Fantasy tournament: World Cup 2014

[Moby]

Hmm. There were a few options to be fair. Went with Tevez as he's been quite good for Juve so far and brings a lot to the team. Him playing off Lukaku as a left sided support striker and Robben stretching the play from the other side should work well.

 

[Fergus' son]

Yeah, it definitely will, just not who I predicted!

 

[Isotope]

am thinking of going for 4-3-1-2 :

Srna - Pepe - CB - Vertonghen​

Masch​

Silva ------- Pogba​

Ozil​

x(Messi)x -- Neymar​

​

Opinion?

 

[Moby]

I think it would be simpler to play a regular 4-2-3-1. Not sure how people will react to Silva in a deeper role.

 

[Snow]

Not a big fan of this formation with Silva there. Also Mascherano hasn't played DMC in ages. Since this is being based on form that could count against you.

 

[Moby]

Yeah, masch and Pepe would be a good CB pair.

 

[Snow]

My front 6:

-----Pirlo Yaya
Reus Oscar Lavezzi
-------Rooney

Looks good to me...?

It's tough to see that anyone will pick anything better. I really like it. Getting full backs that suck at attack won't hurt you I reckon.

 

[Isotope]

Isn't Masch still a DM with Argentina NT for WC?

Well, he's a good option for CB too.

Srna-Pepe-Masch-Vertgn
----xxxx - Pogba
Silva Ozil Neymar
-------xxxx

 

[Polaroid]

Jake 1. Andres Iniesta 2. Phillip Lahm 3. Edison Cavani 4. Daniel Alves .5 Alexis Sanchez 6.Lovren 7. Lampard
Fergus 1. Rooney 2. Yaya Toure 3.Kompany 4. Lavezzi 5. Oscar 6. Pirlo 7. Rues
Crappy 1. Frank Ribery 2. Aguero 3. Dante 4. Strootman 5. Moutinho 6. Baines 7. Gotze
Theon 1. Falcao 2. Suarez 3. Modric 4. Chiellini 5. Hummels 6. Di Maria 7. Ashley Cole
Pol 1. Van Persie 2. Vidal 3. Javi Martinez 4. Varane 5. Marcelo 6. Godin 7. James Rodriguez 8. Verratti
Aldo 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Robben 3. Carrick 4. Fabregas 5. Lukaku 6. Barzagli 7. Koscielny 8. Tevez
Isotope 1. Neymar 2. Mesut Özil 3. Pogba 4. Pepe 5. David Silva 6. Mascherano, 7. Jan Vertonghen 8. Darijo Srna
Cal 1. Thiago Silva, 2. Sergio Busquets, 3. Daniele De Rossi, 4. Eden Hazard, 5. Phil Jones, 6. Pablo Zabaleta, 7. Patrice Evra, 8. Shinji Kagawa

 

[Moby]

Ooh. Cracking pick, that.

 

[Polaroid]

Ooh. Cracking pick, that.

Thank you Aldo, quite a few sides with quality midfield, especially yours

 

[crappycraperson]

How it is lining up for me so far


--------Aguero--------

Ribery---Gotze---xxxxxx

--Moutinho--Strootman

Baines-Dante--xx-----xxx

 

[Theon]

 

[Theon]

Jake 1. Andres Iniesta 2. Phillip Lahm 3. Edison Cavani 4. Daniel Alves .5 Alexis Sanchez 6.Lovren 7. Lampard
Fergus 1. Rooney 2. Yaya Toure 3.Kompany 4. Lavezzi 5. Oscar 6. Pirlo 7. Rues
Crappy 1. Frank Ribery 2. Aguero 3. Dante 4. Strootman 5. Moutinho 6. Baines 7. Gotze
Theon 1. Falcao 2. Suarez 3. Modric 4. Chiellini 5. Hummels 6. Di Maria 7. Ashley Cole 8. Lichtsteiner
Pol 1. Van Persie 2. Vidal 3. Javi Martinez 4. Varane 5. Marcelo 6. Godin 7. James Rodriguez 8. Verratti
Aldo 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Robben 3. Carrick 4. Fabregas 5. Lukaku 6. Barzagli 7. Koscielny 8. Tevez
Isotope 1. Neymar 2. Mesut Özil 3. Pogba 4. Pepe 5. David Silva 6. Mascherano, 7. Jan Vertonghen 8. Darijo Srna
Cal 1. Thiago Silva, 2. Sergio Busquets, 3. Daniele De Rossi, 4. Eden Hazard, 5. Phil Jones, 6. Pablo Zabaleta, 7. Patrice Evra, 8. Shinji Kagawa​

 

[kps88]

Fergus, Aldo and Crappy looking good! Can change very quickly though as these end picks could get tricky.

