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Mavropanos
Reinildo
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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	83.3%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	83.1%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	82.9%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	74.9%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	72.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	72.7%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	71.6%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	67.1%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	66.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	64.1%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	65.6%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	62.4%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	61.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	60.4%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.1m	54.7%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	56.0%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	55.9%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	53.4%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	52.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	50.7%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	47.2%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	48.0%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	48.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	45.7%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	44.9%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	43.2%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	41.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	44.7%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	38.9%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	38.5%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.2%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	36.2%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	37.4%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	36.8%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	33.7%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	33.6%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	33.5%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	33.2%	Unlikely
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.5m	32.7%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	32.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	9.3m	107.6%	Very Likely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	99.4%	Maybe
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	84.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	84.2%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	82.9%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	81.6%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	81.4%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	81.0%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	79.9%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	80.0%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	79.8%	Unlikely
Rayan	BOU	5.6m	73.9%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	73.9%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	72.8%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	73.3%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	73.0%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	73.0%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	71.9%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	71.7%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	68.9%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	70.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	67.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	67.2%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	67.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	66.3%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	66.2%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	65.8%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	64.2%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	61.8%	Unlikely
Fabianski	WHU	4.5m	61.0%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	60.4%	Unlikely
Moore	SUN	3.9m	60.3%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	58.2%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	59.6%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	57.4%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	6.8m	52.4%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	52.3%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	52.1%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	51.9%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.6m	53.4%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:02pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:01pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:03pm

[sbu_large_image] Fixtures

Monday’s Dugout Discussion

18 October 2010 1627 comments

Akers

The eighth gameweek of the season is brought to a close tonight at Ewood Park, as Blackburn Rovers host Sunderland.

The visitors are bolstered by the availability of their star striker Darren Bent, and out-of-position fantasy favourite Ahmed Elmohamady also starts to the relief of many. Elsewhere, there is only one change from the side that held Manchester United before the international break, as Danny Welbeck comes in for Boudewijn Zenden after not being eligible against his parent club.

The home side make two changes from their previous league outing at the Britannia Stadium, with Martin Olsson and Nikola Kalinic replacing Ryan Nelson and Mame Biram Diouf.

Blackburn XI: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Givet, Olsson, Nzonzi, Jones, Emerton, Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Kalinic
Sunderland XI: Mignolet, Onuoha, Turner, Bramble, Bardsley, Malbranque, Cattermole, Elmohamady, Henderson, Welbeck, Bent

The Dugout Discussion is open and available right here.

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andy85wsm
15 years, 5 months ago
Just seen Artetas goal. this offside rule should really be reverted back to the original. Yakubu was right in front of Reina!
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Alex Hunter
15 years, 5 months ago
Anyone think it's a good move to bring in Tevez and Bent for Drogba and Carroll long term, or about the same pretty much as far as their return?
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AP
15 years, 5 months ago
Absolutley loving the Samba red 😀
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1. Somalion
  15 years, 5 months ago
  +1000
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2. Headless
  15 years, 5 months ago
  +1
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3. JWF
  15 years, 5 months ago
  +1
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  1. FPL Blues
    15 years, 5 months ago
    +1
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4. TommyK
  15 years, 5 months ago
  you are just the worst type of person... 😉
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  1. Abstruse
    15 years, 5 months ago
    One of my favourite Family Guy quotes.
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 5 months ago
      I prefer this...
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i9p65BvOu4
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5. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 5 months ago
  -25,000
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  1. greghammer95
    15 years, 5 months ago
    I raise you.
    
    +50,000.
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Divide by 83 and multiply by the square root of who gives a f*ck... 😉
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6. Alex Hunter
  15 years, 5 months ago
  i'll be more happy if the result ends as it currently stands since I have both elmo and jones and will be through in the cup. i worry about bent though...
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  1. Evil_Ash
    15 years, 5 months ago
    +1 Need Jones to outperform Bent for me (wrapped in horse shoes since the red).
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Somalion
15 years, 5 months ago
Really really happy I decided against getting Samba this week 😀
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Abstruse
15 years, 5 months ago
My H2H opponent has Jones and Samba, I don't know how to feel right now
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1. hillbillypete
  15 years, 5 months ago
  emotional
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Gaffer
15 years, 5 months ago
To think I've been 1st in my league at work since the start.
Last week I dropped points > CACK
This week dropped even more > DOUBLE CACK

Think I'm going to be 4th or something now & dropping fast, b*llocks to this game, ha
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boourns
15 years, 5 months ago
would it be foolish to get rid of Malouda and Bale? I was thinking of the following.

