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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]
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 3
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 3 Welcome to Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 3. GW2 still has a couple of days to run but we thought we’d give you the weekend to start getting those predictions in already for GW3 itself, which begins on Monday at 3pm. Below you will find the fixtures of the 3rd set of 16 group games. Cut and paste the fixtures into the comments, add your predictions and tell us who you think will be the top scorer (as in player) in those fixtures. At the culmination of the Group stages, prior to the last Round of 16, we’ll post a league table as well as the following rounds fixtures. Points scoring: Correct Score = 3pts Correct Result = 1pts Top Scorer = 5pts The rules are few; 1 entry per person, and all entries must be submitted ...[Read More]
MLS Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer GW17
MLS GW17 Tips Fantasy Major League Soccer This will be another compact article due to the ongoing World Cup. The tournament will get into a slower mode next week after it enters the round of 16. As much excitement as we are having with it, we need to keep in touch with MLS which is now at the mid point of the season. 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. You will then automatically be entered in to our league again for the ‘second half of the season’ league which begins next week. It’s a perfect opportunity to begin playin...[Read More]
World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat
World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat Welcome to World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat. The long four year wait is over and so is the tinkering for the first set of matches. We hope that you are happy with the 15 players you ended up with, but even if you decided against playing the fantasy version we still encourage you to partake in the chat below. 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 ha...[Read More]
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 2
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 2 Welcome to Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 2. We know, we know, Game 1 hasn’t ended yet but it’s time for your Game 2 predictions already. We can’t even tell you the results of your Game 1 ones yet, such is the nature of the World Cup format, as one GW runs into another in quick succession. Trust us though, we have this in hand. Your GW1 results will be collated with your (yet predicted) GW2 & 3 ones and there will be a league table up prior to the knockout stages. Admin aside, it’s time to play again so get predicting for Game 2 please. The rules are as follows…. Below you will find the fixtures of the 2nd set of 16 group games. Cut and paste the fixtures into the comments, add your pr...[Read More]
Fantasy World Cup Russia Group D Guide
Fantasy World Cup Russia Group D Guide Welcome to Fantasy World Cup Russia Group D Guide. Well, I was supposed to have this article ready and up on Saturday, but then I had the audacity to go on vacation (that’s what we call “going on holiday” on this side of the pond). So Init, in his ever gracious manner, (or maybe just because he happened to be on holiday and didn’t want to pick up my slack) let me distort the alphabet and get you D in a belated manner. So, without any more delay, here is the run-down on Group D! Group D has some interesting pairings! In the last World Cup, Argentina and Nigeria both took part in Group F, where they both advanced out of their group. Their match was a 3-2 victory for Argentina, with Messi and Ahmed Musa each scoring two, and a Marcos Rojo goal the only t...[Read More]
Fantasy World Cup Russia Group G Guide
Fantasy World Cup Russia Group G Guide Welcome to Fantasy World Cup Russia Group G Guide. Group G is considered to be a relatively easy group, however, that depends on your point of view; fans of World Cup virgins Panama probably don’t fancy their chances much. Other than the men who don’t make the hats (I was dismayed to learn Panama hats originate from Ecuador) Group G consists of perennial underachievers England, perennial dark horses Belgium and Tunisia (I ran out of perennial based superlatives), who everyone seems to have written off, but could yet pull off a nasty surprise or two. Unsurprisingly Belgium are favourites to top the group, England tipped to take second, and it could go either way in my opinion. Nobody expects much from Tunisia, and even less is expected from Panama. The...[Read More]
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 1
Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 1 Welcome to Barry and Paul’s World Cup Predictions Game 1. We’re back! We’ve only been gone a few short weeks but already it feels an age, thankfully not much has changed. We do have a whole bunch of lovely new members, so I’d like to first say a very warm welcome to each and every one of you. It’s usually very quiet on-site around this time of year, so it’s been nice to have some new ‘faces’ to interact with. Lets all enjoy the tranquillity while it lasts, the new season will be upon us in no time, but before then we have the small matter of a World Cup to enjoy! As the title suggests this is the World Cup Edition of the competition you all (well most of you) know and love. For our new members this is a simple predictions based comp...[Read More]
