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Dugout Discussion December 8

The Dugout Discussion – Monday

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A disappointing Gameweek 15 finally comes to its conclusion this evening as Southampton brace themselves for the visit of in-form Man United. Louis van Gaal’s side roll up to St Mary’s on the back of four successive wins and will be looking to take advantage of their injury-hit hosts.

Despite the loss of Angel Di Maria to a hamstring complaint, United will be confident of another victory after Wayne Rooney recovered from a knee problem late last week. The Red Devils skipper has scored in each of his last two league appearances and has the chance to stake a claim as a possible replacement for Sergio Aguero in our three-man frontlines tonight.

Robin van Persie, Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini have all been amongst the goals in the last two matches and have the platform to cement a place in Fantasy managers’ thoughts ahead of Gameweek 16.

For the Saints, Ronald Koeman faces a tough task to steady the ship. Southampton have lost each of the last two without finding the net, and with the likes of Morgan Schneiderlin, Jack Cork and Toby Alderweireld ruled out, a ninth clean sheet of the season looks hard to come by.

The misfiring Graziano Pelle – still owned by 22% of Fantasy Premier League managers – attempts to score for the first time in seven Gameweeks this evening, whilst the inconsistent Dusan Tadic may struggle to improve upon a record which has seen him blank in 10 of his 14 league appearances.

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  1. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Is RVP worth the extra 2 million over Rooney?

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    1. Coaly
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      na

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      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Thought so. Cheers

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    2. thischarmingman
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Is rooney worth the extra 2 million over someone

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      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Got Bony and Costa. Don't fancy Benteke, Austin is suspended.

        Need to make the Kun move, want a United player, Rooney in 😀

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  2. Fin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Don't know whether to keep Tadic...

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    1. FortunesAlwaysHiding
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      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Keep for Burnley

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    2. Fader
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      went off injured

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  3. Giovanni Giorgio
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Chambers, Fabregas and Aguero -----> Zabaleta, Hazard and Rooney for -4?

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  4. HVT
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    That Rooney yellow cost me 2pts I reckon 🙁

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    1. Timtastic03
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      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Lost 2 on Guzan 😆

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    2. copps
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      that fabianski red cost me 3 points and a 4 point hit this week

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  5. oscardo
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    van persie hits form, get him in.

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    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I'm actually considering it

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      1. oscardo
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        done deal!

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  6. Boss Hogg
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Do you think Chelsea will rest players in Wednesday night, given that they've already won the group?

    Thinking about Costa, Terry and Hazard in particular.

    What's Jose's history with playing under strength sides?

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    1. Bolivian Seaman
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      He will rest them

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    2. LewanGOALski
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I'd be surprised if he doesn't

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    3. Oz lotto
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I believe he will. He will try to give zouma minutes. This oscar and hazard will get rested completely and ramires will get a run out with schurrle starting. Remy to start

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      1. Oz lotto
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Think*

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  7. davies
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    After tonight's game, thoughts on Rooney?

    Is it a case of not worth his price tag OR he keeps ticking over?

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    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      staying away from manutd altogether.. they looked horrible going forward. cant see em scoring many

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      1. davies
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        LIV, avl, NEW the next 3.

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        1. Zasa
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          No form to compensate though for said fixtures though, feel AdM when back will provide the best route & value into United

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      2. Oz lotto
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        This Southampton had the better chances in a game with few and far between

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        1. @ocprodigy
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          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Have you watched us in previous games? Except for Arsenal and today, we've created LOADS of chances. We just never freaking score them.

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          1. Oz lotto
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            I watched you vs stoke and again... Stoke probably had the best chances of the game, whilst you had more. I'm not hating, just calling it how I see it.

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    2. Zasa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Not for me IMO, no SoT, poor prospect personally.
      Staying away from the hitters

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    3. Puyol Pants Up
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Not interested in him. Maybe RVP though..

