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11 May 2012 573 comments
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We’re delighted to announce that Fantasy Football Scout will be supporting Picklive and their soon to be released Euro 2012 games during the summer, with a Scout League to follow. What’s more, we’ve got on board with them for the final game of the season, just in time for them to throw £1000 in the prize pot for their new weekly game based on the Premier League – with an exclusive Scout offer on the table.

Picklive is a new breed of Fantasy Football that’s previously delivered short, sharp games based on a single match. I’ve been wanting to work with their games for sometime – they’re quick, simple and use Opta data for their scoring – something that will come in pretty handy for our members next season. They’re a great fit for us and the games accompany our season-long Fantasy campaigns rather nicely.

While Picklive have stayed true to their roots of short games based on live matches, the new weekly game is a little different – it cuts down the ruleset to something that will be familiar to all and allows you to draft in a starting XI for a full week’s fixtures.

The final Weekend prize pot game costs a tenner to enter, allowing you to pick your eleven for Sunday’s matches – limited only by the three player per team ruling. Click here to get involved – myself and Andy are already in the hat and awaiting your rival lineups.

What’s more, Fantasy Football Scout visitors get an extra bonus – enter the code ‘ffscout’ when you sign up to Picklive and you’ll get a free £5 when you make your first deposit. You’ll need to register before Euro 2012 to get your fiver so get in early now and have a punt at Sunday’s final fling.

You must be verified aged 18 or over to open an account and Picklive’s terms and conditions apply.

We’ll bring you details of their Euro 2012 games and the Scout setup very soon and we’ve more announcements to come. Don’t go anywhere – there’s no Fantasy Football break this summer.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. kaz 96
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    this looks interseting

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    1. kaz 96
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      interesting *

      too much pressure when ur posting first.......

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  2. pjomara
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    What's picklive for those without access to it at work?

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    1. Fratboy
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      It seems that you just pay a small stake, pick a team for the week and they get points based on optastats. 1st place gets a decent sized cash prize.

      Not bad for you gamblers out there but it seems like a dangerously expensive weekly fantasy football game to me.

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      1. kaz 96
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        yeah, if around 50 managers enter the competition , 49 will end up losing 10 pounds

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        1. Fratboy
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          if you have the money and the know-how though I can see how it could be quite a lot of fun.

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          1. Optimus.
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 11 months ago

            so its basically pay £5 every week for a wildcard?

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            1. Nibbsy
              • 15 Years
              13 years, 11 months ago

              No I don't think the scores are cumulative, just weekly one offs.

              Also I think the prize is shared between the top 3. Going to be a lot of similar teams I reckon so lots of prize sharing.

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            2. Fratboy
              • 15 Years
              13 years, 11 months ago

              bit more complex due to varying choices of game. At least the data used to give points is reliable. Love Opta.

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        2. MCH
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          Surely it can't be winner take all once it gets past even 10 players? If this paid top 10% I would be all over it.

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      2. Touré De Force
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        This.

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      3. A.C. Spider Baby
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Slippery slope indeed! I signed up for a mini-league in work just for a bit of fun but no sooner than thats over, I'm contemplating entering the mickey d's euro game (also in work with money on). I don't want to be that guy racking up accounts on betting sites & giving a s**t who wins second division mid-week matches in Turkey.....but it's inevitable now!! I've got the contagion. *sighs despondently*

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  3. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Evening alll

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  4. kaz 96
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    baros or lewdonski(or whatever his name his, the polish striker)

    for week 1 only

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      easily lewandowski

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Why? 🙂

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  5. pjomara
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone else getting nervous about the season finale (from a FPL point of view)?
    I'm onto my third pair of jocks already today and all 10 of my fingernails are bitten down to the lunula.

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    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      my mls are won for the 1st time before final day so i can rest easy and take few punts to try break top 1000 with a bit of luck

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    2. kaz 96
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      since i've either won my important mini leagues, or have no chance of winning in the others, i'll be enjoying the season finale

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    3. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Here - My ML leads are at stake

      Both my main rivals can overtake me this GW

      Have no idea of who 2 bring in with 2 freebies

      🙁

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    4. Dago
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      it might be worth heading to Asdas, Pampers are buy one get one free, but you might struggle findiing your size.

