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Sky Sports Fantasy Football 2014/15 Is Now Live

3 July 2014 1623 comments
Paul Paul
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As some of you may already know, the Sky Sports Fantasy Football game for 2014/15 opened its doors earlier today. With a lull in the World Cup action, Fantasy managers are afforded our first chance to dabble in domestic issues as we tentatively cobble together our initial teams for the season ahead:

The Sky Sports game is one that we’ve covered in the past, with our Members area including the relevant bonus point recipients across the positions.

After winning the Best League for each of the last couple of campaigns, we’re looking forward to defending our title once again. The winner of last season’s Scout League picked up £1,000 for their achievements and we’re hoping to offer prizes for whoever finishes at the summit once again.

We’ll be re-starting our official league soon and will be rolling out a series of articles over the next couple of weeks, looking at the Player List and analysing the best tactical approaches. Regular contributor d1sable will be on board once again to give his hints and tips every Friday afternoon – having finished inside the top 10 last year, he’s clearly a man worth listening to.

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  1. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Manchester City have agreed a fee with Porto for Eliaquim Mangala and are just awaiting his decision before closing the deal. The fee is believed to be £32 million

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    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      £32 million for a 4th choice centre back for France. Okay...

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      1. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        The report also said "they have also agreed a £30m deal for Mehdi Benatia as a back-up option"

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  2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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    11 years, 5 months ago

    hmm if navas is out, who to replace with....... neuer, ospina?

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    1. VougieDipond
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      Navas will play. The Doctor is quoted as saying we let him rest so he can play on saturday

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    2. JT's Dog
        11 years, 5 months ago

        What happened to navas

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        1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          shoulder injury apparently

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      • Mr Pink
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        11 years, 5 months ago

        Back in training today aparently. Doctor says he´ll play on Saturday.

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    3. Mr Sarcastic
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      A) hummels, garay, aguilar

      B) merte, fernandez, cuadrado

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    4. Dr Dream
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      If Lahm is reinstated to full back (50/50 IMO)...and everyone is fit how will the Getmans line up?

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      1. Timtastic03
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Khedira, Schwein and Kross in the middle would be my best guess

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      2. Timtastic03
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        11 years, 5 months ago

        Just realized you're probably asking about the backline haha
        sorry, haven't got a clue. Lahm - Boateng - Hummels - Howedes?

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    5. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      anyone considerin cabaye.. just 6 million n rbs galore.. and a mean shot too. in addition to valbuena of course

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      1. Dr Dream
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Hit the woodwork three times I think so far.

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        1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          pogba has more points with less game-time though

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          1. Dr Dream
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            11 years, 5 months ago

            Yeah he does. Still a good, if risky, punt though.

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    6. Ginkapo FPL
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      I fancy a punt on Bombardier! BANG ON

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      1. Ginkapo FPL
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        11 years, 5 months ago

        Someone called Bombardier needs to join the prem. Bomba would suffice.

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        1. VougieDipond
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Sol bamba?

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        2. iCon
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          Bemba Da?

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    7. Sif
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      Hummels > Neymar > Messi > Robben

      Armband escape plan MkI

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      1. Sif
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        11 years, 5 months ago

        Neymar/JayRod the biggest undecided.

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      2. Root
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        11 years, 5 months ago

        Mertesacker -> Yepes -> Garay -> De Vrij

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      3. Mr Sarcastic
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        11 years, 5 months ago

        Prob same, JRod 2nd, cos don't have neymar

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    8. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      Arsenal are ready to beat Tottenham and Napoli to the £20 million signing of Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin & hope to finalise after the world cup

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    9. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      got a feeling this geezer might step up against the argies https://vine.co/v/MDdplwMAAae

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    10. pol
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      Would you rather have:
      A) Kdb
      B) schuerle
      Considering both start

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      1. VougieDipond
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        11 years, 5 months ago

        B all day KDB is hopeless

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    11. Keno
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      11 years, 5 months ago

      Couple Questions:

      Any else have a feeling that Brazil will look to completely shackle James R and close him down all game? I just get the feeling that they will try and give this guy absolutely no room to breathe considering the tournament he has had so far. Also opinions on David Luiz, is he too costly since there are other CB's who are much cheaper and have a good chance of scoring high? It just seems he has been really consistent throughout, even though -9 last game for his CS and Goal he would not really have scored that well. What do you all think?

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      1. Epic Fail
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        11 years, 5 months ago

        They can do that if they want, and Cuadrado will run riot.

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      2. JT's Dog
          11 years, 5 months ago

          So cuadrado will get all the space

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        • Dr Dream
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Neymar and co have been saying for a couple of days that they don't mind "winning ugly"...read that how you like...sounds like a physical match is on the way.

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          1. Valar(Keith)
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Fernandinho punt!

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            1. Calvin Clyne
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              I'd love him in my team but am 0.5 shy 🙁

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            2. iCon
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              -2 for Fouls conceded in last game; could be -5 if that's the case!

