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18 June 2014 2465 comments
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Fantasy managers will be looking for an improvement from this evening’s three fixtures after yesterday’s schedule served up just five goals. The first match on our agenda bodes well for Fantasy returns as Holland square up to Australia on the back of a stunning 5-1 triumph over defending champions Spain last time around:

Holland: Cillessen; Janmaat, Vlaar, De Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind; De Jong, De Guzman, Sneijder; Van Persie, Robben

Australia: Ryan; McGowan, Wilkinson, Spiranovic, Davidson; Jedinak, McKay, Bresciano; Leckie, Cahill, Oar

Unsurprisingly, Louis Van Gaal names an unchanged side after last week’s humbling of Spain. Holland are expected to line up in a 5-3-2 formation once again, then, with Daley Blind and Daryl Janmaat handed the wing-back role, while front two Arjen Robben and Robin Van Persie will be hoping to maintain the form that saw both score twice in their Group B opener.

Australia make a couple of alterations from the side that lost to Chile. Ivan Franjic is out with a hamstring injury, allowing Ryan McGowan the chance to deputise at right-back, whilst in central midfield, Matt McKay comes in for Mark Milligan. As always, Tim Cahill carries the main threat as the former Everton man looks to get amongst the goals again, having netted in last week’s 3-1 loss.

Following that one, Spain square up to Chile in a must-win Group B match. Their humbling by the Dutch, allied with the South American’s opening win over the Aussies, means Vicente del Bosque’s side have it all to do – if Holland win in the earlier match, a victory for Chile would send the Spaniards tumbling out after just two games. Diego Costa’s starting role looks under threat in light of a poor display against the Dutch, whilst Fantasy managers will be hoping del Bosque’s side can replicate the resilience that made their defence such strong options in the previous couple of international tournaments. Chile will look to Alexis Sanchez to maintain the form that saw him produce a goal and assist in the 3-1 win over Australia, though Jorge Valdivia and Eduardo Vargas are also in form, having served up a goal and assist respectively last time around.

The late 11pm kick-off sees Croatia take on Cameroon as both sides attempt to bounce back from Matchday 1 defeats. Suspended for the loss to Brazil, Mario Mandzukic is available once again and is expected to lead the line – with Ivan Rakitic, Luka Modric and Ivan Perisic supplying the guile from midfield, Niko Kovac’s side may well prove too strong for their opponents. The Africans are sweating on the fitness of Samuel Eto’o ahead of tonight’s game – the veteran’s potential absence could afford Vincent Aboubakar his first start of the tournament in a reshuffle up top.

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  1. SW6
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    Two brilliant kits on display in this game 😀

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  2. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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    is Diego Lugano ruled out for Uruguay a big blow to them?

    he is useless for West Brom but he is Uruguay's captain

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    1. SW6
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      His replacement could Coates...

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      1. SW6
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        *be

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    2. Mílanista
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      Its a big blow to England

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  3. Evs
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    I can't wait for the new season Tickaaaaa 🙂

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    1. Evs
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      Oh, and there it is 😉

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      1. Mílanista
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        Ooooooh, time to pay up

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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          Just done exactly that

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          1. Mílanista
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            ^ and it appears

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            1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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              working on finding the best keeper rotation. Burnley and Hull looked ideal until I remembered that Hull have Europa

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              1. Evs
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                Just have the one keeper, having two is overrated.

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                1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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                  depends on prices.

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    2. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      good, maybe now I can work out who rotates with Burnley, Leicester and QPR

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    3. SW6
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      I might pay the membership purely for that 'Sort by difficulty' button 🙂

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    4. crystalpalaceRus
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      for what?

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    5. meerlight
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      I just get loading please wait....

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  4. Evs
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    Is the united opening tasty fixtures going to be the biggest false dawn ever?

    Over to LVG ....

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    1. The Missing Link
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      Im a firm believer in fixtures over form. Will stock up on united attack and chelsea defense!

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    2. Mílanista
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      Between those fixtures and no European commitments Utd are screaming for a triple up from GW1. Could go horribly wrong.

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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        DDG, Mata/new mid, RvP (c)

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        1. The Missing Link
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          Evans I reckon. Goalie rotation always does wonders

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          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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            Evans?

