Latest Articles
Fantasy Premier League Intro 2018/19
Fantasy Premier League Intro 2018/19 Welcome to Fantasy Premier League Intro 2018/19. As most of you are aware, FPL has been live for a couple of weeks now, but due to England’s surprising progress to the semi-finals and many of you playing both the Fantasy World Cup game and our very own Predictions Competition we have delayed any FPL articles until today. It’s full speed ahead now though as we look forward to the start of the season which kicks off on Friday 10th August. If you’ve not been with us over the summer then we hope you feel refreshed and renewed and enjoyed some fantasy-free time. We extend a particular welcome to our new friends who have migrated over from Fantasy Football First – we hope you feel welcome and at home with us. The purpose of this article is kick of...[Read More]
GW21 Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer
MLS GW21 Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer Welcome to GW21 Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer. As the World Cup is now in the books, and the new EPL season is around the corner, MLS enters the finale of the Spring season. We had another exciting round with 46 goals, including 5 braces. On the dark side, six red cards were issued in the process. The big event was the opening of the new home for D.C.United, the Audi Field Stadium, and the debut of their new star Wayne Rooney, who gently eased into his MLS career with an assist from the bench. The next chapter starts now.#UnitedAtHome pic.twitter.com/U3llcsD0fQ — D.C. United (@dcunited) July 14, 2018 Gameweek 20 Review The round started in a typical MLS style with a 7-goal bonanza between Chicago and Philadelphia. NYCFC comfortably won bot...[Read More]
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions – The Results
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions – The Results Sadly like the World Cup, Barry and Paul’s will be pulling down our shutters as we bring our summer competition to a close. Fear not though, we’ll be back soon with our regular FPL predictions competition in plenty time for the start of the Premier League season, you can even win T-Shirts in that one, and sometimes we actually post them to you! Sometimes when life gets tough, quitting seems so easy. When you think you’ve done it all, motivation can seem in short supply. I know a man who faced that very dilemma. This time last year, one of our very own sat in his south coast home and made the decision to quit FPL. He was good at it, but the pleasure of taking all his mates money season after season was no longer enough; who ne...[Read More]
World Cup Final and 3rd/4th Place Play-off Live Match Chat – Rate My Team
World Cup Final and 3rd/4th Place Play-off Live Match Chat Putin must be delighted at the thought of Europe’s finest taking over Moscow on Sunday. But it is what it is and the stadium will be covered in red and blue as France take on Croatia in the World Cup Final. These two have only met once before in the World Cup, in 1998, when the French triumphed 2-1 in the semi-final on the way to winning the trophy for the first and, to date, only time. Croatia have never beaten France in their only previous five meetings, losing three and drawing the last two. The 3rd/4th place play off sees England meet Belgium – a match dominated by Premier League involvement, unless of course Belgium make mass changes, which they may well do. The two have met three times previously in World Cup competition – in...[Read More]
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 7
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 7 (Final) Welcome to Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions World Cup Final. It appears after all that, football shall not be making its way home. Given that Scotland is in reality the true birthplace of ‘soccer’ as we know it, that’s no great surprise, in which case football will probably never be going home. 😉 On to the winners! The scores keep dropping but that’s to be expected with a maximum 11pts on offer. As it was nobody got close to that score. Mahelmy came the ‘closest’ though; 4pts was enough to claim top spot this week. Second place with 2pts was current league leader Horse, stretching his lead at the top to 6pts, for Horse the real prize may just be coming home. Winner – Mahelmy – 4pts 2nd – Horse – 2pts The Overall ...[Read More]
World Cup Semi Finals Live Match Chat – Rate My Team
World Cup Semi Finals Live Match Chat Welcome to World Cup Semi Finals Live Match Chat. We are down to crunch time for the four remaining teams. They say the semi-finals is the cruellest round to exit a tournament, so all four sides will be determined to reach a World Cup Final and take a step closer to the ultimate prize. The World Cup has turned into a European Championship in effect with just France, Belgium, England and Croatia remaining. Tuesday’s semi between France and Belgium is likely to be the more entertaining spectacle of the two matches with the likes of Griezmann, Mbappe & Pogba lining up vs Lukaku, Hazard & KDB. This is the fifth time France have reached the semi-final stage, while Belgium have only reached this stage once before, in 1986. Wednesday sees England ap...[Read More]