Malouda -> Fabregas and Bale -> Adam
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comeondieyoung
15 years, 5 months ago
back 4 has now got 1 point between them, woaah
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Gaz Downright
15 years, 5 months ago
was that vinny jones in the stands?
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ViperStripes
15 years, 5 months ago
The guy leading my biggest money league has expensive defence:
Cole, Terry, Hart, Ferdinand
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hillbillypete
15 years, 5 months ago
the most amusing part of it is that Samba looked on course for bonus ptss in my opinion 🙂
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greghammer95
15 years, 5 months ago
So sad, so sad, its a sad sad situation........ 🙁 🙁

Except for me.

Ooouuu Happy days, Oooouuuu happy days 🙂 🙂

Morrisey, not getting Samba wasn't such a bad idea after all 🙂
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m165
15 years, 5 months ago
Choosing Elmo over Samba this week has been successful so far! My first 4pt hit of the season has also worked out nicely (Yaya Toure > Nasri)!

Takes away the pain of only having 10 fit players this week I guess!
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andy85wsm
15 years, 5 months ago
I thought these days the goalie could be last man? I.e why wasn't Samba yellowed?
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1. Marknlard
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Nothing to do with last man, it's goal scoring opportunity.
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greghammer95
15 years, 5 months ago
Always look on the bright side of life.

Do do. do do. do do, do do do do. 🙂
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1. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Your going to get pubic lice in your first encounter. Thats karma for ya 😉
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  1. greghammer95
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Crabs? But you wait next week I will be crying.
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    1. Attila the Bum
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Only messing - anyway do you know how Buddhists get rid of pubic lice? They aren't allowed to kill them because of their religion so they rub caster sugar in. Not fatal but it rots their teeth and stops them biting. 😉
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  2. Be
    15 years, 5 months ago
    I think you need pubic hair to get them.....
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    1. TommyK
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Why are we all descending into schoolboy humour? We have hattrick for that...
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snipsnap369
15 years, 5 months ago
I'm thinking of putting Kalou back in my team if Drogba is confirmed as being out for the Wolves game.....which seems likely.

Any opinions?
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1. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 5 months ago
  'which seems likely'
  Does it? Why? I've heard the exact opposite.
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  1. andy85wsm
    15 years, 5 months ago
    +1
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  2. greghammer95
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Me to, If not then (C) Cashley anyways 🙂
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2. Marknlard
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Likely? Where have you heard that?
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  1. snipsnap369
    15 years, 5 months ago
    He has still not trained due to illness and is not travelling to Moscow.....theres a link on totalfpl for starters...
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    1. Marknlard
      15 years, 5 months ago
      I'd be delighted if he missed the Wolves game- but surely the last place you'd take a guy with a cold is Moscow! His not travelling is no surprise.
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    2. Anorak
      15 years, 5 months ago
      I'm certainly not reading 'likely' from that.
      I don't think 'not trained' is such a big deal. It's not like he's injured - just ill.
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Waldaz
15 years, 5 months ago
Ok, don't really care about this match anymore. It's Dexter time, seeya! 🙂
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1. xentar
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Good choice! Great new ep again.
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ArcticJunkie
15 years, 5 months ago
Just this minute seen that Samba got sent off, it's a good job i'v already beaten my rival this GW. Elmohamady on a yellow aswell, hoping for a 0-0 and 5 points for Elmohamady.
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1. celtic10000
  15 years, 5 months ago
  why does mine say elmo played 46 mins and samba 47 ive refreshed the page
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Hybrid.power
15 years, 5 months ago
Elmo, don't you dare get sent off! And don't dare go off at 59 mins!
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1. m165
  15 years, 5 months ago
  +1!
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2. greghammer95
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Do it Elmo, I dareeee you.
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Gaffer
15 years, 5 months ago
I could do with Robinson saving a penalty, assisting a goal and making about 21 saves...............not too much to ask is it?!?!
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1. Hybrid.power
  15 years, 5 months ago
  I'd like that too.
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2. celtic10000
  15 years, 5 months ago
  and not conceding
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pstokes2010
15 years, 5 months ago
ATTENTION ALL.DUMP UR BLACKBURN DEFENDERS FOR 3 WEEKS!!
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1. dogtanion
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Is Samba gone for 3 games or 1?
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  1. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Just one
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    1. pstokes2010
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Ye sure?
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      1. For Fuchs Sake
        15 years, 5 months ago
        3 games for a straight red I'm afraid
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        HST
        15 years, 5 months ago
        3 straight for violent conduct I thought?
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        Attila the Bum
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Yeah thats what I thought, one for a professional foul and three for violent conduct.
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        For Fuchs Sake
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Ah yes 1 for professional foul, sorry!
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    2. dogtanion
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Grand..softens the blow a bit I guess..Can't believe that with Nani(c) on 18 points after 25 mins that I'd be saying this has been a disasterous week!
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2. don parcheesi
  15 years, 5 months ago
  and if you don't have any, transfer them in and then dump them
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MrAnderson
15 years, 5 months ago
great thing about fantasy football is it makes matches like this hold some interest for you. if blackburn hold out for a clean sheet (big if i know) then givet might just scrape an odd BP. any blackburn corners will be watched with much interest also ;p
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1. andy85wsm
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Yeah. I don't think I've ever watching Blackburn and SUnderland before and felt tense at every bit of action!
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HST
15 years, 5 months ago
This could be a great cup comeback.

