World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat
Welcome to World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat. The long four year wait is over and so is the tinkering for the first set of matches. We hope that you are happy with the 15 players you ended up with, but even if you decided against playing the fantasy version we still encourage you to partake in the chat below. We are sure there will be plenty to discuss that doesn’t always involve whether you should get assist points for a shot that was blocked or your striker really did touch the ball a la Kane before it went in. Predictor games, brackets, bets on the golden boot are all welcomed here. And yeah, even old school footy chat for those that who are just watching the games for fun and just want to talk about the Joga Bonito.
So that you have them to hand, we will post a screenshot of the substitution rules, transfer allotment, wildcard, boosters and of course we will have times and dates for all matches in this, the first of three group phases/rounds/fixtures or whatever you want to call it.
THE GAMES IN FULL
Thursday June 14th
Russia vs Saudi Arabia 4pm (Group A)
Friday June 15th
Egypt vs Uruguay 1pm (Group A)
Morocco vs Iran 4pm (Group B)
Portugal vs Spain 7pm (Group B)
Saturday June 16th
France vs Australia 11am (Group C)
Argentina vs Iceland 2pm (Group D)
Peru vs Denmark 5pm (Group C)
Croatia vs Nigeria 8pm (Group D)
Sunday June 17th
Costa Rica vs Serbia 1pm (Group E)
Germany vs Mexico 4pm (Group F)
Brazil vs Switzerland 7pm (Group E)
Monday June 18th
Sweden vs South Korea 1pm (Group F)
Belgium vs Panama 4pm (Group G)
Tunisia vs England 7pm (Group G)
Tuesday June 19th
Colombia vs Japan 1pm (Group H)
Poland vs Senegal 4pm (Group H)
SUBSTITUTIONS
TRANSFERS
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
Good luck to most of you, but not all of you for this 1st phase of fantasy World Cup!
Wassup dudes? Happy World Cup to you all.
Didn’t manage to get organized enough to sign up to the game you lot are playing but enjoying the games so far all the same.
Congrats to Horse, Init and others on last seasons points (just catching up now).
Just read through the WC group previews too… Great to see the quality of articles is as good as ever. Will try to get on the site more during the WC and then again as we build towards another year of inevitable FPL disappointments.
Peace out y’all.
Hi chins
How are you mate? Great to see you check in.
Who you pulling for in the World Cup?
Hi mate.
Not sure really. I was hoping the Aussies would beat France. I’d like an outsider to win it, but of the teams that have a chance to win it, I think I’d like Germany to win. As long as it’s not Portugal I’ll be ok. It’s hard to pick. Nearly every team has at least one player I strongly dislike.
What about you?
My money is on Brazil and Uruguay each way.
Be happy with Brazil.
Of all universes!
Cr7s 51st hatiie in top level footie & the 51st World Cup hattie!. Your starter for 10, name the other 50 players to score a world cup hattie. No googling
Geoff Hurst, Paulo Rossi, Cr7…
Gerd Muller x2, T.Muller, Klose all Germany, Likeker, England, Batistuta x2, Higuaín both Argies
Bloody hell, PELE 1958 v Frogs, nearly forgot. I’m struggling now. There were 5 or 6 in Uruguay’s original WC, forget them just see what names you can remember more recently. Who’s the Spanish fella, Butragani or something, Michel too, he’s Spanish.
Eusébio has a poker in 66, suppose that counts as a Hattie, too?
There’s the Russian bloke in USA94 who scored 5.
A mate just texted me the fella before CR7s 51st, 2014, the 50th hattie’s a Stoke player ffs.
Shakira!
The Ru$$ki’s Salenko, Oleg or Olav
Shakira’s bonking Pique mate, try again!
Eusebio is a yes, 4 v N.Korea (I had to look it up).
My last memory, Just Fontaine of France scored 4 in 1958, v The Mannschaft, his 13 goals is still the record in a single WC.
Would you believe a bloomin’ American is the owner of the first ever WC hattie?! I was shocked
Yeah, but most of the world didn’t go. I’m really struggling to think of more
Hi guys,
I have Dzyuba as my captain at the moment. Will probably get rid of him fot Costa at the end of this round. Thing is he came on as a sub and got a goal and an assist for 8 points (16) as captain. Would you keep that? Or gamble on Griezman and/or Kane as the round goes on? Im tempted to stick but not sure really. Any ideas
Thanks
Matt
Gamble! Gamble!
Feels like an 80s game show!
Seriously Matt, I would switch to Griezmann today for sure.
Cheers GP
Caballero or Cuevas as captain? Not a great choice
Cueva that is
I’d use Cueva, smash.
Good luck buddy.
Cheers GP
Good Morning
This guy nailed it yesterday :