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Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	70.8%	Unlikely
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Anderson	NFO	5.5m	69.3%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	68.5%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	66.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.8%	Unlikely
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Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	59.2%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	55.5%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	55.1%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	55.3%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	49.3%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	49.1%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	48.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.7%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	47.2%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	44.4%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.1m	43.1%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	42.6%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	39.8%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	39.4%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.4%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	37.9%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	37.9%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	36.2%	Unlikely
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Summerville	WHU	5.6m	93.6%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	92.7%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	92.0%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	91.2%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	88.3%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	90.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	89.7%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.6%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	83.3%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	82.3%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	82.4%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	80.9%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	79.8%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.4%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	79.7%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	79.6%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.8%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	78.7%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	78.5%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	77.6%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.3m	76.0%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	73.7%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	72.9%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	73.0%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	72.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	72.2%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	71.4%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	71.6%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	67.4%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	66.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	66.7%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	66.3%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	65.7%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	65.2%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	62.6%	Unlikely
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Dugout Discussion

25 November 2022 186 comments

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The Netherlands and Ecuador are bidding to make it two wins from their opening two matches at the 2022 World Cup when they meet at Khalifa International Stadium on Friday.

Kick-off is at 16:00 GMT.

Memphis Depay is being brought along slowly by Louis van Gaal after recovering from injury and is once again named on the bench.

However, there are three changes from Matchday 1, as Jurrien Timber, Teun Koopmeiners and Davy Klaassen come in for Matthijs de Ligt, Steven Berghuis and Vincent Janssen.

Denzel Dumfries, meanwhile, begins at right wing-back.

As for Ecuador, Matchday 1 hero Enner Valencia was forced off in the 75th minute after scoring twice against Qatar but is fit to start.

Elsewhere, Jackson Porozo replaces Romario Ibarra, which suggests Ecuador will line up in a back three/five formation, rather than the 4-4-2 they used in the opener.

MATCHDAY 2 LINE-UPS

Netherlands XI: Noppert, Timber, van Dijk, Ake, Dumfries, Koopmeiners, de Jong, Blind, Klaassen, Gakpo, Bergwijn

Ecuador XI: Galindez, Preciado, Porozo, Torres, Hincapie, Estupinan, Plata, Mendez, Caicedo, Valencia, Estrada

OPTA FPL
3 years, 4 months ago
mistake lead to goal by timber
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bso
3 years, 4 months ago
Help please...still don't understand this.
If I take Gueye out now and replace him (am on WC) I know I keep his points, but does this count as one of my two transfers for MD3?
Thanks guys!
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1. Louis_Sans_Balls
  3 years, 4 months ago
  any locked player you transfer out now should count for current matchday and anyone you bring in for him will count to MD3
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    3 years, 4 months ago
    if you're on a WC the number of transfers shouldn't matter, that's the whole point of the hack
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  2. bso
    3 years, 4 months ago
    The question is, does it count as a one of my two MD3 transfers?
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    1. Louis_Sans_Balls
      3 years, 4 months ago
      Ecuador so close!
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    2. Revival
      3 years, 4 months ago
      No they open become active once Matchday 3 opens.
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2. Revival
  3 years, 4 months ago
  No, if on a wildcard you have unlimited transfers. You can only transfer out a locked player once do so best to wait till Monday when most or all your team has played before doing any transfers for Matchday 3.
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    3 years, 4 months ago
    Exactly! why the bloody rush?
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  2. bso
    3 years, 4 months ago
    Thanks mate for the clear answer.
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They are eating the dogs
3 years, 4 months ago
There is invisible wall on the pitch and Frenkie was fouled by it.
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Louis_Sans_Balls
3 years, 4 months ago
lol how most of us here slept on Gakpo cuz he's listed as a forward
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jacob1989
3 years, 4 months ago
Has any defender scored this WC?

I can't remember anyone at all
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1. TKC07
  3 years, 4 months ago
  3m Iran defender
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2. Revival
  3 years, 4 months ago
  The 2 Iran goals today scored by defenders
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  1. jacob1989
    3 years, 4 months ago
    Oh ok didn't know they were defenders
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Feloh
3 years, 4 months ago
Dumfries is a flop.
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1. TKC07
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Wait.. he's gonna score a goal today....
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  Own goal
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2. Gizzachance
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Bergwijn worse !
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Sandy Ravage
3 years, 4 months ago
Wout Weghorst winner incoming...
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Rinseboy
3 years, 4 months ago
KDB or ADM for MD2?
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Shark Team
3 years, 4 months ago
Do you make any mid matchday changes or wait till Monday fellow WCers?
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Louis_Sans_Balls
3 years, 4 months ago
wow huge loss for Ecuador
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Louis_Sans_Balls
3 years, 4 months ago
the Dutch were hoping Virgil was in Pool form from 4 yrs ago
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Freshy
3 years, 4 months ago
Quit stalling ECU Go for the win
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Louis_Sans_Balls
3 years, 4 months ago
gotta feel for Ecuador they deserved the win and one could argue that technically they did.

