Twitter?

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Was just wondering what you all thought of setting up a 606v2 American Football twitter account, though it may be easier if it was called 606v2AF. The idea has been pretty much stuck in my head since Leedscowboys had managed to ask Jason La Canfora about the possibility of a shut down. It could be a good way to get experts views on rumours, plus there are already accounts set up for Golf, Rugby and Wrestling which seem to be working well. Rugby has only been up for a short while and they have already had the site retweeted by a few professional players, and for some reason Peter Jones from dragons den, which all helps with publicity I believe Golf and Wrestling have also managed to get the site retweeted. Plus Rugby have managed to get a Q&A with Marcel Garvey, while I know Wrestling have managed to get a couple too. So it could be a useful way to raise awareness of the board, and we can use it get the “experts” opinions on topics we are discussing, not sure how successful we would be with getting Q&A session’s but it’s a possibility.

What we have done quite successfully with the rugby twitter is start a conversation or poll on here, and then post them the link (using a tiny url) and asking them to either reply, comment or retweet.

Its worked well so far.

skins4ever wrote:I'm not sure they will give free coaching tips, and in any case, the kind of questions I have will take more than 140 characters to explain!

Would you like me to ask them if they have any coaching tips for their UK fans?

The 49ers OT anthony davis i heard was quite good with fans on twitter. he might help you guys out. Have also heard the same about Ndamukong suh

Interesting tweet:

@AdamSchefterAdam Schefter
Most people don't expect a decision on the temporary stay from the 8th circuit. I'm not one. Have a sense we'll get a decision this week.

why not reach for the stars and try cj2k or desean jackson, i follow their twitter on my ipod and they post a lot

Pr4wn good work tweeting Geno Hayes, he's now following us.

the darts twitter is now following you

We're following you back Tooze. Are you following wrestling, rugby and golf too?

were doing rugby and wrestling i will now follow golf thank you

Also you'll want to talk to some of the admins so they put a link to the page on the portal.

Is this twitter account sanctioned by the admins? I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere other than here.

If it is an officially sanctioned V2 twitter account then I will add it to the portal

Davie wrote:Is this twitter account sanctioned by the admins? I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere other than here.

If it is an officially sanctioned V2 twitter account then I will add it to the portal

They did discuss it here: https://www.606v2.com/t4982-we-are-on-twitter I believe it is set up as @606v2Darts.

Hobo wrote:What we have done quite successfully with the rugby twitter is start a conversation or poll on here, and then post them the link (using a tiny url) and asking them to either reply, comment or retweet.

Its worked well so far.

Thanks for the tip Hobo, because we've got a few followers who I would guess aren't on here I just sent out this tweet:
@606v2AF606v2 Football
What made you support your team? Born there, family connections or something else? http://tinyurl.com/5s5gujv

Hopefully it could result in a couple joining.

I noticed it ping through on my rugby account.

Have you ran polls on things like best positions? (ie QB etc). Then if you see a player on line who plays in a position where you have ran a poll (ie if you have done a Wide Receiver poll and Jerry Rice tweets), send him the URL and ask his opinion and to RT.

Obviously that isnt a good example, as Jerry Rice would win that poll anyway! Its always better to get someone to respond who isnt winning the poll (I had Shane Williams who was second on our winger poll respond).

If they do retweet, I usually then requote it on the thread.

Just some ideas - I would welcome some too!

Cheers for the idea Hobo, we can give it a go with the power rankings we've currently got running. I've also got a few ideas for threads in my head which we might be able to use twitter to get the input of others on but I'm trying to revise for exams so they may take a while to pop up.

Pr4wn just seems to talk to some of his teams players, like he managed to get a nice conversation with Geno Hayes and now he's following us. Also something I guess you can't do with rugby, tweeting the rookies and saying stuff like: @MillerLite40 Hey Von, us UK fans at www.606v2.com can't wait to see you in a Broncos uniform. Can we get a RT? Maybe you could adapt that so when news comes through of players moving teams you can wish them luck etc.

I tweeted Hayes as I thought I had a good chance to get a conversation going with him and it worked.

I think the polls idea is great! What I'll do is set up a proper poll on WRs maybe, then we'll see what sort of response we get and then tweet the results to the relevant players.

Obviously you could do it for all of the positions and then create a dream team so to speak (or a All Stars team for the Americans on here!)

