2014 Egg World cup game - NOW OPEN

[tenpinterry]

Eggy Tenpinterry

Muslera Ospina
Zhirkov
Rodriguez Myrie
Vermaelen Armero
Rojo

Oscar Robben Rakitic Oscar
Muller Hazard Muller
Dempsey Di Maria J Rodriguez
Rakitic Stocker Cuadrado

Neymar Cavani Bony Aguero Lukaku Benzema Neymar RVP Messi Benzema Mandzukic Mandzukic Ronaldo Neymar
Sanchez Olic

Transfers Left:- 17
Value of Team:- 47.3

Strategy gone out the window, not enough time! New strategy - pick obvious and hope

[Darbyand]

Worked out well Terry! Strategy, schmategy.

1 Terry Knapton Eggy Tenpinterry 285 23 25 232
2 Andrew Stevens Robot's Poached Egg 272 19 21 476
3 Michael Beesley Egguador 2 Eggland 2 270 2 21 538
4 Laura Darbyshire DARBYEGG WW14 260 2 23 909
5 Ian Doughty Bill Ferny's Egg Cup 256 4 16 1108
6 James Anderson-Gordon WC Egg-Stravaganza 247 2 18 1661
7 Stephen Evans Very MessiSE 244 5 21 1910
8 Andrew Clayton Latic Oveiro 241 0 21 2205
9 Andrew Hailey RINKY EGG TEAM 239 5 22 2392
10 Michael Dumville MIKED99S YOLK OUTFIT 236 9 19 2734
11 John Clark Cpt Pugwash Egg XI 229 20 16 3543
12 Julian Ravilious Spencer4'S Egg World 225 14 21 4129
12 David Tonkin Vid's WC Eggs 225 14 20 4129
14 Allan McIvor Eggs Make Me Windy 222 22 16 4615
15 Ross Banyard Hogweeds World Eggs 191 0 15 11560
16 Steve Vann False Nein McGrath 190 12 16 11846
17 Andrew Harvey Egg World Of Alchemy 187 0 15 12721
18 Simon Brown Rivelino 177 19 11 15883
19 Gordon Jones Blah's Egg Pants 174 1 11 16865
20 Adam McAllister MickMacPaddywack XI 157 15 12 22815

[Alchemist]

As we go into last 16 - I have 20 Transfers remaining

[Bill Ferny]

Update:

Muslera > Courtois (18)
Zhirkov > Armero
Rodriguez R > Zuniga (2)
Vermaelen > Yepes
Rojo
Oscar > Shaqiri (6)
Muller > Pena > Rodriguez J (3) > Valbuena (21) > Muller (25)
Dempsey > Hernandez > Vidal (1) > Valbuena (8) > Blind (12)
Rakitic > Xhaka (5) > Di Maria (10) > Ozil (14) > Hazard (17) > Robben (27)
Neymar > Benzema (7) > Aguero (9) > Dzeko (24)
Sanchez > Cavani (4) > Messi (11) > Ronaldo (13) > Gyan (15) > Lukaku (16) > Neymar (19) > Sturridge (20) > Benzema (22) > Messi (23) > Ronaldo (26) > Neymar (28) > Suarez (29) > Messi (30) > Benzema (31) > Ronaldo (32)

Tot: £48.9m 8T to enter knockout stage.

[tenpinterry]

Eggy Tenpinterry

Muslera Ospina
Zhirkov
Rodriguez Myrie
Vermaelen Armero
Rojo

Oscar Robben Rakitic Oscar
Muller Hazard Muller
Dempsey Di Maria J Rodriguez
Rakitic Stocker Cuadrado

Neymar Cavani Bony Aguero Lukaku Benzema Neymar RVP Messi Benzema Mandzukic Mandzukic Ronaldo Neymar Messi Podolski
Sanchez Olic Benzema

Transfers Left:- 14
Value of Team:- 49.2

Strategy: Expect to use about 8 this round (depends on whether there are any shocks)

[Darbyand]

Table after the group stages:

1 Ian Doughty Bill Ferny's Egg Cup 323 20 25 182
2 Terry Knapton Eggy Tenpinterry 314 9 29 342
3 Andrew Stevens Robot's Poached Egg 304 9 24 618
4 Laura Darbyshire DARBYEGG WW14 296 10 27 963
5 Andrew Hailey RINKY EGG TEAM 295 15 26 1011
6 James Anderson-Gordon WC Egg-Stravaganza 291 31 22 1248
7 Michael Beesley Egguador 2 Eggland 2 290 9 23 1313
8 Andrew Clayton Latic Oveiro 287 21 25 1524
9 Michael Dumville MIKED99S YOLK OUTFIT 285 14 24 1670
10 Julian Ravilious Spencer4'S Egg World 284 23 26 1746
11 Stephen Evans Very MessiSE 282 10 23 1910
12 David Tonkin Vid's WC Eggs 262 13 24 4139
13 John Clark Cpt Pugwash Egg XI 260 7 18 4456
14 Allan McIvor Eggs Make Me Windy 254 1 19 5398
15 Steve Vann False Nein McGrath 227 23 19 11294
16 Andrew Harvey Egg World Of Alchemy 210 14 17 16200
17 Ross Banyard Hogweeds World Eggs 204 11 16 18156
17 Gordon Jones Blah's Egg Pants 204 3 12 18156
19 Simon Brown Rivelino 202 17 14 18848
20 Adam McAllister MickMacPaddywack XI 198 9 16 20199

11 transfers left for me.

