Captain Poll – Matchday One, Day Four
Filed under: Euro 2012 - Posted by: Paul
Spain and Italy’s opener proved further disappointment for Fantasy managers earlier this evening. The likes of Andres Iniesta was heavily backed in Day Three’s Captain Poll but failed to produce the goods as the Azzurri’s switch to 3-5-2 saw them capture a draw.
The other two in Spain’s front three, David Silva and Cesc Fabregas, were amongst the points as the City man provided an assist for Cesc’s equaliser, though captaincy owners of the Italy starting front pair will be looking to switch the armband, after Mario Balotelli and Antonio Cassano both drew a blank.
Those who captained Mario Mandzukic will undoubtedly be keeping the armband on the Croatia man after a double in this evening’s win over Republic of Ireland. Fantasy managers who handed Nikica Jelavic the armband may be tempted to roll the dice one last time tomorrow but, with only two of the 12 teams scoring more than once in the opening six games, plenty may decide to stick.
For many, tomorrow now offers another chance to pick up a decent captain points haul. France take their 21 game unbeaten run into the early kick-off against England and, with Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema both in eye-catching form, the pair will find many backers, despite an upturn in English resilience in their two games under Roy Hodgson. Ashley Young comes into contention for their opponents, though doubts remain over whether it’ll be Andy Carroll or Danny Welbeck to lead the line alongside the United man.
Looking at Sweden’s and Ukraine’s form at the back, perhaps the evening game offers the best opportunity. The Swedes have returned a single clean sheet in their last eight, while Oleg Blokhin’s side have kept out the opposition just once in their previous six. Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks a strong bet, then, while Ola Toivonen, Seb Larsson and Kim Kallstrom all offer decent opportunities of picking up the points. For the co-hosts, Andriy Yarmolenko, Yevhen Konoplyanka and Andriy Shevchenko will all be hoping to get their campaign off to a strong start.
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June 11 at 7:57 am
Snowman says:
Logged in now and whaaat, not even 3 saves for given??
Always knew that chalkias => given move was a bad one.
On the other hand, I did it for safety as I had Mandzukic as C so maybe I should be happy after all
June 11 at 7:58 am
juvelova says:
So Fabregas is nailed on and is concidered as a CF now? he really did well ….
June 11 at 8:14 am
GreennRed says:
He did very well. Will be surprised if they don’t start with a striker agaist us, Llorente or Torres and Fabreas on the bench.
June 11 at 8:06 am
Mohamad Kh says:
Affelay + Torres —-> Mandzukic + Di Natale
Is it worth -3 points? Or should I WC and do other transfers?
June 11 at 8:16 am
juvelova says:
WC and dont put any of these 4 players
Afellay: no experiance and germany is a tough opponent
Torres: BLAH
Mandzukic : Italy …. REALLY played well defensively
Di Natale : probably will play as a sub.
June 11 at 8:07 am
Boing_Boing says:
Quick Poll for GW2&3
Ribery, Iniesta, or Sneijder?
June 11 at 8:09 am
Mohamad Kh says:
Not Sneijder for sure.
June 11 at 8:13 am
JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot says:
I would pick Sneijder IF he is fit. He looked very dangerous, and could have had a ridiculous number of assists if Holland could have finished anything he created for them.
June 11 at 8:09 am
juvelova says:
why Mandy? i doubt Croatia will do anything against Italy… Italy played really well defensively and I’m betting they will get a CS. You haven’t got any Italian or Portuguese cover . If u want to stick to this team just change Eriksen to Shirokov.
Anyways its your team and your choice
!
June 11 at 8:13 am
JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot says:
This one for me too Juve?
June 11 at 8:17 am
juvelova says:
yes but i dont know why it came here
June 11 at 8:18 am
JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot says:
Np, GREENRED did the same thing somehow. Page flip I think.
June 11 at 8:15 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
I agree. I think it’s time to lose Croatia players. Thanks for the points but the road ends here. Although having Jelavic isn’t too bad as he’s super cheap and allows you to upgrade elsewhere.
