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Dugout Discussion December 20

The Dugout Discussion – Man City vs Crystal Palace

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Gameweek 17 begins on Manchester, as Manuel Pellegrini’s City unit gather themselves to face Crystal Palace at the Etihad.

The Chilean has his work cut out. With all three recognised strikers laid up, we’re expecting Pellegrini to roll out something that resembles “false nine” setup.

Neil Warnock and us Fantasy managers can only speculate on what form that will take, with the possibility that either Samir Nasri or David Silva will be the central fulcrum for City’s waves of attacks from midfield. Meanwhile, Palace’s free-styling wingers have a stage to make a name for themselves. It’s going to be interesting.

Following this, a batch of six afternoon kick-offs follow, with no evening match to see us out. Presumably Christmas shopping takes precedence. Bah humbug.

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

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  1. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    0-0 still. Fecking joke. Pellegrini out. Sherwood in.

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    1. The Light Knight
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      9 years, 5 months ago

      Dim Tim nose wots wot

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    2. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Should have played Kolarov up front

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  2. Gooner97
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    9 years, 5 months ago

    City are really missing Aguero

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
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      And Dzeko and Jovetic.

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      1. Jafooli
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        And Bozo

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        1. Captain Shirokov
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          And Aguero

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          1. Gooner97
            • 10 Years
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            And Balotelli

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            1. Breadbin
              • 13 Years
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              And Dickov.

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              1. Jafooli
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                Tevez

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              2. Gooner97
                • 10 Years
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                And Rolando Bianchi

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                1. Cilly Bonnolly
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                  • 13 Years
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                  And Kinkladze.

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                  1. Ginkapo FPL
                    • 12 Years
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                    And jo

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              3. Sánchez
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                Canny believe you chose him too 😯

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          2. Sánchez
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            And Paul Dickov

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            1. Breadbin
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              And Jo.

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              1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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                and Benjani Mwawruwari

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                1. Jafooli
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                  Bellers

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                  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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                    But Benjani came from Zimbabwe and scored on Derby Day

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              2. Ginkapo FPL
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                Canny believe you chose himtoo

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                1. Breadbin
                  • 13 Years
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                  And Goater.

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                  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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                    and Darius Vassell

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    2. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
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      • 11 Years
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      and Quinn

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    3. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You all lost.
      They miss Roque Santa Cruz

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  3. Citizen kano
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    starting to regret not doing baines to zab

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  4. Captain Shirokov
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    9 years, 5 months ago

    Midfield for next week:

    Siggy(AVL) - Sanchez(QPR) - Yaya(wba) - Hazard(WHU)

    Nice.

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      same here

      Sanchez (c)

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

      lets just enjoy this week for now? plz

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    3. Get up ya bum
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      yeah my team is off tap next week. Seems i'm setup for every 2nd week

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    4. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Same, but with Oscar instead of Sanchez.

      And £4.1m in the bank. Hmmm...

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  5. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Overall captaincy: Costa 29.4%, Rooney 9.4%, Sanchez 6.2%, Hazard 5.7%, Aguero 4.4%

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    1. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Kane please?

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    2. Your Mum's Athletic
      • 12 Years
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      Aguero 😯 😆

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    3. Breadbin
      • 13 Years
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      Overall not really that important.

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  6. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 12 Years
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    Captaincy, overall, dead teams removed: Costa 33.7%, Sanchez 9.2%, Hazard 8.9%, Rooney 6.7%, RVP 6.4%, Yaya 5.2%

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    1. beric
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      Huh?

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      1. Your Mum's Athletic
        • 12 Years
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        exactly what it says on the tin

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        1. Les Bleus
          • 12 Years
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          😀

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    2. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
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      Thanks man

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    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      My RVP a differential captain

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  7. Captain Shirokov
    • 12 Years
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    Sakho not even in the top 7 captains in top 10k. :S

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      Let's hope this comes off

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    2. Breadbin
      • 13 Years
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      That's a good thing for us. More upside of it pays off.

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      1. Captain Shirokov
        • 12 Years
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        Indeed. Never would have thought I'd be relying on WHU so much for FPL points

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    3. Root
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      Nice pick

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  8. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Captaincy, top 1000: Yaya 21.6%, Austin 15.3%, Costa 13.6%, RVP 13.4%, Hazard 5.8%, Sanchez 5.8%, Eriksen 5.4%, Silva 3.5%

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  9. fusen
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    9 years, 5 months ago

    Live FPL points including bonus for all players in this game can be seen here -

    http://anewpla.net/fpl/live/?fixture=164

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    1. Raddy
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      Nice!

