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Here’s our regular update on the competition, featuring a look at our friendlies that took place over Gameweek 4, the  Live Scorecast and a look ahead to the start of the tournament itself when Matchday 1 kicks off this weekend. Please use this article for all tournament chat.

Friendlies

Over Gameweek 4 players got a taste of the Hockey World Cup team format with the friendlies being held prior to the real games.

The final results have been updated in the Cup spreadsheet

Live ScoreCast

Pratik has now launched the Live ScoreCast Tool, which lets you view the scores in real time as the Premier League games are on. So as Chelsea’s Diego Costa bangs in a goal and his four FPL points are added you will now be able to watch your hockey team’s scores rocket. Remember to bookmark this link.

Update on TFF’s Quiz

If you haven’t checked out The Fantasy Freak’s new quiz initiative to further fuel the team spirit in this arena, do so now – TFF’s Quizzes are back with a twist. He conducted a couple of quizzes over the week and here is what the Hockey World Cup leader board looks like:

NZ 2

Rest of the World 1

Well played to I’m the Juan and Arvin who played a vital part in their country’s victory.

Matchday 1

Gameweek 5 will see the commencement of the Hockey World Cup with some really crunch fixtures:

Group A

Australia vs Malaysia

Belgium vs India

England vs Spain

Group B

Germany vs South Africa

Netherlands vs Argentina

New Zealand vs South Korea

Lineup Submission

All managers are requested to email me their four substitutes and their FPL IDs before the deadline of Friday, 19 Sep, 2359 BST. In case he or she  fails to do so, the autosubs will be the last four players on the Squads Page.

Managers may also be likely to post any pressers on this article here. So be on the watch for latest team news, especially from your enemies. As previously, please keep all the match day banter on this thread.

It’s time – Let the games begin!

PS – If any of those taking part are keen to pen a roundup or preview of matchdays, let me know and we can include them in future matchday threads too.

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  1. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Team Belgium fully focused and getting one of our 5 a days, Mmmmm Framboise- only 2.5% alc so it shouldn't affect our performance.
    4vets & Somalion have been advised to stick to the strong stuff, withdrawl systems or stuff!!!

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  2. JT's Dog
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Does the order the teams sit in actually mean anything?
      I just list them in first ones back from lap dancing

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      1. BeachBadger
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Therefore in rising order of hardness 😉

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        1. Pratik
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          😀

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    • JT's Dog
        11 years, 4 months ago

        High tech computer programme worked out team Spain line up exactly
        Has also predicted a 40 point win for us

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        1. Gloria Kanchelskis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          404 system error

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          1. 4vets
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Ermmm... "The 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with a given server, but the server could not find what was requested."

            Not a system error 🙂

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      • BeachBadger
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Im heading out for the evening. Literally Gangnam style (as I will be in Gangnam) Best of luck all. Korea fighting!! We got this. We're magic 🙂

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofwFr8o8p0Y

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        1. GTS
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          We got this. 😎

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          1. Thomass
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Give me your KIXP team, thanks

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            1. GTS
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              KIXP?

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              1. Thomass
                • 13 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                KXIP I mean your IPL team

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                1. GTS
                  • 12 Years
                  11 years, 4 months ago

                  oh. :blush:
                  me, Rosco, Zan

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                  1. GTS
                    • 12 Years
                    11 years, 4 months ago

                    *oops:

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                  2. GTS
                    • 12 Years
                    11 years, 4 months ago

                    *ME- Bat , Rosco- Bow, & Zan- WK*

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                    1. Thomass
                      • 13 Years
                      11 years, 4 months ago

                      Ta

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        2. Elniñorules
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          OOOOOOoO Sexy ladyyyyy

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      • A Defender's Nightmare
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Up against my homeland. I promise to my Belgian teammates that it won't affect my performance level- as always 100% focused on the field but there will be no celebrations from my part if we beat Indians. 🙂

        Nous Sommes Belgium!

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      • vova
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Could there be a more boring game for early kick-off? I might as well return to bed.

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      • Siva Mohan
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Well.. Reedy & Irish Madridista have Caulker in their starting XI!

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        1. Reedy
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          It's just my other ten that are the problem 😉 Happy for now though!

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        2. Woy of the Wovers
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          33% rating 😉

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          1. Reedy
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            71% now, it hadn't refreshed 🙂

            You've got off to a good start with three Caulkers in your starting XI, congrats!

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      • Namtab Nomolos
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        DIFFERENTIALS

        South Korea

        de Gea x3, Krul x2, McCarthy x1, Foster x1.
        Lovren x2, Moreno x1, PVA x 2, Collocini x1, Chester x2 (Or Hutton & Clyne), Ivanovic x1, Dier x1, Janmaat x1.
        Ramsey x2, Hazard x1, Mata x2, Tadic x1.
        Costa x1, Balotelli x1, Welbeck x3, Naismith x4, RVP x1, Rivière x1.

        vs

        New Zealand

        Forster x1, Heaton x2, Begovic x2, Manone x1, Gilks x1,
        Duff x3, Taylor x1, Clyne x3, Caulker x1, Rafael x1, Bertrand x1, Bardsley x1.
        Sigurdsson x1, Fábregas x2, Di María x1, Chadli x1, Sánchez x1.
        Pellè x2, Rooney x4, Agüero x1, Adebayor x4.

