Fantasy Euro 2012

manual_man

Re: League and code info -





Official Website - http://en.euro2012fantasy.uefa.com/





1. Classic League name: Boards FSA
Code: 14305-2794

2. Head to Head League name: Boards FSA H2H
Code: 14305-2795

*There'll be 3 KO rounds as well in the H2H league. *


3. FSA Euro 2012 Cup Thread -
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056630197

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Definitely interesting in doing a league for this

Though I have no idea who does the best league for this, I haven't done a Major Championships fantasy football since wc94 or something :pac:

KevIRL

Official site game is usually the best and tends to be closest to the FPL format most are used to.

GarIT

Is there one? Anyone have a link to it?

KevIRL

GarIT wrote: »

Is there one? Anyone have a link to it?

Probably wont be set up until the squads are confirmed at the very earliest.

Jimmy Iovine

Thay have set up the fantasy game for the Euros. Some of the pricing is a bit retarded imo. They'll have to change it surely.

David Villa is worth 12 million even though he's out with a broken leg at the moment. Klose is one of the best WC/Euro players around but he's hardly worth more than Ronaldo or Van Persie. Somehow Huntelaar is worth the same as RVP and Ronaldo as well.

Can't complain too much if they don't change it though. Would be easier to get them in the team.

http://en.euro2012fantasy.uefa.com/

carlcon

Ah Jebus, not this now... just when I was winding down! :pac:

Stand-out price for me at first look is 9m for Robben. 8m for Ibrahimović is another. Learning more about teams in Group A will be essential when it comes to finding cheap gems.

Jones or Smalling for 5.5 look decent too if they're settled into the squad by then.

And "Welback" for England is a new one to me... :rolleyes:
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I made a team over lunch. Obviously just made for a laugh, but my tactic will be "get as many Germans and Spaniards into my team as possible, while picking up on English and Irish bargains".

manual_man

lashed in a team just there



rules are v similar to fpl game

didn't see a mention of bonus points anywhere though :pac:

roryc

Carlcon has a 2-5-3 formation so I can see an error already...

Anyway I made an attempt to stick all the big name players in, managed it pretty easily when there's attackers on offer for 4m...

manual_man

how is Richard Dunne not a big name player :pac:

KevIRL

2-5-3 formations and no bonus points were in previous euro games. Also was the ability to make subs and change capt mid gameweek provided they hadnt played yet

roryc

KevIRL wrote: »

2-5-3 formations and no bonus points were in previous euro games. Also was the ability to make subs and change capt mid gameweek provided they hadnt played yet

I remember everything except the 2-5-3 formation. Maybe I just never tried it.

Jimmy Iovine

I was just looking back at the thread for the last WC there. As mentioned above you could change your captain during the week (as long as he wasn't sent off).

Another one was that players got attacking bonuses. They got them for bringing the ball into the box I think. Ronaldo got 7 in one game.

Also players lost a point for every time they gave away the ball it seems. I'm not fully sure on that one though, they may have scrapped it.

That was a McDonald's one as well. I haven't had a chance to look at the rules for this one but it may very well be somewhat similar.

It's a pity Forlán isn't playing in this one. He cleaned up in the last game. Hopefully I strike lucky with the players I choose.

EDIT: I just looked there now and there's no attacking bonus which is lucky really because it was a load of ****e really. A defending bonus is in there though. Might just throw De Jong in my team and let him tackle eveyone for them points.

carlcon

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Might just throw De Jong in my team and let him tackle eveyone for them points.

As long as you're OK losing them when he drop-kicks Ronaldo's or Ozil's shins and gets 3 red cards in one game.

manual_man

carlcon wrote: »

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Might just throw De Jong in my team and let him tackle eveyone for them points.

As long as you're OK losing them when he drop-kicks Ronaldo's or Ozil's shins and gets 3 red cards in one game.

if Howard Webb's reffin he'll be fine

Mr. Guappa

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I was just looking back at the thread for the last WC there. As mentioned above you could change your captain during the week (as long as he wasn't sent off).

Another one was that players got attacking bonuses. They got them for bringing the ball into the box I think. Ronaldo got 7 in one game.

Also players lost a point for every time they gave away the ball it seems. I'm not fully sure on that one though, they may have scrapped it.

That was a McDonald's one as well. I haven't had a chance to look at the rules for this one but it may very well be somewhat similar.

It's a pity Forlán isn't playing in this one. He cleaned up in the last game. Hopefully I strike lucky with the players I choose.

EDIT: I just looked there now and there's no attacking bonus which is lucky really because it was a load of ****e really. A defending bonus is in there though. Might just throw De Jong in my team and let him tackle eveyone for them points.

The Champions League game has a "recovered balls" bonus which gives an extra point per 5 balls recovered so I guess it's along those lines?

Jimmy Iovine

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

The Champions League game has a "recovered balls" bonus which gives an extra point per 5 balls recovered so I guess it's along those lines?

