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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	103.8%	Very Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.2m	74.3%	Likely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.9m	100.4%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	96.9%	Likely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	64.6%	Likely
Tavernier	BOU	5.3m	81.9%	Likely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	82.4%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	94.7%	Likely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	86.4%	Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	76.7%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.3m	81.3%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	86.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	70.8%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.0m	7.5%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.7m	74.4%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.0m	75.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	67.6%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	76.6%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.1m	4.9%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	66.0%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	69.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	65.2%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	61.9%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	58.4%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	77.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.6m	39.3%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	50.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	60.7%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	3.5%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	10.0%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.7m	22.8%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	51.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	50.1%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	1.5%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	43.5%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	61.8%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.3m	5.6%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	44.6%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	52.2%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.2m	3.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Summerville	WHU	5.7m	85.3%	Likely
Angel	WOL	4.8m	73.9%	Likely
Chalobah	CHE	5.6m	86.7%	Likely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	76.7%	Likely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.2m	78.8%	Likely
Foden	MCI	8.1m	95.5%	Likely
Perri	LEE	4.5m	102.8%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.7m	67.8%	Likely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	80.1%	Likely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	99.1%	Maybe
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	91.4%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	90.5%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	93.7%	Unlikely
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	90.7%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	89.5%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	89.9%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	85.3%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	86.3%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	71.4%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	85.7%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.7m	50.8%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	74.7%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	81.6%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	71.2%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	80.0%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	75.2%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	80.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	48.1%	Unlikely
Gallagher	TOT	5.2m	5.1%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	61.4%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	73.9%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	75.5%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	73.5%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	67.3%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	73.8%	Unlikely
Alleyne	MCI	4.0m	84.2%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.4m	27.4%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	60.0%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	69.6%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	52.3%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
Down	Alisson	LIV	B, Inj
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:20pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	A
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Ballard	SUN	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C, Rest
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C, Inj
No Change	Kayode	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Inj
Up	Rodon	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:28pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Salah	LIV	B
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A, Inj
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:37pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Up	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:37pm

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Scout Notes – Euro 2012 – Friendlies

23 May 2012 532 comments

Paul

In addition to the Team Preview articles for Euro 2012, we’re also covering any friendlies between now and the tournament kick-off on Friday June 8. Last night saw Poland and Holland get their preparations under way, with showdowns against defeat Latvia and Bayern Munich respectively:

Poland 1-0 Latvia
Poland kicked off their run of friendlies ahead of next month’s Euro 2012 tournament with a 1-0 win over Latvia last night. With three players still to omit from his provisional squad, Franciszek Smuda fielded a handful of reserve options and regulars in his first XI, while Wojciech Szczesny and Robert Lewandowski were given the night off after both arrived at the national team’s training camp earlier in the day. Hannover forward Artur Sobiech – on as a sub for Pawel Brozek just before the hour mark – grabbed the only goal, with Kamil Grosicki providing the assist.

Poland Team: Fabianski; Jodlowiec (Kaminski 64), Wasilewski, Wojtkowiak, Boenisch (Wawrzyniak, 71); Polanski, Murawski; Grosicki, Mierzejewski (Kucharczyk 46), Wolski (Matuszczyk 46); Brozek (Sobiech 56).

Bayern Munich 3-2 Holland
Holland fielded a mainly second choice backline for the game against Bayern – Joris Mathijsen was the only regular – and shipped three goals at the Allianz Arena. Up front, Jan Klass Huntelaar started ahead of Robin Van Persie and grabbed a goal, as did winger Luciano Narsingh; Dirk Kuyt and Rafael Van der Vaart provided the assists. Bert Van Marwijk rang the changes at half-time, making seven substitutions, and also introduced Arjen Robben later in the second half – the winger was jeered by many in the home crowd after his Champions League Final penalty miss against Chelsea last Saturday.

Holland Starting XI: Vorm; Boulahrouz, Mathijsen,Vlaar, Willems; De Jong,Van der Vaart; Narsingh, Sneijder, Kuyt; Huntelaar

Other news

David Villa is out of Spain’s plans for the upcoming tournament. The Barcelona man has failed to recover from the broken leg sustained in Barcelona’s World Club Championship game with Al Sadd last December. With Carlos Puyol almost certain to miss out when Vicente Del Bosque names his squad on Sunday, Villa took to twitter to reveal:

I’ve tried, but I can’t be 100% to play the Eurocup. I called Del Bosque. It’s the honest thing. Thanks to all of you for your support. I’ll continue working to return as soon as possible with Barca and Spain.

