Category Archives: Fantasy World Cup

Apologies for the delay in getting this out – I didn’t get back from London until late yesterday evening. I didn’t plan my trip too well – I was able to watch the final upto Messi’s first goal then had to make my way (in the rain!) to Winter Wonderland and rely on FlashScore updatesContinue reading “Fantasy WC – The Final!”

That’s the semi finals done and we now know the winner if this years World Cup will be Argentina or France. Two games still to play – don’t forget the 3rd place play off. A pointless game in most people’s eyes but the only way the top 5 places can really be influenced seeing asContinue reading “Fantasy WC – The Semis”

The first of the semi finals played and Argentina now have to wait 24 hours to see who they meet in the final. ARGENTINA 3 CROATIA 022 managers get 8 points from Lionel Messi’s goal and assist. Emma Bisset and Ben Corrie get 13 points from Julián Álvarez’s brace. James Grierson, Gary Nelson and TraceyContinue reading “Fantasy WC – Tuesday 13th December”

Nearly there, down to the last four teams and the last four games.  League table can be viewed here. List of players can be viewed here and all squads here. Most of the top sides have both Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe with either Joško Gvardiol or Achraf Hakimi. The only one who might haveContinue reading “Fantasy WC – Quarter Finals”

Had stuff on last night so couldn’t do an update – same applies tonight, off to see Paolo Nutini (at the same time as the England game 🤦‍♂️!), so don’t expect an update til tomorrow. CROATIA 0 BRAZIL 0 (1-1 AET – CROATIA WIN 4-2 ON PENALTIES)16 managers get points from Luka Modrić’s penalty, asContinue reading “Fantasy WC – Friday 9th December”

56 games done, just 8 more to go! Latest update is here after the Round of 16 is complete. A list of all players can be viewed here and you can view all squads here. Next update after the Quarter Finals are completed. I am out on Saturday so no update until Sunday at theContinue reading “Fantasy WC – Round of 16”

Games 5 & 6 of the Round of 16 and the first game to go to extra time (and penalties!). JAPAN 1 CROATIA 1 (AET – CROATIA WIN 3-1 ON PENALTIES)Lauren Haigh gets points from Maya Yoshida’s assist but loses them from his penalty miss. Martin Grierson and Tracey Corrie lose points from Takumi Minamino’sContinue reading “Fantasy WC – Monday 5th December”

Half way through the quarter finals with another two games played today. FRANCE 3 POLAND 1Colin Eunson gets points from Olivier Giroud’s 3rd goal of the tournament. 28 managers get 16 points from Kylian Mbappe brace and assist.23 managers gets points from Robert Lewandowski’s goal. Robin Horsler and David Owen lose points from Matty Cash’sContinue reading “Fantasy WC – Sunday 4th December”

The start of the knockout phase and the quarter finals, with two fixtures played. NETHERLANDS 3 USA 1Paul Maiden and Philip Haigh get points from Memphis Depay’s goal. Dave Nicholls, Chris Mowles, Melvin Pool, Ewan White, Martin Grierson, James Grierson and David Owen get 15 points from Denzel Dumfries’s goal and 2 assists. ARGENTINA 2Continue reading “Fantasy WC – Saturday 3rd December”

That’s the group phase done. Onto the knockouts now! Still time to catch up, even if there’s only 16 games left. A brace or hat-trick (there hasn’t been one yet!) can earn a good bundle of points. Potential now for penalty shoot-outs for additional goals (and potential penalty save bonuses)! League table update is here,Continue reading “Fantasy WC – End of Group Phase”