Yea that's it pretty much. I made a hames of explaining it.

FatRat

I have a feeling this game will be completely different to our regular fantasy games. For one, I thing playing 2 at the back won't be a good thing to do i.e .... defenders will earn as much points as most midfielders will. I also think that flooding all your cash into strikers like you in FPL won't be a good thing to do. Normally in big competitions like this things are tight and teams won't be scoring loads of goals like in the PL. This is what I think of it anyway. I also think picking free-kick/penalty takers will be crucial.



1 huge, important thing to take note also, is the groups teams are in. I won't be picking Danish players because they have the hardest group they could've possibly gotten but I will be picking Russian players, especially Russian defenders, 3 clean sheets in the group stage could well happen for them.

carlcon

The "recovered balls" thing is an excellent idea. Saw it a few years back in the CL game. It's the main thing I think we're missing in the FPL. Of all the complaining we all do about various aspects of the game, I think this is the one change FPL needs.

Nuri Sahin

Decided to stick this as there really is not long to go.

manual_man

TEAM CATINTHESACK F.C.

Copper_pipe

could someone PM me the code to the boards league if there is any. Thanks

Copper_pipe

itsallfunandgames

Nuri Sahin

Classic League name: Boards FSA
Code: 14305-2794

Head to Head League name: Boards FSA H2H
Code: 14305-2795
*There'll be 3 KO rounds as well.


The above will be added to the OP.

Nuri Sahin

On another note, great seeing quite varied teams as ever with the FF international tourneys. My team is quite different compared to most of the above bar a very few players here and there.

SpaceCowb0y

Is Silva likely to start?? He's down as a forward but with the likes of Villa and Soldado is he even going to get his game up front??

Formation

Lots of clean sheets in internationals

massdebater

Think I'll give this a miss. I'm jaded after a long FPL campaign and fatigue has set in over the past few weeks. I look forward to returning in August fully refreshed and back to peak fitness.

SpaceCowb0y

massdebater wrote: »

Think I'll give this a miss. I'm jaded after a long FPL campaign and fatigue has set in over the past few weeks. I look forward to returning in August fully refreshed and back to peak fitness.

HERE HERE!!!:D

manual_man

massdebater wrote: »

Think I'll give this a miss. I'm jaded after a long FPL campaign and fatigue has set in over the past few weeks. I look forward to returning in August fully refreshed and back to peak fitness.

pfft. you'll get the itch come June

FatRat

Hey lads.... would anyone be interested in a Boards Fantasy Euros cup competition? And by that I mean:


I get 16 different teams (first come first served). Assign each team to a different country in the Euros. So lets say I get Ireland.... I'll be up against another lads team that was assigned to Czech Rep in my first game. (first GW) Do this for the group stages. After that, if you're in the top 2 in your group you're placed in the next round. We won't go by the teams you're assigned to for fixtures after that simply because the same teams won't qualify in the real comp if you know what I mean...

Anyways, ye should get the drift of it. The nice thing about doing this instead of a regular cup is that you're guaranteed 3 games instead of being knocked out in the first round. There's also the fact that you can say you are The Netherlands or you're Spain or whatever and there will be a FSA Euro 2012 winner with the team that wins.

Straightforward competition, bita craic and also very exclusive with only 16 entrants. Could make it a paid cup to make it more intense and worthwhile. The Euros are too short for a league imo. You'd need a cup like this.

Copper_pipe

FatRat wrote: »

Hey lads.... would anyone be interested in a Boards Fantasy Euros cup competition? And by that I mean:


I get 16 different teams (first come first served). Assign each team to a different country in the Euros. So lets say I get Ireland.... I'll be up against another lads team that was assigned to Czech Rep in my first game. (first GW) Do this for the group stages. After that, if you're in the top 2 in your group you're placed in the next round. We won't go by the teams you're assigned to for fixtures after that simply because the same teams won't qualify in the real comp if you know what I mean...

Anyways, ye should get the drift of it. The nice thing about doing this instead of a regular cup is that you're guaranteed 3 games instead of being knocked out in the first round. There's also the fact that you can say you are The Netherlands or you're Spain or whatever and there will be a FSA Euro 2012 winner with the team that wins.

Straightforward competition, bita craic and also very exclusive with only 16 entrants. Could make it a paid cup to make it more intense and worthwhile. The Euros are too short for a league imo. You'd need a cup like this.

id be interested

carlcon

Yeah sounds like great idea to me. 16 places will fill up quick on here, so consider this my application.

Formation

In for the h2h.

WoollyRedHat

I would be interested in this too

carlcon

Just an idea that came to mind: We would easily get 32 people involved in this kind of cup. We could assign 2 people to a country instead of one, and combine their scores. So it'll be kind of a team game, instead of an individual one.

Or 3 to a team if we have 48, and so on.

Just for a laugh, of course... could be separate to the proposed individual cup... just thinking out loud... never mind.

SpaceCowb0y

Sign me up... if theres still a space!