Shay Given has picked up a minor knee injury in training for the Republic of Ireland. The Aston Villa man is rated “touch and go” for Saturday’s friendly against Bosnia after a scan on Monday confirmed the problem. The FAI revealed the keeper is set to skip the next few days training as a “precautionary measure”.

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teddy.
13 years, 9 months ago
Anyone had a look at doing the Metro Euro game?

If you think the Pro or McDs games are complicated, you should be grateful! Try getting your head around this:

Metro Fantasy Football International is broken down into 6 Match Weeks:

The first 3 Match Weeks consist of the Group Stages (consisting of 8 games per Match Week with each team playing once in each) with the final 3 Match Weeks being made up of the Knockout Stages (Match Week 4 contains the Quarter-Finals, Match Week 5 the Semi-Finals and Match Week 6 the Final itself).

At the advertised start date and time for Match Weeks 1 - 4, you will be allocated the following:

■1 x FREE Captain change
■2 x FREE transfers and 4 x additional transfers that will incur a 25 point penalty on usage.
At the advertised start date and time for Match Week 5, you will be allocated the following:

■1 x FREE Captain change
■2 x FREE transfers and 6 x additional transfers that will incur a 25 point penalty on usage.

Any substitutions, transfers or change of Captain become active at the start of the next game taking place in the Tournament.

If a player scores points for your team in a Match Week and then you substitute or transfer that player out of your team before the end of the same Match Week, your team will not lose those points scored by that player.

You will not receive any FREE Captain changes or Transfers (free or otherwise) at the start of Match Week 6.
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1. Pratik
  13 years, 9 months ago
  What's bothering you? The rules are pretty clear
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  1. Pratik
    13 years, 9 months ago
    This game allows for little flexibility in the transfer window. If you are fond of transfers this is not the game for you.
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2. FORCA INTER
  13 years, 9 months ago
  that's why i am only focused at mcdonalds fantasy 😀
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  1. SPorting
    13 years, 9 months ago
    simple games for simple folk.
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3. Eeggs
  13 years, 9 months ago
  the only thing i'm unsure of is if you transfer out your captain does the new player automatically take his captaincy without using up the 1 free captain change....
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  1. J0E
    13 years, 9 months ago
    that's how it worked for the world cup one. I was the only one in my league to understand it and I won by several million zillion points as a result.
    
    I just kept it on a striker place and swapped between the likes of RVP - Villa - Messi depending on fixtures.
    
    Also be aware that defensive mids can really mop up in that game....Xabi Alonso was a goldmine for points.
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    1. Eeggs
      13 years, 9 months ago
      cheers yeah - thats what i thought but i don't remember there being penalty points for captain changes in the world cup one.
      but then my memory is not the best!
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4. J0E
  13 years, 9 months ago
  I'm only focusing on Maccy D's this time round, but did enjoy the metro one during the world cup. The live scoring, in fact the whole opta scoring in general that they use, is great. Wish the FPL used that instead for the bonus points.
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  1. teddy.
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Yeah, there's a lot to be said for Metro - the opta-type scoring, the general look and feel - but sometimes they drop the ball in terms of interface.
    
    The ability to make transfers during the game week, that take effect from the next kick off, and the fact that some of those are free, some are paid for, and there's a overall limit, make it all very complex and hard to plan.
    
    I'm not sure whether you lose your initial captain points if you switch the armband.
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    1. J0E
      13 years, 9 months ago
      it does look like they've changed that captain rule. and agree, does appear a little more complicated this time round.
      
