Euro 2016 Fantasy Football Live Match Chat – The Group Stages
And we’re very nearly there. Just a bit of last minute tinkering before it all begins and another summer of wondering when England will be home will be over in about a week or so! We’ve opened the discussion a bit early so feel free to post up those last minute Rate My Teams and post any questions you have on any of the squads or potential team selections. We are blessed with a truly international community so we are sure you will get some answers to almost any concern you may have. Questions regarding what the Dutch are doing this summer are summarily banned though. Oh ok, who are we kidding. First to get Raz to come out from under his anti-Euro blanket wins a t-shirt!
As ever, just as with FPL – post your scores, your match comments, your highs, your lows or just whatever you’re about to have for dinner. Don’t forget that you can make team changes daily with captains altered as well as line-up swaps as no doubt the site screwing up your changes as per every year but either way get involved as usual. It’s sure to be a fun ride. And please, please, whatever you do – don’t let Init win it again…
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And the games themselves…
Group stage: (all times CET)
Match Day 1
Day 1
Friday 10 June, 21.00 (St-Denis): France v Romania – Group A
Day 2
Saturday 11 June, 15.00 (Lens): Albania v Switzerland – Group A
Saturday 11 June, 18.00 (Bordeaux): Wales v Slovakia – Group B
Saturday 11 June, 21.00 (Marseille): England v Russia – Group B
Day 3
Sunday 12 June, 15.00 (Paris): Turkey v Croatia – Group D
Sunday 12 June, 18.00 (Nice): Poland v Northern Ireland – Group C
Sunday 12 June, 21.00 (Lille): Germany v Ukraine – Group C
Day 4
Monday 13 June, 15.00 (Toulouse): Spain v Czech Republic – Group D
Monday 13 June, 18.00 (St-Denis): Republic of Ireland v Sweden – Group E
Monday 13 June, 21.00 (Lyon): Belgium v Italy – Group E
Day 5
Tuesday 14 June, 18.00 (Bordeaux): Austria v Hungary – Group F
Tuesday 14 June, 21.00 (St-Etienne): Portugal v Iceland – Group F
Match Day 2
Day 1
Wednesday 15 June, 15.00 (Lille): Russia v Slovakia – Group B
Wednesday 15 June, 18.00 (Paris): Romania v Switzerland – Group A
Wednesday 15 June, 21.00 (Marseille): France v Albania – Group A
Day 2
Thursday 16 June, 15.00 (Lens): England v Wales – Group B
Thursday 16 June, 18.00 (Lyon): Ukraine v Northern Ireland – Group C
Thursday 16 June, 21.00 (St-Denis): Germany v Poland – Group C
Day 3
Friday 17 June, 15.00 (Toulouse): Italy v Sweden – Group E
Friday 17 June, 18.00 (St-Etienne): Czech Republic v Croatia – Group D
Friday 17 June, 21.00 (Nice): Spain v Turkey – Group D
Day 4
Saturday 18 June, 15.00 (Bordeaux): Belgium v Republic of Ireland – Group E
Saturday 18 June, 18.00 (Marseille): Iceland v Hungary – Group F
Saturday 18 June, 21.00 (Paris): Portugal v Austria – Group F
Match Day 3
Day 1
Sunday 19 June, 21.00 (Lille): Switzerland v France – Group A
Sunday 19 June, 21.00 (Lyon): Romania v Albania – Group A
Day 2
Monday 20 June, 21.00 (St-Etienne): Slovakia v England – Group B
Monday 20 June, 21.00 (Toulouse): Russia v Wales – Group B
Day 3
Tuesday 21 June, 18.00 (Paris): Northern Ireland v Germany – Group C
Tuesday 21 June, 18.00 (Marseille): Ukraine v Poland – Group C
Tuesday 21 June, 21.00 (Bordeaux): Croatia v Spain – Group D
Tuesday 21 June, 21.00 (Lens): Czech Republic v Turkey – Group D
Day 4
Wednesday 22 June, 18.00 (Lyon): Hungary v Portugal – Group F
Wednesday 22 June, 18.00 (St-Denis): Iceland v Austria – Group F
Wednesday 22 June, 21.00 (Nice): Sweden v Belgium – Group E
Wednesday 22 June, 21.00 (Lille): Italy v Republic of Ireland – Group E
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gunners
I have Sommer on my bench from my wildcard this morning
Gonna bring him off the bench when the subs go live as Buffon has the injured sign? and he won’t beat 7 
Andy
You can’t bring players who have already played off the bench mate, you’ll be stuck with whatever points Buffon makes unless you don’t make any subs at all and Buffon doesn’t play, that way you can get automatic substitutions to kick in.
