TFF World Cup 2018

[Maldini]

No I don't think it's officially live so I wouldn't be entering teams just yet.

[itslikebrandnew]

I've got a team entered

[Darbyand]

I've got a team entered

I'd like to think it's 3-4-3

[itslikebrandnew]

I've got a team entered

I'd like to think it's 3-4-3

It's 4-3-3 with a block defence and i'm just going through all the fixtures to check i can do all the transfers i want to do.

[dead parrot]

Does seem a lot of work for 10k.

I think you mean does seem a lot of fun for 10k?

[mad dog]

Does seem a lot of work for 10k.

I think you mean does seem a lot of fun for 10k?

I don’t call making over 350 transfers to 8 teams over a month fun

[Maldini]

Does seem a lot of work for 10k.

I think you mean does seem a lot of fun for 10k?

I don’t call making over 350 transfers to 8 teams over a month fun

I'm with you on this mad dog. For the first time ever, I'll be concentrating more on Dream Team than a Telegraph game.

Was hoping Sky would run a game but with them not having rights to show the games, I suspect they won't.

[Maldini]

So the current deal 8 teams for £20 don’t they normally do some sort of early bird offer or is this it?

2018/19 Season Ticket seems the way to go. 11 teams for £9.99 if I've read it correctly. That'll do me.



TFF Season Ticket
Telegraph Fantasy Football managers can play the World Cup edition of the game free of charge against friends and colleagues.

However, if you’d also like to compete against managers up and down the country for a share of more than £25,000 in prize money, you’ll need to buy a 2018/19 TFF Season Ticket.

There are two 2018/19 Season Ticket options:

(1) 2018/19 Season Ticket - £4.99

EARLY BIRD OFFER: 4 extra teams (£1.25 per team)
FROM JUNE 5: 2 extra teams (£2.50 per team)


(2) 2018/19 Season Ticket EXTRA - £9.99

EARLY BIRD OFFER: 10 extra teams (£1.00 per team)
FROM JUNE 5: 5 extra teams (£2.00 per team)
Your additional team credits can be used during this summer’s World Cup game or carried over and used within any of the Telegraph’s Fantasy Football games during the 2018/19 season, including our separate Premier League, Championship and Champions League games.

Need more teams?

Once you've purchased your 2018/19 Season Ticket you can then buy as many additional teams as you like:

Individual teams: £5
3 team credits for £10
8 team credits for £20

[robot]

The £9.99 offer is obviously the way to go but a bit of a dubious way of them doing it.

All of this season it has been purchase credits and you can use them for the world cup, but effectively you can't unless you purchase for next year apart from the free team.

Is this why I can't pick a team as I have 2 credits left,do I need to use them on the cup final, then purchase the 18/19 package (the option isnt there now)

[mad dog]

Does seem a lot of work for 10k.

I think you mean does seem a lot of fun for 10k?

I don’t call making over 350 transfers to 8 teams over a month fun

I'm with you on this mad dog. For the first time ever, I'll be concentrating more on Dream Team than a Telegraph game.

Was hoping Sky would run a game but with them not having rights to show the games, I suspect they won't.

Yeah sky aren’t doing one which is a shame. I’ll do a few tff teams but I won’t be spending much time on it.

[itslikebrandnew]

Mine's done

Courtois Belgium 3.6
Meunier Belgium 3.7
Kimmich Germany 4.1
Kolarov Serbia 3.7
Godin Uruguay 3.9
Isco Spain 4.9
Ziyech Morocco 4.5
Ml Savic Serbia 2.5
Smolov Russia 3.7
Cavani Uruguay 6
Suarez Uruguay 6.2

At the end of game 2, i'll have done 17 transfers and the team will look like :-

Courtois Belgium 3.6
Meunier Belgium 3.7
Kimmich Germany 4.1
Kolarov Serbia 3.7
Godin Uruguay 3.9
Muller Germany 5.4
Rodriguez Columbia 5
Ml Savic Serbia 2.5
Smolov Russia 3.7
Lew Pol 6.2
Kane England 6.2

How many of those play in game 3 might then become an issue.

