BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Pool | Euro 2024 ⚽ Discussion Thread

[Rruchi man]

First, there was a foul on James right in front of Taylor, second, Silva, who cleared the cross, was more than 10 seconds ahead of Cucurella and Halaand, and third, both Cucurella and Halaand clutched each other's jersey, and Halaand fell softly. Only Anthony Taylor will make such a call that early in the game.  With Anthony Taylor there is always controversy. He hate us and everyone knows.

You are lucky that Chelsea were able to draw the game, else this penalty decision would have been much talked about but it will not mean anything because it will already be too late for Chelsea. It would have been another case of bad officiating and decisions after that Newcastle and Arsenal game. That penalty was cheaply given, it should not have if you asked me.

Halaand and Salah's masterpiece saves the gameweek.

You are very lucky to have Salah and Haaland on your team. Next GW will be both players against each other.

[Trofo]

Halaand and Salah's masterpiece saves the gameweek.

You are very lucky to have Salah and Haaland on your team. Next GW will be both players against each other.

That is not luck, that is just playing the game in most efficient way. If you asked almost anyone which 2 players will have most points in this season, you would get Haaland and Salah as answer.

They are both in my team unless they get injured for long time. Also Salah will leave my team temporarily during AFCON. Those are just some things I will never compromise about.

[CLS63]

I'm very regretful for removing Haaland from my squad. And now there isn't any way for me to take him back without using wildcard. Unfortunately there is still plenty of time until the 2nd wildcard arrives. I was never expecting Haaland to manage to collect 16 points against Chelsea. At least for the sidebet I made with cryptofrka at the beginning of the season each goal Haaland scores is valuable for me.

[cryptofrka]

I'm very regretful for removing Haaland from my squad. And now there isn't any way for me to take him back without using wildcard. Unfortunately there is still plenty of time until the 2nd wildcard arrives. I was never expecting Haaland to manage to collect 16 points against Chelsea. At least for the sidebet I made with cryptofrka at the beginning of the season each goal Haaland scores is valuable for me.

At this point, I care only about the big one with icopress for Salah's goals.
He's started great for me, but will miss 2 games during AFCON. If he stays healthy (which he's always done), I feel I've got this.

Will be close, I think he thought I was an idiot when I offered such a margin on Salah

[NotATether]

Haaland injured again! (Just kidding   City players always seem to get minor injuries at this time of the year and are usually back by the end of the international break.)

Enjoy the break!

[Trofo]

Haaland injured again! (Just kidding   City players always seem to get minor injuries at this time of the year and are usually back by the end of the international break.)

Enjoy the break!

There is a name for that - it is called, rather unimaginative - international break injuries. In other words players using the break to take care of their minor injuries which wouldn't stop them from playing if it was regular club game.

I find myself bored during international break, have absolutely no patience to watch that kind of football, good thing we have a nice tennis and snooker tournaments going on.

[casperBGD]

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I find myself bored during international break, have absolutely no patience to watch that kind of football, good thing we have a nice tennis and snooker tournaments going on.

it was interesting before, but now with most countries qualifying due to increased number of participants on Final tournament, it does not making sense to watch anymore
looking at South America qualifications, group has 10 teams, where 6 go directly and 7th is going to another qualifications
it is more interesting to see who will end-up not-qualifying then who will go to WC 2026, Venezuela is doing better than expected for now, so Paraquay will be maybe that team that can qualify even if all teams are going through

[KTChampions]

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I find myself bored during international break, have absolutely no patience to watch that kind of football, good thing we have a nice tennis and snooker tournaments going on.

it was interesting before, but now with most countries qualifying due to increased number of participants on Final tournament, it does not making sense to watch anymore
looking at South America qualifications, group has 10 teams, where 6 go directly and 7th is going to another qualifications
it is more interesting to see who will end-up not-qualifying then who will go to WC 2026, Venezuela is doing better than expected for now, so Paraquay will be maybe that team that can qualify even if all teams are going through

True. Most of the qualifying is routine and all that remains is to wait for the death games (either in groups or in an additional tournament for the losers where there are knockout games). Considering that it is now very easy to qualify for both the World Cup and the European Championship, qualifying tournaments are gradually turning into an unnecessary tournament like the Nations League. For small teams, every game has meaning, but I think most fans are interested in the top teams.

[Igebotz]

Haaland injured again! (Just kidding  City players always seem to get minor injuries at this time of the year and are usually back by the end of the international break.)

Enjoy the break!

There is a name for that - it is called, rather unimaginative - international break injuries. In other words players using the break to take care of their minor injuries which wouldn't stop them from playing if it was regular club game.

