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thebillfella wrote:Draft Round 6 Review

61.Robroy - Pirlo (penalty supremo, not against England hopefully)
62.BlahBlah - Courtois - I'll need some players from non Prem clubs soon
63.Nathan -Srna
64.Robot - Paulinho
65.Workie-Ticket - j Montero - budget saving Ecuador winger!
66.Sted - Sterling (pttern emerging here)
67.Striker - Casillas (the missing piece in my defence)
68.Thebillfella - Azpilicueta (might as well)
69.SE - Lichtsteiner ( attacking. Wingback, good price, they tend to be solid, hopefully!)
70.Streety - Vermaelen (He's in good Kompany with my other Belgian)
71.Rinky - Rojo good enough for egg team
72.The dude abides-Romero. Dodgy Keeper, but all the other Argie back line have gone.

People showing signs of being budget conscious already here! Pirlo a top pick, but a tight group and one of the weakest Italy teams I can remember (and of course up against Sted's England including Sterling if he gets to start :) ). Blah, and Striker take on probably the top two keepers in the competition (thedudeabides getting Romero as well!), with Casillas the most likely to top score keeper-wise.

Nathan takes Croatia's dead ball specialist Srna - if they get out of the group a likely last 16 encounter with Spain may be the end of his journey. Robot will be hoping Paulinho shows the form he had at last year's Confed Cup rather than his Spurs form this year. Workie goes adventurous with Montero - not sure that was the best choice from Ecuador or whether they will proceed beyond group stage?

thebillfella (speaking in the 3rd person isn't normal for me!) continues the Spain block with Azpilicueta - a gamble as he is up against Juanfran but hoping I've made the correct choice. A few guaranteed-start defenders (Rojo the only ?) to finish who should all get through their groups.

Best draft - Striker; Casillas - close call with robroy's Pirlo and robot's Paulinho but should be one of the tournaments top scorers again if my faith in Spain's backline is to materialise!!!
Worst draft - workie-ticket; Montero - don't expect more than 3 games...
We all know now how badly my faith in Spain's defence worked out - at least I picked the correct RB! Not really sure anyone takes the retrospective best draft pick here to be honest (Rinky's Rojo maybe?). Was spot on with Montero not being Ecuador's main man though to my own benefit later on.

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thebillfella wrote:Draft Round 7 Review

73.The Dude Abides - Chellini. Italians love a World Cup don't they ?
74.Rinky - Hulk could be incredible......
75.Streety - K. Honda (I live next to the factory in Swindon)
76.SE - Ospina (col gk not sure iffy predictive text is working against me at 5.00am in dark bedroom! )
77.Thebillfella - Pogba (total mercenary but a top talent)
78.Striker - Rodriguez (Swiss Ricardo will assist in keeping me within budget)
79.Sted - Baines
80.Workie-Ticket - lloris - good goalie, cheap -ish and decent group. Hope the French decide they want to play this tournament!
81.Robot -Yepes (col should do well in group stages,ok price,captain so will play and occasional goal)
82.Nathan - Pedro (seems to do more for Spain than Barcelona)
83.BlahBlah - Shinji Okazaki JAP (random player generator ver 1.0)
84.Robroy -BUFFON (clean sheet 1st match ???)

SE, Workie-Ticket and Robroy get their keepers out of the way - not sure how great the scoring will be for these guys though Buffon could be good for 1/2 cleanies. That Hulk is still available in Round 7 shows the group's confidence in him delivering serios points for his cost, but rinky needed another striker and not many options left from the top 4. Streety goes for Japan's set piece talisman - can he deliver in this climate?
The group the French is in was too much for thebillfella to resist, going for a top young talent that could introduce himself to the world stage in Pogba. Striker hits the budget line with the Swiss Leighton Baines (Sted gets the real thing); set pieces in a team with a tight defence as you would expect from a Hitzfeld team. Robot follows SEs lead and picks the captain from Colombia's defence - but in a team more reliant on their attack than defence? Pedro scores well for Spain when he plays so Nathan will be hoping Silva or Iniesta gets injured. Okazaki may be an OOP cheap midfielder for Blah - can they get out of their group?

