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Petrović	BOU	4.5m	85.9%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	85.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	82.8%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	80.1%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.2m	68.3%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	77.8%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	75.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	73.6%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	68.4%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.1m	61.6%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	73.1%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	70.1%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	69.9%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	69.3%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	62.3%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	64.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	64.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	61.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	59.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	55.1%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	54.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	52.9%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	51.5%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	46.3%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.8%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	47.1%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	46.8%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	45.6%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	44.4%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	42.9%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	41.0%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	40.9%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.4m	42.3%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	40.8%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	38.2%	Unlikely

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Isidor	SUN	5.1m	99.3%	Maybe
Soler	BOU	4.0m	99.5%	Maybe
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	98.5%	Maybe
Scott	BOU	5.1m	95.6%	Maybe
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	94.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	93.3%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	92.9%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	92.6%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	91.8%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.5m	91.5%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	90.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	88.8%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	87.3%	Unlikely
Abraham	AVL	6.0m	84.9%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	86.0%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	82.1%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	85.7%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.0%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	81.5%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	81.4%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	82.9%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.6m	75.9%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.2%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	79.8%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	79.7%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.5%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	84.6%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	78.3%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	77.0%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	76.5%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	72.4%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	72.1%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	71.6%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	70.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	70.2%	Unlikely

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No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
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No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
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No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
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No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
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No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
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Dugout Discussion

24 November 2022 87 comments

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Switzerland and Cameroon meet on Thursday in the opening match of Group G.

The Swiss come into the World Cup having reached the quarter-finals of EURO 2020, while Cameroon finished third at the Africa Cup of Nations.

With Brazil also in the group, both sides will know three points in this game could be crucial.

Kick-off is at 10:00 GMT.

Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka has been one of the standout players in the Premier League this season for Arsenal and starts alongside Nottingham Forest’s Remo Freuler in the engine room.

Yann Sommer – the most-selected player (5.0 per cent) in this fixture – is deemed fit enough to start, while Breel Embolo leads the line against his native Cameroon. For those playing the official FIFA game, the latter isn’t even available to select, adding to a catalogue of errors.

Manchester City’s Manuel Akanji, meanwhile, also starts ahead of Fabian Schar, who is named among the substitutes.

As for Cameroon, Napoli’s Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, formerly of Fulham, is included in Rigobert Song’s 4-3-3 formation, with Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo, plus Karl Toko-Ekambi and Eric Choupo-Moting in attack.

MATCHDAY 1 LINE-UPS

Switzerland XI: Sommer, Widmer, Akanji, Elvedi, Rodriguez, Freuler, Xhaka, Shaqiri, Sow, Vargas, Embolo

Cameroon XI: Onana, Fai, Castelletto, Nkoulou, Tolo, Hongla, Anguissa, Gouet, Mbeumo, Toko-Ekambi, Choupo-Moting

The Philosopher
3 years, 3 months ago
Why is Mbeumo playing for Cameroon? He's from Brentford.
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1. chocolove
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Lol. He gave up France
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Revival
3 years, 3 months ago
Battle of the Ex-Stoke players

Xherdan Shaqiri vs Eric Maxim Chopo-Moting
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1. The Philosopher
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Also the battle of FPL trolls: Shaqiri vs Mbeumo
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jacob1989
3 years, 3 months ago
Cmon Cameroon. Score the first African goal of this World cup
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1. jacob1989
  3 years, 3 months ago
  They almost did. Mbuemo should have squared it to EMCM
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Paqueta Rice
3 years, 3 months ago
When will the first red card be shown. From BBC Sport

“Facundo Tello is our referee today.

He's the man who showed 10 red cards in the Champions Trophy final in Argentina earlier this month.”
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1. jacob1989
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Red cards, last minute winner or equalisers and very early goals.. All these have been missing this WC so far.
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Ten Season Wonder
3 years, 3 months ago
morning folks, I am after a question being answered please?

It's not letting me switch the armband from KDB to Neymar for some reason... help please, thanks,
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1. Paqueta Rice
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Had you already swapped it from a locked player previously?
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  1. Ten Season Wonder
    3 years, 3 months ago
    I switched it from Messi to KDB. Have the rules changed from previous WC tournamets? we could roll the dice each game day before
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    1. Paqueta Rice
      3 years, 3 months ago
      No, you can’t do that. You can change it from an unlocked player that hasn’t played to an unlocked player as many times as you’d like but you can only swap your captain after they have played/locked once. You’re stuck with Kdb
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      1. Ten Season Wonder
        3 years, 3 months ago
        so in short, the rules have changed so you can't have a captain for each day of games,
        
        EG. putting armband on an England player to start with in hope they'd haul,
        If they failed, then a switch to second the second day of fixtures to see if a player playing could batter the point score of previous player... and so on.
        
