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Dugout Discussion June 18

Sweden v South Korea: Budget punts and bench fodder

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After the rip-roaring spectacle of Germany v Mexico yesterday afternoon, Group E’s other two teams – Sweden and South Korea – get their World Cup campaigns underway at 1pm in Nizhny Novgorod.

The match is likely to be of minimal interest to Fantasy managers, with no player on show owned by more than 3% of McDonald’s FIFA managers.

The omens aren’t particularly strong for a free-flowing exhibition of football or indeed a Fantasy points bonanza, though the fixture is surely now a must-win for both sides given Mexico’s shock victory yesterday.

Sweden haven’t won a FIFA-sanctioned match since their play-off first-leg victory over Italy last November and have scored on only two occasions in their subsequent seven fixtures.

South Korea have won only one of their last six friendly internationals, losing all three of their most recent meetings with European opposition. No Korean player scored on more than two occasions or registered over two assists in their ten AFC third round World Cup qualifying fixtures.

Despite us previously championing the causes of penalty-taking centre-back Andreas Granqvist (£5.0m) and creative full-backs Mikael Lustig (£5.5m) and Ludwig Augustinsson (£5.0m), it was Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof (£5.0m) who Fantasy managers gambled on: the Swedish centre-half is owned by 3% of those playing McDonald’s FIFA but is only among the substitutes this afternoon.

The Swedes kept clean sheets in both of their June friendlies.

Midfielder Emil Forsberg (£7.5m), who scored on four occasions, supplied three assists and had more shots on goal than any other Swedish player in qualification, is the only other main Fantasy draw in Janne Andersson’s side. Marcus Berg (£8.0m), the scorer of eight goals in World Cup qualifying, has been largely overlooked by Fantasy managers.

All Korean players owned by 1% or more of McDonald’s FIFA managers are £4.0m-rated goalkeeper and defenders: only one of them – Park Joo-ho – starts today in Russia.

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  1. Tmel
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Muslera Uzoho
    Pavard Meunier Varela Danilo Sabaly
    Muller Eriksen Belhanda JRod Inui
    Lukaku Cavani Jesus

    Is it worth WCing to get in the likes of Ronaldo/Costa/Isco?

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    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I'd personally want to keep Cavani and Lukaku for round 2.

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      1. azz007
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        better to have ronaldo cavani costa. must for RD2

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        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Flick of a coin between Costa and Lukaku for me in round 2.
          Depending on how it goes today, Kane against Panama could also be 'essential'.

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    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Maybe just GJesus -> Costa for free?

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      1. Thinkering like a Boss
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        This

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  2. A-VB
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Godin vs Gimenez vs Varela

    Considering Varela is 1m cheaper than the other two. Is he nailed ?

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    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I have both Giminez and Varela

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    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I have Muslera and Varela

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  3. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Evra and Larsson in the ITV studio again. Those two are terrible pundits....

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    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Is Roy Keane on ITV for this WC?He is the best pundit on English TV i reckon.

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      1. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah, he was on yesterday.

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        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          The build to the inevitable Keane v Bilic fight is good viewing

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          1. Ógie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            I am very happy with RTEs coverage here in Ireland but i must start tuning in to ITV when they are on in that case.

            I quite like Bilic and his idiosyncrasy's too,that sounds like a good match up.

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            1. HamezMace
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              There is a great GIF online of Bilic spreading his arms out and making contact with Keane...you can just see Keane holding back the urge to kill him.

              ITV have Gray Neville, who is very good with tactical analysis, and Ian Wright as the voice of the people.

              BBC, I only really like Rio, and Alex Scott I have been impressed with.

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  4. FPL Puppy
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Where’s my fellow Swedes at!? 😎

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    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Does owning Granqvist count?

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      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        How about an Ikea wardrobe?

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  5. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Great week of sport: World Cup football, England vs Australia in the cricket, Royal Ascot, Queen's tennis....

