Euro 2012

Euro 2012 – Captain Poll – Matchday 2

So…stick or twist? That’s the quandary facing Fantasy owners of Robert Lewandowski in the McDonald’s game after the Polish forward grabbed a goal and 12 point captaincy return in this evening’s 1-1 draw with Greece.

The Borussia Dortmund man was quick out the blocks, grabbing the opener after just 17 minutes and vindicating the 44% who voted him top of our Matchday 1 Captain Poll. Nodding home a cross from Jakub Blaszczykowski, Lewandowski looked primed to notch more after Greece were reduced to 10 men but the co-hosts failed to make their advantage pay before Wojciech Szczesny’s dismissal made the numbers even.

With Holland squaring up to Denmark tomorrow and Germany facing Portugal, there are plenty of options to consider. We rolled out the Captain Poll for Matchday 2 just after 5pm and already Robin Van Persie is an overwhelming favourite for tomorrow’s matches, acquiring 69% of the votes cast so far. Wesley Sneijder, Ibrahim Afellay and Arjen Robben also look in strong form heading into Saturday’s early kick-off, with Sneijder just sneaking into second place.

Later tomorrow evening, Germany’s clash with Portugal affords plenty of options, too. Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller and Lucas Podolski all look certain starters for Joachim Low’s side, while uncertainty still remains over who will lead the line – Miroslav Klose or Mario Gomez? Cristiano Ronaldo is also likely to pick up some support prior to tomorrow’s deadline in the McDonald’s game but one thing’s for sure – if it’s filled with half the incident of this afternoon’s encounter, we’re in for an entertaining day.

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  1. COMH
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    Russia could do some damage in this tournament. Really slick movement on and off the ball.

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    1. SPorting
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      hey Count.

      congrats on your Euro call up.

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      1. COMH
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        Thanks mate. Did not see it coming.

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  2. ManofKent
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    I need another from dzageov

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    1. Heydudes13
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      HE SHOULD hae scored a second!

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  3. exammy
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    Anyone else on the sky game change capt inbetween games and now lost double points for the first player?

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    1. Touré De Force
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      Ya I have dude. I presume it's a bug that will be fixed.

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    2. Jonah Takalua
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      i have

      lewandowski to dzagoev

      Surely they will sort it when they sort out the daily totals? They did make it wuite clear you could- even encourarged it

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    3. COMH
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      12 years, 11 days ago

      I made my two Sky teams a few days ago but not bothering with it. The Sky site isn't very good and I can be bothered with changes in between games aswell.

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    4. Bosko
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      Yeah, happened to me. I changed (Lewandowski > Kerzakhov) before the end of the Poland game so was worried that was the issue?
      Re- read the rules and it definitely says the captain change is effective from the next kick off though, so assumed it would be ok.
      Will have to wait and see!

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  4. Elniñorules
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    Berezutski assist? 😀

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    1. Mull
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      Please tell me it isn't!

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    2. udit
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      Really? 😀 🙂

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    3. Captain Shirokov
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      That kinda makes up for it, I suppose.

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    4. Mílanista
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      Arshavin

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    5. Evs
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      Nah, that's bollocks.

      ArseShaving.

      I don't think Kerzhakov got a touch tbh

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  5. GlasgowFF
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    Whats the general opinion on keeping Lewa captain? I have Ibra, RVP, Ozil & Iniesta to play.

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    1. isacki: full casual
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      Lose him

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    2. mouldy_uk
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      Change it to RVP

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    3. Epic Fail
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      Change it. Even if it doesn't work out, it at least makes the games more interesting.

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  6. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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    need 2 more from shirokov

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    1. ManofKent
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      Dzageov 😉

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    2. Declan-
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      if he wouldn't mind 😉

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  7. dizFaris
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    To everybody who captain shirokov, are you gonna sticknor change ?

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    1. Heydudes13
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      Is anyone sticking with lewandowski?? (captain)

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    2. Touré De Force
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      Sticking, for sure. 8 is plenty good. Could be more as well.

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      1. Evs
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        More?

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    3. mouldy_uk
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      Jesus, can you not even wait until the end of the game

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  8. The Assassin-Faced BabyDave
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    So if I wildcard now and change to the players most owned in each category - will the price rise kick in tonight on those players?

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    1. champion_elect
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      if you wildcard today can you keep swapping people in and out until gw 2 starts?

