World Cup 2nd Group Phase Live Match Chat
Welcome to World Cup 2nd Group Phase Live Match Chat. We now enter into the second round of games and some of us will have got off to a flying start. Others not so much, but however you are doing we still encourage you to partake in the chat. 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
Tuesday June 19th
Russia vs Egypt 7pm (Group A)
Wednesday June 20th
Portugal vs Morocco 1pm (Group B)
Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia 4pm (Group A)
Iran vs Spain 7pm (Group B)
Thursday June 21st
France vs Peru 1pm (Group C)
Denmark vs Australia 4pm (Group C)
Argentina vs Croatia 7pm (Group D)
Friday June 22nd
Brazil vs Costa Rica 1pm (Group E)
Nigeria vs Iceland 4pm (Group D)
Serbia vs Switzerland 7pm (Group E)
Saturday June 23rd
Belgium vs Tunisia 1pm (Group G)
Germany vs Sweden 4pm (Group F)
South Korea vs Mexico 7pm (Group F)
Sunday June 24th
England vs Panama 1pm (Group G)
Japan vs Senegal 4pm (Group H)
Poland vs Colombia 7pm (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 2nd phase of fantasy World Cup!
Hi people
Hope everybody is having a great fantasy tournament so far.
Some questions for you all about my team below:
1. Keep capo on Eriksen or twist to Neymar (then Meunier)? My twisting last round landed me on Lewandowski for 4pts total, so am tempted to stick with 14pts.
2. Thoughts on keeping players for R3 from teams who are already out (I have Salah, Ziyach, Cueva and Gallese already – boy do I know how to pick em!). Do they really have anything to play for, or is pride enough to motivate them to finish on a high?
3. Would you WC this team before R3, or try and limp through and save WC until before QF (I did -4 hit last round for Lewa + Al-Faraj > Salah + Cheryshev, which returned 15pts, so happy to take a hit again for R3 if required).
4. Are player price changes likely to be a big factor? If so, is it better to WC before R3 and load up on in-form players from teams likely to go through (e.g. Ronaldo, Costa, Griez, etc) before they go up in price, or is it OK to wait and move for those players after the price rises using the unlimited transfers before the Round of 16?
5. Best strategy for using boosters (still have both). Was thinking bench boost before round of 16 (i.e. when using unlimited transfers and the extra £5.0M to spend) and maybe max captain in QF?
Cheers
Jeez Chips! Can we take a question each?! 😉
Bedtime now so I’ll take no.1, first come first served and all that.
I’d twist there on the capo. Neymar is hardly a bad option and he could explode. Meunier is a great back up in the Trippier mould of an almost guaranteed CS and 12 points and some potential attacking returns if he flops.
Lol! Cheers Init. Makes sense.
Q2 – Q5 still available 😀
2 & 3
Teams with nothing to play for will give the cannon fodder some game time, therefore wildcard NOW, with players who MUST win and the penalty takers.
Thanks SZ. I agree departing teams may give bench players a run out, but by all accounts Salah, Ziyach and Cueva are the best players in their respective teams and all are on pens. Are they really likely to be rotated for R3? That just leaves the Peru GK, who is only a keeperoo with Allison anyway, so would happily hold him.
will Salah be risked given he is clearly not fit?
Good point Cookie, but I will be able to see the lineups before the R3 deadline, so can have a backup plan in case he doesn’t start.
#4 You can load up with SPA & POR for example, CR7 and Diego will be fighting for top spot and will play prior to go up in price therefore WC now.
Yes, this is exactly what I’ll do if I do decide to wildcard.
I’ll take Q4 and to Mackenzie easier I’ll answer with a question – are we sure prices change ahead of the knockout stage?
My take is that the player’s performances in the last 16 will affect their prices ahead of the quarter finals.
Players performance during the groups does not affect their prices so there can’t be any changes before they play a game of the knockout stage. Confusing?
*to make it easier ! Not Mackenzie. FFS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJANAIIyyqY
Player Valuation
All players that are a part of the final player listing will be valued before the start of the tournament based on available data. Original player prices will remain the same until the group stage (Round 3). Upon completion of the group stage, player prices will change depending on performances
Hey Chip,
I’ll take no.2.
I woukd try and get as many as possible who still have something to play for.
Whether that’s going all in and wildcarding or just being selective I’m not 100% sure as yet.
My gut says for you to hit and retain the WC for later but I can equally see the argument for using it in a round where qualifiers may rotate and those going home may already be half way to the airport.
Thanks Cookie. My instinct is to hold the wildcard for later too and try to ace R3 with selective hits.
I hope Question Time is not closed 🙂
I am having a busy day with a couple of long meetings and most likely won’t be able to see the lineups from the first game.
Just one question. Captain for today, Coutinho or Mitrovic, or even Savic?
Brazil will be desperate to avoid an Argentina like embarrassment and Costa Rica will try to spoil the party. It will be a typical dirty South American game with many VAR decisions involved and God knows what might happen.
Serbia will try to secure the top place and not leave it for decision day when they play Brazil. Of course if any of those fail Lukaku will be there as a backup or even James might come to the rescue as a last resort.
Mitro for me Ivan. I’m going Savic but I’d pick Mitro first if I had him.
Thanks init, I am going with him :thumbup:
Morning all,
Captain dilemmas all round! I only have Coutinho playing today and already have a 14pt (Cheryshev) captain. Do you think Cou is likely to score more then 1 goal?? After the last rounds captain debacle I’m tempted to play safe. :what:
Tempting to play safe Goldi. Depends who else you have left after today?
heres the team…..
Tricky one. I’d be tempted to leave it as it is unless you are feeling wild with Coutinho/Werner.
I’d probably stick in this case.
if you’re serious, hold. If you’re feeling frisky, go for it! But then I’m the idiot that started My Rules… Go for it K, you know you want to, deep down, inside…
I’m not listening to that SZ 👿 on my shoulder! Although, i’m also not that serious. Its all only fun until FPL turns out lives in to a weekly misery anyway!
Thanks Init and Keethan, i’m not feeling like anyone left will score more then 1 at the most so will probably just stick. But then again, my predictions so far in this comp have been horrendous! Only 1 correct score so far!
Hey lads, here’s another captaincy switch q. Stick with Erik or roll the die with Mitro, Lukaku/Meunier?
And I’d move this one on! Just got more / better alternatives.
If I had Luka left i’d def be doing :whistle: the twist again :whistle:
Cheers guys.
I’ve switched it and will also start panicking soon.
On this day in history….The hand of God! Look at them now, Karma rules.
Brazil v Costa Rica