MLS Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer GW20
MLS GW20 Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer As the World Cup is nearing its apogee, and the entire United Kingdom and all fans of team England from around the globe are preparing for the big game on Wednesday, MLS will serve us with another double gameweek (DGW) and another short turnaround. So, without further ado, let’s get on with it! Gameweek 19 Review This large round produced another massive account of 58 goals, including 9 braces and a hat trick. Fantasy-wise it was a mixed bag, but the popular picks like Martinez, Diomande, Ibrahimovic and others didn’t disappoint. After a loss to Dallas, Atlanta United bounced back with a win at Philadelphia to take them six points clear at the top in the East. NYCFC got their revenge in the Hudson River Derby and won over NYRB to move back to secon...[Read More]
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 6
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 6 (semis) Welcome to Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Semi-finals. We’re into the final week of what has been a memorable World Cup on so many levels. Day one of the Quarter-finals began with France dispatching a Uruguay side weakened by the loss of Edison Cavani. You know when you replace a PSG forward with some bloke who used to play for Middlesbrough that you’re in trouble. Later that day we also said goodbye to Brazil, Neymar described it as ‘the saddest moment of his career’, diddums. England are in a World Cup Semi-final! Wowsers, like many I did not see this just a few short weeks ago, but a comfortable 2-0 win over Sweden on day two of the Quarter-finals and here we are. England’s opponents in the World Cup Semi-final (I have ...[Read More]
World Cup Quarter Finals Live Match Chat – Rate My Team
World Cup Quarter Finals Live Match Chat Welcome to World Cup Quarter Finals Live Match Chat. And then there were eight. Well, England plus another seven 😉 Some surprises along the way mixed with some familiar names progressing sees us arrive at the quarter-final stage with everything to play for. Like any tournament the continued presence of the home nation is generally seen as a positive, except by Spain of course who have already departed for the more familiar surroundings of Costa Blanca. We have also waved goodbye to Messi and Ronaldo and a new superstar has been born in Mbappe. Sadly we said farewell to the gallant Japanese but with England facing Sweden, expectations continue to reach epic proportions. It’s coming home. Isn’t it?! Ah c’mon, let us dream! We have the next two days of...[Read More]
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 5
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 5 Welcome to Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 5 – Welcome to Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Quarter Finals. Wow. The Round of 16 was everything we could have hoped for and more. When it comes to football predictions its often prudent to remain conservative, so France’s 4-3 victory over Argentina will have been a disappointment in that respect, but in every other respect it was glorious. In the games that followed only Brazil could muster victory by more than a one goal margin, but there was no shortage of drama as we said goodbye to Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Mexico, Japan (just) and Switzerland. Did I forget anyone? Oh yes of course….. it’s coming home. On to the winners so far! On to the winners! With c...[Read More]
World Cup Last 16 Rate My Team / Live Match Chat
World Cup Last 16 Rate my Team / Live Match Chat Welcome to World Cup Last 16 Live Match Chat. No more second chances, it’s do or die time. Penalties will be missed. Tears will be shed. Let’s just hope it’s German ones for once (lol, we wrote that before Wednesday, we left it in because it’s even funnier now!). From a fantasy perspective though there sort of is a 2nd chance as you can now make unlimited transfers right up until the deadline which is on Saturday at 3pm (GMT). Which is why we’ve jumped in early with a new article, we just wanted to make sure that everyone was aware. And give everyone a chance to post up that shiny new wildcard team. Just in time for Mito returning from holiday to destroy it in the comments! After that you get 3 free transfers fo...[Read More]
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 4
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 4 Welcome to Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 4 – the round of 16. The Group stages ended with a 1-0 defeat for England’s reserves against Belgium’s reserves. Perhaps this was all part of the Gareth Southgate master plan; that is to finish second and secure a place in the ‘easier’ side of the draw, who knows, and quite frankly who cares. The daily rags have an uncanny knack of talking England up or down, depending on how the mood takes them. Talk of who we’ll meet in the Quarters? Jeez, we might not even make them, one game at a time eh lads. Its Columbia (tut!) next, lets hope we can win, if not there will be a certain FF247 writer who will no doubt revel in our demise. On to the winners so far! In Group stage 1 it w...[Read More]
