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Blaze
 Post subject: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:24 
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From your five available defenders you need to have one who you know isn't going to play in a particular gameweek. This could be due to injury/suspension, or by actually selecting a cheap (£3.9m) player that never plays for their club.

Select a 3-4-3 formation and place the defender who won't be playing into your starting line-up. Now organise your bench in the order of midfielder/defender/defender. Once the gameweek has ended your non-playing defender will be auto-subbed for your midfielder.

The benefit of this technique is to allow you to maximise the attacking potential of your team. If you use the method of selecting a £3.9m non-playing defender it allows you to upgrade your fifth midfielder who you know will always play. However, this is a more risky way of doing it as it leaves you with only two legitimate substitutes.


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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:26 
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It will take the first defender.
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:31 
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From the rules :)


Q: I think my automatic substitutions are wrong?
A: Your team must have 1 goalkeeper, at least 3 defenders and at least 1 forward selected at all times.

If your starting team has 3 defenders, and one of them played 0 minutes, he can only be replaced by another defender who played.
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Blaze
 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:32 
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blahblah wrote:
It will take the first defender.


Sorry, I didn't know about that. What would happen if both of your substitute defenders don't play but your midfielder does?
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:33 
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You have a 10 player team.
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:36 
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Lol at this thread
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:46 
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This is what I was scared of with Evans, but he played, so chill.
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:48 
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:49 
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I'm picking only one defender who plays, then I can play 2-1-5-3
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:56 
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I wildcarded my entire teams for strikers so will be playing 0-0-10 - suckers!!!
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The Real Slim Shady
 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 17:58 
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Robin Write wrote:
I wildcarded my entire teams for strikers so will be playing 0-0-10 - suckers!!!

But they all did shit ;)
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 18:00 
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Oh dear :roll:
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 18:15 
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Is this post for real or what?
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The Real Slim Shady
 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 18:17 
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I think he actually thought he was on to something.
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Blaze
 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 18:28 
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I wonder how long it will take before someone notices. :roll:
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 18:30 
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Not long
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 19:49 
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Blaze wrote:
A wonder how long it will take before someone notices. :roll:


:lol:
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 20:14 
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Pieman666 wrote:
Blaze wrote:
A wonder how long it will take before someone notices. :roll:


:lol:


yea I spotted it too. very good.
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2012, 20:16 
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Did you also notice that it appears to have been edited in after several scathing responses.

I'm sure it was joke all along though ;)
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Joe Kerr wrote:
Did you also notice that it appears to have been edited in after several scathing responses.

I'm sure it was joke all along though ;)


And you would know :lol:
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2012, 00:39 
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Blaze is onto something here. Can everyone I'm scheduled to play in 5AS please take note of this advice and act on it please...
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2012, 01:03 
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Robin Write wrote:
I wildcarded my entire teams for strikers so will be playing 0-0-10 - suckers!!!


Schoolboy error - you forgot to do your keeper!!!
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PostPosted: 15 Jan 2012, 09:39 
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The Real Slim Shady wrote:
I think he actually thought he was on to something.


....without any proof that it would work....
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2012, 12:42 
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jb1000000 wrote:
Robin Write wrote:
I wildcarded my entire teams for strikers so will be playing 0-0-10 - suckers!!!


Schoolboy error - you forgot to do your keeper!!!


Sell Vorm for Yakubu? I avoided that bombshell... :wink:
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2012, 12:48 
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Who is to say that was a bad move? :lol:
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 Post subject: Re: How To Play a 2-5-3 Formation
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2012, 13:18 
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Diz az gotta b a joke fred or summiit
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PostPosted: 16 Jan 2012, 16:14 
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I wish it were true, 3 defenders out this week and Dyer first sub :(
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