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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	98.6%	Maybe
Saka	ARS	10.1m	88.9%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	88.8%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	84.0%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	83.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	81.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	78.1%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.8%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	75.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	74.4%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	72.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	72.6%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	70.8%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	68.2%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	67.6%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	67.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	67.2%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	67.0%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.7m	64.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	63.5%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	60.3%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.0m	59.6%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	57.7%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	55.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	54.3%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	53.5%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	50.1%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	49.9%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	47.0%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	44.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	44.2%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.6m	43.3%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	43.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	39.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	38.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.5m	38.1%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.4m	37.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Gabriel	ARS	6.3m	100.0%	Very Likely
Botman	NEW	4.9m	100.0%	Very Likely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	98.0%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.4m	97.3%	Maybe
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	97.0%	Maybe
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	96.7%	Maybe
Young	AVL	4.4m	96.4%	Maybe
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	96.2%	Maybe
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	94.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	94.6%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.3m	94.1%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.9m	93.8%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	93.8%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	93.6%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	93.5%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	93.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	92.7%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	92.7%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	90.4%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	89.8%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	89.6%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	88.7%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	88.3%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.4m	88.1%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	87.8%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	86.2%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.4m	85.7%	Unlikely
Hato	CHE	4.7m	85.6%	Unlikely
Agbinone	CRY	4.4m	84.9%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	83.8%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.8m	82.1%	Unlikely
Patterson	SUN	4.3m	81.3%	Unlikely
Aznou	EVE	4.3m	80.5%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	B
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	B, Inj
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Gakpo	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
Up	Schade	BRE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
Down	Fernández	CHE	B

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Cahill
15 years, 8 days ago
reckon all games gonna be ok fellas??

and also, will gyan start?
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1. Dave Bauer
  15 years, 8 days ago
  It's no comparison to the facilities at the prem grounds, but Pompey's game has just been called off.
  
  So much snow down here!
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  1. Cahill
    15 years, 8 days ago
    oh really?
    
    so more than likely, one or two games might fall suspect?
    
    any inspections or anything going on at the mo?
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    1. Dave Bauer
      15 years, 8 days ago
      Not that I've heard.
      
      I'll stress again though, the beautiful proud old lady that is Fratton Park is no barometer for Premier League grounds!
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      1. MCH
        15 years, 8 days ago
        Well its comparable to Bloomfield road. That is the most likely to get called off you would imagine.
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        Dave Bauer
        15 years, 8 days ago
        That's a fair point actually.
        
        THE GAME'S OFF AT BLACKPOOL, PANIC!
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        Attila the Bum
        15 years, 8 days ago
        They cancelled Sheff Utds game even though the pitch is usable due to 'safety concerns'. Worrying trend that.
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        Cahill
        15 years, 8 days ago
        newsflash - all premierleague games called off
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        Dave Bauer
        15 years, 8 days ago
        I think the ice on the pavements etc is the main problem at Fratton.
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4vets
15 years, 8 days ago
Who to play, Hamgeland or Jags?

Thnx
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1. 4vets
  15 years, 8 days ago
  *Hangeland
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  1. Cahill
    15 years, 8 days ago
    hangeland, both concede, more goal threat
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    1. 4vets
      15 years, 8 days ago
      Thanx, that was my thinking too.
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pstokes2010
15 years, 8 days ago
would isreal be allowed to play in qatar if they qualify?
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1. Dave Bauer
  15 years, 8 days ago
  That's a good question.
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2. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Qatar will probably be Isreal by 2022
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3. Granville
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Israel and Qatar are on good terms relative to the rest of the arab world. They have trade agreements.
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4. TommyK
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Obviously, you moron
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  1. Cahill
    15 years, 8 days ago
    harsh?
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 8 days ago
      sorry, but I just hate annoying bullshit alarmist posts like this.....
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      1. Attila the Bum
        15 years, 8 days ago
        It's a good question Tommy, for example Jordan* will not let you in the country if you have a stamp from Israel in your passport
        
        * The country obviously not the cement jugged oompa lumpa
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        TommyK
        15 years, 8 days ago
        True, but you also get an Israeli hand up your arse (and other various orifices) if you arrive in Tel Aviv from Syria.....
        
