September
21

Moneyball – Romelu Lukaku

Filed under: Members - Posted by: Chris Glover

Handed a debut last week, our new Moneyball series returns to scan the lower end of the Fantasy markets, identifying players with the numbers to suggest they could well emerge as an unlikely force for this week and the foreseeable future. West Brom’s Romelu Lukaku is a considerable unit who, to this point, has been kept straining at the leash. Even so, with a start at home to struggling Reading on the cards tomorrow, the time looks right for the big Belgian prospect…

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1,200 Responses to “Moneyball – Romelu Lukaku”


  1. September 22 at 3:54 am

    AndyZ says:

    is RVP starting tomorrow?

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  2. September 22 at 7:11 am

    KujaliaFC - Player Exchange League: 2396-563 says:

    Is Adebayour injured?

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  3. September 22 at 8:54 pm

    Flying Asasssins says:

    Which team is better?
    (3-4-3) Foster
    Demel/Clyne Mertesacker Baines
    Michu Ben Arfa Y.Toure Hazard
    S.Fletcher V.Persie Tevez
    Or (3-5-2)
    Foster
    Hangeland Mertesacker Baines
    Routledge Michu Kagawa Hazard Y.Toure
    Tevez V. Persie
    Please reply, the first team would cost me 12 points though, do you think Kagawa will get better?

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Up Koné WIG B, Vs, £
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Up Lukaku WBA B, Vs, Rest
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Down Aguero MCI B, Vs, Inj
Up Rodriguez SOT A, Vs, £
Up Defoe TOT B, Vs, Rest
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