      I'll be doing the prem league one just like this year and urge others too...helps understand the opta much more and is a great game.
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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      13 years, 9 months ago
      When you find out - will you let me know?
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5. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  13 years, 9 months ago
  I'm doing it - and I'm with you. Nightmare.
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Conal_H
13 years, 9 months ago
Will Kyriakos Papadopoulos start for Greece folks? Cheers
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1. beric
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Untill today, I thought he was, but apparently, he only played in Qualifiers because others were out, they probably aren't out for the Euro's I think, so he probably won't start.
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 9 months ago
    😯
    
    My team could just fall flat on it's face come matchday 1....
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    1. beric
      13 years, 9 months ago
      I'm going for that Piszczek bloke from Poland instead, had a good season and is attacking, plus a definite starter I think.
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      1. Pratik
        13 years, 9 months ago
        Definite starter and then you add i think...So can't call that definite, can you?
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        Christina.
        13 years, 9 months ago
        LOL
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        beric
        13 years, 9 months ago
        Fair enough,
        
        *As far as I know, he is highly likely to start*
        
        Is that OK?
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        Pratik
        13 years, 9 months ago
        Just pulling your leg. I make the same mistake and my friend keeps pointing it out.
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      2. Christina.
        13 years, 9 months ago
        I have piskriek already..
        
        😕
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  2. teddy.
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Watched the ITV4 Euro preview show in which he was interviewed, been doing pretty well at Schalke.
    
    Then again they also did a feature on VDV, so I'm not sure if these are sure starters.
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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      13 years, 9 months ago
      PS That fellow Martins is out!
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2. Conal_H
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Oh that's bad news. Thanks for the info. Do we know of any Greece defender that is nailed on?
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Torosidis(5.5m)
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3. Beavis
  13 years, 9 months ago
  90% sure he will start at DM alongside Katsouranis.
  
  Defence will be Torosidis, A.Papadopoulos, Sotiris and Holebas.
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Pratik
13 years, 9 months ago
6 Team Reviews are out, right?
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skindogg
13 years, 9 months ago
ok, so here is my team at the moment,

who do you think should go from the midfield to free up the cash to 'repair' the keeper situation ?

Who would you replace Iniestsa with seeing as he hasnt to a great gameweek??

Tzorvas Lindegaard

Kadlec Zhirkov ,4.0 defender, Piszczek K. Papadopoulos

Dzagoev Iniesta Özil Sneijder Nasri

Lewandowski Robben Jelavić
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1. megatronaldinho
  13 years, 9 months ago
  wouldn't bother with robben. he was so wasteful in the cl final and that pen miss might drain some confidence from his - admittedly - deep reservoir. for gw1 ibra has as good a chance as any fw of returning pointage
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  1. skindogg
    13 years, 9 months ago
    thanks for the reply, ibra i have thought about but beacuse he is in group D i will avoid at 8 milliion, see my post anbout 'system' if you are confused.
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Christina.
13 years, 9 months ago
Feels nice to see CR7 in my team.

😀
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1. JK - Cønt ⭐
  13 years, 9 months ago
  waiting for GW2 for him.
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Kostja
13 years, 9 months ago
Could anyone please tell me the probable starting back 4s for Germany, Netherlands, France?
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1. Lovzat
  13 years, 9 months ago
  France : Evra / Mexes / Rami / Debuchy
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  1. Kostja
    13 years, 9 months ago
    thanks for that, any chance of that changing?
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    1. Beavis
      13 years, 9 months ago
      That seems the most likely one although there have been mentions of Clichy and Reveillere for the full-back places. I imagine it will be that back 4 though.
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2. Nevi
  13 years, 9 months ago
  I believe for Germany: Lahm / Boateng / Hummels / Badstuber
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  1. Beavis
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Badstuber at CB and Boateng at RB but yes, it's those players.
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    1. Nevi
      13 years, 9 months ago
      meh...correct formations are overrated
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3. pompeyfan
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Netherlands: VDW, Mathijsen, Heitinga, Bouma/Anita/Willems
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4. Kostja
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Thanks everyone, was a bit confused 🙂
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★FC Borecelona★
13 years, 9 months ago
Perhaps the best GIF ever? 😉
http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/img4ecb491ac45d1.gif
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1. DonTheSpecialOne
  13 years, 9 months ago
  I've wathced it for 5 min straight now, and it keeps getting better and better 😉
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2. Epic Fail
  13 years, 9 months ago
  http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o216/glm_is_sexy/Funny/squat.gif
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DonTheSpecialOne
13 years, 9 months ago
Surely Sir Alex should go for Heskey, now that he's avaliable?
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1. ★FC Borecelona★
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Nope
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlGfG3OB054 😉
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  1. DonTheSpecialOne
    13 years, 9 months ago
    epic
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2. sy
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Nah him and Owen are coming back to Liverpool!!!
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3. Epic Fail
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Strangely, every manager in the world seems to rate him highly.
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  1. DonTheSpecialOne
    13 years, 9 months ago
    😛
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4. Blando
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Owen > Heskey. No hit?
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Kevin Twine
13 years, 9 months ago
Llorente or Lewandowski?
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1. TheHunter
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Lewandowski the first week , Llorente from there on.
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Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
13 years, 9 months ago
Our New Kit for 2012-2013 Season-