        Don't tar all Arab countries with the same brush- I'm sure FIFA would've made sure that QATAR know the score on this subject.....
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        Attila the Bum
        15 years, 8 days ago
        I'm not concerned at all about a tournament in the middle east - I just question Qatar as a destination. My tar brush is safely stowed in the shed.
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        TommyK
        15 years, 8 days ago
        Don't worry Attila, I'm sure you're no Van Gogh.... 😉
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        Bubbles
        15 years, 8 days ago
        But one of the assurances that FIFA require if you are bidding to host is that there are no restrictions on visas. As well as some ridiculous ones such as Tax exemption and so forth. Or so it said in the Panorama show anyways.
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5. Jermaine Chigurh
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Doesn't Qatar still operate under Shariah Law? That should be, erm, interesting.
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thehodge
15 years, 8 days ago
Any news on Nasri? Should he be ok to play at the weekend? He’s my captain atm.
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1. Cahill
  15 years, 8 days ago
  hope so
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Granville
15 years, 8 days ago
1st round
Russia 9
Iberia 7
Holland/Belgium 4
England 2
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1. Dave Bauer
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Mass England fail.
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  1. Mad Mick
    15 years, 8 days ago
    i don't get it - the 2nd round of voting Holland/Belgium only got 2 votes - why would two members switch their vote for the second round? It's disgraceful that the world cup is still decided by a committee of unelected fat cat d@*kheads. Hopefully the IOC investigation drudges up some filth
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 8 days ago
      +1- we need some serious wikileaks deluges......
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      1. Mad Mick
        15 years, 8 days ago
        yer! come on wikileaks, get on the case!
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2. andy85wsm
  15 years, 8 days ago
  We got well and truely F'd in the A.
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  1. Bubbles
    15 years, 8 days ago
    You should change your name to "just 2 not so casual votes." 😀
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3. Bubbles
  15 years, 8 days ago
  That's pretty embarrassing alright.
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4. TommyK
  15 years, 8 days ago
  That is literally 7.5 million a vote for us......
  
  Bit of a waste of money?
  
  *he says meekly*
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5. Jermaine Chigurh
  15 years, 8 days ago
  That Panorama programme and Times investigation really did for us.
  
  At least we won't have to suck up to FIFA for the next 20 years.
  
  Cameron should order an investigation into corruption in FIFA, even if it's just out of spite.
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  1. TommyK
    15 years, 8 days ago
    I really don't get FIFA- if they wanted to silence the investigations, then the one thing they shoulf've done is vote FOR England.....
    
    As an attempt at saving their own arses, FIFA have failed miserably!
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    1. Jermaine Chigurh
      15 years, 8 days ago
      I don't think a lot of the journos and media sources invovled even wanted us to hold the World Cup.
      
      FIFA vs. Journalists in a battle of ethics; hmmmm
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      1. TommyK
        15 years, 8 days ago
        Journalists win, if just for the fact they're being unethical over smaller amounts of money, and invariably exposing arseholes......
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tosey
15 years, 8 days ago
just signed up to this twitter stuff, who are good people to follow on there for footy news?
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1. Taribo West on a free
  15 years, 8 days ago
  @FFScout for this site, @goaltastic for me 😉
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2. Granville
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Darren Bent. You get first hand news on his form, injuries and his dislike for former managers.
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3. Guybrush Threepwood
  15 years, 8 days ago
  TheBig_Sam and notlucasleiva21 - not so good for news, but very funny.
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Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
15 years, 8 days ago
hahaha @ Iberia