Best draft - thebillfella; Pogba - trying to spread the love around but can't see a better candidate in this round to be honest
Worst draft - robot; Yepes - a bit too slow now in this climate to influence and can't see more than one clean sheet.
Pogba has shown moments of promise but thus far hasn't converted enough into end product points (albeit still as many as the keepers here but not in the same category as James R, Muller or Robben). Given the number of goals in the tournament, keepers haven't been the source of big points until now, and have to admit Colombia have defended better than I thought they would. Workie's Lloris could pip Pogba as best draft if he is fortunate enough to be involved in a penalty shoot out. I think it's fair though to take worst draft off Robot's Yepes and hand it to Nathan's Pedro - Rinky's Hulk only avoids this be virtue of Brazil still being involved.

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robot wrote: 16.Workie-Ticket (Sissoko,8th choice on list :shock: maybe unlucky or maybe it was meant to be)
Must be the unluckiest of all the wishlists,lost your first choice,and you was the second drafter for a defender that only you and me wanted 1st,got your second choice who is now on the bench then missed out on 3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th choice. Sissoko either goning to score a hatrick/not play or get sent off :wink:

No one taking a chance on the mexicans we've all avoided so far:

Peralta 14
Guardado 14
Ochoa 14
Layun 14
Moreno 13
Aguilar 13
Herrara 12
Dos Santos 9

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thebillfella wrote:Draft Round 8 Review

85.Robroy -ARROYO Ecu. 5 or 6 like yesterday ! cheap too !
86.Blahblah - Zuniga, J COL £3.1m
87.Nathan - Valbuena (easy group )
88.Robot - Hummels (needed a German)
89.Workie-Ticket-Endo
90.Sted - Glen Johnson
91.Striker - Kagawa (over-priced but there yer go)
92.Thebillfella - Misimovic (Aldi bargain basement purchase no. 1)
93.SE- Mertesacker ( don't mention 'em, but pick 'em!)
94.Streety - F Schar (Scored well in qualifying)
95.Rinky - Perisic
96.Thedude Abides - Vidal. just hope he is fit ? (But gamble worth taking, he who dares Rodney )

Think Robroy may have got a little giddy after seeing Ecuador against England the day before by picking the goal scoring substitute :) Blah goes for the attacking Columbian full back Zuniga - maybe the odd assist to add to the one clean sheet he may get :wink: More starting to discover the Japanese squad with Striker picking up the attacking Kagawa and workie the less attacking Endo. SE and Robot pick up solid German defenders who should score steady if not spectacular.
Sted still hadn't done any research by this point so increases his England block. thebillfella already had a budget masterplan from the previous round, involving the lazy Bosnian no 10. Misimovic, Rodriguez or Schar, Teo Gutierrez and Cillessen. 1/5 achieved with Streety taking the second Swiss goal threat defender :twisted: Rinky picks a player misclassified the wrong way - Perisic plays LB for Croatia but classed as a midfielder here.Finally, thedudeabides picks up the best but riskiest pick due to recovery from injury - if Vidal recovers fully he could be a top performer.

Best draft - thedudeabides; Vidal - if he recovers and plays could be one of the stars of the tournament. If...
Worst draft - Robroy; Arroyo - of all the players you could have scouted the day before... :wink:
Clearly, Vidal hadn't fully recovered! Croatia played Rinky's Perisic in his preferred position here rather than at LB as they did in qualifying - worked well from Rinky's viewpoint and ended up being the best draft from this round in the group stages. Nathan's Valbuena or Robot's Hummels (or should I say Nathan's now?!) could end up surpassing him as the competition progresses. Worst draft prediction spot on though!

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thebillfella wrote:Draft Round 9 Review

97.The dude abides - T. Gutierrez. Going 343, and have to get 2 cheapies later.
98.Rinky - Joo-Ho Park (South Korean defender)
99.Streety - Benaglio (He's a keeper)
100.SE - Armero (come on Colombia!)
101.Thebillfella - E. Valencia (a slight gamble, but looks to have taken the danger-man mantle from the late C. Benitez and straight off the end of aisle special offers at Lidl)
102.Striker - Feghouli (hoping more people will be aware of him in the next month)
103.Sted -Dempsey
104.Workie-Ticket- spahic. - Bosnian captain. Nice and cheap and need defenders!
105.Robot-Vargas (leaves me a bit strapped for cash for last to but worth a punt)
106.Nathan- Durm (German def , could start, worth a gamble at the price 2.3)
107.BlahBlah- Egwuekwe
108.Robroy- Diaz, M