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  6. Longlatini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Messi to Ronaldo for Round 2?

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    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Could just as easily backfire

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      1. Longlatini
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        That’s what is putting me off!

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        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Be brave and go with your gut, not the sheep

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          1. Longlatini
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Gut says Ronald is just more fired up for this

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            1. HamezMace
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              There's your answer then.
              Ronaldo favours fantasy football as the Portugal team is set up entirely to suit him, whereas Argentina have a wealth of attacking talent to share the points.

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      2. azz007
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Could easily be another Hatrcik for Ronnie.

        Morrcoco have to come out and play. Portugal love to counter

        Messi has croatia who area good team,. wont be supirsed if they won

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  7. George James
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Can you wildcard and use max cap on same round? I feel round 2 could be a good time as the 3 potentially best forward options all play on same day.

    Thoughts?

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    1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Yep

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    2. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I'm saving MC myself though

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      1. Brick_Bronson
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        When for?

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        1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Finals or Semis when you have fewer chances to change it

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          1. azz007
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            usually a low score. id got max captain rd 2

            spain
            portugal
            urguay have tasty games

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  8. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Niall Quinn statue replaced https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44518595

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    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Bahahahhaha

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      The new one is nearly worse.

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  9. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Wow. What a boring trio of pundits. Larsson looked absolutely miserable.

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    1. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      They obviously had a vision of how shite this game was going to be

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  10. rjcv177
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Coutinho as Capt...or switch to Lukaku?

    (James Rodriguez safety net)

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    1. Longlatini
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Live a little

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    2. Thinkering like a Boss
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Switch to Lukaku

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    3. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Bitch's don't switch

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    4. Norman Conquest
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      james might not play he is injured

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      1. Pras (FPL)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        No he is not

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  11. Pirlø's Pen
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Pavard need to go we reckon?

    Doubt he plays tbh.

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    1. Longlatini
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      He was shocking, Deschamps will be hoping Sidibe is ready!

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  12. YoungPretender
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Now the time to play WC?

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    1. Thinkering like a Boss
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      No. Could be gold player like Neymar, Messi, Mueller, Werner and so on will outperform others who are perform

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  13. Thinkering like a Boss
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Messi, CR, Mitrovic
    Cueva, Coutinho, Mueller, Belhanda, Carassco
    Pavard, Daalsgard, Varela, Idowu, Danilo
    Al-Muaiouf, Caballero

    Belhanda > Layun?

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  14. Legomané
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    OR 1 in McD's game currently on 93 pts, with BB active and 28pts on his bench...reality is though, that the two Russian 13 pointer's would have been in his starting 11 if playing without BB, and the 2x 1 pointers in his stating 11 subbed out.

    BB value = 4 pts
    What's the point?!

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    1. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      The way I see it, is because of the ability to tactically sub in and out players, the only realistic way to get a genuine boost from your bench is to have a double return from your GK. The odds of you getting 11 or more returns from your 13 outfield players are minuscule.

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

        This too. See, it's not useless! WC a team with two good GKs and activate BB 🙂

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    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah it's value is pretty low, but it still has value. I think you can increase the value, of course, in a week wher eyou have a strong bench. But more subtly, prehaps if you have players towards the end of the round that you're less confident in, so a BB would stop you swapping 2-3 point scores for 0-1 point scores.

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    3. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      With the ability to make subs during the round makes BB quite useless really

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  15. Brick_Bronson
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Current team:

    Cavani, Messi, Diaz
    Isco, Ascensio, Cout, Muller, C. Sanchez
    Marcelo, Hegazi, Godin, Cahill, Sakai
    Neuer, Caballero

    A: WC
    B: Messi to Ronaldo
    C: Other?

