TFF Euro 2020 game * Fri 11 June to Sun 11 July 2021 *

[CptPugwash]

Could I get some advice on how to use my remaining 5 transfers for the round? Aim is to win my local league where I currently have a 57 point lead.
Current team:

GK: Donnarumma ITA 2.8
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DEF: Van Aanholt NED 3.4
DEF: Dumfries NED 3.5
DEF: Di Lorenzo ITA 3.6
DEF: Bonnucci ITA 3.8
DEF: Spinazzola ITA 3.6

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MID: Wijnaldum NED 4.6
MID: Locatelli ITA 4.7
MID: De Bruyne BEL 5.7
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FWD: Ronaldo POR 6.5
FWD: Lukaku BEL 6.3

Planning to change the two Netherlands defenders for French ones, and Ronaldo to Benzema - fairly confident on these 3 moves.
For the last two, am thinking to change Wijnaldum to Forsberg, and then possibly Lukaku to Mbappe/Grizemann - but would that be unecessarily risky? Better just to save the transfer and hold on to Lukaku?

Given that your main aim is holding a big lead in the mini league I would keep Lukaku. The biggest fear is if anyone has gone big on Spain or Croatia, I can't see anyone anyone catching you by out-Frenching you.

[Lenloumas]

So, after last night's game, my lead has been cut down to 38 points. Have 18 transfers left overall, with 2 remaining in this round.
I've got Pavard Kimpembe and Benzema from France, plus Wijnaldum from Netherlands all to be swapped out.
Am still thinking Wijnaldum to Forsberg for tonight's Sweden vs Ukraine.

Does anyone know the status on De Bruyne? Won't be fit for the Italy game?

Am now considering the 1st QF of Spain vs Switzerland. Time to finally leave 5-3-2 and change to 4-4-2? Azpilicueta for one of the french defenders, Sarabia for another, and Morata for Benzema?

[CptPugwash]

So, after last night's game, my lead has been cut down to 38 points. Have 18 transfers left overall, with 2 remaining in this round.
I've got Pavard Kimpembe and Benzema from France, plus Wijnaldum from Netherlands all to be swapped out.
Am still thinking Wijnaldum to Forsberg for tonight's Sweden vs Ukraine.

Does anyone know the status on De Bruyne? Won't be fit for the Italy game?

Am now considering the 1st QF of Spain vs Switzerland. Time to finally leave 5-3-2 and change to 4-4-2? Azpilicueta for one of the french defenders, Sarabia for another, and Morata for Benzema?

I wouldn't use either of your 2 transfers to set up for the 1st QF.
Use them to gamble on todays games. I don't think Forsberg & Yamolenko/Yaremchuck is a bad idea.
It reduces a lot of budget pressure if & when you want to go 433.

You will have 6 or 7 in the top half 1 or 2 in the bottom half & 3 dead.
3 transfers then (of your max 10) for the 1st QF when you get team news, and your team is well set up.

Oh & absolutely yes to Sarabia, assuming he starts, he looks by far the best attacking Spanish option. But wait until team news, if you can outguess Enrique's team selection, you are a lot better at this malarkey than me.

[SamD]

TFF leaderboards after Round of 16

Overall top three of 44,200 teams

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1 Owen Johnson 	 YMCHEY1              417 points
2 Lucie-Victoria Hilder	Lucie Lockets 403
3 Claire Ellis   Pesto Warriors       398

FISO does the Euros, 55 teams

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1 Euro Wizard Harry Tom Osborne      390
2 The Italian Job   Andrew Stevens   374
3 Feel Good         Richard Kellard  360

Two-Footed Challenge, £25 Fiso prize league; 54 teams

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TW                                         GS1  GS2  GS3  R16  Tot
1 Mike Maguire   Just Missed The Barn Door 104   76  124   85  389
2 Bruce Baer     Hitomi Tanaka              94   90  115   75  374
3 Andrew Stevens The Italian Job           118   89  105   62  374

Seven matches to go.

