teo

Sugarush                                         Juriani 'Juju'

Talentoe                                          Terence 'Camel' Toh

Spartans                                          Taufiq 'Silver Surfer' Asari
Sexytime                                          'Giddy' Loh

PutYourName                                  Akio'TheNewChoice' Lim

whywhy?                                         Yanyi'YY' Kang

WhatsAPlayerWithoutTheTeam       Caleb'Pride'Ong

Congratulations for making it this far, let me be the first to say that the journey will not be an easy one, and I predict that there are a few Managers in that list capable putting in some cheap shots. So be wary, take all information now with a pinch of salt, and let the battle of fantasy wits begin.

Fantasy Friday - Night Owl News Bulletin

Here at the Fantasy 6-pack Stats crew, we work hard to give you the latest and most relevant news in order for you to make the best pick.

Tip 1: Pick Terence 'Camel' Toh. As his moniker suggests, 'Camel' Toh is one hell of a sexy pick. Raring to go after being dropped from the line-up in Week 1, Terence has the potential to score high in terms of runs and touches made. Like the animal that he's named after, 'Camel' Toh has reserves of energy to last him the whole game and outlast most of his fellow teammates. He's definitely a safe pick for the most risk-averse of managers and will duly reward the loyalty of his Fantasy Managers with a decent score.


Tip 2: Pick Bobby 'Blurcock' Sumantri.

Although blur like cock with regards to Touch rules, this exciting new player recently signed by 6-pack is set to take STL by storm. His crisp passing and darting runs would definitely net his Managers some decent points from linebreak and linebreak creates. Although prone to errors, his effort in making down to training and friendlies would hopefully reduce his negative points scoring in future games. We look forward to the day when he would be promoted 1 grade up from 'Blurcock' to 'Blur-like-sotong'.

Tip 3: Pick David Teo.

It would be foolish not to pick the person behind "Fantasy 6-pack". He does the stats, awards the points, make the rules, etc. He WILL award himself every point he can. Seriously. Pick. David. Teo. Also, his opportunistic instincts tend to lead to positive outcomes for the team either in touchdowns or penalties awarded.

With just 12 hours to go before the kickoff, we at the Fantasy 6-Pack crew wish you all the best with your first picks and remember, team selection closes 2 hours before kickoff.

Fantasy Friday- What type of Manager are you?

Saturday is almost here, and its time for us to get serious about our choices we make in life. It is a tremendous task to ask our prospective managers to separate fantasy from reality.

Some managers rule with the heart, and choose the players closest to them in reality, sure they'd probably lose but least they stand by their principles.

A few potential gaffers have no heart to rule from, and will make cold and calculated decisions based on statistical analysis but fail to realise the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition. A couple of managers have utilised the stick method, threatening to axe/cut players from their respective teams. Who will be dropped is anybody's guess.

Then there are of course, the Geniuses who understand all aspects of the game, and know how to cajole and milk the best from her players. These managers would standby the side of field to squeeze water into players mouth, quenching their thirst, or even hold the umbrella while giving the said players a backrub-almost anything to provide comfort.

The choices that you make could affect where you stand at the end of the season. However, your follow-through support in reality will truly benefit your fantasy side. Your provision of logistical support(video cams), analysis of opponents, stats counting, back rubs, water running or just pure moral support for your friends, will be be treasured.

Here is the 6-pack Line-up for tomorrow


1.Leander Yohanes(c)
2.Gideon Loh
3.Lee Yum Hwa
4.Bobby Sumantri
5.Taufiq Asari
6.Caleb Ong
7.Terence Toh
8.Muhdy
9.Akio
10.Alex Lim
11.Suhaimi
12.David Teo

A Defensive Focus- The Know it All

Now that we've mentioned the Defensive Lynchpin, the Hatchet Man and his legitimate prodigy Baby Hatchet. Its appropriate that in the 3rd and final part of our defensive focus, we unveil the most self-important component of all teams. The little Know It All-the one we love to punch but seemingly can never muster the strength nor the heart to. Now 'Know-it-all' has the best theoretical knowledge base and he makes his views and opinions known all the time, during games, trainings and the other periods when he is with his teamates. Introducing 6-pack's Mr Know-It-All.....