http://www.soccer-blogger.com/2012/05/22/fc-barcelona-new-kits-201213-nike-barca-jersey-2012-2013-home-away/
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1. Shanty Toon
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Hate that home kit, what's happened to the stripes man? Switched for tacky gradients? Disappointing.
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  1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Almost every new kit (for the next season) is disappointing. 🙁
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    1. Lovzat
      13 years, 9 months ago
      +1
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2. Scroobius Mac
  13 years, 9 months ago
  They look like they've been made by an 10 year old who has discovered the gradient function on PowerPoint.
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Shanty Toon
13 years, 9 months ago
Out of the two, which would you chose?

A: Debuchy, Mandy & Silva
B: Evra, Srna & Robben
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1. Shanty Toon
  13 years, 9 months ago
  *choose
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2. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
  13 years, 9 months ago
  A
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3. Beavis
  13 years, 9 months ago
  B with Rami instead of Evra.
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  1. Shanty Toon
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Surely Evra will provide better attacking returns? I don't know much about Rami though so could be wrong.
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    1. Funkyav
      13 years, 9 months ago
      Evra and attacking returns should never be in the same sentence unless the words provides little or no is in the middle of them.
      
      Massively overrated player. I woudl say Clichy is probably better and thats saying something.
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      1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
        13 years, 9 months ago
        +2
        I hate Evra
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4. SPorting
  13 years, 9 months ago
  B
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skindogg
13 years, 9 months ago
help!!

who do you think should go from the midfield to free up the cash to ‘repair’ the keeper situation ?

Who would you replace Iniestsa with seeing as he hasnt to a great gameweek??

Tzorvas Lindegaard

Kadlec Zhirkov ,4.0 defender, Piszczek K. Papadopoulos

Dzagoev Iniesta Özil Sneijder Nasri

Lewandowski Robben Jelavić
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1. skindogg
  13 years, 9 months ago
  to = got (;
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2. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Nasri>Mandzukic
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  1. Beavis
    13 years, 9 months ago
    keep Nasri for sure.
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3. emperikal
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Dzagoev -> Shirkov? You're pretty MF heavy in general though.
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  1. skindogg
    13 years, 9 months ago
    yeh, its kind of ended up like that,
    
    wasnt intentional,
    
    mainly because of the german rotation thing, going for robben instead of van persie - again because of huntelaar situation (whats your take on that?) and the potential value of dowski and jelavic.
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4. Shanty Toon
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Dzagoev > Shirokov
  
  Frees up 1.5
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5. Camzy
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Lindegaard, and one of your group A defenders has to go. You can't have one from each team and expect to do well with Lewandowski and Dzagoev in your team.
  
  In every case, you're drawing a blank from at least 2 players.
  
  I'd lose Dzagoev.
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  1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Dzagoev>Shirokov then.
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    1. Camzy
      13 years, 9 months ago
      Funny the point is to not have Russian and Polish attack. Go for someone like Gusev.
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      1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
        13 years, 9 months ago
        Why do you think Shirokov is not a good prospect?
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        Camzy
        13 years, 9 months ago
        I think Russian players are all really overpriced. Shirokov is their cheapest midfielder, and he plays defensive midfield.
        
        Mandzukic at 6.0 is out of position as a forward.
        
        Surely there's better value to be had out there.
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        Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
        13 years, 9 months ago
        Shirokov doesn't plays as a DM.
        He Plays as the furthest forward of the three mids.
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        Camzy
        13 years, 9 months ago
        He played center back at Euro 2008. I just don't think he's as attacking as people think he'll be. All the onus will be on the Russia front 3.
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        Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
        13 years, 9 months ago
        That was a long way back when he used to play as a CB for Zenit too.
        But now he plays as a attacking midfielder & is threatening in front of goal.
        whocored.com agrees with it.
        
        http://www.whoscored.com/Teams/560
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  2. skindogg
    13 years, 9 months ago
    im with you Camzy, good point / advise, been thinking that.
    
