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Dugout Discussion October 27

Saturday Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 9

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A chilly Saturday afternoon greets the start of Gameweek nine, as twelve Premier League sides do battle once more. The Dugout Discussion opens it’s doors, in time for the early kick-off at Villa Park between Aston Villa and Norwich City. The team news is in, and is as follows…

Villa XI: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Bennett, El Ahmadi, Delph, Herd, Albrighton, Holman, Agbonlahor, Benteke.

Norwich XI: Ruddy, R. Martin, Bassong, Turner, Garrido, Johnson, Tettey, E. Bennett, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Holt.

Paul Lambert makes three changes to his team, as he seeks victory over his former employers. Christian Benteke, Marc Albrighton and Chris Herd come in, with Darren Bent, Stephen Ireland and Nathan Baker making way.

After his sides impressive victory over Arsenal last week, Chris Hughton names the same starting eleven that earned those three points.

We’ve then got dose of four 3p.m. games, before the Champions see us out this evening against Swansea. The Dugout Discussion chatroom is open and can be accessed right here.

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  1. Gazza2000
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Looking for a budget midfielder, which one is the best pick ?

    A) Sterling 5.1
    B) Routledge 5.3
    C) Noble 4.8
    D) Maloney 5.0

    thx

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    1. LOCO ABREU
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      A or D imo

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    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      A or D

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  2. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Holt and Ruddy aside, no other player on the field has more than 2% ownership.

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    1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I'm getting in Ruddy for Foster sometime...Norwich look tight when not playing the big guns. That or Turner at 4.2m.

      Holt might truck along nicely this season...

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    2. SpinyNorman [*_*]
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Clark is the most owned Villa player at 2.3%...

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  3. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    'Not much quality on show either' BBC live updates

    No shit Sherlock....

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  4. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    This game has been sensational viewing so far. I just can't get enough of it. So much that I can't look at the television because I don't deserve to watch such amazing football...

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  5. FPL Touches
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Nearly everyone in the ML has (C) Tevez. Will he even start?! I hope Santi performs this week...

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    1. Cheggers
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Its a strange one actually - i've captained him but most in my mini league have got rid. If he starts think it'll be his week to score

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    2. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Rumour that Santi wont start today

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      1. Elniñorules
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        I could do with a rumour. We could all.

        What next? Romney makes out with Michelle Obama?

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    3. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Other way round...Tevez start Cazorla maybe not....

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  6. Elniñorules
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    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Villa could do with the return of the legend.

    HESKEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

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    1. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkx_DY8yEvw

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      1. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        haha, that is amazing!

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      2. Elniñorules
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Haha

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    2. FORCA INTER
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      he actually scored 4 goals in 4 match in australian league

      pure class 😀

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    3. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      He scored more yesterday than he did all of last season 😀

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    4. Heisenberg:Crystal Meth Pal…
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      4 goals in 3 games in the A-League

      ...that's more than what he scored with Villa last year 😀

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    5. SirStevieG
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      nananananananana you are Heskey's bitch, Heskey's bitch, you are Heskey's bitch!

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  7. Heisenberg:Crystal Meth Pal…
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Not liking today's games, only 4 players from 12 teams:

    AVL v NOR: 0
    ARS v QPR: 1
    WIG v WHU: 0
    STK v SUN: 2
    RDG v FUL: 1
    MCI v SWA: 0

    *SPECIAL PRIZE for the first person who can guess all 4 players 😀

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    1. Le Limpar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Santi, Bego, Fletch, Berbs

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    2. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Caz, Beg, Cue and Berb?

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    3. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Cazorla
      Begovic & Wilson
      Berbatov

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      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Jenkinson
        Begovic & Walters
        Riise

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        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          Robot wars for Walters

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          1. Jafooli
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 6 months ago

            Podolski for robot wars.....

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    4. Heisenberg:Crystal Meth Pal…
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      No one's got it so far...

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    5. LOCO ABREU
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Caz,bego,wilso,berba

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      1. LOCO ABREU
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        cuellar for wilson

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        1. Gregor
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          • 14 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          That's what I said.

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          1. LOCO ABREU
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 6 months ago

            jenkinson for wilson

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            1. LOCO ABREU
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 6 months ago

              where is the texas ranger?

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      2. Gregor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Caz, Beg, Crouch and Berb? Getting closer?

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    6. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Cazorla, Begovic, Cuellar, and Gorkss

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    7. Keane There Dunne That
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Caz,Walters,cuellar and Hughes.

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    8. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Just give me the fooking prize....

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    9. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Chucks only gone and feeked offfff....

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  8. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Saw Skyfall last night... Totally awesome....

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    1. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      You sure you didn't watch "Die another day"?

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    2. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      saw it yesterday myself..most enjoyable one for me since sean

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      1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Definitely worth a watch then?

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        1. Optimus.
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          ah yeah no oscar winner but action and unprotected sex

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          1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 6 months ago

            Ding dang doo
            *logs onto Odeon website*

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      2. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Tempted to go and see it again I enjoyed that much...

