The Saturday Surgery

FPL GW36 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Henderson

van Hecke
Lacroix
Gabriel Magalhães
O’Reilly

Cherki
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Rogers

Haaland
Welbeck

Kinsky
Torres
Mainoo
Kroupi

GW36 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	86.9%	Likely
Haaland	MCI	14.6m	90.4%	Likely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	98.6%	Likely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	92.9%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	93.2%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	80.7%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	76.3%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	81.9%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	55.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	71.0%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.2m	63.4%	Unlikely
F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	4.4m	65.9%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.4m	51.6%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.6m	55.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	64.7%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	64.0%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.2m	59.4%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	63.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	64.3%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	62.5%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	59.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	56.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	55.5%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	53.9%	Unlikely
Osula	NEW	5.4m	51.9%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	54.1%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	51.3%	Unlikely
Richarlison	TOT	6.3m	46.5%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	52.8%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	48.7%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	47.6%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.8m	40.9%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	41.2%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	47.0%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	42.8%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	43.2%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	41.8%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	41.7%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	41.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
O.Dango	BRE	5.8m	86.6%	Likely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	95.0%	Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.1%	Very Likely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	98.6%	Likely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.5%	Maybe
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	82.7%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	94.8%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	93.8%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.4m	86.3%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	91.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	90.5%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	90.3%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	89.8%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	88.8%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	89.8%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	89.0%	Unlikely
Tolu	WOL	5.2m	81.7%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	84.5%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	80.7%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	79.5%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.4m	55.1%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	80.7%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.6m	82.9%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.4m	80.8%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	63.7%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	77.4%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.6%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	76.0%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	77.0%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	5.9m	81.1%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	76.5%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	77.0%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	71.9%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	72.2%	Unlikely
Tóth.A	BOU	4.9m	57.4%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	67.6%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	60.5%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	64.1%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.4m	64.8%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	64.3%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Henderson	CRY	C
No Change	Pickford	EVE	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
Down	Roefs	SUN	B

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:27pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Lacroix	CRY	A
No Change	Keane	EVE	C
Up	van Hecke	BHA	B
Up	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Hill	BOU	C, £
Down	Ballard	SUN	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	A
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:31pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Cherki	MCI	A
Up	Saka	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	A
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, £
No Change	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, £

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:39pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
No Change	Watkins	AVL	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	C
Up	Isak	LIV	B

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:43pm

How many Palace players?

GW36 Chip Poll

[sbu_large_image] Selection

22 January 2011 746 comments

Akers

Gameweek 24, and the second week of the wildcard window, is almost upon us. If you’re still undecided on which transfers to go with, the Saturday Surgery is here to help (or at least point you in the right direction)…

As this is our first ‘serious’ double gameweek of the season, make yourself familiar with the fixtures. The season ticker should be your first port of call, but Wednesday’s Frisking The Fixtures breaks that down further.

If, like me, you haven’t activated your second wildcard yet, then don’t look too far ahead. In fact, only look as far ahead as this week. You’ll need info on all the clubs with two fixtures this week then? No problem… Man United, Blackpool, Fulham, Liverpool, Wigan and Aston Villa.

Failing that, this week Scout Picks narrows your search down to 14 players.

Once you’ve got a few players in mind, checking the Injuries and Bans table and Team News section should now be a given. There you can check that your squad ‘should’ play this week.

Finally, you have to select a captain. Unsurprisingly, double gameweek players top the Captain’s Poll. Leading the pack easily is Manchester United’s Luis Nani, with 41% of the votes.

As always, the Matchday Surgery chatroom is open for business to take you through the deadline.

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Zero Fuchs Given
15 years, 3 months ago
i have the following:

nani, adam, walcott(tentatively on my bench), vdv, fabregas
berbatov, rvp, tevez.

i’m using my wildcard this week and i’m having a slight dilemma as to whether i should do walcott OUT, dempsey IN and use dempsey this week. should i or shouldn’t i? if yes, who should i bench?

opinions/advice welcome!
cheers!
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Loveclarkeforever
15 years, 3 months ago
Bench Nzog or VDV? I just have a funny feeling that VDV will run riot against an average Newcastle defence. But Nzog has the obvious double…
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1. Caine & Co.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  N'zog
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Downtown
15 years, 3 months ago
Play nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman nasri or coleman ...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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1. Caine & Co.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Nasri
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iCon
15 years, 3 months ago
Tried to get an answer to this last night but seemedbto divide opinion down middle.....all help appreciated

Bench VDV or Varney?

