Dugout Discussion

Sunday Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion opens this afternoon, hoping for a similar goal glut witnessed in yesterday’s edition. We’ve two games to pour over, with all four clubs with something to play for. Later we’ll be at White Hart Lane where Tottenham continue to chase Champions League qualification against relegation fighting Blackburn. Before that there’s a West London derby at Stamford Bridge, between Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers…

Chelsea XI: Cech, Ferreira, Bosingwa, Terry, Cole, Mata, Essien, Lampard, Sturridge, Torres, Kalou.

QPR: Kenny, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Taiwo, Mackie, Barton, Derry, Buzsaky, Cisse, Zamora.

As expected, Roberto Di Matteo has tinkered with his line-up ahead of of a huge night in Munich, but somewhat surprisingly there are still starts for the likes of Juan Mata and Frank Lampard.

The visitors name an attacking line-up, with Djibril Cisse partnering Bobby Zamora up front.

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  1. Ghost
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Hopefully if Spurs get another it'll drag Rovers out.

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  2. boc610
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    time to catch up on your sudoko Brad..... what a gutless formation from keane.

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    1. MCH
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      I thought a goal would make it open up its like they just want to lose by only a goal or two.

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    2. Shipstontrev
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Kean doesn't seem to have a Plan B

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      1. MCH
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        When your Plan A is to close your eyes and cross your fingers its hardly surprising.

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        1. Shipstontrev
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          😆

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  3. COMH
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Sky FF is shite. No Bale assist for that and only 2 for Mata.

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    1. Declan
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Mata only got 2?

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      1. Dynamic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        Assists I ink he means

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        1. Dynamic
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          *think

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      2. COMH
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        2 and not 4.

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    2. Pinatta
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      who cares :p

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      1. COMH
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        Big money prizes and i'm in the top 20. So I care.

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    3. GlasgowFF
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Nearly a VDV assist

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  4. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Looks like im well on my way to hitting the 100+ mark this GW that I was hoping would push me past my rivals.

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    1. Fratboy
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Might get a triple digit score this week myself....there's a chance anyway!

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      1. Jax
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        any hits tho

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    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      careful boys, chickens...counting and all that jazz

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    3. Nopli
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      I will be on 81 points post bonus and with 8 player playing for me in the second phase i can consider myself well scoring well above 100 ... 🙂

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      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        VERY nice.

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    4. Phaze 1
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      At this point I think 50 is the best I can hope for

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      1. Pinatta
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        Harsh.. with that rank, sorry mate

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  5. AriseSirGiggsy
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    This is woeful from Blackburn.
    Looks like dead men walking.

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  6. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    How many years of ' progression' in the rules do we think it will take for ff to award ade the assist for that goal?

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    1. Shhh... I Should Be Working
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      🙂

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    2. Jax
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      he didn't get the assist. he didn't touch the ball.

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    3. El Pulpo Paul
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Why should it be a ade assist? Clearly no touch.

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    4. MCH
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      When players are getting assists for not touching the ball then the game will not be worth playing.

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      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        Two words - Yao Gervinho.

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        1. Shipstontrev
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          You beat me to it Eric. 😥

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      2. Call Me Old Fashioned
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        That has happened already. Gervinho and HBA

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    5. AriseSirGiggsy
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      -50?

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  7. super zlatan
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Who got the assist for maloudas goal?

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    1. Jax
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      ramires

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      1. super zlatan
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        Cheers

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  8. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    oooo Gallas off the crossbar

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      that would be summat to see 😉

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  9. Slaps
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Just got back from the Bridge, so haven't seen the goals. It looked like Lampard got 2 assists (the corner and a cut back) - could someone please give me an idea what happened, Cheers...

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    1. Brookins
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Sturridge
      Terry (Mata)
      Torres (Kalou)
      Torres
      Torres (Mata)
      Malouda (Ramires)

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    2. Jax
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      he got nowt. mata 2 assists, kalou and ramires the others.

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    3. Slaps
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Cheers guys, but i now wish i hadn't asked...

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    4. GlasgowFF
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      If you were at Stamford Bridge why didn't you see goals? Were you working there or something?

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      1. Slaps
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        Sorry, i should say i only saw them once and was sat in the Shed so was quite a distance from most of them....

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    5. Declan-
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      nothing for lamps

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    6. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      6 goals and just 2 points for Lampard. Doosra won't be happy.

