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World Cup Lineup Lamentations - Round of 16

Our Transfers, Captains, and Squad for the week

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Instead of the normal Lineup Lambs that we do for FPL and have sorta been doing for World Cup I’m just going to go ahead and paste our Slack chat transcript from tonight as we made the final touches to our Wildcard Round of 16 lineup. Important to note we still have our other WC available and will probably use it after this round so we didn’t think ahead really at all.

A lot of the team was made pre-pod and during the pod (if you missed it we podded on Thursday night and you can tit it HERE) but the rest was finalized with a Cheryshev on top in Slack.

Enjoy the chat and here’s the team:

walsh yo alon hello bad man walsh here we are lets get to busines alon hehe yep first thing im looking around to see if theres any news walsh you think 1m for [thiago] silva over fagner is worth it? its a lot to just try to hit a luck goal in 1 game really alon well danilo is in contention so i think fagner is a stay away anyway walsh ok alon is the last thing i just read from dinnery looking thru news walsh miranda even 5.5 ok alon but maybe doubling brazil defense is overboard if you feel that mexico will give them a game i am fine to choose another keeper walsh i think 1 is enough their defense has looked bad to me just didnt let many in during group combo of bad attacks in their group and them dominating every game alon according to ffs smolov on pens for russia but who knows ffs walsh smolov wtf doenst even play ugh so annoying could so see a russia pen golovin seems good to me alon yeah if that’s what you’re seeing i trust you with brazil defense so let’s just do thiago walsh hes looked sexy ok lets just go silva alon golovin and chery are both good i think chery cheaper and as fast / direct on the counters walsh i think golovin is worth the extra given that he might be on pens i dont HATE paulinho shout either they coudl score 4 mexico defense is abject alon i do not hate that either altho i have heard whispers of them going dinho/casemiro double pivot to snuff out mexico counters how much is pauly? walsh 85 ah then lets stay away alon jesus walsh cuardado is fun alon 8.5 is crazy for CM walsh yeah bad job acutla bad alon wtf is that yeah walsh i dotn see a lot of goals in england colombia feel like they are going to neutralize each toher and its gonna be an ugly game in the middle third alon maybe lingard is just better pick then cuadrado.. england  have been ridiculously good at creating attack albeit vs tunisia and panama walsh yeah hes been quality alon juan i do like walsh i dont love the lack of pen takers we have tho in midfield we have 0 alon i just checked the stats cheryshev staggeringly better stats walsh really? golvoin only played 2games alon golo 1 shot in each of the two games walsh cherry too i guess he played like 20 minutes in g3 ugh ok i mean is it just dumb to have a russia attacker full stop tho? alon against saudi 5 keypasses against egypt 0 walsh we have money we could get osmeone more expensive alon cherry 4 shots vs saudi 4 shots vs egypt greedy as fuck shoot merchant walsh yeah didnt realize he shot that much alon me neither i hate stats walsh what about getting a 5.0gk from sweden or swiss? will let us play subasic first alon fine with it i just have no idea which one walsh me neither alon will either face shots? and who has better chance of clean? or will it just go 120 minutes walsh feel like a win to nil in that game but fuck me if i know which way probably not yeah idk we alreayd have the defender pen takers in it feels bad to have more than 1 guy alon true maybe we should go like courtois as second keeper walsh we could get court dont mind that yeah alon i still think hugo might sleeper be highest scoring gk walsh getting a clean out of GK is imperative do you realy think that france wont concede? alon i think good chance of a clean, as good as any with frances setup and defense, and chance of facing the most shots out of the guys we’re talking about walsh argentina still have high chance of moment of brilliance goal somehow even if they are getting battered alon they have a chance it’s just frances setup is there to fucking swallow everything alive walsh yeah hm alon they have allowed ZERO anything walsh thats true very stout alon argentina will still shoot a lot so hugo has the upside of save points while still having a good chance of a clean, is how i see it paired with croatia keeper seems like we’re really covered there walsh we could still stick a belg defender in could get toby for the nostaliga alon love toby but it’d probably have to be meunier and maybe we don’t get completely shelled if belgium score 4and we have no belgian attackers ig uess? there is that chance rom and haz both just haul and destroy walsh meuneir pissed me off in group watching him alon yeah he’s pretty annoying walsh actually only have 5.2 left for defender with our team right now alon but he is also very far forward and putting up good stats hector moreno straight in walsh lol jeez NIGHTMARE alon how much money left? walsh is it dumb to not have eriksen and modric? 5.2 for  def alon i think not dumb to not have them walsh ok alon french fullback for 5.2 or < is very simple get the lineup in advance ez pz walsh id want lloris out then i dont feel 2x is good alon fine with that so lets look at other defenders walsh other GK or other def alon right walsh which combo do you like more? alon between what and what walsh lloris & 5.2 or court & french fb alon mmmm lets look im struggling to find a 5.2 i like so maybe court walsh yeah that seems better to me too playign for saves is meh alon oo varela walsh is ther ea shout he doesnt start? if htey play 3 at the back again? alon yeah i guess there is yeah 3 at the back with laxalt he could not start walsh little nervous about that alon with good reason so court and a french fb that seems pretty good to me walsh lets just get allison alon :) walsh i dont trust belg alon i’m in me neither lucas hernandez is shooting a lot i dont know how or why but if we have the option go lucas over pavard for that i guess walsh yeah i put him in hes way better than pavard attacking alon what do we do if it’s sidibe and mendy walsh