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This game is there for the taking, yet South Korea keep playing like Spain lite. Someone needs to push on from midfield and commit a defender. Russia aren't at the races at all. Know the humidity is killer but play with a bit of belief..

That's the point of swapsies though isn't it. The more people you swap with the cheaper it is for everyone.

Assuming a completely fair distribution of cards (or just numbers between 1 and 638) and doing it 10,000 times to do a little monte carlo simulation:-

(halve the number of packs for cost in average cost in UKP)

tot_packs=898 for 1 complete collection(s) (898 packs per person)
tot_packs=1199 for 2 complete collection(s) (599 packs per person)
tot_packs=1449 for 3 complete collection(s) (483 packs per person)
tot_packs=1907 for 5 complete collection(s) (381 packs per person)
tot_packs=2912 for 10 complete collection(s) (291 packs per person)
tot_packs=4711 for 20 complete collection(s) (235 packs per person)
tot_packs=9563 for 50 complete collection(s) (191 packs per person)
tot_packs=17111 for 100 complete collection(s) (171 packs per person)
tot_packs=31516 for 200 complete collection(s) (157 packs per person)
tot_packs=91801 for 638 complete collection(s) (143 packs per person)
...and for fun, if you can find 4999 others to do it...
tot_packs=666415 for 5000 complete collection(s) (133 packs per person)

So just finding 49 others to do swapsies with will reduce it to under £100 each.

(128 packs, or £64, is the minimum you could ever do it for.)

Back on topic...

Marcelo. Cheating cnut.

Game picking up but I think that first half destroyed me... Bed beckons...

Amazing...

Capello must hate goal keepers

His mate just got him out of jail, poor lamb...

bloody hell are the cameramen pervs???

pics or it didn't happen

is it over yet ?
who won ?

chelsea 2nd to last game
fix
uefa conspiracy

We've got a 'Norwich' run in this season;

• West Brom v Liverpool
• Man Utd v West Brom
• Newcastle v West Brom
• West Brom v Chelsea
• Arsenal v West Brom

Prepare for the championship....

So Brazil are a bit shit eh?

Is anyone (other than Holland) any good this year?

Tough games reasonably well spread out, clearly a UEFA conspiracy. Important stats are: season opener at home, last game at home and boxing day at home. Which is nice.

Lad

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/16/mario-balotelli-panini-italy-facebook-world-cup

You're quick aren't you?

oh is it a repost? sincere apologies. honest.

It's a tough crowd in here.

We've got a 'Norwich' run in this season;

• West Brom v Liverpool
• Man Utd v West Brom
• Newcastle v West Brom
• West Brom v Chelsea
• Arsenal v West Brom

Prepare for the championship....

Ouch!

I don't fancy our Sept / Oct much:

Liverpool - Villa
Villa - Arsenal
Chelsea - Villa
Villa - Citeh
Everton - Villa

April will also see us slide back into the relegation battle, away to Utd, spurs and City.

It'll be a last day squeaky-bum 6 pointer with Burnley.

On the positive side, we are currently second in the table, so I'll take a screenshot of that to keep the spirits up.

Not quite the perfect table but West Brom and West Ham starting as they mean to go on.

So Brazil are a bit shit eh?

Is anyone (other than Holland) any good this year?

I thought France were really impressive... Bosnia and Mexico too... The rest, not so much...

I think Spain will be impressive.

I think Spain will be impressive.

In the way they go out of the tournament?

Anyway: team closest in average to your height, so yes.

Fuck off.

Derby are second favourites to take the Championship.

The Rams are going up, the Rams are going up, E I buggerio, the Rams will screw it up.

Why 2 dots for each?