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  8. Jitterbug
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Aguero, Fabregas, Mirallas -> RVP, Hazard, Downing (-8)

    Thoughts?

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    1. Miracallas
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Nah

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    2. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Not for me.

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    3. Frank Black
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Good moves but maybe not for a - 8.

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    4. Zasa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Knee jerk city, I like the Fab --> Hazard move
      But an other forward option for Aguero IMO
      Definitely not the last move

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    5. og super star
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      RVP if you can afford him. good differential. Good fixtures. Man U performance not up to sctatch though.

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    6. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I'm keeping Fab

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  9. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Bony or Lukaku or RVP ?

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    1. Oz lotto
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      For me if you don't have bony you have to get him in

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  10. Jax
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    did fonte get booked ffs

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  11. Kim Jong Kün
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Kun to Costa OR
    Kun to anyone else and Tadic/Chadli to Hazard (-4) for Chelsea cover (which I have none).

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  12. Keno
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hazard or Yaya

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    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Both.

      But Yaya if you can only get one.

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    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yaya got a hard 90 mins coming up, plus return trip to rome, then away to leicester less than 72 hours later. Could mean he may not be at his explosive best this week.

      Haz on the other hand will be well rested & raring to go vs hull t home.

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      1. womf
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        He's not playing, suspended

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  13. There's Always One!
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Will Aguero drop tonight?

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    1. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      No, will be protected

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      1. 4vets
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Rubbish

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      2. There's Always One!
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Will be? Or is?

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    2. Declan
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      It'll be close

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  14. Somalion
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hope there's no more f**king about from LVG. Made the match an awful lot harder and played some terrible football.

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    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      He's made the same mistakes over and over again without rectifying it.

      He's like a fly that keeps bumping into a window...

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      1. Somalion
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Aye aye, I agree completely. I'm happy the points are coming in but would rather not have foundations built on sand, this was dire tonight.

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    2. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      A strange game

      In a lot of ways it was the same as the Arsenal match where United were gifted victory

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      1. Somalion
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        True enough, robbed them completely. Very poor, still a result which is great but very poor.

        Starting to think that he goes out against the more competitive sides to play really slow and dull football, killing the other team's intensity as well... Hope it stops.

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    3. Vardy Gras PBFC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Worked against Arsenal.

      Away from home, play so disjointed that it confuses the opposition into thinking "this is easy" and lose concentration.

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      1. Somalion
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Exactly what I posted above, I don't like the tactic that much though...

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  15. CFC1990
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Best replacement for Aguero (not Costa)?

    I am thinking Bony

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    1. _Freddo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Benteke.

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    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Bonu

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      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        *Bony

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  16. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Can Persie's a good looking big bugger.

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    1. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      *Van

      Don't know who Can Persie is but he might be a good looking big bugger too.

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      1. FPLEL
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I'm surprised you got that correction in first. The grammar police are rampant on this site 😀

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        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          I know. I was typing like f**k because I figured somebody would jump on it. 😀

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    2. Oz lotto
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      He needs to die his hair black . Half grown out to grey it looks like my grandmas moustache

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  17. Puyol Pants Up
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Well my Aguero replacement is now down to Dzeko, RVP and Lukaku. No idea who to pick 🙁

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    1. Zasa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Wait 'til UCK matches mate, it'll clear your head on Dzeko a bit 😉
      Then by process of elimination

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      1. Zasa
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        *UCL

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  18. copps
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    lol 3 shots

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  19. Parm
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    *van Persie owner gloat* :p

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Same 😀

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      1. Parm
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Evs sold him 😆

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        1. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          And ENR 😯

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        2. Granville
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Evs is yesterday's man. Even I'm ahead of him. 😉

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          1. Evs
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            • 14 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Thanks man.

            Kick a fella in the nuts while he's down why don't you 🙁

            Anyway, like all good studs... I'm retiring after this season !

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        3. Evs
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          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          And how is that funny 😥 ?