[rinky]

12 trf left

[Jagduracell]

Just the nine left for me!

[Vid]

Romero (ARG)

Zhirkov
Vermaelen
Rojo

Oscar Silva Vidal Pogba
Muller
M Rodriguez (ARG)
F Martinez (ECU)

Neymar Costa Caviani Benzema Aguero
Sanchez Messi
E Valencia (ECU)

transfers remaining: 32
squad value: 49.4

18 more transfers gone somewhere! No history so will just jump to current line-up ahead of quarter finals

Romero (ARG)

Fernandez (ARG)
Rojo (ARG)
Debuchy (FRA)
Hummels (GER)

Oscar (BRA)
Muller (GER)
Rodriguez (COL)
Xhaka (SUI)

Messi (ARG)
Valencia (ECU)

tranfers remaining: 14
budget remaining: 10.4

[Darbyand]

6 transfers left for me, got 10 quarter final players.

Latest table

[Spencer4]

11 trannies, 10 playing.

[robot]

5 left 10 playing.

Romero

Fernandez
Zabaleta
Rojo
Armero

Gotze
Robben
Muller
Rodriguez

Messi

[tenpinterry]

Ditto

8 left, 10 still playing

[Alchemist]

12 Transfers Left - All 11 Playing

[Bill Ferny]

Update:

Muslera > Courtois (18)
Zhirkov > Armero
Rodriguez R > Zuniga (2)
Vermaelen > Yepes > Messi (37)
Rojo
Oscar > Shaqiri (6)
Muller > Pena > Rodriguez J (3) > Valbuena (21) > Muller (25)
Dempsey > Hernandez > Vidal (1) > Valbuena (8) > Blind (12) > Rodriguez (33)
Rakitic > Xhaka (5) > Di Maria (10) > Ozil (14) > Hazard (17) > Robben (27) > Valbuena (36)
Neymar > Benzema (7) > Aguero (9) > Dzeko (24) > Neymar (34)
Sanchez > Cavani (4) > Messi (11) > Ronaldo (13) > Gyan (15) > Lukaku (16) > Neymar (19) > Sturridge (20) > Benzema (22) > Messi (23) > Ronaldo (26) > Neymar (28) > Suarez (29) > Messi (30) > Benzema (31) > Ronaldo (32) > Benzema (35)

Tot: £56.1m 3T 9 1/2 good men

[Alchemist]

5 Transfer - All still playing.

[Darbyand]

table after QFs. 2 transfers left for me - 10 still in action.

[Jagduracell]

All 11 still in the comp but only 1 transfer

[BOLTONBOY]

All in comp 2 transfers left

[mike_d99]

Apologies for the lack of posts, I went to Glastonbury and since I got back I've been without internet for almost a week

I've got 7 transfers left and all 11 still in the comp.

[Bill Ferny]

Update:

Muslera > Courtois (18)
Zhirkov > Armero
Rodriguez R > Zuniga (2)
Vermaelen > Yepes > Messi (37)
Rojo
Oscar > Shaqiri (6) > Robben (39)
Muller > Pena > Rodriguez J (3) > Valbuena (21) > Muller (25)
Dempsey > Hernandez > Vidal (1) > Valbuena (8) > Blind (12) > Rodriguez (33)
Rakitic > Xhaka (5) > Di Maria (10) > Ozil (14) > Hazard (17) > Robben (27) > Valbuena (36) > Sneijder (40)
Neymar > Benzema (7) > Aguero (9) > Dzeko (24) > Neymar (34)
Sanchez > Cavani (4) > Messi (11) > Ronaldo (13) > Gyan (15) > Lukaku (16) > Neymar (19) > Sturridge (20) > Benzema (22) > Messi (23) > Ronaldo (26) > Neymar (28) > Suarez (29) > Messi (30) > Benzema (31) > Ronaldo (32) > Benzema (35) > Van Persie (38)

Tot: £58.2m - It's all over!

[Darbyand]

table after the semis, 1 transfer left for me:

[Vid]

sat on 3 transfers and left Basanta and Di Maria in, should have gone for the full Argie block, but there you go, was doing other stuff ahead of KO last night and only thought of transfers as they were kicking off.

[Darbyand]

1 transfer left for me

[mike_d99]

I've got 4 transfers left (currently in 6th place).

[Darbyand]

Final table. Congrats to, er, me plus Terry and Mike D for podium finishes. Thanks everyone for playing.

[mike_d99]

Congrats on your win Darbyand, and thanks for hosting it

[tenpinterry]

Thanks for organising it Darbyand and well done on winning it (Romero's penalty saves killed me off )

Also thanks to Beerfuelledman for getting me (us) off to a good start.