    I suppose really the idea was to get left with 2 / 5 defenders each week, picking 1 from each team in group A spreads the bets a bit.
    
    Dowski and Dzagoev are 'contradictions', granted. I think I'm gonna go with Dowski regardless because he seems perfect for the system' - early in game week, potential big score / captin and only 8 mil.
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svgcr
13 years, 9 months ago
Why is everyone saying K.papa is not starting?
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1. emperikal
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Because all it takes a few people to bring it up and everyone else just runs with it lol. Just going to have to have a wait and see attitude really. Nothing is certain right now.
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  1. Epic Fail
    13 years, 9 months ago
    I've decided to just stop messing with my team at this stage and then reassess it a few days before the tournament kicks off.
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    1. SPorting
      13 years, 9 months ago
      ^ this ^
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      13 years, 9 months ago
      +1
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Abominable Snowy84
13 years, 9 months ago
Anybody know the Irish Times golf password?
Hopefully i wont have to spam this later 😉
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1. Alan The Llama
  13 years, 9 months ago
  ballybunion
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  1. Alan The Llama
    13 years, 9 months ago
    and before you ask, no, I'm not kidding
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    1. Abominable Snowy84
      13 years, 9 months ago
      Thanks dude. 🙂
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Damo.
13 years, 9 months ago
So is there no one worried that Poland are actually shite and Lewandowski has scored only 3/4 goals in their entire friendly campaign of 11/12
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1. Kostja
  13 years, 9 months ago
  That and Greece not being that bad defensively makes me stay away. Would rather have some defensive cover.
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2. Ginkapo FPL
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Ye of little faith and too much sense
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3. demiurg
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Poland owns Greece and Lewandowski is in a great form.
  Poland’s record against Greece at home: 8 games, 8 wins, goals: 22-4 (3 games in Warsaw: 4-0, 2-0 and 3-0).
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4. Camzy
  13 years, 9 months ago
  They''re unbeaten in 8 or something, and they're the home nation. Be very surprised if they don't progress.
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  1. Scratch
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Unbeaten in friendlies. Meaningless.
    
    I'd rate their chances as 50/50 to qualify from their group.
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5. yasiooo
  13 years, 9 months ago
  I'm Polish and I can't imagine not getting to quarter finals. We're pretty good in front, Lewandowski and Blaszczykowski are world class. I recommend to stay away from defence, even Piszczek.
  
  Cheers.
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Ginkapo FPL
13 years, 9 months ago
Assistant manager

Hands On - Means your going to use manager subs
Hands Off - Means your not
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TheHunter
13 years, 9 months ago
Anyone know when Sir Paulos is doing an analysis for the netherlands ? I'd like to know if he thinks Huntelaar is in or out.
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1. skindogg
  13 years, 9 months ago
  must be soon, hes working through the groups.
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2. Ginkapo FPL
  13 years, 9 months ago
  I reckon it will be this afternoon
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  1. TheHunter
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Thanks. What do you think about Huntelaar's starting potential ?
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3. pompeyfan
  13 years, 9 months ago
  no one knows if Huntelaar is in apart from van Marwijk.
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4. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Huntelaar should start.
  They will lineup as-
  Kuyt/Robben-Sneijder-RVP/Affellay
  Huntelaar
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  1. Scroobius Mac
    13 years, 9 months ago
    You think Robben is just as likely to be dropped as Huntelaar?
    I'd say
    Robben Sneijder Kuyt
    RVP
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    Kuyt Sneijder RVP
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    1. Scratch
      13 years, 9 months ago
      I agree. I think..
      
      De Jong Van Bommel
      Robben Sneijder Kuyt
      RVP
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Parm
13 years, 9 months ago
Afternoon peeps!!!!
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1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Afternoon Parm.
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2. ★FC Borecelona★
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Hello Parm
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Round and Round
13 years, 9 months ago
Hi guys,
Assuming all players start, which would you prefer?