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      1. The Assassin-Faced BabyDave
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        I get that - but if I have RVP, and I sell him for rd2 now - will i lose out of his price going up in the the next few days (due to his 40% ownership)

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        1. champion_elect
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          mine was a quesiton not a statement. Dont know how wildcrd works in maccy d's

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          1. The Assassin-Faced BabyDave
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            oh sorry - i missed the '?' - yep i just wildcarded 2 players and can now wildcard my little socks off till the next dealine

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            1. champion_elect
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              awesome ta. On which case just keep in people whose price might rise and take out those whose price might fall. Dont worry about who you actually want until towards end of deadline

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    2. dizFaris
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      I already use my wc

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    3. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
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      Don't know but I have wc already

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  9. Captain Shirokov
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    RAAAGGGEEE

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      What's up, Doc? 🙂

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      1. Mílanista
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        He did a 'Doosra bench special' 😉

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      2. Captain Shirokov
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        Shirokov on the bench, forgot to confirm team.

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        1. Wild Rover
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          Why would a group A player ever be on your bench?

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          1. Captain Shirokov
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            As I just said, forgot to confirm team.

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            1. Wild Rover
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              You miss my point..

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            2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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              Bloody Hell Serious oversight. Sorry.

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    2. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      How do you think I feel.

      We are gonna get whipped and it ain't my fault.

      *Offers the bat or shotgun choice again*

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  10. Wild Rover
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    Kadlec down

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  11. Dirty Dhalsim
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    Dzagoev has 5 Recovered Balls already. Sweet.

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    1. isacki: full casual
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      Is there anything he can't do?

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      1. Dirty Dhalsim
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        +9.

        Did you go for both Shirokov & Dzagoev?

        Kudos if you did, I didn’t have the balls and went with just Dzagoev.

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        1. isacki: full casual
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          Yep both. Last minute decision, Rosicky > Dzagoev cos I had no faith in Czech Republic.

          Regretting not captaining one of the two... see there's always SOMETHING.

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          1. Dirty Dhalsim
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            Fantastic move, hats off. I just couldn't split the two in terms of potential attacking return.

            They both look quality though.

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            1. isacki: full casual
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              Ta, the reason I picked both was precisely because I couldn't split them... and they were priced right!

              Russia only have one striker and it's his job to hold up play, not necessarily score (although Kerzhakov should have when he hit the post with a header). So it's open season for the mids!

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    2. Heydudes13
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      Jesus Christ that is brilliant

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  12. isacki: full casual
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    Seriously Russia v Czech Rep is men against boys.... get your bets in!

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    1. COMH
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      They are bullying them. Makes all that Kadlec chat rather amusing.

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      1. isacki: full casual
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        Yeah lol, but hey all it takes is one penalty...

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        1. COMH
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          This is true.

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  13. Heydudes13
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    Is anyone sticking with lewandowski?? (captain).

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    1. Mílanista
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      Because it's day 1 I'll twist.

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      1. Heydudes13
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        Yeah up RVP tomorrow

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      2. COMH
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        +1

        RVP against the not so great danes is difficult to ignore.

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    2. GlasgowFF
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      I asked that earlier. Think the general opinion is to switch, you have 2 chances to get it right.

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      1. COMH
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        3 chances. Sat/Sun/Mon games

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  14. Canadian Football
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    Is that really Audrey Arshavin??????

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    1. Infinite Sheldon
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      You do realise form is temporary?

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  15. isacki: full casual
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    Are recovered balls exactly what we think they are? Anyone seen Dzagoev make a total of 5 tackles and clearances?

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    1. @ImpressiveTackl
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      He has took 5 shots in his nuts but continued to play?

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      1. isacki: full casual
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        The scoring system reflects the fact it's quite important to recover your balls once they are shot out of your ballsack.

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        1. @ImpressiveTackl
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          😆 lmao.

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        2. COMH
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          Haha brilliant

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  16. Mull
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    Where can you tell how many recovered balls the players have?

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    1. isacki: full casual
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      My team > Data view > Look at RB column

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    2. Wild Rover
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      data page on your team

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    3. Mull
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      Cheers.

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    4. Mull
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      Anyukov is on 0 RB's. For f*ck sake.

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  17. Touré De Force
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    Has Kaldec gone off?

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    1. Wild Rover
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      No, back up

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    2. Mílanista
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      He's fine

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  18. Wild Rover
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    Another Shirokov goal or assist and he stays captain 😎

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    1. @ImpressiveTackl
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      Yes.

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      1. skindogg
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        Good shout,,, nice work, i have him also but captain was lewandoski

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    2. Spike ⚽️
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      +1

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    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      If he gets a recovered balls point and retains his clean sheet, he is staying for me!!! 🙂

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      1. Spike ⚽️
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        🙂

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    4. isacki: full casual
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      Fair play.

