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.
So the transfers are open and it looks like you can keep players who are out of the world cup.
True indeed…and it makes for tough decisions. I have tampered with:
Cileessen Karnezis ?
Defenders will vary (blind, gimenez, duarte, arias, bougerra)
Mids will vary (Oscar, Jrod, Pogba, Lahm, dimaria, KDB)
Messi Neymar Benzema (w/some punts on RVP, Robben, muller)
Any suggestions?
ATF from my initial tinkering it seems I am left with the options of Benzema, Mueller, Robben, or a balanced team! Not sure which is best yet.
It’d be interesting to know who the top scorers fielded…
Pottys next round draw will be with us and posted as a new article in around an hours time.
ah excellent news 😉
Morning. Sweet! I know who i’ve got in the last 16 but i really want to see who everyone else got. Did you qualify mate?
Will he pit the winners vs. winners and losers vs. losers?
It works just like the World Cup itself. Groups are paired, 1st v 2nd etc.
Nope I didn’t! Got pipped in the dying minutes by GP who had Vertonghen….. We had a tough group as even Sanchez who was 4th got a score that would have seen him win a lot of other groups!
ATF I’m assuming it’s the same format as the WC so winner plays runner up etc…
Commiserations Mr Leghorn, from that slow start you almost overturned it.
Ouch! That’s very unlucky. Of all the players like!!
Initt, your last 16 has only 12 teams posted 😉
I know, it’s from the Mirror site and that’s all they have, I’ll update it later when they do. I used a different one the other day and had complaints!
So the final standings of Potty A were:
Ninja9iN 318
TinkerManU 312
Hugstars 299
Mozzy86 284
HHHHanibal 281
I had a horrible last few days with most of my subs not playing and so my Hugstars are out!
Well played to NiN who had a stormer to go from 4th to 1st in the last round and also well done to TinkerManU who goes through in 2nd.
Good luck to all the guys that made it through their groups, let the head to head battles commence!
I would have won this one. :noshake: #justsaying
init, i’m sure there’s plenty of managers thinking the same, ha! Not the highest scoring group, not by a long shot.
Thanks photek. Good luck to the three who didn’t make it. There’s still plenty to play for.
Morning all…so ahead of the last 16 who do you consider to be ‘must haves’? Obviously Neymar & Messi are the obvious ones, but are there any others?
I think you gotta look at Robben or RVP for the dutch and with the draw, a german defender.
Cant disagree with any of that photek…I reckon I’ll have Rodriguez from Colombia, he’s really impressed me.
Morning Kopster, as far as Liverpool are concerned, what do you reckon on the goofy suspension, sell for as much as poss or keep ? I say ditch him + look for another top class striker.
Morning elle, I’m very concerned mate. I honestly think he needs to go this time, the problem is that his value will have dropped as a result of this!!
True mate, but we will still get a good wedge for him.
What do you consider to be a good wedge?
Probably still get 50/60 million i reckon.
We cant take anything less than 60!! I Gareth Bale is worth 80, well…
I wouldn’t be surprised if we lodge an appeal.
Kop, so far i’ve brought in Robben, J Rod, Kroos and a few other cheaper options from Costa Rica and Belgium, like that young teen age striker that started the last group game. He looks hungry and more useful than Luka, which we know isn’t hard
Kop, how’s it mate? This McD game is pretty fun with Potty’s leagues and all…
All good ATF! And you sir?
I’ve really enjoyed the McD game and Potty’s leagues have been brilliant.
All is well w/ me…burned out, overwhlemed & hoping to wrap up some tasks before our much-needed family holiday – giant ankle biters, I and the hottie are in need!
You’re some man for the holidays
Was in Berlin on a stag last weekend so I could do with a holiday myself 😉
Good on you Kop. We’re off to Bali for a good getaway. ..
Kop – I don’t want to give too much away but Rojo, for me, is absolutely essential. Costs nothing and scores like crazy.
I think the mids are the most difficult to get right as they’re expensive and quite a few who i wish weren’t listed as forwards. I’m keen to hear people’s thoughts on ranking mids. I’d say:
– oscar
– dimaria
– jrod
– holland – sneijder / dejong
– germany – ozil / kroos
– cheapies
ATF, its hard to say as its a different ball game now, these players have to perform on the day in the knockout stages, so some good cheapies from USA, Algeria, Chile etc may get you more points than some of the dearer flops we have seen, eg Lukaku, as they have nothing to lose.
True, although I hope Lukakau and Belgium get spanked by the USA…my prayers for the quaters:
Brazil
Colombia
Holland
Costa Rica
Germany
Argentina
USA
I can’t remember the 8th
I’ve gone for J Rod and Kroos atm out of those, already had Di Maria.
I’ve also mixed it up with cheaper options from france and costa rica.
I don’t think the dutch midfield have done a lot imo, i’d look at a dutch forward or Blind has done me quite well and plays in mid but is down as a def.
Just a heads up, looks like formation changes are doing something weird again.
So far I am taking to the Round of 16:
Lloris (Mbohli on the bench)
Godin, Marquez, Sakho, Hummels (Rojo on the bench)
Oscar, Vasquez, Tejeda (Matuidi, Bentaleb and Lahm on the bench)
Neymar, Benzema, Djabou (Messi on the bench)
Now the reason I have set it up like this is because these players play first in order from left to right, following what we found in the earlier phases of the player furthest to the right swapping out on formation changes. However, when I swap to a 3,4,3 it is now kicking Marquez out, not Hummels. Seems strange. Also, what are your thoughts on my team for Round16?
Magic – If you first sub Hummels off and then switch to a 3-4-3 what happens?
Regarding your team, I haven’t done much research yet so I wont comment for fear of sending you in the wrong direction.
Kop,
When I swap Hummels out and turn it to 3-4-3 it actually keeps the right people in, maybe they have finally fixed it?
Ah right, to be fair I havent made much research besides watching the games so i’ve currently put the main players I saw doing really well for each team in, they all seem to be starters, shame about Schar, i’d have liked to have him in but he seems too much of a risk.
Sorry that seemed unclear, swapping hummel out made the defense Godin, Marquez, Sakho. Swapping Sakho out before has the same effect except the defence is Godin, Marquez, Hummels instead
Magic – There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the formation changes. Simply scroll over ‘formation’ just above your team and a pop up will give you the low down. They fixed it after round 1/mid round 2.