Euro 2016 Fantasy Football Live Match Chat – The Knockout Phase
Just as the UK votes on a possible Brexit, the group stages at Euro 2016 have been completed with some unfortunates already on their way home, while all the Home Nations secured to Remain for a while longer as England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland all qualified for the round of 16. You will notice a few changes to the fantasy game, so please allow us to run you through them so you are fully up-to-speed.
Price changes – some players price has increased, but only by a minimal amount it would appear. For example Dimitri Payet’s price has risen from 8.0mln to 8.1mln!! So, nothing to get too worried about.
As a result, your budget has increased by 5mln to 105mln, which not only reflects the price changes but also the fact that most of the smaller teams and cheaper players are no longer available due to them being knocked out, hence there are less budget options available.
Transfers – for this round you have an unlimited amount of transfers. For the quarter-finals you will have 4 free transfers, for the semi-finals you will have 6 free transfers and for the final you will have 6 free transfers.
Team personnel – you can now select four players from a single team for the round of 16, followed by five players for the quarter-finals, six for the semi-finals and eight for the final.
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And the games themselves…
Quarter Finals – Matchday 5
Day 4
Sunday 3rd Juy, 20:00 France vs Iceland
Semi Finals – Matchday 6
Day 1
Wednesday 6th July, 20:00 Wales vs Portugal
Day 2
Thursday 7th July, 20:00 Germany vs France
Final – Matchday 7
Sunday 10th July, 20:00 XXXXXXX vs XXXXX
All times are GMT
Here is the route the teams will take from now on. (Courtesy of @CBSSPORTS)
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Set-Piece Takers
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Evening all! Great result last night
Does anyone know roughly how many people are playing the Euro Fantasy game?
Just shy of 1.3m i think. Go to your leagues and scroll down to the overall, it says there.
Evening all, hows this bunch of misfits looking ?
No Bale :saywhat:
No NiN. Stick with Ramsey. What about the rest of the crew ?
:say-what: , even
Yeah i like it. I genuinely have no idea if Cedric is a starter but i assume he’s good to go. Good side mate :thumbup:
Will we see the Pol v Por line ups before deadline ? If so, its locked, loaded and knowing me forgotten about till its to late to bring the frogs in. :big-lol:
Yeah we’ll see their line-ups. DMC said earlier that Cedeic was so I guess he is.
Elle – looks very strong but If this is a WC be wary of the semis, If germany and France go through you’ll have 7 playing against each other on the final day of those semis. Granted you’ll have 6 FT though. Anyway I would prefer to see Bale there ahead of Gomez. Italy will not conceed. This will be decided on penalties.
Fanager is back open again by the way. £1k free roll to basically test it in the quarters as then the full £10k one in the semis. Assuming it works
Init, seeing as you mentioned them, i entered my details and never heard owt off them.
That’s why they had to can the first launch. 2000 sign-ups and only a 100 able to enter. Massive e-mail issue. Most went into spam. I’ve had an e-mail tonight but mine was fine to begin with. Try and re-register and if you don’t get anything back again let me know please.
Evening lads, what do you think of these moves? I’ll probably take a hit aswell.
Hart –> Lloris
Walker –> Giaccherini
Alba –> Guerriero
Witsel –> Hazard
Perisic –> 7 Mil mid but I’m thinking of Joao Mario at 6.0 then upgrading somewhere else.
All seem like sensible moves mate. Mario seems fine as well unless you fancy that Blazy guy instead.
I wanted Blazy but he’s 7.5 so just out of reach unless I downgrade Lloris.
The witsel -> Haz seems a bit sidemove. Can you keep him and do the Perisic-> Haz one? Either that, or do the Mário move for Perisic and upgrade muller to Ronaldo!
Yeah, they’re good ideas as well. If possible.