The quality really drops markedly this round as the penny drops just how little budget a lot of us had left! Gutierrez not being mentioned but got in the Colombian team ahead of Martinez and scored well as a foil for Falcao during qualifying. Benaglio a good vfm keeper for Streety; another Colombian back line for SE. thebillfella picks the Gutierrez replacement in Enner Valencia - the player Robroy should have scouted from Ecuador in the previous round :!: :wink:
Sted continues to stick with what he knows but moves across the Atlantic this time to draft Dempsey. Robot pulls a rabbit out of the hat in Vargas - he is to Sanchez in chile what Gutierrez is to Martinez for Colombia (less fancied but better stats for his country in qualifying - I think!). Nathan picks up the next one on my budget end game masterplan in Durm - the only LB in the German squad but questions over whether he will start rather than pushing Lahm to LB and Boateng to RB. As for the rest, google them because I will have to!

Best draft - Robot; Vargas - a surprise still available at this stage given what has gone before
Worst draft - rinky; Joo-Ho - take your pick from a few to be honest - chosen this one on the basis the least likely to pick up many points
Of all the picks I made that didn't deliver what was expected, I think my Valencia draft at this stage probably ended up being my best one :oops: I think he has to take the best draft mantle from Robots Vargas here in hindsight. Thankful Nathan got in ahead of me to draft Durm - Rinky's Joo-Ho still takes the biscuit though as worst draft being a non-player for a team that would never get out of the group.

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Draft Diary KO Stage

Brazil 1 - 1 Chile ( aet Brazil win 3-2 On Penalties )
Great game to start the KO stage. None of the usual cagey play, no , they both went for it from the start.
Strikers man Luiz got the opener, according to the media, but it could have been an own goal ?
Sanchez equalized , and got me some points.
Fred was again a passenger , bit of a mystery really, why he is not doing better. I'm sure Nathan247 wonders the same.
Vidal me didn't look like the player he is at Juventus, and he was obviously not 100%, and couldn't inspire Chile , and it was no surprise when he went off.
SE thought his man Hulk scored a incredible goal, but Howard Webb ruled it out , for handball. The Brazilians won't be happy , but it was just about the right call.
Luiz Gustavo was busy all over the pitch, in fact i thought he was going to break into a rendition or "Mr Bojangles " at one point. :lol: That guy is a Sammy Davis Jr double.
Jo come on for Fred, and was about as deadly in front of goal as his team mate.
My new star pick Oscar was not involved much, and i think i made a bit of a blooper picking him. :oops:
Second half , the tempo slowed right up, and after extra time, it was penalty time.
After misses from both teams, up stepped Neymar. He kept his nerve, and slotted home. The Gareth Southgate moment come from ex West Brom man Jara, who smashed his effort against the post.
Cesar robot was the hero, and Brazil keep a nation happy ( for the time being )

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Draft Diary KO Match 2

Columbia 2- 0 Uruguay

Still no sightings of the lesser spotted BlahBlah, so he goes into the game with Suarez up front, when in reality , he is sitting on the naughty step for the next few months.
Uruguay badly missed him, and were never in danger of winning this one.
robots genius pick of James Rodriguez stole the show once again. His first goal will be a hard one to top. A 25 yard unstoppable volley , after controlling the ball with his chest was awesome.
His second was a great team goal. Nathans Cuadrado providing the assist .
SE gets more points from his double Columbian defence, and Ospina looks totally in control.
They have earned a Quarter Final match with the hosts, and deep down the Brazilians will know they have to up thier game, or they will be out.

