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FPL GW33 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Darlow

O’Reilly
Senesi
Struijk

Semenyo
Bruno Fernandes
Tavernier
Palmer

João Pedro
Welbeck
Haaland

Dubravka
van Hecke
Hill
Okafor

GW34 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Watkins	AVL	8.6m	92.3%	Likely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	92.8%	Maybe
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	95.7%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	93.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	91.2%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	93.0%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	91.1%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	76.3%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	83.1%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	75.4%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	75.5%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	73.2%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	72.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	72.3%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	72.3%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	70.5%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	70.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	69.2%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	67.8%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	60.1%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	56.2%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	64.3%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	63.3%	Unlikely
Xavi	TOT	6.5m	55.4%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	61.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	61.3%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	60.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	60.2%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	58.1%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	53.3%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	54.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	51.7%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	48.5%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	51.1%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	56.2%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	45.6%	Unlikely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.1m	45.8%	Unlikely
Solanke	TOT	7.2m	44.9%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	46.9%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	46.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
J.Timber	ARS	6.2m	102.4%	Very Likely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	101.2%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.1%	Very Likely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	100.2%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	97.1%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	95.9%	Maybe
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	96.2%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	94.5%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	91.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	91.4%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	91.3%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.6m	91.6%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	87.5%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	89.9%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	89.7%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	82.7%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	86.8%	Unlikely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	82.9%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.3m	85.1%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	81.7%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	80.1%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	80.6%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.2%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	79.1%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.7m	62.2%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	75.1%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	75.6%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	54.3%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	75.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.1m	77.2%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	75.0%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	72.1%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	75.6%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	71.9%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.3m	70.0%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	69.3%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	69.2%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	68.0%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 16 Apr, 2026 10:18pm

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

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 12:20pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	A
No Change	Gordon	NEW	A
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:11pm

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

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:13pm

GW34 Transfers Poll

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13 July 2011 1341 comments

Mark

The Premier League have confirmed to us this afternoon that their Fantasy game is in the final stages of testing for the new season but will not be going live today.

The game and site have been enhanced and, while things are almost complete, there are still some minor browser issues that need to be ironed out before the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) site can launch.

We can take this opportunity to dispel a number of rumours that have cropped up in recent days and confirm that all is well with the FPL and that the game will be free to play. There are also a number of significant improvements that we feel will be greeted with a very positive response from players and, in particular, our community; having voiced strong opinions on certain features of the game, you have helped influence some of the changes introduced.

We will endeavour to bring you details of those changes and any update on the release date. One of the benefits of our new relationship with the FPL is that visitors to Fantasy Football Scout will get information and enjoy a two-way relationship with the game organisers. This means that once the game is released and the new features announced, you can rely on us to feedback your reactions to the changes.

Hang in there folks.

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Sasquatch
14 years, 9 months ago
So Downing to Liverpool is happening.

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/reds-agree-downing-fee
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1. Duke
  14 years, 9 months ago
  yey
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2. Goose
  14 years, 9 months ago
  😯 its all over SSN news, without sounding ungrateful for the fact we are spending the cash, it's the 3rd "meh" signing on the summer for us, not particularly excited by any and I'll be pretty annoyed if Villa buy Nzogbia for about half the price!
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  1. andy85wsm
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Will be a good signing for you I think if he keeps up last seasons form.
    
    Not really sure where it leaves Villa though. Last seasons 2 best players gone in one summer, bet their fans are happy
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    1. Andy
      14 years, 9 months ago
      If I was a Liverpool I would love the Downing signing... A severely under appreciated player. Barney Ronay had it right the other day.
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      1. andy85wsm
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Aye. If they're going to play Caroll, which at £35mil, you'd expect them to then they need to play some wide men. He was good last season, probably Villa's player of the season. In a better team he may look even better!
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      2. Anorak
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I've long thought that Barney only writes/says stuff to get a reaction be it from AC Jimbo, Barry, or just the general public. He's very adept at it, but I hardly ever think he actually believes what he writes.
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        Andy
        14 years, 9 months ago
        His writing M.O. is definitely along those (and humour) lines, but I felt, perhaps wrongly, that this was a more straight 'defensive' piece with his normal flourish/tone thrown in of course.
        
