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World Cup Fantasy Transfer Tips: The Big Numbers

18 June 2018 1883 comments
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World Cup Fantasy managers will have to respond quickly to the emerging trends in Russia, as they prepare their transfers ahead of the Gameround 2 deadline on Tuesday.

We’ve taken our first look at the Opta World Cup data, which is exclusively available to members after the completion of each match.

Our analysis covers all fixtures contested in Groups A-F, with a scrutiny of Group G and H to follow before the second set of group matches commence.

Not surprisingly, Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.0m) has been at the heart of the transfer market in recent days following his 16-point haul in Portugal’s opening fixture: since Friday night, his ownership has doubled.

Elsewhere, there appears to be a strong case to load up on Uruguay players ahead of their match with Saudi Arabia, while the underlying statistics should provide some consolation to owners of Lionel Messi and Neymar following the £12.0m-rated forwards’ opening-match blanks.

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  1. Robbie Slater
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    JRod, A NDaiye and Sabaly in for my two pointers is a no brainer, right?

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    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Why u even asking for Jrod lol:D I subbed in Sabaly, could be 6-pointer there

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      1. Robbie Slater
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Could be out. Yeah, feeling quietly confident about Senegal after seeing their odds earlier - expected them to be longer for tomorrow’s game

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        1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Why would he be out tho? He was fatigued m, he got rest I guess.

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          1. Robbie Slater
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Just not training makes me worried it’s something a bit more, maybe a more severe muscle problem. If hes in their starting XI I’m obviously playing him. Just not sure what to do otherwise

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            1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 6 months ago

              He trained today I think:/

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    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      do we get to see if j Rod is starting before the cut off point?

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      1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yep, should be 1 hr before deadline.

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        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          cheers

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      2. Robbie Slater
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I believe we do, its the first match tomorrow. I’m guessing just do other two now and wait and see with him

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        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          if possible yep. you might as well take the risk on Sabaly, 4 points 4 gain, 1 to lose at best it seems

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          1. Robbie Slater
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Yes, very true. What do you think about NDaiye. I heard he plays deep but popped up with a couple of assists in friendlies recently. I’m tempted to play him too, even just for the reason of having more players to support tomorrow

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            1. F4L
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 6 months ago

              honestly, again it looks like there's nothing to lose in regards to subbing him in, so I think its worth it. As you said, the assist potential is there as well

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              1. Robbie Slater
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 6 months ago

                Great, thanks for your replies mate - much appreciated! 🙂

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        2. Robbie Slater
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Although if hes on the bench, I’m still tempted to play him

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  2. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Need James to go nuts tomorrow!!! 30m screamer and 2 assists for Carlos Sanchez please

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  3. The_Adam
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    WC ahead of GW3, or ahead of the QF? Fair to say we'll need to be pretty good at predicting the outcomes of the Last 16 with only 3 free transfers allowed for the Quarters?

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I mean, most of the ties should be more less easy to predict, however I do think WC ahead of the QFs is the best strategy

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      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Germany vs Brazil

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    2. Buck The Trent
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Same thoughts

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    3. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Can trim your squad down to 12 or 13 definites and a few 4m fodders and an extra 5 million with QF WC. Also lets you go bananas with last 16 freehits in great form and not be bothered if they make it to the QFs.

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      1. The_Adam
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        You've all sold me on the idea. My original plan before this all started was to WC in GW3, and as such I picked my team based on the first 2 games, so my team doesn't look as good as I'd like it for the final round of group games (4 players in the Eng v Bel game, 2 Morocco players vs Spain, Ljajic vs Brazil) but maybe it will work out OK.

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  4. ryacoo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Worth keeping Cueva on a WC or is there anyone else to consider at that price?

    Other mids are: Isco, Coutinho, Layun & Cheryshev

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    1. The_Adam
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      At the rate pens are being dished out I'd keep hold of him. (I know he fluffed the last one but he has a decent record of scoring them beforehand)

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  5. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Am I missing something? Why wouldn't JRod start tomorrow?

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    1. ryacoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Been nursing an injury - missed a few training sessions.

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    2. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/710487/World-Cup-News-James-Rodriguez-Colombia-Japan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-star-football+%28Daily+Star+%3A%3A+Football+Feed%29

      Muscle fatigue. On bench definitely, might still start.

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      1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        He practised with the team today, hm.

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        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          What can you lose if you don't start him or captain him?

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          1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Nothing really, I just wish he plays

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  6. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Going to wc in 3rd round. Which transfer would tou do now? Almost all my players have a decent fixture

    El kajoi Willy
    Pavard Meunier Trippier Varela Hegazy
    James Eriksen Meza CSanchez

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    1. TeddiPonza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Griezmann Jesus Lukaku

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    2. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      id get isco or costa

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  7. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    how does this WC look? jesus erik jrod mueller caballero out. want a replacement for aldawsari and maybe pavard, 2.5m ITB:

    Schmeichel
    Danilo Meunier Varela
    Coutinho Isco Layun Inui
    Ronaldo Lukaku Cavani

    Uzoho Pavard* Sabaly Aldawsari*

    Any changes?

