Fantasy WC – Round 1

The first round of games has been completed with today’s games. First full league table can viewed here. I have been publishing some daily updates to this site. Anyone who has been checking the site – there has been a small issue in the commentaries with some stats being wrong – eg I reported last night that Courtois was only picked by one player when he is actually in 6 player’s squads. That issue is now resolved – teams had the points, just the way I pick up the number of players was wrong.

A full list of players and how they have scored can be viewed here. Similarly, each of your squads can be viewed here.

Any queries/comments, please shout!!

Next formal update will be after the 2nd round of games has competed on Monday. I will continue to update the site daily, time permitting!

Fantasy WC – Wednesday 23rd

Day 4 of the competition and another 4 matches – with another shock result! Commentaries on today’s games and am updated table below. First proper update after tomorrow’s games when all 32 teams will have played their first game.

MOROCCO 0 CROATIA 0
Gisela Mowles, Steve Smith and Shaun Sparkes get a clean sheet from Joško Gvardiol.
Ian O’Brien and colin eunson get a clean sheet from Romain Saïss, as do another 12 from Achraf Hakimi.

GERMANY 1 JAPAN 0
Dave Nicholls, JAMES GRIERSON, Kevin Robinson and Shaun Sparkes get points from İlkay Gündoğan’s penalty.
Nobody gets any of the points earned from both of the Japanese goals.

SPAIN 7 COSTA RICA 0
Only 3 different Spaniards were picked. Martin Grierson gets 13 points from Ferran Torres’ brace. Paul Sparkes gets a clean sheet from Aymeric Laporte.

BELGIUM 1 CANADA 0
Only 3 Belgians picked, with 28 players picking Kevin de Bruyne. Ian O’Brien gets points from Thibaut Courtois’ penalty save.
Ewan White, Ben Corrie, Albert Au, Tracey Corrie, Nick & Emma and Shaun Sparkes lose points from Alphonso Davies’s penalty miss and booking.

POS MANAGER TEAM TEAM NO. PLAYERS LEFT GD POINTS
1 Kevin Robinson Boro Lad 19 20 158 71
2 Chris Mowles Out in the Quarters 5 20 141 59
3 Martin Grierson The Jester’s Tear 14 20 128 56
4 Gisela Mowles Hopp Schwiiz 6 20 135 52
5 JAMES GRIERSON TOFFEE DOWN UNDER 15 20 152 51
6 Lauren Haigh Rodri, you plonker 29 20 132 50
7 Melvin Pool MELVINHO XI 10 20 134 50
8 Steve Smith Cube of sixty four 16 20 194 49
9 Dave Nicholls CuddaWuddaShudda 3 20 137 48
10 Shaun Sparkes Do You Put The Kekkle On 35 20 181 48
11 Jason Harrison Brutal Deluxe 8 20 141 47
12 Philip Haigh Sonly a Game 18 20 119 46
13 Josh Wignall Haven’t Jota clue 25 20 135 45
14 Allan Jones AllStars 2 20 157 45
15 Ian O’Brien Boss Nights 4 20 111 43
16 Ross Hunt Last Minute 11 33 20 121 43
17 Ste Corbett No Chance FC 7 20 131 43
18 Michael Grierson Grio FC 24 20 152 43
19 colin eunson UE’s go aussie 13 20 132 42
20 Christopher Grierson Qatar Payoff 12 20 180 42
21 Robin Horsler No Transfer Demons 20 20 90 40
22 Ewan White The Briggs Ballers 11 20 190 39
23 Mike Sparkes Bluemoon 31 20 139 38
24 Paul Maiden Pride of Europe 9 20 152 37
25 Ben Donafee Karim Bensteama 30 20 133 36
26 Gary Nelson MMDG 21 20 245 35
27 Emma Bisset GodsHand 1 20 126 33
28 David Owen Dasus United 22 20 140 33
29 Neil Metcalf Jubilee Invincibles 26 20 177 33
30 Nick & Emma Nick & Emma 28 20 147 32
31 Albert Au WeDontTakeLs 23 20 155 32
32 Paul Sparkes Best team in all the land and world 34 20 102 29
33 Tracey Corrie Ta-ra Qatar 27 20 127 27
34 Madison and Rhys Mad dogs 32 20 129 27
35 Ben Corrie Jack Warner’s brown envelope 17 20 118 24

Fantasy WC – Tuesday 22nd

Another 4 games today, including the shock result of the tournament so far. Commentaries below and the latest table.

