The hard one will be finding replacements for Idowu and Uzoho. I've got the same problem with Uzoho. A starting keeper at 4.0 is a gift.

you do get extra money, and unlimited transfers.
Is it possible to play without any subs? :p




addition:
the rules state that "Upon completion of the group stage, player prices will change depending on performances."
so perhaps you can pick De Gea

you could get 3 cheapo bastards and keep them perma-benched, that would be the closest to “no subs”

i did that with my nigerians... but one of them actually scored last date lol

& haaa haaaaa de gea

I'm just taking out players as they're eliminated and autocompleting till we're down to the final 16.

Big dilemma for Southgate and Martinez. It looks like England and Belgium will both benefit from finishing 2nd rather than 1st if (in all probability) they're to avoid Colombia, rather than Japan or Senegal.

that's what I do. I have one 4m Korean and one 4m Nigerian who never play and I always sit them on the bench. Then I have more cash for more valuable play who actually make some points.

Looks like I hit the spot with the goalkeepers though. the Ochoa/Ospina combo is great value for money.

^^ that is good pareto!

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that is good pareto of course unless you pick the wrong players. in my case it looks like martinez is gonna rest lukaku and debruyne? lol my picks. this round not good for me for the most part.

also what demonyo said earlier: the strategic play in the england/belgium match would be to lose, ha ha ha

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also tough call on what to watch this morning

mexico seems to offer the most entertaining option

but i think ima see germany since it’s the most desperate contest and i know the players

will catch mexiquito on replay tonight most likely.

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wondering if the germany results would influence current german politics. winning good for merkel, losing would spell her doom. no? hmmmm...

Mexico wins!!!!!!!






fastest yellow card in the tournament

Relieved (for now) that I chose to switch my keeper and left Gallardo on the bench.

at ~30’, little creativity from germany on the attack so far

korea has rarely reached the german area but has been more dangerous when they have

Yeah. German seeing a lot of the ball but not doing much with it.

yep. same thing for the rest of the half.

a bit of interest maybe from reus and timo but so sparse and isolated to not be a real threat

i dont see a way forward for germany except from set pieces

what’s up with les mexicaines?

I'm not watching it but hear Sweden were denied a nailed on Pen.

Sweden goal! Massive. Germany on their way out.

2-0 for Sweden. With a penalty that wasn't a foul, burnouts VAR intervention
Mexico is out if Deutschland scores. And they will, in the 93rd minute. They always do

Burnouts = without
Stupid spellchecker

omfg sweden winning 2-0???

No.it's 3-0 now!!!
I won't score many points this round with my three Mexicans and three Belgians. Belgium will most likely play with sort-of a B-team, leaving out the three yellow carded players and the slightly injured (Lukaku and maybe one or two more)

the horror....

Oh man, this Germany game is great. Korea have nothing to play for but want to win this

germany better since mueller and gomez in but no cigar—keeper working

brandt now maybe

They need Sane ... oh, wait ... ok

o man this is bananas

the 6 minutes a ripoff

the goal/annulled wtf

....

GOAL!

o man little korea

insane. adios germany. glad i took all the players out of my team lol.

Mexicans are happy and beer is flying

Hahahah a 2-0 for Korea
That's insane

Auf wiedersehen Joachim

I did predict correctly that there would be a goal in minute 93 ;)

that shitty american ref needs to be investigated for his gifts to germany i swear

and sad to see germany go but glad to see mexico make it

wow it’s a confusing day for me lol

I can even ignore the fact I captained Kimmich. That was worth it.

hindsight is 20/20 but man this was germany’s chance to start prepping their next generation, and instead they held to old glories and failed.

merkel out next? public mood gonna sour.

my score for Moreno:


STATISTICS ; VALUE ; Points
Minutes played ; 90 ; 2
Penalties conceded; 1 ; -1
Goal conceded ; 3 ; -1
Yellow cards ; 1 ; -1

Match Points -1

Yup. And it started with Lowe leaving Sane and taking Muller. Who I had said at the beginning had done NOTHING to deserve his place.

Sweet sweet schadenfreude

brazil-mexico should be an entertaining game, but i think should be the end of the road for mexico, barring a comet crashing on russia

well you never know lol

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and with lukaku and debruyne sitting out tomorrow, shit fantasy round for me. minimal score.

lucky i captained varane, but that’s about it

not sure if i should put in courtois for 1-point uzoho

belgium doesn’t defend that well! and not sure they even want to, lol

then again... could be cero a cero...

The discussion on Belgian TV by the analysts is that it would be much better if Belgium would loose from England. Because they then end up in the playing schedule that looks much easier than if they would win and become leader of group G.


Let's call it left and right side:


- Left side:
Uruguay
Portugal
France
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
1G
2H


- Right side:
Spain
Russia
Croatia
Denmark
Sweden
Switzerland
1H
2G


The coaches and players of course deny that they would deliberately want to loose, or perhaps get extra yellow cards. Guess we just have to wait and see what will happen ....


Belgian coach didn't yet want to tell who would be playing, the only certainty is Courtois he said.

Similar discussion in England. Southgate's saying he's not looking beyond the Belgium game. He must be, though. But how do two teams conspire to lose against one another without bringing the tournament into disrepute?

haaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa!