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Here’s our regular update on the competition, featuring a look at our friendlies that took place over Gameweek 4, the  Live Scorecast and a look ahead to the start of the tournament itself when Matchday 1 kicks off this weekend. Please use this article for all tournament chat.

Friendlies

Over Gameweek 4 players got a taste of the Hockey World Cup team format with the friendlies being held prior to the real games.

The final results have been updated in the Cup spreadsheet

Live ScoreCast

Pratik has now launched the Live ScoreCast Tool, which lets you view the scores in real time as the Premier League games are on. So as Chelsea’s Diego Costa bangs in a goal and his four FPL points are added you will now be able to watch your hockey team’s scores rocket. Remember to bookmark this link.

Update on TFF’s Quiz

If you haven’t checked out The Fantasy Freak’s new quiz initiative to further fuel the team spirit in this arena, do so now – TFF’s Quizzes are back with a twist. He conducted a couple of quizzes over the week and here is what the Hockey World Cup leader board looks like:

NZ 2

Rest of the World 1

Well played to I’m the Juan and Arvin who played a vital part in their country’s victory.

Matchday 1

Gameweek 5 will see the commencement of the Hockey World Cup with some really crunch fixtures:

Group A

Australia vs Malaysia

Belgium vs India

England vs Spain

Group B

Germany vs South Africa

Netherlands vs Argentina

New Zealand vs South Korea

Lineup Submission

All managers are requested to email me their four substitutes and their FPL IDs before the deadline of Friday, 19 Sep, 2359 BST. In case he or she  fails to do so, the autosubs will be the last four players on the Squads Page.

Managers may also be likely to post any pressers on this article here. So be on the watch for latest team news, especially from your enemies. As previously, please keep all the match day banter on this thread.

It’s time – Let the games begin!

PS – If any of those taking part are keen to pen a roundup or preview of matchdays, let me know and we can include them in future matchday threads too.

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  1. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Team Belgium fully focused and getting one of our 5 a days, Mmmmm Framboise- only 2.5% alc so it shouldn't affect our performance.
    4vets & Somalion have been advised to stick to the strong stuff, withdrawl systems or stuff!!!

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  2. JT's Dog
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Does the order the teams sit in actually mean anything?
    I just list them in first ones back from lap dancing

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    1. BeachBadger
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Therefore in rising order of hardness 😉

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      1. Pratik
        12 years, 1 month ago

        😀

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  3. JT's Dog
    12 years, 1 month ago

    High tech computer programme worked out team Spain line up exactly
    Has also predicted a 40 point win for us

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    1. Gloria Kanchelskis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      404 system error

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      1. 4vets
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Ermmm... "The 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with a given server, but the server could not find what was requested."

        Not a system error 🙂

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  4. BeachBadger
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Im heading out for the evening. Literally Gangnam style (as I will be in Gangnam) Best of luck all. Korea fighting!! We got this. We're magic 🙂

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofwFr8o8p0Y

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    1. GTS
      12 years, 1 month ago

      We got this. 😎

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      1. Thomass
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Give me your KIXP team, thanks

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        1. GTS
          12 years, 1 month ago

          KIXP?

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          1. Thomass
            12 years, 1 month ago

            KXIP I mean your IPL team

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            1. GTS
              12 years, 1 month ago

              oh. :blush:
              me, Rosco, Zan

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              1. GTS
                12 years, 1 month ago

                *oops:

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              2. GTS
                12 years, 1 month ago

                *ME- Bat , Rosco- Bow, & Zan- WK*

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                1. Thomass
                  12 years, 1 month ago

                  Ta

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    2. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      OOOOOOoO Sexy ladyyyyy

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  5. A Defender's Nightmare
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Up against my homeland. I promise to my Belgian teammates that it won't affect my performance level- as always 100% focused on the field but there will be no celebrations from my part if we beat Indians. 🙂

    Nous Sommes Belgium!

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  6. vova
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Could there be a more boring game for early kick-off? I might as well return to bed.