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              1. Valar(Keith)
                • 16 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                its like ive already accepted the -1. can see loads of RBs though. not sure if that'll be enough tbh as cant see CS or attackin points

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            3. VougieDipond
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              11 years, 5 months ago

              I made sacrificies to get fernandinho in better pay off

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        • Parm
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          And who in the Brazil team has the capability to man mark James Rodriguez?

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      3. Zasa
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        I'm guessing U.S locals aren't eligible for prizes no? New to this game

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        1. Root
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          Obviously not.

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          1. Zasa
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            11 years, 5 months ago

            Guessed so, playing for competition's sake is worth it still. Thanks.

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        2. JT's Dog
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Sky ?

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          • Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Dunno, check the rules.

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        3. Mr Pink
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          Navas trained today and will play against the Netherlands after receiving a knock in the game against Greece.

          http://www.nacion.com/deportes/brasil-2014/Medico-Seleccion-Costa-Keylor-Holanda_0_1424457639.html

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          1. Fantasy Gold
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            He's their star player. He was always going to play

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            1. Mr Pink
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              11 years, 5 months ago

              Some nervous posts on here as he sat out the training session yesterday.

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            2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              crap is fernandez out too.......?

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        4. Demí
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          @BrazilStats 5m
          Paulinho will definitely be a starter tomorrow, according to Fox Sports Brasil. They say the information is confirmed.

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          1. Bubz
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            11 years, 5 months ago

            Does that give us a clue as to what their formation will be? Is the Alves not starting rumours still to be believed?

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            1. Demí
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              11 years, 5 months ago

              Doubt it. Wouldn't be surprised if Alves was dropped though

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          2. Valar(Keith)
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Ramires or Fernandinho for the otehr spot you reckon?

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            1. Demí
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Probably Fernandinho

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          3. Fantasy Gold
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Meh. Won't make a difference. The ref will be the star of the show.

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        5. LewanGOALski
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          Georginio WIJNALDUM
          or
          Christian BOLANOS
          or
          Yeltsin TEJEDA

          ??

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          1. Fifa las vegas
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Wijnaldum

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        6. The 12th Man
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          RMT playing 4-4-2

          Cillessen x x
          Debuchy,Zapata,Van Buyten, Fernandez ( De Vrij, Gonzalez) x
          Oezil, Oscar, Valbuena,J.Rodriguez ( Wijnaldum, Tejeda) x
          Mueller, Messi, ( Robben) x

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          1. VougieDipond
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            11 years, 5 months ago

            Problem with Wijnaldum and Tejeda is they play last. Not the best back up if all else fails. id consider downgrading either Oscar or ozil and upgrading one of the 3.5 guys. I would also find the extra to upgrade debuchy to a CB

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            1. The 12th Man
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              11 years, 5 months ago

              Thanks, just tried Ozil, Oscar, Tejeda > Cuadrado,Lahm and KDB
              Then changed Debuchy > Mertesaker

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              1. VougieDipond
                • 13 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                much more solid now

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        7. GlasgowFF
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Can someone please post the template team for me to copy as I need to do this in the next half hour?

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          1. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            There's a team above you can copy.

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            1. GlasgowFF
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Cheers may do that.

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            2. The 12th Man
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              copy my team, ive changed that since.

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        8. Mr Sarcastic
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          Rojo already out, they kept cs, I just can't see them risking with another change and Demichellis.

          But would it be stupid for me to risk it, with Fernandez, is another question...almost 2 points/game diffence tough.

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        9. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          so, the damn word ads are still there, but I've now established that it's a problem than only occurs on FFS and only when I'm logged in. Hmmmmm

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          1. Saint Domingo
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Do you not use Ad Blocker?

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            1. JK - Cønt ⭐
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              you mean the extension? yes and it's not worked

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          2. Spencer
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            What's the exact problem JK?

            And what browser are you using, on what platform?

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            1. JK - Cønt ⭐
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              I'm get ads linked to specific words (like fantasy football, even though the ad is totally irrelevant) using google chrome on windows 7

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              1. Spencer
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Thanks, I'll try to recreate and let the powers that be know.

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              2. Piggs Boson
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                11 years, 5 months ago

                Sounds like you have malware or a virus JK.

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                1. Epic Fail
                  • 15 Years
                  11 years, 5 months ago

                  This.
                  Run Malwarebytes or something.

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                  1. 4vets
                    • 15 Years
                    11 years, 5 months ago

                    I'll third this.

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                    1. Spencer
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • Has Moderation Rights
                      • 14 Years
                      11 years, 5 months ago

                      I'll have to agree with these guys too. Not been able to recreate on my side.

                      I've let the tech-heads know anyway.

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                    2. Somalion
                      • 15 Years
                      11 years, 5 months ago

                      Agreed, Malwarebytes and Spybot scans will hopefully help it in my view.

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              3. Holy See
                • 15 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Do you have text enhance extension?