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thebillfella wrote:Draft Round 10 Review

109.Robroy-Vlaar
110.BlahBlah- Moras, V GRE £2.4m (As above, both are defenders apparently )
111.Nathan- Blind ( tough draw but cheap enough)
112.Robot-Zhirkov (should come 2nd in group/defender with assists and goals a strong possibility)
113.Workie- a Pereira. - Uruguay defender will do!
114.Sted-Jagielka
115.Striker- Emenike (3.7 represents value for a striker in a weak group)
116.Thebillfella - Von Bergen (last chance saloon for the cheap Swiss defence)
117.SE- Willian ( been debating between him and a German, but unsure who will get more starts, so basically reverted to type. They don't call me ChelSE for nothing!)
118.Streety- X Shaqiri (The hips don't lie)
119.Rinky- Ibisec (Ibisevic ?)
120.The Dude Abides- Bougherra ( Algerian Bobby Moore ) 8-)

Scraping the barrel now despite many top picks still undrafted; a sign of how tough the pricing structure is this time around. Robroy and Nathan turn to the Dutch defence for bargains, but in a tough group and Brazil the likely last 16 opponents if they get there, defensive points may be limited to the Australia game? Cpt Pugwash drafts a Greek defender for blah - are they as tight as they once were? Zhirkov plays further up the pitch for Russia so Robot will be hoping he takes advantage of Shirkovs absence and shows more than he did two years ago.

Workie picks the wrong Pereira form the Uruguayan defence! Sted's back to his favourite drafting ground - good job there is no team player limit in this game. Nigeria's main striker for Striker will be hoping to fill his boots against Iran, although no team in their group is renound for defensive stability. Thebillfella takes sloppy thirds when picking the last Swiss defender available.

SE will be hoping Willian can take advantage of tired legs when coming off the bench for Brazil :wink: Streety picks the Swiss danger man but do the Swiss score enough goals for Shaqiri to score well in this game? Rinky picks up a good second striker as long as his manager doesn't follow through with his post-qualifier experimenting and returns to 2 up top. Finally, thedudeabides must have still been in McDonalds FIFA Fantasy WC team mode when drafting an Algerian!

Best draft - Rinky; Ibisevic - close call with Streety's Shaqiri draft (and Sted's Jagielka as England are capable of more than 1 clean sheet) but has goals in him if he starts
Worst draft - thedudeabides; Bougherra - wrong game to be choosing Algerians!
As Rinky's Ibisevic didn't start, Streety's Shaquiri steps up to take the best draft mantle. Despite not starting as predicted, I suspect Workie is glad he picked the wrong Pereira from Uruguay! Been impressed with Nathan's Blind as well. And it would appear that this was the wrong game to be choosing Spanish not Algerians, although unfortunately for thedudeabides, Bougherra still wasn't the right one! At least he got one point, unlike blah's Moras draft who thus takes the worst draft in hondsight mantle.

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the dude abides wrote: Jo come on for Fred, and was about as deadly in front of goal as his team mate.
I can't understand, given Brazil's lack of top forwards but wealth of attacking midfielders, why Scolari doesn't play Hulk up front and put Willian or Bernard on the wing (where they surely would be more effective than Hulk is)? Surely it would make Brazil a little more threatening than they currently are with Fred Dibnar up there?

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I'm going Costa heavy.

hernandez = Urena
Nani = Ruiz
Rodriguez = Umana

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sted wrote:I'm going Costa heavy.

hernandez = Urena
Nani = Ruiz
Rodriguez = Umana

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thebillfella wrote:Draft Round 11 Review

121.Thedude abides- Oar ( Haven't got a scooby why i picked him, but he is cheap. )
122.Rinky-Cillessen
123.Streety- Berezutski (Good points scorer... in Scrabble)
124.SE-Senderos ( let's hope the defence has less holes than the cheese!)
125.Thebillfella - Enyeama (not much left in that price range, but was the star of the Nigeria team from memory at the last WC - and I'm sure can arrange the odd betting scam cleany against Argentina :shock: )
126.Striker- Mena (2.2 for a probable starter must be OK surely?, especially when Isla was 4.3 )
127.Sted-Nani
128.Workie-Ticket- corluka - he'll do!
129.Robot-Nekounam( Captain, 37 goals in 136 games,nigeria first then a transfer may be used )
130.Nathan-Drmic
131.Blahblah- Torosidis, V GRE £2.9m (Another defender, and I think this one might actually play
132.Robroy-Dante

Dear me, not sure we really need to discuss this round too much do we :oops: :D
Rinky picks up a potential bargain keeper much to my annoyance - I end up with the Nigerian keeper that had a good tournament 4 years ago but not expecting much this time tbh. Not sure Senderos will start for SE or Dante will start for Robroy? Surprised Drmic took so long to be picked given what has gone before but lucky for Nathan - had a great season and if the Swiss are going to score he is the most likely candidate. Robot being tacticalSted may have the pick of the bunch here in Nani!

