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26 June 2016 1761 comments
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Sunday’s third and final fixture sees Hungary and Belgium do battle for the right to take on Wales in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals.

Having bounced back from an opening loss to Italy with wins over Republic of Ireland and Sweden, Belgium are regarded as favourites for the top half of the draw.

The Red Devils were placed fourth for shots on goal over the group stages, though found the net on just four occasions with big-hitters Kevin de Bruyne and Eden Hazard yet to open their accounts in the tournament.

Bernd Storck’s side will be no pushovers, though. Despite firing far less attempts than their opponents across the first three matches (35 to 56), Hungary registered just one attempt on target fewer, firing 16 to Belgium’s 17.

Joint-top scorers with Wales for the group stages, their three-goal salvo against Portugal last time out certainly suggests this evening’s match could be tighter than many expect.

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

    How was that not an assist...

    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Aha as I typed that it updated. No assist given.

  2. Cheeseoid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Up to 158 OR now from 351. I thought I had a pretty good say but OR1 is 2 points further away than it was this morning.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Sauzee up to 3rd.

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

      nice, up to 403 with Giacch , Dier and Kane to play

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

        and Alli

      2. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Lovely Giaccherini will be interesting

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

    I'm happy with top 200 but could have been so much more if I didn't bottle it and remove Hazard! 🙁

  4. milanista10
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Up to OR #6 ! Thanks for 4 Belgium players - although we got robbed that KDB(C) assist 🙂

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

      Bravo ! 256 not far behind you !

      1. milanista10
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Bravo to you too 🙂 good luck moving up tomorrow again

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

          Grazie only Dier to play tho^^

        2. Meimei
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          And I'm actually moving down ahah 🙂

          1. milanista10
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            Haha a goal and CS would move you up hopefully 🙂

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

              Hmm yeah maybe, Dier captain could pass me, would like that anyway.

              1. milanista10
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                10 years, 1 month ago

                You are also a KDB captainer?

  5. sttewwizza
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    No second assis for Kdb?? No way...

  6. GoonerByron
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Stick with Giroud's 10 as captain or twist to Nolito, Alli or Rose?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      stick maybe

  7. Critical Observer
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    181st right now with 253 pts., still salty about Dragovi(c) GW1. 🙁

  8. Garfield1001
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Anybody thinking of bring in Ronaldo with transfers?

  9. Viiksisika
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    How McDonalds always makes their game so bad? Simple rules and they cant even follow that...F**k this s**t

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

      Agree...

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

    Why no second assist for KDB, is it a mistake?

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

      Hazard created his own goalscoring opportunity.

      "No assist is given to a player who creates his own goalscoring opportunity (e.g. solo run/dribble)."

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

        TO A PLAYER WHO. So there is nothing which means KDB would not get the assist.

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

          There is the point that they consider the scorer now as the creator of the chance.

          If they wanted to say that it stays with the last passer, they could have just left this paragraph out altogether (as do all assist rules that don't have assist removed for the scorer having dribbled his way to the scoring chance), because in that case it would serve no cause whatsoever.

          I'm not saying that that rule is clear, on the contrary, I've all the time been saying it is unclear. But it does signal that in case where a player dribbles his way to the scoring chance the assist will not be given. This could have of course been said clearer by writing "no assist is given _if_ the goalscorer creates..." But I've never accused McD of making their rules too clear.

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

            If they mean that they should have put it in the rules. Now it only says that assist is given to player who delivers a final pass and the scorer cant get a assist for making himself a chance. Its not written unclearly or anything.

            Rules should be rules and the game should play out as there is written. Whats the point of a game otherwise?

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

              Sorry, but since it has earlier been stated only that a player _passing_ the ball or _shooting_ so that goal is scored from a direct rebound, can get the assist, and a player cannot actually pass the ball to himself (unless we consider this is exactly what Hazard did, in which case there is no debate, no KDB assist because the final pass was from Hazard himself), there is absolutely no need to add that paragraph about no assist given to the player who creates the scoring chance himself by _dribbling_ (since a dribble is not considered an assist in the first place), unless it means that the person considered assisting the goal has changed by the dribble that creates the chance.

              The rules are rules and game is going by the rules, 100%. There is no problem with that. It is only that the rules are not clear. Just because you interpret them differently doesn't mean that the McD's people who have written them were wrong about them.

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

                No. I get the point that maybe it shouldnt be there, but as it is written now it means that the scorer dont get the assist if he creates himself a chance. It cannot be understood any other way than that because thats whats it says:

                No assist is given TO a player WHO creates HIS own goalscoring opportunity (e.g. solo run/dribble).

                Nothing is said about other player getting assist or not int that sentance or other sentances after that. As it is written out now, not giving KDB the assist was wrong and rulebreaking.

    2. Viiksisika
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      It should be given, but for some reason they dont follow their own rules...

  11. Thomas M.
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    My 3 CS's and Hazard kinda saved me today. None of my Germans did nothing but miss.

  12. GoonerByron
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Can any of the 4 transfers after this round be carried forward?

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

      Rules are pretty straight forward about this:

      "No free transfers can be carried forward once the knockout phase begins."

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      no, rules.

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

    OR 12 in daily 7. Who do we reckon will score in the spain - italy match?

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

      Maybe nobody?

    2. juggos
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Fantastic rank. Guessing you've just targeted the right defences and loaded up?

  14. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Rank 135 and UEFA owe me Djourou and KdB (c) assists... If I don't win this crap I'm never eating McDonald's again 😡

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Your body will thank you.

    2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      😆 . I give it a week

    3. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Hahaha

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

    Think I've come up with a good use of my 4 FT, with my wildcard ready to be used for the semi finals.

    This is what I currently have:

    Hennessey / DDG
    Hector / Jed / Taylor / Dier / Meunier
    KDB / Kroos / Rakitic / Perisic / Payet
    Bale / Muller / Lukaku

    The transfers I am thinking of doing are:

    Rakitic > Hazard
    Perisic > Draxler
    Muller > Gomez
    Lukaku > Griezzman

    Unless I have made an error in my calculations, I should have enough to do this unless their are massive price changes, as I have 0.3m in the bank.

    Leaves me with 1 player on MD1, 6 on MD2, 5 on MD3 assuming Spain go through, and 3 on MD4.

    Any thoughts? Should I try and get another player on day 1?

    1. TJ_777
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I think all these transfers are knee jerky. You're literally only transferring players that scored this GW. Not that there is anything wrong with that I'm just making an observation

    2. VS10_
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Do you really want 3 German attackers against Spain/Italy?

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

        not particularly, milik instead of gomez? or maybe kane if england go through?

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Might need to get rid of Dier.

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

      You're also assuming England goes through. They still have to play the match.

    5. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Personally I like the moves, but going without Ronaldo could be risky.

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

        you think portugal could do well against poland? was under the impression it should be a tight game, fairly low scoring? am I wrong?

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

          Well Croatia vs Portugal was anticipated to be a very high scoring one.

        2. BigManBakar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          I'm not sure how it will pan out. But no other captaincy option stands out other than Ronaldo.

          1. BigManBakar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            On matchday 1, that is.

  16. BigManBakar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    KdB captain here. Vowing not to eat McDonald's for the next 3 months as a sign of protest!

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Things people say when they are sober 🙂

      1. BigManBakar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Hahaha, I don't drink anyways Adam. 🙂

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          You win this round and a longer life 🙂

          1. BigManBakar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            😀

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

      😆 How many times would you have eaten there without that vow?

      1. BigManBakar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Probably once or twice, at best. Not a fan 😉

        Just saw your response to me on the last page. I think the fact that KdB has not been awarded the assist justifies your explanation.

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

          Maybe, but my main point really wasn't about how the rule should be interpreted, but that the rule is so vague that its interpretation by McD's is hard to predict, and it is a mistake to assume that the interpretation will be the one that makes intuitively the most sense to us, because we're accustomed to some other, very different rules.

          1. BigManBakar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            Point taken. Problem though with this rule ('No assist is given to a player who creates his own goalscoring opportunity (e.g. solo run/dribble') is that it is extremely subjective, leaving a lot of questions unanswered.

            I mean, who is to know what constitutes a solo run/dribble? Every person can have his or her own interpretation regarding this itself.

  17. Baby Cuties
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Twisting on De Bruyne (C)

    Please tell me out of Dier, Alli, Morata:

    A) most dullard/safest choice
    B) Most explosive choice

    1. VS10_
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Madness imo.

      1. Baby Cuties
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        What, a 1 assist twist?

        1. VS10_
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Last day. I would say you're looking at 6 max with any of those.