Yeah Witsel to Hazard was my hit move but I’ve only just realised Perisic to Hazard works without having to make a hit. But is 2 Belgians in midfield worth it? I want Portugal attacking cover but I can’t swap Muller to Ronaldo only have 11 Mil to do that so Witsel to Mario is my only real option unless I do Muller to the likes of Nani or Quaresma
I would place Nani ahead of the milk man. Not so sure on muller but If it means you get hazardo in than yeah, could work. The downside of that move is that you wont have any forwards left for the 3rd and 4th games of the quarters.
Oh Milik is staying I don’t think I should take that much of a hit. I think I’ll definitely the defensive moves it’s the attacking ones I need a think about. So Hazard for Perisic is basically a no brainer, Muller I’m starting to think I should sell but can’t really afford Ronaldo so Greizmann could be the next best option, that means the only way to get Portuguese attacking cover is to take a -8 hit and do Witsel to Mario aswell. Too much?
-8 is too much Matt. Nothing wrong with double Belgium really. Milik is entertaining in a perverse sort of way! Nani has actually looked really good this tournament. I wouldn’t be against having him.
Too much mate.
Yeah that’s what I thought. So -4 and do Muller to Nani?? Keep the double Belgian mid?
So mane to Liverpool! Good news for klopp! He’ll be expensive though fantasy wise.
He’s a good player but as per usual I think we spent way too much on him!! I’d say he’ll be priced around 8 maybe 8.5 at most.
You may be right. We’ll need to see If klopp can improve is commitment. The only bad thing here is that We’ll have África cup In January.
We’ll also need to see if he plays and where?? What country does he play for again? That would mean we’d have two players gone with Matip leaving aswell.
Senegal. And they seem to have qualified! Sadio should play on one of the wings of klopp’s 4-2-3-1!
Yeah I just found it on Wikipedia he’s Senegalese and they are one of only 8 teams to have qualified so far. Well the only player I would drop is Milner and Klopp seems to love that son of a bitch so I’m not sure he will. I think Mane will be used in the same capacity Firmino and Couthino were. Rotate every few games to keep them fresh.
Humm sadio doens’t do rotation… You can have milner and eerrmm hendo In midfield and then Coutinho, Firmino, Mane and then Studge! Brutal attack with a ‘I’ll score more than you approach’!
I’m absolutely certain that’s the exact mid / attack combo that is written on Klopp’s chalkboard right now. And it looks fairly darn impressive!
Hmm, hadn’t put it together like that in my mind yet. T’is an impressive quartet for his style of ball, that’s for sure. If Coutinho and Sturridge can stay fit they’ll go places i think.
Don’t worry, we’ll flatter to deceive as usual!
Yeah that’s the team and formation I was thinking but I would have Henderson and Can play the midfield 2 and tell Milner he’s going to be a bench player but I’m unsure if Klopp will do that, I hope he does!!
I don’t think we can play Henderson & Can together. Neither are disciplined enough to sit in front of the defence and break up the play. We need a proper DM to play beside one of them.
I agree with Kop here.
N’Golo Kante would be the dream signing for that role.
I am excited by Liverpool for the coming season I must say.
Yeah I suppose that is true Kop but if he doesn’t play them in that role they will never learn and I think Can has been Liverpool’s best player under Klopp so maybe during the preseason he can improve Can more as a DM or even just make him more disciplined.
I agree GP, Kante would be a great buy but I don’t see him coming at all and not cheaply by any rate.
Evening All,
A few more days to go but who are you all thinking of bringing in w/ the 4 ft? What would you do w/ this sorry lot?
Neuer / Fabianski
Boateng / Hector / Rami / Chester / Jedrezjczk
Hazard / Payet / Pogba / Ramsey / Perisic
Bale / Giroud / Gomez
And whats the word on Rami?
Cheers!!
Ah Rami suspended. Shite!
Ehehe I was about to say that that’s the word on him. Anyway, you’re leading so that’s not a sorry lot!
