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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tazri
15 years, 3 months ago
pool lineup off a relieble source that gets i right nearly all the time

http://twitter.com/LiverpoolGroove
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Connor's Calling
15 years, 3 months ago
Anyone else playing Nzogbia over VdV this week?
Will he play both games before he moves clubs?
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1. Connor's Calling
  15 years, 3 months ago
  where's big dunc...?
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  1. Big Dunc
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Right here! I'm benching VDV if that helps but thats in place of Lampard.... wouldnt do it for Nzog
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    1. Connor's Calling
      15 years, 3 months ago
      shit. too late
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2. teddy.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I sure am.
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Squeakybumtime
15 years, 3 months ago
Is it a risk to make rooney captain when I have Nani also?
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ReinaMan
15 years, 3 months ago
Kingson or Al-Habsi?
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1. teddy.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Kingson, no-brainer.
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Prhymeate
15 years, 3 months ago
My team this week :

Stockdale
Djourou, vidic, coleman
Adam, Fabregas, dempsey, nani (c)
Rvp, Tevez, berba

Vdv on bench, just seems so wrong though
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Lewis - Sky Pod
15 years, 3 months ago
Just a quickie

A. VDS and Hangeland

B. Al Habsi and Evra

???
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1. MJ6987
  15 years, 3 months ago
  A
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snowman
15 years, 3 months ago
guys please help nani or vidic for captain?
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1. Lewis - Sky Pod
  15 years, 3 months ago
  nani simple
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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?
Cheers
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luckyirishxxx
15 years, 3 months ago
got a feeling Rooney could go huge he loves a double game week and is due a hat trick Rooney captain?
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1. Art Vandelay
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I have just done this having had it on Nani all week.
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Our Man Charlie
15 years, 3 months ago
last min decision capt Between Nani , Torres or Vidic

swinging towards Torres
Any thoughts guys please
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1. Adz_25
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I rarely captain defenders, even the best one in the game, going for Nani after recent Torres disappointments ...
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2. Baggers
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I have torres and nani but gone nani, nani is in better form imo
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Inferno
15 years, 3 months ago
Play Nasri or Maxi Rodriguez?
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Zero Fuchs Given
15 years, 3 months ago
do i bench tevez or dempsey?
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1. keith
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Tevez
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  1. Zero Fuchs Given
    15 years, 3 months ago
    cheers! i was thinking the same! it appears that tevez has this habit of getting a 2-pointer right after scoring double figures. hope he does the same this gameweek!
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Tmel
15 years, 3 months ago
Kelly, Coleman or Baird?
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1. keith
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Baird
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mullenlad
15 years, 3 months ago
How many DGW players does everyone have?
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1. MJ6987
  15 years, 3 months ago
  7 i think
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2. TorresMagic™
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Not enough. 🙁
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3. Boom!!!
  15 years, 3 months ago
  15.
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  1. TorresMagic™
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Your IQ figure wasn't asked for Boom!!!
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4. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
  15 years, 3 months ago
  7!
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everyday, i'm shufflin…
15 years, 3 months ago
is it worth a 4 pts hit to do Crainey -> Kelly ?

both play DGW, but Liverpool is more likely to have CS.
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neown
15 years, 3 months ago
Thinking of benching Malouda, am I a madman? I need to choose 2 to play out of Bale, Adam and Malouda, any help please?
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1. Caine & Co.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Always bench Malouda!
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2. Baggers
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I got rid of him a while back now so easy decision IMO bench malouda
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Oliver Reed
15 years, 3 months ago
harry redknapp mugged in spain..

cant say im surprised. 5 of us were either mugged or pickpocketed in barca on my brothers stag do. thieving ba*tards the spanish...
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1. Gargamel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Bloody foreigners, etc etc
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  1. Shakey
    15 years, 3 months ago
    😀
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  2. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 3 months ago
    +1
    😉
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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
      15 years, 3 months ago
      all foreigners are indeed *****
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2. Art Vandelay
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Retaliation for the daylight robbery that was the VDV transfer.
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  1. Oliver Reed
    15 years, 3 months ago
    🙂
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rrcmc
15 years, 3 months ago
dilema

play 3-4-3 with Tevez (Malouda or Gerrard in MF?)

or drop Tevez and 3-5-2 with Malouda and Gerrard?