no one, outside of your colonies, in south america likes you.
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Sarri-ball
15 years, 8 days ago
Gota make swap 2nite as away this wkend. Do you think all games are safe or few a risk what's people's thot's?
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1. Dago
  15 years, 8 days ago
  wait until Carlo reads out team on Friday if I was you.
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Scratch
15 years, 8 days ago
All this anti Russia talk is most amusing I must say. I mean seriusly ye guys keep citing it as being "racist", which it is but ffs South Africa JUST hosted the tournament! At least Russia has a strong footballing tradition and hasn't hosted it before so I say fair play to them.
Spain had it too recently so shouldnt have been considered.
England having it would've been cool but it wasn't to be an ye have had it before.
Holland and Belgium would've been my personal favourite, I thought Euro 2000 wsas brilliant (unlike Euro 96)

But giving 2022 to Qatar, im sorry it's a complete and utter joke. No footballing tradition, never qualified for a major tournament, no noteworthy international players.
What do they have? LOADSA MONEYYYYY!!! way to go FIFA ya shower of shites!
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1. TommyK
  15 years, 8 days ago
  South Africa has at least confronted its racism and is on an upward curve....
  
  TBH I'm more concerned about Russia's treatment of the press and general human rights abuses......
  
  Also- are you telling me Russia is a poor country? Clearly not a chelsea fan then...... 😉
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  1. MCH
    15 years, 8 days ago
    You must not be familiar with places like Orania and Kleinfontein.
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 8 days ago
      Blots on a changing picture mate.....
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      1. MCH
        15 years, 8 days ago
        lol
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2. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
  15 years, 8 days ago
  scratch, yoiure a halfwit.
  
  That is all.
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  1. Scratch
    15 years, 8 days ago
    Spoken like a true illiterate. 🙂
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    1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
      15 years, 8 days ago
      yeah that makes sense. thanks for proving my point.
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      1. Scratch
        15 years, 8 days ago
        Awww come on, don't I at least get the angry CAPS response where you trip over your words like a bumbling simpleton.
        I think you need a hug. 😀
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        Hughes the Daddy
        15 years, 8 days ago
        or a kick in the sack
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        Van Dal
        15 years, 8 days ago
        Haha +1 its so pathetic how he tries to use big words but fails miserably. My personal fave was when he thought Damien Duff 'had a bit' of downs sindrome. Classic.
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        Bubbles
        15 years, 8 days ago
        *syndrome.
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3. njfsdkffslkf
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Well said scratch .
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demilovato- From Mexico to …
15 years, 8 days ago
Maybe we should just give it a rest till 2066 and go for the sympathy vote.
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1. TommyK
  15 years, 8 days ago
  like! 😉
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2. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
  15 years, 8 days ago
  sadly charlton wont be around to score
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Funkyav
15 years, 8 days ago
I hope the BBC have something more up their sleeve to show FIFA for the corrupt idiots that they really are.

Maybe we need a NOTW set up...
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Granville
15 years, 8 days ago
Wow it's stopped snowing. Since it started all my missus has done is look through the window! If it gets any worse, I'll have to let her in!
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1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
  15 years, 8 days ago
  +1
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2. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 8 days ago
  😆 Nice.
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3. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
  15 years, 8 days ago
  vdry good Granville 🙂
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  1. Van Dal
    15 years, 8 days ago
    Another case of classic brown nosing of the scouts from rbj. Muppet.
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4. Jermaine Chigurh
  15 years, 8 days ago
  I am definitely recycling this irl.
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5. Seanigula
  15 years, 8 days ago
  I saw her out there as I was walking by...I pissed "Let Me In" into the snow...ignore that it's in her handwriting
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Freshy
15 years, 8 days ago
Certainly wouldn't have the media doing an exposé of fifa in Russia or Qatar.
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AP
15 years, 8 days ago
FA should just start a new international competition called the Global League.
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1. TommyK
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Premier League?
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  1. TommyK
    15 years, 8 days ago
    Certainly more profitable for this country than international football....
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  2. AP
    15 years, 8 days ago
    World = Global
    Cup = league
    