Best draft - Sted; Nani - more consistent for Portugal than he is for Utd, although run close by Nathan's Drmic draft
Worst draft - Striker; Mena - a bit meh
Points-wise, to date Sted's Nani is still the best draft from this bunch but of course things could change with the few from this round that are still involved. Enyeama ended up being slightly better than Cillessen after all so happy enough with that but had to gamble that he wouldn't get any more cleanies after game 2 hence dropping him at that point. Drmic ended up being assister rather than scorer, but at least some points to his name unlike Dante, who would have taken the worst draft award but for the other quetionable defensive pick mentioned (SE's Senderos), who has the ignominious honour of ending the group stage at rock bottom on negative points.

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Good stuff thebillfella,I see your starting xi predictions are not far of with the exception of your own team :wink:
thebillfella wrote:PRE-TOURNAMENT TEAM REVIEWS


Nathan247 6/1 fav
Robot 7/1
Thebillfella 8/1
Thedudeabides 9/1
Rinky 12/1
Striker 13/1
streety 14/1
SE 18/1
Sted 18/1
Blahblah 18/1
Robroy 20/1
workie-ticket 20/1[/b]


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Just beat me to it!
thebillfella wrote:PRE-TOURNAMENT TEAM REVIEWS

Thedudeabides 9/1

Very good attack with Neymar potentially one of the tournaments top scorers, ok midfield (if they all play), weak defence apart from Alves and maybe Chiellini.Spot on I believe 8-)

Rinky 12/1

Argentina block will go far but not the strongest block on, er, the block. Strong-ish midfield with Hazard and the German false no. 9 but Aguero may have to carry the other two strikers and their appearance points. 2 out of 2

streety 14/1

Belgium block will do well in the group phase, Messi up front, support forwards could be hit and miss, the rest suspect with limited attacking points anticipated. Shaqiri made up for Drogba

SE 18/1

At least 2 players who may not start, just CR7 up front, not sure the midfield has enough goals in them to support him but Iniesta, Oscar and Rakitic could pick up a few assists. Average defence. Doing well so far

Thebillfella 8/1

Spain block at the back weakened by the poorest keeper on show, ok midfield may chip in with the odd goal / assist, good forward line providing Higuain starts.I don't want to talk about Spain any more :roll: :? Higuain and Ozil have been very poor. Given that these account for 5/6 of my first picks, I'm amazed I'm not bottom quite frankly

Striker 13/1

Very strong Spain / Brazil semi blocks at the back to carry this team. Benzema leads the line. The rest a bit suspect to be honest. Half the block OK, the rest as predicted.

Sted 18/1

If Sted wins this we’ll all be happy (well, some of us). England block at the back (and in the mid and up front!) may do well in the group. Average to poor midfield / forward line. Dempsey the best player for Sted; England didn't do well in the group so we'll call this prediction heart ruling the head :evil:

workie-ticket 20/1

Mixed bag throughtout leaning on the poor side! Lloris and Di Maria should do well. Two of his forwards may not start. The rest won’t score spectacularly. Apart from Di Maria doing well, I recon I called this about right as well

Robot 7/1

Brazil semi block at the back plus German centre back, a strong midfield especially Rodriguez and Robben, and reasonable forward line should do well in the group stages Forward line didn't do well for Robot, but that midfield should be enough to finish 1st or 2nd

Nathan247 6/1 fav

Nathan aligns with a German block at the back. Muller and Cuadrado should do well in a strong midfield and strong front two. Good balance to the teamAs with Robot, the forward line ended up being poor, but the midfield and defenders that should get to the semi's will see these two fight it out for first spot

Blahblah 18/1

Strong forward line (if Suarez plays) and keeper; mixed bag elsewhere Strong weak-minded forward line with Sewer Rat and Balotelli - imagine having those two up top for your real team :shock:

Robroy 20/1

Buffon, Pirlo, Toure and RVP carry the hopes of this team with the rest unlikely to have much of an impact. Ended up being RVP carrying the hopes of this team

