Euro 2012 June 26

Euro 2012 – McDonald’s Scout League Update

As Fantasy managers while away the hours until tomorrow night’s first semi-final of Euro 2012, we’re rolling out some updates on the progress of the Fantasy Football Scout leagues across the various Fantasy games so far. First up, we begin a look at the McDonald’s game, analysing those managers who are currently leading the way after the quarter finals:

Nenad Todorovic sits at the top of the Scout league after registering a score of 71 in the quarter-finals. Jordi Alba, Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil were his stand out individuals, while he chose to stick with Cristiano Ronaldo as captain after the Portugal man notched against Czech Republic on day one. Nenad now sits second overall in the McDonald’s rankings, just a single point off the summit with a total of 272 points.

Isaac Lundall is next up, just a couple of points behind. His decision to double up on England and Spain defenders paid off, with captain Ashley Cole racking up 14 points in the previous round. The top two have quite a gap over the chasing pack, with Lee Harding sitting in third place on 258 points, 14 off the top. Picking a couple of Portugal’s backline against the Czechs paid off, while Joleon Lescott, Jordi Alba and captain Sami Khedira helped produce a score 69 points in the quarters – Lee is the third Fantasy manager we currently have in the overall top 10, situated in tenth place.

Surapong Lertthiratoj currently resides in fourth place in the Scout league after picking up a 62 point haul last time out. While his decision to back a couple of Italy defenders paid off, his faith in Germany’s backline backfired after Greece scored twice against Joachim Low’s outfit; Mesut Ozil vindicated Surapong’s decision to hand the playmaker the armband by picking up a 16 point captain return.

Winding up our review of the top five, we have Paul Robinson – a new entrant to the Scout league. Paul was the top scoring player of our featured Fantasy managers with a 78 point haul, thanks to his decision to hand Xabi Alonso the armband; the Spain midfielder duly obliged with a 28 point return, while the likes of Jordi Alba, Joao Pereira and Joleon Lescott boosted his tally at the back.

For the contributors, Paul (I’m talking about myself in the third person here, shocking habit) is the top scoring manager so far – sitting just outside the top 50 in the Scout league on 236 points and 604 overall. Doubling up on Spain’s defence and leaving the armband on Ronaldo was enough for 60 points. Mark is next up, sitting in 187 in the Scout league. Taking a leaf out of Spain’s book, his striker-less 5-5-0 formation harvested 64 points, with captain Joleon Lescott and Joe Hart returning 22 points between them in the goalless draw with Italy. Jonty stands in 649th place in the Scout league after a 54 point haul in the quarters. His decision to captain Italy’s Andrea Barzagli against England paid off with a 14 point return, while Jordi Alba also boosted his tally with 10 points at the back.

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Declan
11 years, 11 months ago
Anybody care to rate this lot? Thanks

Casillas
Boateng Hummels Alba Pereira
Ozil Alonso Marchisio
CR7 Gomez Torres
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1. JK - Cønt ⭐
  11 years, 11 months ago
  if Torres isn't starting get him out for Olivera and use the cash to upgrade Marchisio to Alosno, Perreira to Pepe and then upgrade a filler to Khedira.
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  1. Declan
    11 years, 11 months ago
    Agreed, that's the plan
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2. FPL Daniel
  11 years, 11 months ago
  too much cash upfront
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isacki: full casual
11 years, 11 months ago
LONG POST. Thoughts on the semi-final squad strategy (SSSS... nice). More specifically, how many players should you have from each country?

The first thing you must decide is your squad size "N" - here I'm talking about how many players are left in the competition. Realistically N will be anywhere between 11 and 13. I've managed 14, but since it involves bnched Varela and Oliveira they don't really count much as additional players anyway.

Now the objective is to make sure we have N = 11 for the final. Since we have 4 transfers, the maximum number of players we can afford to have eliminated this round is 4 so that we can replace them all. Note that even this is not a guarantee. If your cheapest players were eliminated there is no guarantee that you will have the money to replace them.

Now the higher N is the easier it is to meet the objective as you can afford to have more players eliminated. For example, if N = 13, you can afford to have up to 6 players eliminated. On the other hand, the higher N is, the poorer your players will be. Also, the higher N is, the more players might be eliminated and therefore the more money will be lying around in eliminated players, reducing the quality of your team for the final.

