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Rotation fears spark mass sale of England and Belgium’s Fantasy assets

14 July 2018 1112 comments
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The penultimate match of the 2018 World Cup takes place on Saturday at 3pm as England and Belgium meet for the second time in the tournament.

Much like in their Group G encounter at the end of June, managers Gareth Southgate and Roberto Martinez have given a number of their fringe squad players a run-out in this effectively meaningless fixture.

Harry Kane (£11.2m) is the leading points scorer in both the Fantasy iTeam and the McDonald’s FIFA World Cup games but is the most-sold player of this round in the latter.

Romelu Lukaku (£10.0m), who trails Kane by two goals in the race for the Golden Boot, is the next-most transferred out player at the time of writing.

Fears that their respective managers would choose to rest the premium forwards for this third-place play-off has no doubt contributed to the hundreds of thousands of sales, but there will also be a small proportion of Fantasy managers out there who, perhaps, don’t realise that Saturday afternoon’s match still counts towards their scores.

Jesse Lingard (£7.5m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£9.8m) are among the other players to have been widely ditched by those who are playing McDonald’s FIFA.

Hopes will be high for a high-scoring fixture, particularly as Belgium (18) and England (15) have had more big chances this summer than the other 30 nations taking part. Martinez’s side have also allowed more shots on goal (91) than any other side in Russia, which bodes well for an open game.

Only Brazil (81) have carved out more chances than Belgium (70) in this tournament, meanwhile.

England’s total number of attempts from set plays (37) is by far the highest figure of any nation at this World Cup, with nine of their 12 goals coming from dead-ball situations or penalty kicks.

Adnan Januzaj (£5.0m) scored the only goal of the game when the two sides last met in Kaliningrad.

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  1. Fantastisk
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Really poor pass from RLC there, can't be trusted with his decision making.

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  2. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    how many saves is courtois on as we speak?

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  3. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Brilliant footy from Belgium, brilliant save

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  4. Reuser
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Lookman making an argument for a 5.5 alternative to Deulofeu....

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  5. olly:)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    8-0 Cenk tosun Hat-trick, lookman on 2 goals, 1 assist.

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  6. KingOllie
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Pickford just denied goal of the tournament

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  7. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    8-0 lol

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  8. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    If that went in I might have had a chance of winning from a 28 points deficit. Shame that this play didnt finish with a goal, was such great football.

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  9. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hazaarrrrrrrrrrrrrd

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    1. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Easy, carved through them. KdB absolutely roasted RLC, such a poor attempted tackle.

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  10. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Gd nite england

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  11. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hazard goal

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  12. Bring the Cavalry
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    4th is coming home

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    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Arsene?

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  13. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Haz(c) + kdb owners unite\o/

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    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Haz, Meunier, KDB owner and with max captain!

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  14. Garlana
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    England just never looked like scoring, Kane non existent

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    1. Louis_Sans_Balls
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Vardy doesn't even get a touch. Going with Kane till the very end. Good strategy for creating a spoiled entitled player. In the end I guess it was all bout da boot and not winning

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  15. Eden Wizard
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Will KDB get the deflected assist though!

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  16. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    The Phil Jones effect

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  17. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Jones roasted by Hazard again.

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  18. DantheManinaPan
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    What a plonker pj

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  19. Patch
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Not sure that KDB will get assist points..

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    1. Patch
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Lol McDonalds have given it

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      1. Fantastisk
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        I'm lovin it

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      2. Eden Wizard
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Lol posts disallowed unlike KDBs assist 😆

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  20. Eden Wizard
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Love to know why lol posts are banned?

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    1. Eden Wizard
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Or is this getting modded cos it contains the word lol? Lol

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    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      lol

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    3. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

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    4. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/18263915

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      1. Eden Wizard
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Doesn’t explain anything. Dictatorship - FREE THE LOL

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        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 8 months ago

          Geoff can explain in more detail if needed.

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      2. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        And I don't see the word "Haha" in that post TM. Yet a post got deleted because of that. Mods need to be trained up before the season starts

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    5. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Obviously not all Lol posts are banned .. Certain Key words trigger it "Kaku", "TrollKaku" are up there

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      1. KingOllie
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        What about backstabadini

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  21. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Beans Off, Alli On

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  22. AnfieldLad
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Courtois had 4 saves then saved them 2 terrible rashford attempts and now it says 5 saves ?