 

[Thisistheone]

How it is lining up for me so far


--------Aguero--------

Ribery---Gotze---xxxxxx

--Moutinho--Strootman

Baines-Dante--xx-----xxx

Looks good mate, especially if you can find a solid CB to help Dante.

 

[crappycraperson]

Theon

 

[antohan]

Don't do it yet crappy!!! Let's have a chat.

 

[crappycraperson]

I pick Vasilis Torosidis

 

[crappycraperson]

Jake 1. Andres Iniesta 2. Phillip Lahm 3. Edison Cavani 4. Daniel Alves .5 Alexis Sanchez 6.Lovren 7. Lampard
Fergus 1. Rooney 2. Yaya Toure 3.Kompany 4. Lavezzi 5. Oscar 6. Pirlo 7. Rues
Crappy 1. Frank Ribery 2. Aguero 3. Dante 4. Strootman 5. Moutinho 6. Baines 7. Gotze 8. Torosidis
Theon 1. Falcao 2. Suarez 3. Modric 4. Chiellini 5. Hummels 6. Di Maria 7. Ashley Cole 8. Lichtsteiner
Pol 1. Van Persie 2. Vidal 3. Javi Martinez 4. Varane 5. Marcelo 6. Godin 7. James Rodriguez 8. Verratti
Aldo 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Robben 3. Carrick 4. Fabregas 5. Lukaku 6. Barzagli 7. Koscielny 8. Tevez
Isotope 1. Neymar 2. Mesut Özil 3. Pogba 4. Pepe 5. David Silva 6. Mascherano, 7. Jan Vertonghen 8. Darijo Srna
Cal 1. Thiago Silva, 2. Sergio Busquets, 3. Daniele De Rossi, 4. Eden Hazard, 5. Phil Jones, 6. Pablo Zabaleta, 7. Patrice Evra, 8. Shinji Kagawa

 

[Fergus' son]

My pick is Coentrao.

 

[antohan]

Excellent pick this late on

 

[Fergus' son]

It's tough to see that anyone will pick anything better. I really like it. Getting full backs that suck at attack won't hurt you I reckon.

Thanks for the advice, though I don't have much room to manoeuvre with my full back picks! Think I should've planned it well enough to have a solid and recognised back line however.

Excellent pick this late on

Cheers, it's who I was referring to when I said I thought I knew Aldo's next pick last night, though that was probably me being pessimistic that's he will last!

 

[NM]

Cheers, it's who I was referring to when I said I thought I knew Aldo's next pick last night, though that was probably me being pessimistic that's he will last!

To be fair, Aldo and I did discuss him previously.

 

[Fergus' son]

Knew he must've been on your radar.

 

[antohan]

Pol has the side to beat right now, some fecking incredible picks in there.

 

[antohan]

Where the feck is jake?

 

[antohan]

Jake 1. Andres Iniesta 2. Phillip Lahm 3. Edison Cavani 4. Daniel Alves .5 Alexis Sanchez 6.Lovren 7. Lampard
Fergus 1. Rooney 2. Yaya Toure 3.Kompany 4. Lavezzi 5. Oscar 6. Pirlo 7. Reus 8. Coentrao
Crappy 1. Frank Ribery 2. Aguero 3. Dante 4. Strootman 5. Moutinho 6. Baines 7. Gotze 8. Torosidis
Theon 1. Falcao 2. Suarez 3. Modric 4. Chiellini 5. Hummels 6. Di Maria 7. Ashley Cole 8. Lichtsteiner
Pol 1. Van Persie 2. Vidal 3. Javi Martinez 4. Varane 5. Marcelo 6. Godin 7. James Rodriguez 8. Verratti
Aldo 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Robben 3. Carrick 4. Fabregas 5. Lukaku 6. Barzagli 7. Koscielny 8. Tevez
Isotope 1. Neymar 2. Mesut Özil 3. Pogba 4. Pepe 5. David Silva 6. Mascherano, 7. Jan Vertonghen 8. Darijo Srna
Cal 1. Thiago Silva, 2. Sergio Busquets, 3. Daniele De Rossi, 4. Eden Hazard, 5. Phil Jones, 6. Pablo Zabaleta, 7. Patrice Evra, 8. Shinji Kagawa

It's been Fergus' turn again for about 20 minutes now. Fixed Rues. Was doing my head in.