ARGENTINA 1 SAUDI ARABIA 2
22 managers gets points from Lionel Messi’s goal.
Ben Corrie and Robin Horsler were the only two players to pick players from Saudi Arabia – they both picked Salem Al-Dawsari, who scored the 2nd goal (and was booked).

DENMARK 0 TUNISIA 0
9 players get a clean sheet from Kasper Schmeichel – as do Gisela Mowles, Melvin Pool, Ewan White and Steve Smith from Joakim Mæhle and Ian O’Brien from Simon Kjær.
Gisela Mowles, Christopher Grierson and Josh Wignall get a clean sheet from Montassar Talbi, as do Ewan White and JAMES GRIERSON from Dylan Bronn. Paul Maiden and Ben Donafee also get a clean sheet from Mohamed Dräger, as does Dave Nicholls from Ali Maâloul.

MEXICO 0 POLAND 0
Nobody benefit’s from Guillermo Ochoa’s penalty save and clean sheet! In fact, Colin Eunson and Ben Donafee were the only two players to pick a Mexican in their squads!
14 players lose points from Robert Lewandowski’s penalty miss. Robin Horsler and David Owen get a clean sheet from Matty Cash, as does Tracey Corrie from Bartosz Bereszyński and Lauren Haigh from Kamil Glik.

FRANCE 4 AUSTRALIA 1
Only 4 different Frenchmen were picked by 31 players. 28 managers get 8 points from Kylian Mbappé’s goal and assist. colin eunson gets 13 points from Olivier Girooud’s brace.
No-one had the Aussie goalscorer, Craig Goodwin. Lauren Haigh loses points from Jackson Irvine’s booking. 10 players lose points from Aaron Mooy’s booking.

POS MANAGER TEAM TEAM NO. PLAYERS LEFT GD POINTS
1 Chris Mowles Out in the Quarters 5 20 152 51
2 Kevin Robinson Boro Lad 19 20 169 47
3 Gisela Mowles Hopp Schwiiz 6 20 146 44
4 JAMES GRIERSON TOFFEE DOWN UNDER 15 20 163 40
5 Philip Haigh Sonly a Game 18 20 130 40
6 Lauren Haigh Rodri, you plonker 29 20 143 40
7 Steve Smith Cube of sixty four 16 20 205 38
8 Melvin Pool MELVINHO XI 10 20 145 37
9 Josh Wignall Haven’t Jota clue 25 20 146 37
10 Jason Harrison Brutal Deluxe 8 20 152 36
11 Christopher Grierson Qatar Payoff 12 20 191 36
12 Ross Hunt Last Minute 11 33 20 132 36
13 Allan Jones AllStars 2 20 168 35
14 Ewan White The Briggs Ballers 11 20 201 34
15 Martin Grierson The Jester’s Tear 14 20 139 34
16 Dave Nicholls CuddaWuddaShudda 3 20 148 33
17 Robin Horsler No Transfer Demons 20 20 101 33
18 Paul Maiden Pride of Europe 9 20 163 31
19 colin eunson UE’s go aussie 13 20 143 31
20 Shaun Sparkes Do You Put The Kekkle On 35 20 192 31
21 Nick & Emma Nick & Emma 28 20 158 30
22 Ian O’Brien Boss Nights 4 20 122 29
23 Mike Sparkes Bluemoon 31 20 150 29
24 Michael Grierson Grio FC 24 20 163 28
25 Ben Donafee Karim Bensteama 30 20 144 28
26 Albert Au WeDontTakeLs 23 20 166 27
27 Gary Nelson MMDG 21 20 256 25
28 David Owen Dasus United 22 20 151 25
29 Neil Metcalf Jubilee Invincibles 26 20 188 25
30 Emma Bisset GodsHand 1 20 137 24
31 Ste Corbett No Chance FC 7 20 142 24
32 Tracey Corrie Ta-ra Qatar 27 20 138 19
33 Ben Corrie Jack Warner’s brown envelope 17 20 129 18
34 Madison and Rhys Mad dogs 32 20 140 15
35 Paul Sparkes Best team in all the land and world 34 20 113 13

Fantasy WC – Monday 21st

Another three games played today. Commentaries on the games below and a first league table. Early days, some players will have had more players appearing compared to others!!