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    1. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Nice team. I prefer Kane over Kaku tho - Tunisia are tough team while Panama are trash...

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  8. Nando7
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    How my team looking for round 2...and playing max captain

    Kane Costa Cavani

    Pogba Eriksen Carrassco Mezza

    Varela Trippier Meunier

    Bench: Al Khojoul Granqvist Belhanda Pavard

    any thoughts ?

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  9. Swagat
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Where do I use my Free transfer?

    Muslera Uzoho
    Kimmich Meunier Varela Pavard Sabaly
    Coutinho J Rod Carrasco Aldawsari Cueva
    Cavani Lukaku Griezmaan

    Nothing ITB

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    1. The_Adam
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I think Pavard out perhaps for someone who is more nailed to start.

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  10. trimmtrabb
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Any ideas for a 6.5m or lower valued midfielder for next round?

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    1. Nando7
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      golovin

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    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Pavon/Layun/Cueva

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      1. trimmtrabb
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Was Layún an attacking threat re Germany?

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        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          yes very much so, to my surprise. I think he registered 4/5 shots, some were really decent chances. Didn't expect him to be so attacking as he usually plays LB for his club side, but I don't see any reason as to why he wouldn't play in the same vein in the rest of the group matches

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  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Ziyech + Jesus âž¡ Layun and Suarez for a -4
    or
    just Jesus to Costa for free?

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    1. Lav
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Tough. Ziyech definitely needs to go. Not convinced on Jesus?

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      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        not really to be honest, seeing stats like Firmino had more shots and SOTs in the 11 mins he played compared to Jesus' 79 has me worried. Plus I can see Suarez/Costa doing well from here on in

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    2. OldBenKenobi
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Can’t see the worth in taking hits in such a short tournament

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      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I’d lose Ziyech before Jesus btw

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        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          cheers. Yes Ziyech is the main problem I feel, his performance against Iran was sub par, not convincing. Hard to find an adequate replacement at that price though, unlike Jesus (straight swap for Costa). Only reason im torn really

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    3. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I've kept Ziyech purely because he's on penalties, although if I did have bigger fish to fry I'd probably have got rid.

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      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        ah yes, the pen factor is a plus. Just need Pepe to give a Moroccan attacker an elbow to the face in the penalty area now 😀 Would love to get rid, just a lack of options really

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  12. trimmtrabb
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Any chance Brandt starts?

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  13. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    lukaku or kane? kane methinks...

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    1. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      yes Kane for me too. plz help below

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    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Kane

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  14. Boomerang V
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Once I activate my wildcard and save the team can I still make changes until the deadline?

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    1. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      yes.

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  15. Stephenpala94
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Can you use wildcard and bench booster in the same Gameweek ?

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yes apparently.

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      1. Stephenpala94
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I’m thinking of loading up Gameweek 3 as We have unlimited transfers after group stage anyway to try stabilise my lead in a private comp

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    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      aye

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  16. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Hey guys, so I just used my wild card and it is currently letting me use maximum captain?

    Do you guys think I should go ahead and use it? I really my like match ups this week:

    M. Ryan/ Uzoho

    Hegazy, Varela, Kutepov / M. Akanji, H. Sakai

    Kroos, Coutinho, Isco, Cheryshev / Bentacur

    Messi, Kane, Cavani

    Thanks!

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    1. The_Adam
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Save it for the Final/3rd-4th place play off round.

      You should still be able to move the armband round this week to land on a high scorer.

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      1. Ziyech on the Bench
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Hmmm Idk man, I think that during the group stages teams get the easiest match ups...hence the potential for points is at its peak. Final / 3/4th place games are usually tight and everyone has similar players so the differential isn't that great.

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    2. OldBenKenobi
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Save Max captain for later in the tournament when most ppl will have same players

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      1. Ziyech on the Bench
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        What is the logic in that? You have no differential basically at that stage?

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        1. OldBenKenobi
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Logic is hopefully a lot have already used it. Plus there’s less chances to switch captains so make sense to use it later as there’s less options

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  17. cniami
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Current team:
    Uzoho/Pickford
    Varela/Dalsgaard/Pavard/Danilo/Meunier
    Ziyech/Meza/Eriksen/J rod/Carrasco
    Jesus/Lukaku/Cavani
    Thinking about Meza+Jesus->Layun+Costa
    Thoughts?

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    1. Lav
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I like those moves. Maybe Ziyech out with Meza instead of Jesus.

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  18. Aubaaaaa
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Will pavard start again? Any news on sidibe?

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    1. Lav
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Unsure. Was average against Australia. Wont be surprised if he doesnt.

