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Scout League Summary – The New Year

8 January 2011 788 comments
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The FA Cup may often be regarded as the nightmare of the Fantasy Manager with distraction, exhaustion and injury but a few consequences that can unwittingly cripple their teams with no regard for the many hundreds of thousands of Carlos Tevez owners, and me, just hoping he gets a nice old rest this weekend, for example.

What it does allow us is a little extra time to simmer down and take in what has happened in Fantasy up until now, and, after hectic schedule and illness-based roadblocks, a little time can be spent looking at the goings-on in all things league a little over halfway through the season…

Fantasy Premier League

The Good…

Big Poppa is, of course, our first order of merit and the Fantasy Football Scout league is firing on all cylinders. The snow may have knocked a few folks off course but calm heads prevail with a nice gap between first and second in the League of Leagues. Luckily enough though, it’s our dilligent subscribers to Scout Membership who fill that second spot.

Mark Rutter and The Rutz Nutz take pride of place as number one manager in the number one league in the world, with over five and a half thousand envious managers looking on with equal parts scorn, pride and jealousy. He’ll also be getting 18 points off his bench come Wednesday evening, the lucky swine.

Hot on Mark’s heels are the likes of Nathan Turner, Celso Loureiro, Steven Laverick and James McCall as the top five is rounded out. More commonly known posters amongst the Scout Community such as Camzy, Grimaldi and Jafalad all continue their fights not far behind too. One of Fantasy Football Scout’s older friends Spiderman returns to his 08/09 form and may once again fight until the end for that crown. Sour grapes also start early as some chap named I’m Not Marshal Foch gets frontpage action at 36th in the Scout league.

As for our members, we don’t want to let anyone miss their chance for a spotlight action. December saw The Karachi Kid clinch the monthly prize with a slender one point win over board poster Cunning Stunts in a hotly contested affair. Back in November, Scott Woods pulled out a healthy lead over second place to join the realms of champions while even further back in time Terry Goodwin won the October contest – our own Granville not far off calls of a conspiracy in 8th for that month. All three of the aforementioned winners won a free £25 bet with Paddy Power for their efforts.

The Head to Head leagues are starting to build a bit more shape to them as victories continue to push the men at the top to greater heights, starting with Comfy Coxy at the top of the whole tree holding off Russman and Roger C. I’m Not Marshal Foch pops in again to stick the knife into my season, putting me to shame with his first place in our second Head to Head league, holding off his good personal friend tinoss and the gallic poster gros. Head to Head three is as close as two very close things with a four way tie between Mark, Defoe Rules, Mr Blonde and Anorak split only by rank. The father of all things Scout Mark doth win that war in 6396th place.

A clear leader is seen in our fourth league as denial has a handy cushion of more than two games over closest rivals Just One More Thing and Wes. League five sees Don Corleone (in second) sleeping with The Fish in first while plucky Granville once again looms large. Cesc, Drogs and Caroll is our sixth leader after twenty-one gameweeks, William Coventry and Don are trying their best to rattle him out of there.

Greghammer95 (or whatever he calls himself now) leads the last of our seven select entry league as EasyLuckyFree challenges alongside da Beeeez, my colleague and fellow scout getting his match timing just right to take his team ranked in the 400 thousands to third place. The most competitive league, and also most requiring of luck, is our Reserve League and by merit of ranking alone Kenny Coffey sits pretty ahead of Graeme Matthew (who has stuck around since September) and Evan Donaldson.

The Bad…
Sticking out like a sore thumb are those managers at the bottom of our leagues. Those who think they are doing badly can perhaps afford a rare smile by comparison, while if you are one of the few afforded this unfortunate glimpse perhaps it’ll provide a kick up the posterior. I sure hope it will, not least because I have to give my own team an unfortunate mention.

The seven managers at the bottom of our Head to Head leagues are BigAdz, Andy (that’s me, what pride!), Bedknobs and Boomsticks, Sojourners, Honkey, Davysteen and pewty. We must all try harder or the threat of relegation currently looming large will likely turn to reality.

Tom Sanders gets the wooden spoon in the overall league with a score of -88 plastered against his name. Something tells me he just might have a different agenda. Or a screw loose.