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  19. GlasgowFF
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    How do I make changes to the team for tomorrow?

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    1. Epic Fail
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      Wait until the game has finished.

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  20. Parm
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    The Dream team is on 69 points (Call me immature)

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      Victor Immature!!! 😉

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    2. Captain Shirokov
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      So immature.

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    3. Epic Fail
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      Change your name.

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  21. skindogg
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    just got in,,,,,, all i can say is,,,

    Where the feck is Akinfeev? I waited right untill the last moment to make sure he was fit );

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  22. Epic Fail
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    12 years, 11 days ago

    Wildcarders. Planning to bring in all the goal scorers to let them simmer in your team just incase you can catch price rises?

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    1. isacki: full casual
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      Was thinking about that, but does anyone know what UCL price rises are like? (these should be the same)

      Are they as volatile as FPL?

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      1. Epic Fail
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        I don't know for certan, but I would have guessed the Maccy D's price rises are more frequent what with the short turn around in games and how short the competition is.

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    2. skindogg
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      yes.

      But I've kinda got them already.

      you ?

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    3. Epic Fail
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      Yeah I'm gonna bring in everyone who scores. I don't think anyone really knows how volatile they are yet. I guess we'll know more over the next few days.

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      1. fred1266
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        is there any way to track who is going to rise, good thing i have 2 of the 4 goal scorers

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      2. skindogg
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        I would expect its a daily thing,,, be interested if any change tonight,,,,i think they will work the roughly the same as FPL, so if you ARE going to play 'transfer game' getting in there early is important,

        I suppose it depends if they do it every night or every gameweek.

        it's a much more short term thing, due to small gaps between gameweeks so if a player goes up 0.2 on the first or second night after he played a blinder he may well only go up another 0.1 before the next gameweek,,, therefore if you arent 'on it' you will miss any profit.

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  23. Optimus.
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    i know its early days but i posted yesterday that i wish i could have 4 russian players..2 defs and 2 attackers..

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    1. dizFaris
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      Everybody does

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    2. Mull
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      Even if you were allowed 4, I doubt you would have gone for that many.

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      1. Optimus.
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        i would have was the best game on paper

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    3. Spike ⚽️
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      Sky Sports lets you pick a whole team from 1 country but the set up is crap tbh

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      1. Optimus.
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        lol i was wondering why some said 4 polish defenders fail

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  24. Grounderz
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    12 years, 11 days ago

    So Poland conceded, can I change Perquis with another defender on the bench at matchdays?

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    1. dizFaris
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      Sure..

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      1. Epic Fail
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        I doubt many people have even attempted to read them by the looks of things.

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  25. dizFaris
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    I wonder, if I had captained Sczeny, can i change the captain ?

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    1. Declan
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      no.

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      1. dizFaris
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        I know i cant sub him out, but you cant change the captain either ? Thats mean though

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    2. GlasgowFF
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      no

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  26. Heydudes13
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    whip it in Russia

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  27. Derailed Bandwagon
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    How many poinsts are we all on at the moment?? Im on 30.

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    1. dizFaris
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      25.. 🙁

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    2. Elniñorules
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      Here we go again.

      I'm on 70 points, 15 players left. Is that any good?

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    3. GlasgowFF
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      23 with 2 Grecians. Lewa captain but he is getting changed to RVP.

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    4. Heydudes13
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      33

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    5. Mull
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      18 from 4 defenders.

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    6. @ImpressiveTackl
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      28 myself. Nicely disguised gloat. I like the cut of your jib Mister.

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    7. skindogg
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      26 with no akinfeev, coulda been nice.

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  28. Keane There Dunne That
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    is there baps

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    1. Epic Fail
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      lol

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      1. isacki: full casual
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        Never was your name more appropriate to this thread

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      2. Spike ⚽️
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        That's another who hasn't read the rules. Even I managed that 😉

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    2. jpdyolf
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      no baps

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      1. Keane There Dunne That
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        aww

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    3. Keane There Dunne That
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      i was only messing 😉

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  29. COMH
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    Why is Ignashevich 6.5m? Is he on FK's?

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  30. isacki: full casual
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    Russia look like they're playing 4-1-5-0 at times. You don't know who to mark!

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    1. COMH
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      And they're working like Barca off the ball. Just keep nicking it of the Czech players.

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      1. isacki: full casual
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        Yeah the pressing is remarkable, working together. Barca reborn!

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