ENGLAND 6 IRAN 2
No-one had any of the 5 England goalscorers! Harry Kane was the 4th most popular pick in the tournament – 21 players will be disappointed he never joined the goal-fest but he did chip in with 2 assists to earn 8 points. Emma Bissett, Steve Smith and Ewan White will be disappointed with the 2 Iran goals costing them a clean sheet!
Chris Mowles and Kevin Robinson get 13 points from Mehdi Taremi’s brace. Ben Corrie and Shaun Sparkes lose points from Alireza Jahanbakhsh’s booking.

SENEGAL 0 NETHERLANDS 2
Jason Harrison and David Owen lose points from Nampalys Mendy’s yellow card, as does Philip Haigh from Idrissa Gueye.
Ste Corbett and Albert Au gets points from Cody Gakpo’s goal, as does Jason Harrison from Davy Klaassen. Nobody gets the assist from Frankie de Jong. 7 players get a clean sheet from Denzel Dumfries, as does Ben Corrie from Nathan Aké.

USA 1 WALES 1
Only 4 players picked an American in their squads. Nobody gets the points from Timothy Weah’s goal – Emma Bisset, Gary Nelson and Paul Sparkes get points from Christian Pulisic’s assist.
6 players get points from Gareth Bale’s penalty but lose points from his booking.

POS MANAGER TEAM TEAM NO. PLAYERS LEFT GD POINTS
1 Kevin Robinson Boro Lad 19 20 177 34
2 Chris Mowles Out in the Quarters 5 20 160 33
3 Martin Grierson The Jester’s Tear 14 20 147 29
4 Gary Nelson MMDG 21 20 264 22
5 Jason Harrison Brutal Deluxe 8 20 160 20
6 Melvin Pool MELVINHO XI 10 20 153 20
7 JAMES GRIERSON TOFFEE DOWN UNDER 15 20 171 20
8 Dave Nicholls CuddaWuddaShudda 3 20 156 19
9 Gisela Mowles Hopp Schwiiz 6 20 154 19
10 Steve Smith Cube of sixty four 16 20 213 19
11 Ross Hunt Last Minute 11 33 20 140 19
12 Christopher Grierson Qatar Payoff 12 20 199 18
13 Nick & Emma Nick & Emma 28 20 166 18
14 Shaun Sparkes Do You Put The Kekkle On 35 20 200 18
15 Philip Haigh Sonly a Game 18 20 138 16
16 Lauren Haigh Rodri, you plonker 29 20 151 16
17 Paul Maiden Pride of Europe 9 20 171 15
18 Emma Bisset GodsHand 1 20 145 14
19 Allan Jones AllStars 2 20 176 14
20 Robin Horsler No Transfer Demons 20 20 109 14
21 Michael Grierson Grio FC 24 20 171 14
22 Josh Wignall Haven’t Jota clue 25 20 154 14
23 Neil Metcalf Jubilee Invincibles 26 20 196 14
24 Ian O’Brien Boss Nights 4 20 130 13
25 Ste Corbett No Chance FC 7 20 150 12
26 Ewan White The Briggs Ballers 11 20 209 12
27 Albert Au WeDontTakeLs 23 20 174 11
28 Ben Corrie Jack Warner’s brown envelope 17 20 137 10
29 Mike Sparkes Bluemoon 31 20 158 10
30 Paul Sparkes Best team in all the land and world 34 20 121 8
31 Ben Donafee Karim Bensteama 30 20 152 6
32 Madison and Rhys Mad dogs 32 20 148 6
33 David Owen Dasus United 22 20 159 4
34 colin eunson UE’s go aussie 13 20 151 2
35 Tracey Corrie Ta-ra Qatar 27 20 146 2

Fantasy WC – Sunday 20th

Just the one game played on this opening day of the tournament. I’ve done a quick update to make sure my system is all working correctly.

QATAR 0-2 ECUADOR

Melvin Pool loses points from Karim Boudiaf’s booking, as do Ewan White and Robin Horsler from Akram Afif and Madison and Rhys from Almoez Ali.