I find myself bored during international break, have absolutely no patience to watch that kind of football, good thing we have a nice tennis and snooker tournaments going on.

The doctor indicated it's nothing serious, but we'll see whether he plays in their next game, which I doubt Pep would allow him to do. To keep fit for club football, these players and their physicians sometimes invent fake injuries.

He missed Liverpool's game last season and will most likely miss it again if the injury is serious. At this time, we could say he's afraid to face Liverpool 

[darxiaomi]

Haaland injured again! (Just kidding  City players always seem to get minor injuries at this time of the year and are usually back by the end of the international break.)

Enjoy the break!

There is a name for that - it is called, rather unimaginative - international break injuries. In other words players using the break to take care of their minor injuries which wouldn't stop them from playing if it was regular club game.

I find myself bored during international break, have absolutely no patience to watch that kind of football, good thing we have a nice tennis and snooker tournaments going on.

In the same boat, international break is a total mess for me, i dont want to see any game and i dont see the players play with a big effort on them, the speed of the games are also trash compared to club ones. Is by far the worst time on football.

About Haaland injury, dont make me excited hahaha ( i dont have him)

[cryptofrka]

The main problem of internationals is that most of the games are uneventful. The groups are composed like that, and in the whole qualifiers there are maybe 20 games worth watching across all the groups/rounds.

International football is also a bit more rigid than what we're used to seeing in the top leagues, but I like it as an occasional break.
Only a handful of teams have options to rotate and change, most of the teams adapt which is interesting to see from a tactical perspective.

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Regarding the injuries, I never believe in the stories (like in Haaland's case). He's got nothing to play for for Norway and will rather rest and recoup.
Most of the clubs have the same strategy, especially towards players from other continents. I expect Haaland to play the full 90 against Liverpool.

[KTChampions]

~Regarding the injuries, I never believe in the stories (like in Haaland's case). He's got nothing to play for for Norway and will rather rest and recoup.
Most of the clubs have the same strategy, especially towards players from other continents. I expect Haaland to play the full 90 against Liverpool.

It infuriates me that I made some multi-bets that include both national team games and club games, and now when players get injured (Real two players dropped out at once - Camavinga + Vinny, damn!) I understand that my bets have lost a little relevance (in in terms of the correctness of the coefficients). In club games, players also get injured, but I rarely make multi-bets there with games from different rounds.

[Harkorede]

Regarding the injuries, I never believe in the stories (like in Haaland's case). He's got nothing to play for for Norway and will rather rest and recoup.
Most of the clubs have the same strategy, especially towards players from other continents. I expect Haaland to play the full 90 against Liverpool.

I couldn’t agree more with you on the case of big and club side important players like that of Haaland not getting involved with national team games when there is nothing or very little at stake, but Haaland might be very due for an injury and it’s evident with the way Guardiola have been managing his minutes very well and making sure he doesn’t play when not necessary but for a player with an injury history, fatigue and knocks could be a factor of accumulated playing regardless of the how long they sit out of matches.

[Smartvirus]

I couldn’t agree more with you on the case of big and club side important players like that of Haaland not getting involved with national team games when there is nothing or very little at stake, but Haaland might be very due for an injury and it’s evident with the way Guardiola have been managing his minutes very well and making sure he doesn’t play when not necessary but for a player with an injury history, fatigue and knocks could be a factor of accumulated playing regardless of the how long they sit out of matches.

It seems this wasn’t a far fetched speculation as current reports has it that, E. Haaland has got an ankle injury from an in-house training. It’s exaggerated to be one that could be career threatening or season long. I checked what stats the FPL has placed on him and his got 75% chance of playing. This left me with mixed feelings in what could be the actual case here.

Though I don’t have him on my team as I transferred him out over the last 2 GWs, I had thoughts of a possible return but, that’s not until his injury news is clear but then, what’s the case with him.
Anyone with some legit update on E. Haaland’e injury status?

[Trofo]

I couldn’t agree more with you on the case of big and club side important players like that of Haaland not getting involved with national team games when there is nothing or very little at stake, but Haaland might be very due for an injury and it’s evident with the way Guardiola have been managing his minutes very well and making sure he doesn’t play when not necessary but for a player with an injury history, fatigue and knocks could be a factor of accumulated playing regardless of the how long they sit out of matches.

It seems this wasn’t a far fetched speculation as current reports has it that, E. Haaland has got an ankle injury from an in-house training. It’s exaggerated to be one that could be career threatening or season long. I checked what stats the FPL has placed on him and his got 75% chance of playing. This left me with mixed feelings in what could be the actual case here.