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        10. The Sarjeant
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          When do we get to vote for the best community hot topics for June?

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          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Next community round up perhaps.

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          2. J0E
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            It'll be for best community article in June. I'll start the vote in next Monday's hot topic, tot up the votes and announce it in the following community round up. Ill flag up that the vote will be next week in this weekend' hot topic.

            £20 voucher for the best one .. Who will be the next Bedknobs and Boomsticks?

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        11. Bubz
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Is Vlaar nailed on?

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          1. iCon
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            No mate; flu in the Dutch camp now 😉

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            1. Les Bleus
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Will Janmaat start do you think?

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              1. iCon
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Just kidding about Vlaar; Janmaat should start too I reckon

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                1. Les Bleus
                  • 14 Years
                  11 years, 5 months ago

                  Thanks

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          2. Saint Domingo
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            11 years, 5 months ago

            Would think so.

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          3. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Unless injured.

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        12. Les Bleus
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Do you think we'll know the Brazil lineup before the France game tomorrow? For the mirror game. Currently got Robben(c) Messi Neymar front line and if Neymar is not playing I'll bring in Benz

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          1. Parm
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Neymar will definitely play.

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            1. Les Bleus
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Thanks. In your opinion, Benz or Neymar? The other two I'm pretty set on.

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              1. Parm
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Neymar.

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                1. Les Bleus
                  • 14 Years
                  11 years, 5 months ago

                  Same point of view. Thanks

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          2. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Nothing official.

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            1. Les Bleus
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Thanks

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        13. Count of Monte Hristo
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Do you think Dimitrov will cause another upset 2moro against Novak?

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          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            It's possible but I wouldn't bet on it.

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            1. Fifa las vegas
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Would you bet on anything for the tennis?

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        14. Dr Dream
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          If RVP is ruled out with his injury does Huntelaar become a shoe in ?

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          1. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            You'd think so.

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          2. Blue Lion
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            RvP is injured??

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            1. Dr Dream
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Yeah...yesterday. http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/07/03/how-van-persies-thigh-injury-puts-van-gaal-in-an-awkward-positio/?

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              1. Blue Lion
                • 12 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Hope he plays.Cheers.

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        15. Bubz
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Is Sneijder injured?

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          1. Walsh
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Was a doubt last I heard.

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          2. Les Bleus
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            What is up with all these injuries?

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            1. VougieDipond
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              climate change, lots of pressure, several games. players starting to feel it

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            2. Dr Dream
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              It happens in every tournament. So many games in such a short space of time at high intensity. A lot of patching up goes on between games for every team.

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          3. Dr Dream
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Yep...back strain.

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        16. Valar(Keith)
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Borges worth the 1 million over Tejeda? waht about Aguilar? reckon he is a good buy?

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          1. Margarido
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Both with ppt above 8pt.
            I can see a close quarter-final, a bit like the las 16 round, so a good bet on defensive minded players.
            I am going with both, Borges and Aguillar.

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            1. Valar(Keith)
              • 16 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              is borges more defensive minded than tejeda? he's also on set pieces right? nice

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            2. Valar(Keith)
              • 16 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              reckon aguilar is a better bet than cuardado who's a million dearer?

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              1. Margarido
                • 13 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                I think Colombia will have more difficulties to impose their game versus Brasil.

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            3. Margarido
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Borges on set-pieces, direct free-kicks and penos.

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        17. The 12th Man
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          11 years, 5 months ago

          John Inverdale interviewing Maion Bartolli. Awkward.

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          1. Saint Domingo
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            11 years, 5 months ago

            She was looking quite tidy there Bartoli.

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            1. The 12th Man
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              Inverdale didn't even know that France were still in the World Cup.

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              1. Saint Domingo
                • 13 Years
                11 years, 5 months ago

                Saw that,he obviously hasn't got a clue.

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        18. Valar(Keith)
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Feck.. just realised i'll be out for the games on saturday and since my mobile internet and the mcd's website have collaborated to feck me over n not work i'll have to try and put as few Netherland/Costa Rica players as i doubt i'll be able to sub em in after the Argentina game. eh.. no robben for me

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          1. Blue Lion
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Download Puffin Browser.Works like a charm.

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        19. ManofKent
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Any idea how the Aberystwyth Town v Derry match is going?

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          1. VougieDipond
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            3-0 derry

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          2. Declan
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            11 years, 5 months ago

            Losin 3-0, down to 10 men

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          3. Saint Domingo
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            3-0 Derry so far

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            1. ManofKent
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              sob, sob, sob

              I got drunk in Town's bar many a time...

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        20. That Fantasy Guy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          messi or robben for the armband?
          In a game that only gives points for goals assists and cleansheets...

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          1. Epic Fail
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            11 years, 5 months ago

            Messi

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          2. Blue Lion
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Then Robben..

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            1. That Fantasy Guy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              11 years, 5 months ago

              unfortunately not for mcds. Captain pick is once off

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