Spot the Differential

Spot the Differential – Gameweek 16

There’s just a few more hours left until the deadline and, with that in mind, we wheel out another trio of under-the-radar options for your Saturday morning perusal. A couple of our protagonists are kindly-priced frontmen with the form and upcoming fixtures to potentially maintain their eye for goal, whilst the third is a fit-again, premium playmaker who has already made his mark against the European champions earlier in the week:

Gerard Deulofeu

Climbing off the bench in Sunday’s game at the Emirates, the on-loan Everton wide-man kept his cool to slam home a deserved equaliser for the Toffees and deny the hosts victory. After serving up a goal and assist in his first start at home to Stoke in Gameweek 13, Deulofeu has been tentatively used by Roberto Martinez, with sub roles away to United and Arsenal over the subsequent couple of Gameweeks.

As Everton prepare for four home games in the next six, with Fulham, Sunderland, Southampton and Norwich all rolling up to Goodison between now and Gameweek 21, the young Spaniard is expected to be handed increased game time over the festive period as Martinez plots to capitalise on a superb upcoming schedule.

From a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) perspective, Deulofeu’s classification as a forward is a real deterrent but, given that he’s racked up 17 points over the last three league matches, in spite of starting just once, there’s a definite upside to his acquisition. Priced at just 5.4 in FPL (7.0 in the Sky Sports game and 1.5 in the Sun Dream Team), there’s no question that transferring him in would be a real punt but if his manager hands him the platform his talents deserve, it’s one that could pay off handsomely.

David Silva

The City midfielder had an immediate impact upon his return to action last Tuesday. Handed a start against Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich, Silva inspired a stunning fightback as his side sprung a major shock with a 3-2 win in Munich as the visitors registered their most impressive result of the season so far.

Despite his class, Fantasy managers will be understandably cautious over jumping on board the Silva bandwagon again so quickly. Already this term, he’s broken down twice, with hamstring and calf complaints curtailing his game time but, providing he can steer clear of injury, there’s no doubt that the Spaniard looks a real option under Manuel Pellegrini’s guidance. Over seven appearances, he racked up three goals, a trio of assists and three bonus points – crucially for Fantasy managers, he’s served up real consistency, too, drawing blanks on just two occasions.

Given that he’s missed the last five Gameweeks through injury, there’s every chance he won’t last the full 90 minutes against Arsenal later today but Silva has only managed the full game on four of those seven league appearances and still found the time to average six points per game under the Chilean.

With a trip to Fulham next weekend followed by back-to-back Etihad showdowns with Liverpool and Palace, Silva could well be set to hit the ground running for Pellegrini’s free-scoring team and, priced at 9.1 in FPL, he currently sits in just 3% of teams and offers a real alternative to similarly-priced team-mate Yaya Toure (9.6, 38% ownership). Coming in at 8.4 in the Sky Sports game and 5.5 in the Sun Dream Team, Silva has been priced in the premium bracket right across the Fantasy games but his displays so far have more than justified the substantial outlay as City look for goals to fire them to the title.

Gary Hooper

There’s no doubt Norwich’s summer signing from Glasgow Celtic suffered a slow start to his career at Carrow Road. Despite splashing out a significant sum on the forward, Chris Hughton opted to utilise a lone forward system and, with Ricky van Wolfswinkel getting the nod to lead the line instead, Hooper was afforded no more than two brief sub appearances over the first seven Gameweeks of the season.

With the Dutchman forced onto the sidelines through injury, Hooper has finally been able to string together a run of appearances in the Norwich first-team and, as his match-sharpness improves, is finally starting to show the form that made him such a formidable force north of the border.

Coming in at 6.1 in FPL (7.4 in the Sky Sports game and 2.0 in the Sun Dream Team), Hooper looks a key player for the Canaries and has now scored in three of his last five league matches, also earning seven FPL bonus points for his endeavours. Van Wolfswinkel returned to training this week but the Dutchman may have to bide his time as Hooper’s eye for goal is poised to take advantage of a kind run of matches which hands him a home game with Swansea this weekend before going head-to-head against all of the bottom three (sun, FUL, cpl) over the subsequent four.

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  1. Non-template FPL is for Kin…
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    Note to "that" guy
    make your changes now, don't come back on here in just over 2 hours and complain that you missed the deadline

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    1. Non-template FPL is for Kin…
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      Looks like "that" guy is still asleep

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      1. Proggy
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        I always make sure I wake up at 8:30 on Saturday morning. 😀

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  2. Richd
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    So Brady - Silva for a hit or wait a week?

    Flannagan 1st sub if Brady don't play.