June 11 at 8:17 am
FORCA INTER says:
i am loading up at CRO players cause they will beat Italy and win champiosnhip
June 11 at 8:19 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
Who am I to argue after your prediction or Croatia to run riot yesterday
June 11 at 8:21 am
FORCA INTER says:
feel free to say ur opinion but Italy players are not welcome in my team
Mandy C worked out so great
Srna chip in with assist
let’s win FFS UEFA friendly cup Epic
June 11 at 8:25 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
Don’t worry. I’ll have enough Italy coverage for both of us
June 11 at 8:25 am
FORCA INTER says:
are you using WC ?can you show me your team?
emial me
June 11 at 8:28 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
Yeah definitely. I’ll get you a mail sent a bit later today. I’m still going over it.
You wildcarding too?
June 11 at 8:30 am
FORCA INTER says:
yes i do,i just send you email
June 11 at 8:32 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
ok cool. I will have a look and reply a bit later as I am going out for a couple of hours soon.
June 11 at 8:35 am
FORCA INTER says:
alright,i must get back at job anyways
cheers
June 11 at 8:18 am
JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot says:
Mandy did looks like a handful. I agree with Evs that he could grab one in each match, but Italy and Spain will me more wise to him.
Struggling for a straight swap though. Only want to use my 1FT, maybe Young–>Pirlo dependant on tonight.
June 11 at 8:27 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
I really liked the look of both Mandy and Srna. If Croatia are gonna do anything it’s gonna go through them, it’s a big if though.
You’re taking out Young? If anything, I think now is the time to bring Young in.
June 11 at 8:10 am
GreennRed says:
Nice team. Eriksen to Mandukic looks decent switch but see how todays players do. I reckon Mandukic mightn’t score one more in the tournament. Someone here said that Spain are a small team, which is true, and his aerial prowess will test them. Them and Italy will be wise to his strengths. They’re also more streetwise than us so thy’ll hit him high and low more often. But the main reason i don’t think he’ll do as well from now on is that, unlike us, they won’t keep giving them the fecking ball when they clear the back four!
June 11 at 8:12 am
JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot says:
I assume this was for me. Thanks.
Yeah I agree with Evs point on Mandy. I will have another look, but I’m struggling to find another straight swap/
June 11 at 8:23 am
GreennRed says:
Yes. Shirokov is yer only man. But on the England France full time whistle so you get him before his price rises and your Group 4 players dob’t get injured, redcahrded or are way worse than Eriksen who is decent.
June 11 at 8:25 am
JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot says:
Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean by the last part. Are you saying that MD2 begins as soon as the England France game ends?
June 11 at 8:30 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
MD2 has already started in terms of transfers.
June 11 at 8:36 am
GreennRed says:
No, I mean the price rises might kick in minutes after the England match finishes. Like yesterday I could see my player scores but my team score didn’t seem to update until a few mins after the Ireland match finished. To be honest I don’t have a clue when they’ll update the prices. It might be after Matchday 2 starts on Tuesday?
June 11 at 8:13 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
Totally off topic but;
Does anyone know a decent legit place to buy cheap MS points?
June 11 at 8:26 am
Grounderz says:
Hey, guys. I don’t see the wildcard button when confirming my transfers. Do I need to click the ‘confirm transfers’ button first that will direct me to another separate wildcarding page? I doubt it will… but instead back to the transfers page.
June 11 at 8:31 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
You need to have clicked 2 or more transfers first, then there will be a wildcard button on the next screen.
June 11 at 8:58 am
Grounderz says:
I see. I’ll try and see. Thanks.
June 11 at 8:59 am
Grounderz says:
Yeap, it works. Thanks.
June 11 at 8:28 am
Charles969 says:
I¨m gonna play my _WC:
Buffon/Andersen
Debuchy/Hubnit/Lescott/Alba/Strinic
Ribery/Iniesta/Shirokov/Young/Polansky
Arshavin/Muller/Cassano
i must sell gomez,lewandowsky and robben to get it….. i think that arshavin and cassano will do well and gomez is too expensive…. and i add lescott and debuchy instead of granvist and o¨dea.
your thoughts please….
June 11 at 8:40 am
GreennRed says:
Nice team but I’d lose one of the three pricey defenders and upgrade Polanski.
June 11 at 8:46 am
Charles969 says:
it would be debuchy or lescott and i will get granvist again, but wich decent midfilder can i buy for 5.5? i think m¨villa maybe….
June 11 at 8:31 am
Boing_Boing says:
Iniesta and Nasri or Fabregas and Ribery?
June 11 at 8:34 am
EpicFAIL - AVFC <3 says:
I think that’s pretty much a coin toss. Can we be sure of Fabregas’ pitch time though? At least Iniesta is nailed on.