        I'm not just defending Downing because I refer to myself like him in my twitter tag either. He's a very good, assured player.
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        Anorak
        14 years, 9 months ago
        You look like Stewart Downing?
        That's unfortunate.
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      3. Goose
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Im not doubting his quality, I thought he had a good season last season but call me crazy but I'd rather have gone for Nzogbia, Downing is a reliable player with good delivery and I'm sure Carroll will be loving it and it makes those two both more appealing but he doesn't really get you going, Nzogbia or similar has that unpredictability capable of winning games on his own, I think Suarez has a bit of that too but I felt we needed more that than another steady Eddy. I'm probably being ungrateful especially after the seasons of uninspiring Rafa signings and id probably be happy if it was our first signing of the summer but the Hendo & Adam signings weren't ones to get u going either, plus that's probably our spending done now.
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        Rush
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I definitely don't think we're done. We're still probably looking for a centre back, possibly another wide man and definitely a left back. I agree that N'zogbia is a good player, but he's not the hug-the-touchline crosser that Downing is. N'zogbia wouldn't bring out the best in Carroll, he prefers to drift inside and have a go himself.
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        Goose
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Yeah maybe another CB and LB another wide man tho?! Can't see it. I don't think Nzogbia does hug the line but also has good delivery but also trickery and I still think he can get better, I doubt Downing will much, but I do, as I say think he will be excellent to get the best from Carroll, with Adam on some set pieces too.
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3. super711
  14 years, 9 months ago
  well well well
  
  thet better get selling now or thell be stuck with these for 4 places
  
  gerrard, miereles, hendersen, kuyt, adam, poulsen , maxi, spearing, lucas, cole and now downing
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4. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  predicting the liverpool starting XI is going to be a nightmare. kuyt normally always finds himself in the side, as does a fit gerrard, as does suarez, as does a fit carroll.
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  1. BMox81
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Suarez will be the only Liverpool player I'll be interested in on a FPL level.
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    1. andy85wsm
      14 years, 9 months ago
      I'm not sure I will. Did have him at the end of last season but that was when Caroll wasn't playing much. Will have to wait and see how they line up but with all these new players I'm not sure how appealing he will be.
      
      Then again, he is class so could be worth a shot when Liverpool's fixtures are looking good.
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      1. Rush
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Suarez may not play until September. He's not really had a break because of the Copa America, and won't have a full pre-season because Uruguay have just advanced to the knock out phase. He and Lucas will be used sparingly or not at all until a few games in. Lucas might play at the start if Brazil go out.
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        TheHazard
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Might be time to go old school and think about Gerrard if he can stay fit.
        
        If Liverpool win, he'll be in bonus at least. And he could be back to around the 11mil mark this year.
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Annyong
14 years, 9 months ago
I posted this earlier but everyone was too busy bathing in self-pity at the thought of their secret society going public...

Just looking at the Mail (urgh) FF site. Don’t think the explanation of substitutions in particularly transparent (well, not to my eyes anyway).

“You can bring your substitutes into your team at any time before the first scheduled kick-off each day. This means, you can get best value out of your 15 man squad to maximise your chances to score points and best of all, it doesn’t use up any of your transfers! You can swap a substitute with any player in your team, provided that it creates a valid team formation.”

To you, does that mean that you can bring someone playing on Sunday off your bench to replace someone who played on Saturday and add to the Saturday points or replace them?
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1. Attila the Bum
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Replace like the World Cup FF game I think. So if Fabregas gets you 2 points on Saturday and you sub him out for say Silva on the Sunday but you lose Fabregas's 2 points and just get whatever Silva gets
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2. Andy
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I've got a review on it to be published... Yes, that's how I see it. 15 player of very active rotation management.
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  1. Jonah
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Serious advantage to getting players playing on both Saturday and Sunday too, to give yourself more options.
    
    That could be the best way to spend your trannies in that game. Having two chances to get a score for a given position is a hell of a advantage.
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3. BMox81
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I think you're spot on. Similar to the Metro WC game last year.
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  1. Annyong
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Ta all. That's what I thought but it didn't seem explicit.
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Magnum
14 years, 9 months ago
This site is all about interpretation. I wouldn't of hesitated to give the site details to anybody in my leagues who was interested enough. As said by others, those being precious on here about it, just need to step their game up and stop being such sheep themselves...

