The Wordle and its bastard offspring thread

[wullie]

So the trick is to leave it late and let everyone guess their Messis, Haalands and Ronny Johnsens and then swoop in late for a sweet score.

[thommo]

The changes to the score once more players finish, makes this a bit meh. @Waffdon leading the way with the best average so far.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

Unfortunately I got 161 yesterday, not 61.

[SincereTheRebel]

So the trick is to leave it late and let everyone guess their Messis, Haalands and Ronny Johnsens and then swoop in late for a sweet score.

It is reliant on you scumbags to not cheat.

[SincereTheRebel]

and do each game per day. If you dont, you get 999

[John Arne]

Team Spreadsheet

[SincereTheRebel]

PSG, Valencia and RB Leipzig for today. Probably 100% for me

[wullie]

121

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Nkunku - Upamecano - Silva
Weah - Leboeuf - Furlong
Cavani - Angloma - Soldado

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Mukiele - Konaté - Poulsen
Kezman - Deschamps - Gudjohnsen
Sissoko - Angloma - Carew

RB Leipzig is a real blind spot for me because they didn't exist back when football was great. Could have gone really low if they went with Bayern or something instead.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I got a 0.08% for the Chelsea/France box. Struggling to think of Leipzig ones though.

[Kikó]

I don't know any Valencia players or Salzburg players.

[Ian]

Then you're in luck, it's Leipzig.

[Ian]

I got a 0.08% for the Chelsea/France box. Struggling to think of Leipzig ones though.

Ooft, good effort. I knew there would be better than my 1%er but I don't think I've ever had one below 0.1.

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None, Upamecano 25%, Nkunku 11%
Kezman 3%, Petit 3%, Zola 5%
Soler 33%, Gameiro 20%, Aduriz 0.3%

Chelsea and Aduriz (who I've used so many times in grids) really helping me out. I fucked up a guess because I clicked the wrong box when entering Nkuku (clicked on Chelsea goals) although I don't think I'd have got PSG/Leipzig anyway. Once I used Nkuku I was fucked.

[Kikó]

Then you're in luck, it's Leipzig.

Oh I know all the Leipzig players.

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Being allowed to put woman footballers in is a cheat code

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Nordi Mukiele 17%, Castella Lukeba 2%, Yussuf Poulsen 17%

Marcin Bulka 0.9%, Eve Perisset 0.2%, Bethany England 0.1%

Kevin Gamerio 8%, Aly Cissoko 2%, Juan Mata 3%

The 10+ league goals - is that scoring that amount for that club or just to have scored that amount at any time as well as playing for the club?

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Nkunku - Upamecano - Poulsen
Anelka - Lambourde - Gudjohnsen
Gameiro - Cissokho - Soldado

Lambourde the stand out.

[Shindig]

8/9 - 232

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Simons - Simakan - Werner
Anelka - Leboeuf - Mount
BLANK - Angloma - Mista

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Mukiele (17%), Simakan (11%), Poulsen (14%)
Weah (1%), Ugochukwu (0.6%), Stein (0.5%)
Cavani (25%), Gameiro (20%), Alcacer (4%)

Good score today, but could have been even rarer if I thought a bit more about my Valencia/PSG and Valencia/France choices.

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I managed to put one answer in the wrong box

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25% Dayot Upamecano

69% Timo Werner

8% Nicolas Anelka

4% Benoît Badiashile

3% Eiður Guðjohnsen

14% Juan Bernat

4% Paco Alcacar

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I managed to put one answer in the wrong box

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25% Dayot Upamecano

69% Timo Werner

8% Nicolas Anelka

4% Benoît Badiashile

3% Eiður Guðjohnsen

14% Juan Bernat

4% Paco Alcacar

I did that too.

[John Arne]

I did that too.

Annoying, as it's a double penalty... wrong answer and wasted guess :/

Was it...

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Juan Bernat by any chance? Though I was in the PSG-Valencia box, turns out I was somehow in the PSG-Leipzig box.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Nkunku. I thought I was in the Leipzig 10+ goals box but was in the Chelsea one.

[Pen]

and do each game per day. If you dont, you get 999

This ruins my plans to leave it and never come back as the way to the top. Don't know if I'll have time for the one going now /0\

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm going to be top eventually by default

[Pen]

This ruins my plans to leave it and never come back as the way to the top. Don't know if I'll have time for the one going now /0\

180. Top row killed me. Missed one since I wanted to not use the most obvious one for the top right. Had nothing for the middle after that and got lucky with top left as I probably couldn't pick him up from s lineup, but have seen a clip of his wonder goal and wouldn't have known anyone else to put there. He was over 30% so I guess I'm not alone there. Hate it when Leipzig is included in these.