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    5. Fratboy
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about Sunday...10 matches all on at once, I can't wait for the mad frantic searching for assists and goal alerts 😀

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    6. Demí
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      20 teams all playing at the same time. I'll have some job on posting all the lineups.

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      1. Mark
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 19 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Blimey yeah...the tweets will be frantic too.

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      2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        You need an assistant Demi 🙂

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        1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          a Semi Demi if you will 😀

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          1. Demí
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 11 months ago

            😆

            Go for it 🙂

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            1. Ginkapo FPL
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 11 months ago

              Happy and others should be around to help out, maybe dish out teams evenly beforehand

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        2. Smarty Pants
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          just no fake demis will be enough i guess!

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      3. Smarty Pants
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Good luck, Demi. Thank you for all the lineups this season, great work.

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    7. pjomara
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Anyone else find that when a goal is scored, and you're saying in your head "Don't be Cisse, don't be Cisse" or "Don't be Van Der Vaart", etc. it's always them who has scored, while when you're saying "please be Rooney", etc., it's never them!

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      1. MCH
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Erm no.

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    8. MCH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      A little but there isn't an awfull lot you can do. PP Cup final and looking to squeeze into the top 1k but at the end of the day its down to the players. As long as you make good decisions not much else you can do.

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  6. Willis.
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    How does it work?

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    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 19 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      In the weekly game you pick 11 players - with no budget - but no more than three per team. This final weekend game is a tenner with at least £1000 in the prize pot split by the top three teams overall. Scoring is very simple and traditional - there's a link above to the rules.

      The Euro 2012 game is likely to be similar, details to come on that.

      Picklive also do bitesize Fantasy Football based on 45mins or 90 mins for individual matches. You pick five players in the match and score points according to their Opta stats. These vary in terms of prizes and entry fee. Like I say, I've liked their games for a while so pleased to have sorted this.

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  7. Shaps
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Seems legit

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  8. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    sounds ace

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  9. Touré De Force
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    This looks like gambling.

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    1. Nibbsy
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Probably because it is.

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    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah costs half a man city scarf per bet. Not sure it is worth it!

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    3. unoaime
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Yes, i can tell by seeing quite a few gambling deals in my time and the need to put money into it.

      *ahem*

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  10. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Sounds interesting, reposting my Euro RMT in the right post can wait a while.

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  11. tommypocket
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Okay, I'm leading my mini-league by a SINGLE POINT...

    Planning on bringing in Aguero for either Jelavic or Cisse...

    Rival has a front line of RVP, Cisse & Graham, Me = RVP, Cisse & Jelavic

    So, do I play safe and keep Cisse, assuming they'll keep RVP & Cisse, so as to match their points... OR keep Jelavic as he's playing at home and Everton are pretty defensively solid at home???

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    1. roscola
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Almost my exact dilemma. I'm currently leaning towards dropping Jellyfish but I also have Pienaar which has tipped me over to the side of nullifying rival's differential.

      But ... I really don't think Newcastle will score. They are generally poor on the road and Everton are super-tight at home.

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      1. tommypocket
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        That's the catch 22 though... I can't see them scoring but if I drop Cisse and he scores, that swings it in my rivals favour... IF they keep him too (they can't afford Aguero)...

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    2. Gravless wonder
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      You rival will no doubt take out Graham for Aguero (can he afford it?).

      Your choice depends on the number of differentials elsewhere

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  12. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    I was hoping you would go for the other Euros game and ask us "Do you want fries with that"?

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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Ha, my team name was going to be 'Do you want Freis with that', but Switzerland haven't even qualified 🙁

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      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Brilliant name that. 🙂

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  13. Malkmus
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Rightio then,

    My arch rival in my ML is 3 points above me and I'm still not sure on my transfers so a couple of q's...

