Euro 2024 Fantasy: Every set-piece and penalty taker so far

I would only be able to provide nonsense bot comments I’m afraid.

I would bail on Lukaku but the rest looks good. Don't feel like you have to spend that 0.5m - my WC has 10.5m itb and I love it!

How about Yamal up to Sesko as you don’t really have a captain for day 2?

Looks good. Maybe Baumgartner instead of Aebischer (Baumgartner likely to be involved if Austria score, whereas goal in GW1 was a one-off) or Kane instead of Lukaku?

Szoboszlai of the two but not really attracted to either

Szobo

Pickford (CS 42%) + Gvardiol or T.Hernandez..

Your suggestion sounds good

Stanek - 4.0m, games vs TUR and GEO

Didn’t even think of taking a hit but B looks much stronger

Yep price rises may impact WC if you wait till md3 too

If you're definitely using both in the group stage, I think WC2 LL3 makes more sense as you're more likely to spend over 100m MD3. But LL2 gives you the option of saving the WC for QF, if you think your MD1 team works for MD3. Personally prefer the former strategy though

I’d leave LL to MD3 as Mbappe could be back. With him likely missing MD2, you can have almost anyone you want on WC as budget much less tight.

I don't know why people keep saying that... In MD3, with expected rotation of teams already through, at least some of the most expensive players of the best teams won't be a good option.
Also, most of the teams to "avoid" in MD2 due to difficult fixtures have cheaper offensive players, such as Italy, Spain or Netherlands (in contrast with Portugal, England, Belgium or Croatia which have the best fixtures in MD2)...

I've gone with LL for MD2 as assuming that Mbappe will be back for MD3 - I can make a couple of changes to my MD1 team and it looks pretty good (saving WC), or just spunk the WC and bring it players who I don't think will be rotated.

LL2 team is:

Livakovic
Carvajal Gvardiol Akanji TAA Rudiger
Baumgartner Bellingham Musiala Wirtz
Kane

Dubravka Lukaku KDB Ronaldo

Based on MD1, I wouldn’t be in a rush to take hits. 4 points was bloody hard to grind out last time out……

See what the Admiral said above^

Points are really hard to come by. When you take a hit you basically need the player you’re bringing in to outscore the player you’re taking out by four points just to break even. I know that’s extremely obvious, but I’m more speaking to how difficult that is to pull off

Generally, not so much. I take loads of hits in FPL but very rarely in this (UCL) format as the FTs & chips go a lot further in this short game. For 3 non-starters I don't mind a -4 but if you can see further changes you'd like to make I'd just use a chip. Tbh I think playing all chips in group stage is the way to go anyway

No Dutch this round imo; looked pretty good but if playing a chip I'd avoid the France game. Perhaps a tad strong on England given that I expect a very conservative approach v Denmark? Also I fancy goals in the Serbia v Slovenia game (going for Mitro & Šeško) so maybe not Rajkovic? But I like the rest