            *Bites tongue*

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          2. JK - Cønt ⭐
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            so far not seeing any keeper rotation that appeals

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          3. Mílanista
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            Don't mention Evans to JK 😉

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            1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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              http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/500x/49436320.jpg

              not mine I swear, though it easily could be

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        2. Mílanista
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          RVP, Mata, ??? hopefully a relatively cheap defender is first choice. DDG will be too expensive for my liking.

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          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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            DDG will be 5.5 I reckon

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          2. Parm
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            Shaw? 😉

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            1. Mílanista
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              Maybe, Evra's signed a new contract though hasn't he?

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    3. Evs
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      Blind for Evs.

      King of the WC2014 assist 😉

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  5. Parm
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    May be a long shot, but does anyone know how to apply case sensitive conditional formatting in Excel(2010)?

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    1. paddym25
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      11 years, 6 months ago

      probably in vba it is achievable.... but if you need to bypass vba perhaps you could do something cunning by setting one cell = 1 if cellx=celly else set it to 0. then base your conditional formatting on that (implicit, i think) case sensitive conditioning.

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      1. paddym25
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        (using something like OFFSET() in your conditional formatting)

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      2. Parm
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        Yeah, seems like that'll take a while though given that i'm creating my own season ticker 😉

        How about giving certain words values, like BUR can be 1(easy difficulty) and using a scale based conditon?

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        1. Parm
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          Or will case sensitivity still be an issue?

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          1. Walrus Eggs
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            You can use the vlookup function.

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            1. Parm
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              Already looked into that, but I want to give the cell a value yet still show the fixture.

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              1. Walrus Eggs
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                I'm not much for making anything in excel look pretty as I just do data processing with it, so I'm afraid I can't help there.

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  6. SW6
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    Lovely goal. Olic, 1-0

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  7. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    Olicccccccccccccc

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  8. crystalpalaceRus
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    I apparently have 261pts according to McDonalds...i somehow dont see that

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    1. Optimus.
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      Chin up

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      1. crystalpalaceRus
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        thanks

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        1. Optimus.
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          Hows Forca this weather? 🙂

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          1. crystalpalaceRus
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            Start of world cup he was saying croatia have best midfield in world and will win the world cup now today he said he will be happy to make it out of the group

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    2. Epic Fail
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      You calling Ronald a liar?

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      1. crystalpalaceRus
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        Yeh now they've took my whole overall score off. Its probably like it for others too

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  9. Evs
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    I think Rooney will perform tomorrow.

    There i said it.

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    1. Epic Fail
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      11 years, 6 months ago

      Perform crap?

      Probably

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  10. Mílanista
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    Utd aside, I'm not seeing much in the newly sorted by difficulty ticker that appeals for the first 6 games across either the big guns or budget teams.

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    1. Optimus.
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      Suarez differential 🙂

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      1. Mílanista
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        That's going to be a tricky decision when the time comes. Probably going to have to try and squeeze him and RVP in.

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        1. Optimus.
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          Defence is overrated 🙂

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          1. Mílanista
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            Yeah, I'll probably be going light at the back again and heavy up top.

            My most expensive defender at the start of last season was 5m. Unfortunately, I picked Kolo instead of Coleman.

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              1. Mílanista
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                Nobody's upset here http://i.imgur.com/8OJTDBS.gif

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                1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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                  😀

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  11. Stretford End
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    11 years, 6 months ago

    Good evening all,
    On the fox game anyone know what's going on with the automatic subs. I've alba and blind on the bench. Koscielny and schaer didn't play for France or Swiss.

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  12. Optimus.
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    11 years, 6 months ago

    You won't catch me saying..

    Uruguay Number 1 and 39th overall in the Fox game 🙂

    Congrats to Innsie, who is 2nd overall.

    The ffs takeover of fox is coming along nicely.

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      1. Optimus.
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        😀

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  13. SW6
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    As good as this World Cup has been, some of the injury-faking has been horrendous.