 

[Cal?]

... no movement for hours...

 

[JakeC]

Sorry, had a life today, on it now.

 

[JakeC]

First pick. Xherdan Shaquir. second pick, Axel Witsel.

 

[Snow]

Pol has the side to beat right now, some fecking incredible picks in there.

I rate Fergus myself. Theon can also pull off a great team although I'm not keen on the Cashley pick. Three/four other teams that can end up with a good team as well. I reckon the team that plays players out of their best position will be the loser.

 

[Cutch]

Fergus' the side I like most at the min

 

[Cal?]

I rate Fergus myself. Theon can also pull off a great team although I'm not keen on the Cashley pick. Three/four other teams that can end up with a good team as well. I reckon the team that plays players out of their best position will be the loser.

So no Kagawa on the left for me...

Anyway what do people think about my team so far? Not enough attackers?

 

[antohan]

I rate Fergus myself. Theon can also pull off a great team although I'm not keen on the Cashley pick. Three/four other teams that can end up with a good team as well. I reckon the team that plays players out of their best position will be the loser.

Don't get me wrong, some great sides, Pol just seems to be hoarding top quality though and that will show later. Those two were close in my view but there's some things that don't quite sit right with me about them. Will have to wait and see. Almost six months to go

 

[antohan]

So no Kagawa on the left for me...

Anyway what do people think about my team so far? Not enough attackers?

Nailed it!

 

[JakeC]

Enjoying the balance of my squad.

--------------Cavini
Shaquri----------------------Sanchez
---------Iniesta---Lampard
---------------Witsel
Lahm----Lovern------XX------Alves
---------------XX

 

[Snow]

So no Kagawa on the left for me...

Anyway what do people think about my team so far? Not enough attackers?

Certainly wouldn't think so with Hazard there.

Your team has potential. Need to fill in some key roles still.

 

[antohan]

Enjoying the balance of my squad.

--------------Cavini
Shaquri----------------------Sanchez
---------Iniesta---Lampard
---------------Witsel
Lahm----Lovern------XX------Alves
---------------XX

Would help if you spelt their names right: Cavini, Shaquri, Lovern, never heard of them.

 

[antohan]

Jake 1. Andres Iniesta 2. Phillip Lahm 3. Edison Cavani 4. Daniel Alves .5 Alexis Sanchez 6.Lovren 7. Lampard 8. Shaqiri 9. Witsel
Fergus 1. Rooney 2. Yaya Toure 3.Kompany 4. Lavezzi 5. Oscar 6. Pirlo 7. Reus 8. Coentrao
Crappy 1. Frank Ribery 2. Aguero 3. Dante 4. Strootman 5. Moutinho 6. Baines 7. Gotze 8. Torosidis
Theon 1. Falcao 2. Suarez 3. Modric 4. Chiellini 5. Hummels 6. Di Maria 7. Ashley Cole 8. Lichtsteiner
Pol 1. Van Persie 2. Vidal 3. Javi Martinez 4. Varane 5. Marcelo 6. Godin 7. James Rodriguez 8. Verratti
Aldo 1. Schweinsteiger 2. Robben 3. Carrick 4. Fabregas 5. Lukaku 6. Barzagli 7. Koscielny 8. Tevez
Isotope 1. Neymar 2. Mesut Özil 3. Pogba 4. Pepe 5. David Silva 6. Mascherano, 7. Jan Vertonghen 8. Darijo Srna
Cal 1. Thiago Silva, 2. Sergio Busquets, 3. Daniele De Rossi, 4. Eden Hazard, 5. Phil Jones, 6. Pablo Zabaleta, 7. Patrice Evra, 8. Shinji Kagawa