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  10. PlayPercentage
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    VDV (C). I'll settle for 1-0
    (5+2+1+3) x 2 = 22 pts

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    1. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Yes but if he adds another or an assist, even better!

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    2. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      3-0 VDV hattrick is what id prefer.

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      1. Shipstontrev
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        If you're getting 100 points anyway, you don't need this 😉

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        1. Smurf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          Im more than happy to get well over 100 😉

          To be fair as things stand im only in 61pts but surely with bonus and 10 players to play I hope i'll break the barrier.

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  11. crystalpalaceRus
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    so is mata gettin the other 2 assists or not? if so when likely to be added?

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Yes they will be added, no need to worry about it. Probably tomorrow.

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    2. Baby Face Nelson
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      no he wont

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      1. jamieb
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        explain why you are wrong and why yout hink they wont be added

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    3. Toby
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      yeah defo

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    4. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      How many assists should have in total?

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    5. crystalpalaceRus
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      I only ask (i dont have him) in real life they wouldnt be counted, i just dont get why FPL makes their own rules for assists to count when they should just be left alone.

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  12. GlasgowFF
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Thought Ade was getting booked there

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  13. MJ6987
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Five live are suggesting that the ref was already signalling a goal before it came to VdV ie Ade goal. Guess it depends how he reports it?

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    1. MJ6987
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Not watching it do don't know what they mean

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    2. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      That would be sweet! Totally wrong, but stil sweet.

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    3. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      It'd be a bale goal then as ade didn't touch it. But bales shot didnt cross the line, they are wrong. It is a vdv goal

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      1. PlayPercentage
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        BBC say it is a VDV goal.

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        1. Jax
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          it is a VDV goal. the ref called it when the linesman confirmed that VDV's shot had crossed the line.

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  14. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Steve Kean for manager of the month.....

    Only Rovers fans know how dire our situation is. Everyone thinks we're making a big deal out of nothing. We're not going to come back up for a decade at least if things progress as expected.

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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Venky's Out, fine.

      Kean Out, and the treatment he received mid-season, not fine at all, was clearly having a negative effect on the players.

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      1. Barnsley FC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        +42. This is far more Venky's fault than Kean's. It's hard for Kean to do much when his best players are being sold, and the ones who are there are being destabilised by the fans. Can't blame the fans too much either because a solid mid table club now looks like relegation fodder. Have to blame the owners.

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  15. Baby Face Nelson
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Blackburn will score

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    1. Jax
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      doesn't look like it. they've been poor.

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  16. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Lol Adebayor take your jersey back there's another half to go

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  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Givet and adebayor shirt swapping???

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    1. Pinatta
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      They played together at Monaco, maybe old friends

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  18. Spoiler
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    i dont think anyone is doing as shite as me this week, terrible and dire

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    1. lazybones18
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      dont be so grumpy

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    2. MCH
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Ouch. Tough week for you so far. Still lots of play left anything can happen.

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      1. mr. inconspicuous
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        you haven't seen my score spoiler.

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        1. mr. inconspicuous
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          what makes it worse is that I have Dyer on my bench

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        2. Spoiler
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          not the best frontline to have this week along with me, even with the extra game cant see much

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    3. Baby Face Nelson
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      everything balances out and all that

      you cant be having ur way all season

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    4. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      I'm in the same boat. Team linked

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  19. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Swapping shirts at half time, that is rubbish Adebayor, unless you're not planning on coming out for the second half........hopefully....

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  20. Bad Pen
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Well, that half didn't quite go as expected. Still, mustn't grumble.

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  21. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Blackburn playing defensively, Spurs just can't break them down. Hopefully they start getting a bit braver.

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  22. MJ6987
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Off topic but has there ever been a regular on here that is a "confirmed" female?

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      There was someone here called Katie. I dont know if anyone has any confirmation of this - unless has anyone seen her norks?

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    2. MCH
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Are you fishing for pics?

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    3. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      There was a girl called Katie who took something like a 100 point hit once.

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      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        And the rest...

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    4. Bad Pen
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      I'm a girl, not sure that too many people know that though.

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      1. The Light Knight
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        wow you must be rich (this is the start of a fairly sexist joke so don't respond if you don't want the punchline)

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        1. Bad Pen
          • 12 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          😛 Knock yourself out, I won't be offended.