The Ugly… (otherwise known as the Scout team)

Anyone wanting to compare how their side is doing to those in the Contributor’s League can do just that. For a league with only a dozen managers a ranking of 188 sees the likes of Mark, Granville, Sir Paulos, Pure Olivia and, running away leader, Foch undoubtedly proud of their pooled rankings. Fresh faced Scout johnfinlay gets a mulligan thanks to being new to all these proceedings so the likes of da Beeeez, Greek Fan and myself at the bottom are already looking ahead to July. Where would you drop in were you part of this “elite” breed?

Metro Fantasy Football

Our experiment in the wares on offer from the folks over at Metro sees a fan of Pink Floyd sitting pretty at the top of the Scout League and in tenth place overall, very much in the running for the prizes on offer from our free newspaper. All in all just another brick in the wall for Peter Jones. The first three familiar faces I see (apologies if I missed you) attempting to muster up a fight against the leaders are Aldershot Rejects, Big Dunc and Sir Paulos – another two successful enough members of the Scout team in the top 500 overall and very capable of a push on further.

European Adventures

The midweek continental adventures start in the Champions League where the best of the best (and Bursapoor) competed against each for six gameweeks of group stage action. The Scout League is celebrating first spot with a healthy lead as does it’s best manager: Mario Jiang. A couple of our sites more known posters (d2b and Waldaz) are trying their hardest in fourth and fifth place to head into the knockout stages with a coup on the cards. Down in 53rd place I haven’t given up hope of retaining the title of Scout champion in this here league, as unlikely as it may be.

The Fantasy Managers with a real hard edge as nothing more than gluttons for punishment are the small band competing in Europa League fantasy football. Many real managers seem to use the Europa League as a chance to rest and rotate their squads, which makes picking your team here devilishly hard. The manager having coped best so far with these issues is Akers, my fellow Scout and proprietor of our Cup competitions, with a healthy lead. The top ten also includes well known posters such Dick Fran Dyke, PDM Allstars and MFaulkner (who hasn’t even made a transfer yet. Shocking.) hoping the leader will trip up soon. On a personal note, I’m sorely disappointed that I won’t be able to up my Borussia Dortmund ante from two to three of the players, a breath of fresh air sorely missed.

That’s pretty much everything well and truly covered for now, all things going to plan we’ll hopefully be seeing you sooner than the most recent gap in proceedings. Maybe I’ll have to climbed to 19th out of 20 too. One can dream.

References

FPL: Fantasy Football Scout, Members and Contributors leagues.
Head to Head: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven and Reserve League.
Metro: Fantasy Football Scout League.
Europe: Champions league and Europa League leagues.

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  1. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Camzy
    Is begnovic is rotation risk ?

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    1. Camzy
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      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      With goalies there is no rotation risk. There is either "in" or "out" (o gosh, this sounds like something off a corny reality TV series!)

      The good thing about the Stoke keepers, is that they're the same price. So even if Begovic gets dropped, it's a straight swap to Sorensen.

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      1. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Ok....... Thanks
        Any suggestion for my team ?
        Below is my post....

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  2. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Camzy and others any suggestion for my team.......?
    TEAM ID : 1501973

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  3. RD
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    hey camzy hi hows u???

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    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Camzy(with a "z") - please let him know you are ok and doing well. He has been asking since yesterday morning.

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    2. Jonah
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      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Could this be a case of a poster who's confused another poster with their avatar?

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  4. Bojaninho
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    camzy...you have taken over the site again. Im going to have to bring this up in the next agm :D..
    your midfield in your wc team makes me want to touch my self 😯

    whats your defence this week.
    im going kolarov,konchesky,coleman/rafael

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  5. Zep
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Which is better, Nasri & Berbatov or Fabregas & Carroll?

    I have the latter...

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    1. Katie
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Close, but given a straight choice. I'd plump for Carroll & Fabregas.

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      1. Bojaninho
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        not if you saw the report that he was left in agony after falling off a bar stool after doing 30 jaeger bombs!! lol 😀

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      2. Christina.
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Katie - you look like you have seen a ghost.

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        1. Katie
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          ?