The lower N is, the better your players will be, but the less substitution chances you will have. It is also harder to meet the objective as you can't afford to have as many players eliminated. For example, if N = 11, you can afford to have only 4 players eliminated. However, since your players are better, they may be more likely to go through, so you may have fewer players eliminated. Also, if expensive players are eliminated, they will be easier to replace as their replacements are likely to be cheaper.

Going down the middle, it looks to me like it is possible to have a squad of 12 (1 sub chance) so long you don't go down the CR7 + Ozil + Iniesta route. In that case you can have up to 5 players eliminated. Let's look what happens if you pick a squad with 8 favourites (4 Spain & 4 Germany) and 4 underdogs (2 Italy and 2 Portugal).

* If both favourites prevail (likely) you guarantee yourself 11. In fact, since you only need to replace 3 eliminated players, you have a leftover transfer to work around pricing problems or adjust players from your favourites.

* In the next best scenario where one favourite and one underdog prevail (semi-likely), you guarantee yourself 10.players, having the discretion to take a hit to get 11. Importantly, replacing your eliminated favourite's players will be guaranteed since their replacements will be cheaper.

* In the worst case scenario where both underdogs prevail (very unlikely) you will guarantee yourself 8 players. This would be a big problem and it is assumed this will not happen.

You can obviously adjust your weighting of the favourites & underdog brackets based on which you fancy more. 5 Germany & 3 Spain vs 3 Portugal and 1 Italy for example.
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1. Epic Fail
  11 years, 11 months ago
  It's long so it must be a good post.
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  1. isacki: full casual
    11 years, 11 months ago
    I could have just had a fit on the keyboard in the middle you know...
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    1. Epic Fail
      11 years, 11 months ago
      haha I've just read it, and it actually is a good post. I just know that long posts are normally quickly followed up with "good post" etc.
      
      Seriously though, bookmarked, cheers.
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    2. 4vets
      11 years, 11 months ago
      Tourettes... really? I'll read it 😉
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2. Nomar
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Not going to win it now anyway so I'm just going to pick whoever I want that I can afford.
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  1. 4vets
    11 years, 11 months ago
    +1
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3. 4vets
  11 years, 11 months ago
  The wine must be getting the better of me as I only read half of it. I'm going with my gut and sod it 🙂
  
  It's not something serious like fpl after all 😉
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  1. isacki: full casual
    11 years, 11 months ago
    Yeah. I think it's the obsessive fear of dropping rank that gets me.
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    1. 4vets
      11 years, 11 months ago
      It is different for you though, Isacki. You have something to play for.
      
      Despite my irreverence, your posts are always spot on.
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      1. isacki: full casual
        11 years, 11 months ago
        Quite a difficult compliment to live up to 4Vets but I'll try 😀
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4. Scroobius Mac
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Fantastic post.
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5. Pratik
  11 years, 11 months ago
  I'll be honest with what I am going to do. It's a simple strategy really
  
  3 players from each team -12 players
  
  6 players go out,
  
  I have left with 6 players. 4 transfers. That makes it 10 players.
  I take one hit of 3 pts and I am get my perfect bunch of 11 players.
  
  If you were doubling up on one team (either Germany or Spain). So simply speaking, if your predictions were right, you won't need a 3 pt hit. But I would dread the consequences if you are wrong.
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  1. isacki: full casual
    11 years, 11 months ago
    I like the simplicity of it Pratik! So compared to mine it's got the same outcome no matter the result. A worse outcome if both favourites win, the same if one wins, and a much better outcome if both favourites lose. Mine is just effectively saying "It won't be Italy v Portugal". Although I believe someone here has predicted that 😉
    
    I take it you're also not going all out for a Spanish/German CS then but spreading it.
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    1. Pratik
      11 years, 11 months ago
      I spread it out last time too - with German, Spanish, Italy, England, and Portugal (no France, mind you). It worked out great for me. If I had tripled up on Spain, and doubled up on German, or vica-versa, I would have lost points both way.
      
      But then I must add, I am simpling hedging my bets for the mini-league. It's not that I was playing for the cup. So if you guys take risks, I understand completely.
      
