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Matchday 3 gets underway this evening, with Fantasy managers treated to four games for each of the next four days. The final two fixtures in Group B are first up at 5pm. Joint-leaders Holland and Chile go head-to-head to decide who will finish at the summit, though the Dutch are definitely at a disadvantage with Robin Van Persie suspended, whilst defending champions Spain and Australia will both attempt to pick up points before heading home:

Holland:Cillessen; Janmaat, Vlaar, De Vrij, Blind; De Jong, Sneijder, Kuyt; Robben, Lens, Wijnaldum

Chile: Bravo; Silva, Medel, Jara; Isla, Aranguiz, Diaz, Mena; Gutierrez; Sanchez, Vargas

Louis Van Gaal makes a total of three alterations from the side that started against Australia. Bruno Martins Indi and Jonathan de Guzman join the suspended Van Persie on the sidelines, with Dirk Kuyt, Jeremain Lens and Georginio Wijnaldum all drafted into what looks like a 4-3-3 formation. Arjen Robben owners will be optimistic of further returns after the Bayern man notched three times in the opening two fixtures.

Chile manager Jorge Sampaoli makes just one change from the side that defeat Spain in Matchday 2. Juventus’ Arturo Vidal is replaced by Felipe Gutierrez in a continuation of the 3-4-1-2, with Alexis Sanchez and Eduardo Vargas both looking to mantain the form that has produced a goal and assist apiece so far.

Spain: Reina; Juanfran, Ramos, Albiol, Alba; Koke, Alonso, Iniesta; Cazorla, Torres, Villa,

Australia: Ryan; McGowan, Wilkinson, Spiranovic, Davidson; Jedinak, McKay; Leckie, Bozanic, Oar; Taggart

After seeing his side concede seven goals and fail to pick up a single point in what has been an embarrassing defence of the trophy, Vicente del Bosque axes seven players from the XI that faced Chile last week. Only Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Andres Iniesta and Xabi Alonso keep their places as the champions attempt to save face before exiting the tournament.

Ange Postecoglou makes two changes from the side that narrowly lost to Holland. Australia’s chances are dealt a bitter blow this evening with Tim Cahill suspended up front – Adam Taggart is set to lead the line, with Oliver Bozanic replacing Mark Bresciano in the attacking midfield three in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

At 8pm, Brazil face Cameroon and Mexico square up to Croatia as Group A comes to its culmination. All bar the Africans have a chance of progressing and, despite drawing a blank against Mexico last time around, the hosts are heavily backed to return to form and turn on the style in order to ensure they finish at the summit – Neymar owners will be desperate for points, whilst Fred’s starting berth is perhaps at risk following a pair of disappointing displays.

The Mexico-Croatia match looks far more evenly matched. One of only two sides to keep a clean sheet in both their opening matches, the Mexicans may struggle to keep out an attack that put four past Cameroon last time around, with Mario Mandzukic’s return from suspension proving pivotal for Nico Kovac’s side. Oribe Peralta carries the main threat for the North Americans, who need only a draw to ensure their progress to the knockout stages.

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  1. VougieDipond
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    David Villa first goal BOOM!

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  2. Tomlette Greggs
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    • 15 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Villa goal

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Expect to see this kind of post regularly when FPL starts.

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    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Blind already with negative foul points!

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    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    FFS World Cup Press Conference RUSSIA:(Repeat)

    Another heartbreaking 3-2 loss for us.
    We fought till last moment & I am proud of my comrades Triggerlips,TW,Pep & Snikii.
    Was a great fun in this tournament. Shout out to ENR,Billy & all comrades Involved. Will be sending Vodka as a special gift from our country as a special present! 🙂
    All the best to Iranian comrades if they're still in the tournament. 😆
    Cheers!
    Oh wait,
    Are USA out too? 😉

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    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      how many times will this be posted still? no one is interested.

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  3. shazzaaam
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    assist?

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Juanfran
      http://i.imgur.com/wnapHLY.gif

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      1. Heydudes13
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 25 days ago

        Thought it was a gif for the goal, but no just sarcasm. 🙁

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      2. shazzaaam
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        😆

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    2. LOCO ABREU
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      juanfran i think

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    3. emperikal
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Juanfran

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  4. Captain Peacock
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    That fellow who gambled on captaining Villa is looking mighty smart right now.

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Not a massive gamble. A striker vs the worst team in the world cup.

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      1. Captain Peacock
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 25 days ago

        No, that's England.

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        1. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          Fair point.
          One of the worst then.

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    2. Pap Le Cissier
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      • 14 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      The gamble was bringing in Lampard as well...

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  5. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    First time since 1996 (221 matches) the Dutch are not fielding a 'Van' in an international game.