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  7. Siva Mohan
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Well.. Reedy & Irish Madridista have Caulker in their starting XI!

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    1. Reedy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      It's just my other ten that are the problem 😉 Happy for now though!

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    2. Woy of the Wovers
      12 years, 1 month ago

      33% rating 😉

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      1. Reedy
        12 years, 1 month ago

        71% now, it hadn't refreshed 🙂

        You've got off to a good start with three Caulkers in your starting XI, congrats!

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  8. Namtab Nomolos
    12 years, 1 month ago

    DIFFERENTIALS

    South Korea

    de Gea x3, Krul x2, McCarthy x1, Foster x1.
    Lovren x2, Moreno x1, PVA x 2, Collocini x1, Chester x2 (Or Hutton & Clyne), Ivanovic x1, Dier x1, Janmaat x1.
    Ramsey x2, Hazard x1, Mata x2, Tadic x1.
    Costa x1, Balotelli x1, Welbeck x3, Naismith x4, RVP x1, Rivière x1.

    vs

    New Zealand

    Forster x1, Heaton x2, Begovic x2, Manone x1, Gilks x1,
    Duff x3, Taylor x1, Clyne x3, Caulker x1, Rafael x1, Bertrand x1, Bardsley x1.
    Sigurdsson x1, Fábregas x2, Di María x1, Chadli x1, Sánchez x1.
    Pellè x2, Rooney x4, Agüero x1, Adebayor x4.

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    1. Namtab Nomolos
      12 years, 1 month ago

      NZ had a goal from Caulker so far but 8 points lost from potential Begovic clean sheets cancels that out.

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      1. ameenkw
        12 years, 1 month ago

        We have to close the 35 gap .. the following are the remaining to do so (after doing subs)

        3xDeGea - Foster - Ivanovic - Dier - Hazard - 2xMata - RVP - 4xNaismith - Costa (15 players)

        vs.

        Rafael - 2xFabregas - Di Maria - Chadli - 4xRooney - 4xAdebayor - Aguero (14 players)

        This doesn't look very promising, but we still belive !!!

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        1. Elniñorules
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Just glad NZ have benched their 2 highest scorers at the mo.

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  9. The Machine
    12 years, 1 month ago

    12 sterlings for Malaysia. Hopefully a double digit haul

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    1. Beavis
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Your wish is Raheem's command.

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  10. Reedy
    12 years, 1 month ago

    DIFFERENTIALS

    Netherlands

    Terry x2, Baines x1
    Fabregas x3, Di Maria x2, Silva x1
    Naismith x3, Rooney x1

    Argentina (+36pts)

    Foster x1
    Ivanovic x1, Cahill x1, Dier x1
    Chadli x4, Hazard x2, Lamela x1
    Costa x1, Adebayor x1

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    1. Reedy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I forgot to wait for the bonus to be added...the gap is now +42pts to Argentina.

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    2. Djerbil
      12 years, 1 month ago

      its all on Naismith

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  11. The Machine
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Looking for every differential would take too much time, just the attacking ones from united everton and tot

    Australia: Rooney, Di maria (2), Mata, Naismith(2)

    Malaysia: Falcao, Lamela, Chadli, Adebayor(4)

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      do you have someone with Eriksen?

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      1. The Machine
        12 years, 1 month ago

        yeah

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          12 years, 1 month ago

          glad I picked Jake then

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    2. The Machine
      12 years, 1 month ago

      the difference around 15 when you factor in the auto subs

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    3. Lawrø
      12 years, 1 month ago

      The Naismith number's incorrect, I'll post up my differentials in a second....