I would say though, if there's gonna be increased traffic, surely it's time to look at changing the comments system to a forum or something. I can only imagine the 50 pages of "rate my team" comments we're in for 😀
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andy85wsm
14 years, 9 months ago
I can't wait to see JamsieP's first tweet / post on here once he sees this Parker rumour. Would be my favourite transfer of the summer
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1. Marknlard
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Check a couple of nights ago, he's already acknowledged it.
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  1. andy85wsm
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Bah I missed it. After his constant posts about how he's player of the season and that's reflected in West Hams position I hope they sign him 🙂
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  2. TommyK
    14 years, 9 months ago
    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2011/07/11/chelsea-confirm-lengthy-essien-lay-off/comment-page-3/#comment-1715745
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2. TommyK
  14 years, 9 months ago
  You've hurt wesley's feelings..... 😉
  
  http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u3GZYMERb6w/TDsDmAKS2bI/AAAAAAAAAqU/8qXwb7TYmw0/s1600/Crying-SNEIJDER.jpg
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TommyK
14 years, 9 months ago
Love how smug the bbc is over news international going into cardiac arrest..... 😛
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1. AP
  14 years, 9 months ago
  They are like a starfish: cut off an arm and it'll just grow back in time.
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BMox81
14 years, 9 months ago
Albrighton just became a whole lot more popular now.
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1. mvtaylor
  14 years, 9 months ago
  and more expensive since they won't have finalised prices...
  
  FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
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2. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  not sure. with young gone i think albrighton had a starting place, now with downing gone too he'll definitely have a place but the side will be weakened? all depends who they bring in to replace downing and young
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  1. andy85wsm
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Indeed. I suppose he still has Bent to feed but unless Villa get some quality replacements I don't see much investment in their attack.
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Nutella
14 years, 9 months ago
Anyone Able To Help Me With What Players Take Pens For The Teams In The Championship Please And Thank You? 🙂
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1. Andy
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Paul Gallagher and Peter Whittingham.
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  1. Marknlard
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Will one of Leicester's billion new players replace him?
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    1. Andy
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Paul Konchesky might. Fantasy bargain, everyone on the bandwagon!
      
      ...as of yet though, don't think so. [new striker] may yet do that, but can't see the couple new forwards pushing ahead, he's a pretty neat SP taker.
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Pork Pie Sausage Roll
14 years, 9 months ago
I like how Your Fired was (rightly) mocking the contestants for their shit geography knowledge, and then proceeded to play the quintessentially ENGLISH song Jerusalem for a supposed Best-of-BRITISH piece. The irony of this was probably lost on every English viewer of this as well.

*facepalm
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1. andy85wsm
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Love that song.
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  1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    14 years, 9 months ago
    next time there's a piece celebrating all things British they should play 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' or 'Scots Wha Hae'
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    1. Marknlard
      14 years, 9 months ago
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96afFQYdNXQ
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Will
14 years, 9 months ago
What do people think of the Downing to Liverpool transfer? Would personally prefer someone younger like Mata.
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1. SierraDelta
  14 years, 9 months ago
  given the turn around kenny was had i have faith in his transfers us fans dont no as much as we think 🙂
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  1. Will
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Suppose so i think Adam is going to suprise me this season. I didnt really want him.
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arcticjunkie1
14 years, 9 months ago
Anyone having a go at The Sun's Dream Team?
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1. Nutella
  14 years, 9 months ago
  ME join this
  
  League PIN: 130790
  League Password: 12345ab
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  1. arcticjunkie1
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Thanks!
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Hybrid.power
14 years, 9 months ago
Are Liverpool planning on selling any players? How many midfielders do they have now? 275?
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1. Hybrid.power
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Also, do Villa have any players yet?
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  1. Hybrid.power
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Left, not yet 😛
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  2. applebonkers
    14 years, 9 months ago
    they've got pires playing cm, lm and rm at the moment. a bit much for those old legs
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    1. mvtaylor
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Actually... he got released.
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      1. Hybrid.power
        14 years, 9 months ago
        My bird is better than your bird.
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2. super711
  14 years, 9 months ago
  villa XI now
  
  given
  
  hutton-collins-dunne-cueller
  
  makoun-petrov
  nzogbia-abbolahor-albroighton
  bent
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super711
14 years, 9 months ago
my prediction for LIVERPOOL main XI

reina

johnson-carra-skrtel-agger

kuyt-adam-gerrard-downing

suarez-carrol

but that leaves maxi, meireles, lucas and hendersen not looking to happy
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1. Hybrid.power
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I'm fairly sure Meireles will be gone soon.
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  1. Will
    14 years, 9 months ago
    He said he isnt going (I hope he isnt going!)
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    1. Hybrid.power
      14 years, 9 months ago
      I don't see why he would, he had a pretty decent end to the season as I recall.
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2. andy85wsm
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I think they need to sell Caroll, get Kuyt up front and then incorporate Lucas into that team 🙂
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3. Annyong
  14 years, 9 months ago
  That leaves the middle very open defensively, I think.
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4. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  so much hollywood in that midfield...then kuyt 🙂
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  1. Hybrid.power
    14 years, 9 months ago
    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WuNfOGxYEUw/TaZzwHle9eI/AAAAAAAAAF8/dx3mGYHGcAc/s1600/sloth_goonies.jpg
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5. Goose
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Criminal & no chance Lucas won't play, that team would get smashed in CM.
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6. Seanigula
  14 years, 9 months ago
  there is still Aquilani too...
  
  Suarez may be rested at the start of the season, so maybe Carroll alone up top and Lucas into the midfield
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7. Rush
  14 years, 9 months ago
  We'll buy another left back or use Johnson there. I doubt Agger will play LB.
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abatoirnoises
14 years, 9 months ago
apparently downing put more crosses into the box than any other player last year unfortunatly it was the directors box
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AP
14 years, 9 months ago
£78m then on Downing, Carroll, Fatty Adam and Henderson.

King Kenny.
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1. andy85wsm
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Ha!
  
  Caroll was a t(aaaaaaa)ad stupid,
  
  Henderson, well I guess we'll see. We spent nearly the same on Jones, both young with potential.
  
  Adam - big fan! But not really sure Liverpool needed him, or that he's good enough for a big team like that.
  
  Downing could be quality.
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  1. Rush
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Jones cost more than Henderson. Henderson was £13m with £3m in appearance related add ons. Agree with the comments though.
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2. BMox81
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Not forgetting Suarez....
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  1. andy85wsm
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Yeah, but he's a quality player. Money well spent there
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  2. AP
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Ok ok, he's quality.
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3. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I was about to say that. If you'd told a Liverpool fan at Christmas their team would spend £78m, they'd no doubt be going to bed dreaming of seeing David Villa/Aguero etc holding the scarf and posing for the obligatory photo round about now...
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4. Gargamel
  14 years, 9 months ago
  If Liverpool had given Rafa that money instead he would have signed better players. Actually I think Rafa would've won the league with that money.
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  1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    14 years, 9 months ago
    lol
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    1. Gargamel
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Oh dear, I got a lol.
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      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Oh you were serious?? Sorry
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Hahaha no problem SD. Hoped to spark a discussion about Rafa - I love those.
        
        I'm actually half serious, I do think he would have signed better players for that amount of money.
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        SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Do you not rate Dalglish or summat? For me he is twice the manager Rafa could ever dream of being
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        wtf?
        
        It's too early for me to judge him on this stint - he was obviously a very good manager in the nineties. Signs are there that he's screwing up this time imo.
        
        Rafa has accomlished more than Dalglish as a manager and that can not be disputed, so it's incredibly harsh to say that Dalglish is twice the manager Rafa could ever dream of being.
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        14 years, 9 months ago
        OMG are you on a wind up tonight Garg?
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        Goose
        14 years, 9 months ago
        So far Kenny has signed 2 players who have played for the club properly, Carroll who's barely had a game so it's hard to judge, the other being Suarez who's been immense, so far not so bad. Pretty unfair to judge him on the 3 transfers this summer till they play for at least half a season. Kenny has to be praised for giving the likes of Kelly, Spearing and Flanagan a run (who've all played very well) whereas Rafa would have continued playing the useless foreign shite that he would have bought. He pissed off Alonso by trying to sell him to pay for Barry for god sake, that's inexcusable!
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        andy85wsm
        14 years, 9 months ago
        What are the signs he's screwing up?
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        andy85wsm - That he's paying so much for players I'm unsure of on positions where they have cover.
        
        Goose - Yes absolutely. I did try to say that it's too early to judge him. This is all what I think will happen, and that is that Liverpool will not take the top4 spot back in the upcoming years.
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I like that I'm getting some reactions here but I'm not really on a wind-up. Let's compare.
        
        Rafa has won 2 La Liga titles, 1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 FA cup
        
        Dalglish has one 4 English titles and 2 FA cups
        
        Is the latter really twice as good as the former could ever dream of being? I understand that you like Dalglish for what he did with Blackburn which was incredible.
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        SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Well when he won his 3 titles with Liverpool weren't English teams still banned from Europe? (the less said about our Champions League 'campaign' the better! lol)
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Good point SD, I didn't think of that.
        
        Still think those merits are roughly similar.
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        SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I know it's easy to say now but i'd have been amazed if Liverpool wouldn't have won a european trophy during that time in the mid to late 80s.
        
