Euro 2012

Quarter Finals – Day One – Dugout Discussion

21 June 2012 1123 comments
Paul Paul
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The first quarter final of Euro 2012 is less than an hour away from kick-off and, as Fantasy managers tinker with their last-minute transfer plans, we’ve rolled out the Dugout Discussion ahead of Portugal ‘s showdown with Czech Republic at 7.45pm.

This evening’s team news is in and is as follows:

Paulo Bento names the same XI that started all three of the group games. Cristiano Ronaldo has an incredible 82% of the votes in the Captain Poll after his brace against Holland in the previous match, with Nani a distant second with 8%. Can they maintain their strong attacking form or will the Czechs scupper the Fantasy plans of many and steal an unlikely victory?

For the Czech Republic, Michal Kadlec makes just one change to the starting XI that saw off Poland last time out. Tomas Rosicky has failed to recover sufficiently from an Achilles problem, allowing Vladimir Darida a role “in the hole”, with Petr Jiracek and Vaclav Pilar carrying the goal threat on either side in Kadlec’s favoured 4-2-3-1.

Portugal XI: Patricio; Pereira, Pepe, Alves, Coentrao; Veloso, Moutinho, Meireles; Nani, Postiga, Ronaldo

Czech Republic XI: Cech; Gebre Selassie, Kadlec, Sivok, Limbersky; Hubschman, Plasil; Jiracek, Darida, Pilar; Baros.

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  1. Infinite Sheldon
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    This is why I didn't have Ronaldo, perhaps stupidly, because so many people have him you won't actually gain points on opponents. Similar with Gomez. The team that has the most points this match day will have quite a few differentials IMO

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    1. Chazza
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I understand where you're coming from in that the only way you can make some serious ground is with differentials.

      But: 1 match down, 1 goalscorer and you didn't have him when many do- "You won't actually gain points on opponents" true but that's better than a loss.

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      1. Infinite Sheldon
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I had Nani, it thought he had decent chances to score/assist

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    2. Manani
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      it is not about differentials, it is about who will score the most pts.

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      1. Infinite Sheldon
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I mentioned that

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  2. riot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Lesson learned - don't confirm a lot of transfers, UEFA will f*ck your over 🙂

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    1. Le Gooner
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      +1. Won't be making the same mistake for next season's Champions league fantasy game.

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      1. Chazza
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        That caught me out this season but I didn't learn my lesson!

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        1. Le Gooner
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          I'll remind you when the UCL FF comes along 🙂

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    2. FORCA INTER
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      tell me about it 😀

      my rank went down only cause of transfers

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  3. pontus
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Twist from CR7 to Özil, Hummels or Neuer?

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    1. Infinite Sheldon
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Obviously. IMO

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      1. Chazza
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I think he's asking which one.

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      2. Infinite Sheldon
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I'd go ozil. Most potential. Has to start performing some time

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        1. Chazza
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          My bad and +1

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          1. Infinite Sheldon
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            I realised he may be asking which one just in time to avoid the abuse 😉

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    2. Le Gooner
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      The Turkish chap

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      1. Chazza
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        🙂

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  4. TheProfesssor
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Day 1: Ronaldo (c)
    Day 2: Ozil or Gomez (c)
    Day 3: Iniesta (c)
    Day 4: Pirlo (c)

    The stick or the twist?

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    1. riot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I twisted to Gomez 🙂

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    2. Infinite Sheldon
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Think about it. Do you think One of Gomez, iniesta, Pirlo will score more than 6 points?

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  5. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    When Maniatis, Lassie, Makos and Limbooksky are back home, Oliveira will be largeing it v Spain 🙂

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  6. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    ok own up, who voted for Gekas in the captain poll?

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    1. Infinite Sheldon
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I think it's more likely a Greek defender will score as their only chance is via a set piece IMO

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    2. Le Gooner
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      😆 😆

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  7. Pratik
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Anybody following the fan's league

    It's interesting to say the least - http://en.euro2012fantasy.uefa.com/fan-league/?group=2

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    1. Infinite Sheldon
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      This is the only chance we have of beating Spain

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  8. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Mido could be great for Barnsley it he turns up and tries... 🙂

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    1. som3awy
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Mido is fat as hell. Ask me, I'm an Egyptian ;p Zamalek FC kicked him cuz he sucked.

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  9. Pratik
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    NEW POST - http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2012/06/21/captain-poll-quarter-finals-day-two/

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  10. TheProfesssor
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Ok guys here's the situation... almost everyone in my private league has Gomez and will captain him.

    I currently sit in second place just 3 points behind the person in first who like me has Gomez, Ozil, Hummels and Neuer to play tomorrow.

    If I gamble on Ozil and it pays off I will be top as I'm sure he's captaining Gomez but if it doesn't I risk slipping down the league.

    Looking at the rest of his team it's not too strong so do you think I should just play it safe and bide my time?

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  11. Spoiler
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    wait im confused if you confirmed a lot of transfers? why does the rank go down?

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    1. Karhumies
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      In the case of tied points, tiebreaker #1 seems to be the amount of total transfers. Since I fiddled around a lot before the quarters (50+ transfers between group stage 3 and QF), I lost more than 700 places in the total competition rank.

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  12. chairman_meow
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Does anyone know how you make a wildcard transfer at the QF stage?

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