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    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      WC if Cahill and Sakai dont play

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  16. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    12 points from my bench boost 🙁

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

      Sounds pretty good to me. I'm not expecting that much when I play it

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    2. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      7 here
      lol

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  17. Christina.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    come korea smash those crankfist CS's

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    1. SW6
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      boo

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  18. Rohirrims
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Would you hold Carvajal or move? Haven't heard any news updates on him so far. Ideally I'd like to keep him and move out Messi + Mitrovic for Kane + Salah

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    1. Thinkering like a Boss
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Wow not bad. I have similar fronts Messi and Mitro. But its Messi we talking about, could easily score hattrick next match

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      1. Rohirrims
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Yea but Croatia are decent so a haul is not a given and I intent to wild card for Round 3 anyways. Depending on how good panama and tunisia are makes sense to look at Kane/ Lukaku/ Hazard.

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  19. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hurdy Gurdy

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

      Really nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwyznoWJDHI

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      1. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        That is a class bit of kit he is playing there.

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    2. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3N8ZW6fCa4

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  20. SW6
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Oh Granqist close

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  21. alfoir
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Confirmed: you can wildcard then use your bench boost immediately.

    If folk are playing their wildcards, who are your targets? Which big-hitters that blanked in Round 1 are you keeping, and who are you ditching? Who is essential to bring in?

    I'm ditching Kimmich and Varane from the back (Alba and Rodriguez in), and bringing in Isco for J-Rod. Front line remains the same, so keeping Neymar and Cavanni.

    Sommer - Schmeichal
    Alba - Godin - Rodriguez - Muenier - Miranda
    Isco - Nandez - Galinsky - Meza - Cueva
    Neymar - Cavanni - Lukaku

    Should be a full XV of starters, with possible captain rotation of Gazinksy, Cavanni/Alba, Meza, Neymar, Lukaku.

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    1. ihateramsey2
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Nandez won't be a start I hear

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      1. willl
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        where you hearing that?

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        1. ihateramsey2
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          uruguay training xi - Fernando Muslera; Guillermo Varela, Diego Godín, José María Giménez, Martín Cáceres; Carlos Sánchez, Matías Vecino, Rodrigo Bentancur, Cristian Rodríguez; Edinson Cavani and Luis Suárez.

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          1. Christina.
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            are u leading FFS league?

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  22. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    My lad picking players based on the FIFA game. He had Fosberg in this to my Bromquist.

    Who's to say it's not a good idea after some of our epic fails.

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    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I'd have been better picking names out of a hat.

      For giggles I might have two FPL teams next year, one that I put my usual hours of statically based research into, and another based on players with the least amount of vowels in their name.

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  23. Christina.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    what happened to 4m korean LB?

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  24. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    will Hector play next game? how did his replacement do?

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  25. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Funny how people have loaded up on France, Argentina, Germany, Brazil and Belgium defenders and none have kept a clean sheet with Belgium still to play....

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    1. Siva Mohan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      lol @ me? I have Kimmich, Pavard, Danilo, Cabarello & Meunier

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    2. Hamstergod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I have double Uruguay and quite happy, no defenders from the countries mentioned 🙂

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  26. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Icelandic Football @icelandfootball
    99.6% of all the people watching their TV on Saturday were watching Argentina vs Iceland. True passion.

    --

    the other 0.4% were in Stadium.

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    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Obviously the Icelandic version of Love Island is one to avoid.

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    2. willl
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      They were watching their TV in the stadium? odd.

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  27. pakornk
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    I didn't bring in Trippier on my starting 11. Can I bring him in after this Sweden match?

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    1. Siva Mohan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      no

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      1. pakornk
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        So he stays on my bench until the end of the round?

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        1. Siva Mohan
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          yep

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    2. willl
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      nah

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  28. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Korea may be ranked low but they play with plenty of energy. They look ok.

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    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/world-cup-2018-south-korea-sweden-swapped-shirts-confuse-spies-a8404066.html

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  29. GoonerByron
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Is Granqvist actually playing CB?

    He's been in Korea's box from open play so much!

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  30. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Son learning some dirty tricks from Alli.

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    1. willl
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      maybe Alli learnt them from him

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