    Annoying considering he’s my highest scoring player on max captain

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  23. Fantastisk
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    9-0 Everton. Double figures soon

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  24. Dr Van Nostrand
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Chunk must be praying Madrid take Haz away

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  25. olly:)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    9-0, Lookman hat-trick with an assist from Cenk Tosun.

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    1. JamTart
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Any idea what area Lookman is playing? Even with the opposition taken into account he could be worth monitoring now.

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  26. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Red Dagger around? That Munier non-transfer was also the trigger for keeping Kane instead of switching to Hazard. Munier and Hazard were in my team, about to press confirm, but then switched everything around because I kept Stones and didn't want to overload Belgium attackers against my 3 England defs 😆

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    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Same here pal. Start drinking.

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      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Waiting for my gf to arrive from Belgium so she can buy me food and drink. She's missing watching this game at a festival in Dour by driving here, lol. That's how much she cares about the World Cup. I might be able to afford a can before she arrives

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        1. Red Dagger ✪
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 8 months ago

          Nice! Sounds like a keeper for sure.

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          1. Deulofail
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 8 months ago

            Turns out she stayed for the game, and I'm gonna be hungry for a lil while now haha

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  27. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    England have played beautifully 2nd half. Unfortunate not to score. RLC, Lingard and Dier were superb together.

    Congrats to Belgium though, they were the better team.

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    1. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Beautifully? Belgium have the lead and have sat back, hitting them effectively on the counter. Not sure what's been beautiful about the English performance...

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  28. Red Dagger ✪
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Watching this game makes me realize how amazing it was we got to the Semi. Haha!

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    1. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      This. Just got a lucky draw and that's it.

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      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        A lucky draw is one of the factors, sure. But the words "just" and "and that's it" are unwarranted

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        1. Red Dagger ✪
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 8 months ago

          This is true.

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    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Very lucky

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  29. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Since Euro 2000 these are the decent teams we have beaten in tournaments:

    Germany (Euro 2000), Argentina (WC 2002)

    Then look at the good teams we have not beaten:

    Portugal (Euro 2000), Brazil (WC 2002), France (Euro 2004), Portugal (Euro 2004), Portugal (WC 2006), Germany (WC 2010), Italy (Euro 2012), Italy (WC 2014), Uruguay (WC 2014), Belgium (WC 2018), Croatia (WC 2018), Belgium (WC 2018)

    The pattern hasn't changed - we come up against a good team and we lose. We need to come up with a way to beat teams who are better than us. Other teams (who are worse than us) do it, so why can't we?

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    1. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Very true. I've been saying this all along. Credit to Southgate for raising morale, but in terms of quality England are always a class below the top level.

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        And "they" say this is a young England team which will get better.

        Well Belgium are a young team, France are a young team. They don't even have the best managers at the helm - just wait until Zidane takes over the French side.

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        1. Fantastisk
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 8 months ago

          Yeah that's such a nonsense from the commentators.

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      2. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Greece won a Euros, Denmark won a Euros, Portugal played defensive football to win a Euros. It is possible for 'minnows' to win a tournament. But we need to be tactically better.

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    2. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Maybe they should try a UK team?

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    3. Sir Edo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      One of the worst teams in World Cup! If it wasn’t for the draw they would have been out long time ago..

      You better entertain us with PL.

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    4. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Lose the conservative mentality. Embrace more continental tactics starting with a top god forbid foreign manager. There are no top English managers so why persist? Young players need to go abroad since many aren't getting chances in England. Put more of the insane wealth generated from the Premiership into grassroots.

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  30. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Does losing to Belgium on purpose twice mean it's going home?

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    1. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Tactical masterclass from Southgate #easyhalf

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      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        😛

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      2. cravencottage
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Belgium has much better players

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    2. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      With the way the public have reacted this world cup, and the excitement that's been created by these young footballers; in a way, football has come home.

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      1. Fantastisk
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        In a way, we've all really come home.

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