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          1. The Light Knight
            • 12 Years
            12 years, 3 days ago

            your family can afford to have a computer in the kitchen

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            1. Bad Pen
              • 12 Years
              12 years, 3 days ago

              😆 Nice.

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              1. The Light Knight
                • 12 Years
                12 years, 3 days ago

                ha, i wasn't sure if it would be good enough to justify the warning

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    5. The Light Knight
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      i don't know how you confirm it but katie and someone else.. was it sarnab

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    6. Locarno
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Catmac?

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      1. The Light Knight
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        yeah not sarnab. it was catmac

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    7. ★FC Borecelona★
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      I think there is one called 'Final Flash'

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    8. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Caster Semenya?

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  23. boc610
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    ade swapping shirts with givet @HT???what up with that?

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  24. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Anyone beat 89 with BPs and 11 DGWers to come?

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    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Question is, how many hits did you take...?

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      1. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        16 points. But it is my brothers team and he doesnt play anymore so i just have a bit of fun with it:

        http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/409544/event-history/36/

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          1. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
            • 12 Years
            12 years, 3 days ago

            No

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        1. jamieb
          • 12 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          Funny how a few pages ago it was your second team and someone todl you how banned you would become.
          Now it is your brothers team 😛

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    2. Pinatta
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      no, but tell us

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    3. MCH
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      I would imagine a lot of people will be beating that. Wish I was one of them!

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    4. Don Cortese
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      with BP's? No.

      Oh, and my Dad's better than your Dad.

      And finally, AOC is not from the Arsenal academy.

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      1. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        What?

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    5. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      funny you never hear from these ppl on bad gws 🙄

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      1. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        This is the first time i have posted up about my score

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    6. Jax
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      we can beat your ranking alright

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  25. Fishy
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    anyone got any idea on what happens at the end of the season in the h2h leagues? im in the resrve league.

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  26. Declan
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    Gwan Leinster 😀

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    1. Jax
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      +100000000000000000

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  27. boc610
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    ade couldnt give a flying f*ck about spurs or any team he has ever played for..no real passion for the game other than what goes into his account every week which means he will never use is talents fully.

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    1. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      And how do you know that?

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    2. Somalion
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Even then I think he's more passionate than a lot of players. Sure BAE doesn't really like football at all, he just does it because it's a nice career. Apparently he doesn't talk to any of his team mates outside of training and the only person that has his mobile number is Taarabt. This was all done in an interview before. Stephen Ireland is the exact same. A lot of them are.

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      1. boc610
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        yeah but ive always admired BAE for at least admiting it.

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        1. Somalion
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 3 days ago

          Meh it's two sides. Fair enough, he only plays it for the sake of it and can admit that all he wants is money. I actually am okay with that. On the other side, none of that means he has to isolate himself from his team mates. I'm not saying be best friends but when the only other player in the PL you speak to is Taarabt then what sort of a relationship do you have with your team? It's not all about skill, it's about team work and wanting to play well for your team mates too.

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  28. DGno9
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    it was a Bale assist if anyone says otherwise then you're mistaken...5 different replays it just showed on my stream...all Adebayor done was hold off the defender & he did not touch the ball at all...

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    1. DGno9
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      loool 1 more thing VDV's celebration haha 🙂 poor slide...

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    2. MCH
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      no one actually thinks it was anything but a Bale assist.

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  29. sotothemightygreek
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    How did Clermont not win that game?

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    1. Declan
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      😀

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    2. Henry Hill
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Leinster were very lucky, hope Ulster beat them

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      1. Declan
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        🙁

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      2. Jax
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        ulster??? beat leinster? haha don't be ridiculous. ulster barely deserved the win yesterday. just some sloppy edinburgh finishing was the key.

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    3. Locarno
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Because they tried to muscle their way to victory. In the 80th minute, brains usually beat brawn.

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      1. sotothemightygreek
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 3 days ago

        Fofana had the ball over the bloody line. I was McEnroe-esque when he dropped it.

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    4. Jax
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      cos leinster are better

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  30. Tim Canterbury
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 3 days ago

    None of my ML rivals except me captained Jelly or Cisse (I captained Cisse). When I saw this I thought Im well in here. The players this did captain were Suarez, Mata, VDV & Sturridge

    Seriously I dont know what more I need to do

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 3 days ago

      Take a 36 pointer 😉

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