A) Anyukov, Mandzukic, Lewandowski, Podolski
B) Zhirkov, Błaszczykowski, Jelavic, Gomez
C) Debuchy, Mandzukic, Llorente, Muller
D) Alba, Mandzukic, Lewandowski, Benzema
E) Alba, Nasri, Jelavic, Podolski
F) Boateng, Ribery, Jelavic, Llorente
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1. pompeyfan
  13 years, 9 months ago
  D & F for
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  1. Round and Round
    13 years, 9 months ago
    forgot to mention, planning to wildcard in GW2 so this is just for GW1
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2. TheHunter
  13 years, 9 months ago
  assuming everyone starts B or D
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3. ★FC Borecelona★
  13 years, 9 months ago
  D
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4. skindogg
  13 years, 9 months ago
  hard to say unless put into the concept of a team, i like E but want to change Alba, C could be great but perhaps second GW.
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  1. Round and Round
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Rest of team:
    
    Akinfeev, Given
    Pizczek, Strinic, Kadlec, K. Papa
    Ozil, Sneijder, Yarmolenko, Kallstrom
    Ibrahimovic
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Hazard267
13 years, 9 months ago
In the metro is it better to have a good or bad bench like i dont fully understand it like is the bench only really there if a player scores 0 or does shit
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Voodoo
13 years, 9 months ago
What are ppls thoughts on when to use your wildcard? GW 2? Or to wait until the final?
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1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
  13 years, 9 months ago
  GW2 or 3.
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2. TheHunter
  13 years, 9 months ago
  GW2 , Then you have the advantages of the WC for the rest of the tournament rather than one match, you get plenty of subs inbetween the quarters/semis/finals , so I wouldn't hold off for 1 match.
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  1. Camzy
    13 years, 9 months ago
    GW 3 for me.
    
    Teams that qualify after two games will rest all their players leaving you in trouble for GW 3.
    
    Also, there are no real advantages to the wildcard beyond the group stage because we're all back to square 1 for the knockout stages.
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3. Scratch
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Gw2 means you'll be able to trim the fat and bring in the cheapest defensive options for the teams you want and put the money into forwards or whoever seem to be doing the business.
  Gw3 means you won't have a handful of players being rested when their team has already qualified for the quarter finals and might pick up a few bargains.
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  1. Camzy
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Good arguments.
    
    But hopefully, with enough effort, we can get the cheapest defensive options through research ahead of time.
    
    Also, GW 2 throws in some big match ups like Germany > Holland which will be tough to navigate and lead to some discarding their players.
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Cruicky
13 years, 9 months ago
Sneijder & Benzema or Ribery & Robben?
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1. Round and Round
  13 years, 9 months ago
  sneijder and benzema by a country mile. stay away from robben - not really a striker and more likely to be rotated than RVP/Huntelaar
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  1. Camzy
    13 years, 9 months ago
    I have to disagree with your assessment of Robben.
    
    He's arguably Holland's most talented player. He'll start every game at right wing, and will definitely see more game time than RVP or Huntelaar.
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    1. Round and Round
      13 years, 9 months ago
      We'll agree to disagree. Denmark have a compact defence and robben likes to cut inside, meaning hes gonna get smothered. I see that game as a close 2-1 to Holland.
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  2. Cruicky
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Thought that as well. Cheers.
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2. Shanty Toon
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Sneijder & Benzema
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Camzy
13 years, 9 months ago
Christina was fooling around with a team of penalty takers. So here's who I've got to take them. Question marks over those I'm not sure about.

Poland - Blaszczykowski
Greece - Karagounis
Czech Republic - Kadlec
Russia - Arshavin?

Germany - Schweinsteiger/Podolski
Portugal - Ronaldo
Netherlands - Van Persie?
Denmark - Rommedahl?

Spain - Alonso?
Italy - Pirlo
Ireland - Keane
Croatia - Srna

England - Gerrard?
Ukraine - Gusev (Shevchenko if he plays)
France - Nasri/Benzema
Sweden - Ibrahimovic
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1. ★FC Borecelona★
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Looks about right. Kuyt takes them when he plays though...
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2. Scroobius Mac
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Kuyt if he plays for Netherlands.
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3. J0E
  13 years, 9 months ago
  fairly certain Kuyt is the Dutch penalty taker.
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4. skindogg
  13 years, 9 months ago
  sick !!
  
