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Dugout Discussion June 19

Russia stars among most-signed World Cup Fantasy players

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Denis Cheryshev (£5.5m) and Aleksandr Golovin (£6.5m) were among the top five most transferred in players ahead of the first match of World Cup Gameround 2.

The pair recorded double-figure hauls in Russia’s 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Thursday night and have earned a combined 143,000+ new owners since then.

Only Diego Costa (£9.0m) and Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.0m) were signed by more World Cup Fantasy managers before Gameround 2, with 94,000+ and 132,000+ new owners respectively.

Cheryshev found the net twice while Golovin provided two assists and fired in a stoppage time direct free-kick.

Furthermore, after the first round of Group Stage fixtures only one player had a higher points-per-million than Cheryshev (2.3).

That was Sweden’s penalty-taking centre-back Andreas Granqvist (£5.0m), whose goal and clean sheet against South Korea gave him a points-per-million of 2.4.

Despite the transfer market shift towards Russia midfield assets, the most popular player in tonight’s first match of Gameround 2 is Ahmed Hegazy (£4.5m).

The Egyptian centre-back continues to reap the benefits of a budget price and Fantasy managers will be encouraged by his role in keeping much-fancied Uruguay out for nearly a whole 90 minutes. He sits in 11% of teams tonight.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Salah could make his World Cup bow tonight, with

It remains to be seen whether Russia can replicate the attacking display put on against Saudi Arabia as Egypt are expected to be a much sterner test.

START LINE-UPS

RUSSIA (4-2-3-1): Akinfeev; Fernandes, Kutepov, Ignashevich, Zhirkov; Gazinskiy, Zobnin, Golovin, Cheryshev, Samedov; Dzyuba.

EGYPT XI (4-2-3-1): El-Shenawy; Abdel Shafy, Hegazy, Gabr, Fathy; Hamed, Elneny; Trezeguet, El Said, Salah; Mohsen.

READ NEXT: Our transfer tips ahead of the World Cup Fantasy Gameround 2 deadline

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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Looks like Neymar is fine

    Neymar ankle injury just a scare, will train normally tomorrow after physiotherapy. Brazil blaming his pain today on number of fouls committed against him

    https://twitter.com/riksharma_/status/1009093444839632897

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    1. 420king
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/4/video/3534601/will-neymar-be-fit-enough-to-face-costa-rice

      Took him out after I saw this.

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

      If he passed the ball more besides drawing fouls he would be fine.It is his own fault.

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  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Golovin to miss the final group game if booked tonight.

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    1. Indpush
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      How many yellows does a player need to miss a game? Two?

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  3. StoichkovFPL
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    How do you think:

    A) BSilva + Layun
    B) Eriksen + Inui

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    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I have all of A and Eriksen from B...

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

    Salah(c) locked in

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  5. ooooo
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Play Cueva or Dalsgaard?

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

      Cueva

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  6. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Final WC check.

    Ben Mustapha - Uzoho
    Alba - Pique - Salcedo - Varela - Sabaly
    Eriksen - Coutinho - James Rodriguez - Layun - Inui
    Kane - Cavani - Salah

    Salah(c). Good luck all. 🙂

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    1. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Brought in Hegazi on WC but now thinking I should have done Gabr as Hegazi is a yellow card away from missing Saudi Arabia in Round 3.

      Ah well... best behaviour please Ahmed.

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Gonna be a tense watch for you!

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    2. EMERGING STAR
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Ben Mustapha will play? Check updates on their No.1 keeper

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Just a fodder anyway. Worth it for the rest of the team I think.

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  7. Red Dagger ✪
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    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    .... JRod and Jesus to Golovin and Kane -4 done. Screw it.

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    1. 420king
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Good luck!

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      1. Red Dagger ✪
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        • 6 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers 420.

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  8. EMERGING STAR
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Ochoa Uzoho
    Pavard Cedric Varela RRodriguez Maguire
    Golovin(c) Isco Carrasco Draxler Gallardo
    Cristiano Lukaku Costa

    Gtg ?

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    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Very nice.

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      1. EMERGING STAR
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks. Product of 1 hour analysis

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  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    WC active 😎

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    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Hahaha!

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    2. 420king
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      R3 not active yet... 😛

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    3. We Will Klopp you
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Hope you've activated your time machine too then 😀

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  10. Reggie Nainggolan
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Has the deadline gone

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

      Yeah the game started already

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    2. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      yes

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

    Who's the Russian Ramos?

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    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Please no

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    2. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Ramov?