        SO now we can only 'roll the dice' on the armband once ? correct me if I'm wrong here.
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        Why do I do this?
        3 years, 3 months ago
        You are correct, although like me, its not the answer you want!
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        Ten Season Wonder
        3 years, 3 months ago
        what a rubbish rule. haha
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lespaul
3 years, 3 months ago
Am i right in thinking you can't play the WC before midnight tonight?
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1. Paqueta Rice
  3 years, 3 months ago
  After the last game is finished was my understanding but could be wrong.
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2. jacob1989
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Wildcard can be used from 1am to 10am.uk time. That is my understanding
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3. Revival
  3 years, 3 months ago
  According to the rules that's midnight in Arabia Standard Time – AST Time Zone.
  This is 3 hours ahead of the UK.
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  1. Revival
    3 years, 3 months ago
    this would be at 9pm in the UK or at the end of the Brazil vs Serbia game.
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    1. lespaul
      3 years, 3 months ago
      the countdown clock has 14h 33m left until changes can be made :-/
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      1. Revival
        3 years, 3 months ago
        just saw this, such confusing rules
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    2. lespaul
      3 years, 3 months ago
      think it stands for Atlantic Standard Time
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      1. Revival
        3 years, 3 months ago
        Can't be if the rules say:
        
        Matchday 1 will start with the kick-off of Qatar v Ecuador on Sunday 20th November, 19:00 AST.
        
        This was 16:00 in the UK
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        lespaul
        3 years, 3 months ago
        oh yes you're right
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lespaul
3 years, 3 months ago
thanks
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1. lespaul
  3 years, 3 months ago
  So if you play the WC tomorrow morning you would lose the 2 FTs from Matchday 1 AND the 2 FTs from Matchday 2
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  1. jacob1989
    3 years, 3 months ago
    The 2 FT from md1 are for md2, or for md1.. That u will lose. The 2FT for md2 are for md3 or md2 if u sell unlocked for unlocked player. The WC will close before start of md2 so u will get another 2 ft
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    1. lespaul
      3 years, 3 months ago
      Mate, you can't use the WC until MD2 has started
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      1. jacob1989
        3 years, 3 months ago
        Yes once md2 starts which is 1am uk time tonight. But the WC will get locked before first match of md2 at 10am between Iran and wales
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        lespaul
        3 years, 3 months ago
        I don't think you'll get another 2 FTs in MD2, I think they'll be given in MD3.
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The Polymath
3 years, 3 months ago
Best Midfielder to transfer in for Khazri from the remaining players playing today? A Brazilian?
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1. jacob1989
  3 years, 3 months ago
  What is the point? U will get Brazil player pts only for MD2.
  Khazri pts are locked
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  1. The Polymath
    3 years, 3 months ago
    He didn't play. doesn't that make a difference? or are all transfers for the following MD2 once MD1 starts?
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    1. The Mentaculus
      3 years, 3 months ago
      Doesn't matter. His fixture has passed so he's locked
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    2. GreennRed
      3 years, 3 months ago
      Unfortunately the game makes him a locked player because his team played even if he didn't. I was similarly snared by Dominguez.
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Dragon Arcana
3 years, 3 months ago
Liking the look of Cameroon here.
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el polako
3 years, 3 months ago
Official attendance a according to FIFA - 90.000
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1. GreennRed
  3 years, 3 months ago
  That's the total for all the games. Lads getting buses in and out of games.
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GreennRed
3 years, 3 months ago
Is anyone able to make more than one sub at a time?
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1. GreennRed
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Dunno if this applies to any but check your possible formations if you only make one sub at a time. I subbed in Cancelo for Khazri then Ronaldo for Kamada. giving me 5-2-3. But that formation is blocking me bringing in Paqueta, even though it's a valid formation per the rules. 'subs.invalid.count_subs' error. Same when log out and log back in.
  
  4-3-3
  4-5-1
  3-4-3
  3-5-2
  5-2-3
  5-3-2
  5-4-1
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2. The Mentaculus
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Yes
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  1. GreennRed
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Are you on mobile, desktop, what browser?
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    1. The Mentaculus
      3 years, 3 months ago
      Mobile, Firefox
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  2. The Mentaculus
    3 years, 3 months ago
    I entered a 2nd team (late entry after they changed scoring) to experiment with the WC2 'hack'. Just tried it in that team - subbed on Cancelo & De Arrascaeta for Musiala & Modric (442 - 532)
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Revival
3 years, 3 months ago
Commentators seem to think it was entertaining but there was only 1 big chance in the first half
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1. GreennRed
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Decent football, neither team looking for a draw.
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2. The Mentaculus
  3 years, 3 months ago
  I'm back on Fox Sports today (randomly dictated by the higher quality stream). I actually prefer their commentary (Jacqui Oatley & Warren Barton) to ITV/BBC at the moment
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Botman and Robben
3 years, 3 months ago
Move cappo from Messi -> Neymar?
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1. GreennRed
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Yes.
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2. Float
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Not for me
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tibollom
3 years, 3 months ago
Score prediction for Uruguay v S Korea guys??