June 11 at 8:32 am
chickenwithpeas says:
Good Morning guys!
I don’t really know if i should WC now or after GW2 and why.. Help appreciated!
Here’s my team:
Chalkias – Given
Alba – Maniatis – Zhirkov – Kadlec – Piszczeck
Afellay – Özil – Shirokov – Konoplyanka – Ribery
Ibrahimovic – Lewandowski – RVP
June 11 at 8:33 am
Boing_Boing says:
I would now to get more spain, italy, france and england coverage
June 11 at 8:47 am
chickenwithpeas says:
who should I get rid of then? Thinking both RVP->Benzema and save 1,5
June 11 at 8:34 am
The Milkman says:
Time to get Pirlo in?
June 11 at 9:35 am
The Shuffling says:
I’m impressed by his performance.
June 11 at 8:35 am
Giorgio says:
Yarmolenko or Young (c)?What do you think?
June 11 at 8:39 am
The Milkman says:
I’d go Young… he’s “scored or assisted 11 of England’s last 20 goals”
June 11 at 8:37 am
aatish says:
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June 11 at 8:37 am
Boing_Boing says:
I would say Yarm as he is at home and I think England-France will be low scoring
June 11 at 8:38 am
Giorgio says:
Agree..Thanx Boing.
June 11 at 8:39 am
Merlinho says:
Being really busy at work, I rushed a team in on Friday, but forgot all about the rules of changing captains and players mid game week. Then thanks to the lovely people at Sky, my broadband has been down all weekend and I haven’t been able to log in to the Euro website on my phone!
I’m quite amazed I have 41 points but it could have been a fair amount higher had I read the rules, Agger and Shirokov sitting on my bench
June 11 at 8:39 am
Daniyal says:
Casillas Malafeev
JordiAlba Stirnic Manaitis Kadlec Perquis
Ozil Nasri Young Shirokov Obraniak
Rvp Jelavic Ibra
Should i WC now or after one more GW?
June 11 at 8:50 am
The Milkman says:
Akinfeev likely to return…
June 11 at 8:39 am
Snowman says:
Tinkering my wc team and looks like I’m giving boot for ozil, snejder and rvp – genius or not so much?
Actually ozil is the only one I’m even worried to lose, but my reasoning is that if they win next game, he definetely won’t play third match.
June 11 at 8:49 am
The Milkman says:
I’ve booted Ozil and RVP too (and Affelay instead of Sneijder)… a bit kneejerky perhaps but I fancy CR7′s chances against Denmark, the likes of Young against Sweden and Dzagoev against Poland instead.
June 11 at 8:50 am
GreennRed says:
Maybe downgrade Van Persie could be left aside for Huntelaar against Germany.Even if Germany beat Holland Ozil will probably stll play against Portugal as they’ll probably both be playing to top the group. Sneijder is quality street.
June 11 at 8:54 am
GreennRed says:
Right. Just realised last games will be Denmark v Germany and Portugal v Holland! Ignore above!
June 11 at 8:51 am
Fray Bentos says:
captains choices have gone tits up
who to captain?
m ollson
lescott
debuchy
June 11 at 9:04 am
Charles969 says:
lescott, maybe olson i¨ts not gonna play, and england looks sharp in defence, i predict 0-0…
June 11 at 8:55 am
GreennRed says:
Lescott unlikely to but most likely of the three to score.
June 11 at 8:59 am
Daniyal says:
Casillas Andersen
Lescott Manaitis M Olsson Stirnic Bonucci
Nasri Young Ozil Shirokov Affelay
Benzema Torres Cassano
how is this for a WC team?
June 11 at 9:12 am
Charles969 says:
the fwd of spain is a query…. look today, they don¨t use fwd at all, try with arshavin or lewandosky
June 11 at 8:59 am
Grounderz says:
Hey, guys. One question, anyone thinks Di Natale might get a start next few games?
June 11 at 9:07 am
Charles969 says:
i don¨t think so… 50-50,…… balloteli looks awful today, but try with cassano, he´s 99.9% likely to start….
June 11 at 9:57 am
Rko says:
Who should be made captain – Ibra or Ribery????
June 11 at 12:51 pm
Irish and Proud says:
Yarm, Larsson or Ashley Young captain? All my other captains failed need one of these to score!