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    1. BeachBadger
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      Wait a week

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  3. FORCA INTER
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    Team set up

    Bets placed - lukaku,aguero and remy to score anytome

    Now is time to chill and enjoy in nice saturday morning

    Cmon coleman,nasri,coutinho and lukaku c

    Would be nice to get back on track after my madness 16 points hitters over last 2gws

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      Good luck.

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  4. Bumbaclot
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    Any votes for starting sess over Ramsey? ThankU

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    1. gedda
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      Ramsey was rested, he'll be up for this one and form of a life time, I just think there is regret to be had if you bench him at any stage..

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    2. Epic Fail
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      I would.

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  5. Lawrø
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    Is a 4pt hit needed? 3.4M ITB

    Mignolet
    Olsson, Burner, Ivanovic, Terry
    Nasri, Ramsey, Brunt
    Aguero, Lukaku(c), Suarez

    Harper, Zabaleta, Januzaj, Cabaye

    Not feeling too confident!

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    1. MattysFantasyFooty
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      No

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  6. gedda
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    Lost on last page…

    Morning all,

    After my singe worst transfer of the season, RVP in Thursday night, what would you suggest:

    Play Shelvey away at NOR or transfer him out for Roo for a(nother) hit?

    I have Collins a doubt, Clyne out so Ward looks likely to come off the bench already.

    Cheers

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    1. GTS
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      just stick with shell

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      1. gedda
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        Cheers..

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        1. gedda
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          Even if it does mean watching the united game from behind the sofa? 🙂

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    2. Bumbaclot
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      Ouch. I would consider the Rooney hit and captain him.

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      1. gedda
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        It was painful.

        Got him, Lukaku & Howard in thinking it would make me up some ground in my ML. A fail of EPIC proportions.

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    3. BeachBadger
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      I'd take a hit to get a playing striker

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  7. Anjar
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    Play MerTheSacker (m.city) or ShawLuke (newcastle) ?

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    1. copps
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      shaw

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    2. BeachBadger
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      Shaw

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  8. Jafooli
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    Transferring out Giroud, feels like the weight of a big donkey off my back 😛

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    1. Gianluca Busio's Hair …
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      but whats to become of the poor donkey!

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  9. # Young Gun SEAMUS #
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    1) Shelvey

    or

    2) Barkley ??

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    1. gedda
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      Barkley out of the two.

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    2. Brazooka
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      Barkley.

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    3. BeachBadger
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      Barkley

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  10. Vpan
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    for those having both:

    Who to captain, Rooney or Hazard ???

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    1. copps
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      rooney

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    2. milanista10
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      Got both and captaining Rooney.

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    3. saata
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      Roo

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    4. BeachBadger
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      I dont have both but I'd captain rooney

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    5. Proggy
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      I'd captain Rooney if I had him.

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  11. No Arsene Around
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    Any benteke dreamers in ere

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    1. No Arsene Around
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      Apart from me

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    2. The ghost of a Pug's g…
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      They left a few weeks back mate

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    3. copps
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      from what ive seen everyone has aguero, suarez, lukaku and rooney

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    4. gedda
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      Got rid this week..

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    5. Hubert
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      Don't have him, but am a Villa fan, so I hope he scores 😀

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      1. copps
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        im hoping for a 4-3 villa win with rooney (c) involved in uniteds goals

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        1. Hubert
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          I'd settle for that!

          😎

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    6. BeachBadger
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      Just ditched him this week. I expect 2 goals from him at least now

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    7. Gnu
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      Yep, working on the theory that it would be obvious to transfer him out due to bad form and playing Man U so I've kept him as he'll score 2.... Obvious really.

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  12. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
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    Start Chester or Burner? ?

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    1. saata
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      Chester

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    2. BeachBadger
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      Chester

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  13. Geriatric Unathletic
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    All this differing Captain talk but every time I take out the variables it comes down to the man in form SUAREZZZZ.

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    1. Nomar
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      I have Lukaku but I'm captaining Suarez too, if that helps.

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    2. Trigg ⭐️
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      These are my main thoughts. He very rarely doesn't put in a performance.

      Less risk involved, and he might just smash in another long rang hat trick!

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    3. copps
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      i reckon he's got more chance of scoring than not, i just think the others have potential for bigger scores due to opponents (though they come with more risk)

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    4. FPL Emu
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      Or one of the other men in form, such as Aguero, Hazard or maybe Lukaku.

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    5. Tabone
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      Suarez for me too.. aguero vc.. have lukaki also

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  14. Beautiful Game
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    GOOD TO GO???

    Marshall
    Dawson, Coleman, Demel
    Ramsey, Hazard, Nasri, Mirallas
    Aguero, Lukaku(c), Suarez

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      Bench?

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      1. Beautiful Game
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        Harper, Jwp,Rosenior,Chico

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          Gtg then.

