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17 October 2012 1072 comments
Paul Paul
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Plenty of Premier League stars were in action right across the globe yesterday, giving Fantasy managers much to fret about. While David Silva’s owners wait anxiously for news on a possible hamstring problem, England’s game with Poland this afternoon is set to cause further apprehension:

Croatia 2 Wales 0
Gareth Bale, Chris Gunter, Ashley Williams, Ben Davies, David Vaughan and Steve Morison all started for the visitors. Morison made way for Reading’s Simon Church just after the hour mark, while fellow Royal Hal Robson-Kanu also came off the bench with eight minutes remaining. Nikica Jelavic was an unused sub for Croatia.

Czech Republic 0 Bulgaria 0
There was only one Premier League player in action in this one, as Chelsea’s Petr Cech played the full 90 minutes between the sticks for the hosts.

Cyprus 1 Norway 3
Fulham duo Brede Hangeland and John Arne Riise both started for the visitors. Hangeland scored for the second game in a row this past week – the Cottagers centre-half also grabbed the equaliser in a 1-1 draw in Switzerland last Friday.

Bosnia 3 Lithuania 0
Asmir Begovic and Edin Dzeko played the full 90 minutes for the hosts. The City forward produced a goal and assist, while Begovic returns to Stoke having kept a clean sheet in both his nation’s games over the international break.

Macedonia 1 Serbia 0
City pair Aleksandar Kolarov and Matija Nastasic were both handed a 90 minute run out for the away side. Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic saw action with 22 minutes remaining for Serbia.

Hungary 3 Turkey 1
West Brom’s Zoltan Gera squared up to Liverpool’s Nuri Sahin here. Both played the 90 minutes, with Gera emerging victorious after firing home his side’s third from the spot.Reading’s Jem Karacan was an unused sub for the away side.

Iceland 0 Switzerland 2
A north London pair were on opposite sides for this clash. Gylfi Sigurdsson managed the full game for the hosts, as did John Djourou for Switzerland.

Slovakia 0 Greece 1
Only one Premier League player started this match. Martin Skrtel began for the hosts, though Fulham’s Giorgos Karagounis was introduced for a 24 minute second-half sub appearance.

Belgium 2 Scotland 0
A total of 16 Premier League players featured, with seven taking part for the hosts. Jan Vertonghen, Thomas Vermaelen, Moussa Dembele, Vincent Kompany and Christian Benteke all started, with the latter two both finding the net. Eden Hazard replaced Dembele at half-time and produced the assist for Kompany’s goal, while Kevin Mirallas was given a run-out in the second half, with 55 minutes gone. Sunderland’s Simon Mignolet was an unused sub.

James Morrison, Steven Fletcher, Danny Fox, Gary Caldwell, Darren Fletcher, Alan Hutton, Shaun Maloney and James McArthur started for Craig Levein’s side, while Jamie Mackie introduced at the break. Morrison and Steven Fletcher were also subbed off on 79 and 76 minutes respectively, while Charlie Adam and Russell Martin were unused subs.

Italy 3 Denmark 1
Mario Balotelli recovered from the flu bug that kept him out of last week’s win in Armenia to take his place in Italy’s starting XI. The City forward grabbed a goal and assist and was subbed off on 89 minutes, while Daniel Agger played the full match for the visitors.

Germany 4 Sweden 4
Arsenal pair Per Mertesacker and Lukas Podolski both featured for the hosts. The former managed 90 minutes and also scored his side’s third just before the break, while Podolski was afforded a three minute sub appearance towards the end of the match.

Sweden fielded three Premier League players. Jonas Olsson and Seb Larsson both started and Alex Kacaniklic came on at half-time. The Fulham man provided an assist for the Swedes third in a sensational comeback – they were 4-0 down with just 35 minutes left to play.

Spain 1 France 1
David Silva was subbed off after just 13 minutes with a possible hamstring injury for the hosts, although it’s also being reported as a possible ankle problem – Fantasy managers are eagerly awaiting any injury updates after many chose to draft him in over the last couple of weeks. Santi Cazorla replaced the City playmaker, while Fernando Torres also featured; he came on for Andres Iniesta on 75 minutes. Pepe Reina was an unused sub but there are unconfirmed reports that he may have picked up a muscle problem during the half-time kickabout – any possible injury only adds to the worries at Liverpool just now.

Hugo Lloris, Patrice Evra, Laurent Koscielny and Yohan Cabaye all started for Les Bleus, with the latter fit again after missing out against Japan on Friday with a stomach problem. Lloris saved a Cesc Fabregas penalty, while another north London protagonist, Olivier Giroud, climbed off the bench with just three minutes left to grab a last-gasp equaliser. Gael Clichy was an unused sub for Didier Deschamps’ side.

Latvia 2 Liechtenstein 0
Just the one Premier League player in action in this game. Reading’s Kaspars Gorkss played 90 minutes at centre-half for the victorious hosts.

Romania 1 Holland 4
Having been rested for last week’s win over Andorra, Robin Van Persie returned to the Dutch starting XI last night with a goal last night. Van Persie lasted 90 minutes, as did Ron Vlaar and Jonny Heitinga. Gabriel Tamas didn’t have the best of games for the hosts – the West Brom defender conceded a penalty and resultantly picked up a yellow card.

Portugal 1 Northern Ireland 1
Nani played the full 90 minutes for the hosts and supplied the assist for Helder Postiga’s equaliser. The outstanding Jonny Evans played the entire game for the away side, as did Fulham pair Chris Baird and Aaron Hughes.

Faroe Islands 1 Republic of Ireland 4
Kieren Westwood, John O’Shea, Seamus Coleman, Marc Wilson, James McCarthy, Jon Walters and Robbie Brady were amongst the starters for the away side, while Shane Long was given the final ten minutes. Wilson returned a goal and assist, while fellow Potter Walters also found the net for Giovanni Trapattoni’s side. Stephen Kelly and Ciaran Clark were both unused subs.

Bolivia 4 Uruguay 1
Luis Suarez played the full 90 minutes and grabbed Uruguay’s consolation goal, while Liverpool team mate Sebastian Coates was an unused sub.

Venezuela 1 Ecuador 1
United’s Antonio Valencia managed the full 90 minutes for the visitors, showing no side effects from his recent ankle injury.

Chile 1 Argentina 2
City pair Pablo Zabaleta and Sergio Aguero faced off against Wigan’s Jean Beausejour and West Brom’s Gonzalo Jara. Aguero lasted 86 minutes before being subbed off, while the other three played the full 90.

United States 3 Guatemala 1
Clint Dempsey, Geoff Cameron and Tim Howard all managed 90 minutes for the hosts. Dempsey had a hand in all three of his nation’s goals; he bagged a brace and provided an assist as the US came from behind. Maurice Edu climbed off the bench for the US with 12 minutes remaining.

Costa Rica 7 Guyana 0
Just the one Premier League player was in action. Everton’s Bryan Oviedo lasted the full 90 in a stroll for the hosts.

Mexico 2 El Salvador 0
United’s Javier Hernandez was afforded 30 minutes as a second-half substitute and grabbed Mexico’s second with five minutes remaining.

Honduras 8 Canada 1
Wigan’s Maynor Figueroa lasted the full 90 for the hosts in an emphatic win. Norwich’s Simeon Jackson started for the visitors but was subbed off later in the game.

Iran 1 South Korea 0
Arsenal fringe player Park Chu-Young played the full match for the defeated visitors.

Iraq 1 Australia 2
Fulham’s Mark Schwarzer and Villa’s Brett Holman played from start to finish for the visitors. Former Everton star Tim Cahill was amongst the goals as Australia sealed a late win.

Japan 0 Brazil 4
United’s Shinji Kagawa played the full 90 for Japan, while Southampton’s Maya Yoshida also started the match. Yoshida was subbed off with a minute remaining, while Ryo Miyaichi was afforded a game time late on from the bench. Chelsea trio David Luiz, Ramires and Oscar all started for Brazil. While Luis lasted 90 minutes, the latter two were subbed off as the game moved into injury time, with Spurs’ Sandro replacing Ramires in central midfield.

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  1. Manani
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    I think the best way is to change serbia's home match into a neutral ground for the next year or so.
    better than those idea of banning the team from playing because of those racist spectators

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    1. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      The conduct of their U21 team & coaching staff was also pretty poor.

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      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Sorry, lost on last page:

        Not sure if I agree with the question I’m about to ask. I am in no way saying that the two countries’ political systems are even remotely alike, so apologies in advance for any offense. I am trying to find a sports parallel, not a political one

        How slippery is the slope from here to banning South Africa during apartheid? There is a precedent for nations to say to a rogue country they will not play with them. If you are not actively eradicating racism then you are not doing enough.