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          1. Christina.
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Katie – you look like you have seen a ghost

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  6. CPG
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    team for now
    foster, carson
    kolarov, evatt, rafael, coleman, huth
    fabs, nani, vdv, adam, malouda
    tevez, carroll, welbeck.

    planning to do welback to rodallega this week. and WC the following week to

    foster, begovic
    evatt, rafael, coleman, djourou, staylor/simpson
    fabs, nani, zogbia, adam, vdv
    tevez, rooney, campbell/carroll.

    thoughts?

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    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      WC team similar to most on FFS. I will prob end up with 12-13 of those players. Risk is that Livpool score big in gw 24-25. I think luck will play a big role in selecting correct Capt for gw 24.

      Problem with selecting dj campbell is who do you bench for gw 24? Tevez? Personally Im sticking with Carroll(it makes the benching for gw 24 easy)

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      1. CPG
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        yeah i will probably stick with carroll. had him from the beginning. i guess post WC team will not differ too much because of all these DGWs 🙂

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    2. Twitter
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Don't do it dude.
      Week 27 is when the smart money says to wildcard.

      Everything points to it. Transfers, fixtures, FA Cup replays, the whole caboodle.

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      1. Christina.
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Why gw 27? Do you really want NEw/Wolves/Stoke players for their doubles?

        I can WC in gw 24, makes 7 changes, get rid of "duds" like Kyrgiakos, get 8 double gw players for gw 24 and with no further hits end up with another 8 gw players in gw 27.

        Doubt many of the "star" players will be involved in facup replays. Transfers...Dzeko moving to City. Done deal. Wont affect the rooneys/Fabregas's of the world.

        I think it depends everyone's situation.

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        1. Twitter
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          wk27 is where it's at man. You want to leave it to the last possible moment to have the final big change to your team.(hit free)
          Who knows what's gonna happen between you/anyone else wildcarding in week 24 and week27.
          Injuries,transfers etc. Why blow early, the one thing that could clean up a potential mess.

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      2. Katie
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        +1

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        1. Katie
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          That's for Too cool by the way.

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          1. Christina.
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Thought we were friends Katie?

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            1. Katie
              • 16 Years
              15 years, 3 months ago

              I did too.

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              1. Christina.
                • 16 Years
                15 years, 3 months ago

                If I withdraw my comment re the ghost? Will that help?

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                1. Katie
                  • 16 Years
                  15 years, 3 months ago

                  Maybe

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                  1. Christina.
                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 3 months ago

                    Done.

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                  2. Katie
                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 3 months ago

                    x

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  7. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Fabregas agrees to barcelona deal

    http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/01/08/2295705/arsenal-captain-cesc-fabregas-agrees-to-join-barcelona-on

    nasri will be back on form i guess

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    1. Twitter
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Guess so.

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    2. Katie
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      I hope he does go in the summer. Hate the little shit.

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    3. Bojaninho
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      how can you post something

      a)from goal.com
      b)not a single quote in the article
      c)some mug writting shit as usual

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    4. AP
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      This again? Slow day at goal.com

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  8. divvy
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    who would you start this week? djcampbell or steven gerrard?
    my other players are:
    stockdale - gordon
    djourou coleman kolarov - rafael, evatt
    nani nasri(c) vdv adam
    tevez berbatov

    the only question is GERRARD or DJ?

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    1. Bojaninho
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      id take a punt on gerard, dalglish in v everton at home...could work well

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  9. IanC
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Hello all. Been away for a while, and have been reading up a little on the site and would really appreciate some feedback.

    Is getting Baines and Coleman a dangerous move? Since Coleman is looking to be permanently OOP, it would be the same as being able to play a 6 man midfield with 2 defenders. To me this sounds like an amazing thing to be able to do, but there MUST be some reason not to do it.

    Thanks for the feedback in advance mates.

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    1. donners
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      It's the same as doubling up on any defence - not much wrong with it if both players are good picks on their own, but obviously it reduces the flexibility/rotatibility of your defence.

      Given that Cahill is gone and Everton have no DGWs coming up, there are probably better options than Baines at the moment.

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      1. Bojaninho
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        +1

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        1. IanC
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          But Coleman may be worth a punt? I got Baines already in my team

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          1. Bojaninho
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            hmm...id almost say switch them, free up cash and you got an oop with cs and goal potential. Bit of a sideways move, when r u wc?