Rosco77
I think you’ll only get his points if Buffon doesn’t start as you can’t sub in players yourself if they’ve already played?
inittowinit
It’s not the pick ‘n mix at Woolies mate! You’re stuck with Buffon unless you choose not to manually sub anyone else. And Buffon doesn’t play.
Cookie
Pick n mix sounds like a pretty good description of my wildcard squad. 2 Romanians and Coman to start with par example.
gunners
haha because you could sub every night I just thought it meant every players. No worries!
Silvers
Morning all big changes for England it looks like
Rooney is set to be replaced by Jordan Henderson, now fully recovered from a knee injury, and Jack Wilshere will also be integrated into a new-look midfield three in which Eric Dier is the only survivor. The Tottenham Hotspur full-backs Kyle Walker and Danny Rose will also be given a breather, having illuminated the tournament so far, with Hodgson confident Nathaniel Clyne and Ryan Bertrand will have a similar positive impact.
Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy, who were introduced at half-time against Wales and scored the goals which won that match, are to start. Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Raheem Sterling are the other players who drop to the bench.
It may be considered risky to start Wilshere and Henderson given their respective fitness issues in the buildup to the tournament. Eyebrows will also be raised at the omission of Rooney when it was felt he would benefit from more matches in a relatively unfamiliar position before, England hope, they face elite opponents in the knockout rounds.
Cookie
Morning all – today’s Daily 7s challenge…..should you choose to accept it…..
RobiNHooD
Accepted …
The Gallant Pioneer (@mitchellcraig81)
Hey Cookie,
I’ve selected but it’s subject to seeing the confirmed line-ups.
Cookie
you’re taking this too seriously GP 😉
Silvers
GP you need to start planning way in advance for these Daily 7s , I know you like to plan :smirk:
The Gallant Pioneer (@mitchellcraig81)
Of course lads.
I’ve already horsed Deco and Pires. What do those idiots know eh?
Silvers
Hey Cookie I thk I’ve excepted 😉
DMC
Game on Cookie! It turns out that once you accept someone’s challenge the next daily’s 7 contests are in automatically. So, having accepted Cookie’s first challenge, we just need to enter a team for each daily 7 and the challenge is up. If anyone would like to have other active challenges, here’s my code!! You are all welcome!
6348295QZQXUNQZ
Cookie
Cheers DMC, I’m in!
DMC
Ah, I’ll win yours and you’ll win mine?
inittowinit
I’m in Cookie. I think…
Mito21 @TheLegendMito21
I hope you used a glove to go in there.
DMC
Albania winning Romania is already a great feat for them but making it to the last 16 with 3 points will just be amazing stuff.
I’ve taken a peak at the standings and there’s every possibility that at least group’s E and F third place will be below 3 pts.. Others will surely have 3rd place teams with 3 pts but in that case it could come down to goal difference and that’s when that 90+5 payet goal could affect them. Fair play to them anyway.
Andy
Aye, I thought the new format would be boring with the three teams (possibly) going through but to be fair it’s made the group stages that little bit more exciting, people might not like the amount of changes that we’re about to see in teams but I think it’s great for fantasy as I like a heavy dose of the unexpected.
Kop Warrior
I’ll be very surprised if 3rd place in the Irish group (E) gets through.
DMC
Yeah, Ireland and Sweden would need to win their games for that to happen.
It’s that or Sweden winning Belgium and Ireland not winning Italy. In that case, Belgium would probably go through with 3 pts ahead of Albania and some other 3rd place country.
Silvers
Believe it or not I’ve been looking at the FPL fixtures & rotations this morning not a great season for me last season , so dare I say it I need to plan ahead 😉
inittowinit
You might be interested in this then. It’s the Fixture Tracker for the first 6 games…
https://fantasyfootball247.co.uk/fixture-tracker/
Silvers
Already printed these out Init & done a bit of research on the promoted teams. I backed Ars for the league last season but my money will be on City this yr.
NIN
Yeah i’ve been having a look at the fixtures myself. Siggy looks a shoe-in for the first couple at least. United have a decent schedule too.
Silvers
Yes NIN Siggy or Gomis as a 3rd fwd (cheap as chips) , & I will probably take a def in case I need 1 😉
NIN
Not sure i’d be too interested in Gomis after last seasons long drought
Defo Siggy if priced well though, could be a good play for the first two games
Silvers
Yes NIN I don’t like Gomis but could work for the first 2 games or maybe Wickham will be another cheap fwd.
NIN
I cant remember their fixtures but if he can stay fit for more than five minutes he might be worth a look.