Good idea Hobo, we can start off with Pr4wn's WR poll then move to QB (always a lively debate), etc. until we've done the offence, then give defence a go.

If anyone's got a good question related to fantasy football just post it here and we'll tweet it to Michael Fabiano, he said he'll answer the best 10 he gets in tomorrow's fantasy mailbag.

Derbyblue wrote:If anyone's got a good question related to fantasy football just post it here and we'll tweet it to Michael Fabiano, he said he'll answer the best 10 he gets in tomorrow's fantasy mailbag.

How about "Which QB do you think will provide the best value in later rounds?"

Sent him it, we can send as many as we want so keep them coming!

With teams throwing more than they ever have, should defenses be taken slightly earlier than in previous years?

You might have to abbreviate that...

Who historically, would have been the best fantasy pick to have in your team?

With their dimishing roles in offenses, should tight ends only be taken in the last rounds?

Do you mean just last season or ever Hobo?

Pr4wn sent yours, had 12 characters left.

Which defense is the first to get drafted?

Which rookie do you think will make the biggest fantasy impact?

He might get a bit tired of all of these, but keep them coming.

Derbyblue wrote:Do you mean just last season or ever Hobo?

Pr4wn sent yours, had 12 characters left.

Dont know, as I am not sure how fantasy AF works! Was just trying to help! So I will say both - last season and ever! (2 different questions)

Hobo: @Michael_Fabiano Looking at last year, who do you think was the best value pick from the later rounds?
Is that ok for you? I've not sent it yet.

Thats fine by me!

How about for another question:

If Fantasy football had been around for the last 30 years, who would have been the best pick of all time?

who do you think will be an immediate threat in the return game who was just drafted

Keep them coming guys. If I think of some I'll add a few of my own.

niner wrote:who do you think will be an immediate threat in the return game who was just drafted

Do you mean out of the rookies who will be an immediate threat in the return game?

If you had the first 5 picks, who would they be and why?

Hope you don't mind but I changed that to, Who would you predict to be taken with the first five picks in most fantasy drafts?

Derbyblue wrote:Hope you don't mind but I changed that to, Who would you predict to be taken with the first five picks in most fantasy drafts?

Yeh no worries

Just sent him this: What would be your ultimate fantasy team for the upcoming season?

Just got a re-tweet from Bernard Berrian, he has nearly 23,000 followers.

Howdy folks

I saw this site's address RT'ed by Von Miller so I thought that i'd join up!

Guess your plan worked ;-)

Welcome aboard El Capitan

Where are you from and who do you support?

Welcome aboard my man! Hope you enjoy it here

Thanks chaps

I have been a Broncos fan since the mid-90s.

Back in the south-east now but I go over as often as I can.

Let's not talk about Wembley last October though

yeah m8, after seeing the rookie at washington and the likes of ford, I always find it exciting to see which rookie will be a threat on special teams. The likes of pp7 and jernigan will be good this year

Ok niner, just sent him it. If anyone has any other fantasy related questions get them in quick hopefully you might still be able to make his top 10 questions.

@AlbertBreerAlbert Breer
Passing time on my flight to vacation, so if you guys have any questions, have at it ... But first, a couple things on the mediation ...

So if you've got anything you want to ask him, post it quick. I would guess he's expecting lockout related questions.

@606v2AF606v2 Football
@AlbertBreer Do you think the only time the two sides will come to an agreement is during mediation?

@AlbertBreerAlbert Breer
@606v2AF At this point, it's the only way. Owners need collective bargaining, players need litigation settlement talk to protect positions.
@AlbertBreerAlbert Breer
@606v2AF ... Mediation protects both sides from entering the other's "playing field" and compromising their negotiating position.

@AlbertBreerAlbert Breer
Thanks guys, coming into ATL, for flight to St. Thomas with @eburkott. Catch me on my layover on Sirius with @SI_PeterKing & @RossTuckerNFL.

I guess that may mean he won't be answering any more, sorry guys.

I thought some of you might be interested in this:
@JasonLaCanfora Jason La Canfora
Look forward to my 1230ET chat on NFL.com, where anything is fair game (assuming it gets passed a moderator). Feel the power 'o the chat!

Michael Fabiano's draft mailbag went up today on NFL.com, one of the questions we sent get in. If you want to see which one check out: http://www.nfl.com/fantasy/story/09000d5d81fe4cf5/article/ultimate-fantasy-team-includes-rodgers-peterson-gates