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    2. Enzo the Baker
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Fair do's for calling it, it's decisions like this that make fpl memorable !

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    3. Granville
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      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Well done people

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  20. Outatime
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    What to do with this team?

    Fabianski**- Krul*
    Baines - Clyne - Taylor* - Azpi - Chambers*
    Yaya - Sanchez - Downing - Siggy - Boyd
    Berahino - Aguero* - Austin*

    WC already used, 1.0 ITB & willing to take hits.

    Thinking Krul --> Foster
    Aguero --> Rooney/Costa

    Don't really want to spend 12.4 on Rvp rather Rooney to spend cash elsewhere.

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    1. Zlatan The Magician
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Outatime

      Love the "Willing To Take Hits". Reminiscent of the old time "Will Work For Food"

      FlappyHandski > Hart

      Aguero > Rooney.

      Get rid of Chambers GW 17 for your Xmas Defender (Probably from SW London)

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      1. Outatime
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Hart's fixtures look very tempting. Unsure about who to replace Aguero with, what do you think of Costa atm?

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  21. Granville
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    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    OPTA stats make awful reading for United. The limpest attacking display in 11 years. 😆

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    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You can get arrested for mugging

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  22. GoonerByron
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Not so keen on Rooney on... Lukaku's looking tempting again.. Would go RVP but that would leave me 5.1 for a Chambers replacement instead of 7.6..

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    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Same here.

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  23. sambyy
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I have Bony and Costa, who to get in for Aguero?

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    1. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Welbeck/Sakho/Austin. Pick one.

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      1. Outatime
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Flip a coin between Sakho and Austin.

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      2. Oz lotto
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Stop trolling

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    2. Outatime
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Depending on budget, Benteke/Lukaku/Roo look like good options.

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      1. Oz lotto
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        This although Rooney didn't do a lot for me tonight

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  24. Vardy Gras PBFC
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Need to get some sleep, which do I pull the trigger on?

    A. Boyd & Aguero to YYT & Cisse (-4)
    B. Boyd & Aguero to Silva & Dzeko (-4)
    C. Aguero to RVP

    Team is:

    Foster / Myhill
    Wisdom / Yun / Dummett / Baines / Ivan
    Sigurdsson / Hazard / Eriksen / Sanchez / Boyd*
    Costa / Austin / Aguero*

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    1. og super star
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      C

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      1. Vardy Gras PBFC
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Ta.

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    2. Oz lotto
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Don't sell bony

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      1. Vardy Gras PBFC
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        If I had him, I wouldn't 🙂

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  25. Iwantmorepointsthanks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    hm. is RVP an option all of a sudden?

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    1. Oz lotto
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Overpriced and when falcao hits full fitness can see him getting rotated as LVG is well aware he is an ageing player and fixtures get thick and fast in December

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  26. Game of Stones
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    A: Sakho & Yaya (5th midfielder - play 352 - rotate Sakho & Ings - can play Yaya for Fab this week)
    B: Bony & Boyd (play 343 - Ings & Costa other forwards)
    C: Rooney & Boyd (play 343)

    Help please, I'm torn!

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    1. Outatime
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      A

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  27. Moeda
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Lost on last page:

    Help me get out my injury / suspension hole! Pick one:

    1) Krul + Austin + Kun -> Guzan + Bony + Rooney

    2) Krul + Austin + Kun -> Guzan + Bony + Lukaku

    3) other

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  28. John Nerdelbaum
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Does anyone know when the FA will make their decision on Fabianski?

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  29. il Brutto
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Who to get for next week?
    A) Costa
    or
    B) Bony

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  30. Miracallas
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    RVP happening to be the same price as Aguero is going to tempt a lot of people to do something silly

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    1. Birds of Prey
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      man this was already my move figured if didn't work a lot of money to re-distribute. Bad result, nice to know he really is in form. Rooney still will get p-up'd 3:1.

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