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The Dugout Discussion – Sunday

Sunday brings the Gameweek to a close with a trio of matches featuring an array of Fantasy talent. Things get rolling with a pair of lunchtime kick-offs, as Villa host United and Swansea make the trip to Carrow Road to face Chris Hughton’s Norwich. That’s followed by the headline act, as Andre Villas-Boas looks to continue the Spurs revival against a Liverpool unit weakened by a string of injuries.

While the press will be focused on David Moyes, Fantasy managers will be more interested in Wayne Rooney’s performance. With a potential absence for Sergio Aguero looming, the United striker could make himself “essential” over the Christmas period if he can produce in the midlands. With Michu expected to earn a run-out at Norwich, we’ll have the opportunity to assess whether he can join both David Silva and Theo Walcott on our midfield Christmas list, while at 4pm, all eyes will be on Luis Suarez as he looks to overcome the absence of skipper Steven Gerrard and strike partner Daniel Sturridge against the Spurs back four.

Look to our Twitter feed for the latest teamsheet bulletins, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open and will remain available throughout today’s three fixtures.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Djerbil
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Next Week is all about the 10 other players - the hits

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  2. Declan
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    61pts today 😯

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      nice

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    2. Brazooka
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Suarez and?

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      1. Declan
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Migs, Jevans, Mertes off the bench.

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    3. Mambino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      92(-4) but didn't captain Suarez - is that still a green arrow?

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      1. Brazooka
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Of course!

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    4. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Nice work Dec

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    5. Mr. Bean
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      your link says otherwise

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    6. Tim Canterbury
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      snap

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  3. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Play Chester or Terry next week?

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    1. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      (Never thought I would EVER ask that)

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      1. kennethrhcp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        🙂 no answer is right

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      2. Podge
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Play Chester 😯

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    2. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Terry, Hull are poor away.

      Just get rid of JT and play someone else, that's what I'm doing.

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      1. Herman Toothrot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Already on a -8 due to injuries. However the rest of my ML has taken a -8

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          ah ok

          I'll be taking -8 this week if Kun is out long term

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    3. LewanGOALski
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Terry

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  4. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Walcott Hazard Ramsey Yaya
    Negredo Suarez (C) Rooney(vc)

    Hell with it!! It's just a game 😀

    Took Kun out before the news, brought in Wally.

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    1. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Jammy Git 😆

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      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

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  5. swobe
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    got 99 points this week but I need some feedback
    Giroud -> Negredo ?
    Giroud just isn't doing much and I have a feeling arsenal are gonna start to fade a bit..

    any other possible transfers would be appreciated too my team is:

    Howard/Daniels
    Flanagan/Zabaleta/Coleman/Dawson/Gabbidon
    Ramsey/Yaya/Ozil/Barkley/Colback
    Suarez/Chamakh/Giroud

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    1. Del Griffith
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      you still have Giroud?! Negredo looks a great transfer when you consider the fix and aguaro out

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      1. swobe
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        yeah haha, I've been hoping and hoping he'd start getting solid performances but its time to get him out. Still 99 points is alright, would have broke into the hundreds if I'd just got rid of him earlier. Negredo seems like a good shout

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  6. Del Griffith
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Worth getting Walcott in for a -4 ? ....assuming Aguaro is injured and thats the FT done

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    1. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Depends who for

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    2. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I am. Barkley out

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  7. Chris_White
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Januzaj or Sterling?

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    1. rohan
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Janujaz

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      1. Chris_White
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Is that you, Forca?

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  8. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    so assume Aguero is ok, would you save FT here or go for some change ?

    Howard
    Terry - Williams - Ward
    Walcott - Cabaye - Redmond - Sessegnon
    Suarez © - Rooney (VC) - Aguero

    Marshall - Whittingham - Murner - Clyne

    bank: 0.1M
    1FT

    ofc, if Aguero is injured for a while, he'll be out from my team this GW, for Negredo or Lukaku

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    1. Jax
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      he's not though.

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      1. LewanGOALski
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        you can't know that. And even if he's out only for Fulham, I am surely sticking with

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  9. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    so we dont care what suarez does next week if we're all captaining him

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    1. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Correct

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    2. rohan
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      We would still want more price rises from him though. If he does get another 20+ week

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      1. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        I don't think we do. Very unlikely we'll ever sell him, and more price rises just means more owners

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    3. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

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  10. Cheeseoid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    77 points. Didn't captain Suarez but must be a decent score surely?

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    1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      average on here

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      1. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        That's about what I think.

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    2. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yes. I've got 83 and happy under the circumstances. Returns from all players except Ravel.

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    3. Jax
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      liverpool 1 cardiff 0 henderson 72'

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    4. LewanGOALski
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      78 with Rooney C here. Not happy though 🙁

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      1. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        64(-4) and I'm not that unhappy. Why the f**k are you unhappy!

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        1. LewanGOALski
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          because 6 out of 7 people ahead of me in my cash ML have captained Suarez and they're spreading the gap :/

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          1. Give The Todd Some Love
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Haha fair enough

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    5. joinho
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yep I did and I got 85 (-4)

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  11. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    I had Walcott and Suarez(c) but most of my gains were lost by taking a -8 inc selling Migs to Howard and benching Ramsey and burner. Ah well 😀

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah Migs to Howard has bitten us all royally this week

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        he proper trolled his owners there.....

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    2. Scottys Army
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      swings and roundabouts

      my skipper missed 2 sitters but whits and coleman got double figure points which was a bonus.

      well done WR

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    3. Thomass
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Great decision

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  12. Judas
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Aguero + Lampard ---> Negredo + Hazard (for -4)

    no brainer?