Please no more replies of 'VDVarney'...
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1. Qubit
  15 years, 3 months ago
  id bench varney personally
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  1. bulletbill
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Id bench VDV. Varney has 2 home games.
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2. Downtown
  15 years, 3 months ago
  VDVarney
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3. Caine & Co.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Bench Varney
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4. Adz_25
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Varney. Vdv is involved in all of Spurs attacking play, he hogs all the set pieces & although we have a poor record there our squad is on a different level compared to previous visits.
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Inferno
15 years, 3 months ago
Morning lads 🙂 Looking for some last minute advice.
Freebie this week was Drogba to Rooney.

Stockdale
Vidic Coleman Evatt
VDV Adam Nani Nasri
Rooney(C) Tevez Rodallega
Subs: Gordon, Maxi Rodriguez, Kolarov, Foley

1) Starting 11/subs in the right order?
2) Tevez to Torres worth a 4 pt hit?
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damiang2233
15 years, 3 months ago
Rooney captain amyone??
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ggm1982
15 years, 3 months ago
WTF i'm benching Tevez. In favour of Walcott/VDV/Adam/Nani/Dempsey.
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1. Mogsy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Tevez will destroy you
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2. HuttonDressedasLahm
  15 years, 3 months ago
  DONT!!!!
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3. Lanley Staurel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  WTF
  NEVER EVER bench Tevez!
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4. ggm1982
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Its all to hard, going to have to use the wisdom of a coin toss.
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HuttonDressedasLahm
15 years, 3 months ago
5 Minutes till site crash!!
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Lanley Staurel
15 years, 3 months ago
Who to play - Bale, Yaya Toure or Kolarov?
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1. Bobby
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I'm going Bale...
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  1. Lanley Staurel
    15 years, 3 months ago
    You are making it very difficult for me!! Please change your mind.
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    1. Bobby
      15 years, 3 months ago
      ha ha! Just think there may be a bit of a buzz around Villa now they've got Bent for £50 million and have Pires to come of the bench, so predicting a tight game!
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      1. Bobby
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Plus the fact that Newcastle are suffering from a load of injuries...
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        Lanley Staurel
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Aghhhh. You are really not helping. Sowing those seeds of doubt. Bugger.
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        Lanley Staurel
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Just looked at the Toons defensive issues and pondered your points on Villa. Changed to Bale!! I will hunt you down Bobby if this goes tights up!
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tazri
15 years, 3 months ago
hey guys, is the guy with the early pool lineups here?
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1. HuttonDressedasLahm
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Me!!
  http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/72449240/Premium-Archive
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Bobby
15 years, 3 months ago
Well after a terrible season I find myself with 8 players having a DGW, surely this has to be a good week!!? Only decision left to make is Yaya or Bale then I'm all set...instincts on Bale at the moment.
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1. Lanley Staurel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Just posted similar query. Im currently set up with Yaya as he plays so far forward at the moment.
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Mogsy
15 years, 3 months ago
Sorry, Fantasy Football Scout is a really busy place right now and only allows a comment post every few seconds at this time. Ah feck it then!
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Khal Drogba
15 years, 3 months ago
Fabregas captain over Nani? Any thoughts?
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1. Downtown
  15 years, 3 months ago
  nooooooo
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2. Mogsy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Might pay off might not who the feck knows eh who the feck knows eh 🙂
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  1. HuttonDressedasLahm
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Echo!
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  2. Khal Drogba
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Yeah I have a feeling I'll regret it later but need a differential captain to get me back in the game.
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3. Caine & Co.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  tempting but risky! thinking the same myself.
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Gaz Downright
15 years, 3 months ago
been offline for a week. need your help this time...

2 free transfers

Kingson, Gordon
Rafael, Konchesky, Kolarov, Coleman, Crainey
Nani, Nasri, VDV, Adam, Barton
Tevez, Drogba, Carroll

5.2 banked

thinking: Drogba/Nasri OUT Berba/Cesc IN
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1. HuttonDressedasLahm
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Nasri to Cesc is crabby. How about Nasri to Walcott?
  Or Drogba to RVP Nasri to Dempsey?
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  1. Gaz Downright
    15 years, 3 months ago
    ceabby how?
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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Crabby as in sideways!
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2. Caine & Co.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Sounds good!
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disparate dan - a reasonabl…
15 years, 3 months ago
take tevez out for rooney for gws 24 and 25 for a 4 point hit?

tevez: villa and brum (both away)
rooney: brum (h) bpool (a) villa (h)
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1. Khal Drogba
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Tevez has a pretty good away record.
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JCrosbie
15 years, 3 months ago
to start boswinga or alcaraz?

