Dugout Discussion
18 June 2016 304 comments
Mark Mark
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We move to Group F for the day’s remaining clashes, focusing on four teams which have created a fascinating scenario after the first round of matches.

This evening’s game pitches Hungary against Iceland, two nations who exceeded expectations in their opening match-ups.

The Hungarian’s victory over Austria puts them in a prime position: earn a victory over group outsiders Iceland and they will book their path to the knock-out phase.

Their opponents will be no push-overs, however. They will have been hugely encouraged by the unlikely point earned against Portugal and, having weathered the tide against Ronaldo and company, will go into the meeting with Hungary with the confidence to get further points on the board.

Iceland enjoyed just 27% possession against Portugal and mustered just four shots on goal – only Northern Ireland registered fewer in the opening matches. By contrast, Hungary produced 14 goal attempts, firing seven on target, suggesting that they have the firepower to come out on top.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    16m out-last kick....
    Drumroll.....

    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Siggy lining up...

      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Eider miss 🙁

  2. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    #greytrakkiebottoms

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    what the heck was that siggy

  4. TorresMagic™
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 17 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    1-1 full time

  5. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hungary 400/1 outsiders

    Biggest outsider of the tournament and topping the group

    1. Lynxy
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Not 5000/1?

  6. Jonny HOW SON?
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Oh my Days

  7. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    The refereeing in this tournament has been absolutely brilliant

    1. Camp No No
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      +1

  8. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Are many WC tonight?

    1. Clickzy
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Is it the best time to WC?

    2. Planet Jo
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Can't wait. Should have done it last round

    3. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Anther beer or 2 then yes.

    4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      not sure, some people say before quarters is the best time

      however you get 4 free transfers? Could do a -4 and get 5 free ones which should be more than enough (as you would expect to do somewhat ok for a wc in r16 right?)

      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Good point forgot about the 4ft.

    5. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure myself if the gain is worth it...

    6. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      who u want to get and who to sell?

      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Hamsick/Italian def/Lukaku.

        1. Lone Wolf FPL
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          good idea. but italy might rotate. and sell who?

    7. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Well, I wouldn't do it tonight for sure.

      Everyone can see your new team!

    8. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I'm not, if we look at each group favourites:

      A) France 6 points; Play Switserland 4 points. So they will be satisfied with a draw but can't afford to lose so won't expect the whole team to be rotated + we can see the line-ups from their team

      B) England 4 points vs Slowakia 3 points. They will need to win to claim that first spot with Wales also on 3 points. Don't expect too many rotation there.

      C) Germany and Poland both on 4 points. Germany have limited options at the back so don't think they'll rotate there. Maybe the less important players like Götze and Draxler will be rested to give Schürrle/Gomez a chance to prove themselves.

      D) Spain will probably rotate some of their players since they also have top quality players on the bench. I fear for players like Juanfran, Alba, Nolito and Morata tbh. Croatia probably won't rotate that much since they will like to claim that 2nd spot or maybe even the first one.

      E) Italy will probably rotate a lot, certainly in their defence with many yellow cards as well there. Belgium won't rotate anything would be guess.

      F) Still a game that needs to be played so not sure what will happen there

      1. Camp No No
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        F cannot be won this round, as the teams that still play have 0 and 1 points respectively, so most certainly Portugal will not rotate. Regardless the result tonight, come GW3, their opponent will have at least as many points as them, and they can still disqualify from the knock outs if they lose (although I have not counted whether there can be 4 better 3rd placed teams if Portugal finishes at 4 points, I just assume that if they finish 3rd, they can still disqualify).

        1. JÆKS ⭐
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Indeed, so except for Spain, not many rotation, so a wildcard seems pretty useless now for me. If I had wildcarded before this week I would have probably sold Hamsik since I didn't like his position on the field the first game. And boom he scores 10 points this week 😀

          1. Camp No No
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            *Italy. Spain plays for the group win against Croatia, although as you said, with their material, they could as well rotate for every match.

            Who are the must haves for the GW3?

            1. JÆKS ⭐
              • 11 Years
              10 years, 1 month ago

              Oh yea Italy as well.