i transferred it in so you can see alon ty i’m like 97% sure it won’t be but what if walsh have to drop silva to miranda alon then we’re still at 5.2? walsh yeah alon silva to miranda on 5.7 go with mendy or sidibe is fine or giminez or godin we coudl afford could afford tripps on all the corners and shit far forward walsh yeah trippier could do england are such bottlers tho they'll do something dumb alon and colombia are good walsh they are a lot less good without hames tho alon but who knows he has a week off walsh they'll score off a set piece alon if he plays on one leg he can still do what he did vs poland which was basiclaly on one leg walsh yeah alon do w e just get yerry mina nailed for a goal walsh lol no alon golden boot lol walsh engladn attack is too good alon yea i know walsh i dotn really feel great iwth cherry russia are gonna get battered alon so ok who do you like better godin/giminez or french fullback if they go with sidibe/mendy and we have to make the changes walsh french fullback alon yeah? you’ve flipped? you dont like russian on counters and shit? walsh idk i do in my head but like alon host nation bounce walsh they are so far below spain their bubble due to burst alon i have 0% in my mind that spain will not win and will score less then 3 goals walsh 5.7 tho not much in there alon quintero but double colombia i duno walsh that is awful if we get quintero we'd have to get someone instead of cuadrardo quintero is interesting hes been amazing i feel better having him than cherry alon spain have conceded 5 goals in 3 games walsh only x factor is like pekerman can sub anyone on 30' lol alon 2 open play 2 set piece 1 pen haha yeah jose subs who he wants walsh spain defense has been a complete mock alon yeah that’s why i feel ok with one cheap rusky walsh pique been one of the most surprising players of the tourn to me hes been worst player on the pitch basically every single game alon i think also tho and i shouted this on pod he’s getting sold so short by ramos who is having a boateng tournament walsh and cant even finish a tap in if the life of him and his entire family lives depended on it yeah but even still alon ramos is liek in final third and then woops the other team is countering walsh hes like committing a pen conceding foul every game alon yeah he is here’s a question do you ever go quintero of cuadrado *over walsh ? what? alon do you ever go quintero insteaad of cuadrado walsh no alon i dont think so either walsh cuadrado has brace potential quintero very dependent on set pieces alon yep and double return goal/assist or brace assists cuadrado has it all walsh but the price diff is huge but like modric idk we are nto getting as many pent akers as we can feels like we aren't takin the info we have from group and applying it to a degree alon well all three of our forwards who are all three captains are all pen takers that’s a good start walsh yeah true the 2 defenders alon yeah walsh but we are leaving some out idk just talking alon for sure walsh modric and eriksen both seem like very good picks to me still even tho i like croatia defense like eriksen could easily return hes in and around everything alon i’m confused by this walsh pens so many pens alon ye pens are real quintero might be on pens if hames is out and falcao is subbed walsh thats a big if tho falc wont get subbed no way alon true walsh hed have to get hurt alon knockouts different ballgame walsh ya but like is isco and cuadrado better than eriksen and modric? open play yes but pens are insanely real alon sorta related question before i answer do better teams commit less pens? walsh no clue lol probably maybe? idk alon yeah i duno either but probably? walsh croatia and denmark are like not great tho alon what is your stance on croatia i’m very confused walsh croatia defense looked good but they have pen concessions in them i think croatia will win alon on the pod you wanted to quadruple croatia defense because denmark are the worst thing ever walsh yeah but denmark still like eriksen gets a HUGE chance every game at minimum it seems somehow its just hedging basically alon hedging bleh i wanna fly not hover at an ok rank walsh like the idea of switching a tricky winger who could do stuff in open play vs a main man and pen taker is hard to me yeah true to fly we need to fly alon it is tricky but one has brace potential and the other does not walsh yah alon and isco has triple return potential and the other does not walsh yeah true isco could hat trik ok i like this team alon hat trick goals hat trick assists or a combo walsh lets stick alon also i think just to say one more thing it’s very good and important that we’re on 3 straight captains who are all on pens walsh yes true the msot important is the pen taker when we cap alon exactly walsh neymar could have a ridiculous huge scene very high on neymar for this game alon same walsh even tho ehs been a complete bitch ass piece of fuck so far and i hate him so much alon i hope he just fucking explodes yep he’s been the worst thing ever to watch now it’s time to get the world on his side.. he’s just a marketing merchant walsh yeah ok so if we get team for france and sidibe and mendy are in we put mendy in and who are we downgrading? alon silva to miranda walsh ok sounds good alon wow here are are walsh and twist cap on anything less than a double return save neymar we'll have to see wha the odes and see cause we dont have a great option on final day alon juan yeah meh we dont’ want to twist to juan that’s a bad job by us if we’re forced to walsh probably stick on a single return from neymar if it comes to that yeah alon yep walsh ok bad alon watch ron just hatty and we fucking die lol walsh dont even say the words that prick also alon praying for uruguay walsh grease is confirmed way better than suarez right/ i still think portugal are bad alon i think so yes for reasons we said on pod walsh yes ok alon portugal are bad but they do portugal things well walsh ok alon portugal things being block shit, defend, make a horrible game, time waste argentina midfield and defense and GK are all jokes walsh yeah ok love this team alon think i love this fucking team walsh lovren is gonna score a goal and be a hero alon few things would get me wetter walsh and then we get to WC and do it all again after this set of games amazing