 Gideon Knows..

History has it, that there the term Know It All has a negative connotation. However the team, unlike popular practice, deeply values the input from the World Cup representative especially in defence where Gideon is seen putting his money where is mouth is.
Name: Gideon Loh
Height: 162cm
Weight:61kg
Fave Quote: "Yum, you cock!", "I laike", "you got to corner hard",
Round 1 Stats: IT Team fill this up
Round 1 Fantasy Points: IT team fill this up

A taste for the Distasteful
Although his on field record is exemplary and cannot be questioned. There is a must to address his behaviour off the pitch where he engages in less than tasteful pleasures such as the countless exposures* that his teamates, their fans, friends and families face, not forgetting the theiving and sniffing of undergarments. There must come a time when the community just says no and put a stop to the vulgar tyranny of losing our underwear after training.

*Author note: We here at 6-pack know that Streaking is officially an on-pitch activity. We apologise for your sharpness and will try to write better. I would like to remind the other writer's not to post up any sensitive material regarding exposures as we probably do have young and highly impressionable kids reading and we do not want to taint or cause mental distraught.

Authorial fallacies

Most writing require the writer to make an argument—that is, to present reasons for a particular claim or interpretation the writer is putting forward. You may have wondered what it means for an argument to be strong. Each argument you make is composed of premises (this is a term for statements that express one's reasons or evidence) that are arranged in the right way to support your conclusion (the main claim or interpretation you are offering). One can make one's arguments stronger by

1. using good premises (ones you have good reason to believe are both true and relevant to the issue at hand),
2. making sure your premises provide good support for your conclusion (and not some other conclusion, or no conclusion at all),
3. checking that you have addressed the most important or relevant aspects of the issue (that is, that your premises and conclusion focus on what is really important to the issue), and
4. not making claims that are so strong or sweeping that you can't really support them.

Some examples below describe some ways in which arguments often fail to do the things listed above; these failings are called fallacies.
It is particularly easy to slip up and commit a fallacy when you have strong feelings about your topic—if a conclusion seems obvious to you, you're more likely to just assume that it is true and to be careless with your evidence. 
The purpose of this writing, though, is not to argue for any particular position on any of these issues; rather, it is to illustrate weak reasoning and writer's fallacies, which can happen in pretty much any kind of argument and be detrimental to one's reputation.

What are fallacies?

Fallacies are defects that weaken arguments.
It is important to realize two things about fallacies: first, fallacious arguments are very, very common and can be quite persuasive, at least to the casual reader or listener.
Second, it is sometimes hard to evaluate whether an argument is fallacious. An argument might be very weak, somewhat weak, somewhat strong, or very strong.

1) Appeal to pity

Definition: The appeal to pity takes place when an arguer tries to get people to accept a conclusion by making them feel sorry for someone.
Examples: "....the powers that be, came down hard on this poor and fragile writer, demanding that I use a hyphen-also called dash to those who aren't familiar-when using the term 6-pack. Now whether or not, the omission of a hyphen constitutes a telling off with numerous exclaimation marks and the word 'blardee' which one can safely interpret as 'bloody', its hard to say.".
The information the arguer has given might feel relevant and might even get the audience to consider the conclusion—but the information isn't logically relevant, and so the argument is fallacious.         
Objective: Make sure that you are simply trying to get your audience to agree with you by making them feel sorry.

2) Ad hominem and tu quoque

Definitions: The ad hominem ("against the person") and tu quoque ("you, too!") fallacies focus our attention on people rather than on arguments or evidence. In both of these arguments, the conclusion is usually "You shouldn't believe So-and-So's argument." The reason for not believing So-and-So is that So-and-So is either a bad person (ad hominem) or a tyrant. In an ad hominem argument, the arguer attacks his or her opponent instead of the opponent's point.
Examples: "Displaying the autocratic leadership, the powers that be immediately shut Lee Yum Hwa down when he jumped in to protect this author's creative independence." The arguer has characterized the 'merely concerned' member of the team so ungenerously, it has nothing to do with the 'correcting the wrong' act he so passionately displayed. While using a copious number of exclamation mark can be described as 'overzealous' but using them as evidence of autocracy is fallacious.
Objective: Attacking opponents' personal character instead of their reasoning.