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    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      he just doesn't look like a RB, well he isn't. Plays CB for Stuttgart I think, so if Sidibe is ready to go, I think he starts

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  19. Lav
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Save WC and just drop Belhanda or Pavard?

    Pickford (Uzoho)
    Meunier Danilo Varela (Pavard* Sabaly)
    Muller James Eriksen Belhanda* (Al-Dawsari)
    Lukaku Jesus Mbappe

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  20. Maddi Son
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Is it worth trying to find funds for Rodriguez over Akanji? The regret will feel sour if the Swiss get a pen.

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    1. Lav
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Nah.

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  21. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    why people thinking kane over lukaku? belgium looked better from what I saw, and tunisia were pretty bad??

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    1. Lav
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Lukaku to have another good day I think. Kane likely to have a similar output. Stick with whoever you have.

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      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        lukaku. on WC is the reason i ask

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    2. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Kane is better striker.

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    3. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Tunisia were pretty bad? England scored 2 goals on set pieces lol it was 50/50 game

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    4. OldBenKenobi
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      If you are dead set on one of those and can afford the extra million I’d go Kane. He’s on penalties and probably should have had 2 this evening. Think Hazard takes them for Belgium

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    5. ryacoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Tunisia are a better side than Panama.

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  22. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    get kane lukaku (current) messi or any other striker other than cr7 and cavani

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  23. Ange Ball
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Can get Vote on the best time to use Wildcard?

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    1. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      now. we know which teams will play starters even GW 3 + easiest match ups.

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    2. OldBenKenobi
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Now but I’m bias as I’ve activated mine 😉

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    3. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      After the round of 16. All it takes is a couple of upsets and suddenly 3 transfers will be nowhere near enough.

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  24. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Hi guys, does maximum captain work on players you have on the bench too? Or do you need to substitute them in for it to work on those players?

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    1. 420king
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      You need to substitute them in

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      1. Ziyech on the Bench
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        ok thanks man

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  25. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    feels wrong transferring out lukaku and jesus, even if its for cr7 and kane. only other bel/bra are meunier + danilo

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  26. JJeyy
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    A) Costa + Ronaldo
    or
    B) Kane + Kaku

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    1. Balls of Steel
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      B

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  27. The_Adam
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Gabriel Jesus - a possible risk of being dropped for the Costa Rica game? Thinking I may use my FT to bring in Costa for him. But as I have Cavani already it means I have two good captain options playing on the same day, and no real good captain options when Jesus would be playing.

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  28. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    (C) cavani vs saudi or cr7 vs morocco

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    1. OldBenKenobi
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Gone both 😉

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      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Sorry misread. Cap Ronaldo. Hopefully I don’t have to make that decision with Salah (c) against Russia 😯

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  29. Pierce34
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Link to Frog's community tournament please? I saw the spreadsheet from the hot topics, but has there been an update recently elsewhere?

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    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/06/12/fantasy-frogball-world-cup/

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      1. Pierce34
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks, that's the one I had checked. How can you see how many points Jia had? (as well as our opponents?)

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        1. Alan The Llama
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Because I'm a member of his league, he sent the league code in the email he sent out. Your team name definitely isn't in there.

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          1. Pierce34
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Oops, misunderstanding on my part - I thought you meant in the spreadsheet with the teams. I had somehow missed his e-mail and hadn't signed up - have done so now.

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            1. Alan The Llama
              • 16 Years
              7 years, 6 months ago

              Okay, good work.

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              1. Pierce34
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 6 months ago

                So looks like next round is kind of a must-win for us - tempting to play bench boost even though it's definitely not the correct strategy long-term! 😀

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                1. Alan The Llama
                  • 16 Years
                  7 years, 6 months ago

                  I wouldn't. Having looked at who we're playing, I think we have a fair shout of a win. Just keep an eye on Jia. I was very relieved to see he changed his captain today, it had been stuck on Cavani's two points.

                  If you give me a couple of mins, I'll let you know what our next opponents have scored so far.

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                  1. Alan The Llama
                    • 16 Years
                    7 years, 6 months ago

                    45 +3 players, 50 +1 and 50 +1

                    I suspect it'll be a close run thing next round.

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                    1. Pierce34
                      • 10 Years
                      7 years, 6 months ago

                      Indeed - what kind of moves are you thinking? Personally, I want rid of Ziyech and Al-Dawsari. I really want to wildcard in order to get some more players I want (Isco and Costa for instance) but I'm holding for the knockouts.

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                  2. Pierce34
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 6 months ago

                    I've known him for a couple of years now - he's not a casual and knows how to play the game.

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  30. noahzark22
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Suarez, Lukaku, Sterling
    Eriksen, James, Uribe
    Varela, Trippier, Meunier, Sabaly
    Muslera

    El Kajoui, Granqvist, Ziyach, Al Dawarsi

    I've already tranferred out Pavard for Varela. Sterling for Costa proper for a 4pt hit and hold on to my Wild Card?

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    1. noahzark22
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I've played my BB already.

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