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    1. JT's Dog
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Is that like a less defensive version of the bus

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  6. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Ohhhhh so close Robben 🙁

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  7. SW6
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    It's quite scary not owning Robben

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  8. Saniul
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    0 = Number of passes Robben has made to Lens in this game.

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    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      I don't blame him.

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    2. GTS
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Bonz looks like updated our match ups.

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      1. Saniul
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 25 days ago

        Okay, thanks. I'll check later.

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        1. GTS
          • 12 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          hope you like it. 😉

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  9. VougieDipond
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Robben again wouldnt give the ball to Lens for a tap in. ball greedy diving knob

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    1. Heydudes13
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Riiight.

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  10. Gubbins94.
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Love Villa. His goal in the Spanish supercup last season is one of my favourite goals ever.

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    1. SW6
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      I loved his goal in the last World Cup, vs Honduras I think.

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    2. King Nil Miss ✩
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Villa 30´ > Costa 160´

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  11. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Lol @ Lens

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  12. JT's Dog
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Can someone check that Spain did actually score that goal

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    1. King Nil Miss ✩
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Do you think he did it again? 😆

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  13. VougieDipond
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    I understand now Robben apologies if you were offended by my abuse

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  14. Heydudes13
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Lens needs to go to Specsavers.

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    1. Heydudes13
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      🙁

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    2. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      contactLens

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  15. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Hopefully this will be like the Germany-Ghana game. 4 goals in the second half please.

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    1. VougieDipond
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      i was hoping for Lens to open the scoring but he looks like a pile of poo

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    2. King Nil Miss ✩
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      You mean... no goals at all?

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    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 25 days ago

      Over 2.5 will do for me 😉

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  16. Gregor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Thinking Fabianski and McGregor will probably be my starting keepers, or Fabianski and Green if McGregor is overpriced.

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    1. Pap Le Cissier
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      • 14 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Where did flappy go?

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      1. Gregor
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        • 16 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Swansea.

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        1. Pap Le Cissier
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          Surely a backup for Vorm?

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          1. Gregor
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            • 16 Years
            12 years, 24 days ago

            I'm expecting Vorm to go to Liverpool once they've sold Reina.

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            1. Somalion
              • 16 Years
              12 years, 24 days ago

              Fabianski won't sit on the bench but neither will Vorm or Mig for that matter. Kinda confused over it all.

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              1. Gregor
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                • 16 Years
                12 years, 24 days ago

                Rodgers has said he wants decent back up/competition for Mignolet, don't think Vorm will turn Liverpool down.

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                1. Somalion
                  • 16 Years
                  12 years, 24 days ago

                  Nor do I but I think it creates a big issue because both keepers are starters so they'll have to sacrifice game time. It'd be a strange situation I think.

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                  1. Gregor
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                    • 16 Years
                    12 years, 24 days ago

                    Rodgers will deal with it. If Vorm leaves though and Fabianski becomes first choice Swansea keeper with those early fixtures and presumably a £4.5m price tag, happy days.

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                    1. Somalion
                      • 16 Years
                      12 years, 24 days ago

                      Happy days as long as Swansea get their act together at the back!

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                      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        12 years, 24 days ago

                        am really hoping that Bego drops to 5.0

                        The Swansea/Stoke rotation is pretty good until GW24 which is the likely end of the Jan WC window.

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                      2. Gregor
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                        • 16 Years
                        12 years, 24 days ago

                        Yeah that would be pretty sweet if you can find the extra £0.5m.

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                      3. Gregor
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                        • 16 Years
                        12 years, 24 days ago

                        I think they'll be fine, should be good for saves as well.

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            2. Pap Le Cissier
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              12 years, 24 days ago

              That could be worth a couple of beans

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      2. LewanGOALski
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Swansea

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    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Green?
      Are you new?

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      1. Gregor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Be reet, Like I say i'd prefer McGregor but I like two players goalkeepers without spending more than £9m, few decent early fixtures and I expect QPR to invest in their defence.

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    3. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Hull concern me. Europa league could have a massive impact on them

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      1. Gregor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 16 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Yeah, still think Mcgregor would be good value if he's £4,5m though.

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          tend to agree though I'm not convinced by the Flappy/McGregor rotation. Heaton and McGregor

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          1. Gregor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            12 years, 24 days ago

            Swansea and Hull rotate for 30 out of the 38 games. Those would just be my starting keepers though, you can change to McGregor and Heaton later once Burnley have got their early bad fixtures out of the way.

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            1. JK - Cønt ⭐
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              12 years, 24 days ago

              hmm interesting. I'll bear it in mind

              Prices are everything

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              1. Gregor
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                • 16 Years
                12 years, 24 days ago

                Yep, exactly.