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            1. Bojaninho
              • 16 Years
              15 years, 3 months ago

              think u need to address cleverly and wellbeck first though both out for a while

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              1. IanC
                • 15 Years
                15 years, 3 months ago

                Defo changing those two out, need some cash so I might do Baines > Coleman.

                Probably gonna WC as late as possible

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                1. Bojaninho
                  • 16 Years
                  15 years, 3 months ago

                  decent plan but not the best week to do it in with evertons fixture...but hey ho

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  10. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    For GW 23-25, Gerrard or Fabregas?

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      See how Gerrard plays today. If he's stopped his juvenile sulk and can get the rest to remember how to play like they give a sh*t, his DGW may just swing it, given Arsenal fixture congestion.

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      1. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah, think i'm swaying slightly towards Gerrard given the double GW. Also, which do you think is better out of

        a) N'Zogbia & Odemwingie and 0.8m
        b) Brunt & Rodallega

        I think a)

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        1. In Like Flynn.
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          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Yes, of those A, Varney or Campbell ( Blackpool) DGWs + twice as many home as away till season end may give more than a stuttering WBA.

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        2. Holy See
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Nzog dropped in price last night. Nice for us plannin on gettin him in.

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          1. In Like Flynn.
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            • 15 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Thanks Holy See, good news indeed. Better if I could have 7MF. 🙂

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            1. Holy See
              • 15 Years
              15 years, 3 months ago

              Maxi eh? This is a curious addition to team ILF. Coleman on the bench I see. Try Nolan AARRGGHH!

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              1. In Like Flynn.
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                • 15 Years
                15 years, 3 months ago

                Yes disaster time, 🙁 Heigh-ho, New year, get back to thinking clearly I hope, and hopefully not lost too much ground in my £leagues.

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  11. AttackAttack
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    So guys I've been reading your comments over the past few days and its been really helping me set up my wildcard team. I know a lot of you believe its early in this gw to play it but my teams been returning some poor points recently and I lost my top spot in my mini-league which I've held onto for months, travesty!

    my team is linked but here it is so you dont have to navigate away (if your on aussie internet like me thats a life saver...)

    Fabianski, Stockdale,

    Hangeland, Coleman, Kyrgiakos, Djourou, Bardsley,

    Nasri, Nani, Adam, VDV, Dempsey,

    Drogba, Tevez, Berbatov

    Thanks for your feedback!

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    1. Holy See
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Kyrgiakos doesn't seem to be assured of a starting place imo. I'd consider downgrading Drog and swapping Nasri for Fab. That's me tho, a bit anti-Drog & pro-Fab.

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      1. Anti-Ipswich
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        I agree with the Fabregras part, but I think if he's kept Drogs for this long, you have to stick with him.

        I'm pro-Drogs and pro-Fab myself.

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        1. Katie
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Fabianski,Stockdale,Djourou,Kyrgiakos,Dempsey & Tevez.

          I would ask you to reconsider them all.

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    2. In Like Flynn.
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      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      We have very similar failings over last few games. I will give Chelski players one last chance to shine before pos WC for GW24, when we may also have date for Birm/Eve game. Drogba still ties up too much for his returns imo,and Stockdale only in for a few weeks, I would want permanent keepers for my WC.

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  12. Anti-Ipswich
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    I'm liking the look of my WC team:
    Fabianski
    Bardsley Coleman Rafael
    VDV Nani Fab Adam
    Carroll Tevez Drogba
    Subs: Al Habsi Simpson Albrighton Crainey

    Maybe the one problem is that it seems to be a team that is typical to the people who post on this site...

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Teams are likely to become more similar over the season, no point dropping big point scorers just to be different. Heres where the luck comes,finding the odd one or two differentials before others and getting rid when their form drops.

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Unlike me last few weeks.

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    2. donners
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      When are you playing it?

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      1. Anti-Ipswich
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Thinking GW 27. You?

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        1. donners
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Same, I want to have either lamps or drogs too so hoping they show some form before then.

          I think the smart money is on playing WC for 26 actually so you have 2 freebies for 28.