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        1. Optimus.
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          how old are you syd out of interest?..not grooming

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          1. Syd.
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 6 months ago

            42

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            1. si
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 6 months ago

              How good was Bardem? His performance in No Country for Old Men was simply astonishing.

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              1. Syd.
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 6 months ago

                He was brilliant... Don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it but there is a brilliant scene where he puts Bond on the spot and gets him hot under the collar...

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                1. Optimus.
                  • 13 Years
                  11 years, 6 months ago

                  😀 he kept his cool though

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    3. isacki: full casual
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      As soon as the crowds thin out...

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      1. Gregor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Did it have a ridicuously overlong car chase scene?

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        1. Optimus.
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          that was the intro 😉

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  9. Back on the horse
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    hOW'S Holman looking?

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    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      They all look shite

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      1. OPTA FPL
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        lol.

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      2. Optimus.
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        😆

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  10. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Best defender to double up with Demel for 4.5m.

    Has to be Wilson, right?

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    1. isacki: full casual
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah. Can't remember Hughes price but his fixtures deteriorate.

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      1. Mind över Mata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks Isacki, agreed, Hughes out Wilson in

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  11. isacki: full casual
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    They should give the Nobel prize to Villa and Norwich, they've clearly invented time travel into the future so that they're already playing next year's match in the Championship.

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    1. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      so true - that's why I'm not watching

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    2. Chewy Toffee
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      😆

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    3. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Did you hear that a scarecrow won a Nobel prize for being out standing in his field...?

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      1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Haha, I've got another good one...

        Did you hear Obama won the Nobel peace prize?

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      2. Billy Gilmore
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        🙂

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      3. isacki: full casual
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        😆

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    4. The Light Knight
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Oy cut that out 👿

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Sorry mate I lived in cambridgeshire for 15 years, we love to have a dig at our bigger neighbours 😆

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        1. isacki: full casual
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          Plus I'm still not getting over losing to you guys 😆

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        2. The Light Knight
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          Unfortunately you might be half right 🙁

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  12. Chewy Toffee
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Why on earth would anyone part with their hard earned to go watch this? Absolute dreadful footy.

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    1. Red-United
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Because they support their club?...

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      1. Chewy Toffee
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        In that case, I'd rather go support my local town club. Standard would probably be par!

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  13. PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Hooolihan how did he miss that

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  14. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    What time is Demi-time?

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    1. Red-United
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Usually about an hour before kick-off.

      Waiting to hear the bad news...

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  15. Chewy Toffee
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    What a miss.

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  16. Soccaholic
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Guzan just saved me my $10 :p

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  17. Soccaholic
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Benteke goal

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  18. NATSTER
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Gw10 will be a week for shopping DF for me.. I cant remember how do I end up with these players.

    Jenkinson (mun) - Wilson (nor) - Baines (ful) - Demel (mci) - Gorkss (qpr)

    Probably doing Demel -> Nelsen.. Uninteresting at all... 😐

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    1. Chewy Toffee
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Not much wrong with that side.

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    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      More interesting than Villa vs Norwich

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    3. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      How about Jenks -> Santon

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  19. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Awful marking... 🙄

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  20. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Norwich defence is shocking today. Wide open.

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  21. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    lol they said when i mentioned game of the season 😉

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  22. WDT
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    What actually happened to Villa? Why has the quality of their squad degraded so so much? From Friedel and a solid defense with Dunne Cuellar et al, Downing Barry Milner Young Gabby playing well, Carew being dangerous. Now they just have a shocking defense, are trying to gel a whole new team at once, and seem bereft of any quality at all. Weird.

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    1. WDT
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      That goal does not change my point or opinion..

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    2. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      MON overachieved with that team.

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      1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        He always overachieves...sign of a great manager!

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    3. Jinswick
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I'm not sure, but a Villa fan mate of mine places a lot of blame on Martin O'Neill. Reckons he massively overspent, paying huge wages, which effectively crippled the club financially and forced them to sell their best players.

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      1. Henry Hill
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Martin only spent the money the chairman gave him and the club made huge profit on likes of Downing, Young and Milner.

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        1. Jinswick
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          Yeah, that's true. Were they all MON signings? Either way, the club has to be in financial difficulty to sell all those players and not replace them with the funds they received. Reckon they'll be down there or there abouts come May.

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  23. PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    dang villa goal

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  24. Rafabio
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Benteke!!! GOAL

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  25. isacki: full casual
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    BENTEKEEEEEE

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  26. Henry Hill
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Why is Paul Lambert suing Norwich City for 2 million? Classless muppet, thought he resigned

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    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Food poisoning from one of Delia's cookbooks....

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  27. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Just told my gf that Villa had just scored. She, impressively, remarked which Villa -and then lost her mark by asking whether it was Villas-Boas 🙂

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  28. Granville
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    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Villa goal. Tumbleweeds.

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    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      That will have a big impact on the average score tonight

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  29. Chewy Toffee
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Lol at Bassong bollocking Turner. Look at yourself first Sebastian!

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  30. Pinoche
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Holman assist Benteke Goal.

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    1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Lambert was right about Holman's through balls then...That's one differential that's succeeded anyway

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