Fantasy World Cup Live Match Day 15
It’s hard to believe that the group stages come to an end today! We’ve had a great two weeks of football and those of us under the age of 40 will probably agree that at this stage it is the best World Cup which we remember. We’ve already said goodbye to England, adios to Spain and arrivederci to Italy and today we could conceivably be saying adeus to Portugal…oh and let’s not forget that Luis Suarez has once more upset the holy joes!!
First up today is Group G as the US face Germany while Portugal square up to Ghana. A draw between the Germans and the Yanks will see both qualify for the next round and word on the street is that Angela and Obama have had a natter on the blower and everything has been arranged, this would see the Germans top the group. Should there be a positive result one way or the other in this game then both Portugal and Ghana will hope to take advantage with a victory, but with the Portuguese currently on a goal difference of minus 4, they’ll need a minor miracle…maybe they know a few holy joes?!!!
The final group to come to a conclusion is Group H, with Belgium having already qualified after two workmanlike victories and the Belgians will claim top spot in the should they secure at least a point from their game against South Korea. 2nd spot in the groups is very much up for grabs, although a win for Algeria over the Russians will see them progress, while a draw could possibly be enough.
Here’s my squad. Sitting on 334, and who knows whether Josh or myself will join Quallathon in escaping the group of POTTY Death! Overall pleased with my strategy of “Pick the 3 big name forwards; load the midfield with cheaper options who will all play; get a good mix of cheap defenders and hope for the best!”
Jasper CILLESSEN 18
Orestis KARNEZIS 18
Mohamed ZEMMAMOUCHE 0
Dani ALVES 20
Pablo ZABALETA 20
Mario YEPES 18
Daley BLIND 24
Konstantinos MANOLAS 25
Hossein MAHINI 0
Esseid BELKALEM 5
Andres INIESTA 21
Angel DI MARIA 20
Miralem PJANIC 28
Kevin DE BRUYNE 12
Mathieu VALBUENA 17
Alejandro BEDOYA 8
Nabil BENTALEB 16
Hashem BEIKZADEH 0
Lionel MESSI 35
NEYMAR 37
Karim BENZEMA 34
Rony MARTINEZ 0
Khosro HEYDARI 8
tough group that one your in.
Pippin, our teams are very similar – think we found the same budget buys
Cillessen
Karnezis
Alves
Ramos
Rojo
Manolas
Djourou
Iniesta
di maria
Valbuena
Yamaguchi
Oscar
bentaleb
Messi
Neymar
Benzema
Djabou
364 points with 2 playing now.
nice score Simms
Disappointments?
Nice ones?
I was happy with them all until the French didn’t turn up for the 3rd round, dropped from rank 3 to just over 100…
Guess which Belgium defender I left on my bench?!
Vertoghen for the crack?
That very same defender has taken mevover 110pts for this round
Vert has just knocked me out! Well done GP couldn’t have got much tighter than that!
Init
Thanks mate.
And to think I swore at him when he gave away the penalty against Algeria!
All my other defenders scored 7 or more so I didn’t think it was worth the risk.
Don’t think it matters anyway, I reckon I’ll be propping up the table.
Not as much as I swore at him when he scored tonight I’ll bet
Haha an Algerian sub just got a yellow for kicking the ball away.
Expected much more from Belgium. They’ve been awful in 3 matches now.
Raz
And yet they’ve won three?
Yip. Poorest group this WC though. Russia was shite, South Korea is the worst team this worldcup, only Algeria did above what was expected of them.
Raz
I agree with your assessment of those teams. But Belgium can only beat who they are grouped with. Interesting match with USA now. A sterner test.
USA has had 3 real tests already. Can’t say Belgium has had any. Usually I need to see some progress in the game but I just don’t see it.
If USA is very fit next game, they can work Belgium they stand a fair chance. USA has the better team, Belgium the better individual players. I think South America’s heath is more suite for Americans than Europeans too. Unsure where you play next.
The Dutch play Mexico next, think it will be a very hard game. They’re not used to the heat of Fortaleza and Mexico is.
Good news for us then 😉
Saw bits and pieces of your game today against Germany. You guys had 0 shots on goal?
Anyway, if the Belgians play as bad as they did in the group stages and you play like you did in the first 2 matches you stand a good chance against them yes. Saw 2 of the 3 games they played, and bits and pieces of the game today (South Korea was so bad I had to turn it off :P).
Yep… that’s what happens when you never get the ball haha. Haven’t had a chance to watch any of Belgium’s games, but 3 wins isn’t bad right?
If you guys played the way you did in the first 2 matches and they played like they did in the first 3 matches you win it. However, I think they can do much better.
If you were in that group instead of Belgium you probably kill South Korea, Russia. Only Algeria could be tricky.
Potty i am in your last 16 of your dodgy 32 😉 2nd in Potstar E , so who do i play next ?
hahahahah cant fault your eagerness bench lol
oh yeah im 1st in potstar A, who do play potty lol
well done bench mate
Cheers Gasco was very close going into today’s games , hope you well mate, long time no talk
yeah i’m good wasnt around for a while, fell in love, but she saw the error of her ways nd dumped my sorry ass
so i’m throwing myself back into fantasyfootball nd stalking her of facebook 😉
sorry to hear that mate! and watch out with that stalking lark, she have you on Jeremy Kyle
ah no worries mate wasnt ment to be…..only messing about the stalking
one good thing happened though gave up the scrumpy nd lost 18kg’s
:hippo: