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Dugout Discussion June 15

World Cup 2014 – Dugout Discussion – Matchday One, Day Four

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With three World Cup matches on offer this evening, Fantasy managers have plenty to look forward to. First up, Switzerland take on Ecuador in the 5pm kick-off, with Ottmar Hitzfeld’s side looking to maintain the form that saw them top their qualifying group with an unbeaten record over 10 matches:

Switzerland: Benaglio: Lichtsteiner, Von Bergen, Djourou, Rodriguez: Inler, Behrami; Shaqiri, Xhaka, Stocker; Drmic

Ecuador: Dominguez; Paredes, Guagua, Erazo, W Ayovi; A Valencia, Noboa, Gruezo, Montero; Caicedo, E Valencia

For Switzerland, the highly-rated young left-back Ricardo Rodriguez will add plenty of attacking threat from the back, whilst the likes of Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri are tasked with supplying the creativity behind Josip Drmic, who notched 17 times in 30 starts for German side Nurnberg in 2013/14. The one surprisde from Hitzfeld’s line-up is his decision to opt for Johan Djourou ahead of Fabian Schar in central defence.

Ecuador will be looking for front two Enner Valencia and Felipe Caicedo to grab the goals. The latter was top scorer in qualifying with seven strikes, whilst elsewhere in Reinaldo Rueda’s 4-4-2, Jefferson Montero and United’s Antonio Valencia will also be hoping to make an impact on the flanks.

After that, France square up to Honduras in the other Group E game at 9pm. Despite losing Franck Ribery to injury, Les Bleus are highly-fancied in this one – they’ve won four and drawn one of their last five friendlies, conceding just a single goal in the process. Karim Benzema, Olivier Giroud, Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann and Mathieu Valbuena owners have every reason for optimism as Didier Deschamps’ side look to get off to a winning start before a midweek meet with the Swiss.

Our late night viewing sees Group F get underway with a clash of the favourites, as Argentina and Bosnia and Herzegovina go head-to-head. Lionel Messi will surely be sporting the armband for a number of managers for the 11pm kick-off, though there’s no shortage of options on our radars for this clash, with Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria, Edin Dzeko and Miralem Pjanic all looking to catch our attentions before the schedule eases considerably for both sides.

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  1. TokyoRed 東京赤
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    Here we go!

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  2. Gnu
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    Sam Matterface on commentary, is that the talksport guy?

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    1. Jafooli
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      Yes it is. Good commo.

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  3. TokyoRed 東京赤
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    Slightly scared to bet again after a disturbing number came in last night:

    Italy to win
    Italy to win, both teams to score
    Italy to win, Ballotelli to score
    Italy to win 2-1

    Lost on Gerrard, Jagielka and Cahill anytime scorers but still pretty happy 🙂

    End boast.

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
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      Best time to bet, whilst you can still savour the last victory

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  4. Bubz
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    Keep your butt on that bench Schaer!

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    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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      What's it matter you can sub him in or out regardless unless he is sent off of course

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      1. Bubz
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        FOX game. I don't really care about MacD's anymore

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        1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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          Fair play mate

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  5. Saniul
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    Go Rodriguez + Shaqiri. Make me proud. 😉

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  6. Count of Monte Hristo
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    Equador @ 21/10 or over 2.5 match goals @ 23/20?

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    1. Bubz
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      Neither IMO

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  7. Lucky Luke
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    Schaar benched and probs higuain. My fantasy world cup is turning to sh*te.

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    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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      Should change your username to unlucky Luke

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    2. TokyoRed 東京赤
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      You need a fix

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    3. Lucas Leiva
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      Blame it on McDonalds.

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  8. Grounderz
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    Anybody got any players playing Ecuador vs Switzerland?

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    1. TokyoRed 東京赤
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      Ybarra / Ibarra

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    2. Gnu
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      Just the gk. Benaglio.

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    3. Lucky Luke
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      Not anymore

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    4. Ginkapo FPL
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      Rodriguez (C) and Von Bergen.

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      1. TokyoRed 東京赤
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        Captain?

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
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          Well you get to change it every match...

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    5. Saint Domingo
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      R Rodriguez for the Swiss

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    6. Werkself
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      Stocker.

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    7. Hamstergod
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      R.Rodriguez and Stocker

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    8. Konig Luther
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      Rodriguez

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  9. Jacketts Potatoes
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    Hi Folks, Really struggling with the McShite game. Looking at subbing and changing formations etc without losing my best scorers.

    Ive read on here that people suggest if you move your players over to the right it is those players who lose out during formation changes.

    My question is how on earth do i move players to the right?

    Im on a MAC btw and not windows.

    thanks in advance folks

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    1. Saint Domingo
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      I would also like to know this

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    2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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      Click on the players who haven't played in your team and place them in left to right earliest game to latest being careful of course not to click on anyone you want to keep that has already played

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      1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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        *Take them all out at once before putting them back in in the correct order

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        1. Saint Domingo
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          Cheers mate,appreciate it.