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  13. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Just watched Inception for the 1st time along with 2 other movies in the last 7 hours. It's great to get away from FPL for a while without thinking about transfers etc. 🙂

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    1. Anti-Ipswich
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Even when I'm on the treadmill or rower at the gym, I still think about transfers in my mind.

      God that can't be good.

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      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        I have had 2 weeks off exercise apart from cricket yesterday. Starting again this week as I'll be back at work & have to lose the Xmas kgs. Weeks like these are easier with no action for a few days.

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        1. Perthite
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          I am so sore from cricket yesterday. Had all of last season off after having some knee cartliage replaced - so no aerobic fitness at all. After batting 25 overs I was stuffed. Just went for a swim to loosen up. Still pretty warm now outside.

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          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            We had our 1st game for 3 weeks. It was a 40 over one dayer. Ended up bowling 8 overs, abit sore today in the bowling arm but apart from that it's ok. Took a nice catch yesterday but we just lost. 🙁

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            1. Perthite
              • 15 Years
              15 years, 3 months ago

              Yeah - we had a similar break (and also 40 over One Dayer). We batted 1st (I opened but more of a leggie) got 69 and then didn't need to bowl. Catches at slip and cow corner. Easy win. Playing cricket means I miss the usual EPL cutoff time if there are late changes though (unless I leave straight after game which is a bit nerdy!)

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          2. Anti-Ipswich
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            I've been training up since the end of November to make sure I get a spot in my school team's first XI football team. I had 3 days off over Christmas and that's about it. I'm in the gym 4 times a week and playing twice a week, which is normally a game with 1 hour halves.

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      2. greghammer95
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Lol, schoolwork = FPL.

        Poor result yesterday Anti-Ipswich.

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Explains your slide down the rankings. 😉

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          1. greghammer95
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Don't even go there, I don't think I have been doing much wrong, in hindsight, everything I did was a reasonably good idea. Not like I have been doing David Dunn (C) the last few weeks either.

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            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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              • 16 Years
              15 years, 3 months ago

              Kolarov isn't much better. 🙁

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              1. Syd.
                • 16 Years
                15 years, 3 months ago

                Kolarov will be "essential"

                He has had one bad game were he was still clearly injured..

                Book mark this cuz he will score this weekend 😉

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                1. TorresMagic™
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                  • 16 Years
                  15 years, 3 months ago

                  I'll bench him to make sure he does.

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                2. Perthite
                  • 15 Years
                  15 years, 3 months ago

                  Who's he playing today?

                  Unless you are meaning next w/e. In that case I will happily also wish he scores a (non-own) goal.

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                  1. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 3 months ago

                    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/fixtures/default.stm

                    I thought he was talking about the Wolves game.

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                  2. Perthite
                    • 15 Years
                    15 years, 3 months ago

                    I was being cheeky/facetious. I know he was talking about next w/e rather than today.

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        2. Anti-Ipswich
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Meh. We never go well in the FA cup anyway. If anything, it means we don't get any ridiculous midweek FA cup replays. I've got year 12 this year AND I've gotta make sure I'm in the top 5k by the end of the season

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  14. FPLord
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Hey guys,
    my team for the upcoming GW is
    Foster (Krul)
    Vidic Bardsley Kolarov
    Brunt Adam Nani Nasri VdV
    Torres Drogba
    (Carroll Jara Evatt) bank 1.9

    I think it might be the best to save my transfer as midfield and forward line looks good for this week. I could improve my defence but then an additional transfer for GW24 seems to be more important.
    What do you think?

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Save it unless TM gets injured.

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  15. Perthite
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Hopefully by the time I use the WC a good deal of the Protected players will be off their protection.

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Don't think about the wildcard being a moneymaker at this time of the season. Picking the best 15 is more important.

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      1. Perthite
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        I know - but the possibility of gaining some $ is the icing on top.

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          You don't keep it for next season so it really doesn't make much of a difference. You have had half the season to build the team value up.

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          1. Perthite
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            It is at a decent level (nearly 106) but could always do with that little bit extra (I'm greedy and would like to further upgrade players!)

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  16. EL TANO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    anybody want to tell me wtf is happening witht al habsi?
    Is his loan over at wigan?
    team news has Pollitt playing for wigan next wk
    he;s red flagged coz he was ineligible to play against bolton but his red is still there
    I have him and was gonna play him for thte gw24 double

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      He will play next week.