    1 - He has got both al habsi and figuera for WIG in defence. Is it better to get boyce to cover off a WIG CS, or should I get Clichy/Kompany instead? My DEF is dodgy - JT-JEvans-Kelly (Simpson-Wheater). Would see Jevans (if defo out) or simpson.

    2 - Roon to Aguero, or Dempsey to Silva?

    Cheers

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    1. Blonde Faith
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Boyce is a good choice.

      (2) is a coin toss. I'd say Silva will deliver more than Aguero, butI'm not sure I could sell Dempsey on the off-chance.

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    1. unoaime
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Hardy har! 🙂

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    2. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      My condolences on cup, best of luck with 3rd !!

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  14. gooner dave
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Looks interesting this "picklive" however not available in Germany. Which will please the missus i suspect.

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    1. Fratboy
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Go back to Twitter 🙂

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      1. gooner dave
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        OK quickest red card i've got around these parts...

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        1. Fratboy
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          haha I was just surprised to see you!

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    2. Connor's Calling
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Gooner Dave! How's your season been? Havent seen you too much.
      Didnt realise you were based in Germany either...they're rascals with their betting rules..!

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      1. gooner dave
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Season going fine, haven't been posting for a while, been lurking for the best part of the season.

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  15. unoaime
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Bale, Valencia, vDV, Sigurdsson (Maloney)
    RvP, Adebayor, Aguero

    or

    Bale, Yaya Toure, vDV, Sigurdson (Valencia)
    RvP, Jelavic, Aguero

    Which one looks better? Both are for hits. Basically it’s Jelavic or Adebayor out for Aguero, and Dempsey to Maloney or Yaya Toure to fund it.

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    1. tommypocket
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Surely of you bring in Maloney for a hit you have to play him? Do the first one but bench Sigurdsson instead...

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      1. unoaime
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah that's what i (and a few others i've asked) though.

        Thing is i don't think i can bench Sigurdsson. I really want Aguero in to captain him for a 4 point hit but none of my current midfield look benchable. 🙁

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  16. foppaldo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    It won't let me pick Torres. 🙁

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    1. foppaldo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Ah, had three Chelsea players already. Perhaps it should give a slightly better error message than "Couldn't find page"?

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    2. Wuffs
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      You make that sound like a bad thing. 🙂

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  17. Nibbsy
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    The one time I played picklive I didn't really get it. You couldn't pick half the players on the pitch and most of the ones you could pick were on the bench. I didn't do very well.

    This weekly one looks better though, like choosing a wildcard FPL team every week.

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    1. Nibbsy
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      This one also doesn't seem to have much to do with Opta stats, it's just points for goals, assists, cleansheets etc. Or am I missing something?

      Also when I click save team it says that page doesn't exist.

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      1. Olly from Picklive
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Hi Nibbsy - yeah, while this one just has the basic info it uses the same Opta feed that we use for the Live Games.

        Have you managed to save your team? If not I'll get the tech team to look into it.

        Let me know have any questions about the Live Games - sorry that you found it confusing first time round!

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  18. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    I did my first 8 point hit of the season.
    Sagna out Kompany in.
    Evans out Clichy in
    HBA out Sliva in.

    People should back QPR to win....now.

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Rather than backing QPR, I will back the right City players 😉

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      1. bobbydinho - Portland Irons
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        😀

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      2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        I thought you were going to say, I should have picked Nasri instead of Silva 🙂

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        1. Mílanista
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          Well, I am going for Nasri over Silva 🙂

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          1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 11 months ago

            The 10 silva got against West Brom swayed me.
            Silva will be involved in anything that happens despite Nasri playing further forward.

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            1. Mílanista
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 11 months ago

              Nasri playing further forward is what convinced me to pick him over Silva. As a one week punt I feel he has more potential. For a run of games I would go Silva without doubt.

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  19. asyrafdanial
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    gamble to take 12 hits..just for fun..madness?

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    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      I have seen a few on here boasting about them paying off.
      I would say it is more of a DGW thing.
      But, if it is done with the right combination of common sense and risk, it could pay off.

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      1. asyrafdanial
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Evans > Ivanovic
        Dempsey > Yaya
        Jelly > Aguero
        Roo > RVP

        worth to do it ?