While this writer agrees that it is all in the name of fun and what is life if we cannot accept self-effacing humor. This serves merely as a reminder the casual readers to take our articles here lightly, a caution to the writers that your words is your sword and/or a disclaimer that no Yum Wa is harmed in the process. Hwa!

The amount of facts Writer Teo injects in his articles.

Fantasy Fridays- The WaG Mention

Each week, on fantasy fridays, we bring to you a special mention on the people who keep the men of 6-pack straight and sane. Our wives and girlfriends. It is definitely not easy, giving up a Saturday afternoon to support us in the blistering heat. Therefore, it is only fitting that we mention the women in our lives.

This week's WaG mention goes to Nashima. This little pocket dynamite has been the most loyal supporter to date. Life really began for her in 2006, when the rad tad bunch of lads formed a team with asscociation to SRC, 6ppb or more commonly known as 6-pack. This association allowed for co-mingling of players from both 6-pack(a full male side) and SRC. This was where sheemah met adam and then converted into a lifelong groupie(noob rank).

Love soon blossomed between the star crossed lovers and Sheemah moved up the WaGs ranks(We have reliable information  she is earmarked to attain Wife status). None have gone on the same path, mostly due to players on hiatus or their girlfriends leaving them. Its no easy feat, to be out in the hot sun supporting your man every saturday, handling the camcorder and blasting instructions from the sidelines. We here at 6-pack most definitely appreciate the efforts of Sheemah and like to say a big thank you, for undertaking camera duties for the rest of the season.

WAG Stat
Name: Nashima
Height: 160cm
Weight: You don't ask a lady for her weight
Started: Early 2006. Pioneer WAG (Groupie-We're just hanging out-Dating-Girlfriend-Fiancee)
Favourite Quotes: 'D hard', 'Be Hard', 'Wooooooooooo'
WAG Rank: Number 1 WAG, Fiancee(Earmarked for Wife Status)

Fantasy Friday- Weekly Digest

Thank God for Fantasy Fridays!!! On fridays, we bring you the latest news about players, their girlfriends, their injuries, their girlfriend's injuries, availability and all the latest touch football celebrity gossip! We begin this day of all days with some troubling news. Are there cracks appearing at the apex of the 6-pack molehill?

 Source: www.facebook.com


About a day ago, the powers that be, came down hard on this poor and fragile writer, demanding that I use a hyphen-also called dash to those who aren't familiar-when using the term 6-pack. Now whether or not, the omission of a hyphen constitutes a telling off with numerous exclaimation marks and the word 'blardee' which one can safely interpret as 'bloody', its hard to say. Displaying the autocratic leadership, the powers that be immediately shut Lee Yum Hwa down when he jumped in to protect this author's creative independence. Now while everyone including myself enjoys watching an old school bollocking of Lee, I'm afraid to say that Yum's question is a fair one and that 6-pack will still be pronounced as 6-pack no matter the hyphen and that Yum Wa just doesn't sound right.

Cross your ts, dot your Is, and dash your hyphens!

Surely, we have matured and moved beyond the hyphen and isn't it true that the hyphen is just an elevated and poorer cousin to the Underscore which is the preferred choice of the present?

Now We here at Fantasy Fridays offer you, the reader, the chance to get creative with our name. Can you come up with a design/name that will still be pronounced as 6-pack and yet be suitable  for this day and age?
Please put your suggestions in the chatbox located at the right. The winner will be treated to a fine lunch @ Yum's house. I'm taking 6^pack, get your own.