              Well I'm not sure yet. Milik seems like a good pick, so does Germany defence. I quite fancy Belgium as well against this Sweden so far. I fancy some goals in Portugal vs Hungary as well.

              Nolito, Payet, Giroud, Rami, Juanfran are the main concerns in my team but we can see the French line-up so depending on which position I have few players, I will probably see who to bring in.

              1. Camp No No
                • 12 Years
                10 years, 1 month ago

                I don't see Payet and Rami as concerns. Particularly Rami must play. Why? Deschamps wants to take the every chance to have his defence play together before the big games.

                1. JÆKS ⭐
                  • 11 Years
                  10 years, 1 month ago

                  Well you might be right there. Do you think a FT is invested better in defence with many teams settling for a draw? Or better invested in middfielders/attackers due to some teams resting some of their better players?

                  1. Camp No No
                    • 12 Years
                    10 years, 1 month ago

                    Probably depends on your team, doesn't it? Generally, I think defence is essential.

  9. Planet Jo
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Wonder if any Icelanders were refusing to shake hands with Hungarians, accusing them of celebrating as if they won the World Cup, small nation etc.?

    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      'The Klopp effect'
      😉

  10. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hungary woah. Good on them

    1. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Didn't expect that 😀

  11. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hope Austria smash Portugal

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Rui saves penalty then Alaba scores follow up

    2. Camp No No
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      For fantasy football reasons, Portugal CS essential.

  12. Jay_
    10 years, 1 month ago

    The captain poll at the bottom should read who is the best MatchDay 3, game 1 Captain

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Noted, cheers.

  13. Dušan Citizen
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Lol at this poll. It's Matchday 3, Day 1, not matchday 2, day 5. 😆

    And add some Romanian defender as captain option.

  14. RoyaleBlue
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Best punts for MD3 ?

  15. Huddersfield
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    82 with no players left , keep calm old Cristiano !

      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      And I thought I did alright with 57 points and 2 left!

      1. Huddersfield
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Defence and keeper helped a lot with 39 points

  16. Paramaribo
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    How do you expect player prices to change after the group matches? Any ideas?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure. I'm not even considering it. Just going for points.

        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        WC or not to WC Epic... Good gameweek for Team Poland.

        1. Epic Fail
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Haven't given it much thought yet. At first glance I think my team might need to be WCded. Lots of players that might not play. I'd rather save though. I'll give it some thought later.

            • 11 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            Sanches, Junuzovic, Denayer, even Kane not looking great. I'll give it some thought after the game, but at the moment I'm thinking of doing 2 transfers and saving the WC for later. Not sure what to expect from the price changes, though...

    2. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Totalfpl.com

        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Oh, a random Ukrainian. Get ready for a heavy defeat soon.

        1. Defcons are for Kinnear
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          We're just here for the sight seeing

    3. Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      No idea. The worry is that we assume quite nominal price changes like FPL....but for all we know they may go daft.

      1. Camp No No
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        ^This. For all we know, they can as well go Payet 10.0, Giaccherini 7.5, Guerreiro 6.0, Weiss 8.0, Müller 8.0 etc.

        1. Dr Dream
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Aye. I'm applying the same logic that I thought UFPL should do.

          A few got Alli for 5.0 in August and did well (not me)..then the rest of the game got him in the Jan transfer window for the same price....He should have been much, much more...

  17. adstomko
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Those with Alaba, be excited. Tonight, he is playing as a No.10.

  18. adstomko
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    So could a wise move be, use the wild card now and buy the players who will likely go up in price?

    1. Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      See above. Yes possibly.

      I really can't quits see why the game makers would deem it worthwhile if they were only going to make nominal changes. I could be wrong but that's my take on it.

      1. Tommytour
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Has there been any price rises so far? Expected rises for the last 16?

        1. Dr Dream
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          No...they take effect after the group stage. They may well do a total rejigger of whatever algorithm they use to revalue the game...it seems like a lot of trouble to go to just for minor tweaks.

          What do you think?....

          1. Camp No No
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            I don't think they use an algorithm, tbh. They price them manually.