[BLOCKHEAD]

You shouldn't reveal the winning team like that - people might copy

[itslikebrandnew]

You shouldn't reveal the winning team like that - people might copy

There's only 6 of the starting 11 i'm happy with. 5 of them might get changed. Ideally looking for 1 cheap defender to give me more movement on my transfers. Alexander Arnold is the only one that sticks out so far but will he play? 4% already gone for Calvo from Costa Rica, will have to check out why he's popular.

[Edmondson]

Thought you’d be all over Fagner, the Brazilian filling in for Dani Alves. He looks cheap.

[DAREEL]

Does seem a lot of work for 10k.

I think you mean does seem a lot of fun for 10k?

I don’t call making over 350 transfers to 8 teams over a month fun

Kiss the summer goodbye.

That's unnecessary. Stupid amount of transfers

[BLOCKHEAD]

How nailed on is Milinkovic-Savic for Serbia? Wiki says he only has 2 caps to his name....

[S_sutton87]

Heard alot of good things and being linked with some top European sides I've stuck him in my side

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[dead parrot]

Does seem a lot of work for 10k.

I think you mean does seem a lot of fun for 10k?

I don’t call making over 350 transfers to 8 teams over a month fun

Don't forget you have another 88 during the mid tournament amnesty....making 450 in total!

[BLOCKHEAD]

It's time to cancel all those planned summer BBQs

[Striker]

Does seem a lot of work for 10k.

I think you mean does seem a lot of fun for 10k?

I don’t call making over 350 transfers to 8 teams over a month fun

Don't forget you have another 88 during the mid tournament amnesty....making 450 in total!

The only incentive to finish the group stage with a few players attractive for inclusion in the knock out phase is that it can reduce your transfer workload.

[Maldini]

Anyone managed to buy a season ticket?

Just entered my free team and when I click on buy more teams there is no option for a season ticket.

[mad dog]

Anyone managed to buy a season ticket?

Just entered my free team and when I click on buy more teams there is no option for a season ticket.

Yeah couldn’t see that just the options for teams.

[robot]

I cant even enter the free team just get an error message when i press submit.

[CptPugwash]

Anyone managed to buy a season ticket?

Just entered my free team and when I click on buy more teams there is no option for a season ticket.

I'm pretty sure if you bought a season ticket for the premier league you can't buy another one now - which is clearly bonkers. Can't see many people buying teams at twice the price.

[Darbyand]

Anyone managed to buy a season ticket?

Just entered my free team and when I click on buy more teams there is no option for a season ticket.

I'm pretty sure if you bought a season ticket for the premier league you can't buy another one now - which is clearly bonkers. Can't see many people buying teams at twice the price.

Maldini's post above suggests they're viewing this as the kick off to the 2018/19 season:

2) 2018/19 Season Ticket EXTRA - £9.99

EARLY BIRD OFFER: 10 extra teams (£1.00 per team)
FROM JUNE 5: 5 extra teams (£2.00 per team)
Your additional team credits can be used during this summer’s World Cup game or carried over and used within any of the Telegraph’s Fantasy Football games during the 2018/19 season, including our separate Premier League, Championship and Champions League games.

[jjmatadormc]

I can't buy a season ticket either.

I don't even want to play, too much hassle, I can't help myself.

[Striker]

I can't buy a season ticket either.

I don't even want to play, too much hassle, I can't help myself.

If you don't want to play, how did you find out that you can't buy a season ticket. You went looking for something you don't want?

[itslikebrandnew]

Clearly states on their website we can buy a 2018/19 season ticket to use for the world cup and or other games in the 2018/19 season.

Obviously slow on updating their system.......or trying to rip the impatient people off.

[Maldini]

I asked them on Facebook where the option was and they’ve come back with ‘Did you have a 2017/18 season ticket?’

Suggests that you can’t have both which is nonsense because I can’t win any prizes as they’re for season ticket holders only.

[Darbyand]

I asked them on Facebook where the option was and they’ve come back with ‘Did you have a 2017/18 season ticket?’

Suggests that you can’t have both which is nonsense because I can’t win any prizes as they’re for season ticket holders only.

So they want you to buy extra credits on your 2017/18 season ticket. However, I asked the same, got that question and when I said "yes" got the following:

Telegraph Fantasy HQ Thanks Andrew - that season ticket will expire after the World Cup and then you can get the same deal again for 2018/19 - but we're looking into whether or not we can open up early season ticket renewals for people in your situation.

Wouldn't have occurred to me to save extra credits for a post-season tournament.