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  17. DHWizzo
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 25 days ago

    Is there a resource out there that tracks player scoring for the McDonald's game?

    Stunned they don't have this on their site.

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  18. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    Right, time to make myself a CV.

    Seems like a good time to do it, can't see myself getting distracted by this borefest 😛

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    1. King Nil Miss ✩
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Don´t forget to include your years of experience in fantasy football could open many doors 😉

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      1. Pap Le Cissier
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        ...to the mail room 😉

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      2. Captain Shirokov
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Yeah, time management, risk assessment etc...

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  19. Thomass
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    Bye I'm leavening.. Have fun!

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    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      You know where the door is...

      http://www.simpsonspark.com/framegrabs/2f10/frame219.jpg 😉

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      1. Pap Le Cissier
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        😀

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    2. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Looks like you like adding extra letters to words too

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    3. Somalion
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Off to pick up the kids?

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      1. Optimus.
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Nah just off to lurk and see if there is any love

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        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          This. I've lost count of the times he's 'left' before 😆

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          1. Optimus.
            • 15 Years
            12 years, 24 days ago

            😀

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          2. Somalion
            • 16 Years
            12 years, 24 days ago

            😀 very true, I give it a couple of hours.

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      2. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        The kids have probably got their own cars.

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        1. Somalion
          • 16 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          And their own kids 😯

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    4. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      you have mail!

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    5. The Missing Link
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Click on thomass's profilr and check all his previous messages. 'Chile spain match has so many twists and turns' absolute cracker 😀

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      1. GTS
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        yep. We're still playing extra time till next week.

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  20. Performance Series
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    are any points dedcuted for trasnfers on fox fantasy? i did 3 transfers but not seeing any deductions

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      50 point penalty.

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      1. Shels
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        & two years in jail i suppose, welcome in columbia

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    2. Shels
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      think it's 3 free trnafers

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    3. Ben Mee Over A Table
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      2 free transfers, after that -3 per transfer. Check the rules tab in the game, should be toward the top right of the page.

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      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Read the rules? 😯

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        1. Ben Mee Over A Table
          • 13 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          Haha, not everyone is as serious about it as the Colombian trafficking boss 😉

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  21. Christina.
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    lol at Thomass and Spain.

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    1. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      🙁

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  22. The Shadow
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    Can anyone access the FFS/UEFA WC spreadsheet? Seems to have disappeared.

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    1. SW6
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Hmm. Gone for me too..

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    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Sabotaged by Thomass?

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      1. SW6
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Throwing the toys out the pram, then attaching dynamite to the pram and running.

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    3. King Nil Miss ✩
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      THOMASSS! Bring the spreadsheet back!

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    4. The Shadow
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      Should I be concerned that Thomas was editing it a few minutes before it disappeared or is the paranoia kicking in again?

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        You should be concerned

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      2. JT's Dog
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Fortunately I kept note of our group
        Portugal 5-0 Germany
        Portugal 7-0 usa

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    5. The Shadow
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      It's back.

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  23. The Sarjeant
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    Townsend just talks absolute shite!

    Little stumble mumble bum!

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  24. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    Young Thomass now that u r expelles from t tournament u r welcomed to cheer for Bosnia. We xould assign u as attacking coach 😉 who else can score goals like u in no time 😛

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  25. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    Goalfest 2nd half come on!

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  26. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    Thomass is leavening?

    I didn't know he was a baker

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    1. JT's Dog
      12 years, 24 days ago

      I am going to lol at that even though I don't know what it means
      😆

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        Leavening = the process of adding yeast to dough to cause it to rise

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        1. Gnu
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          • 16 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          Really? Damn!
          That's why nobody buys my bread.

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          1. JT's Dog
            12 years, 24 days ago

            And the fact it ain't yeast you use

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            1. Gnu
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              12 years, 24 days ago

              Yeah, there's that as well.

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          2. Werkself
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            12 years, 24 days ago

            But you're busy at passover, right.

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  27. JT's Dog
    12 years, 24 days ago

    I thought he had just changed scores this week
    Didn't know he had developed cunning plan from start.
    That is a bit sad
    I was feeling bad that your haters would jump on this to pound you, but now you probably deserve it

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  28. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 24 days ago

    Lads what's this about Spain on FFSWC? I'm utterly confused 😕

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    1. JT's Dog
      12 years, 24 days ago

      You are the patsy

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    2. LOCO ABREU
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 24 days ago

      +1,no idea what's going on.

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      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 24 days ago

        That's exactly what you would say if you were involved 😉

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        1. Grounderz
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 24 days ago

          Or a team conspiracy? 😉

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