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33 of our favourite Fantasy Football team names

Also featuring ‘Game of throw ins,’ ‘Expected Toulouse’ and ‘Krul and The Gang’.

Updated at 13.50

1. Game of throw ins - Brian Fox

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2. Slumdog Mignolet – Ed Lonergan
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3. Happy Birthday Yaya - Martin Mulready

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4. AC A Little Silhouette of Milan – unidentified

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5. Sub-standard Liege – Ian O Gorman
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6. F@#king Cowboys Ted - Brian Leahy
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7. Get in the box horse - Declan Loughnane
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8. How I Met Your Mata - Thomas Hardiman

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9. FC Twente Bensons - Paul Clarke
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10. Krul and the gang - Jonathan Irwin
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11. Moves Like Agger – Joseph Curtin
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12. The Zat Knight Rises – John ODonnell
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13. Cabaye on chips - Odhran Lenaghan

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 14. *MY LITTLE KONE* – Eamon Condon

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 15. 50 shades of O’Shea – Paddy Beirne

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16. Ivory Toast – Andy Matthews

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 17. Insert Joe Kinnear – Michael Brennan

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18. Dynamo Fookdarest – Frank O’Dowd
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19. Tea & Busquets – Gerard Geraghty
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20. Haven’t Got A Kalou – Niall Irwin
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21. Le Saux Solid Crew – Johnny Kennefick
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22. SV Hangover – Sean Meehan
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23. Let’s Ben Arfa’n You – Unidentified
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24. The Big Lewandowski – Unidentified

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25. Baines on Toast – Colm Connolly
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26. Yolo Toure – Eamonn Kelly
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27. I Götze no idea….. – Sarah Irwin

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28. Expected Toulouse - Paul Lee

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29. Team of Gary Breens – Paul Smith

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30. The Mullet Mafia - Darragh Keane

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(Yes, that’s a young Niall Quinn)

31. TyrannoSuarez-Rex - Fergal Dardis

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(Thanks to Fergal for sending us this pic and to his good friend Damien ‘The Boots’ Molloy for creating it)

32. Neville Wears Prada - Jason Cregan

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33. Dude,WheresMySuarez? - John Lally

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With thanks to all our readers for the suggestions.

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A version of this article originally appeared on 20 August, 2013. 

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    Mute dominick mitchell
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    Aug 18th 2016, 3:47 PM

    Your bang on the money there. Keep up the honesty micheal. Your a breath of fresh air too listen too.

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    Mute Alan Wiley
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    Aug 18th 2016, 3:46 PM

    Whistleblowers always get a rough ride.

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    Mute Hoofedup Bravo
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    Aug 18th 2016, 3:45 PM

    Sure, what will they do? Continue to snort cocaine of hookers bodies…. The Olympics is the devils beast now….

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    Mute Boganity
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    Aug 18th 2016, 4:02 PM

    Sure is…my grandmother could win gold if we pumped her up with drugs and bribed the officials

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    Mute Patrick Reilly
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    Aug 18th 2016, 4:40 PM

    In all fairness lads its a joke ran from the top just like fifa

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    Mute gus lennon
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    Aug 18th 2016, 4:29 PM

    I heard what Kelly had to say on Today FM yesterday and it’s fairly explosive stuff. However the Americans got a couple of bad decisions and there were others. If Conlon is right then why did the judges give these other countries little respect either. The whole thing is a shambles and the only thing we do know is that Michael Conlon was treated with contempt.

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    Mute Angry Gaming
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    Aug 18th 2016, 4:34 PM

    Yanks do not like cheats in sports, didn’t a gold medalist ended up getting found out by the FBI and they jailed her for 6 months.

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    Mute Sean O Mara
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    Aug 18th 2016, 5:03 PM

    Its Marion Jones you are thinking of, she was jailed for lying to Federal Investigators about doping not for actually doping

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    Mute Sean O'Reilly
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    Aug 19th 2016, 2:19 AM

    Really is great to see the USA and GB flourishing with Russian athletes being excluded from this Rio Olympics. Please point out the whistleblower here cos this smells of double standards, well done WORLD POLICE PLC.

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    Mute Peter Kelly
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    Aug 18th 2016, 3:51 PM

    The powers to be are nothing better. They are destroying the best show on earth.

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    Mute Lorna Holderied
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    Aug 18th 2016, 4:26 PM

    I dont think the boxer sent home from doping helped either.

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    Mute stephen kavanagh
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    Aug 18th 2016, 3:49 PM

    That’s a conspiracy theory too far, your man is overplaying the victim card at this stage

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    Mute ray.farrelly
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    Aug 18th 2016, 3:54 PM

    That’s a comment to far, the lad was robbed plain and simple.

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    Mute Boganity
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    Aug 18th 2016, 4:03 PM

    Another fool who thinks the olympics is about sport ?

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    Mute Pádraig Ó Dúnadhaigh
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    Aug 18th 2016, 4:17 PM

    Says you lounging on your sofa!!!

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    Mute Paul Hughes
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    Aug 18th 2016, 4:29 PM

    What’s your take on the whole thing Stephen? Do you think it was a fair decision? Or were you watching a different Michael conlon fighting a different match?

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    Mute Patrick Fitzgerald
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    Aug 18th 2016, 6:06 PM

    @stephen… aw is it annoying for you that he hasnt just buried his head and said nothing?? sorry about that mate.. thats inconvenient i imaging. back in the real world anyone see the colmbian avila v the russian yesterday. i was in the stadium and am no expert but i thought the colombian lad schooled him before losing unanimously!

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    Aug 18th 2016, 11:08 PM

    Putin has had Pat Hickey in his pocket for a long time. Anybody who thinks he is completely innocent is living in cloud cuckoo land

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    Mute AlanH -AFC
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    Aug 18th 2016, 10:58 PM

    Why is the journal constantly putting up the same biased reporting in Pat Hickeys wrongful and unlawful arrest, and why is it glossing over the fact that Shane Ross left him high and dry by running from Rio after making damming comments to Rio Officials whilst trying to be the big man.

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    Mute Gerard Henry
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    Aug 18th 2016, 9:29 PM

    I listened to mat cooper yesterday and boxing is as corrupt in the Olympics as it can get

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