World Cup Quarter Finals Live Match Chat
Welcome to World Cup Quarter Finals Live Match Chat. And then there were eight. Well, England plus another seven 😉 Some surprises along the way mixed with some familiar names progressing sees us arrive at the quarter-final stage with everything to play for. Like any tournament the continued presence of the home nation is generally seen as a positive, except by Spain of course who have already departed for the more familiar surroundings of Costa Blanca. We have also waved goodbye to Messi and Ronaldo and a new superstar has been born in Mbappe.
Sadly we said farewell to the gallant Japanese but with England facing Sweden, expectations continue to reach epic proportions. It’s coming home. Isn’t it?! Ah c’mon, let us dream!
We have the next two days off until we reconvene on Friday, so plenty of time to think over plans and transfers. Is it time to play a Chip or have they been utilised/wasted already?!
From a fantasy point of view we have 3 free transfers for this round and we can now own a maximum of five players from any one team.
THE GAMES IN FULL
Friday 6th July
Uruguay vs France (3pm)
Brazil vs Belgium (7pm)
Saturday 7th July
Sweden vs England (3pm)
Russia vs Croatia (7pm)
So that you have them to hand in one place here’s a reminder of the substitution rules, transfer allotment, wildcard and boosters. AKA the rules…
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!
Who, if anyone, do we think will keep a cs in the q-finals?
England are the most likely I’d say. Russia Croatia looks the next lowest scoring game.
my thinking was Croatia for sure
I can see Sweden v England going to pens after a scoreless draw.
Yep, England is the most likely to keep a CS.
After that, it’s Brasil, given they only conceded 1 in 4 games. I appreciate their facing Belgium but Belgium generally suck vs Brasil and generally suck in knock-out stages so a 2-0 or something like that is not unlikely imo. Either that or 0-5 Belgium!
France-Uruguay is a bit unpredictable. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a low scoring affair, especially if Uruguay scores first.
The Russia-Croatia one seems like a trap. Croatia are the better team but the Denmark early goal made them less confident and mother Russia is playing at home which provides a little edge if the game is somewhat blocked. I would be surprised if them or VAR don’t put at least one by the Croats.
Very true DMC
ehhehe Varosvksi is surely nailed on!
Salah price incoming……
So £12.5 is the minimum? Hardly a surprise but yeah, we’re basically starting with £87.5 for 14 players…at best.
if you select him, yeah.
Firmino 9.5
I have Salah down for my first draft but if/when he’s classified as a striker I might rethink and go with Bobby. At 9.5 that’s a nice bargain.
Firmino at 9.5 is great value.
What price was Bobby last season because I’d have expected a bigger hike in the prices than this!!
Wouldn’t have a clue!!
Just looked it up. He started at 8.5 and finished at 9.5 so obviously they didn’t want to do much more work haha
9.5 Matt. Below is from GW3. Assuming it pulls info from that point and not from GW38.
Obviously pulls from 38 then!
Yeah I went into his history and it shows the price changes.
Firmino was 8.5
problem is Firmino will be eased back in given he’ll likely be in Russia for a bit longer
Possibly Cookie, but we don’t have many alternatives!
Solanke!!
I refer you to my previous post…
keep Ings for a few months!!
Ronaldo has reportedly agreed terms with Juventus.
Clubs still to discuss/agree fee etc…..
That one has come out of the blue. Don’t really see why he’s moving over there tbh. More guarantee of titles maybe?
or just another summer plan to get a new deal from Madrid?
You could be right there! Greedy bastard but I suppose he needs to recoup that 10 mil or so from the taxes 😉
he’ll be able to do that wherever he goes. Trust me he plays this game every year and they cave in…..I wonder if they will this year or sell him.
I’d sell him. Getting that amount of money for a 34 year old is great money. Plus they are trying to bring in more youth as they have an old enough team.
He’s no average 34 year old!
Yeah, possibly the new contract shenanigans one would think. There a few signs that things could be different this time (one of them being the appointment of Lopetegui) so I can see him leaving. I thought possibly PSG (he likes Paris), but not with Neymar there. England and Germany are not a real possibility I think so yeah there’s Italy and only Juve suits his status I guess. They like him in Italy, they play a slower pace – which bodes well with him also losing some – and he’d join Seedorf in his “player to win a champions league with three different teams” club. It’s either that or the MLS!
Make notes :smiling:
This is useful. Just need Aguero to hold down place. He will be back before Jesus at least
GW 5 + 12 looks tough 😉
Good afternoon everyone.
Can you see this? Am I on the right site? Do I have to do anything??
I’m on jollies so as little work of possible please.
How is everyone?
Who said that!?
Och aye the noo
I got 4, go on-have a bash: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44709624
I got 8, but this is the alphabet I grew up with 😉