[Lenloumas]

After yesterday's games, I have maintained my 38 point lead in my mini-league. 13 transfers left.
Current team:

GK: Donnarumma ITA 2.8
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DEF: Spinazzola ITA 3.6
DEF: Di Lorenzo ITA 3.6
DEF: Bonnucci ITA 3.8
DEF: Azpilicueta SPA 4.3
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MID: Locatelli ITA 4.7
MID: De Bruyne BEL 5.7
MID: Sarabia SPA 4.5
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FWD: Lukaku BEL 6.3
FWD: Yarmolenko UKR 4.7
FWD: Morata SPA 5.6

Spinazzola is injured, Locatelli is not getting played, and De Bruyne and Lukaku are out. The rest are in semi-final 1. Should I go with just a couple of Denmark players for the first game? (Maehle, and then 1 midfielder?), and then if they go through, just another couple of England players (Sterling and Kane?), and if they don't go through then replace the Danes with more English?
Am concerned about a potential English clean sheet that I would have no exposure to, and that chasing pack might capitalise on.

[CptPugwash]

For me you have 2 options both involve 4 Transfers for the 3rd QF & 2 Transfers for the 4th QF.

1) go 5-3-2 bring in Holes(CZE) & Maehle (DEN) at the back for Spinazzola & Lukaku.
Drop Locatelli & KDB bring in Soucek(CZE) & Poulsen(if he starts) or Hojbjerg.
2) option 2 is very similar but keeping 433 or even 343 & picking either Schick or a Swedish option up front.

Then drop the 2 losers for Englishmen.
What should decide this for you is partly your view on which English players you want.
Option 1 keeps your options as either Sterling & Defender or Sterling & Kane.
Option 2 means you might not be able to pick Kane(if your striker gets through), but you might be able to pick 2 Defenders.

[Lenloumas]

Thanks Cap, you're probably right that hedging my bets is the way to go whilst I have the lead. If Yarmolenko can get one in then I'll be laughing.

[SamD]

20.00 BST final QF

Two changes for England as they revert to a back four. Mason Mount returns, while there's a first start for Jadon Sancho. They replace Bukayo Saka (injured) and Kieran Trippier.

England
Pickford,
Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw,
Rice, Phillips, Mount, Sancho, Sterling,
Kane.

Ukraine
Bushchan,
Kryvtsov, Zabarnyi, Mykolenko, Karavaev, Matviyenko,
Zinchenko, Shaparenko, Sydorchuk,
Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk.

[SamD]

In follow up to 'TFF leaderboards after Round of 16' post at viewtopic.php?f=7&t=133571&start=123

TFF leaderboards after Quarter Finals

Overall top three of 44,200 teams
498 Owen Johnson, YMCHEY1
486 Steve Shipley, Lexy 2
486 Richard Moffat, European Sharks

FISO does the Euros SL, 55 teams
451 Euro Wizard Harry, Tom Osborne
435 Tinkerman does Dallas, Morgan Boniface
434 Super Furry Pants, Bill Wilkins

Two-Footed Challenge, £25 Fiso prize league of 27 managers & 54 teams; SL thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=133607

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TW LW Overall                                               GS1 GS2 GS3 R16  QF  Tot
01 01    28   Mike Maguire      Just Missed The Barn Door   104  76 124  85  64  453
02 06    34   Sam David         Euro Exchange                92  71 112  86  91  452
03 02    59   Bruce Baer        Hitomi Tanaka                94  90 115  75  71  445

Three matches left.

[SamD]

One change for England - Bukayo Saka in for Jadon Sancho - while Denmark field same starting line-up as in quarter-final.

Starting XIs (in TFF format)

England
Pickford;
Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw;
Rice, Phillips, Mount, Saka, Sterling;
Kane.

