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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Hot take The template WC3 backline (NOR Calafiori Hall De Cuyper Konsa) is fragile and a potential disaster waiting to happen. No defcons and all varying degrees of mins/injury risks. Reeks of favouring short term picks purely because that strategy has worked out so far
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
In the latest of our data dives in partnership with @SolioAnalytics, we assess how seven of this summer’s most intriguing arrivals are expected to translate their previous performances into Fantasy Premier League points in 2026-27. theanalyst.com/articles/fpl-…
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
I re-calculated every FPL bonus point from 2025/26 under the new 2026/27 BPS rules. All 380 fixtures re-calculated; the bonus re-ranked in each. The 4 changes: CBI now 1 per 3 (was per 2), 'being tackled' -1 removed, pen save 8 to 7, +1 per big-chance save. Thread 🧵👇
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Thankgod Argentina didn't complain LMAO Rice could have been sent off 3 times lolll 😂 Rice didn't knew this stupid rule or what? Such a trash dumb rule that too 😭
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Norway deserved this semi more than us. FA are a fucking joke allowing this again.
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
🚨Ole Gunnar Solskjær on Norway’s disallowed goal against England after Torbjørn Heggem’s finish: 🗣️ “Norway have been cheated. I don’t say that lightly, but I genuinely don’t understand how that goal has been disallowed. I watched the replay several times, and I don’t see enough contact from Erling Haaland on Anderson to justify cancelling the goal. Football is a physical game. Players are allowed to compete for position. If we’re going to disallow goals for every slight touch, then we’ll be ruling out goals every weekend. Haaland didn’t push him with excessive force, he didn’t pull him back and he certainly didn’t do enough to make Anderson fall the way he did. For me, Anderson goes down far too easily, and the referee has rewarded it. The most frustrating part is that Torbjørn Heggem did everything right. He stayed focused, finished the move brilliantly and should be celebrating one of the biggest goals of his career. Instead, the conversation is about a decision that, in my opinion, is simply wrong. VAR is supposed to correct clear and obvious mistakes, not create controversy where there wasn’t any. I don’t believe this was a clear foul. I believe it was two players competing physically, which is something we’ve seen in football for decades. These decisions change matches. At 2–1, England are under enormous pressure. Instead, Norway have a perfectly good goal taken away, and that is incredibly difficult to accept. If that’s enough contact to disallow a goal, then football is becoming impossible for centre-forwards. In my opinion, Norway deserved that goal, and they’ve every right to feel extremely disappointed.”
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Det er ingen egen VAR-protokoll under VM, men FIFA har implementert det IFAB besluttet i mai. Og ja: 1) Skandale at det ikke ble dropp da ballen traff vaier. Chip funker altså ikke «høyt i lufta»? 2) Skandale at det ble dømt frispark mot Haaland. VAR skulle aldri anbefalt OFR.
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The day after Yesterday! A principal discussion - nothing to do with England: 1. The ball hits the wire of the Spidercam a) players and the bench react instantly b) video-technology from different channels show it 2. FIFA say it did not hit the wire So two simple questions that need to be answered: Does FIFA lie? Is the technology NOT working?
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Our eyes tell us the ball hit the camera cable BBC’s 3D technology tells us the ball hit the camera cable But the sensor inside the ball didn’t notice it therefore it didn’t happen and we must all bow down to the technology Dystopian.
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Corner kick life hack: have one of your shorter players fall down on any contact right before it’s taken. You don’t lose too much defending equity, but you gain the chance of a VAR get out of jail free card if the other team scores. I would have someone do this every corner kick.
England player clearly took a dive. Haaland’s push was nothing out of the ordinary for what I’ve seen this whole World Cup on corners. I have absolutely no idea what these people are thinking.
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
So England's goal shouldn't have counted (the ball touched the cable of the camera; the Norwegians saw it and complained but the ref ignored it) and then the ref disallowed a Norwegian goal for a 'foul' that happens on every corner and is never called Fifa want England in the semi
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Easiest slam dunk of obvious corruption in the World Cup yet. This always completely undermines the call against Croatia. The beautiful game ruined by faulty tech never used before, and can easily be used to manipulate games. VAR has ruined this world cup. It's almost disgusting how they can sit there and lie about it. "But but but our sensor!" Yea the entire Norway bench and players noticed it hit in real time, and we can all see it now. You lied and rigged the game.
New Side Angle of England First Goal || Clearly touches the cable… 🇳🇴
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Take a look at this clip from BBC's 3D replay of the game and the goal kick just before England's goal. I don't know where the data comes for this, but this clearly shows a bump in the otherwise smooth trajectory of the ball right where the spidercam would be. #worldcup #engnor #mmfutis
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
New Side Angle of England First Goal || Clearly touches the cable… 🇳🇴
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Fotballen vår er ødelagt, og har vært ødelagt lenge. FIFA og Infantino rigger hele turneringa. Se suspensjonen til USA. Se annulleringen til Kroatia. Se Argentina. Se annulleringen til Norge, og annulleringen som skulle vært til England.
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
To answer the questions: The moment the ball makes contact with an outside object (in this case the camera cable) play becomes dead and should be restarted with a dropped ball. VAR could have intervened as it was in the immediate attacking phase of play that directly led to England's goal. FIFA, meanwhile, say they’ve "checked the data - no peak on the graph from the connected ball heartbeat sensor" 🙃
For the benefit of those who haven’t seen the review of the ball hitting the camera cable before England’s equaliser on Fox Sports…
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Breaking: re the ball possibly hitting camera cable in lead up to England goal, FIFA says they "have checked the data and no peak on the graph from the connected ball heartbeat sensor"
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
That decision in England’s favor makes absolutely no sense. It might be one of the biggest robberies in football history. If the ball had not gone out of play and there was no foul, there was no reason to disallow the goal. Norway should have been leading 2-1.
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
What a plain robbery! Haaland pushed a player that had put hands on him! Ref Turpin is one of biggest trick the power is applying on football, understand nothing of football and is there to protect status quo! Norway fully robbed and England making weight their politics!
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FPL Weekend Warrior retweeted
Here are Gabriel’s numbers for a two-week rolling average score in games he has started this season: 1x 8pts 2x 9pts 2x 11pts 1x 12pts 1x 13pts 2x 14pts 2x 15pts 3x 21pts 1x 22pts 1x 24pts As you can see, there hasn’t been a single time this season when Gabriel’s rolling two-week average has been lower than 8, giving the Triple Captain chip a pretty good floor 📊 For comparison, Haaland has had 6 occasions in which he has scored 8 or less points across two gameweeks❌
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