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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]
World Cup 3rd Group Phase Live Match Chat
World Cup 3rd Group Phase Live Match Chat Welcome to World Cup 3rd Group Phase Live Match Chat. Forewarned is forearmed and all that…. We’ve posted this particular LMC a bit earlier than normal but that’s simply because of the points we are about to come onto really and their implications for your teams. This is where it starts to get a bit tricky as some teams have already qualified and others are still fighting tooth and nail to do so. Rest and rotation will occur naturally at this point for those who have but perhaps that may also depend on whether they are secure in 1st spot or wish to avoid a more tricky route by finishing there as opposed to 2nd. Either way it’s probably not the best round to be deploying that Bench Boost chip as getting 11 on the pitch may be...[Read More]
MLS Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer GW19
MLS GW19 Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer As the World Cup tournament enters the crucial knockout stage, MLS has decided to impress us with a humongous double gameweek (DGW). 11 teams are playing twice and it all kicks off just two days after the last round finished. That is nothing new for regulars of this fantasy football game and we simply have to go along with it. Because MLS! NEW FF247 MLS LEAGUE For anyone who missed it we have decided to start up a fresh FF247 MLS league which began in GW13. Please feel free to join in and it’s a great time to do so as a quirk of the new MLS rules means they have split their season in two. The first part expires in GW22, not 17 as was widely expected, given as that’s what they said originally in the rules! Because MLS, and all that. You ...[Read More]
MLS GW18 Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer
MLS GW18 Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer While the world is still shaken by World Cup fever, MLS restarted the season after a short break. To mark the return six red cards were issued in one day across just eight games. That is a staggering contrast compared with just two in ten days for 29 games at the World Cup. Nevertheless, we witnessed 30 goals in this MLS round, while in Russia there were 85 scored in the first 32 games. NEW FF247 MLS LEAGUE For anyone who missed it we have decided to start up a fresh FF247 MLS league which began in GW13. Please feel free to join in and it’s a great time to do so as a quirk of the new MLS rules means they have split their season in two. The first part expires in GW17. We think! You will then automatically be entered in to our league again for ...[Read More]
World Cup 2nd Group Phase Live Match Chat
World Cup 2nd Group Phase Live Match Chat Welcome to World Cup 2nd Group Phase Live Match Chat. We now enter into the second round of games and some of us will have got off to a flying start. Others not so much, but however you are doing we still encourage you to partake in the chat. We are sure there will be plenty to discuss that doesn’t always involve whether you should get assist points for a shot that was blocked or your striker really did touch the ball a la Kane before it went in. Predictor games, brackets, bets on the golden boot are all welcomed here. And yeah, even old school footy chat for those that who are just watching the games for fun and just want to talk about the Joga Bonito. So that you have them to hand, we will post a screenshot of the substitution rules, transf...[Read More]