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    3. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Zhirkov

      He is also the russian Messi and the russian Kanté

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    4. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      AK47

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

        The GK?

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  12. Go-on-son
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Is that it for round 2 transfers now or can you still make some?

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    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      That's it. Only bench and captain changes.

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  13. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Who´s on penalties for Russia?

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    1. We Will Klopp you
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Putin

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      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Wrapped in a beat skin?

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        1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          *bear skin

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      2. Red Dagger ✪
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Haha!

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    2. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Pissov

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      1. Rains of Castamere
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        (sorry, couldn't resist)

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    3. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Smolov is usually their designated penalty taker but he's not playing it will probably be Golovin

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

        as*

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    4. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Novichok

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    5. Root
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Hopefully Ignashevich. He has taken a couple.

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  14. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Ended up with Cavani and Suarez up front. Settled on Jesus for third fwd because I wouldn't be capping Costa anyway on that day.

    Annoyingly site was stable till deadline and was tempting me with Salah.

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  15. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Wild card and bench boost locked in. Here’s hoping.....No Ronaldo but my strikers play on different days. Hit or a miss do you think?

    Ochoa Uzozo
    J Alba Guerreiro Varela Dalsgaard
    R Rodriguez
    Coutinho Isco Meza Cheryshev (c) Layun
    Lukaku Kane Cavani

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  16. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Ignashevich(C) close 🙁

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  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Goloclose

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  18. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Whose your captain tonight?

    Golovin.

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    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      None 🙁

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

      Gazinsky 😕

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    3. pundit of punts
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Salah

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    4. Root
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Cheryshev

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    5. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Gollum

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    6. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Samedov

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  19. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Golovin. Wenger almost signed him you know.

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

      He also almost signed Ronaldo, and almost won the champions league.

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

    So annoyed, spent an hour wild carding my team only for the stupid McDonalds app to inexplicably say it was an invalid team and then crash at 18:58...

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    1. Eden Wizard
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Lol cos wc week 2 is invalid

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    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      An hour ? Crikey. Always worth saving every now and then. But unlucky.

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  21. Eden Wizard
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Egypt are dog

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    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Egypt sphinx

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  22. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Egypt proof just how much Salah needs Henderson.

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    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      For his beautiful long pass?

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  23. Lewa
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    GTG?

    Muslera

    Marcelo--Kimmich--Trippier--Meunier

    Layun--Cueva--Eriksen--Isco

    Lukaku--Cavani

    (Local game)

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

      Ok that is more than GTG

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  24. UNDERSCORE
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    guys can someone please help me with this WC this - I want to use it for R3. What do I do?

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

      Wait for the game to update. Then the same as fpl. Use a couple of trannies and it’ll let you do it.

      N.B. Not fat Ronaldo trannies. Transfers.

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    2. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Wait until R3....

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  25. Eden Wizard
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Very frail Russian defence

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  26. Eden Wizard
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Captain trez close!!

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

    Salah looks pretty rusty.

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    1. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I sphinx so too....

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    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Haven't you heard he's been with the CAIRO-practor?

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      1. tets mcgee (Bachmann an Rob…
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        pharaoh nuff

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      2. Godfather Bandit 42
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        But he's not playing with his usual pharoahcity.

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    3. A.J.
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Top giza imo.

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      1. tets mcgee (Bachmann an Rob…
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        hes knocking on the door but refuses to toot n come in

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    4. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Trying his best to part the Red Sea.

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

    Re VAR....and just a comment.

    The game is littered with dodgy yellow cards and much worse two yellow cards leading to sendings off....and a game changing situation...or...an addition to previous yellows cards ultimately leading to a ban for cumulative yellow cards later on

    Whilst I quite like the layer of controversy for penalty decisions I'm minded that very many yellow cards are decidedly iffy...very iffy...

    It'd be nice to see VAR used to overturn some referees yellow cards to protect players from over zealous refs.

    Just saying.

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    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Agreed, but also the other way around

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

        Aye. Whichever way a lot of players have found themselves walking off the pitch for two dodgy yellows whilst some criminal challenges go unpunished.

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

      Possible better solutions imo:

      -Better referee training (don't yellow unless confident)
      -VAR for second yellow
      -Sin bin system

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  29. Vlad Tepes
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    I guess I missed the deadline for round 2?

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    1. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Yep

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  30. moggleton
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Has anyone maximum captain chip activated yet? I've used mine, but I've also swapped my captain around a few times. Has that invalidated it?

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