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New Logo. New Site. New Scout – Beta Test Open For Members

17 July 2011 571 comments
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We’re delighted to begin the public testing of the new version of Fantasy Football Scout. From tonight our Members can get exclusive access our Beta Test server where they can use their existing login to view and use a test version of the new site and its features. To be clear, this is not a new Members site (although an upgrade to the Members Area is part of it), this is a whole new Fantasy Football Scout which will soon be made available to all.

Members can click here to login.

Please drop us a line (support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk) if you have issues logging in – we may have some teething problems with this so please bear with us.

The site currently in test is not yet complete but we feel we’re ready to begin getting feedback on the new design and, in particular the new comments system.

The progress to this point is as a result of months of investment and has involved a design development team who have worked tirelessly. I’d like to extend a big thanks to Ed and Sean our programming team and to Will our designer for their efforts and patience over the recent months.

This is just the beginning though – the work and improvements continue. The Beta Test offers the first glimpse of the news site as it comes together. The aim is to collect feedback, react to it as necessary, iron out any wrinkiles and get the new site live before the new season.

There are also bags of new features yet to go in – new injuries and bans systems, new team news layouts and a host of new widgets and features for members to improve their experience.

We’d be very grateful to those members who would take the time to visit the Beta Test site, take a look around and start using the comment system to leave feedback.

A greeting post, offering details of just what’s new is on the homepage waiting.

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  1. Sasquatch
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    14 years, 8 months ago

    Woohoo, checking it out now!

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
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      +!!!!

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  2. More Cowbell
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Tommy Boy!

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  3. Mr Sitter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    When I read the title I thought we were the guinea pigs for the new FPL game...

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  4. Ancelotti's Eyebrow
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    14 years, 8 months ago

    Why does it tell me 'Sorry but you do not have the necessary details on our authentication server to access this site', when I log in?

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    1. Mr Sitter
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      Have you paid your membership?

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      1. Ancelotti's Eyebrow
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        Ah

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      2. Andy
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        • 16 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        Yes, I'm afraid you're not one of our paid members.

        One of the (many) perks to becoming one of our subscribers is getting a sneaky peak at the new Fantasy Football Scout before the wider world.

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        1. O Fenomeno
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          When will the freeloaders get to see the new site? πŸ™‚

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          1. iCon
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            14 years, 8 months ago

            How's the baseball coming on Fen? Need something tonight, not been good so far.

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            1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
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              Doubt there will be much tonight. Usually only 1 game on Sunday night but it is on ESPN which is nice!

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              1. O Fenomeno
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                Red Sox and the Rays playing later, nice win yesterday.

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            2. O Fenomeno
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              Texas winning 3-0 bottom of the 6th. You back em earlier?

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              1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
                • 16 Years
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                No mate. No MLB bets for me, been watching golf all day

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          2. marktestagain
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            14 years, 8 months ago

            We've got lots of testing and optimisation to do first - I'll keep you posted.

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        2. applebonkers
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          14 years, 8 months ago

          that new grav is haunting

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  5. sester
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    sweet!

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  6. Nailer
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    14 years, 8 months ago

    Wow, looks so different!

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  7. Denis Denis
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    very nice layout

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  8. AriseSirGiggsy
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    14 years, 8 months ago

    i also get "Sorry but you do not have the necessary details on our authentication server to access this site"

    can anyone help?

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    1. Mr Sitter
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      Presumably you are not a paid up member?

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  9. AriseSirGiggsy
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    hmmm. you may be onto something there...... πŸ™‚

    by the way check out the world class technique on those penalties to win ther womens World Cup.....

    Sunday League. Simple as.

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    1. Marknlard
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      Only saw the Japanese winning penalty, but it was bloody good.

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  10. Screaming Midget
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    First bit of feedback - the opening main advert refreshes too quickly.

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  11. Gargamel
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Congratulations Japan. I'm very very impressed.

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  12. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Congratulation on the new site.

    Next is new season and new game: Fantasy Premier Late League πŸ™‚ πŸ˜‰ hahaha

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  13. Demí
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    14 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like going to a 2nd straight penalty shoot-out in a row in the copa

    C'mon Brazil

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    1. AP
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      Nice to see other nations have to suffer the horror of penalties occasionally..

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  14. iCon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Feel sorry for USA girls, by far the better team up the shoot out. And that Alex Morgan....

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    1. AriseSirGiggsy
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      would anyone agree that the womans game would flourish more if the pitch and nets were shortened by 20% and they played 9 a side.

      the standard football pitch is designed based ob the physical abilities of men while the size of the actual goals is also based on the reach of a man.

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      1. Marknlard
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        14 years, 8 months ago

        No because they would have zero pitches to play on.

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        1. AriseSirGiggsy
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          14 years, 8 months ago

          erm, the pitches are getting smaller...??
          just a case of where you place the white lines

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          1. Marknlard
            • 16 Years
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            Not just pitches, but the posts too. Which council is going to mark out a pitch just for women's football, or start scribbling out the lines between men and women's games? None are, so changing the dimensions of the pitch and making the goals smaller would mean that there is nowhere for them to play.

