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World Cup 2014 Fantasy Football Thread

jumpsuit — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:00:54 GMT

I woke up today as excited as a child creeping downstairs on Christmas Morning to see if the milk and cookies left for Saint Nick and Rudolph have been consumed.

Why? Its World Cup Time of course and another chance to play in the Sony League!

Dan-Dun-Dan-Dan-Da-Da-Da-Da-Daaa (apologies for my Samba Singing - plus its hard for me to type while I'm dancing.)

For those who want to join up and haven't seen the details yet please have a look at the Sony Fantasy League Competition details Here

Please don't foget to confirm your FiFa profile name underneath the blog

How have other members found choosing their squads?

For me its nice having a couple of decent players but not so nice having Honduras and Iran players too lol

Did anyone manage to buy more than about 5 decent players?

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Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:12:40 GMT

Thanks for the new thread - probably needed

I think I have managed 10 decent/top players. Just hope they dont get injured

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jumpsuit — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:00:37 GMT

Well I think my chances this time are dismal at best lol.

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jumpsuit — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:17:35 GMT

So, so, sooooo disappointed with the opening show!

I'm hoping it was a prank and the real one will start soon

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Nadine1325 — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:57:07 GMT

I know it was naive to expect something on the Olympic opening ceremony scale, but they could have done a lot more for it!

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Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:09:45 GMT

What opening show

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Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:13:20 GMT

ROFL !!!! Own Goal !

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jumpsuit — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:33:52 GMT

I'd like to thank the 2 Brazilian Players in my squad for the opening own goal and the opening yellow card.

Thats a lot of minus points for me.

Brilliant! ROFL

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Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:45:37 GMT

@ Jumpy - Lovely !

Neymar got a yellow card, but luckily got a goal too.

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jumpsuit — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:27:25 GMT

Yeah if it hadn't been for a terrible Sideshow Bob (David Luiz) header attempt it probably would have been a hat-trick lol

Brasil didn't impress much. I think several teams (Spain, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina to name a few will be very pleased at the way Brasil played.)

Anyone finding the fantasy site easy to use?

I can never get to the Sony League unless I go the competition blog on this website and click on the '9679' link.

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Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:35:27 GMT

I did relatively well last night - unsure if I should be posting points etc (as it is a competition) ?????

I am also finding the FF site difficult to use with a lack of updates and STATS !!!!

I can only get the Sony Community League by going to "My Leagues" > Seach for "Sony" (under join league). I cannot see everyone elses teams or points like the premier league FF

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jumpsuit — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:44:05 GMT

Yeah I'm hoping its a glitch rather than deliberate site design, although it says

"Don't see your latest points? Don't worry! Points will be updated a few minutes after a round is over."

To me a 'match' is different to a 'round' e.g. Murray lost his match in the 3rd round of Queens.

Surely we won't have to wait until each team has played once / finished the group stage before we see a points tally?

I have to make a decision soon about whether to play Ronaldo or Klose this week too.

Marcelo accumulated a huge 4 points for me last night LOL.

-2 points for the own goal! ROFL

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Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:49:40 GMT

I think the round will finish once all teams have played once. Not the best in my opinion in updating scores - should be a running total after each game day. However with the ability to change players around during the round, this may account for that?

I had Neymar, Oscar and Luiz and scored well

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tweety2b — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:53:36 GMT

I got 18 points for Neymar and Paulinho 😉

Hope my Belgians will bring more points than in the premiership fantasy league

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Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:03:51 GMT

Well Done tweety2b

For the record, I scored 34 yesterday

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tweety2b — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:05:53 GMT

waaw nice 😉

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jumpsuit — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:11:56 GMT

Very healthy score Quinnicus

@tweety2b Snap! I scored 18 points for Neymar and Marcelo.

I picked Mignolet as Goalie but forgot to look at who Belgium will be playing lol.

p.s. is it too soon to make 'Brazilian' jokes yet?

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Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:40:38 GMT

I wouldnt have picked this score betwen Spain and Netherlands.

Sigh, got 3 Spanish players too

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jumpsuit — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 10:12:57 GMT

What a match

Can't believe I still got 10 points for Pique.

I thought you'd lose points for so many goals against.

Looking forward to seeing how Uruguay play tonight.

(Oh and of course England, although I'm expecting the players to be

covered in the green paint they sprayed on the pitch within 5 minutes.)

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rich912 — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:14:48 GMT

@jumpsuit wrote:

p.s. is it too soon to make 'Brazilian' jokes yet?

At this stage I think you need some input from an expert - having wide professional experience of Brazilian's @faithx is the one to consult:smileywink: