FF247 McDonald’s Fantasy Football World Cup Team
A 23 man squad? Rules that contradict themselves? A site we can’t trust to load up properly come transfer time? Players we have never heard of? Players valued at £1.0m? This all looks a bit odd… Must be World Cup time, bring it on, we love it!!!…. Welcome to our first ever World Cup ‘Rate My Team’ and to kick proceedings off FF247 has it’s very own fantasy team that is entering the competition!
The site address to enter is Mcdonalds Fantasy World Cup, you can register here. The official site league is called FF247 – simply enter this in the search bar on the league section and press JOIN!
Here is the FF247 team as it stands. FF247 welcomes suggestions and criticism aplenty but don’t be offended if you get it back! We jest, of course. Sort of. He has been known to bite though! FF247 himself will be around to discuss the team itself on this article thread and will take on board your thoughts and suggestions for changes ahead of the deadline on Thursday and there will be updates throughout the tournament as to the teams progress and hopefully thoughts on selection and strategies as it progresses.
And the subs…
This is by no means the final squad that FF247 will go into the competition with but rather an initial attempt at building a squad. A lot will depend on the feedback tomorrow and what is learnt from your own submissions and findings. The final squad will be published later in the week.
We also welcome your own Rate My Team posts on here as you begin to finalise those squads and starting line ups. Thoughts on formations, players or teams to watch, bargains, strategies or just whatever you want to post are welcome as always.
Hey guys can you please take a look at my team.
Cesar (Cillessen & 1 x cheap)
Pique Zab Merts (Monolas Montes Mesbah Montazeri)
Schweinsteiger Di Maria Valbuena De Bruyne (Izaguirre Bentaleb Palacios Rahmani)
Messi Fred Lukaku (Dzeko Heydari)
0.5M in bank.
I don’t know 80% of these players so any help is good help.
Evening all…Who would you choose, Cabaye or Valbuena?
Kop, cabaye for me. Looked really good in friendlies and better than valbuena
Kop, for me Valbuena. He puts lots of crosses and key passes into the box and is a good goal threat. and importantly 1m cheaper than Cabaye. I have picked him in my team.
I’d go with Valbuena.
Thanks lads
Lahm and Xavi or Schweinsteiger and Paulino? Anyone?
Pippin, I wouldn’t be mad about either pairing but I’d probably go with Lahm & Xavi
Kop, cheers! I’m inclined to agree, but I’m trying to fund Messi/Neymar/Benzema up top. What are your thoughts on Shaqiri or Stevie G?
I like Valbuena over Cabaye- a little cheaper and he works hard to win the ball back which I think is a useful points gatherer if he doesn’t score/assist.
I think Stevie could be a good shout as you’d expect him to recover his fair share of balls as well as delivering them into the box.
I think you might be right about Valbuena and it might allow me to have one less donkey!
Haha, my subs bench is increasingly donkey-filled….
Evening all. One (or should I say, another) thing I am not clear on with the McD game is how transfers work in the first 3 rounds, i.e. the group phases. It says in the rules “Number of transfers: 0”. It also says “the transfer market is opened during the official rest days…” The first rest day is not until 27th June. So does this mean that once you select your initial squad of 23, you can’t transfer any players in or out until the round of 16?
That’s it Bonza, so choose wisely
So if you invest in an expensive asset like Neymar, and he gets injured in game 1, you are pretty much screwed? Nice!
That’s why you need a decent squad 😉
Please rate my team, feel like I’m going round in circles..
Cillessen, Karnezis, JUNK
Ramos, Alves, Manolas, Johnson (US), Djourou, JUNK
Xavi, De Bruyne, Di Maria, Schweinsteiger, Valbuena, Bentaleb, JUNK, JUNK
Messi, Neymar, Benzema, JUNK, JUNK
Any thoughts please? Will that cover all the subs I’ll need?
Simms92 – Thr rules have been altered yet again, it’s now 1 point for every 2 recoveries so you might want to rethink the Xavi and Schweinsteiger picks.
Mito or anyone who knows a fair share on Colombia, Gutierrez a good shout upfront? Really fancy them to score some goals in that group
Mito will know best, but i think Martinez and Bacca are their first choice forwards.
O no ok thanks nin!