        2. Meimei
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          I'd stick too, in fact I'm

    2. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      A) Dier

      B) Alli

    3. RealSocialDads
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      A. Dier
      B. Morata

    4. Meimei
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Anyway go Dier he has as much potential (one goal+cs 12) and he is the safest (apart from not changing)

      1. Baby Cuties
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks all. You talk sense. I think I will twist, as this is just a bit of off-season fun for me

        Dier it is - probably

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

      I'd stick, but to answer your question:

      A) Dier
      B) Dier

    6. cirohmelo
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I have both morata and dier. And I am going with morata cause I have balls

  18. Ask Yourself
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    How likely is walker to start tomorrow?

    1. Big Sum
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Very likely

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Decent cheers

  19. Slam
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Italy vs Austria update:

    Italy: 173 + Ramos/Juanfran/Giaccherini/Sturridge x2
    *Austria: 154 + Nolito/Walker/Alli x3/Vardy

    *Austria have 3 captain switches to make, all of which must fall on an England player (Dier/Walker/Alli for one. Walker/Alli/Vardy for another. And Dier/Alli for the last)

    An Alli blank and a Spain shutout ought to seal the deal 🙂

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

      Toby, what a beauty!

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

        I know right 🙂
        Fair play to Saniul as well, Brady and Hazard 😮

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

          Good stuff, fingers crossed for tomorrow. GL.

  20. mourinho_el_fenómeno
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    What about walker and lallana starting tomorrow? any info ?

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Lallana will I know that much but not heard anything on walker vs clyne

  21. Meimei
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Some of you are so serious about the KDB assist ^^

    1. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      What else do you expect from people on a fantasy football website?

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

        ^this. 😆

      2. Meimei
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Ahaha indeed ! Why am I here ^^ night

  22. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    KDB captain

    Should I

    A Stick
    or move to
    B Alli
    C Dier
    D Giaccherini

    1. Johnny Drama
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Stick

    2. nikornla
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      A

  23. mourinho_el_fenómeno
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Dier Walker or Lallana (C) ????

    1. Big Sum
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      not Lallana

  24. Baby Cuties
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Had Hazard even shown any signs of doing what he did tonight in the grp games?

      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He played well, but tonight he was turbo boosting against an open Hungary side. He completed more dribbles tonight than any other player had in the whole tournament before today.

  25. Nickofoz
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Only just woken up, why has KdB not been credited with the assist for both Hazard's and Toby's goals?

    1. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Hi Nick.

      Long story short:

      'No assist is given to a player who creates his own goalscoring opportunity (e.g. solo run/dribble).'

      Apparently the fact that Hazard dribbled three defenders and went on to score meant that it he who created the opportunity for himself.

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

        Ugh, right. Cheers TFF 🙂

        1. BigManBakar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          No problem 🙂

      2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        If they were consistent with this rule ... I bet some player will dribble past two players later in the tournament and the assist will be given

        1. BigManBakar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          I can see it happening already. Such a subjective point really. Takes consistency out of the game.

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

            This is really the big problem with that rule. There is always something left to subjective assessment in the rules - think about the assist rule in FPL last season, with assist being given after a deflection or block if the ball ends up where the passer of the ball originally tried to get it, which was very controversial rule - but McD's always adds some parts of rules that are extremely suspect to that.

            1. BigManBakar
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 1 month ago

              Which a shame really because the McD's website has been running pretty smoothly. I've been enjoying the game much more than I would have expected after what I experienced in WC '14.

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

                True. This must be the first time they have launched the game in time and not completely fecked up with the site itself.

  26. THE Wild Rover
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Has nobody mentioned KDB not getting an assist? Can't find anything about it 😕

  27. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    I'm happy Spain are playing first at least I can captain Nolito without worrying about whether he will start or not 🙂

  28. Matamatics
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    KDB was robbed, how was Rami's an assist against Albania and this not?

    1. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      That was a cross headed home by Griezmann, iirc.

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Comparing an apple with a tomato.

  29. the axolotl
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    https://twitter.com/sportingintel/status/747204205266542592

    you've maybe all seen it already. i don't care. this is poetry

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Actually that is a picture of a football player.

      1. the axolotl
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        care to explain his motion?

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Nah I'm out of sarcastic remarks 🙂

          1. the axolotl
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            :-; fair enough

    2. the axolotl
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      https://twitter.com/LiveseyAlex/status/747205605790715904

      shaquiri next frame. poetry.....