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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. DRIZ ✅
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      10 years, 4 months ago

      scenes

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    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      the biggest rage sack ever.............!!! they cant have captained suarez

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    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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      lol @ the date

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    4. Chris_White
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      Got me 😉

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    5. Jimbo123
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      Nice try

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    6. mgrea
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      I re tweeted this 8 months ago 😆

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    7. Tim Canterbury
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      Naughty

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    8. The ghost of a Pug's g…
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      I wish

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    9. jdoyle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      You got me.

      Was about to blame this girl for causing it:
      http://i.imgur.com/bPFM2Kb.jpg

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  2. Tim Canterbury
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    That performance away at Hull was quite clearly a blip. A lot of predictions were based on that. Liverpool can turn the magic on away from home

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    1. Bad Pen
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      If anything, the result at Hull has probably got them refocussed.

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  3. Alaric
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    Mignolet 4,0

    Ivanovic Jagielka Baker Collins Garrido

    Barkley Shelvey Ramsey Özil Januzaj

    Agüero Suárez Lukaku

    1.7m ITB, 2 FT, any ideas??

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    1. mgrea
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      10 years, 4 months ago

      Aguero to Roon
      save

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    2. Freshy
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      Kun to Negredo and whats your bank?

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    3. royals forever
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      Aguero > Rooney
      Ozil > Walcott

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      1. copps
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        nah ozil move is sideways

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    4. Alaric
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      Thanks everyone, seems Kun > Roon is the solid transfer. Is Ozil>Wally worth it? Seems a bit side ways but Wally is explosive and FPL gold when he gets going

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  4. sinik
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    if Aguero's injury is bad..Terry + Aguero + Januzaj -> Chester + Negredo + Walcott? for a -8, leaves 1.5 itb after the fact

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  5. Wild Rover
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    As a neutral I'm loving Arsenal and Liverpool top two 🙂

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    1. Bad Pen
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      It's a refreshing change isn't it 🙂

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    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      as a pool fan im lovin it too ..... hopefully arse chelsea will be 3-3 and well win to go top on GD

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      1. Alaric
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        That actually seems likely, or a Chelsea win and Pool still go top (assuming they beat Cardiff as expected)

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  6. BenDavies
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    Injuries/Suspensions piling up in my team, and having already used my FT on Silva, I'm going to have to play Morrison away to Man U 😀 Oh the joys of FPL.
    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1061241/event-history/16/
    I've only ever taken 1 hit ever during my FPL career, but I might be persuaded to today, thoughts?

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  7. Chris_White
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    Ravel or Sterling (-4)?

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    1. mgrea
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      Sterling

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    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      cant complain with sterlings form....hopefully roll back last season

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      1. Chris_White
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        Cheers, I'm probably gonna go for him. Adnan with the better fixtures, but never know if he's gonna start...

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    3. Brazooka
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      Sterling.

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    4. tm245
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      Will be doing same -- hoping to make a bit of money and get a few points until Jan WC.

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  8. Dogba
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    Am I the only one thinking it's crazy to ditch Aguero with the form he's in until he's confirmed out? Or is the news we've gotten so far enough to "confirm" that he'll be out for a few weeks at least?

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    1. The Blackadder
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      You beat me to it.

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  9. The Blackadder
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    I wish people would stop panicking about Aguero til we hear officially, they're gonna drive my transfer value down! 🙂

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  10. Beautiful Game
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    When does the price changes take place???

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  11. jdogg
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    Pantilimon mcgregor

    Coleman evans williams ward burner

    Ozil hazard ramsey sess ravel

    Kun suarez lukaku

    2ft 1.9 in bank

    Depending on news

    Sess and aguero to silva and rooney/negredo?

    What striker would you prefer?xx

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  12. Deulo10
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    10 years, 4 months ago

    According to beIn sport AVB is no longer Tottenham coach.....

    https://twitter.com/beinsport/status/412305896794886144

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    1. Scottys Army
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      LOL

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    2. SPorting
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      They've been listening to Parm.

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  13. Chris_White
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    What are people doing if Aguero only is out for this week?

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    1. Les Bleus
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      Getting Negredo I think

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    2. Scottys Army
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      selling

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    3. rohan
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      Bench. And get Walcott in

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    4. Deulo10
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      If it's only 1 GW I'm probably keeping.

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    5. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      holding

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  14. rohan
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    Anyone going in with a 4-3-3 next week or do you think its time to go heavy in the middle of the park?

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    1. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      Should've gone 4-3-3 this week to be honest and I didn't. Don't have the DFs for next week though so definitely 3-4-3 again.

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  15. Les Bleus
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    Tottenham has only scored 15 goals in 16 games this season and have a -6 GD. That's quite incredible for a team that's currently 7th in the league

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    1. Wild Rover
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      10 years, 4 months ago

      Suarez has scored 17 in 11 😆

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  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    lol @ furious spurs fans tweeting a girl thinking it is avb

    https://twitter.com/avb

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    1. Scottys Army
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      LMAO

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    2. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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      old news

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      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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        how is it old news when it just happened?