    However I also have Clyne, Kos and Cahill all injured in my defence. Not sure what is more important?

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  13. r0nh
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Spurs - played 16, scored 15, conceded 21 😯

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    1. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      How to blow 100m on the worst players ever.

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      1. Mr. Bean
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        mostly by not playing them

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    2. Tatty Bojangles
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Why can they not score Rohn?

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      1. r0nh
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        No idea, but when AVB gets sacked, Soldado is essential!!!

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    3. The Shadow
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      11 came in just 2 games though.

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    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Thats what you get with a headless chicken at the drawing board

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  14. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    are we still waiting on the scan results for Kun? didn't see anything new on NewsNow

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    1. Scottys Army
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      result tomorrow

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        cheers

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  15. 7shadesofsmoke
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    For all those kicking themselves for a 10 point captain, who had Suarez chilling on a flat 22 points, console yourself with this...

    The guy sitting TOP of my mates work mini league, flirting with the top 5-10K Overall for the past 5 GWs...

    ...took a 4 POINT HIT to SELL Suarez AND Wellbeck - bringing in Rooney and Lukaku.

    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/546112/event-history/16/

    I cannot even begin to imagine the feeling.

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    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      😆 nice

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    2. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Clown.

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    3. Reedy
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Woah! So many questions...I guess we'll never know why he did it!

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    4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      this is what we are contending with people. That's why it annoys me seeing people like that ahead of me. Selling suarez? wow

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  16. Charlie Bronze
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    So, and I don't know if it's been mentioned previously, the person who had the highest score yesterday (82) and therefore a provisional gameweek rank of 1 had one player to add to his total today; Dawson who contributed a big fat minus 1. That's got to suck.

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  17. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    did oscar look decent when he came on?

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    1. BantamPhil
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      He would have scored if Ramires had squared it to him

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  18. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    7 hours to go. Walcott, please don't rise. Kun, please don't drop. 🙂

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    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      no chance of either

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        that's good, will be nice to hear definitively from City before having to make any changes and not have our hands forced by price changes..

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  19. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    so had I gone Suarez (c) I'd have been on 98 this week

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    1. copps
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      10 years, 4 months ago

      taking positives, at least you dont have that annoying feeling of just missing the 100 mark 😉

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        lllloolllll

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      2. Baz
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        99 here, never gonna hit 100!!

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    2. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      100 here. Frustrating!

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    3. LewanGOALski
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      on 96 here 🙁

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    4. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      95 here

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  20. michudagawd
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Should I get Coleman or Zabaleta for Terry? Already have Howard.

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    1. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Coleman double up

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  21. r0nh
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Nicole is bound to have them out tonight!!!

    If she doesnt, I will never watch X Factor again.

    This year.

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    1. Reedy
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Can you just post a gif I don't want to have to watch it 🙂

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      1. r0nh
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        They arent out, but she looks smoking 😉

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  22. Killitzer
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Remy for welbeck
    Or
    Remy + Terry --> Rooney + Chester for -4

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    1. jonnybhoy
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      remy has palace?

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  23. A Defender's Nightmare
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Was benching Flanagan (Mignolet owner) right thing to do?

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    1. copps
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      clearly not

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    2. applebonkers
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      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      i think so (unless it was for an arsenal defender). the odd of flanagan assisting, let alone scoring, are about as small as possible

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    3. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Definitely. Playing two Liverpool defenders away to Spurs would have seemed like madness

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  24. applebonkers
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    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    suarez involved in 26 out of 34 goals since his return, 76.5%.
    it's not just the size of the slice, the pie itself is massive recently

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      hes got football pie all over his face 😉

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    2. BantamPhil
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      *cake

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  25. Gazza2000
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Howard - Lewis
    Shaw – Koscielny - Gabbidon - B.Turner – Chester
    Hazard – Ramsey - Silva - Brady - JWP
    Rooney - Suarez - Aguero

    Aguero + Brady -> Lukaku - Walcott -4

    Have to do it tonight as Brady or would you wait on the Aguero scan news and forget about Wally?

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    1. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      *as Brady will drop

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  26. Killitzer
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    With hindsight no but who thought that Liverpool would not concede?

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    1. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Howard owners 😉

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    2. Tim Canterbury
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      No one. It pained me to play Mignolet. Some took a hit to get rid of him. That tells you everthing

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  27. Valar(Keith)
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Aguero just fell 7% in 15 minutes 😯 .. ppl selling him in droves to get suarez by the looks of it.

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    1. copps
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      yeah, is there any further news on aguero? i need to sell him if he's out.

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    2. Scottys Army
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      mugs if they didnt have suarez already

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  28. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    AVB gone?

    😯

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    1. Reedy
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      40%. At least that's what it says on thish bottle.

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    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      shame......i hate the managerial merry go round of recent seasons.....but you get 85m for bale and then have the results hes had

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    3. Mr. Bean
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      if odds are any indication, it's not lookin' good
      http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/165/9075590/avb-odds-plummet-for-exit

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    4. Jax
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      no

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    5. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I think he's been a bit unlucky. In terms of the players he's bought, everyone thought that Lamela, Paulinho, Eriksen, Soldado would be great buys, but it just hasn't really happened for any of them

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  29. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Koscielny to Zab?

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  30. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    can anyone remember how long aguero was out for last time with a calf injury? [ start of last season i think] i before people start i know it can be more or less severe but likely to be the same

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    1. Scottys Army
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      it was his ankle then

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