      The red flag will change once this gameweek has finished.

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      1. EL TANO
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        why does this site have pollitt playing nextt week thten?

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          That was the GW22 predicted team obviously. N'Zogbia isn't listed either.

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  17. gooner dave
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Morning all....sounding out options to replace konchesky with.
    Defence ATM-Robinson,foster,cole,kolorov,Simpson,bardsley. Can go up to 5.6 mill.
    Cheers in advance.

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Rafael

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Steal 0.2 from somewhere. 😉

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  18. Suarezchomper
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Morning all,
    I’ve been sat messing around trying to get my w/c team in shape that will be done for gw 27 it’s the following:
    Foster
    Djourou Hutton Simpson
    Adam Fabregas Vdv Ferguson nani
    Carroll Van persie
    Subs
    Begovic Coleman Rafael tevez
    I will have 10 players with dgw’s the exception been nani. What do people think? I know anything could happen between now and then but I don’t think it’s that bad. I would have 4.8 left over which means I could swap van persie to Rooney or drogba the following week, and have some spare cash to maybe upgrade one of the defenders the week after that. What do people think?

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    1. joe12
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      i have hutton now. thinking that he is a bit expensive given lack of clean sheets and double gameweeks. what is your view?

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      1. joe12
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        also, tend to agree with the view that selling foster now is a good trade

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      2. Suarezchomper
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        I think putting Hutton in for the dgw could be rewarding if not for clean sheets but maybe an assist or two!

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  19. joe12
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    defence is currently
    rafael Kyri Hutton ShawX Knight

    thinking of wildcard (in next couple of weeks)to

    rafael skrtel and three of

    carr/jara/simpson/bardsley/djorou

    any other ideas for cheapie defenders? I dont want to double up with my goalies (currently foster and flapianski). Ta

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Don't understand your post, you don't want to double up yet you mention Carr & Djourou? I guess your 5 defenders are decided then?

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  20. TorresMagic™
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    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Up to 427 in the Millionaire Club. Hopefully around 450 enter by the time GW23 finishes.

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    1. gooner dave
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Going to take a lot if administrating with those numbers isn't it?

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Not really, week one will see probably 200 knocked out.

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        1. gooner dave
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Fair play, good idea though.

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          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            It will take some effort but it's worth it if it keeps some more interest in FPL for those on here. I'll be setting up a Cup shortly that will probably take abit more effort.

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  21. Goodfish
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    I know this is a bit off-topic, but can everyone stop PMing me with their congratulations about being top of the ffscout tree. Yeah, I'm totally amazing and awesome, but I know this already, so let's pretend I'm just one of you normal guys. It will help me feel more real, you know? Hope so. Anway...

    Only losers wildcard this week. All the cool cats know you shouldn't bring it on until GW 26. Word. Who's with me? Woof!

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      It's that time of the week?

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      1. Holy See
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        or that time of the month...?

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          It's a daily occurance these type of posts from him. Watch out for his ELMANDER posts. He thinks people would PM him? Didn't know that feature was available here. 😕

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    2. Perthite
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      That'll do fish, that'll do.

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  22. villian-ty
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    hi guys

    current team is
    Foster (Carson)
    Konchesky Carr Kolarov (Vidic Coleman)
    Nani Nasri VDV Adam Etherington
    Drogba Tevez (Carroll)

    I have 1.9 im the bank with 2 free transfers

    I am thinking of either doing
    A. Konchesky -> Skirtel
    B. Etheringtin -> NZog

    Which one guys?

    Main reason is want to leave 2 free transfers for gw 24 for
    Kolarov -> Hangaland
    Drogba -> Rooney

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    1. gooner dave
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      I'd do b, got the same problem with konchesky, I'm going to bench him and wait. Admittedly I think he's done now at Liverpool, but who knows? Maybe we get lucky, and I like n'zogs fixtures potential goldbugs of points there.

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      1. gooner dave
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        *goldmine.....iPhone predictive spelling "goldbugs", what's all that about?

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    2. joe12
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      similar to me. i think points hits are fair enough for DGWs

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      1. villian-ty
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        well doing it this way i will have 7 doubles for gameweek 24. Just dont think gw 24 warrants any major point hits, only Man U players are worth it.