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        1. Scottys Army
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          you tell him lad

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        2. Give The Todd Some Love
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          I think PB posted the link a few pages ago

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  17. the cromulent one
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    I'll be too scared to captain anyone but Suarez after this week. I imagine many are in the same boat.

    And that's unfortunate. Half the fun of this game is the captain pick. Now, the captain pick will be automatic for most serious players.

    But on the upside, differential captains will now provided a huge risk/reward proposition. A lot of ground can be made up or lost when 90% do the same thing.

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      this week it was huge fun and nerves to pick the captain......tho suarez sort of spoiled it with his massive haul.....but yeh next week borin........need to find another diff

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    2. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      I'd rather not be terrified than have fun.

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      1. the cromulent one
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        🙂

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    3. d1sable
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      Aside from Aguero in a home fixture i dont think you can make any ground up by not captaining Suarez.

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  18. gers23
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    Safe to do gerrard to silva now? Or wait till after midweek games?

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  19. Optimus.
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    Luis Suárez: 17 goals in 11 games. No penalties. Premier League

    Cristiano Ronaldo: 17 goals in 15 games. 4 penalties. La Liga

    It's scary to think what if Wenger had just stumped up 50m...

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    1. goneill79
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      He'd still been ave short of 50 mil!

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      1. Optimus.
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        😀

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    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      dont...i feel sick

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    3. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      Would have been worth every £1 of it 😉

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    4. Get up ya bum
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      He must be kicking himself

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    5. r0nh
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      I assume you are counting 2 goals against West Ham then

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  20. goneill79
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    One Brendan Rodgers.Nuff said.

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    1. Get up ya bum
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      😎

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  21. The Sarjeant
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    10 years, 4 months ago

    Too many players need cutting from my team!

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  22. r0nh
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    10 years, 4 months ago

    11 games - 16 goals & 10 assists 😯

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  23. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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    avb sacking almost confirmed according to betvictor

    BetVictor ‏@BetVictor 1m
    We are hearing rumblings that AVB had gone but not confirmed - check out our next spurs manager market

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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      capello

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      1. Scottys Army
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        dodgy h

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  24. Give The Todd Some Love
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    I can do a larvely -8

    Aguero, Shelvey, Terry ➡ Rooney, Walcott, Chester

    But it will almost definitely not come off 😀

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      prob worth doin tho if aguero defo out for a few

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      1. Give The Todd Some Love
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        Perhaps...

        Cheers

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  25. Richd
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    So we'd need a plan thats fair for all to force a couple of artificial prices rises during the wildcard.

    We choose low ownership players.

    50% of those buy Player A before 0.1 mill rise, and the other 50% pick up Player A after the first 0.1mi..

    To make it fair, with the second player its reversed.

    Everyone gets a rise on one player, but people have to play fair and not go for both.

    Has this been tried before?

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    1. Richd
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      The lowest ownership players have this many people owning them.

      Shecter- 16 - Flagged
      Moritz - 24 - Flagged
      McLean - 65
      La Bangna - 71 - Flagged
      Enoh - 80

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  26. tm245
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    Just noticed the fixtures during the holiday week are very close on the heels of the Boxing Day matches -- is there always a 48 hour turnaround or is just because of the calendar?
    GW 18 - 26th Dec for all
    GW 19 - These teams get an extra day:
    29 Dec 13:30 Everton v Southampton
    29 Dec 13:30 Newcastle v Arsenal
    29 Dec 16:00 Chelsea v Liverpool
    29 Dec 16:00 Tottenham v Stoke City

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    1. Get up ya bum
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      Standard I think

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      1. tm245
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        Thanks -- have 8 players from those teams on the 29th so I hope to weather rotation okay.

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

    midfield of lamps, hazard, mirallas, whittingham.

    lamps is getting the chop, have 7.7 to spend & want a man utd mid, best option jan?

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    1. kennethrhcp
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      5th mid = ramsey

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  28. Ady87
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    Done. -8 taken. New team:

    De Gea

    Kompany Evans Distin

    Hazard Walcott Silva Ramsey

    Suarez Rooney Negredo

    No going back now! As knee jerk as it gets ha

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  29. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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    arsenal fans. would you rather have paid 42.5 for ozil or 52.5 for suarez?

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    1. The Chosen One...
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      Not Arsenal fan but would rather paid the extra for Suarez

      Walcott---Cazorla---Wilshere
      ---------------Suarez-------------

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    2. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      Lol

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  30. Valar(Keith)
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    Outside chance Aguero will fall today.. was 55% around 45 mins ago.. now 69% 😯

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    1. copps
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      i wouldnt say its outside, id say its happening

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    2. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
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      He'll fall easily at that pace!

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