Scores coming into this game

SMP = 57 + Samba
HST = 54 + Elmo

Sits now at

SMP = 55 + Nobody
HST = 54 + Elmo

Due to higher rank 1 point puts me through.

Comeon Sunderland!
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1. celtic10000
  15 years, 5 months ago
  you are very lucky
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  1. HST
    15 years, 5 months ago
    So's your face.
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celtic10000
15 years, 5 months ago
better to dump samba now for alex b4 price drop or wait till after champions league maybe alexs price will drop too?
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Akers
15 years, 5 months ago
Oh dear Mark, -2 for Samba AND Kevin Davies has his assist taken away. Minus 5 for the night.
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1. Im Not Marshal Foch
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Lol
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  1. Akers
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Worse still, he'll now lose his cup tie by a single point auto-subbing on for his opponent.
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2. Anorak
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Bloody hell - Granny's WC midfield is just silly. 7, 7, 7, 8, 10.
  Nicely done.
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  1. JWF
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Who's he got? VdV Nani arteta?
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    1. Anorak
      15 years, 5 months ago
      and Nasri and Adam. Add them to Tevez (12), Coleman (9), Carrol (4) and Elmo (currently 5) and he's had a stormer.
      Gap to Mark now a single point if things stay as they are, 483 vs. 482.
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RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
15 years, 5 months ago
Wellbeck's haircut tells me he's either an MCHammer fan, or he's trying out for the broadway reproduction of the classic Fresh Prince of Belair. Bent can be carlton.

shcok fact, Uncle Phil was the voice of Shredder on Teenage mutant ninja turtles.

Yes,i know, i am a God. Basque in the bounty of useless facts i set forth.
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1. dogtanion
  15 years, 5 months ago
  That will stand to me at some point of my life, cheers!
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Back on the horse
15 years, 5 months ago
oh god, just walked in, how can it still be 0-0

where is the energy?
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1. Back on the horse
  15 years, 5 months ago
  ah , just seen the good news about samba. good job i didnt transfer him in for knochesky. didn't think konch's 1 pts would beat him. but it has.
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Gaz Downright
15 years, 5 months ago
Okay Brucie, you can take Elmo off now...
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1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
  15 years, 5 months ago
  no chance
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2. celtic10000
  15 years, 5 months ago
  yeah while im not on negative 😛 il finish with 69 pts if it stays this way
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3. Gaz Downright
  15 years, 5 months ago
  close...
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Jack44
15 years, 5 months ago
Thinking about getting in A Cole for Alex, good trade or not? Thinking Alex could be a rotation risk plus injured at the mo.
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1. celtic10000
  15 years, 5 months ago
  carlo said he could be involved in champions league so prob fit for wolves
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zøphar
15 years, 5 months ago
gonna get eliminated from cup cause of Krul over Foster this week..

cant get over it.. How Krul 🙁
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1. andy85wsm
  15 years, 5 months ago
  My opponent will go out for the same reason (well that and the other players we have different) if Blackburn keep a clean sheet
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