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    1. Optimus.
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      11 years, 6 months ago

      Altidore was kidding no one

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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        except Di Canio when he made him believe he was a half decent striker

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        1. Optimus.
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          This is true,a career in Bollywood ahead I feel

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          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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            I expect him make some expensive flop(s). His films will cost a lost but often fail to deliver

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  14. crystalpalaceRus
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    Have MCdonalds just took anyone else's overall rank etc off completely?

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    1. Epic Fail
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      11 years, 6 months ago

      Mines still there, but then I haven't changed page in a while...

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      1. crystalpalaceRus
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        They're screwing with me

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  15. Freshy
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    Been away from PremNews for a while. Did I hear PSG have paid CHE some ungodly amount to take Luiz?

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    1. SW6
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      11 years, 6 months ago

      £50m 😆

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    2. Optimus.
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      Yep 10m+ is crazy!

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    3. Freshy
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      11 years, 6 months ago

      Josie rates him as junk and he gets 50M for him? He is the greatest manager.
      Do I have to change my Grav?

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  16. JT's Dog
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Was there a latest scores button on mcds all the time?
      It shows you your final rd 1 team and score

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      1. Pinturicchio
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        11 years, 6 months ago

        No, they've been adding features as they go along.

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      2. Prime
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        Wasn't there, and I didn't see te Statistics page earlier either. Not sure if that was just me.

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    • JK - Cønt ⭐
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      11 years, 6 months ago

      My approach to next season

      http://i.imgur.com/QfWxbIe.jpg

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      1. SW6
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        11 years, 6 months ago

        I'm playing UFPL purely so I can own him all season

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        1. Mílanista
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          In other words you're paying £5 to own Kolarov all season 🙂

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          1. SW6
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            11 years, 6 months ago

            Bargain 🙂

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          2. JK - Cønt ⭐
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            best £5 he'll ever spend

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          3. SW6
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            Also it means I won't be tempted to put him in my FPL team 😉

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            1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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              That theory is a totally fallacy

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            2. Mílanista
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              Red arrows incoming, sorry 🙁

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              1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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                and with this comment the 3 of us now own the recent comments

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                1. Mílanista
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                  And then others started singing a Song

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                  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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                    we'll just have to drown the out

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    • SW6
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      Song Red card!

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    • JK - Cønt ⭐
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      Doosra has Song captain 😆

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      1. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
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        😆

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      2. Mílanista
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        Oh Doos 😆

        I want Italy to do well in the FFS tourney!

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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          I think last GW he benched Muller as well.

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          1. Optimus.
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            No thinking about,he did 😉

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            1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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              Oh lord, he is something else. I think he still has the record for most points benched in 1 FPL GW

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          2. Mílanista
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            Classic Doosra

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        2. Optimus.
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          11 years, 6 months ago

          Is he in the Italian team?

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          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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            he is

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            1. Optimus.
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              Good for us so 😉

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      3. Margarido
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        This McD is a beauty.
        You can sub out a red carded player.
        And yes, i tried the Song ©.

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    • Mílanista
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      Anyone know if the season ticker in the members area is up and running yet? I just get "ticker loading"

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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        • 14 Years
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        same here, don't think it's up yet

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    • Optimus.
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      Nice (c) Doosra

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    • Polaris - The Mortal Coil
      • 11 Years
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      Red card Song Billong.

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    • Gimli son of Gloin
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Song red card....

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    • Tony Warner Fan Club
      • 11 Years
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      wow that was smart

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    • BONZ
      • 15 Years
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      That is a shocker - harsh red for smacking his hoop?

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      1. Optimus.
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        11 years, 6 months ago

        It looked like he stabbed him in the back to me

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    • Bøwstring The Carp
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      Ugh one step closer to ruining my under 19 red cards bet 😕

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    • FPL Touches
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      Alex Off Song

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    • ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
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      Why did he do that?

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      1. Optimus.
        • 14 Years
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        Because Doosra loves a Song

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    • gers23
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      Rvp captain gameweek 1 then 🙂

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      1. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
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        RVP GW1.
        13/14 - 2 goals.
        WC - 2 goals.

        I'm on it!

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    • Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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      Apologies if already been mentioned but noticed McDonald have added a little formation explanation button.

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      1. BantamPhil
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        Am I right in thinking it doesn't remove players furthest to the right anymore?

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        1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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          I'm not sure can't make heads not tail of the explanation

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