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  12. The Machine
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Just a few more while i'm at it:

    Australia : Costa(2), Fabregas(2), Hazrad

    Malaysia: Silva, Aguero(2), Mirallas

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  13. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    My decision to bench Wild Rover not looking like a good one

    Hurry up and sort that internet out SW6

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    1. The Machine
      12 years, 1 month ago

      milanista with tripe soton defence here

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 1 month ago

        oh yeah, I noticed that

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    2. THE Wild Rover
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I'd have benched myself tbf 😉

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  14. Footylicious
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling you BEAUTY! saviour and glad i left you in, 28 points from 4 players and captain to come

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  15. BeachBadger
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Little bit disappointed and more than a little bit drunk. Mainly cos I benched Clyne even though ENR said to play him. Was a coin toss and I chose the wrong way. Also disappointed I took the captaincy off Welbeck but hey at least that was a more logical decision. Heres hoping Costa can redeems the faith. 대한민국 화이팅!!

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    1. 4vets
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Same for me. Played Naylor and benched Clyne (made sense) and went for the form player (Costa) as (c). This game....

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      1. 4vets
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Oh yeah... at least we bloody well have dat guy 🙂

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        1. BeachBadger
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Thank God for Dat Guy! 😆

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  16. Lawrø
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Here we go! Australia versus Malaysia score check:

    Australia: Costa(2), Fabregas(2), Mata, Hazard, DDG(3), Naismith, Di Maria(2), Ivanovic, Moore, Terry, Baines, Jones + 15pts

    Malaysia: Aguero(2), Rooney, Evans(2), Silva, Adebayor(4), Chadli, Lamela, Cahill, Falcao, Mirallas.

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    1. Solenya
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Too many eggs in one Basket with Ade there for Malaysia

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    2. The Machine
      12 years, 1 month ago

      nope. australia have naismith(2) and rooney over malaysia. you must have missed one of your teams

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      1. Ginkapo FPL
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Do you miss me yet?

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      2. Lawrø
        12 years, 1 month ago

        I've counted them 5 times now and I'm sure I've got the Naismiths right (5 vs 4) however I think I've messed up the Rooneys... but not like you suggested I think they cancel completely! (14 vs 14) At this point I hope you're right as it's better for us Aussies, best of luck today.

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  17. JT's Dog
    12 years, 1 month ago

    As far as I can work out
    But may be wrong, whisky does that to your ability to count

    England - chadli x2, aguero , dier x2, Costa, Ivan x 2 , miralles, Naismith x 5, baines, Cahill x 2, hazard x2, lamela

    Losers- fabs x 2, Rooney x3, ade x2, eriksen, mata, DDG, terry, silva, rose, fatcow

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    1. Declan-
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Well that's not great if correct :/

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    2. Gloria Kanchelskis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      not looking good then

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  18. Konig Luther
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Germany: +4pts, rafael, ivan, mata x2, di maria x2, fabs, mirallas x3, eriksen, rooney, aguero x2

    South Afrika: coleman, baines, blackett, cahill, lamela, hazard x2, ade x8, costa, naismith x2,

    Leading by 56pts we just need a quiet Man.United or with 8 Adebayors 😯 ahead, a big match for him, and its done

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    1. Woy of the Wovers
      12 years, 1 month ago

      How bad would you feel if Eriksen were to outscore Adebayor x8? 🙂

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      1. Konig Luther
        12 years, 1 month ago

        impossible 🙂

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  19. Transient Anus
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Zep's all flair. Benching our two star players just because. Half time fush and chups boys?

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    1. Blue Lion
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Well our Captaincy picks were Risk vs reward type. So can't really complaint! Z is a good manager.

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      1. Transient Anus
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Agreed

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    2. Ryan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Got a chip

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      1. Transient Anus
        12 years, 1 month ago

        chup bru. Chup

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    3. Christina.
      12 years, 1 month ago

      That's how we t̶r̶o̶l̶l̶ roll

      😎

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    4. Zep
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Welbeck and Sterling (c) hauls have left me looking a little silly...

      Still in a good position though...

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  20. Sunny 😎
    12 years, 1 month ago

    It's half time and we're leading our Dutch opponents by 42 goals. Looks like it'll still be close by the end of the match.