      I may not go with anyone from Italy in defense, Germany should really find the back of the net. Probably thinking of doubling of on Spain at the back, and giving Ronaldo the armband. Either will have to be successful.
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  2. IamIronMike
    11 years, 11 months ago
    My outlined squad is 5 Spa 5 Por (although one is Oliviera) 2 Ger 2 Ita which means 7 go out 7 stay in and 4 transfers should hopefully mean I can field 11 (even if one ends up as Oliviera) for the final without point hits. This however does have its drawback as I have lower valued players than who a lot of people will have however I will hopefully still utilise the subs for extra points also my belief that there wont be many goals leads me to being able to do this due to defenders being cheaper...
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6. isacki: full casual
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Thanks for the replies all, good audience 😉 now if only someone knew whether Spain or Germany are going to let one in...
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  1. Red20
    11 years, 11 months ago
    Great post above Isaki 🙂
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7. KujaliaFC
  11 years, 11 months ago
  My perspective is that there's a hedging continuum in play here.
  
  Call the 4 teams W1, L1, W2, L2 where W1 and L1 are the respective winners and losers of the first game and W2 and L2 are the respective winners and losers of the second game.
  
  Now it's possible to choose players from L1 and L2 that produce a return in the semis if:
  (1) They are defenders and the game ends 0-0 and they lose on penalties.
  (2) They lose in a high scoring game (e.g. 3-2).
  However, in general, winning teams are more likely to have players that will produce returns. For this reason, and because you want to have enough players in the final, you want to maximise the players from W1 and W2 that you choose for the semis.
  
  Because we don't know the identities of W1, L1, W2 and L2 beforehand, the least risky strategy for maximising the number of players in W1 and W2 would be to choose 4 players from 3 countries and 3 players from the other. That way, you'd get a minimum of 7 and maximum of 8 players from W1 and W2, allowing you to use your 4 free transfers to guarantee yourself 11 or 12 players in the final.
  
  Or you could swing for the fences. This is the other extreme of this hedging continuum. This is to choose 6 and 3 players from the teams in the first semi and 6 players from a single team in the second semi. In this case, you're betting that the teams that you chose 6 players each from are W1 and W2. The problem with this is that in the worst case scenario (i.e. the teams you picked from are really L1 and L2), you wind up with 3 players from W1 and W2, and your 4 free transfer will bring you up to 7 valid players in the final in the worst case.
  
  All distributions along this hedging continuum between (6 3 6 0) and (4 3 4 4) will vary with regard to the number of players that you are guaranteed to have in the final. This number will be between 7 and 11 (in the worst case).
  
  So how homogenous or otherwise you make your distribution will depend on how confident you are about particular teams winning through to the final and how willing you are to have fewer than 11 valid players in your squad for the final. The less willing you are to risk being short of players in the final, the more homogenous you need to make your distributions.
  
  Note that homogenous distributions (in spite of points (1) and (2) above) can lead to poor scores in the semis due to scorers in W1 and W2 causing defenders in L1 and L2 to score poorly.
  
  So the greater risk of heterogeneous distributions can lead to perdition in the final, but can also bring great rewards in the semis.
  
  Note that my analysis is on the basis of all 15 players in your squad being from teams playing in the semis. In cases where people have kept up to 4 eliminated players in their squads (the worst case for keeping eliminated players), the distributions will range between (6 0 5 0) and (3 2 3 3) giving you a guaranteed valid squad size of between 4 and 9. For this reason I think that holding on to eliminated players is misguided.
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Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
11 years, 11 months ago
Can anyone fill me in on why Gomez may not start? Thanks...
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1. Keane There Dunne That
  11 years, 11 months ago
  He didnt start last match
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2. Pomp and Circumstance
  11 years, 11 months ago
  competition from Klose, who has an outstanding scoring record at major tournaments
  
  on the other hand, Gomez started the group games, and is one of the leading scorers at Euro 2012, with an opportunity to win the Golden Boot (top scorer) if he plays
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Pomp and Circumstance
11 years, 11 months ago
question: is Balzaretti a definite starter for Italy? should I bring him in for Abate (who is said to be a doubt)?
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Pomp and Circumstance
11 years, 11 months ago
and can I get a RMT?...

