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The Saturday Surgery

15 January 2011 1365 comments
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With the free wildcard window well and truly open, there’s a lot more to ponder this week for us fantasy mangers. If you’ve already succumbed and activated yours, then there is just over an hour to make any final tinkering. If, like me, you have resisted, then the normal ritual applies (or do as I, and close your eyes and pray this week).

Whatever you situation, the Saturday Surgery is here to take you through the deadline…

As always, there are some useful places on the site to visit this morning, particularly if you’re yet to finalise your plans. The Team News section houses all the predicted line-ups for this weekend. Check out the Injuries and Bans page to see how long your fantasy stars are absent for. Last night’s Scout Picks are also worth a gander, with prospective players for this upcoming gameweek highlighted.

Lastly, don’t forgot to consider this week’s Captain’s Poll, which you’ll find on the middle column of the site’s home page. The people have spoken, and at the top this week is Carlos Tevez with a comprehensive 37% of the total votes.

Akers Richard or Akers, as he is known, has been regularly haunting this site since July 2008. He is young and foolish, take what he says with a pinch of salt. Follow them on Twitter

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

    whats this millionaire club code league thingy about?

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

      Good luck.

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

        +1

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  2. everyday, i'm shufflin…
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Tevez?

    now on Fabs.

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

    Who to pick for this one GW only:

    DJ or Sturridge?

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

    I am choosing Tevez over Drogba for captain because

    City is better than Chelsea

    Blackburn is better than Wolves

    Carlos is better than Didier both in form and skills atm

    I know Tevez will start

    Settled

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    1. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Seems pretty reasonably logic if you ask me.

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  5. Back on the horse
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Who to captain? Whitehead or Tevez?

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      lol @ whitehead

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

      If Whitehead can score at OT, he can score everywhere!

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  6. unoaime
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Captain Nasri, Bent or Brunt?

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

      Nasri for sure mate

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    2. Hughes the Daddy
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Nasri

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  7. Stamford_Kingz
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Please help:

    Should I have:

    Luke Varney
    or
    DJ Campbell?

    PLEASE! :'(

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

      DJ

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    2. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      DJ is scoring but Varney still looks the better player, it's a tough choice in ways but I'd still go for the player who is scoring atm.

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

    I reckon that Rafael and Bale will cancel each other out, and neither will score big.

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    1. Don't Call Me Schurrle
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Good to hear. I sold one, benched the other

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

        Me too! Bet its the same way round as well.

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

    Who take penalties of Fab and Van Persie?

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      fab.

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

        RVP

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    2. Stamford_Kingz
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      FAB IS FIRST TAKER, RVP IS SECOND

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      1. sheetil
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        15 years, 3 months ago

        thought RVP vas first?

        fuuuuck, just went from Fab(c) to Teves(c)... Hopefully RVP is the taker................ gotta LOVE those last minutes calls..

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

      RVP.

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    4. Jinswick
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      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      RVP first, Fab 2nd, Nasri 3rd

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  10. DickFranDyke
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    QUICK!!!!! http://www.prlog.org/11173315-last-minute-travel-deals.jpg 😀

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  11. Bigo1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Bale or Rodalega?

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  12. Sambar
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Can the wildcard be used after gw27 games have been played?
    just i have alot of players for gw27 dgw and would like to keep them until then

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  13. Boom!!!
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    TIME UP........BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

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  14. Redalert
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Who to bench Yaya Toure or Welbeck?

    Cheers

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

    there goes the bell

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  16. Mak_Gold
      15 years, 3 months ago

      BOOM!!! Good luck everyone!

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    • thehodge
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      If Dzeko starts this could be a really,really,really good week! 🙂

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      1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        You weren't just listening to Radio 1 newsbeat then.....

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

          What?

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          1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Mancini saying that he needs time to adapt when questioned on him starting.

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

              He will take time to adapt doesnt mean he's nnot going to start!

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      2. andy85wsm
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        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Never think like that. My best weeks so far have been when I've thought I'm going to have a bad week. kinda like this one! Charlie A (C) will do the trick!

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    • Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      I'm not going to change!

      Drogba (c) FTW!

      Heck, going with the conventional choice hasn't helped me in recent weeks, and I'm still in the top 200 after about 8 weeks of failed captaincy. Might as well.

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

        good luck! brave

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      2. Safety First
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Good luck hope it works out

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

        GL Camzy, have given my armband to Fat Frank today given the uncertainty over Drog...

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

          I would have given it to Fatty if I had him. Good luck to you too. Look forward to seeing your finalized WC team!

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      4. Horizontal
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Same here, Camzy.

        My captains choices have been abominable after following the picks here, so it's gut feel time.