Thanks
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1. bring_on _the_fantasy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  huh, gerrard is only playing in one of the games and tevez is a better choice than both of them??
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bring_on _the_fantasy
15 years, 3 months ago
grrr bench VDV or DJ??

Cant belive im benching a DGW

Newcastle squad is depleted though! right choice?
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1. Adz_25
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Yep
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harmonica
15 years, 3 months ago
With unlimited money is there any point taking a punt on glen johnson this week?
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1. Mogsy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Not much fun having G J this season when I had him but if he stops playing with his hair and starts playing with the ball maybe but there may be better choices at that price innit!
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  1. harmonica
    15 years, 3 months ago
    looking for a way to liven things up a little, cheeky 2 week punt with a lot of money in the bank
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Smithy83
15 years, 3 months ago
Who do I bench out of Tevez, VDV, N'Zog, DJ Campbell, Adam
Currently thinking Tevez!
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1. Caine & Co.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  N'zog or DJ
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2. Nomar
  15 years, 3 months ago
  DJ
  
  Never bench Tevez!
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3. teddy.
  15 years, 3 months ago
  vdv
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@FuzzyWarbles
15 years, 3 months ago
Baird or Hughes worth a 4 point hit? Otherwise would have to choose from bardsley, konchesky or simpson to start. Dont fancy kelly as i already have reina starting and villa plays united away next GW, while fulham are hope to a carroll-less newcastle. Cheers

one last opinion?
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bhargi
15 years, 3 months ago
Still can't make up mind , captain Nani or Torres ?
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1. kroky
  15 years, 3 months ago
  im in the sme boat help!
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2. cucumber
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Nani, will get five points if he scores, more likely to do well and bonus point magnet
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  1. bhargi
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Thanks mate. Sold on that logic. Nani it is then. Thanks Fanta. Good luck
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Attila the Bum
15 years, 3 months ago
Looking forward to this weekend, sort of make or break time. I have 8 double gameweekers so really hoping for a decent result for a change. 🙂

TOP TIP
VdV should do well, Tiote suspended and Smith injured means that he will be up against Danny Guthrie. Not a fair contest.
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1. Lanley Staurel
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Have you wildcarded to get the 8 in? Ive only 6 and it feels heavy.
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  1. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Nope just a bit of luck/planning. Had to take a 4 pointer though to get in Berbatov.
    So I now have; Al-Habsi, Walker, Skrtel, Crainey, Adam, Nani, Torres and Berbatov all playing twice.
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2. Mogsy
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Barton will crock VDV in five minutes so maybe nopt so good we will see eh
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3. Shakey
  15 years, 3 months ago
  you've just convinced me into playing VdV over Saha (yes I have Saha, what of it?)
  
  you'd better be right!
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  1. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 3 months ago
    Oh I'd play Saha MF!
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    1. Shakey
      15 years, 3 months ago
      Too late!
      
      I was a bit worried about Saha coming off the bench for a one-pointer tbh. Injury + Anichebe and Beckford being relatively impressive in the last game could see him on the bench.
      
      I'd be more pissed off if VdV scored big and was stuck on my bench than if Saha did.
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4. Bubbles
  15 years, 3 months ago
  No. I just did a coin toss between N'Zog and VDV, and 3-0 N'Zog won. Bloody coin!
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rrcmc
15 years, 3 months ago
i am in similar position - why is everyone wanting to bench
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snowman
15 years, 3 months ago
bardlsey or kolorov to start?

currently kolorov
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1. kidblast
  15 years, 3 months ago
  I went Kolarov and have Bardsley 1st sub.
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cucumber
15 years, 3 months ago
Hi all, havn't been very active all week.
does this team look alright for GW24

Gordon
Vidic Hangeland Johnson
Adam Nani(C) VDV Nzogbia
Berbatov Tevez Varney

Foster Malouda Skrtel Foley
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1. rrcmc
  15 years, 3 months ago
  in same dilema - want to becnh malouda or gerrard
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rrcmc
15 years, 3 months ago
i am in similar position - why is everyone wanting to bench VDV
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EastLeakeTerrier22
15 years, 3 months ago
1)Nasri (bench)and Berbatov

OR

2)Brunt (bench) and Rooney
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fanny like a split tennis b…
15 years, 3 months ago
Who to bench: Nasri, VdV or Adam?
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1. cucumber
  15 years, 3 months ago
  Sounds mad to bench any of them
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