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            1. AriseSirGiggsy
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              im sure in the sake of equality councils will amke the effort
              you should be aware thta on most multi-pitch playing fields there are 1 or 2 pitches that organisers generally designate for the women's game anyway

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              1. Marknlard
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 8 months ago

                Your local council has more money than mine then! There's barely enough playable pitches as it is.

                When you say they generally designate for the women's game, what do you mean? Don't they already play on the same size with the same size goals? I thought that was your original point.

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                1. AriseSirGiggsy
                  • 15 Years
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                  yeah they do, but its always like, the young boys are on pitch 1 and 2, the women on pithces 3 & 4, the teenagers on pitch 5-9, adults pitch 10-20 and then maybe teams of a decent standard on the higher ground (better drainage) pitches 21 & 22. something like that πŸ™‚

                  i kniw what your getting at in terms of practicality, but i just thought that their matches suffer from the women trying to perform at the same athletic level as men

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                  1. Marknlard
                    • 16 Years
                    14 years, 8 months ago

                    I do agree with what you're saying (it seems quite easy to chip a goalie) but only in theory. Practically I can't see it working, not only at grass roots level but at semi-pro/pro. Councils and clubs in general just don't have the money to keep chopping and changing.

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      2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
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        I reckon most U16 teams would win that Womans World Cup

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        1. Gargamel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          Yep, at that age male players are already superior to women. Their game has come a long way in the last years though. I enjoyed this world cup and I don't see why they can't improve more.

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          1. applebonkers
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            • 16 Years
            14 years, 8 months ago

            there's not an age group or a gender that escapes the garg. the under 30s hermaphrodite euros is next month btw πŸ˜‰

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            1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 8 months ago

              Better not forget that one Garg, right back aren't ya πŸ˜‰

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              1. Gargamel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 8 months ago

                πŸ™‚

                I know because Umeå IK from Sweden won the Women's CL a bunch of years ago and they played an annual game against their boys of that age and they used to lose.

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                1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
                  • 16 Years
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                  Yeah doesn't surprise me. I was watching the U17 World cup and it just struck me that these boys would absolutely destroy all those womans teams. Wonder what ages you'd have to go down to in order to get a competitive game? I guess the U14s would struggle physically.

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                  1. Gargamel
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 16 Years
                    14 years, 8 months ago

                    Yeah the U17 boys were really really good, some male players break into first of their clubs and that age.

                    I think 14 or 15 too. Boys gain muscles and explosivity (is that even a word in English?) really quickly somewhere around that age that some women can never even get. As you say though at 14 the boys would probably lose but at 15 I think they'd have a good chance to win.

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                  2. greghammer95
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                    14 years, 8 months ago

                    If they were playing for the national side, then I think they'd win physically, There are some hench 14 year olds out there, and fast, its going to be the 'developed' ones that are in the national team.

                    I think mentally they wouldn't be able to cope, and perhaps skill level as well, physically I think they would be apt.

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              2. applebonkers
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                • 16 Years
                14 years, 8 months ago

                brolin does have tits and a penis...

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            2. TommyK
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              • 16 Years
              14 years, 8 months ago

              *Insert joke about cristiano ronaldo captaining portugal's team*

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  15. TommyK
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Very slick layout for the new site!

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  16. applebonkers
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    see joey barton saying he would dominate the apprentice? i like the twitter barton but one step at a time joey, one step at a time

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    1. Attila the Bum
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      Joey Barton for Prime Minister/Emperor!

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    2. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      I can't believe Tom won.

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      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
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        So glad Helen didn't win. I Hate ultra competitive people like that bint

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        1. Drip Doctor
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          Indeed. She deserved it to be fair but her idea was sh!t. She was looking fine on your fired!

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      2. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
        • 16 Years
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        I can't believe it's not butter.

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      3. applebonkers
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        • 16 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        same. thought deep down he had it in him but the others would be better at bullshi**ing/bullying their way to the job.

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        1. Drip Doctor
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          He's lost more tasks then hes won. He hasn't done much in any task and his business idea was soo poor. How expensive would this 'super chair' be for businesses and offices to buy.

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          1. TommyK
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 8 months ago

            To be fair, none of the ideas were particularly good...

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            1. AriseSirGiggsy
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 8 months ago

              yeah
              if it was dragons den it would have been no to all

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            2. applebonkers
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              • 16 Years
              14 years, 8 months ago

              idea wise i thought jim's idea was great. just that business wise (revenue generating wise) it wasn't viable.

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              1. AriseSirGiggsy
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                if he had proved that the interest and funds were there for it, he would have got it, but it seems he only thought if it a couple of days before the contest began

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          2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
            • 16 Years
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            I thought his idea was clearly the best of the bunch

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            1. Drip Doctor
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 8 months ago

              Susie' was the only one that had the potential to make money in my opinion,

              Just watching your fired, Lord Sugar thinks it's a bad idea aswell, they've dropped the idea and are going to go back to the nailfile...

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              1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 8 months ago

                Really? Oh ok well ignore me then! Susies idea would make money but only ever on a small scale

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                1. Drip Doctor
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 8 months ago

                  True that.