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        1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          I am not sure about the Ivanoic and Yaya transfers.
          Yaya plays deep he only plays in emegencies. Ivanovic may be rested Terry is the safer bet.

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  20. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Who to bench out of:

    Maloney, Valencia, Demps, and Bale?

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    1. Connor's Calling
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Valencia IMO

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    2. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Dempsey imo

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        See below....with no Parker Id fancy Dempsey to score. Valencia imo

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  21. bobbydinho - Portland Irons
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Another reminder that I need to move to another country.

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  22. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    I lead on of my ML by 20pts and another by 15

    Both my Rivals have RVP - Rooney - Cisse front

    Should i do
    A. Jelly and Dempsey Out for Aguero and Moses
    B. Cisse and Dempsey Out for RVP and Moses
    C. anything else???

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  23. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Not today, thank you. 🙂

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    1. COMH
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      +42

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    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      They might have a special most points on the bench competition for you?
      You would be rich! 🙂

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Even so! 😀

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  24. gooner dave
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Need some input
    Cisse and dempsey out for Kun and moses. 4 points would give me-
    Vorm (Ming)
    ShawX, Evans, Hibbert (Enrique, Sagna)
    Moses, VDV, Pienaar, Siggy (McClean)
    RVP, Kun, Wazza.

    Worth going -8 for Sagna to Kompany?
    Cheers.

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    1. Old Glory
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Meh. 4pts for a defender? Sagna has WBA and QPR will score at least 1 on City, although city will score about 6 if QPR scores 1 lol.

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      1. gooner dave
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        errrr Sagna won't be playing WBA or the Euro's for that matter.

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    2. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      IMO for a defender no.

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    3. Connor's Calling
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      got a pretty similar team mate,
      I cant decide whether a wigan player is actually a good idea this week, or whether everyone (me included) is going 'i want to do Cisse -> Aguero...but i need a cheap MF...oh look Wigan are playing Wolves...perfect'.
      I'm now thinking about getting Maloney in for Valencia, playing (an in form) Demps and then benching one of Maloney or Piennar. Not sure whether that helps...
      I also wouldnt take a hit for a defender this week, even a ManC defender...

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      1. gooner dave
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Fair enough comments. Cheers.

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  25. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Parker out = play Dempsey??

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    1. J0E
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      No, Sandro has been doing a pretty good job keeping ticking over in midfield recently.

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  26. pompeyfan
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    It is a bit vague about which countries you can play it in. It just says make sure you are allowed to play it in your country.

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    1. gooner dave
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Blocks me straight up when trying to sign up. (Germany)

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      1. pompeyfan
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        Just tried too, not available in Netherlands either

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  27. Old Glory
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    My team as it stands:

    Sorenson (Vorm)

    Terry Verm Cuellar (Naylor Taiwo)
    Bale Dempsey VdV Pienaar (Cabaye)
    Tevez(v) Aguero(c) Jelavic

    I'm down by 4 pts in my league.

    Worth the 4pt hit to go Cabaye > Toure and bench Jelavic?

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Play Naylor over Cuellar fo sho
      Dont bench Jellfish
      You dont need Toure with your frontline
      1 transfer lose either Jelly or Pinny

      Jelavic to Sturridge??

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  28. Title20
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Rooney --> aguero
    Bale --> Maloney
    (-4)

    Front 8 will then be
    Valencia, Maloney, siggy, HBA, pienaar
    Rooney, aguero, rvp

    Smart move?

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    1. Old Glory
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      You can't start all 8 anyways

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    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Just do Rooney to Aguero.

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    3. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      u have 2 rooneys?

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      1. Title20
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        My bad, meant to say jelavic to aguero

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  29. Sess!
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Play dempsey or mata?

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      can't you play both? Mata if I had to choose

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      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        looking at your team I'd play the two of them over Valencia and Sigurdsson

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        1. Sess!
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          Cheers. Think I might line up Siggy, Dempsey, VDV, Mata. Don't think valencia is gonna do much.

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