He's not in my team because of the cost really.

I don't think he'll score £1.5m-£3.5m worth of points more than the likes of Giroud and Muller.

Ronaldo is a fantastic player, no-one will doubt that, but when it comes to playing for Portugal it's just not the same as playing for Madrid.

Don't

I'm portuguese. Not having Ronaldo pains me. Everyone in the private leagues I play will have Ronaldo. But what kept me from him is simple: too expensive for a last day player. I would always be in doubt of changing the captain if my previous one had less than 10 points. I'm saving myself of that. So... Ronaldon't.

My 3 strikers are the only lot that have not changed since registering my team.

Cr7=safety net on last day

Want him, but the rest of my team looks terrible when he's in.

No thank you. Great poacher in a poor team.

Obviously ronaldoo..!

When there are choices like CR7 and Matuidi or Muller and Pogba, you begin to see he's not worth it.

has never been value for his price in major tournaments since I first started playing fantasy (from Euro '08)

He's not in my team.

1) Portugal aren't Real Madrid - they play quite conservative football and rack up a fair few clean sheets.
2) He's got a patchy record at major tournaments
3) He's significantly more expensive than someone like Muller with a much better team around him
4) His fixtures are the last - if you have already racked up a decent captaincy score, you probably aren't going to take the risk. That means you've spent £12m on someone you won't captain. Of course, on the flip side, if you haven't got a decent captaincy score yet, there's no one better but he's an expensive safety net.

A bit of both, planning to wild card at the end of game week 2 and will leave him out till then, however he will be in when Portugal play, imo, the worst team at these euros in Hungary. As for the knockout stages, I haven't thought that far ahead.

My main reluctancy with Ronaldo is all around the captaincy. As the most expensive player and probably the most potential for big scores in any round, the fact that he plays last is a big downer for me. Imagine GW1 for example. A lot will likely have had Giroud/Kane/Muller/Morata (or other decent alternatives) as potential captains before it even gets to Ronaldo, so the chances are at least one of them will have netted a decent score. With Ronaldo playing last do you twist or stick then? If you twist you take a big gamble (I really don't see Portugal repeating last nights scoreline in competitive matches, no matter the opposition) and if you stick you're losing a lot of the point of having him with his hefty price tag...for me €12m is too much for a player I may very well never get to captain!

Not in my team. Never does anything at these tournaments and hugely overpriced. Not picking a player from a team that spends its life in its own penalty box either.

Ronal-do

I always try to find the player which is the focal point of the team. Ronaldo is just that.

In addition, I think the tournement is going to revolve around top defenders and top strikers. There are plenty of ~7m midfield options to fill the gaps.

Plus having a strong captaincy option for the last matchday is key.

So yes Ronal-do!

I think he might be on a bit of a mission in this tournament, which is worrying.

He's in instead of Kane. The 3.5 hit can be taken w/o too much pain given the plethora of decent 7's in midfield & 5's at the back. Last day concerns? Not really, could even come in handy.

Even with all the benefits of having him, the cost is just way too high. In FPL we'd get a 4.5 midfielder and maybe a 4.0 defender to cover the cost, but in this game that's just not an option.

Give me my little Nolly Nolito anyday. 6 mil less to drastically improve the rest of my team. 😎

I've not had him in any team so far. Far too expensive for a team that will be focusing on keeping clean sheets and winning games 1-0. Its a big risk as he could easily 5+ goals in the group stages but looking at Portugal's previous tournaments can't see him doing that well.

First name on. Easy points.

People want to see what they want to see. A bunch of 1-0's doesn't necessarily mean Portugal are 'conservative', maybe it's just circumstance; and anyway, how many qualifiers have we actually seen Portuguese play with our own eyes?

Last night's Portugal proved they do have that magic in them.

Those that don't have Ronaldo will try to find dozens of arguments to not own him, but that won't stop them to be anxious and sweaty till that last day of the gameweek.

anyway, in many ways Iceland is as close to Estonia as you'll get at these Euros, so sit back and enjoy Ronnie's hattrick 🙂

Ronaldo is a headache of epic proportions... if you don't have it and someone else does in your league and he does come off... your done on game day 1. so the plan is to see who has him and then shift him if he is not well represented in my league.

Does make the rest of my team a headache ... so the is the game day 1 starting line up

Sommer ( Patricio)

Denayer - Rami - Rodriquez - Srna - ( Guerreiro)
Perisic - Stanciu - Payet - Dzemaili (Alaba)
Giroud - Mueller (Ronaldo)

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Desperately wanted Juanfran in, but couldn't work out how to shave the mil