Latest-Ong: I have too much pride

In a show of defiance to a recent comment made by an aussie-based fanboy, Tee Liang Sheng, in which he suggested the 6-pack star and round 1 top points scorer, Caleb Ong could make everyone else in Fantasy^6-pack lose if he comes up with a calf injury at the start of the game.

The Singapore International, had this to say to his misguided but enthusiastic, loyal fan and the rest of the Fantasy^6-pack Managers-

"Haha I guess is good for all of u then that I have too much pride in my own performance to do poorly just to win fantasy league :)"

Caleb Ong, rubbishing a suggestion that he gets injured at the start of the match, adding that he's happy that the other fantasy 6-pack managers benefit from choosing him.

We here at the fantasy^6-pack office applaud Caleb for his over the top pride and we expect all players to feel the same way.  Additionally, we'd like to mention that players are constantly being monitored on video to ensure fair play. 

Source: www.facebook.com

A Defensive Focus 2- Rise of Baby Hatchet

Often in many a great team we praise and reward the top points scorers. In Yum Hwa's case, he proves himself worthy through his defensive work ethic. It can be described that the people who score low on the stat count are lazy, passive or unfamiliar with the game and that players with a high penalty count against them are less desirable on the pitch. Lets put this into perspective.

We are all familiar with the age-old adage of 'taking one for the team'. But do we realise that certain players step up and assume a particular role which demands giving away penalties and intimidating opponents physically at the right opportune moment. Yes, it is a contact sport when the time is right.

Disclaimer: If you're a touch judge or an official from Touch Singapore who just so happened to come across this post, look away now, forget whatever you have just read and key in Alt F4. There is no such thing as the Hatchet Man in 6ppb. As the fairest of them lot in the league, we do not condone behaviour that is deemed 'undesirable' in sport.






Hatchet Man
n. Slang A person employed to carry out controversial or disagreeable tasks.

Now that the refs backs are turned, step up and take a bow Adam Chan, our resident Hatchet Man. Chan makes Hatcheting look like a breeze. Fact is, he has become so subtle and good at it, that he has turned it into an art form-not matched by many- leaving opposition players baffled, bruised and battered whilst they take their frustration out on the poor referees. Who are left clueless due to the excellent play acting by the man himself. I have tried hatcheting myself, and I can say through experience that it is an arduous, often painful and sometimes thankless job. It is not so much the physical hurt, nor the ability to mask hacheting, rather it is the mental anguish from the guilt and dealing with the curses(from the opposition) that accompanies it. Chan on the other hand revels in Hacheting, he takes pride in what he does and rightly so, because it has helped the teams he's represented. 

(2 championships, some runners-up medals and one player of the season)

Adam Chan, seen strutting away after a seemingly 'innocuous' collision with Jeslyn from Wanderers(Monsoon)

 Baby Hatchet
You might find yourself asking the question "why risk bringing this up now?". We have a baby hatchet in our midst and his name is Elmo Cheok. Not much is known about Baby Hatchet other than the fact that he resembles a young Chan, studied in ngee ann polytechnic and probably trained under Joshua Yap. In the last round, Elmo was guilty of giving away a couple of penalties and that is totally fine since its a part of his job scope to unsettle opponents.

However if you're reading this Baby Hatchet-yup this nick sticks from now on, you would do well to heed the advice of this young writer if you learn from Hatchet Senior the art form of masking your indiscretions on the pitch. The wily veteran will also inform you that its all in the details, "less biceps equals less penalty calls". Fashion is borne first out of practicality and some referees equate show of muscle to hard touches.

Name: Elmo Cheok
Height:167-he's thereabouts with his predecessor here
Weight: 67kg
Round 1 Fantasy Points: IT team away on business will fill this up soon
Round 1 Stats: IT team away on business will fill this up soon
Playing Status: Injured (Dislocated Toe & Sprained Back)
Predicted period to Full Fitness: 1 month
On field Fashion Sense: Leaves Alot to be Desired(roll your sleeves back down)

Sleeveless Elmo running into a gap.