Rui Patricio (Tzorvas)
Jordi Alba, Boateng, Abate (Maniatis) (Limbersky)
Ozil, Pirlo, Fabregas, Custodio (Makos)
Silva, Gomez, Cristiano Ronaldo
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1. Whazza
  11 years, 11 months ago
  dont like it... dont know where to begin 😀 keep CR7, Alba, Boateng, Ozil, Pirlo, Silva and Fab if he starts imo 😀
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2. Keane There Dunne That
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Get rid of all but Tzorvas,Maniatis,Limberskey and Makos
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Destroyer901
11 years, 11 months ago
Hey everyone, can you tell me hows my team:

Rui Patricio
Boateng, Alba, Abate
Khedira, Ozil, Pirlo, Busquets
Ronaldo, Gomez, Podolski
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LawnDart
11 years, 11 months ago
who is the pen taker for germany?
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1. Whazza
  11 years, 11 months ago
  prolly Schweini
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2. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Schweinsteiger or Podolski i think
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3. Zong
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Could be any one of Podolski, Schweini, Hummels. Take your pick.
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Algreg
11 years, 11 months ago
repost

A) Boateng + Fabregas
B) Abate + Ozil

What do you think?
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1. Keane There Dunne That
  11 years, 11 months ago
  See if Fabregas or Abate starts.
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2. Wild Rover
  11 years, 11 months ago
  If Fab starts then A. Abate is still an injury doubt
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3. Zong
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Imo, A. Different games and all that shit..
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Keane There Dunne That
11 years, 11 months ago
The assistant manager said

I think Jordi Alba will score the most points. You should make him captain.

Is he trying to tell us something
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1. Ginkapo FPL
  11 years, 11 months ago
  He scored a lot last week, thus he will do it again. Steve Kean is learning. If Yakubu scores one week, he might score this week so he should be played.
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  1. 4vets
    11 years, 11 months ago
    Steve Kean bandwagon!!!!
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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      11 years, 11 months ago
      Blackburn are going up, this summer has been good for him
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      1. 4vets
        11 years, 11 months ago
        Well, as mentioned this morning, he has just said my team is ready to go with just 9 starters... maybe he can do another managers badge? 😉
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        Ginkapo FPL
        11 years, 11 months ago
        Maybe if he buys Messi and CR7, but sells the rest they can win the league 2v11. Might need Neuer too.
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        Keane There Dunne That
        11 years, 11 months ago
        Robinson for his goal 😉
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        Ginkapo FPL
        11 years, 11 months ago
        Blackburn are doomed
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2. GreennRed
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Gotta love the Assistant Manager. "Butland isn't likely to play in the next matchday. You could replace him with Sirigu". Quality Street!
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  1. Keane There Dunne That
    11 years, 11 months ago
    😆 Did you do it 😉
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GreennRed
11 years, 11 months ago
I hear Chiellini is back training. Far to early for team news yet. Who of these 3 do you think will start v Germany and if not starting who could be on the bench? Bonucci, Chiellini, Abate. Cheers.
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1. Whazza
  11 years, 11 months ago
  i think Bonucci will be benched for Chiellini if he is fit which is expected
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  1. GreennRed
    11 years, 11 months ago
    Sh¥te! Cheers for the reply chicknps. Now gotta rethink my 12.
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Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
11 years, 11 months ago
A
Neuer
Alba Balzeratti Badstuber
Pirlo Schwein Khedira Busquets
Silva Nani Gomez

or

B
Neuer
Alba Arbeloa Balzeratti Badstuber
Pirlo Ozil Busquets Alonso Khedira
CR7 Torres Olivera
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1. gunh1gher
  11 years, 11 months ago
  B looks superb
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  1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    11 years, 11 months ago
    That's what I thought...just knocked it together in last two mins..random...
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2. 4vets
  11 years, 11 months ago
  B with a tweak or 2 for me.
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  1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    11 years, 11 months ago
    That's using my full eight FT...who would you tweak?
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    1. 4vets
      11 years, 11 months ago
      Awaiting lineups.. CR7 > Silva & my def preferences are different.
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3. Wild Rover
  11 years, 11 months ago
  B easily imo
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Scroobius Mac
11 years, 11 months ago
On the advice of others I realise I didn't have enough Spain midfield coverage so:
Neuer
Boateng Badstuber Abate Balzaretti
Alonso Xavi Iniesta Busquets Fabregas
CR7 Balotelli

