Fantasy World Cup Live Match Chat Day 9
Good morning all and we hope you’re up for some more non-stop action as we continue to progress through the group stage of the World Cup. Today is Day 9 and we kick off in the colourful and coastal city of Recife as Italy meet Costa Rica – both teams won their opening fixture in the group and this one should be a further test of how good the surprise package of Costa Rica really are.
The middle game sees us move into Group E as the toblerone-loving, cheese-eating Swissies aim to put one of their neighbours, the garlic smelling French. These two also won their first game, though we suspect you will have more fantasy interest in the French, with the likes Benzema, Pogba and Evra.
And finally, for all you insomniacs out there we have Honduras vs Ecuador – not really sure what to say about this one except to hope that those Hondurans you used to fill up the cheap spaces in your squad play and maybe even get you some points.
Well good luck, hope your players perform, careful on those formations now.
elleffcee (ex champ with a potty prize)
If you go on the BBC sports homepage you can pick your world cup greatest 11, i went for :-
Zoff,
Cafu, Cannavaro, Beckenbauer, Maldini,
Garrincha, Mattheus, Zico, Zidane,
Pele, Maradonna.
Good team or what ?
Tekno-kun (The 69er, Winner of Potty's 1st ever Twitter Comp; twice CL Comp winner, current profession: mage, formerly: big bad dawg; hallway monitor; tranny; wannabe Nazi commander)
Benzema missed pen, so much for him as cap :noshake:
alec_k
Allez les Bleus :blue-flag:
chins and bellies
Valbuena you beauty!! Keep it up son and Messi’s not getting a sniff of that armband!
Calvin Clyne
We should have slapped the old armband on him in the doubles too!
chins and bellies
We certainly should Calvin.
I also probably ‘should’ have made my T20 changes before the deadline.
#stupidtimedifference
inittowinit
Who have you guys capped in that one? Think elle and I have gone Messi. I expect most will have.
chins and bellies
We were going to go Messi but went for RVP instead in the end as a differential.
Calvin Clyne
In the wonderful sport of golf, you get docked a shot for enquiring as to which club an opponent just took a shot with. I think a similar rule should be enforced here 😛
inittowinit
It’s slightly different though as the answer to the golf one may influence what you do next whereas we have all already moved and can’t change so I’m asking a question that can’t influence future moves.
So anyway, who you captaining next week? :p
Calvin Clyne
RVP again :big-lol:
photek
I slapped the armband on Giroud, 20pts at halftime, if he scores again Messi might not be getting the armband
TheDreamers
Chins- I’d say it ain’t moving anywhere.
chins and bellies
Dreamers, you know i think you might be right.
1 more goal or assist wouldn’t hurt though.
Just to be sure.
TheDreamers
I could live with that. Why hasent Pogba started?
TheDreamers
Kinda disappointed with his 22 now
alec_k
oh bugger there go 2 clean sheets !
alec_k
Its all gone Poire shaped
alec_k
Well at least I didn’t have the “Clive Thomas’d” Benzema
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26252832
inittowinit
Bugger indeed, Evras still on 7 as it stands though. Not sure if that includes the goal off, only on my phone so I dare not check in case I lose him forever!
Tekno-kun (The 69er, Winner of Potty's 1st ever Twitter Comp; twice CL Comp winner, current profession: mage, formerly: big bad dawg; hallway monitor; tranny; wannabe Nazi commander)
Fucking referee, blew the final blow 2 seconds before Benzema scored his second. Twat cost me 10 points :/