DAMN you guys.. DAMN you all to heck and back..
You MADE me go and download the BB video game.. and now your MAKING me get a team becuase it looks like too much fun to pass on 
hehe. Seriously, this looks like a stomping good time.. So I will acquire a team and get it painted ASAP.
My only concern is WHO to play. I like the goblins (cheating little gits), but they just cant do squat on the pitch (been playing them in the BB comp game). I have been having fun with a wood elf team, but they dont reach out and sing to me (and I dont see one I like on ebay or any online stores). I will decide and order when I get back home from being out of town this week.
Hahaha! We've hooked at least four people so far the same way.
Goblins were –really- bad in LRB5, but in Competition rules the ones we’ll be using, they improve quite a bit. Stunty was fixed a bit (you don’t take a +1 on the injury chart anymore, instead 7 is KO and 9 is Badly Hurt). One of the more important changes is the Pogoer not being a Secret Weapon, as well as the chainsaw and bombardier getting hands (used to be No Hands).
What hurts you is not having access to General skills (for Block, Tackle, and Fend), and Strength skills are on models that probably won’t be doing much leveling, or are tricky to field (the troll and the fanatic). You will have to be very good at “building” a character and hoping to get doubles to round him off.
Pros and Cons
Goblins can hold their own ok, but don’t expect to do extremely well in the league. I believe that’s the consensus so far. Their primary purpose is for fun. If you just want to have fun with the game, bring goblins. I’m doing a Goblin team next, because we all want a goblin team to play with and see on the pitch. I also find them very fun.
With Goblins you don’t have to stress out over one of your guys dying, not getting the right skill, etc. Goblins will always be dying, so who cares, they’re for fun! Hahaha!
Goblins secondary purpose in league play is to sandbag high TV teams. Basically they handicap high-end teams by killing off their good players. Goblins get the cheapest Bribe the Ref at 50,000, allowing you to foul more frequently. In league play a goblin team’s main purpose is to sabotage the good teams. I think that’s cool!
In the end go with the one you enjoy the most. I went with humans because I was learning the game, and wanted a middle of the road team. My favorite team is Dark Elves but unfortunately good fantasy football Dark Elf models are hard to come by. I hope to eventually put one together using fantasy witch elves, fantasy dark elf corsairs, and some WH40K Dark Eldar models.