In slightly more serious news, Elmo had a car accident this week and has suffered a dislocated toe & sprained back. We do wish him a speedy recovery. I do wonder, how easy is it to picture someone with a name like that pulling a Vin Diesel on the ECP?

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

The first edition of "Wise Words Wednesday".

Updated Fantasy Rules and Player Lists

Attention all Prospective Fantasy^6-pack Team Managers
There has been some changes made to the rules and players list.  Seeing that this is probably the world's first fantasy touch football league, we do need to keep things simple.

RULES (updated 14-03-12)
1) Any 6 players can be picked each week.
2) You're not allowed to pick your own self.
3) Each player is given a position, i.e. Middle, Link, Wing
4) You must pick 2 Middle, 2 Link and 2 Wing from the list
5) You must pick one player as Captain from your team. Any points scored by the Captain are doubled.
 

PLAYERS (updated 14-03-12)
Adam Chan (Link)
Gideon Loh (Middle)
Elmo Cheok (Wing)
Muhdy (Middle)
Leander Yohanes (Link)
Taufiq As'ari (Middle)
David Teo (Link)
Terence Toh (Middle)
Chris Wall (Middle)
Bobby Sumantri (Wing)
Caleb Ong (Middle)
Suhaimi Mohamed (Link)
Lee Yum Hwa (Link)
Alex Lim (Wing)
Akio Lim (Wing)

Fantasy^6-pack Registration

To all 6-pack players, friends and fans,

Please indicate your interest in participating in the Fantasy^6-pack League. We would like as many participants as possible. Kindly drop me an email at t_divald@yahoo.com.

We request that you send the following information with the email by latest fri 2359, so that you have some time before the fantasy deadline which is now pushed to 2 hours before game time.

Team Name:
Manager Name:
Manager Nickname:

Full player Stats for round 1 will also be released by Friday Morning. We would like to apologise for the delay as half of the two men, fantasy IT team is away in Hong Kong on business.

Unprecedented Capture leads to murmurs of Self-Politicking

While democracy sometimes brings strange results. This week's inaugural vote has a cause to be viewed with intense suspicion. Never in the history of 6-pack, has a player managed to bag the two awards which cannot be more distinct than the other. It's similar to winning the Oscars and the Razzies for the same movie role. That folks, is an oxymoron which just does not happen.

This brings to the fore, the player in question, a Mr Chan Adam Ariff Bin Hussein. It also creates focus about an on/off field intangible, 'Influence', or in this case, dare I say it? 'Unabashed and unrighteous Influence'. Whether or not it is right or wrong, is a contentious issue, we'll leave it to you, the reader to decide.

Rewind to 2006-Chan(second from right), proving that his tales of him being thin are Non-Fiction.

Playa of the Day
Despite having the good sense to nominate both Caleb and yours truly in the Playa of the Day category, Adam Chan proceeded to nominate HIMSELF in that category. Although he made a sharp run which was reminiscent of a past Adam, 4 years and 20 pounds ago. What he should have realised, was that his efforts wouldn't have gone unrecognised by many.

 Fast Forward to 2012. Fat Chan- notice how the years hasn't been kind to his cheeks, jawline, neck and forehead.

Dick of the Day
Lets recognise the spade and call it for what it is.A Face Saving Exercise, nothing more. Chan was destined for the Dick of the Day glory due to his failure in noticing that the team was a man up in attack. Instead he chose to engage in a series of comical belly flops, whatever glint of hope left after, crushed by the unamused and certainly disinterested touch judges.

Nevertheless, we should admire his natural ability to win a popularity contest. Not everybody knows how to influence one. "Fat Runner. Outrunning 3 players whose combined weight equals his."- Yes, this is the play of the day. But it is not the actual on field action that has won him that title. Rather his off-field humourous- however shameless- influence to win an award that had it sealed. Well done Mate.

"Fat Runner. Outrunning 3 players whose combined weight equals his."-Adam Chan, when nominating himself.

*This article is purely for satirical purposes and in no way meant to be defematory. Any accusations on the writer will be considered as a Media Witchunt.