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        1. Namtab Nomolos
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          NZ had a goal from Caulker so far but 8 points lost from potential Begovic clean sheets cancels that out.

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          1. ameenkw
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            We have to close the 35 gap .. the following are the remaining to do so (after doing subs)

            3xDeGea - Foster - Ivanovic - Dier - Hazard - 2xMata - RVP - 4xNaismith - Costa (15 players)

            vs.

            Rafael - 2xFabregas - Di Maria - Chadli - 4xRooney - 4xAdebayor - Aguero (14 players)

            This doesn't look very promising, but we still belive !!!

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            1. Elniñorules
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Just glad NZ have benched their 2 highest scorers at the mo.

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      • The Machine
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        12 sterlings for Malaysia. Hopefully a double digit haul

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        1. Beavis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Your wish is Raheem's command.

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      • Reedy
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        DIFFERENTIALS

        Netherlands

        Terry x2, Baines x1
        Fabregas x3, Di Maria x2, Silva x1
        Naismith x3, Rooney x1

        Argentina (+36pts)

        Foster x1
        Ivanovic x1, Cahill x1, Dier x1
        Chadli x4, Hazard x2, Lamela x1
        Costa x1, Adebayor x1

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        1. Reedy
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          I forgot to wait for the bonus to be added...the gap is now +42pts to Argentina.

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        2. Djerbil
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          its all on Naismith

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      • The Machine
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Looking for every differential would take too much time, just the attacking ones from united everton and tot

        Australia: Rooney, Di maria (2), Mata, Naismith(2)

        Malaysia: Falcao, Lamela, Chadli, Adebayor(4)

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          do you have someone with Eriksen?

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          1. The Machine
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            yeah

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            1. JK - Cønt ⭐
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              glad I picked Jake then

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        2. The Machine
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          the difference around 15 when you factor in the auto subs

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        3. Lawrø
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          The Naismith number's incorrect, I'll post up my differentials in a second....

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      • The Machine
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Just a few more while i'm at it:

        Australia : Costa(2), Fabregas(2), Hazrad

        Malaysia: Silva, Aguero(2), Mirallas

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      • JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        My decision to bench Wild Rover not looking like a good one

        Hurry up and sort that internet out SW6

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        1. The Machine
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          milanista with tripe soton defence here

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          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            oh yeah, I noticed that

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        2. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          I'd have benched myself tbf 😉

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      • Footylicious
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Sterling you BEAUTY! saviour and glad i left you in, 28 points from 4 players and captain to come

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      • BeachBadger
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Little bit disappointed and more than a little bit drunk. Mainly cos I benched Clyne even though ENR said to play him. Was a coin toss and I chose the wrong way. Also disappointed I took the captaincy off Welbeck but hey at least that was a more logical decision. Heres hoping Costa can redeems the faith. 대한민국 화이팅!!

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        1. 4vets
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Same for me. Played Naylor and benched Clyne (made sense) and went for the form player (Costa) as (c). This game....

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          1. 4vets
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Oh yeah... at least we bloody well have dat guy 🙂

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            1. BeachBadger
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Thank God for Dat Guy! 😆

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      • Lawrø
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Here we go! Australia versus Malaysia score check:

        Australia: Costa(2), Fabregas(2), Mata, Hazard, DDG(3), Naismith, Di Maria(2), Ivanovic, Moore, Terry, Baines, Jones + 15pts

        Malaysia: Aguero(2), Rooney, Evans(2), Silva, Adebayor(4), Chadli, Lamela, Cahill, Falcao, Mirallas.

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        1. Solenya
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Too many eggs in one Basket with Ade there for Malaysia

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        2. The Machine
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          nope. australia have naismith(2) and rooney over malaysia. you must have missed one of your teams

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          1. Ginkapo FPL
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Do you miss me yet?

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          2. Lawrø
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            I've counted them 5 times now and I'm sure I've got the Naismiths right (5 vs 4) however I think I've messed up the Rooneys... but not like you suggested I think they cancel completely! (14 vs 14) At this point I hope you're right as it's better for us Aussies, best of luck today.

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      • JT's Dog
          11 years, 4 months ago

          As far as I can work out
          But may be wrong, whisky does that to your ability to count

          England - chadli x2, aguero , dier x2, Costa, Ivan x 2 , miralles, Naismith x 5, baines, Cahill x 2, hazard x2, lamela

          Losers- fabs x 2, Rooney x3, ade x2, eriksen, mata, DDG, terry, silva, rose, fatcow

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          1. Declan-
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Well that's not great if correct :/

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          2. Gloria Kanchelskis
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            not looking good then

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        • Konig Luther
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Germany: +4pts, rafael, ivan, mata x2, di maria x2, fabs, mirallas x3, eriksen, rooney, aguero x2

          South Afrika: coleman, baines, blackett, cahill, lamela, hazard x2, ade x8, costa, naismith x2,

          Leading by 56pts we just need a quiet Man.United or with 8 Adebayors 😯 ahead, a big match for him, and its done

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          1. Woy of the Wovers
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            How bad would you feel if Eriksen were to outscore Adebayor x8? 🙂

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            1. Konig Luther
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              impossible 🙂

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        • Get up ya bum
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Zep's all flair. Benching our two star players just because. Half time fush and chups boys?

