On top of getting rid of my last redundant player I'm going to only make one cosmetic change to my team as the extra star allows it. Otherwise it looks like a fairly balanced one going to the final matches, and it has given some nice points to me the last few rounds... "Don't change a winning team", as they say.
*thumbs up for that*
-- MF Yavanna (FC Valinor)
++ MF Arveleg (Eriador)
-- DF Malbeth (Eriador)
++ DF *Gil-Galad (Eriador)
Noggportunistics
GK *Elrond (Eriador)
DF Landroval (Erebor)
DF *Gil-Galad (Eriador)
DF *Tilion (Real)
DF *Fingolfin (ACBel)
MF Arveleg (Eriador)
MF Bard (Erebor)
MF * Beren (ACBel)
FW *Glorfindel (Eriador)
FW **Feanor (ACBel)
FW *Arien (Real)
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Predictions for the games...
Real Valinor will become the champions beating Eriador in the final.
Erebor fights bravely but
ACBeleriand will outshoot them and take the bronze.
PS. If I've gotten this far by trusting Arien and Real Valinor against the popular view I just can't bet this the other way... So with them I either win or fall: I also have Arien scoring the most goals of the tournament and Real as the champions in the pre-tournament predictions - we're so near!!!