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  2. China Mag
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Alreet lads. Anyone else hoping that Silva is out for a while so we get nasri for city's nice fixtures?

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  3. Kalix
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Just a thought on the international round-up articles.

    Categorising by team and score is not great for finding relevant fantasy quickly.

    An article with an injuries section, a 'form' section (BPL players who scored/got MoM/etc.) and maybe then we can drill down to players who played but didnt do much (as in the article, but maybe ordered by their BPL team rather than country?).

    Would make finding info at a glance a bit easier.

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  4. dinamika
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    My team for this gameweek.

    Mignolet
    G.Johnson Baines Jenkin
    Michu Dempsey Cazorla Nolan(VC) Pienaar
    Berba Suarez (C)

    Sub Bego Fletcher Ivanovic Rangel

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  5. JT's Dog
      13 years, 2 months ago

      with regards the serbia situation.
      the desire to ban the country from football will have no lonng term effect, in fact it is more likely to increase their resistance to change.
      this is not a simple fact of a team and supporters. This is a country and society with a long history of violence and agression, both for and against. This then breeds a closed off and defencive environment. Result being all of the future generations have only one method of influence on their behaviour. To ban them would take the racism out of the game but would not take it out their society.

      Behaviorism is a school of thought in psychology based on the assumption that learning occurs through interactions with the environment. Two other assumptions of this theory are that the environment shapes behavior and that taking internal mental states such as thoughts, feelings and emotions into consideration is useless in explaining behavior.

      This is a related theory as to the reasons for their behaviour, in short it is learned behaviour. This can only be changed through access to other behavioural influences. Classic case being the influence of social media on so many countries that were previosuly issolated from western society. (have your own arguements as to western society being a positive influence or not)

      I am afraid like it or not, integration is a rough journey at the start for all. so if you take the supporters, players and officials as a collective then they all require this structure of help/ support.

      Or we could just ban them and it would move Scotland one place higher in world cup group.

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    • Jeremiah
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Whats the story with transfers for this week ? Is there 2 free transfers due to the international break last week end or is it still one free transfer ? Help would be much appreciated!

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      1. Kalix
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Transfer go by gameweek, not calendar week.
        So only 1 free transfer for these two weeks.

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    • Super Swans
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      help....any idea??

      foster or bego?

      bale, michu, nolan, fellaini
      fletcher, rvp, tevez.
      0.6

      a- fellaini to gervinho
      b- tevez or fletcher to berba
      c- tevez-berba, fel-cazorla -4
      d- other opinions
      thanks

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    • taisapo
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Which one should I chosse to bench: Ba or Hazzard? Which should I captain? Cazorla, Suarez or Van Persie? Cheers

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      1. Jeremiah
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Id bench Hazard, Ba seems more likely to produce! I have the same problem with the captaincy but think i will Make Caz captain, Suarez is very risky and i can see Caz producing against Norwich 🙂

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      2. KujaliaFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Either will probably struggle. They're both in difficult derby games.

        Make Cazorla your captain. It's going to be raining goals in Norwich on Saturday.

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    • Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      For sale...one forward cost 11.7 million...any reasonable offer considered....genuine reason for sale....

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    • KujaliaFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      My next opponent in Forca Inter's H2H is MullerOnZidane'sFlo®. He'd better not kill the groove.

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      1. chel5eachris
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        +1

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    • Bobadoba
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Is Cazorla in for Fellaini worth a 4 point hit?

      (means doing Tevez> Berbatov).

      I already have Gervinho so perhaps it would be best to simply do Fletcher to Berbatov?

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    • chel5eachris
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      RMT

      Jussi
      Baines Rafael Hughes (Ivanovic, Gorkss)
      Hazard, Fellaini, Nolan, Gervinho (Sterling)
      RVP(c) Ba Fletcher

      Tempted by Fletcher to Berbatov for a point point hit if Jol says he is starting at the press conference.

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    • nzsheep
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Where's the Oceania WC Qualifying results? Oh well here we go: the only undefeated team at last world cup ( I had to do it) New Zealand 3 - Tahiti 0. Fantasy heavyweight Ryan Nelsen subbed off late so he could get applause from home crowd. Winston Reid unused sub, hinting that his back niggle may not be too bad. In the other game New Caledonia spanked Solomon Islands, no Prem players.

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      1. paul1964
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        yeah, why didn't they include info from the NZ vs Tahiti game?

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