9-1 win for Spain, 0-0 in the other with Balotelli earning 5 penos all missed by Pirlo attempting a Panenka. I think you can say goodbye to top spot Heco because that's the winning forumla 😉
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1. 4vets
  11 years, 11 months ago
  More Spain def needed now. Neuer to Cas 😉
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2. Tommytour
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Balo > Pedro theres another 😉
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GreennRed
11 years, 11 months ago
Bonnuci, Abate, Chiellini?
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FORCA INTER
11 years, 11 months ago
anyobody considering punt on Muller?
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1. Scroobius Mac
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Rather go for Reus
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  1. Pratik
    11 years, 11 months ago
    +1. But I think he might just end up being a sub. Just when we need the team-news most, the mole conveniently disappears.
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2. Tommytour
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Me 🙂
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3. GreennRed
  11 years, 11 months ago
  I'm keeping him. Big game temperament. Champions League Final, managed to score against a packed defence as Italians will be. Gomez choked. They might bring Gomez on for the penos, or "PK shootout" as they say on ESPN!
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Keane There Dunne That
11 years, 11 months ago
The assistant manager picked this team

Rui Patrício | Zieler
Jordi Alba | Barzagli | Bonucci | Pepe | João Pereira
Busquets | Khedira | João Moutinho | Marchisio | Miguel Veloso
Nani \ Torres | Silva

Not bad is it
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1. Whazza
  11 years, 11 months ago
  pure shit, 6 portuguese starters 😀 maybe you were joking?
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jsookwa
11 years, 11 months ago
Hey guys, if we do not use all 8 transfers in the semis, can the balance of transfers roll over to the finals?

Or must all be used at the stage present?

Thanks for your help..
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 11 months ago
Day 1 captain: CR7 or Alba?
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1. Whazza
  11 years, 11 months ago
  sama struggle going on in my head !
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2. Tommytour
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Iniesta time to shine Daniel
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  1. FPL Daniel
    11 years, 11 months ago
    I will probably sell him. Too much cash for nothing
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Toast
11 years, 11 months ago
Which team would you choose. I have my WC left so this team is only for SF. Thanks

A. Fab team

Casillas | Safikis
Jordi Alba | Arbeloa | Boateng | Manitas | Badstuber
Alonso | Kheidra | Fabregas | Pirlo | Darida
CR7 | Gomez | Oliveria

B. Torres team

Patricio | Safikis
Jordi Alba | Arbeloa | Boateng | Manitas | Barzagli
Alonso | Kheidra | Busquets | Pirlo | Darida
CR7 | Gomez | Torres

C. Ozil team

Casillas | Safikis
Jordi Alba | Arbeloa | Boateng | Manitas | Abate
Alonso | Kheidra | Ozil | Pirlo | Darida
CR7 | Gomez | Oliveria
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Derailed Bandwagon
11 years, 11 months ago
Hows my team look guys??

Casilas

Hummels, Boateng, Alba, Pereira

Ozil, Khedira, Pirlo

Gomez, Silva, Almeida

Thanks
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Just A Hat
11 years, 11 months ago
I just met Lineker, Shearer, Dixon, Lawro and Keown in Donestk. I was so excited I couldn't think of anything to say, just got a photo with them and wandered off shocked
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1. Parm
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Nice, lucky you didn't bump into Adrian Chiles!
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  1. 4vets
    11 years, 11 months ago
    You could have called him C**t if you did 😉
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  2. Ginkapo FPL
    11 years, 11 months ago
    That is an awful thought
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Pomp and Circumstance
11 years, 11 months ago
is Balzaretti a better choice than Abate? is Balzaretti a definite starter for Italy?
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1. Tommytour
  11 years, 11 months ago
  yes he is a better choice, Abate is a doubt
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Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
11 years, 11 months ago
A
Casillas
Alba Arbeloa Balzeratti Badstuber
Pirlo Schwein Khedira Busquets Alonso
CR7 Torres Olivera

or

B
Neuer
Alba Arbeloa Balzeratti Badstuber
Pirlo Ozil Busquets Alonso Khedira
CR7 Torres Olivera
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1. Pomp and Circumstance
  11 years, 11 months ago
  B
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Destroyer901
11 years, 11 months ago
A:
Rui Patricio
Abate, Boateng, Jordi Alba
Pirlo, Ozil, Khedira, Alonso
C.Ronaldo, Gomez, Torres

or

B:
Rui Patricio
Abate, Jordi Alba, Boateng
Pirlo, Ozil, Khedira, Alonso, Fabregas
Ronaldo, Gomez

or

C:
Neuer
Abate, Jordi Alba, Boateng
Alonso, Khedira, Pirlo, Ozil
Podolski, Ronaldo, Torres
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4vets
11 years, 11 months ago
Lawro is my favourite grumpy old man's commentator. Superb!