    Has to be international teams, and obviously amateur. Let's take football back from those fatcat, sausage eating, corrupt barstewards. Plus if it's not the pro's, we might actually win.
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    1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
      15 years, 8 days ago
      the anti=world cup, it would be awesome to take it back wouldnt it
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      1. TommyK
        15 years, 8 days ago
        to be fair, we didn't start the world cup, merely sneered at it until we felt we had to take part- then haven't looked back since.... 😉
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Mad Mick
15 years, 8 days ago
Just in - Jupiter are putting together a bid for 2034 - odds on favourites
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Smarty Pants
15 years, 8 days ago
Sorry for England, I see most people here are extremely disappointed. Actually, I would not mind if England got it, it could be a great WC and I would be happy to go there. But Russia got it and I'm happy about it.
However, it's amazing how much people have a negative perception of Russia knowing absolutely nothing about it. Some comments just made my day as some of the "facts" about Russia are absolutely ridiculous. There are a lot of problems in Russia, but most of them seem to be seriously exaggerated and hopefully will be taken under control by 2018. The overall situation is definitely better than in South Africa and will improve further by 2018. It will be a great World Cup, I'm pretty sure.
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1. TommyK
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Fair enough, good luck to you!
  
  All I'm saying is that the whole way this has come out and the comments that were made by certain people (blatter in particular) that will look very messy in hindsight.
  
  Like I said, good luck to you and hopefully this cup will help improve the problems with press freedom (which undoubtedly do exist) and I hope you get to see one of the games! 😀
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  1. Smarty Pants
    15 years, 8 days ago
    The problems with free press will be solved in a natural way: internet expansion + people learning foreign languages. The sooner the government realises it, the better it is for the government.
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 8 days ago
      Still not convinced by that 100%, again see China for a reason why....
      
      But one can only hope, maybe football can actually make a difference!
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      1. Smarty Pants
        15 years, 8 days ago
        The China scenario seems to be impossible for Russia already I think. If the government wanted to impose restrictions in Internet they should have done it earlier. Now it's already too late, it went too far... At least, I hope so 🙂
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2. gaspar
  15 years, 8 days ago
  +1
  Some comments about weather in Russia are ridiculous. Guys, have you missed that during last summer there were wildfires across the country due to extensive heat?
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  1. Jermaine Chigurh
    15 years, 8 days ago
    I think more people are concerend about racism and human rights violations. And that it's just too big.
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  2. TommyK
    15 years, 8 days ago
    lol- who was making comments about the weather????
    
    Probably jamsiep.... 😉
    
    More of an issue in Qatar TBH.
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3. HST
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Russia has a serious racism problem, I can't imagine Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Nigeria fans will be queing up to go.
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  1. Smarty Pants
    15 years, 8 days ago
    That's the one I'm actually worried about. There are 8 years to do something about it.
    But:
    1) On the stadiums, African teams are not likely to be insulted as most racists are stupid idiots who are therefore poor and would not be able to afford a ticket to a World Cup game.
    2) The security measures will be very strict during the World Cup. So, it should be pretty safe.
    3) The situation is not that bad in reality. There are a lot of people of different colors and nationalities who live in big Russian cities nowadays. Normally, all they should do is to avoid late regional trains and walks in the late hours in the "bad" districts. That's it.
    4) "Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Nigeria fans" are not the fans who would go to any country in big crowds anyway.
    But there is a lot to be done with racism, that's true.
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    1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
      15 years, 8 days ago
      mozt rascists poor? gime a break
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      1. Smarty Pants
        15 years, 8 days ago
        Sure they are. Do you know racists from Russia? Have you been on the Stadium in Russia?
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        Smarty Pants
        15 years, 8 days ago
        *a stadium
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4. njfsdkffslkf
  15 years, 8 days ago
  +1
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T.J. Eckleburg
15 years, 8 days ago
I'm Scottish too! We were ranked quite highly in the game from what I can recall, changed days...
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snowman
15 years, 8 days ago
Guys got 2 changes to make this week am thinking

vdv>cole/bale for one

Should i wait to see what games are likely to be on and also does anyone know the rules with free transfers and what happens if all games are off?
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1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
  15 years, 8 days ago
  cole??
  