    It all comes down to this

    Argentina +42 goals

    3 hazards, 4 Chadlis, 1 Lamela ,1 Ivanovic ,1 Dier ,1 Adebayor

    Holland (+7 goals off their bench)

    2 John Terrys, 1 Rooney ,1 Baines, 4 Fabregas , 3 Di Maria , 1 Silva

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    1. Sunny 😎
      12 years, 1 month ago

      A few additions -

      Argentina - 1 Foster, 1 Naughton, 1 Costa

      Holland - 3 Naismith

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      1. Woy of the Wovers
        12 years, 1 month ago

        I think Holland have one less Fabregas but +4pts on the bench.

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        1. Sunny 😎
          12 years, 1 month ago

          You're right Woy, feck it we're going to win anyway 😀

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          1. Woy of the Wovers
            12 years, 1 month ago

            I'd expect so. Despite my pitiful contribution. Been carried by the rest of the team.

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        2. Sunny 😎
          12 years, 1 month ago

          And we could replace that Naughton with Cahill as he most probably won't play

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    2. Reedy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      You didn't see my post above did you? 🙂 It seems to tally pretty well with my findings anyway.

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  21. Zep
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Haven't actually checked this myself, just extrapolating from Namtab's above...

    Korea

    de Gea x3, Foster x1.
    Ivanovic x1, Dier x1.
    Hazard x1, Mata x2.
    Costa x1, Naismith x4, RVP x1.

    vs

    New Zealand (+35pts +3pts for Sanchez no show)

    Rafael x1.
    Fábregas x2, Di María x1, Chadli x1.
    Rooney x4, Agüero x1, Adebayor x4.

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    1. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Naismith for Korea! Nothing else Mata's.

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    2. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Our man Namtab tells us we get 9 points for autosubs for Chester. So down to a 29 point gap.

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    3. Christina.
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Baines?

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      1. Zep
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Equal amount of Baines in both teams...

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    4. Transient Anus
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Ooh interesting. I'm feeling confident with our rooney's and adebayor's and their Naismith's

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    5. Ryan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney and Ade are massive differentials for us.

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      1. Namtab Nomolos
        12 years, 1 month ago

        You've hit all your marks, that Burnley CS was a real boost, Liverpool and Man U's defence clearly much worse 🙂

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  22. Reedy
    12 years, 1 month ago

    UPDATED DIFFERENTIALS

    Netherlands

    Terry x2, Baines x1
    Fabregas x3, Silva x1
    Naismith x3 (or +7pts if no Naismith)

    Argentina (+35pts)

    Ivanovic x1, Cahill x1
    Hazard x2
    Costa x1

    We need Naismith to come on and do something special, I think. Or maybe Cesc can save us...

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  23. Little Lukin
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Still in it I think......just

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  24. Little Lukin
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero gone already?

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    1. Reedy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Just an early scare. I hold my breath every time he gets challenged.

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  25. The Missing Link
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Next lamb to the slaughter please

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  26. The Shadow
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Well done NZ.

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    1. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Fair play guys. We were never in it after yesterday, with our defenders letting us down.

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  27. Elniñorules
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Belgium-India and England-Spain going down to the wire.

    Not sure how teams will eventually stand after bonus and autosubs.

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    1. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Lordy, it's tight.
      Belgium 4pts ahead, gulp.

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  28. Sunny 😎
    12 years, 1 month ago

    The Dutch gave their best and it was a good match. Well played Netherlands 🙂

    To the rest of our opponents, fear the underdogs 😎

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    1. Reedy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks Sunny, and congrats! You deserve the win in a very tough gameweek.

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      1. Colonel Wasabi
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Nice game Ruudy.

        Just catching up from the USA.
        Been quiet on the boards this week due travelling.....but will bring home some special hotel bog rolls just for the team.

        Well played fellas....

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  29. Thomass
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Sorry for the poor performance we will be back!

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  30. JT's Dog
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Might come down to captain score in our game

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