Why
bibs.
Every weekly game lives or dies on one thing: whether the teams are fair. bibs exists to get that one thing right, every single week.
Close games
keep groups
alive.
Think about the games people still talk about. They were not the 11-2 thrashings. They were the ones that finished level with five minutes left and everyone suddenly sprinting like it was a cup final.
Lopsided teams do quiet damage. The losing side stops trying, the winning side stops passing, and the player who got picked last starts finding reasons they cannot make Mondays. Fair sides fix all of it, and picking fair sides is exactly the job nobody wants to do by hand.
What makes
bibs different.
- 01
Ratings stay private
You rate your squad honestly because nobody else will ever see it. No public stats, no shame awards, no leaderboard politics. It is a hard rule built into bibs, not a setting.
- 02
Balanced, not random
bibs weighs up pace, shooting, defending and goalkeeping across everyone who is in, then builds two sides that can genuinely match each other, with a balance score to prove it. Current form is baked in too.
- 03
Fair from day one
No waiting weeks for match data. Your first matchday is as balanced as your fiftieth, because it works from what you already know about your players.
- 04
Nothing to download
bibs runs in the browser, nothing to download. Players get the teamsheet in the group chat, and anyone who fancies it can follow the tables with an invite link and a free account.
- 05
A season that builds
Log who won after each game and the win percentage table and form guide grow all season. Every result also quietly tunes the balance, so teams keep up with who's hot and who's not. Players can check where they stand any time.
- 06
Free. Actually free
No per-match fees, no subscriptions, no locked features, no card details. Free for the gaffer and free for every player.
Better than
a random team
generator.
A random team generator feels fair because it has no favourites. But shuffling names does not balance a game: random happily puts your four best players on one side and calls it a day. You have seen that game. It was 9-1.
bibs is deterministic, not random. It looks at the actual ability across everyone playing tonight and splits it as evenly as it can, then shows you a balance score so you can trust the sides before a ball is kicked. Same players in, same fair teams out. Nothing left to luck.
It also knows football is played on form. Behind the scenes, every win nudges a player's hidden rating up by 0.1 and every loss nudges it down by 0.1, up to plus or minus 1.0. The player who has won five on the spin weighs a little heavier in the balance, and the one on a losing run gets a little slack, all without you or anyone else lifting a finger.
The group chat,
the big apps,
or bibs.
| The group chat | Full-blown football apps | bibs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picking the teams | Two captains and a playground pick | Works once everyone has signed up | One tap, balanced from your ratings |
| Trying it out | Nothing to try | Sign up, then find out | See your first teams before you make an account |
| Fair from day one | Depends who's picking | Needs weeks of match data first | Balanced from your very first matchday |
| What your players do | Argue about it | Download an app, make an account | No app to download, the teamsheet lands in the chat |
| Player ratings | Said out loud, feelings hurt | Public stats and shame awards | Private to the gaffer, always |
| Cost | Free | Match fees or subscriptions | Free |
| Set-up time | None, which is the problem | An evening of onboarding the group | Five minutes, just the gaffer |
The group chat
- Picking the teams
- Two captains and a playground pick
- Trying it out
- Nothing to try
- Fair from day one
- Depends who's picking
- What your players do
- Argue about it
- Player ratings
- Said out loud, feelings hurt
- Cost
- Free
- Set-up time
- None, which is the problem
Full-blown football apps
- Picking the teams
- Works once everyone has signed up
- Trying it out
- Sign up, then find out
- Fair from day one
- Needs weeks of match data first
- What your players do
- Download an app, make an account
- Player ratings
- Public stats and shame awards
- Cost
- Match fees or subscriptions
- Set-up time
- An evening of onboarding the group
bibs
- Picking the teams
- One tap, balanced from your ratings
- Trying it out
- See your first teams before you make an account
- Fair from day one
- Balanced from your very first matchday
- What your players do
- No app to download, the teamsheet lands in the chat
- Player ratings
- Private to the gaffer, always
- Cost
- Free
- Set-up time
- Five minutes, just the gaffer