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
Courtesy of Jamie @fplbet
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FPL site close to returning. They already changed the outlook or font! How the heck do you call it in internet language?
Fascia?
Picture?
Design?
Fibula
It’s called a “skin”, as far as i know. That was a genuine effort.
Evening,
Bale or Ronaldo as cappo?
I’d probably go with Bale out of those two. He’s probably been more influential this tournament.
Gunter
Not a bad shout 😉
Hehe. It would be Bale for me though in all seriousness.
Joao Mario, Nani or Bale as Capo tomorrow?
Do you have Gunter?
No but I have Williams !!
Fool!! Bale it is so 😉
I know could be missing out on some big points there
I was thinking Bale cheers NIN.
Yeah jokes aside i would go for Bale myself. I fancy Wales to go through even without Rambo.
Yeah I fancy Wales as well maybe just because they are a home nation and it would be great seeing them reach the final but I just don’t feel Portugal are strong enough and Wales will just squeak it.
They’re just a better team in general, i think so at least. It’s a shame that Rambo will miss it but at least he’ll be fresh and raring to go in the final, where i hope they absolutely hammer France!
I think you’re right I feel had for Ramsey as the yellow card rule is stupid in this tournament but hopefully he’ll get this rest to be able to make a real impact in the final. So you think the French will beat the Germans? I’m hoping they do but the Germans are such a strong side I can’t see who wins this game. It will probably come down to a stroke of luck or a moment of absolute genius most likely coming from Payet.
Yeah i’m pretty confident France will go through. I think they’ll win it but i really hope Wales can pull off a miracle result.
I’m the same as you I think France have finally realised they are the host nation and the crowd is giving them a boost so will go the whole way but I’m hoping this is the year of the underdog like Leicester and Wales will pull off a Greece or Denmark and get the win.
Just seen that Payet has an ownership of 90% that’s got to be the highest ownership is it?
Also on a FPL note I think this season could be a different experience for a lot of us as there seems to be more world class choice so I don’t see an out and out template team but rather multiple choices that we can have for example, Kun or Ibra I doubt we’d be able to get both without destroying the balance. Hopefully this choice will make up for the disaster that was last season. Thoughts on this or am I spewing nonsense?
Yep, Bale (72%) and Neuer (71%) are the highest after Payet.
Nope, you’re spot on. Once the game launches i’ll be eying up a different approach than seasons passed, purely because of all the talent in the league now. I think we have to start ditching that worry / fear of selling big name players for short term purposes and really start going at these gameweeks hard. I’m sure there will be standouts who will be must haves but even the smaller teams have class players now. Hell, even Palace are lobbing 30m bids in for Tekkers so who knows what way these teams will line up for gw1. The whole league is swimming in sickening amounts of dosh so they can afford top players. Probably need to be more flexible with capo picks, too. Unless Kun returns to good ol self of course.
Yeah I figured out how to see the highest percentage after I posted I thought Lloris would have been higher than Neuer but the Germans have probably been the better defence.
Yeah exactly I’m thinking we could be seeing the smaller teams have more quality players especially Palace who are a team I’m really considering having a real good look at. I think the fixtures are going to be key this year as you say selling the big names for a few games could be the way to go in the long run. I think there is going to be more diversity for cap this season with Liverpool’s attack line they could be scoring loads and with new managers at United, City and Chelsea who knows how that will effect the teams. Plus as you say with the smaller teams being able to afford bigger names now it kind of evens the teams up a slight bit so in my mind it makes the league even more competitive. I don’t see someone doing another Leicester but I think the top 8 teams will be highly contested this year with Palace a contender. Be interesting to see how Southampton and Everton do with their new managers really hope Southampton keep up their excellence even though they keep losing so much.
Yep agreed on all of that. Gonna have to try and spread the wealth around a bit more because pretty much every team has a few solid players. One thing i am certain of is the resurgence of City. I reckon they’ll be shit-hot this year and win the league pretty handily by way of consistency rather than a full on blitz. That might happen too though. Aguero-De Bruyne-Silva-Gundogan-Nolito…. all playing under Pep. Holy shit :shake:
Yeah that’s very true. I think it will be City to win the league this year and in all honesty they should have won the league every year for the last few years with the quality of players they have but for some reason just never could. I think Pep will change that this season and as you say bring some consistency to City. Yeah that front five is lethal if they can stay fit!!
NiN, what about poor Raheem in that front 5 ?
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Who?
Can you log in now? 90% seems ridiculously high! Given that RVP, Suarez and Henry in there prime were in the 70/80 mark
Whatever happens mkhitaryan will be in my team along with Kun, hazard and Sanchez
I can’t wait till the season kicks off
Oh you were talking about the euro FF!
Haha yeah sorry should have said that.
Right now I have a few names I want in my team that I will have to work around like Payet, Kun, Haz and Sanchez so depending on budget it’ll be a challenge. This is why I think teams will be so different this year as there is more choice especially in midfield.
Does anyone think the 100 Mil budget will be upped or will the pricing of players just be reasonable? I just don’t see how they can have players like Mihkirtyan, Ibra and the other new players coming in along with the obvious hike in price for the likes of Kane, Vardy, Payet and the other cheap players last year that surprised.
Hazard, a top priority for me. He kicked off at the end of last season and had a good Euro’s too. Jose tried to break him, but failed 😉
@Matt is says on the site right now that the budget remains at 100m. Prices will be through the roof, we just have to deal with it. Kinda like MLS; sooo many expensive players so just chop and change them whenever and hope for the best
Cheers NIN I hadn’t seen that. Yeah it will be like the MLS except in that format we get more FTs to help with the chop and changing. Look’s like this season should help the more serious player instead of the ones who just play their WC and chips in the first 4 weeks haha
I agree with you about l the prices being through the roof I see a lot of 8 and 8.5 Mil midfielders in my mind. I don’t see many choices at 4.0 and the only players at 4.5 will probably be the promoted teams.
Indeed, no sell on fee in MLS helps a lot too. This is what i mean about a change of strategy, there’s just too many points available to just be hanging around waiting on Sanchez or whoever to have an 8 point week or some shit. Ain’t worth it, and it shows in a lot of our ranks. Doubles league last season was a real eye opener to me and i reckon it’ll be more of the same again this year.
Still very angry with myself over that league. I made a huge blunder and cost us the title in our first season. Idiot!! Next time, it’s ours 😉
Yeah last season I had a few players kept on my team hoping that they would get big scores and all I would get is 2 points or if I was really lucky 3 so it’s probably a season where we need to be merciless and just dump any player that isn’t performing. I’m not sure how long we would give them a chance maybe 2 weeks is the aim this year. What I mean by that I’d if you get 2 weeks of 2 points then dump him.
Haha yeah that blunder was the best move you’ve ever made
Silvers and I will be holding onto that crown so bring it on mate!! 
Oh we will, mate. We will
Lets be havin ya’s :hippo:
May the best pair win!! Haha
Hmm, should probably stop talking to you and Silvers for a while come to think of it.
Yeah, disregard everything i’ve said. I think United will win the league with City finishing 12th and, eh, never sell your stars. Yeah, that’s the one :thumbup:
Hahahaha :big-lol:
Evening all. Don’t forget your 20 Fanager teams! Free entry and 3k first prize, 10k in total tiered prizes.
http://www.fanager.com
Come on Elle, join in. We know how you love a £ note for free. Playing?
ELLE! :finger:
Charming. :p
Come on Elle, you know what he gets like when you ignore him.
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Done 6 teams, may do some more tomorrow
May as well maximise it. You just never know. I have a feeling you may be needing the money pretty soon! Probably for Whisky for yourself
The way the father-in-law is getting through the whisky i’ll need it sooner rather than later!
Oh bloody hell, they’re not over again are they?!
Yep
On a Euro note, if i do my 6 fts i’ve still got Ramsey. So is it keep him, hoping Wales win or bin for a -4pts ?
Keep him
+1
How many FTs are going on defenders if 2 then I’d suggest only making one and leaving the other defender on the bench and sell Ramsey to maximise attacking cover.
Matt, its 3 defenders, 2 mids and 1 striker.
Hmm I’d be more inclined to keep your cheapest defender and sell Ramsey, Elle
That being Meunier.
Yeah I’ve left him on my bench and changed Ramsey so I have more attacking players.
Who did you bring in for Ramsey Matt ?
Well I sold 3 midfielders in Ramsey, Hazard and Witsel to Kroos, Draxler and Joao Mario so I don’t know if you have any of them.
Just a quick question while I have you, for another team would you rather sell Haz and have no goalkeeper or defender, or sell one of the GK or Def and keep Haz?
Toughie, probably get rid of Haz.
In my team i’ve got rid of Haz + Bicycleofski for Ozil and Sanches. Already got Payet + Draxler. So who for Ramsey ?
Cheers that what I was thinking as well.
We’ll it depends on whether you want to go all out German mid because then you can do Ramsey to Kroos or you can bring in a Port mid probably Joao Mario or Andre Gomes.
Cheers Matt. Have to have a think about this problem.
No worries Elle I was the exact same as you until earlier today. Good luck mate haha