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  15. Jafooli
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    @EpicFail

    You going with Kun (c)?

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  16. Brazooka
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    Rosenior starts today??

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      Teams news says no.

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    2. Beautiful Game
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      Same question here...can anyone answer???

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      1. Brazooka
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        Steve Bruce maybe 😀

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    Am I daft to wana play Chester over ozil?

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    1. Trigg ⭐️
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      Yes!

      Big players perform in big games.

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    2. Sting
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      Yes! Don't do that

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    3. Squiggle
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      I don't think it's daft at all, though it's a tough decision.

      Ozil hasn't shown the ability to perform away.

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  18. Bob.
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    Coutinho -> Oscar for -4 ? Have no chels coverage

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    1. Brazooka
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      Nope

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    2. JJO
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      I wouldnt do that
      Coutinho is on set pieces and has Cardiff at home next
      Oscar has Ars away next
      Not worth -4 for sure

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      1. Bob.
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        I guess you are right. Cout has poor fix this week and good fix next week, whereas Oscar is the reverse of that. May as well just stick!

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        1. JJO
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          This is what Im doing,and then transfer him out after Cardiff

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    3. BeachBadger
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      Not worth it

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  19. Bumbaclot
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    Remy over lukaku all the way!

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    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
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      I am still sticking by Rems!!

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  20. Trigg ⭐️
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    Having 4 good captain choices should be a nice problem to have.

    But it really isn't.

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    1. BeachBadger
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      It's better than having none I suppose

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  21. Tim Canterbury
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    Rooney (c) Kun (vc)

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  22. FPL Emu
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    Jason Dozell: To answer - I have no clue. On Suarez at the moment. But considering Kun and Hazard as well.

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  23. Thomass
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    Good to go? 😉

    Howard
    Terry, Chico, GJ Coleman
    Ramsey, Lampard, Hazard
    Suarez, Lukakaaaa(C), Kun
    Subs: Davis, Cabaye, JWP and Faye

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    1. Namtab Nomolos
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      Who's going to break the bad news about Chico?

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      1. GTS
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        Hi! Chico is out.

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    2. TorresMagic™
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      Need to update spreadsheet for bottom 2 teams.

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      1. Thomass
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        How? What's the GD's?

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  24. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
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    Shall I start Chester or Burner, or both and bench Morrison?

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    1. BeachBadger
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      Morrison is out apparently. someone mentioned it was on the bbc page

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      1. Mark
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        The BBC say he's a doubt. They are the only source saying this and there was no mention of this from Big Sam's presser as far as we know.

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        1. BeachBadger
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          Thats a bit better news alright. Kinda need him this week myself haha

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    2. Bob.
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      Dont bench Morrison anyway.

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  25. TorresMagic™
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    Anyone thinking Fletcher as a cheap 3rd forward?

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    1. copps
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      sean4 sure is

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    2. Tabone
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      Haha

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    3. Fitzy.
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      He'll only get crumbs...

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    4. Evs
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      No, Lukaka for me.

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    5. The Machine
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      Lol

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  26. Andy1
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    Any changes needed

    Marshall
    Zabaleta Chester Coleman
    Oscar Ramsey Morrison nasri
    Rooney (c) aguero Suarez
    Subs: mignolet Williams Koscielny jwp

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  27. OptimusBlack
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    Who to play ?

    A- Burner v.s WBA (H)

    B- Mert v.s MCI (A)

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  28. The Machine
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    Need your opinion here

    Team almost set up. Defenders and keepers look good till the Jan WC

    Have one FT but don't want to keep Nasri. 0.6 in the bank

    Nasri Coutinho Hazard Ramsey (Whitt)

    Lukaku Aguero Suarez

    A) Downgrade Nasri > Fer/Redmond and use the cash to get Rooney/Ozil/Walcott next week

    B) Save the Transfer.

    C) Upgrade to Oscar

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    1. Hubert
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      A looks good, with Fer

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    2. TorresMagic™
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      B

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    3. In Like Flynn.
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      C)

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  29. _Ninja_
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    Anything worth a FT?.. 1.7m in bank. cheers

    Mignolet
    Coleman / Chester / Terry
    Morrison / Ramsey / Hazard / Özil
    Lukaku / Suárez / Agüer

    Lewis / Whittingham / Mertesacker / Gabbidon

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    1. Tabone
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      Very very similar team.. I went migs to howard.. I have jagielka

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  30. Tim Canterbury
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    Rooney has blanked in his last two matches. Both at home as well. Just putting it out there

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    1. thetinkerman
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      *fear mongering

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    2. Fitzy.
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      He hasn't blanked in his last 2 matches at all. He's playing away regardless.

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