Predicted Starting XI Table

Nathan247 6/1 fav 8-)
Robot 7/1 8-)
Thebillfella 8/1 :oops:
Thedudeabides 9/1 :)
Rinky 12/1 :)
Striker 13/1 :)
streety 14/1 :|
SE 18/1 :)
Sted 18/1 8-)
Blahblah 18/1 8-)
Robroy 20/1 :)
workie-ticket 20/1 8-)

Apart from streey and my own position (by some distance :oops: ), think I got this pretty close even if I do say so myself. Have I said yet how annoyed I am with Spain (effed up my group acca bet as well :evil: ) :?: :wink:
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Transfer Marquez :arrow: G Gonzalez

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Amazed that sted didn't hoover him up with his other Costa Ricans. Perhaps his outstanding yellow card put him off. :wink:

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Mid Tournament Draft Awards

My personal opinion choices, feel free to choose your own if you don't agree:

Best Group Stage Draft - by the end of the tournament the obvious drafts like Neymar and Messi may have overtaken him, but as practically everybody has them two now this award has to go to the remaining differentail that is Robot's James Rodriguez. Will Monaco be able to keep hold of him now?

Worst Group Stage Draft - no surprise that, on -3 points as it stands, SE's Senderos takes this. SE takes some solice in being able to transfer in a German defender to replace him. Run close by thebillfella's Pique and Striker's Casillas

Best New Discovery Draft - depends on how much European / World football you watch I guess, but as nobody in the British press was talking about this guy before the World Cup (and many didn't start taking an interest until they started their pre-tuornament research), I think Nathan's Cuadrado is a player fans are going to start adding to their summer transfer wish list

Worst Gamble Draft - I'm sure he did his research, but just where Rinky plucked Joo-Ho from is anyone's guess

Biggest Surprise Draft - only really fell upon him because I had already gone all Tony Fernandez with my transfer budget and had eff all left, but with 3 goals for £2.3m, thebillfella's Enner Valencia made up in part for my budget busting Spain block fail

Biggest Disappointment Draft - top player, big stage, big team, easy-ish group,and Messi pulling the strings behind, and 2nd draft overall after Neymar. Rinky's Aguero really has brought nothing to the World Cup (so far, and with an injury again that might be that).

Best Group Draft Transfer - a few "can't believe they are still free transfers" here that could be considered, with Striker's Matuidi, Nathan's Hummels (if picking him up after Robot let him go too quickly counts?) and thebillfella's Kroos but, despite looking ordinary thus far, SE's Sneijder still has end product and that's what counts in TFF

Worst Group Draft Transfer - Striker replacing Reus with Koo Ja Cheol seemed strange when the players above were still free, but he turned up with a goal. Robroy however, had that moment of inspiration he'd prefer to forget when transferring Buffon for Patricio just before conceeding 4 against the Germans and not being picked again as a result :!:

Best Undrafted Player we all missed - Ochoa looked inspired between the sticks for Mexico, but Chile's Aranguiz has scored more than most but remains neutral to this day

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Striker wrote:Transfer Marquez :arrow: G Gonzalez

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Amazed that sted didn't hoover him up with his other Costa Ricans. Perhaps his outstanding yellow card put him off. :wink:
Well Sted has a player sent of/picks the wrong defender after ignoring his own list/nearly gets a clean sheet/nearly loses the players altogether but still survives and move up the table.I get a lucky 8 from Robben :D
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I've lost the plot. What is my transfer situation ? Keep thinking about Buffon and the bearded one hiding in a remote cave somewhere. And poor Chiellini needing nursing attendance. Remember them all when Euro Goals gets going later on !

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035robroy wrote:I've lost the plot. What is my transfer situation ?
Same as me I think, 1 transfer left for the knock outs, according to the latest chart.

