Fantasy Premier League

Fantasy Europe Cup: update

Tue Oct 20 10:23AM

Matchday three is here, and it's time for a Fantasy Europe Cup update.

The Fantasist presently lies in 2,947th place overall after a decent first two weeks.

Its skipper Luis Fabiano is the third-highest scorer in the game, with 41 points, while there have also been useful contributions from Daniel Alves (30 pts) and Hans-Jorg Butt (29 pts).

Others have been less effective, but this is no time to press the panic button. In any case, the limited transfers and squad system make it harder to enact wholesale changes.

Each matchday you are allowed one transfer, and The Fantasist has done a bit of tinkering.

Maccabi Haifa's Yaniv Katan for Milan perma-sub Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, but the Israeli does not start as Maccabi have a tough match at Juventus.

The formation has been switched from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 to accommodate Alexander Hleb in place of injured Juventus skipper Alessandro Del Piero - but Del Piero stays in the squad for now.

And the captain's armband has passed from Luis Fabiano to Alberto Gilardino - the Fiorentina striker is bang in form and should do well away to Debrecen.

THE FANTASIST'S MATCHDAY THREE TEAM (4-4-2)

GK: Hans-Jorg Butt (Bayern Munich) 5m

DF: Daniel Alves (Barcelona) 25m

DF: Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) 7m

DF: Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) 15m

DF: Marcelo (Real Madrid) 8m

MF: Alexander Hleb (Stuttgart) 17m

MF: Dejan Stankovic (Internazionale) 12m

MF: Luciano Galletti (Olympiacos) 8m

MF: Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow) 8m

FW: Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 20m

FW: Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina) 18m - captain

Subs:

GK: Manuel Almunia (Arsenal) 12m

DF: Sasa Papac (Rangers) 4m

MF: Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) 13m

MF: Hatem Ben Arfa (Marseille) 10m

FW: Yaniv Katan (Maccabi Haifa) 6m

FW: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 12m

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Guys, forget about eurosport's CL fantasy game. Go to uefa.com - the fantasy is million times better.
From staffer84 on Tue Oct 20 01:45PM
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i wasn't happy with this incarnation of the game too. i much prefer the national leagues.
From sameenuk on Tue Oct 20 02:01PM
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There is something wrong with the European game. The points don't update. You can't see how your players did each day. It's a total mess.
From gentrykirby on Tue Oct 20 03:04PM
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@5 What??? I can see all my points for each week. Just go into your team and click into Match day 1, 2, 3 etc....
I am actually higher placed than the fantasist!!! I must be doing very well indeed.
From morreypaul on Tue Oct 20 04:14PM
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the fantasist is not really good at this game... his team is always kind of bad but good luck to everybody
From staffer84 on Tue Oct 20 04:57PM
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i am doing the uefa champions league fantasy and i like it better than the yahoo. i have been for 10 or more years. i tried the yahoo one two years ago and their were too many glitches. my team kept going back to my first team that i had saved, even though i had made many transfers. i like the idea of getting phantom points, but it seemed arbitrary. i don't like the uefa one as well because it is a little bit more about shutouts and goals and assists. i have won my private league every year but one, though.
From gregandtonic on Tue Oct 20 05:17PM
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From yffassistant on Tue Oct 20 10:41PM
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