Father Larry Duff

Sign me up too if there are any places left.

FatRat

carlcon wrote: »

Just an idea that came to mind: We would easily get 32 people involved in this kind of cup. We could assign 2 people to a country instead of one, and combine their scores. So it'll be kind of a team game, instead of an individual one.

Or 3 to a team if we have 48, and so on.

Just for a laugh, of course... could be separate to the proposed individual cup... just thinking out loud... never mind.

We could, that's an idea. I actually like that idea because 16 isn't a lot of teams at all. If we got 32 teams maybe we could do 2 of these cups instead of the 2-team one you suggested. And then the 2 winners of both the cups go head to head in Overall points tally. Whoever got the most point overall wins.

But this is only really necessary if 25+ people are interested in taking part in the first place. I know a lot of people would have no interest in fantasy Euros that have interest in FPL. Here's what I'll do. I'll make a seperate thread for the competition so everyone sees it (a select few look at this Euro thread but a seperate singular thread should attract more attention). Then we'll see how many people are interested. If 32 are then we'll definitely make some arrangement to do a double comp or 2 different competitions. Another thing I'm thinking of....... have 2 competitions... 1 paid and 1 not. you can only enter one of them. The non-paid one is for the craic, the paid one is a serious one.

I don't know, I'm thinking out loud too. It should be a lot of work though because groups would have to be updated all the time and all that. I'll make a thread for it later on. Everyone who said they are interested in it already on this thread are in but there is only about 5 or 6 of us so far.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Just made this there, any opinions? Went for a strong XI as opposed to a balanced 15. Can't believe Ibra is only 8m and Jelavic 5m :eek:

manual_man

THFC wrote: »

Just made this there, any opinions? Went for a strong XI as opposed to a balanced 15. Can't believe Ibra is only 8m and Jelavic 5m :eek:

Ibra is crap in big tournaments. Jelavic is up against Richard Dunne

WoollyRedHat

Going for Russian strikers, who are the usual lads to play up front for them does anyone know?

manual_man

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Going for Russian strikers, who are the usual lads to play up front for them does anyone know?

Kershakov, maybe Pav. Arshavin too if he's listed as a forward. Oh yeah and Pog. So not confusin' at all basically

manual_man

Constantly messin with my team. This is what I have at the moment, with a few, , 'differentials'

Degag

Would probably be good to add the link to the OP.

manual_man

Degag wrote: »

Would probably be good to add the link to the OP.

Its in the fifth post (Jimmy's). Though I'm sure Ade or Moon can add it to the o.p.

Degag

manual_man wrote: »

Its in the fifth post (Jimmy's). Though I'm sure Ade or Moon can add it to the o.p.

You can add it yourself seeing as you are the OP:pac:

FatRat

manual_man wrote: »

Constantly messin with my team. This is what I have at the moment, with a few, , 'differentials'

I thought Ibra was crap in big tournaments? As for Jelavic.... I don't see him starting for Croatia, hence the 5 million price tag.


I'm doubling up on Russian defenders. Russia is where the money is for the group stages, they have the easiest group imo. Srna for Croatia is also worth a look. He's their top scorer and a midfielder. I'm not sure about my team though. I don't know how these players do when it comes to internationals. Is Ronaldo a prolific goal-scorer for Portugal? Is Gomez a must-have?

Akinfeev
Zhirkov - M. Olsson - K. Papadopoulos
Srna - Sneijder - Young - Iniesta - Polanski
Ibrahimovic - Ronaldo

Cech - Boateng - Terry - Pederson

What's Polanski like? I've rarely seen himplay, I just want a German midfielder.

manual_man

Polanski's a def midfielder. He's a big chap. Quite scary to look at. I think that alone might earn us a few points for interceptions. He's 4 million anyway. He's the Shane Ferguson of this comp., except he should play. Ibra is crap in big tournaments But I fancy there's a goal or 2 for him in that first game, then he's on his merry way! (outta me team)

You can't go wrong with Schwein tiger or Uzil. The former likely to get recovered ball points in the first two games, the latter is an assist merchant (like Tony Hibbert, but not quite on the same level)

Bit of trivia for ya here: Polanski played for Germany (at under 21 level I think), before changing allegiance to Poland. They love him there now

manual_man

Degag wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

Its in the fifth post (Jimmy's). Though I'm sure Ade or Moon can add it to the o.p.

You can add it yourself seeing as you are the OP:pac:

I can't as users without magical powers (ie. non-Mods :pac:) can only edit for a limited time

Nuri Sahin

OP updated

WoollyRedHat

O.k, so Zhirkov has be moved as a midfielder for Russia squad/


Does this mean the Euro 2012 FF will make the switch or will he stay a defender on it? Am I better off leaving Zhirkov on as a defender or is Ignashevich a better bet?

Also who are the most likely striker selections for Russia? Have bought Pavlyuchenko, he seems to have peformed well during the qualifiers.
Or is Kerzhakov worth considering? He's more expensive though.