Denmark
Schmeichel;
Christensen, Kjaer, Vestergaard, Stryger Larsen, Maehle;
Hojbjerg, Delaney;
Braithwaite, Dolberg, Damsgaard.

[Jester]

I remember thinking we had way too many transfers at the start.......

[murf]

I remember thinking we had way too many transfers at the start.......

... yeah, only had enough to get 10 Danish players in one team. You can guess which one I haven't got.

[SamD]

TFF Euro leagues: top fives after semi-finals

Overall
528 Owen Johnson, YMCHEY1
522 Jean Jennings, Jeans Giants E
518 Steve Shipley, Lexy 2
518 Richard Moffat, European Sharks
512 Lucie-Victoria Hilder, Lucie Lockets

Two-Footed Challenge £25 SL
487 Mike Maguire, Just Missed The Barn Door, 31st overall
480 Sam David, Euro Exchange
480 Bruce Baer, Hitomi Tanaka
471 Christopher Beard, Walkley1
469 James Page, Brilliant

Fiso Does The Euros SL
480 Euro Wizard Harry, Tom Osborne, 51st overall
468 The Italian Job, Andrew Stevens
463 Super Furry Pants, Bill Wilkins
460 Euro job, Mark Bennett
455 Tinkerman does Dallas, Morgan Boniface

[murf]

Number of CSs

Last 16 - 4 (16 chances)
QF - 1 (8)
SF - 0 (4)

The last 2 of the 4 being England.

No wonder my block hopping tactics have failed!

EDIT to correct stats

[SamD]

Frequency of clean sheets is similar to average in Premier League.

Re Euro figures above, it was four across last 16, giving total of five in 14 KO games to date (28 teams).
There were 22 CSs in 36 group matches (72 teams).
Total is 27 in 100 = 27%.

There were 635 CSs over last three PL seasons, so average is 635/(380x2x3) = 27.85%.

[murf]

Similar to PL overall but a big change as the games progressed.

31% in group stages
18% in knockouts (and reducing round by round 31-25-12-0)

[SamD]

England
Pickford,
Trippier, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw,
Rice, Phillips, Sterling, Mount,
Kane.

Subs: Grealish, Henderson, Rashford, Ramsdale, Mings, Coady, Sancho, Calvert-Lewin, Johnstone, James, Saka, Bellingham.

Italy
Donnarumma,
Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Emerson Palmieri,
Barella, Jorginho, Verratti,
Chiesa, Immobile, Insigne.

Subs: Sirigu, Locatelli, Belotti, Berardi, Pessina, Acerbi, Cristante, Bernardeschi, Bastoni, Florenzi, Toloi, Meret.

[Lenloumas]

Anyone manage to come up with a mixed England/Italy 11 that doesn't have a 5-3-2 formation?

[murf]

After the dodgy updating last night, note the final scores still aren't correctly done with some of the extra time stuff missing (eg Sancho point)

[SamD]

TFF Euro leagues: top fives after Final

Overall (of 44,247)
556 Owen Johnson, YMCHEY1
547 Jean Jennings, Jeans Giants E
546 Steve Shipley, Lexy 2
542 Richard Moffat, European Sharks
540 Lucie-Victoria Hilder, Lucie Lockets

Two-Footed Challenge £25 SL **
512 Mike Maguire, Just Missed The Barn Door; 29th overall
509 Sam David, Euro Exchange; 39th
506 Bruce Baer, Hitomi Tanaka; 51st
501 Andrew Stevens, The Italian Job; 65th
495 James Page, Brilliant; 97th

Fiso Does The Euros SL
515 Euro Wizard Harry, Tom Osborne; 25th overall
501 The Italian Job, Andrew Stevens; 65th
492 Super Furry Pants, Bill Wilkins; 130th
487 Euro Job, Mark Bennett; 177th
484 Tinkerman does Dallas, Morgan Boniface; 223rd

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** For details of 13th season of Two-Foot Challenge prize SL see viewtopic.php?f=136&t=133721