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Draft Diary Mathches 3 & 4

Netherlands 2 - 1 Mexico

Mexico go out for the sixth time in a row at this stage, and they can consider themselves a bit unlucky.
It started well for the Mexicans, they bossed the first half, and early in the second, they got some reward. Dos Santos cracking in a shot into the corner to leave Cillissen helpless. Clean sheets gone for rinky and thebillfella.
Workie-Ticket had his usual luck, and Janmaat was on the bench. I was gutted as well, i had him in my Mcshambles team. :cry:
RVP didn't help out Workie Ticket,, and 035Robroy, and was replaced with Huntelaar.
Mexico were holding out well , untill the 88th Minute when Sneidjaer, who i hadn't even noticed until that point hit a beauty that wasn't cleared properly, and Holland were back in it.
Ochoa , the Mexican goalie was again on form, and will see his value go up big time.
robots Robben reverted back to type in this game, and was falling over at every opportunity, but he proved a point, that if you do it enough, eventually you will get one.
Arjen Robben won a late, late penalty with a dying swan dive that Tom Daley would have been proud of. Marquez Striker dangled out a leg, and Robben thought Christmas had come early.
Up stepped Huntelaar, which was a brave thing to do, i'm sure he actually missed his last 3 penalties in the Bundesliga.
He smashed it in, and within a few minutes it was Adios Amigos.

Costa Rica 1 - 1 Greece (aet . Costa Rica win 5-3 on pens )

I didn't see this game, the Mrs threatened to leave me if i didn't take her out . Luckily it wasn't a big game, so i weighed up the odds, and thought about it for a few minutes before grabbing my jacket , and treating her to a meal up the local " Harvester". No expence spared with me chaps.
I still managed to see enough of the highlights later though :lol:
Sted has moved up the league in the last few days, and this game was up , and down for him.
Ruiz opened the scoring , his defender didn't get on though, and his midfielder Duarte got sent off.
In other words Sted having dumped his English, is now on another rollercoaster with Costa Rica.
Papastathopoulos's injury time equalizer looked like it would be enough to break the Los Tico's hearts, but somehow they gathered enough strength to convert all five penalties with both style ,and class.
The Dutch will think they have a pass to the semis, but who knows with this World Cup ?

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Back from Glastonbury. How many transfers can we make at this stage? 5?

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streety wrote:Back from Glastonbury. How many transfers can we make at this stage? 5?
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Final throw. GODIN ur out MUSTAFI ger in.

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Corluka out koscielni in

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workie-ticket wrote:Corluka out koscielni in

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14 frenchman between us:

no Sakho :( /Griezmann/Sissoko in the starting Xi

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Hearing Mats Hummels might be out for Germany v Algeria. He's been ill and struggling.. big blow for Germany :D :D

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Draft Diary KO games 5 & 6

France 2 - 0 Nigeria

France go through to face Germany in the Quarter-Finals, thanks to two late goals.
Nigeria were the better team in the first half, and had a few chances to score, but failed to take them.
France got stronger in the second half, and it was no surprise when Nathans Valbuena , who was Frances best player sent over a deep corner , which Enyeama Robroy could only palm into the path of Pogba, he headed it over the defenders into the corner to start off a good day for thebillfella.
Benzema , who is now owned by four Draftees, was a bit of the pace, but in the second half , Giroud was replaced with my original pick Greizmann, now Striker, and France looked a better side with him in the side, it also allowed Benzema to go into the centre of attack ,where he looked more comfortable.
Cabaye BlahBlah went close with a volley against the bar, and as the game went on, it looked more , and more likely that Workie-Ticket, thebillfella, were both looking like getting a nice double clean sheet.
Robot, also picked up more points to extend his lead at the top.
In extra time Valbuena crossed , and Yobo turned into his own net.
France march on, and wont be too nervous about facing the Germans.

Germany 2 - 1 Algeria ( AET )
thebillfella carried on where he left off from the earlier game. He scored points all over the park.
Ozil, Boateng, both helped him move up the table, but Germany didn't have it all thier way. Early doors the Algerians could have taken the lead, and will rue those missed chances on the plane home.
The three times World Champions couldn't break Algeria down, and the impressive Feghouli Striker was central in everything positive Algeria did.
At times nathans Neuer was playing as a sweeper :lol: , as the Desert Foxes pushed on looking to break , but as the game progressed , they started to tire .
The keeper Mbolhi was fantastic , and kept out efforts on numerous occasions.
The Muller owners, of which there are a few had to wait until extra time to get a assist, when he sent over a cross for substitute Schurrle to flick a clever touch to beat the keeper.
Ozil got the second, late in extra time, but there was still time for Djabou to get a late consolation goal.
Howedes, and Mertesacker both got SE points, and i finished the day on zero points, and plummetted down the league. :(

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notice to transfer
Vidal :arrow: Mascherano

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