alon wait one last thing is no belgian attackers insanity? they’re playing fucking japan

walsh we cant fit anyoen in and they are same day as brazil

alon oh yeah they are all forwards i forgot fucking hell and kev plays centerback fuck ok

walsh yeah

alon never mind me

walsh its just annoyng hwo the games lined up wish they played last day

alon yep

walsh it doesnt feel great but neymar>

alon or first day gimme haz over griez neymar and braziw too lit

walsh yeah

alon and phil is a billion times better then kev so can’t even consider finding that move

World Cup Lineup Lamentations - Match Day 2

Our Transfers, Captains, and Squad for the week

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Walsh tuning in and writing this week’s lambs. Hi there.

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Tagliafucko aka Tagliatelle aka Pasta maker aka Pasta merchant

IN: Hector Moreno

Decided to hold fire on our assortment of good yet shit mids and get a Mexican boy in defense. They have two really good fixtures against Sweden and South Korea meanwhile Argentina defense did not inspire much confidence. Tagliafico was pretty good in the first game but can't get a clean sheet all by yourself so he's fucked off. Thanks for the memories.

GK:

Muslera the only good thing in our lives goes again against the federation of Saudi humans. Feels good.

Backup small human Fran Uzoho waits in the wings in case disaster strikes and Uruguay don't clean. Nigeria looked bad but also showed some signs against Croatia. Manager seems to be their main problem...but can probably say that about ten or so sides in this tournament. Meh.

DEF:

New Mexican friend Moreno is a great guy to have. Mexico were so sexy against Germany and with the difficult game out of the way it seems optimal to buy into their defense now. It's also fun to have a Mexican player since they are sweet.

Varela and our Uruguay double remains in tact and feels fantastic. Really the only thing we did well in our lives from GW1 was double Uruguay defense. Great but also not great.

Kimmich looked great and should keep looking great. Kill for an assist. Won't be pressured as much as they were against Mexico again in group so hopefully he can just chill in the final third all game and continue to play OOP.

Pique runs out after being a diabolical mess against Portugal. Shake it off Gerry we need you son. High hopes for two cleans for Spain go do it. Same to be said for Marcelo. He didn't do a ton in attack against the Swiss but Brazil still dominated the fuck out of the game and should continue to do more of the same. Hopefully they don't have some stupid defensive lapse on set pieces moving forward and they just walk their way to cleans and two wins. Still very high on Brazil despite the shit ass result.

MID:

Our only good friend wee Phillipe is the only good thing we are allowed to have. Hopefully he keeps titting and totting.

Meza looked deece against Iceland but have seen some rumblings about a massive personnel and formation change for them after looking generally shit so a little nervous. In the end at 5.5 what are we looking at. He's a stick. 

Cueva poor boy just another crying guy in the team reflecting our emotions so far. Hopefully he's off pens so we won't suffer more negative points. Negative points I just checked are actually bad. Still was pure class against Denmark and was the danger man. We still like him and are happy to have him in.

Inui was absolutely brilliant today against Colombia and, like Cueva, was the danger man for Japan. At 4.5 he's just a genius pick...but I don't believe we get points for looking bright so go get some fucking goals you lad.

Finally, theme of the day, danger man who doesn't get us points Ziyach joins his friends. The "easy" game is done for Morocco so feels bad man but Ziyach looked really good so whatever. Hopefully they get a couple counters and do some shit against Portugal. One time. One fucking time.

FWD:

Watching Lewa right now and I don't wanna talk about it.

Luisito put in a shocker shift in GW1 and was whining like a little crybaby bitch which felt sad to watch. Hopefully he doesn't do that again? Meh. 

Hazard looked pretty good and has another easy game so expecting him to keep just ticking. Just like FPL. Set and forget.

CAPs: