Fantasy World Cup Live Match Chat Day 6
Ok, so today could be interesting! Group stage 1 ends and Group stage 2 begins. If only it were that simple… Just so we are all perfectly clear here there are three games today. The first and the last ones are in stage 1, the Brazil game in the middle is actually the start of stage 2. Now how McDonald’s choose to handle this quirk could be anybody’s guess and judging by the way they have handled the whole fiasco so far we are not holding our breath on this being a smooth transition! Please keep us updated throughout the day if anyone notices anything to indicate that Group stage 2 is open on their site.
As for the games themselves we begin at 5pm with Belgium vs Algeria. This could be a game with plenty of fantasy interest, some intentional and perhaps some not! Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku and the Belgian defence all proved popular choices prior to the tournament so it will be interesting to see if they can deliver on that promise. The Algerians inadvertently attracted equal attention due to their plethora of £1m squad fillers. Judging by the amount of botched formation changes though, a lot of people could be cheering on the Algerians!
It’s then back to the hosts Brazil as they and Mexico face off for their second games of the tournament at 8pm. Last time out Neymar and Oscar delighted while Fred frustrated but can the golden boys shine again against a Mexico side who also began the tournament with a decent victory over Cameroon.
We round the evening off and indeed stage 1 at 11pm as Russia and South Korea take their tournament bows. It’s difficult to think of two countries who have courted as much political controversy as of late so whether this encounter will provide some light relief for their fans we shall see but one things for certain, whatever the outcome, the Koreans will be informed with glee of their glorious 5 – 0 victory.
Who is everyone going to Captain for the 2nd Group Phase ?
I’m starting with Neymar,moving onto Iniesta, then Gerrard and the Messi depending on how each one before performs
Evra vs Switzerland
Or
Janmaat vs Australia
So now that the second group phase page has launched, I trust everyone is remembering to put the guys who play earliest in at the left? And the guys with 4 days delay into the right? Will be helpful 😉
Neymar as skipper again I think! Good returns last week and I can’t see anything other than a Brazil win this afternoon
Hang on!?!?! Wasn’t it the other way round!?!?!? Roll on EPL FF!!
Fixtures: Premier League and Football League to release games
Fans will discover who and when their teams will play as the 2014-15 English and Scottish League fixtures are announced at 09:00 BST on Wednesday.
Manchester City will begin the defence of their Premier League title on the weekend of 16 August.
Anyone think it would be worth bringing in Lukaku for Messi (11pts)?
Bonza, unusually for me I would say stick with your 11pts unless you truly love a gamble and don’t mind losing!!
I’m inclined to agree Cookie! If it was the other way around I’d probably roll the dice, but Lukaku killed me during the EPL season pretty much every time I gave him the captain’s armband
Is it worth the risk of putting the armband on Lukaku? Have Messi at the moment who is on 22?
See comment above!
That’s a no then!!