Currently on 2-0 but hesitating with a draw as well...
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1. Revival
  3 years, 3 months ago
  I fancy a S Korea upset
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  1. tibollom
    3 years, 3 months ago
    hmmm yea...
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2. Botman and Robben
  3 years, 3 months ago
  I see a draw there
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Charlie Price
3 years, 3 months ago
Transferring a player in is not very user friendly. When trying to select a new player they seem to be sorted by points already scored. Can’t find an option to sort by nation/price/% selected etc.

Makes it quite difficult to find the player you want. Am I missing something?
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1. Original Sin
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Just click on the broken lines which is next to your 'confirm your transfer' (top right of the page) and then all the sorting options will be visible
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  1. Charlie Price
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction.
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fenixri
3 years, 3 months ago
Saka nailed?

Thinking of doing Skov Olsen and DiMaria to Kamada and Saka?
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1. Revival
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Absolutely nailed for Matchday 2 yes. Expect changes in Matchday 3 if England already through to knockouts.
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More Cowbell
3 years, 3 months ago
Hey guys,
FIFA WC game question. Can I use a transfer to transfer out a player who had played eg KDB for a player who has yet to play this gameweek eg a Brazil player?
Thanks
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1. More Cowbell
  3 years, 3 months ago
  For clarity, I would want the transferred in players points to contribute to my MD1 score
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2. fenixri
  3 years, 3 months ago
  You can but transfered in player from Brazil will start to score points in MD2 since KDB is locked player
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  1. More Cowbell
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Got it, thanks
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GreennRed
3 years, 3 months ago
Talksport-

Kane not starting v US.
Maddison is available if selected.
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1. GreennRed
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Might have misheard the Kane bit!
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  1. Charlie Price
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Fake news!
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2. Revival
  3 years, 3 months ago
  If England beat the USA then no need to risk him against Wales either, better to have him 100% for the knockouts
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lespaul
3 years, 3 months ago
Any chance Foden starts ahead of Mount?
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The Mentaculus
3 years, 3 months ago
De Arrascaeta on the bench
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Float
3 years, 3 months ago
A little note that I haven't seen anyone else talking about:

Be careful which players you're subbing off, as key pass, tackle and shots on target points haven't been added yet.
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onceuponatyne
3 years, 3 months ago
Apologies, this will have been discussed to death...
I can't seem to make changes to my GWK2 team - but it looks as if it would let me transfer players in GWK1?

I don't understand it at all.
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1. dunas_dog
  3 years, 3 months ago
  1 am tomorrow morning GMT before you will be able to make changes
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mcsteely
3 years, 3 months ago
Does anyone know if there is a contact at the FIFA Fantasy game to flag issues? I had an issue trying to sell Freuler but instead the game sold Neymar and now I have six mids for MD1, although Neymar is back there for MD2.
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1. DavvaMC
  3 years, 3 months ago
  I read that this also happened to a few others, the game is in meltdown and they are making it up as they go.
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Revival
3 years, 3 months ago
South Korean back-line a commentators nightmare today 😀
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1. Botman and Robben
  3 years, 3 months ago
  5 Kim's at the back.
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Thiga
3 years, 3 months ago
Would you bring in Kudus, Paqueta or Milinkovic Savic for De Arrascaeta? I only have 7m to spend. Any other suggestions welcome.
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1. The Mentaculus
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Paqueta
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2. dunas_dog
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Pacqueta
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3. Thiga
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Cheers guys.
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Original Sin
3 years, 3 months ago
What is sub.invalid_count_sub? Cant sub in Bruno for Arrascaeta
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1. Original Sin
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Anyone? After transferring in Bruno, he automatically got benched and now can sub him in
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  1. Saka Punch
    3 years, 3 months ago
    The games just completely broken. Maybe try on a different browser?
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    1. Original Sin
      3 years, 3 months ago
      Ya let me try it
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      1. Original Sin
        3 years, 3 months ago
        Didn't work in another browser as well. I guess i realised why this error is showing. Whenever the number of subs for the MD exceeds 3, then this error is shown. Because the brought in player appeared in my bench ( it should have been shown in the starting 11), and i already made 3 subs for the MD, another sub is not allowed.
        
        So to enable the budget hack, we should make sure that we upgrade the player who is already sitting in the bench or at least make sure that 3 subs have not been used
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Botman and Robben
3 years, 3 months ago
Lets see if Rochet keeps a cleanie.
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