Wow Spain lost two out of their top3 players, that must hurt.

My Spanish Top3:
Villa (for converting the chances Spanish midfield creates)
Casillas (has saved them so many times, especially WC2010)
Puyol (Heart of the team/defense)

While losing Iniesta, Xavi would hurt of course, I am sure Mata, Xabi Alonso, Fabregas, etc. could all replace them. But they lost their goal scoring machine.

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

May 23 2012 13:03 GMT

#242

I actually had to cut Roanldo to afford my entire squad. :D Btw, Jelavic is so incredibly cheap. What a bargain for such a hot player.

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

May 23 2012 13:17 GMT

#243

I don't think I'm going to be picking many players from the group of death. Way to risky!

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts

May 23 2012 13:21 GMT

#244

Haha. And yeah i agree, reason i picked Jelavic is just plainly due to the form he is in, and well he has a change to bag a few goals for Croatia. I wanted to find some players from Group A to put in as i think that group is the most open group, but internationally is hardly many goals, and bloody Ledonwski (cant spell it) is like 8million or something daft.

Yeah i thought picking Portugese/German players was a bit silly but nothing else i could of done xD Ronaldo surely will give Portugal a fighting chance in that group...surely.

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

May 23 2012 13:31 GMT

#245

I think picking German players is pretty safe, as I expect them to get out of the group for sure. Denmark should get smashed, Germany > Netherlands and Portugal lacks a really good striker (I consider Ronaldo a winger).

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

May 23 2012 13:39 GMT

#246

How do you change formation?

edit: Nevermind. It just magically happened.

Retric

Germany284 Posts

May 23 2012 13:39 GMT

#247

alright,

i also joined the league "107395-25188"

does anyone know how i can check out the other teams' lineups ?

Team "Super Bayern"

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Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts

May 23 2012 13:47 GMT

#248

Russia kit is very weird :S

To change formation just bring on one of ur midfield players/strikers/defenders and swap him for a player in different area to change. You can do 3-4-3 3-5-2 (which i have) 4-4-2 4-3-3 5-4-1 (if u want :S) but not anything silly like 4-2-4 (i think)

My time isnt 100% completed yet so i might pick up some players from some of your guys teams.

Don't think you can check other teams line ups until the league has started, i tried to click peoples name and didnt seem to work. Maybe closer to the tournament opening when all squads confirmed etc it will lock itself in place.

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

May 23 2012 13:50 GMT

#249

Don't know if it's possible to view other dudes' line-ups. Couldn't find it yet, at least. Guess we'll just print-screen 'em if people want to keep track.

Noticed I forgot to post my substitutes: (POL) Szczęsny, (SWE) J. Olsson, (CZE) Rosický, (NED) Luuk de Jong.

Jell

Portugal86 Posts

May 23 2012 14:26 GMT

#250

So pumped for this! Hope we can win against either Netherlands or Germany, still feel like we're the underdogs though.

Aristodemus

England1985 Posts

May 23 2012 14:40 GMT

#251

I went for:-

Neuer
Cole Coentrao Ramos Cahill
Ozil Xavi Sneijder DeJong
Ronaldo(c) Jelavic

Lindegard Olson Polanski Pederson

Edit: Yeah.... Holland, Germany and Portugal in one group. I might have to change that team.

anomalopidae

Slovenia549 Posts

May 23 2012 15:10 GMT

#252

Here's mine, I just went a bit random

Rheometrists

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Timurid

Guyana (French)656 Posts

May 23 2012 15:10 GMT

#253

My team is
Buffon
Papadopoulos, Chiellini (c), Cole
Ozil, De Jong, Busquets, Iniesta
Jelavic, Benzema, Podolski

My subs are
Lloris, Olsson, Piszczek, Perišić

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

May 23 2012 15:19 GMT

#254

In the end I only picked three players from the group of death and no Germans. German players were just too expensive for the risk and I feel if I'm going to take a risk I may as well pick Ronaldo. Have no idea why I picked Balotelli, but I get the feeling he's going to be playing out of his mind. XD

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts

May 23 2012 15:19 GMT

#255

Parker is injured my friend he wont be going to EUROs xD

Little Tip - Try save money on ur reserve keeper, 9/10 whoever u pick as your keeper is not going to be subbed unless injured, and then if u pick Cech for example and he goes out then you just use a free transfer ( 1 per match day) to sub him out and u can save a bit of money by having like a sub keeper for ukraine (example) who will be cheap as reserve.

anomalopidae

Slovenia549 Posts

May 23 2012 15:42 GMT

#256

ah thanks, didn't know about Parker should've checked/read a bit more, well I had buffon in my mind as first keeper except I was afraid of playing him on day one so I just picked Cech

I guess I'll tinker around a bit more and post my final lineup a bit later

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts

May 23 2012 15:44 GMT

#257

On May 24 2012 00:42 anomalopidae wrote:
ah thanks, didn't know about Parker should've checked/read a bit more, well I had buffon in my mind as first keeper except I was afraid of playing him on day one so I just picked Cech

I guess I'll tinker around a bit more and post my final lineup a bit later

In that case try pick a keeper from Poland/Russia who play in group A, they might keep a clean sheet first game and be cheap so u can play Buffon game 2.

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

May 23 2012 16:23 GMT

#258

Is Parker definitely out? I heard they were holding out hope for him, but maybe he just couldn't recover in time. From what I heard, Henderson will replace him.

Malaz

Germany1257 Posts

May 23 2012 17:21 GMT

#259

Ok here is mine. I took Piszczek and Lewandowski because they both played a great season and Poland has the easiest group. I believe they will reach the quarter finals with their homecourt advantage.
Cole is just a great defender so yeah.
Italian defender and goalkeeper... catenaccio for the win.

I took Özil and Khedira mainly because I don't like Bayern and refuse to play any of their players and the likes of Reus and Götze are great but it's unsure if they will start (more likely not).
Iniesta and Modric are both great players and M'Vila could really have a great EC if France performs reasonable well.
Last but not least Ibrahimovic may hopefully score some goals, although he sucks for Sweden most of the time. So taking him is quite risky, but I can see Sweden going to the quarters ahead of Ukraine and England. Especially with Rooney out for two games.

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