cant decide
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Tmel
15 years, 3 months ago
Have to bench one out of Varney, VDV & N'Zogbia and it's driving me bloody crazy! Also should I bring in Kelly, Walker or Baird for this gameweek do you reckon?
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Zero Fuchs Given
15 years, 3 months ago
quick poll: start al-habsi or kingson?
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1. Lanley Staurel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Kingson
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TorresMagic™
15 years, 3 months ago
15 minutes to go................
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1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
  15 years, 3 months ago
  what dya think of my roon/tev dilemma tm??
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  1. TorresMagic™
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Tell you in 12 minutes.
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jimmyskyblue
15 years, 3 months ago
Walcott or Yaya Toure?
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TorresMagic™
15 years, 3 months ago
Who are the good/lucky FPL managers captaining?
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1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
  15 years, 3 months ago
  good question!
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2. Katie
  15 years, 3 months ago
  BERBATOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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  1. Escovitch
    15 years, 3 months ago
    are you definetly captaining berba katie?
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    1. Katie
      15 years, 3 months ago
      DEFFO 100%
      He is THE player to have this week
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  2. TorresMagic™
    15 years, 3 months ago
    You are out of the Millionaire Club, you don't count. 😛
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    1. Katie
      15 years, 3 months ago
      You wanna bet?
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  3. HuttonDressedasLahm
    15 years, 3 months ago
    The lucky ones havent touched their teams for months. There are none on here!!
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3. Oliver Reed
  15 years, 3 months ago
  berbs @ lucky 🙂
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4. Boom!!!
  15 years, 3 months ago
  you.
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5. Gargamel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Nani, but would pick Berba if I had him
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6. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Safe bet on Nani
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7. Bubbles
  15 years, 3 months ago
  BerbaGOD!
  
  But you shouldn't follow my FPL team choices really...
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PaukkuKO
15 years, 3 months ago
Carrol to DJ worth a 4p hit?

Benching bale after that.
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1. Mogsy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Who knows man, I'd just play Bale and get rid of Carroll next week and safe 4pts DJ has two tough games but then who knows maybe you are ok to do it - if you fancy the gamble go for it you know best for your team innit
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Mogsy
15 years, 3 months ago
🙂 :@ ;@ :S :~
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1. Mogsy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Well that was useful
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2. TorresMagic™
  15 years, 3 months ago
  That was a success. 😕
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  1. Escovitch
    15 years, 3 months ago
    nani, torres, and fabregas will go big
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  2. Mogsy
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Hatrick Torres times two please come on LFC lets see the King Kenny effect!
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Drip Doctor
15 years, 3 months ago
Anyone else playing vdv over DJ? Having second thoughts, tiote could nullify the vdv threat..
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1. Escovitch
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I have neither but bench VDV
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  1. Big Dunc
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Tiote isnt playing! I'm still benching VDV though
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    1. Drip Doctor
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Makes the decision even harder if Tiote is suspended!
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2. Adz_25
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Tiote suspended
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  1. HuttonDressedasLahm
    15 years, 3 months ago
    No Tiote no Smith. Guthrie, Barton and Nolan
    I am definitely NOT benching VDV!!
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    1. Big Dunc
      15 years, 3 months ago
      No Smith? Oh no, I bet Rubber face is rubbing his hands in excitement
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      1. Big Dunc
        15 years, 3 months ago
        Oh I just noticed I'm playing you in H2H this week! Nice..... if you play him, I'll bench him
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Belli2007
15 years, 3 months ago
Do I play Bardsley away at Blackpool or Etherinton away at Fulham with Stockdale in Goal?? Thoughts appreciated.
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1. luckyirishxxx
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Etherington, Blackpool likely to score.
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  1. Belli2007
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Thanks, that is the way I was heading. What about thoughts on a 4pt hit to bring in Kelly, have Krygiakos and cant find anything on agger's illness and would likely be better for second game anyway.
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jayzico
15 years, 3 months ago
benching VDV. playing DJ. YES! done
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Only one Di Matteo
15 years, 3 months ago
RMWCT
Stockdale (Foster)
Hangeland Coleman Djourou (Rafael Murphy)
Fabregas Nani Adam N'Zogbia (VDV)
Torres RVP Campbell
2.4 in the bank
Any other transfers?
Murphy to Johnson?
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Boggins
15 years, 3 months ago
Hart or Kingson??
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Zero Fuchs Given
15 years, 3 months ago
bench tevez or dempsey?
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keith
15 years, 3 months ago
Play Coleman or Kelly?
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1. Escovitch
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Kelly ftw
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