        Worked for me in GW1 at least. 🙂

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    • hillbillypete
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Makes me laugh when people ask for advice with 1 min to deadline!

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

        I know, brilliant isn't it.

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      2. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Fear can make people do foolish things.

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

          I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure.

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      3. Mak_Gold
          15 years, 3 months ago

          +1

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        • encored
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          over n out...

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

        tev or fab captain?

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

          joking joking joking

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          1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Nani, he's got a double gameweek. 😉

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

        FAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK I DIDN'T GET TO MAKE MY FINAL TRANSFER!!! AHHH

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

        game over!!!!!!!

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

          For you, yes 😉

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

            Done your Sportal team?

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

              No, deadline was Tuesday wasn't it.

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

                Nah - that was the Metro deadline....

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

                  I thought the metro deadline was 3 weeks ago 🙂 Stupid fantasy comp.

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

                Of course it was. 😉

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        2. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          is that how many people have really entered your league?!

          holy cack

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

            Hopefully 400 left after this week. 😉

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      7. Mak_Gold
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Captain VdV-make me proud!And so should you Zoggers,coming in two mins. before deadline.

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          1. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            I was so close to doing the same, played it safe with Tevez instead which will no doubt turn out to be a mistake.

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            1. Mak_Gold
                15 years, 3 months ago

                Tevez has always disappointed me when he's captained for a home game.Whereas in Spurs-MU I can see plenty of goals.

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

            Around 770 looks the final figure. Good luck to all teams entered. You will probably need it. 😉

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

              Are you manually deleting all the teams that don't make it through a round?

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

                Yes, the one that fail due to hits will get done when the numbers are abit lower.

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            2. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
              • 15 Years
              15 years, 3 months ago

              they must all be people through this forum then??

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

                Nope, a few other forums aswell along with totalfpl.

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

                Even got the winner of FPL 2007/08 to enter.

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                1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
                  • 15 Years
                  15 years, 3 months ago

                  so you're not looking at hits at the moment? would be a lot of work

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

                    I can use the January scoring & look for red arrows. Might do some cleaning up that way.

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                    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
                      • 15 Years
                      15 years, 3 months ago

                      ahhh gotcha

                      thankless task 😉

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                    2. Stat virgin
                      • 16 Years
                      15 years, 3 months ago

                      After all the spamming it will be a bit lame to not even do it properly because there's too many people to check

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

                        We will see how this week goes. I'll do my best to keep it updated as well as possible.

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                      2. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
                        • 15 Years
                        15 years, 3 months ago

                        you speaka the truth!

                        i'll be checking too and if i see anyone who has sneaked through the net i'm calling the european court of justice

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          3. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Radio 1 just said that Grant's being replaced by O'Neill after the next match. Seems like a bum deal for both of them.

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          4. everyday, i'm shufflin…
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            switching to play between yaya and berbs as well as captain tevez or fabs until last minute. really cant remember who is in starting 11 and who is my captain.. will find out after game update finished.

            🙁

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

              I benched YaYa last minute For Danny Wellbeck

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              1. everyday, i'm shufflin…
                • 15 Years
                15 years, 3 months ago

                I'd obviously do the same for Wellbeck playing at home to Newcastle.

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          5. Lew
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Camzy, I stuck with Drogba too. It's a risk that could pay off massively. Although it could be the most stupid decision i've made thus far. 🙂

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

              Amen.

              It's probably only going to be 6 points loss or so even if we get it wrong. I'm using my WC next week, so this week, I'm just going to risk it!

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

            11 20.

            Torres > Drogba (c)

            Fun times. 🙂

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

              Insane, but I like it.

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              1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
                • 16 Years
                15 years, 3 months ago

                Just insane

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

                  It's dbrookio, it's expected.
                  Watch him score a double figure score now.

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

                    torres has a double gameweek next week..

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

              Great, now please don't post 8000 times about how unlucky you are if Torres scores and Drogba doesn't.

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

                +9 for Torres.

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

                not insane at all, think its quite a safe shout.

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

            Wildcard played and there's no sight of Adam or Fabs. What have i done....

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

              made a team thats different from the majority?

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

            I swap out Nasri for Nzog and get Tevez for Bent, and cap him 🙂 That is my final WC team... 🙂

            Al- habsi
            Bardsley Bosingwa Kolarov
            Nzog Nani VDV Fabs
            RVP Tevez(c) Rooney...
            Stocdale,Coleman,Ferguson,R. Johnson

            I hope it's ok 🙂

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

              Anyone? 🙁

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

                for whats its worth looks ok to me.

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

                  Thnx for encouraging me my friend... 🙂

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