Nobody had the Ecuador keeper, Hernán Galíndez, who kept a clean sheet. It looks like David Owen, Tracey Corrie and Lauren Haigh have picked the wrong keeper with Alexander Domínguez! Allan Jones and Ian O’Brien get a clean sheet from Félix Torres, as do Chris Mowles, Gisela Mowles and Christopher Grierson from Piero Hincapié and another 7 players from Pervis Estupiñán. Martin Grierson and Steve Smith were the only two players to get 13 points from Enner Valencia’s brace (and will be hoping he’s fit for the next game!). 6 players lose points from Moisés Caicedo’s booking.

Three games tomorrow – England v Iran, Senegal v Netherlands and USA v Wales.

Fantasy World Cup – and they’re off!!

​The first match is about to kick off. 

34 entries have been received, which will mean a prize pot of £340 to be paid out to the top 5. I will confirm prize monies once a​​ll payments are in. If you haven’t made it yet then please do so soon. £10 to 12-60-50 03697698 or Paypal payments to martin.grierson@gmail.com. 

A PDF is attached detailing all teams for transparency. ​I have also listed all players that were selected (186 different players were picked). ​

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I’ll issue email updates at the end of each round of games (so first one will be when all teams have played their first game). I’ll also add interim updates to this blog – you can add yourself here to get updates if any new blog entries are added. 

Good luck to everyone!!

Super 6 League Cup update

Updated this earlier in the week but forgot to add an update!

The 7th round of games took place last weekend – the last one before the World Cup break (DON’T FORGET THAT SUPER 6 ARE RUNNING ROUNDS DURING THE WORLD CUP SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP ON TOP OF IT FOR YOUR LEAGUE PLACES!).

Results and updated tables can be viewed here. Three rounds of games left to play – 14th & 21st Jan and 4th Feb. I’ll send a reminder in the new year.

GROUP A
Christopher Grierson leads the way by 2 points ahead of Matthew Saveall (they play each other in the next round of games), but Jordan Laite and Shaun McGee are still very much in the running.

GROUP B

Lauren Haigh and Albert Au both lead the group by 6 points – they play each other next, a win for one of them should seal their qualification. Stuart Davies and Nikki Grice can still catch them but would need to win all their games and hope for a collapse from the joint leaders.

GROUP C

Michael Grierson and Lisa Ormesher both lead the group by 6 points. Martin Grierson sits 4 points behind and has a crunch match against Michael next! David Hayhoe can still catch the top 2 – he has a “gimme” against Peter Donnelly next round (as does Lisa the round after which will probably confirm her qualification).

GROUP D

This group only plays 8 games – Ross Milton sits 6 points clear and with 2 games to play looks a certainty to qualify. Richard Gibbons and John Roberts sit on 8 points – Paul Grice is 3 points behind with a game in hand so the 2nd spot looks wide open.

GROUP E

Very tight this group – Paul Murphy and Steve Smith sit on 12 points (although Steve has a game in hand) with Michael Thomas on 11 points. Steve and Paul play in the next round – Michael can take advantage there.

GROUP F

Another tight group – Andrew Carter and Melvin Pool are on 10 points (Andrew has a game in hand). Paul Barlow is on 9 points with Cameron Green on 7 points so it is really wide open here. 

GROUP G

Lynsey Harrison and Peter Carroll are level on 12 points – Trevor Faulkner is close behind on 9, and has a game in hand on the other 2. Neil Metcalf is on 6 points – he would need to win his last 3 games and hope for some results in the other games.

GROUP H

Dave Nicholls tops the group with 13 points with Peter Wooldridge 3 points behind on 10 and Graham Healey on 8 – Peter has a game in hand on the other 2. 

Fantasy World Cup

35 people responded to the poll I sent yesterday, with almost all expressing they would be happy to pay £10. I have now created an entry form. If you have Excel – please use the Excel version as it will validate your selections and also makes it easier for me to cut and paste into my system. No worries if you don’t, there is a PDF version. I have rushed to get this out but hopefully no errors!!! Keep an eye on my blog – I will update on here if I have to make any changes to the forms!

Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested – more entries = more prize money! Entry fees to the usual footy account or Paypal (details on the entry form).

Deadline for entries is 3pm on Sunday 20th November, before the first game so I can share a list of entries ahead of the first game kicking off. 

Any queries, please let me know!

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