  What about neuer? he not count because hes not first choice?
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5. skindogg
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Ive seen Lampard take them before I think, even when Gerrards been on the pitch.
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6. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Kuyt ahead of RVP.
  Also Kerzhakov may take Penalties for Russia.
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7. emperikal
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Thinking maybe Xavi for Spain.
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8. Portsmouth Bubblejet
  13 years, 9 months ago
  You have to go back to Germany's match against Ivory Coast in 2009 to find the last time when Podolski and Schweinsteiger were both on the pitch when a penalty was awarded. Podolski took it then, but they've both scored penalties for Germany since in each other's absence.
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  1. Camzy
    13 years, 9 months ago
    I think Podolski will take them. Took one at the 2010 world cup (and missed) but since Schweinsteiger missed at the UCL Final which is much more recent, think Podolski will take them.
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Scratch
13 years, 9 months ago
Bahaha just checked the Euro odds for the first time and saw England are outright 4th favourites. Jesus wept.
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1. Scroobius Mac
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Makes sense I guess. I'd put us 5th behind Spain, Germany, Netherlands and France.
  
  We're better than Russia, not far off Italy. Portugal are in a hideously hard group.
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  1. Scratch
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Worst English squad in my living memory. I'd fancy Russia, Italy and France before England tbh. Portugal too if if they had a group like England's.
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skindogg
13 years, 9 months ago
miss-read it, though you were trying to create a whole team on pen takers at first.
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Freshy
13 years, 9 months ago
M. Kadlec a defender on pens for Czech Republic
Looking at the group though I see Czech as the 4th place team that might not score a goal
Your thoughts???
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1. Camzy
  13 years, 9 months ago
  He's the only penalty taking defender. 6 points for a goal means it's probably worth a punt imo.
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★FC Borecelona★
13 years, 9 months ago
If you were to compare the Euro teams with PL teams what would they be (fantasy wise). I'll start off with the easy ones:

Greece=Aston Villa (boring and defensive)
Holland=Arsenal (Very good going forward, poor defensively)
England=Liverpool (Expensive and poor)

Any more?
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1. Scroobius Mac
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Spain = City. (Great but who knows who will start and where the points will come from)
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  1. ★FC Borecelona★
    13 years, 9 months ago
    That's a good shout
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  2. JK - Cønt ⭐
    13 years, 9 months ago
    this is a good one, that's why Llorente is probably the best option for them, if you can afford to go with either CR7 in GW2 or Benzema at all.
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2. yasiooo
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Poland = Norwich (pretty good offensively with one striker which should bang them in, poor defence)
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  1. ★FC Borecelona★
    13 years, 9 months ago
    Nice comparison there...
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3. Scratch
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Ireland = Stoke. Can't play football to save their lives but they're usually tough to beat.
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  1. ★FC Borecelona★
    13 years, 9 months ago
    😛
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JK - Cønt ⭐
13 years, 9 months ago
Top of the morning to ya
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1. beric
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Afternoon JK 🙂
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Kevin Twine
13 years, 9 months ago
Abate or Kadlec?
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1. Shanty Toon
  13 years, 9 months ago
  Kadlec, Abate doesn't start.
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  1. Kevin Twine
    13 years, 9 months ago
    ok thanks
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JK - Cønt ⭐
13 years, 9 months ago
pick 2 from Lewansdowski, Piczszek and Blaz?

If Lewandowski, where do I fit Jelly in when my other 2 strikers are Robben and Ibra?
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1. beric
  13 years, 9 months ago
  I'm having Lew + Picz, I had Huntelaar/Ibra/Lew and sacrificed Ibra.
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  1. beric
    13 years, 9 months ago
    *for Jelavic
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      13 years, 9 months ago
      who is your captain option for Group D?
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      1. beric
        13 years, 9 months ago
        Nasri or Yarmolenko
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  2. emperikal
    13 years, 9 months ago
    I really think Ibra is a must have. He's been in immense form coming into the season, he's only priced at 8M and gives you a great captain choice on the last day against Ukraine.
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    1. beric
      13 years, 9 months ago
      I will have other captain choices, but you could be right. I might change Lew -> Ibra. I wish I could have 4 strikers.
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2. emperikal
  13 years, 9 months ago
  I'm in the same boat as you. Frontline of Lew + Robben + Ibra. If Jelly is confirmed I think I'm going to drop Lew for him and bring in Blaz into the MF instead of Mandzukic.
  
  So therefore Piczszek + Blaz. Also a cheeper combination!
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