I once called Bob Geldof a C**t if that helps 😉
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1. Shipstontrev
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Did you call him that on a Monday? That would explain one of their songs. 😉
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  1. 4vets
    11 years, 11 months ago
    Alas, it was a saturday night in Wardour street when I was young & handsome... 😉
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    1. Shipstontrev
      11 years, 11 months ago
      That long ago then? 😆
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      1. 4vets
        11 years, 11 months ago
        Over 30! Ouch... change the subject.
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2. 4vets
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Oh... ridiculous reply fail to hat 🙁
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  1. Just A Hat
    11 years, 11 months ago
    lol i just looked at the photo and Lawro was cut out! lol ahh well, I was really only excited for Shearer and Lineker
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    1. TheProfesssor
      11 years, 11 months ago
      how short is Shearer ?
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      1. Just A Hat
        11 years, 11 months ago
        lol he seems like normal height!
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    2. 4vets
      11 years, 11 months ago
      Aaah... too much info. Hope you kept it down!
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Algreg
11 years, 11 months ago
Neuer , (Butland)
Alba, Pepe, Hummels, _______, (Maniatis)
Busquets, Pirlo, Kedhira, __________, (Custódio)
Gomez, CR, Oliveira

Have 15,8 to fill the blanks. Any suggestion?
Thanks
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1. 4vets
  11 years, 11 months ago
  I'm on the cusp of 49 years of age and I still snigger at Butland.... just can't help it 😆
  
  The wife is eyeing me strangely now!
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Parm
11 years, 11 months ago
Just finished 3 hours worth of Tennis and i'm knackered!
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1. 4vets
  11 years, 11 months ago
  More fool you!
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FORCA INTER
11 years, 11 months ago
my team is so crazy at this moment but i dont care

i wont win CRO league by playing safe so i decided to go with few punts and see what happens

this decission is inspired by CO Barzil manager Epic Fail

hope my decission wont finissh like his name after all 😆

just kidding,it's all about fun anyways
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1. Parm
  11 years, 11 months ago
  And winning!
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TheProfesssor
11 years, 11 months ago
what do you guys think of this is Cesc starts?

Neuer-4.0
Pepe-Boateng-Badstuber-Alba-4.0
Reus-Cesc-Busquets-Ozil-4.0
Gomez-CR7-Oliveira
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1. 4vets
  11 years, 11 months ago
  Prof, you know it's roughly good. Really, waiting for the starters and tweaking is all down to you. There's nothing more anyone can add that you don't already know. Make it yours.
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Tommytour
11 years, 11 months ago
Contemplating this....

RP
Alba Pique Pepe Hummels Boateng
Ozil Iniesta Khedira
Muller Podolski Pedro

Pedro a more expensive alternative to Oliviera but could get 30 mins plus if on bench especially if it goes to extra time. Expect Muller and podolski to be recalled due to experience, Klose/Gomez is tougher to call.
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1. FORCA INTER
  11 years, 11 months ago
  i like your team tommy
  
  specialy cause is different to others
  
  i am looking at something simmilar myself
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  1. Tommytour
    11 years, 11 months ago
    All or nothing time Forca my friend
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    1. FORCA INTER
      11 years, 11 months ago
      tell me about it 😀
      
      that's why i am going with that startegy as well
      
      let's hope our dubbe up at german forwards works out 😉
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      1. Tommytour
        11 years, 11 months ago
        Who are your 2?
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LewanGOALski
11 years, 11 months ago
my main target is defending 27-point advantage over 3 followers in my ML.

So my team should be quite safe:

Neuer
Boateng Alba Arbeloa
Ozil Khedira Iniesta Pirlo Custódio
C.Ronaldo D.Silva N.Oliveira

got any thoughts guys?
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1. Tommytour
  11 years, 11 months ago
  10.5 players, try 11.
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