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    2. Mata-Is-The-Juan
      • 10 Years
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      Huh.. not bad at all.

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  10. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 12 Years
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    I've been stuck on the last article for about 10 minutes wondering why it's so dead around here on a Saturday. :/

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    1. Sponge-worthy
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      happened to me also!

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  11. Get up ya bum
    • 14 Years
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    bet pelle is kicking himself for letting negredo go. Strange for the richest team in the league/world? to go with 3 strikers

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    1. Nabs Kebabs
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      borderline stupid especially when kun is one of the three.

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      1. Rice Pudding
        • 10 Years
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        Jovetic too.

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        1. Nabs Kebabs
          • 12 Years
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          Kun, Dzeko, Pozo

          Jovetic ain't really a striker

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    2. Willis.
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      Negredo didn't want to stay

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      1. Get up ya bum
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        guess i mean to let him go and not replace him

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  12. Sánchez
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Dream scenario

    Palace win 1-0
    Yaya picks up a yellow
    Kolarov scores an OG
    Joe Hart gets a red

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    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
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      Why not go 2-0 palace so city defenders lose 1 more point

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      1. Sánchez
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        Dont want to be unrealistic and over hopeful

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        1. Revival
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          😀

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  13. Tasty Jerk
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    Bolasie!!! come on son

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  14. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
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    City go top if they win by four. I doubt Pellegrini knows this 😉

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
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      Chelsea are invisible!

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  15. Mikei
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    I thought he Bolasie big patch on the head. And suddenly: hair.

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    1. Wild Rover
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      Wot?

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      1. Mikei
        • 11 Years
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        Sticking-plaster, not patch, sorry. 🙂

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    2. Get up ya bum
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      don't speak swahili

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  16. Mull
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    Why's Bolasie got custard on his head?

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      To go with Jason Lee's pineapple?

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    2. Cesc, Drogs & Rock and …
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      Racist.

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  17. _Freddo
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    An Austin haul will be a big climb.

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  18. Get up ya bum
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    wonder if i'm the only one in top 1k with bony (c)

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    1. Sponge-worthy
      • 11 Years
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      subtle brag..

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  19. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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    • 14 Years
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    What is that thing on Joe Hart's head?

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      hair?

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      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 13 Years
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        Dandruff free.

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    2. Mull
      • 12 Years
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      Dandruff. Didn't apply the Head and Shoulders liberally enough this morning.

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    3. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
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      Shampoo

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    4. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      What is that think on Pulis head?

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      1. Gooner97
        • 10 Years
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        *thing

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    5. Nabs Kebabs
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      pen1s

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  20. Cheggers v2
    • 9 Years
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    do people saying yaya is over priced not realise that we can just sell him after the sun game?

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    1. Revival
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      • 11 Years
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      This Jan WC can't come soon enough

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    2. Mull
      • 12 Years
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      He's not overpriced because he's going to the ACON. He's just overpriced.

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    3. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
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      i got him in for exactly that reason ... ahemm I had to sell hazard though

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  21. SpaceCadet
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    Need a zabaleta goal to kick start this gw

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    1. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
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      yeah .. that would be nice

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  22. super zlatan
    • 13 Years
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    Wouldn't mind a Rooney haul later even though I didn't captain him.

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  23. RubeRx
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Someone posted this yesterday and thought I would share.
    Live point updated per player, inlcuding BPS. Will see if its better than FFFix live feature.

    http://anewpla.net/fpl/live/

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    1. Obi Wan Elokobi
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      Are people really that bothered about live points update it's not hard to calculate and the BPs change after the game anyway seems a really pointless website to me.

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      1. RubeRx
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        I thought the up to date BPS was pretty neat, you can see which plays affect the scoring system. Not many on here really truly understand the score breakdown.

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  24. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
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    Where da fuq is Guidetti when you need him Pelle, you fool.....

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    1. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
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      He's a good tim now

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  25. Crash
    • 11 Years
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    Got drunk, got nasri in for a hit and captained him
    Gonna lose my 18 k rank this week

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    1. Joga Bonito®
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      That's not a bad shout for this week at all.

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  26. Deep Sea Amphipod
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    Phil Dowd is an awful ref, can't understand how he's still officiating PL games.

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  27. Willis.
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    Campbell misses a sitter from 2 yards out

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  28. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    Breaking #mufc team: Am hearing (unconfirmed) Radamel Falcao starts in place of James Wilson and Darren Fletcher replaces Fellaini v #avfc

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  29. RubeRx
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    • 9 Years
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    Campbell going for the spectacular...

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  30. Willis.
    • 12 Years
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    Joe Hart has a really long head

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