I think Ronaldo, Bale, Hazard and Payet are the must haves for the quarters and you already have 3 of those so maybe just rearrange things here and there to get Ronnie in. If not doable Rami->Giacherinni stands out or another franchie If you can afford. I would suggest Portugal defence instead of polish but If may always backfire of course.
Not that i give a toss anymore but i brought in Sagna, Draxler, Blasz, Mario and Griezmann.
Thanks, DMC+NIN. Good points and player recommendations. Defo Rami to Giacherinni or Sagna; and Perisic to Draxler or Blasz would also work. Ronnie might be a tough one unless I ship out Bale. I could go Nani who has been on the scoresheet this tournament.
On a different note, have you guys seen the yellow card tally? Some teams might be in trouble for the semis* if their players pick up another yellow in the quarters (see ITALY).
One booking away from missing the semi-finals after picking up a yellow card already:
Poland v Portugal
Poland: Grosicki, M?czy?ski, Peszko, Piszczek, Pazdan, J?drzejczyk
Portugal: Carvalho, Pepe, Quaresma
Wales v Belgium
Wales: Davies, Ramsey, Taylor, Vokes
Belgium: Vertonghen, Meunier, Witsel, Fellaini, Batshuayi
Germany v Italy
Germany: Boateng, Hummels, Khedira, Kimmich, Özil
Italy: Barzagli, Bonucci, Buffon, Chiellini, De Rossi, De Sciglio, Éder, Insigne, Pellè, Sirigu, Zaza
France v Iceland
France: Giroud, Koscielny
Iceland: Árnason, Bjarnason, Gudmundsson, Gunnarsson, Halldorsson, Sævarsson, Sigthorsson, Sigurdsson, Skúlason
*Article 48.04 of the official regulations: Single cautions from matches in the final tournament expire on completion of the quarter-finals. They are not carried forward to the semi-finals.
Many thanks for this Sanchez – and congrats on your brilliant efforts in the Euros – very impressed mate! I was told young Inittowinit was the one to watch in these summer comps 😉
Thanks for your kind words, Cookie. In all honesty, I’ve been pretty jammy so I”d chalk it up to a whole lot of luck. And Init is still in it! Still a whole lot of points to play for, though it will be a little more tricky to predict where the points will come from from now on perhaps. Especially the clean sheets!
I certainly am! Wildcard in hand, 7 games left, 45 fantasy players to go. And probably 7 captains. Which may have been my issue so far
Yeah, I’ve been pretty safe/conservative with my capos (and subs) after screwing it up the first MD.
And what transfers are you thinking for this round, Init? Damn, I wished I had my WC. Cud use it for the quarters!
Not sure Sanchez. I’d actually like to keep it for the semis but I guess it’ll be wasted by then so I’ll probably play it tonight. Tad anxious about playing a WC on my phone though! Long story, no internet. Can’t decide on Griezmann or Lukaku right now or even if Bale is worth it given the money and where else that can go. Defence is a lottery now as you say. Can’t decide how Pol v Port is going to go either. Think Poland have scored 3 in the comp is it? Milik has had about 75 chances though. Think Germany will win, as will France. So yeah, not sure!
Sorry to keep you hanging, Init. I’m in Japan so time difference and jet lag are making my waking hours somewhat wonky. IN any case, I’ve seen you’ve played the WC and are going for it. I prolly would too, with Greizmann, Ronnie, Bale, Hazard, Payet, etc as you have. KdB and Lukaku might come through but re/ the latter, I vowed never to get him again after many past let downs! I might even double up on Hazard and KdB. Draxler also looks sharp and at his price, he is defo value. I might go for Blaszy instead, as ze Germans are against Italy but still undecided. From reading what’s available it does seem like the young Umtiti will get his international debut over Mangala also so good pick. Re/ who will go through, every match is really up in the air, eh?! I haven’t the foggiest apart from maybe Belgium (hence the doubling up). As long as there’s a whole bunch of goals (prolly unlikely) and I’ve got all them scorers!!