                  Dropping Toms business plan and going in a completely different direction makes a bit of a mockery of what the whole point of the series was though.

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                  1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
                    • 16 Years
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                    I don't agree. The process was about finding the right person, not the right business plan. We didn't even hear about the plans until the very last episode!

                    IMO Sir Al definitely picked the right man

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                  2. Drip Doctor
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                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 8 months ago

                    Yeah for the long term, i guess he probably was the right candidate.

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                  3. Stat virgin
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                    14 years, 8 months ago

                    It's all about the person, they clearly just added the business plan to the interview stage this year to make it relevant to the prize.

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                  4. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
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                    14 years, 8 months ago

                    Indeed Sammy. Good series though, i enjoyed it

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              2. O Fenomeno
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 8 months ago

                He was joking about the nail file...

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                1. Drip Doctor
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 8 months ago

                  I don't think he was.

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                  1. O Fenomeno
                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 8 months ago

                    I'm sure they will go into developing the file further at some stage but he was hired with the business idea for the chair, they are making the chair.

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                  2. Drip Doctor
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 8 months ago

                    Im pretty sure Lord Sugar said something along the lines of lets not talk about the chair again.

                    He's not going to invest 250k on an idea he doesn't like just becasue Tom won the show.

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          3. applebonkers
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            • 16 Years
            14 years, 8 months ago

            imo he was on the losing team a lot as he didn't push his ideas through enough, ideas which after task proved to be good ones.
            not sure about the product but it's a chair, almost everyone is a potential consumer. organic skin care is very niche

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            1. Stat virgin
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 8 months ago

              Everyone has skin.

              Super expensive/unecessary (as Sugar suggested) chairs are just as niche imo

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              1. applebonkers
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                • 16 Years
                14 years, 8 months ago

                yeah but everyone cares for organic.
                "but not everyone cares for a fancy health chair"
                alright fine! πŸ˜‰

                also agree with your summary of the last week above that it's all about the person. still enjoyed the plan bit though

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                1. applebonkers
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                  • 16 Years
                  14 years, 8 months ago

                  *but not everyone cares for organic stuff

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    3. TommyK
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      Lord alan would probably take one look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AfwVuttS4 and not dare fire him.....

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  17. O Fenomeno
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    14 years, 8 months ago

    Why can't people believe Tom won? It's ridiculous.

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    1. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      Any bets that haven't started? (Sorry to hassle you... again πŸ˜› )

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      1. O Fenomeno
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        Haha np, nope all on
        Ceará win just staarted and Texas Rangers win

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  18. Attila the Bum
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    This site is sooooo 2010/11. New one is proper fancy schmancy. πŸ™‚

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    1. Sasquatch
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      +1 rep nuggets to you sir πŸ˜›

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  19. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    hahahaha Elano

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  20. Mr Sitter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    To be fair... this pitch makes Wembley look like decent

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  21. harmonica
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Is there any reason why I should be getting a page load error when I click the beta link.

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      You're not missing much...

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      1. harmonica
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        all the same, I'd rather see not very much for myself

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        1. O Fenomeno
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          meow!!

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    2. harmonica
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      forget it, seems to work fine now

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  22. 4vets
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Righty, last one b4 I retire. It seems my posts to the new site aren't "getting through". The last 2 I've done have gone into the ether. I can't post there so have posted here. I hope this helps.

    Night all!

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    1. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      I lied... also the page load times seem take years. I thought I'd write this whilst I was waiting πŸ™

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      1. Mark
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        • 19 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        Should be better now. We had some server tweaks to do...lots of things you don't discover until you have real traffic hitting the box.

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  23. Demí
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    hahahaha Santos. What is wrong with that penalty spot

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  24. Mr Sitter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like John Terry has been helping coach the Brazil squad this summer...

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    1. Mr Sitter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      For John Terry, read any England player past or present

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      1. AP
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        Steady Owen Hargreaves has 100% record. Hero.

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        1. TommyK
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          AND he trains real hard.

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          1. AP
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 8 months ago

            In his pants. Renegade.

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  25. Waldaz
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    4 misses, wow!

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  26. Gargamel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Brazil with 4 out of 4 missed penalties, that's abysmal

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      +1

      Whatever the state of the pitch...

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    2. applebonkers
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      defoe-esque

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  27. Seal
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    two epic penalty shoot outs tonight, as a neutral i cant believe my luck πŸ˜€

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  28. AP
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Brasil needed Anderson, he knows how to score a pen.

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    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      Give it up! πŸ™‚

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  29. AriseSirGiggsy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    congrats Paraguay!
    imagine how stoked we'd all be if England beat Brazil in the world cup?!???!

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    1. applebonkers
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      can't imagine, it's never happened πŸ™

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      1. AriseSirGiggsy
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        yeah u have to imagine

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  30. mufc802
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Wow, the fact that you can search comments would be very useful indeed and also be able to rate comments.

    Very surprised to see this new update, good job.

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    1. FPL Daniel
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      good idea. i like that too.

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