  as in joe cole??...seriously?
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  1. snowman
    15 years, 8 days ago
    yeah well figured his fixtures seem pretty decent
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2. MCH
  15 years, 8 days ago
  In terms of transfers games being off doesn't change anything its as normal.
  
  Wait until late tomorrow or preferably Saturday morning to see what is happening.
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applebonkers
15 years, 8 days ago
seems to me that england was a safe place to give the world cup to, but russia and qatar are potentially much more interesting, if more risky
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1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
  15 years, 8 days ago
  lets all do the decent thing
  
  blame arshavin..injure him...give all his points to nasri
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2. TommyK
  15 years, 8 days ago
  TBH it's never "risky" to hold a cup anywhere (Kabul excluded perhaps), there's so much money riding on the event that any issues are invariably sorted......
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  1. applebonkers
    15 years, 8 days ago
    safe in that england could host the tournament next month if they had to. actually coming round to the idea of russia, it will be different
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 8 days ago
      Not sure I'm there yet- just because I'll almost certainly not be able to get out there.....
      
      (I also severely dislike Putin and everything he stands for)
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      1. Nomar
        15 years, 8 days ago
        The world changes a lot in 8 years though. You may find Russia a very different place with a different political and social ethos come 2018.
        
        As for Qatar, this was probabl FIFA's golden opportunity to hold the tournament in the middle east.
        
        I would guess the stadia they build will be the most up to date plushest arena's of their time. They will likely also be domed with air con so the players won't wilt in the heat during afternoon games.
        
        As for the bribery angle. Well I think it certainly goes on and no doubt plays a significant part of the judging process, just like the olympics.
        
        I not convinced that any of the committee's in Zurich today haven't given, shall we say, some form of 'kickback' in order to persuade the voting in their favour.
        
        I just think that's endemic of this whole process. It is what it is, as the great and beloved Bill Belichick would say.
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  2. Hoping To Manage Better Tha…
    15 years, 8 days ago
    maybe not on a large scale, but you're a fool if you don't believe the amounts of muggings, robbery, and kidnappings will be greater in a middle eastern country than say UK?
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 8 days ago
      ????
      
      Surely Qatar (as a rich oil state) have no need to mug people?
      
      Pretty close to racism there mate......
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      1. Hoping To Manage Better Tha…
        15 years, 8 days ago
        no no...the crime rate Qatar is quite low, on the norm. But Qatar is surrounded by Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia (to literally name the three largest countries engulfing the tiny nation) Places that have much much larger amounts of recorded instances of violent mugging and kidnapping. An enormous event of this kind will see preparation for all the bad guys...we just have to hope that good guys are a step ahead.
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        Seanigula
        15 years, 8 days ago
        We are...and will have full control of Qatar by 2020.
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3. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Premier League managers react to FIFA's decision
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43MBLLDfxR0
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Prhymeate
15 years, 8 days ago
is kolarov considered a definite starter for city then?
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1. MCH
  15 years, 8 days ago
  no one is safe there but he looks as good as any (other than Tevez obviously)
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  1. Prhymeate
    15 years, 8 days ago
    ok. I've read quite a bit of hype about him here and could do with getting rid of coleman, but after looking at man city's defenders i was wondering why people were so certain about him on here.
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    1. MCH
      15 years, 8 days ago
      With Mancini so fond of the 3 holding mids he adds a lot of width to the side which helps. Looking at doing Coleman to him this week myself.
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      1. Hughes the Daddy
        15 years, 8 days ago
        Coleman to Kolarov for me too this week
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        Prhymeate
        15 years, 8 days ago
        hmm, cheers guys. at least neither are close to rising or falling so I have a bit of time to think about it.
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TommyK
15 years, 8 days ago
Anyone else hoping we'll see a massive Wenger whinge in response to today? 😀
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1. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 8 days ago
  http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2010/12/02/the-numbers-game-something-from-the-weekend-3/comment-page-4/#comment-1138089
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  1. TommyK
    15 years, 8 days ago
    ha!
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I am the Suarez
15 years, 8 days ago
Quick thought on the strange voting patterns with the votes switching from Belgium/Holland to Russia.