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          1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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            No probs

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        2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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          So for example if Messi was on the left and Benzema on the right click on them both so the positions are blank then click on the position you want to put that player in and add the player from the menu

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    3. Jacketts Potatoes
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      say for instance my mid is currently

      di maria jrod(played) cuadreda(played) valbuena

      is there a way to change it to

      jrod cuadreda di maria valbuena

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      1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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        You can't change positions of players who have already played I have Neymar in the middle of a front 3 for example. No way I can move him over to the left

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      2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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        Put Val on the left and Di Maria on the right as France play before Argentina

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        1. Jacketts Potatoes
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          that answers it mate thank you. so changing formations will definitely mess my team up if the players have already played

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      3. Jacketts Potatoes
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        I guess my confusion is if i have a 4 man midfield scoring the following points

        5..........6...........12............14

        and want to change formation to 3 in midfield

        how do i move the person scoring 5 points furthest to the right so he gets removed during the formation change instead of someone else?

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        1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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          You can't it's the player on the far right hand side that gets removed so In your case you would lose the 14 points

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  10. Prime
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    Is schar even on the bench?

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    1. Saint Domingo
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      Yep

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      1. Prime
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        Thanks

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  11. Gnu
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    Uzbeki referee, red card anyone?

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  12. Perchinho
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    Gary Bloom by himself >>>>>>>> Sam Matterface & Clarke Carlisle

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    1. Lucas Leiva
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      The only 2am game of the World Cup so probably the last we're going to hear of Mr. Bloom 🙁

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  13. One time...
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    who we voting motm for this game?

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    1. MJ6987
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      Will be Shakiri or Valencia. The ones most people have heard of.

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  14. MJ6987
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    Switzerland seem to be a team built for 0-0 draws and hope to nick a 1-0 win.

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    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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      Thought exactly the same no players from the Swiss for me though

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      1. MJ6987
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        I have Schar so no players now! Didn't know he was a risk to be honest.

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    2. Wild Rover
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      looks like they failed then 😉

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    3. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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      And we was saying 🙂

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  15. juvelova
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    Swap Cillesen for Begovic or keep him ?

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    1. Tommytour
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      Swap bound to be lots of saves

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      1. juvelova
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        how many points do you lose when you concede more than 2 goals ? i can't see any keeper's points who conceded more than 2 goals to build on that .

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        1. Tommytour
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          -1 for every 2 goals

          Casillas let in 5 made 5 saves for 5 points

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  16. Blue Lion
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    Hey guys,was away. How has Von Bergen been playing?.

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    1. juvelova
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      Really good , main attacks are coming from the mid and he seems to block/clear/intercept them .

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  17. Tommytour
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    Where do you find the RB and BS stats live?

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  18. Tommytour
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    Do throw ins count as delivery into box?

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  19. Lucas Leiva
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    Thought Yann Sommer would be the Swiss #1 by now, admittedly know very little about Benaglio though.

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  20. Gimli son of Gloin
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    Such a bad game so far.

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    1. juvelova
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      aaaaaaaaaaaaaand a goal 😛

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  21. southernpacific
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    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Guys

    If I am playing 3-4-3 in the Mcds fantasy and want to sub out my far LEFT defender for one of the bench. How do I do this without losing points for the central and right hand sided defender?

    Thanks

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    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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      Just click on the player you want to take out and then put your player in you want to replace him with it won't affect your other players

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      1. southernpacific
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        Thanks, so i should make that change before wanting to change my formation

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        1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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          If you take your left hand player out for someone else it will be a straight swap and you will lose the player you took outs points. If you swapped from 343 to 433 it will take out the last midfielder on the right and will add a new defender on the right hand side of your defence

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  22. Tommytour
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    Damn

    Double Swiss defence 🙁

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    1. Fifa las vegas
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      O o, spagettio'oo

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  23. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
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    That's what you get for not playing Schar, Switzerland. GIRFUY

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    1. Fifa las vegas
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      What's that last thing mean?

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      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
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        http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GIRFUY

        😉

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  24. SW6
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    Ecuador goal

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  25. Wild Rover
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    Swiss cheese defense, full of holes 🙂

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  26. The Missing Link
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    That came out of no where 😀

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  27. Fifa las vegas
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    That might make the Swiss wake up! Sorry for not playing Schar now?

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  28. Parm
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    @bbcsport_david: #GER training now, likely XI for #POR - Neuer; Boateng, Mert, Hummels, Howedes; Lahm, Khedira; Kroos; Ozil, Muller, Gotze/Podolski/Schurrle

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    1. Fifa las vegas
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      13 players 😯

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    2. Blue Lion
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      Ozil!! Thanks parm.

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  29. Blue Lion
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    Whatever happened to the reliable defences in this WC??

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    1. Parm
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      You need some Columbian defenders then 😉

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  30. Gnu
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    Djourou with his now trademark look of " where the feck did he come from?"

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    1. Fifa las vegas
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      What the feck am I doing? Where am I? Who da fook are you!?

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    2. SW6
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      Just told Senderos Ecuador scored.. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_8mt1t7hmtw/UZVTz7Q_QuI/AAAAAAAAL1g/kMEEBiDebcg/s1600/Philippe-Senderos.gif

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      1. Gnu
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        Hehe.

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