Here’s our McDonalds Euro Fantasy article where we give some initial thoughts on the next round of transfers for the quarter finals. We look at the fixtures, the top point scorers and most owned players. We also give some thoughts on how to approach the quarters and further knockout rounds as well as how the FFGeek team will be approaching the round. Lastly we remind you of the transfer rules.
McDonalds Euro fantasy – some initial thoughts on the quarter finals
The fixtures
Here’s the quarter finals from the BBC Website:
A quick reminder on transfer limits
McDonalds
Number of free transfers
Quarter-finals: 4
Semi-finals: 6
Final: 6
You can use your transfers up to the point of the Thursday Portugal/Poland game. After that it’s subs and captain changes only.
Top attacking point scorers
Top point scoring GKs and defenders
Top owned attacking players
It’s hard to know how many of the teams with this ownership are teams that people have given up on but certainly going without Payet and Griezmann against Iceland could have quite serious implications on your ranking if they are successful. Obviously if you’re playing in your mini league then to some extent you can see who your competition owns anyway although transfers could change that.
My view of the likely winners of the quarters and the effect on transfer decisions
There’s only 6 transfers each for the Semi’s and the final so a bias in your transfer selections is important. Although you have 6 transfers and a bench of 3 plus the GK then backing the winners will give you a better chance of fielding a full team and a bench that contains potential substitutes.
Personally I think the 4 winners will be in order of likelihood, France, Belgium, Germany and Portugal
If you have a wildcard the decision on whether to use it now will depend on the amount of players you have who have exited the tournament and the amount of players you have in the teams you think will win and want in your quarter final team.
It’s also worth having a spread of players not only to avoid the eggs in one basket theory but also for substitutions and captain changes if required.
I personally have 6 players, 2 of which are GKs not playing in the quarters. I’ll then compare that to the players I want in my quarter final team and how it will look if the teams I think will win do.
That’s it next I will put forward some McDonalds transfer options and do an article on my team.
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