[Pen]

It's quite late to this so won't bother spoilering it, but Anelka was 7% for PSG/Chelsea. Wullie has it right with leaving it late and going back a decade or two.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I got 224, 8/9.

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Laurent Charvet and Mark Stein as very low scorers. Claude Makelele also surprisingly low at 6%.

[SincereTheRebel]

Updated. @Waffdon is cleaning up at the moment.
@Ian You haven't done today's lad. Your about to get 999.

Table

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?pli=1#gid=0

[SincereTheRebel]

@Manc

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@Kiko

Why does it not auotfill each persons name. Makes mentions a copy and paste job.

[Kikó]

Updated. @Waffdon is cleaning up at the moment.
@Ian You haven't done today's lad. Your about to get 999.

Table

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[Boydy]

Looks like they got too popular. Getting an error now saying too many requests.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You're missing out, it's a rinky dink mid-table/celtic edition today.

[wullie]

145, games cheated me

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Allsop - Ritchie - Harte
Huckerby - Strachan - Doyle
NO - Cameron - Breen


Didn't accept Steve Froggatt for the Wolves English one for some reason. Do they not know he was called up to the England squad and didn't get off the bench while at Cov? Amateurs.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm guessing he never played in the Barclays for them.

I whiffed on Wolves/Ireland by typing in the name of someone who did play for Wolves but not even the hint of a potato about him. 8/9, 219.

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L. Cook - Ritchie - Harte
Wilcox - Matteo - McPhail
Lescott - Cameron - Andrews

[wullie]

Ah I didn't realise it was top division only. That means my Bournemouth/England one has played in the top flight, which having watched him play is a damning statement on both them and the league itself.

Although Michael Doyle's spell at Leeds was in League One, I'm lost now

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If anyone gets over 150 today just give up. The only slightly difficult one in terms of getting a low score is the Irish ones but even then it is fairly obvious. Should get it all back on the English row and 2/3rds of the Scottish wan.

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Gary Cahill 0.8%, Matt Ritchie 11%, Robbie Brady 5%

Rob Green 0.7%, Barry Bannan 1%, Paddy Kenny 10%

Greg Halford 0.9%, Leigh Griffiths 1%, Stephen Hunt 3%

[Waffdon]

Ah I didn't realise it was top division only. That means my Bournemouth/England one has played in the top flight, which having watched him play is a damning statement on both them and the league itself.

I don't think it is bc not a chance Leigh Griffiths played in the PL.

[Kikó]

Hold my coat.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't think it is bc not a chance Leigh Griffiths played in the PL.

Didn't play but was at the club/on squad lists when they played in top flight, which also qualifies Nkunku for Chelsea, etc.

[wullie]

Does Michael Doyle qualify due to not playing for SPL Celtic? Don't know if he was ever in their first team squad but that's the closest he's come I think

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If anyone gets over 150 today just give up.

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I'm not giving up, ever.

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Solanke 22%, Christie 28%, Randolph 15%
Alan fucking Smith 8%, Gary McAllister, Ian Harte 26%
Paul Ince 5%, Kenny Miller 28%, Matt Doherty 49%

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I don't know any Bournemouth players either. I actually have very little footballing knowledge.

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Three ex-Sunderland players in this one.

Simon Francis - Ryan Christie - Mark Travers
Michael Bridges - Barry Bannan - Paul Butler
Jody Craddock - Colin Cameron - Denis Irwin

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I'm not giving up, ever.

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Solanke 22%, Christie 28%, Randolph 15%
Alan fucking Smith 8%, Gary McAllister, Ian Harte 26%
Paul Ince 5%, Kenny Miller 28%, Matt Doherty 49%

Better. The Solanke pick is an abomination though, especially with your FM and FIFA knowledge

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I have almost no FM knowledge.

Yes I play the game a lot but it's always in backwater countries with newgen part-time farmers.

[Ian]

@Ian You haven't done today's lad. Your about to get 999.

You're going to need to disabuse yourself of the notion that I might have looked at the sheet, let alone am worrying about where I am on it. I won't ever be top anyway because I don't play any of the terrible football games much now or watch much.

[Ian]

And just for Waff's benefit I was shite today but will be persevering. Couldn't think of the better options for retro Leeds/Wolves options and there's no pretending I've ever watched a Bournemouth game that wasn't against United.

[wullie]

My goal is to get a full grid of ex-Cov players, if I'd known that Paul Telfer and David McGoldrick played for Bournemouth I could have had a full house today. Suspect it'll be less likely when it's back to Sevilla and Barcelona, although Ronnie Ekelund for the latter so I could still be quids in