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          1. Blue Lion
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Well our Captaincy picks were Risk vs reward type. So can't really complaint! Z is a good manager.

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            1. Get up ya bum
              • 16 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Agreed

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          2. Ryan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Got a chip

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            1. Get up ya bum
              • 16 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              chup bru. Chup

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          3. Christina.
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            That's how we t̶r̶o̶l̶l̶ roll

            😎

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          4. Zep
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Welbeck and Sterling (c) hauls have left me looking a little silly...

            Still in a good position though...

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        • Sunny 😎
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          It's half time and we're leading our Dutch opponents by 42 goals. Looks like it'll still be close by the end of the match.

          It all comes down to this

          Argentina +42 goals

          3 hazards, 4 Chadlis, 1 Lamela ,1 Ivanovic ,1 Dier ,1 Adebayor

          Holland (+7 goals off their bench)

          2 John Terrys, 1 Rooney ,1 Baines, 4 Fabregas , 3 Di Maria , 1 Silva

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          1. Sunny 😎
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            A few additions -

            Argentina - 1 Foster, 1 Naughton, 1 Costa

            Holland - 3 Naismith

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            1. Woy of the Wovers
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              I think Holland have one less Fabregas but +4pts on the bench.

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              1. Sunny 😎
                • 13 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                You're right Woy, feck it we're going to win anyway 😀

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                1. Woy of the Wovers
                  • 15 Years
                  11 years, 4 months ago

                  I'd expect so. Despite my pitiful contribution. Been carried by the rest of the team.

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              2. Sunny 😎
                • 13 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                And we could replace that Naughton with Cahill as he most probably won't play

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          2. Reedy
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            You didn't see my post above did you? 🙂 It seems to tally pretty well with my findings anyway.

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        • Zep
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Haven't actually checked this myself, just extrapolating from Namtab's above...

          Korea

          de Gea x3, Foster x1.
          Ivanovic x1, Dier x1.
          Hazard x1, Mata x2.
          Costa x1, Naismith x4, RVP x1.

          vs

          New Zealand (+35pts +3pts for Sanchez no show)

          Rafael x1.
          Fábregas x2, Di María x1, Chadli x1.
          Rooney x4, Agüero x1, Adebayor x4.

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          1. Elniñorules
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Naismith for Korea! Nothing else Mata's.

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          2. Elniñorules
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Our man Namtab tells us we get 9 points for autosubs for Chester. So down to a 29 point gap.

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          3. Christina.
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Baines?

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            1. Zep
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Equal amount of Baines in both teams...

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          4. Get up ya bum
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Ooh interesting. I'm feeling confident with our rooney's and adebayor's and their Naismith's

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          5. Ryan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Rooney and Ade are massive differentials for us.

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            1. Namtab Nomolos
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              You've hit all your marks, that Burnley CS was a real boost, Liverpool and Man U's defence clearly much worse 🙂

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        • Reedy
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          UPDATED DIFFERENTIALS

          Netherlands

          Terry x2, Baines x1
          Fabregas x3, Silva x1
          Naismith x3 (or +7pts if no Naismith)

          Argentina (+35pts)

          Ivanovic x1, Cahill x1
          Hazard x2
          Costa x1

          We need Naismith to come on and do something special, I think. Or maybe Cesc can save us...

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        • Little Lukin
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Still in it I think......just

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        • Little Lukin
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Aguero gone already?

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          1. Reedy
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Just an early scare. I hold my breath every time he gets challenged.

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        • The Missing Link
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Next lamb to the slaughter please

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        • The Shadow
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Well done NZ.

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          1. Elniñorules
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Fair play guys. We were never in it after yesterday, with our defenders letting us down.

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        • Elniñorules
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Belgium-India and England-Spain going down to the wire.

          Not sure how teams will eventually stand after bonus and autosubs.

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          1. Gnu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Lordy, it's tight.
            Belgium 4pts ahead, gulp.

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        • Sunny 😎
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          The Dutch gave their best and it was a good match. Well played Netherlands 🙂

          To the rest of our opponents, fear the underdogs 😎

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          1. Reedy
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Thanks Sunny, and congrats! You deserve the win in a very tough gameweek.

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            1. Colonel Wasabi
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Nice game Ruudy.

              Just catching up from the USA.
              Been quiet on the boards this week due travelling.....but will bring home some special hotel bog rolls just for the team.

              Well played fellas....

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        • Thomass
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Sorry for the poor performance we will be back!

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        • JT's Dog
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Might come down to captain score in our game

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