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!
So guys, I am considering switching Falcao for Costa, and raise the half mil by trading one of Ziyach or Forsberg for Golovin, or Cheryshev.
If I choose Forsberg instead of Ziyach, I get an extra half a mil ITB for further rounds. If I choose Cheryshev over Golovin, I get another extra mil.
What would you suggest?
Also are there any Uruguayan mids in that price range (upto 6.5), that would be a better alternative than Golovin/Cheryshev, since they play Saudi?
None impressed in last match from Uruguay….but Saudi is a different ball game. will Arrascaeta play?
Hmm, okay. But then that puts me back at Question number 1. Who should I get from Golovin/Cheryshev, and whom for?
Leaning towards Golovin, but don’t know whom to axe from Forsberg and Ziyach.
I missed the deadline and missed putting C.Sanchez on pitch, so he stayed 3rd on my bench…..sometimes missing deadline can bring blessing in disguise.
J Rod off the bench and on a YC to score 0….hope it does not go -ve.
The question now is, do we keep James for round 2 :cuss:
Keeping him personally, Colombia should put a fight next round.
We need to see how Poland plays. It might not be an easy game.
I have following problems to fix…what to do?
– a non-playing Russian Def.
– Hakimi in def. vs Portugal
– C. Sanchez (RC)
– Timo Werner (Germany looked aweful and against Sweden????)
– James Rod (Poland is not an easy opponent, but must win for Colombia and if Poland wins today, a draw for Poland will be good enough – so a mixed situation)
– No Portugal and Spain player
Poland vs Senegal
When are you all playing the WC?
My plan is to use it for the last 16 round.
Ivan, you already get unlimited between group and round of 16.
I was thinking I’d use mine for either the 3rd round of group matches in order to load up on teams that still have something I play for or wait for the quarters.
I totally forgot about the unlimited transfers.
You are right, 3rd round makes sense.
Just played mine now! Squad was looking messy already and that was before the Sanchez red.
Just finished mine as well Innit. Seems like there are enough free/unlimited transfers in the coming rounds to get sorted. I’m sure I’ve bollixed it up!
Yeah that’s what I figured too. We’ve done enough of these now to know how often we end up with a wasted WC come the end.
Yup debating mine too!