          2. Tommytour
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            I think the last time they said there would be price changes they didn't even bother 🙂

            1. Camp No No
              • 12 Years
              10 years, 1 month ago

              😆

              Would be just like them to do that.

  19. puddingbrood
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    76 with Guerreiro and Patricio to go. 88 Probably isn't enough to win is it?

    1. Camp No No
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      To win what?

      1. puddingbrood
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        the gameweek

        1. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Don't know, but probably not.

  20. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Taking Portugal to win 3-0 at 14-1 tonight

  21. Feed tha Sheep
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone playing the sun euro game?? If I want to use my last transfer of this phase to get Payet in (which he obv won't play until next phase) can I do so after the Portugal game starts? Or will that count as a phase 3 transfer ie. The transfer must be used before the last game (Portugal kicks off?
    it's because I want to get Alba out for Payet and want to wait until he plays before getting him out

    Sorry for long post and thanks in advance

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Transfers can be made between the beginning of the current phase and the beginning of the following phase.

  22. EmreCan Hustle
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Assuming we WC tonight, are avoiding teams that have already qualified? Are they likely to rotate or will they field a strong XI for the sake of fairness?

    1. Backup Dancer
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I think Italy are the main ones to worry about, especially Bonucci and Chiellini on yellows.

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Payet?

        1. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Will play.

          1. EmreCan Hustle
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            How are you so certain?

            1. Camp No No
              • 12 Years
              10 years, 1 month ago

              Let's put it this way: Why would he not?

              1. Dr Dream
                • 13 Years
                10 years, 1 month ago

                Finger in the air job eh.

                The plus side of course (if they go mad) is that the likes of Muller and Lewandoski will be cheap.

              2. EmreCan Hustle
                • 14 Years
                10 years, 1 month ago

                Rest. Avoid injury.

                1. Camp No No
                  • 12 Years
                  10 years, 1 month ago

                  France hasn't won the group yet, so they have to at least draw against Switzerland. If they win the group, they'll have a whole week of rest before their next match, so if they rest Payet he will not have played for 10 days, which could have a rather negative effect to his form.

                2. Camp No No
                  • 12 Years
                  10 years, 1 month ago

                  Anyway, you will see the lineup before the deadline, so there's nothing to worry about.

  23. Backup Dancer
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Babacan* Rui P
    Alba* Bonucci* Schar Dier Hector
    Payet Alaba Perisic Mak Stanciu*
    Giroud* Kane* Muller

    2FT

    * rotation concerns

    Would you wildcard this?

    1. Backup Dancer
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Babacan not a rotation concern I just don't rate Turkey.

    2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      You can see if Stanciu and Giroud start. (Schar, Payet too)

      That's what I am doing.

      1. Tommytour
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Is it a late kick off? That could be perfect for me

        1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          8pm both matches

          1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            GMT

      2. Backup Dancer
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Wc if they don't?

  24. Lone Wolf FPL
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    lineups?

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      ok. I see. guerrero starts!

  25. Tommytour
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Not being able to do transfers now is ridiculous, I either have to wait till late tonight or do it 4am before I cycle London to Brighton! When do they exactly open later? Wild carding too

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      11.30 or so.

  26. Lone Wolf FPL
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Portugal XI: Rui, Guerrero, Carvalho, Pepe, Vierinha, Quarsema, Carvalho, Moutinho, Gomes, Nani, Ronaldo
    Austria XI: Almer, Fuchs, Hinteregger, Prodl, Klein, Baumgartlinger, Ilsanker, Arnautovic, Alaba, Harnik, Sabitzer

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      No Janko?

      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      How wasn't Vierinha dropped? Cedric surely deserves a chance, Vierinha offered absolutely nothing and was at fault for Iceland's goal.

  27. Tommytour
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Best mids for gw3?

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Perisic, Ozil, Payet, Alaba, KDB

  28. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Janko, rip 🙁

  29. tm245
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Haven't seen today's matches or been on here.
    48 points with Alaba (c) -- not very good, I take it?

  30. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Dan Walker is so dull.