Perhaps the Russians had 11 votes they knew they could count on but were worried that if England were still in they would claim the votes of the remaining voters as they went through the rounds.

Russia and someone else they had under their dirty paws could have deliberately voted Belgium/Holland knowing it may help knock out Spain or England who were there main rivals and particularly England who were rumoured to pick up the belgium/holland votes if they went out.
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Van Dal
15 years, 8 days ago
heard the newcastle rugby match has been called off. Take it they dont have undersoil heating?
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TommyK
15 years, 8 days ago
In other news....

BRING ON ADELAIDE!!!! 😀
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1. I am the Suarez
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Good shout - need something to turn the day around. Skittle the aussies for 150 then finish the day 179-0.
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2. applebonkers
  15 years, 8 days ago
  no mitchel johnson. he was going to come good eventually right?
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  1. applebonkers
    15 years, 8 days ago
    kind of like drogba
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  2. MCH
    15 years, 8 days ago
    hopefully he was going to come good in Adelaide!!!
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Jim
15 years, 8 days ago
NZog/Adam/Nasri/VDV/Nani
Carroll/Tevez/Drogba

Replacing VDV

1)Ethers
2)Bale
3)Arsh
4)a crap liverpool midfielder
5)Essien
6)Other

Leaning towards Ethers, any ideas guys???
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1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
  15 years, 8 days ago
  a crap liverpool midfielder
  
  just because there crap
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greghammer95
15 years, 8 days ago
Ode to RBJ.

Stop causing arguments.

That is all.
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1. MCH
  15 years, 8 days ago
  That'll do it.
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2. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 8 days ago
  I'm not sure he has been Greg.
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Twelve years a slave
15 years, 8 days ago
No need to sell VDV now . He likely only miss one game
And with the snow there going be other games of , so should be able find one of those non players to transfer out instead
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1. IAmTheWalrus
  15 years, 8 days ago
  but his other game is chelsea, so its no harm either
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2. greghammer95
  15 years, 8 days ago
  Source?
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  1. IAmTheWalrus
    15 years, 8 days ago
    http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/12/02/2241280/tottenham-optimistic-rafael-van-der-vaart-could-return-from?
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    1. arfa
      15 years, 8 days ago
      Rubbish
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Attila the Bum
15 years, 8 days ago
Cannavaro on the Ballon d'Or: "Even if there are 23 players in the running the winner has to be a Spaniard. I'd give it to Iniesta."
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1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
  15 years, 8 days ago
  me 2
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gooner dave
15 years, 8 days ago
Evening all, anyone know if there's going to be a scoutcast this week?
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IAmTheWalrus
15 years, 8 days ago
so alex is gone to brazil, meaning bosingwa is a cheap certainty, is that right?
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1. applebonkers
  15 years, 8 days ago
  probably. he still hasn't play twice in a week yet though. should see some paulo ferriera over christmas
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  1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
    15 years, 8 days ago
    gd gd
    
    with paulo ferreira at rite back chelsea are sure to lose more games
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  2. IAmTheWalrus
    15 years, 8 days ago
    Interesting
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