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  23. joe12
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    next 2 GWs which 2 are best

    kyri -> hangeland
    yaya -> nzog
    drog -> berbatron
    ??

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  24. mr messi
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Which wc team looks better from gw 24:

    A)
    Foster/Stockdale
    Coleman/Simpson/Rafael/Bardsley/Djourou
    VDV/Nani/Fabregas/Barton/Ferguson
    Tevez/Rooney/RVP

    B)
    Foster/Stockdale
    Coleman/Crainey/Rafael/Bardsley/Simpson
    VDV/Nani/Adam/Fabregas/Nasri
    Tevez/Rooney/Carroll

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    1. H Dog
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      So wait, the options are:
      1. Djourou, Barton, Ferguson, RVP
      2. Crainey, Adam, Nasri, Carroll
      I would go for B

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      1. mr messi
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks - that has been my thinking all along, but was tinkering with trying to have Tevez,Rooney and RVP

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  25. Ye
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    guys need a quick bit of advice on when to play the wilcard....was originally thinking in time for gameweek 27 but realised that the carling cup final is during gameweek 28 therefore it is likely to affect the arsenal spurs game (arsenal likely to make the final)....i'm thinking some people might load up on these players for their double in gameweek 27 and either the west ham liverpool game or birmingham chelsea game....

    everyone seems to be playing it in gameweek 24 now? is that the wisest move? therefore people have 2 free transfers for gameweek 28?

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      There is no "right" time for everyone, it depends what your team is like now. If you have iffy players, now might be right to get best points for GW24 and transfers available for following weeks. Linking your team will make specific advice or opinions possible for your team.

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Would you play it in my situation I.L.F after replacing Malouda with Fabregas in GW23 or maybe take a -4 in GW24?

        http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/entryhist.mc?id=178

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        1. In Like Flynn.
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          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          If Konch retains his place a four point could give 7dbl players. If Chelsea continue to play badly in 23 and don't put Blackburn to the sword the WC would give you finance to really play around and find the best options 24-27 with odd transfers for emergency repairs. It depends how many dbl hd players you want in 24, some teams don't offer much imo.

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    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      No guarantee you would have 2 frees in GW28.

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  26. Mole
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    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    WCard team (probably next GW)

    Gordon Stockdale
    Rafael Djourou Coleman Evatt Bardsley
    VDV Fabs Nani Adam Davies(ful)
    Rooney Tevez Carroll

    I like the look of this.

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Looks a standard FFS template apart from Davies & Carroll.

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      1. tazri
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        hey tm, the quiz is today at 6.30 pm want to join?

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          5.30am in Sydney & on holidays so I'll be asleep. Maybe next week when I wake early for work.

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          1. tazri
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            okey dokey. see ya later mate

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        2. Mole
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          I know, hard to find diff. injuries etc will force changes in coming weeks

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  27. H Dog
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Interesting to see a blog about Dzeko, check it out
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/9334876.stm

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Good to know. Weird link at the bottom, Chilean miners rescue highlights? wtf?

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    2. Aidy
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Serious rotation issues coming for Tevez, or an attacking partner?

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  28. In Like Flynn.
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    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Wow! Quiet day on FFS. 1 page from 03.30 to 11.30 is this a record?

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      It's not bad but there have been quieter days.

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      1. Aidy
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Nice to be able to read things without all the bumping.

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  29. Attila the Bum
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    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Scouts -
    Was just looking at the projections bit in the Members Area (first time I've looked at it since the start of the season), does that section get updated or do you leave it after the first week to see how right/wrong you were? I only ask as Andy Carroll is down for 13 goals (he's already scored 11 I hope for more than two before the end).
    How do you think you'll rank Dzeko?

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  30. 7923dos
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Which is better:

    A) Vidic, Fabregas, DJ Campbell
    B) Djourou, Nasri, Torres

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    1. BoobyZ
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      First one. Torres makes B lose its appeal - I would wait and see if Torres finds some inspiration under the new manager

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      1. 7923dos
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Fabregas could be a pretty nice differential for a couple of weeks too I guess

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    2. mr messi
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      A

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