This whole Netherlands squad is overrated, if that's the best they can do against the 4th place team in South America I'm not expecting them to go too far at all, round of 16, maybe Qtrs at most
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1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Ecuador were extremely unlucky. Better technically. Played a better brand of football for sure.
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    3 years, 4 months ago
    agreed
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Louis_Sans_Balls
3 years, 4 months ago
upside is now they have to go at Qatar
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jacob1989
3 years, 4 months ago
Ecuador should have won 2-1 with that wrong offside call
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lewis274
3 years, 4 months ago
on a wildcard can i go sarr -> richarlison and still get richy md2 points?
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1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
  3 years, 4 months ago
  No
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2. putana
  3 years, 4 months ago
  no
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3. Gizzachance
  3 years, 4 months ago
  These are the kind of things I wish I knew on wc!
  Assume they come in md 3 ?
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  1. lewis274
    3 years, 4 months ago
    yeah
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4. jacob1989
  3 years, 4 months ago
  No of course not
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5. Mozumbus
  3 years, 4 months ago
  No!
  I like folks complaining on one end and asking for a little too much on the other lol
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DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
3 years, 4 months ago
Get Mount or Bellingham? Or some other 7.5 or below striker.
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1. Original Sin
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Gundo
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2. Mozumbus
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Bellingham
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lewis274
3 years, 4 months ago
sub on gonda for noppert who got 2?
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1. bruuuno
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Ofc
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2. jacob1989
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Of course. Thats why subs are there
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3. Mozumbus
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Yes, but wait for the lineup
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Gizzachance
3 years, 4 months ago
W/c not gone well so far
Noppert dumfries bergwijn diallo !
All going on the subs bench
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Louis_Sans_Balls
3 years, 4 months ago
still can't get over the Bergwijn goose egg, and he was last minute addition should have just stuck with Kudus and banked it, that's what I get for being greedy
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Shark Team
3 years, 4 months ago
Can I transfer all my locked players out at Monday night before matchday 2 ends or I will end up keeping the players I own at the moment on WC, cause when they say "you can transfer out a locked player once" means only 1 locked player or I cant transfer out the player I transfer in after MD2 deadline?
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1. Revival
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Any player locked you transfer out for another player will only score points in Matchday 3 for your team. Doing the transfer once thing means if you bring in a player now for Matchday 3 but then change your mind you won't be able to transfer that player back out.
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Rinseboy
3 years, 4 months ago
KDB or Di Maria on WC for MD2?
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1. Saka Punch
  3 years, 4 months ago
  I like AdM and upgrade elsewhere
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  1. jacob1989
    3 years, 4 months ago
    I still don't know who is adm
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    1. Mozumbus
      3 years, 4 months ago
      Di Maria
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DavvaMC
3 years, 4 months ago
Currently have the armband on Messi, thinking of shifting to Saka?

A. Yeah
B. Do One
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1. Saka Punch
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Could be worth a punt if you have Messi to fall back on. I have Saka and personally doing Mbappe and Messi for cap
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2. Mozumbus
  3 years, 4 months ago
  C Saka lol
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Louis_Sans_Balls
3 years, 4 months ago
So for those of us playing on WC, are we thinking halftime of Uruguay - Portugal to make transfers for MD3? should be safe enough right?
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1. West End Exile
  3 years, 4 months ago
  That's the plan.
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    3 years, 4 months ago
    cheers!
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It's Fergie Time
3 years, 4 months ago
USA
USA
USA!
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West End Exile
3 years, 4 months ago
Where have Klassens points gone?

He had 4, now it's showing nothing.
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JohnnyCroat
3 years, 4 months ago
Saw some of this. By chance, not design. At a bar, TV can't be avoided. Netherlands lucky to draw and end with XI IMHO.

Have not looked at FPL since final game. This break is bliss.
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Saka Punch
3 years, 4 months ago
Mbappe to Kane (c) on WC?

Or hold
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1. bso
  3 years, 4 months ago
  I'm going with Mbappe...go with your gut.
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Shark Team
3 years, 4 months ago
Mitrovic vs Cameroon is a great Captain imo also playing Monday
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1. Louis_Sans_Balls
  3 years, 4 months ago
  i thought about a Mitro punt but got talked out of it
  
  Even that Tunisian forward might be a good shout
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src2oo4
3 years, 4 months ago
trippier or shaw last minute
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1. Saka Punch
  3 years, 4 months ago
  I went shaw but either is good
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