Though I don’t have him on my team as I transferred him out over the last 2 GWs, I had thoughts of a possible return but, that’s not until his injury news is clear but then, what’s the case with him.
Anyone with some legit update on E. Haaland’e injury status?

I read one report just now and there is no exact news but things that Norway coach said sound promising. He said something in line that it isn't serious and that if that was important game he would maybe be able to play it to the end. Seems like minor ankle sprain, should be back for Liverpool but if he is not than definitely soon after that.

He had one unfortunate sentence which is probably translated wrong and said something like "it isn't career threatening" but those words, even when used in such context imply it was much more serious stuff than it actually was.

Still plenty of time to get news before the match, and that match is early kick off so we will also have leaked line ups. Just be patient and wait.

[Igebotz]

I read one report just now and there is no exact news but things that Norway coach said sound promising. He said something in line that it isn't serious and that if that was important game he would maybe be able to play it to the end. Seems like minor ankle sprain, should be back for Liverpool but if he is not than definitely soon after that.

He had one unfortunate sentence which is probably translated wrong and said something like "it isn't career threatening" but those words, even when used in such context imply it was much more serious stuff than it actually was.

Still plenty of time to get news before the match, and that match is early kick off so we will also have leaked line ups. Just be patient and wait.

Halaand is completely fit; he just doesn't want to risk it for his national team because there is nothing to play for. Man Fakes an injury every time he plays for the national team in order to be fit for club matches.

[Rruchi man]

Halaand is completely fit; he just doesn't want to risk it for his national team because there is nothing to play for. Man Fakes an injury every time he plays for the national team in order to be fit for club matches.

There's news that he will be fit for the game and that the injury was only minor. He did not play for Norway in their game against Scotland because they did not want to risk him since they already knew that they were not going to make qualification for the Euro 2024.

Even Rodri who some people thought was injured because he did not play for Spain against Cyprus is fit today and on National duty for Spain against Georgia.

[Igebotz]

Halaand is completely fit; he just doesn't want to risk it for his national team because there is nothing to play for. Man Fakes an injury every time he plays for the national team in order to be fit for club matches.

There's news that he will be fit for the game and that the injury was only minor. He did not play for Norway in their game against Scotland because they did not want to risk him since they already knew that they were not going to make qualification for the Euro 2024.

Even Rodri who some people thought was injured because he did not play for Spain against Cyprus is fit today and on National duty for Spain against Georgia.

They? Or he did not want to risk himself - Halaand always prefer club football to country games cause nobody give a fuck about him on the international level.

[Harkorede]

Halaand is completely fit; he just doesn't want to risk it for his national team because there is nothing to play for. Man Fakes an injury every time he plays for the national team in order to be fit for club matches.

There's news that he will be fit for the game and that the injury was only minor. He did not play for Norway in their game against Scotland because they did not want to risk him since they already knew that they were not going to make qualification for the Euro 2024.

Even Rodri who some people thought was injured because he did not play for Spain against Cyprus is fit today and on National duty for Spain against Georgia.

They? Or he did not want to risk himself - Halaand always prefer club football to country games cause nobody give a fuck about him on the international level.

I believe he does care about international football as well, but in this case the national team literally have nothing to play for while he also need to very cautious with minor injury/knocks he's had recent, It's just a matter of few day before we know what really is wrong him and whether or not he'll be available to play against Liverpool, that's surely a fixture he wouldn't want to miss, I'm very sure but you sure already know by now that Guardiola would never risk playing Haaland if he is not 100% cleared to play by the team doctors.

Jarrod Bowen is another player of concern having withdrawn for the England squad due to injury, the same goes for Mitoma (I'm already looking to get him out for a long term or permanently, perhaps), and Rasmus Hojlund too.

[Igebotz]

I believe he does care about international football as well, but in this case the national team literally have nothing to play for while he also need to very cautious with minor injury/knocks he's had recent, It's just a matter of few day before we know what really is wrong him and whether or not he'll be available to play against Liverpool, that's surely a fixture he wouldn't want to miss, I'm very sure but you sure already know by now that Guardiola would never risk playing Haaland if he is not 100% cleared to play by the team doctors.

This is hardly news; he spends months playing for Manchester City and pretending to be injured whenever he is on international duty in order to have a solo break before returning to club football. He is dragging his country through the dirt in order to prioritise a large salary cheque.

Faked an injury during the last three international breaks, missing the majority of Norway's qualification matches. Ghosted in all of Norway's major games.

Jarrod Bowen is another player of concern having withdrawn for the England squad due to injury, the same goes for Mitoma (I'm already looking to get him out for a long term or permanently, perhaps), and Rasmus Hojlund too.

Southgate confirms Bowen injury is not a serious one, so hopefully he would return after a week rest.