        Anyway i think it's safe to say i rate Dalglish considerably higher than rafa (but maybe not twice as good) and i also don't think it's fair to say that "Rafa has accomlished more than Dalglish as a manager and that can not be disputed"
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Everton were the side that missed out most due to the Heysel ban. They were an awesome team.
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        14 years, 9 months ago
        Maybe when the ban first came in yeah, you're probably right. But Liverpool won the league in 1985/86, 1987/88 and 1989/90 so i think it's fair to say they were affected!!
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Point taken - that can definitely be disputed.
        
        Ahhh I love myself a good Rafa discussion.
        
        Attila - Is that so? I'm gonna have to read up on that. I'm lacking in my knowledge on football in the 80s.
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    2. Attila the Bum
      14 years, 9 months ago
      + lol.
      Worst playersigner ever........ well Gullit and Souness could give him a run for his money to be fair...
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      1. Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Blah!
        
        He got a few of them wrong but also a few of them right. Dalglish will be remembered as the worst playersigner ever.
        
        Why is it again that everybody hates Rafa so much? I'm deeply saddened that he's not in management at the moment. He's a great character and a great manager.
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Rafa is an ultimate bellwipe who plays the biggest load of drudgery soul destroyingly crap football.
        
        Agree that Dalglish is a similarly shit playersigner, well he was for us anyway and has made some questionable moves so far in his new regime.
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        See Attila, Andy knows what it's all about!
        
        I love that first line of yours though, when you put so much passion and funky words into it I won't try and shoot it down.
        
        Rafa was a bit too pragmatic for his own good at times, Liverpool actually did play some great football in certain games under his regime - when he thought it was the right way to do things.
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        AndySchmandy 😛
        He was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too negative, here's a nice Daily Mail (sorry) article on his signings.
        http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1221975/Rafa-Benitezs-229m-spending-spree-The-76-players-signed-Liverpool-managers-reign.html
        
        In the Pro column I would have
        Skrtel (£6m)
        Torres (£20m)
        Mascherano (£18m)
        Lucas (£6m)
        Kuyt (£9m)
        Agger (£5.8m)
        Renia (£6m)
        Xabi Alonso (£10m)
        
        The rest are pretty poor.
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Yeah. Garcia did a good job as well imo. And Sissoko. And definitely Arbeloa.
        
        Some of them were absolutely shocking too - Kromkamp, Nunez, Morientes, Gonzalez, Josemi, Fowler, Leto, Voronin for example. Not bad - shocking.
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        So if the Mail is accurate with its £229m estimate it can be said that Rafa spent 35% of his transfer kitty wisely.
        
        *Not including wages, fees etc...
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        applebonkers
        14 years, 9 months ago
        other than man utd's insane roma rape the liverpool 4-0 win over real madrid was probably the best performance i've seen from an english side.
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        It was a spectacular performance. They tore them apart.
        
        Rafa had probably been better off playing some more attacking football rather than being defensive and trying to grind out results
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        applebonkers
        14 years, 9 months ago
        yeah he was a bit of a grinder. a bit on the fence with him. the fact is he's won la liga with a team not called barcelona or real madrid and he won the champions league and got to another final too.
        for anyone thinking he won the champions league with a draw really think about that statement, if it's anything more than united/everton banter then you can have a facepalm from me.
        i think half the problem was he wasn't that likeable personality wise, football wise he had a crap season, not much else
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Thats my main problem with Rafa - the awful pragmatic football. Would rather watch Stoke than Liverpool under Rafa
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Yes. Liverpool had to sack him unfortunately - their fans demanded it and that season was a bit too bad.
        
        People will also say that both Barcelona and Real Madrid were not at their best when Benitez won his TWO La Liga titles it's still an incredible achievement. It's not impossible that that feat won't be eclipsed in the next 20 years. Oh and he won promotion twice from the Segunda division with lesser teams too.
        
        I guess I just don't understand why he's so badly liked personality wise. I think he's funny.
        
        Then again, I'm a bit boring as I basically like every footballer and manager ever, except a dozen or so.
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        Goose
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Agreed we were awesome in that game.
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        Andy
        14 years, 9 months ago
        As with most things ...I am with you Gargamel.
        
        Rafa made mistakes, but he did a good job. I hope to see him back on these shores some day.
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      2. Goose
        14 years, 9 months ago
        +lol squared 4 good signings out 142685 players signed overall isn't the best.
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        He made some incredibly bad signings for Liverpool - I can't dispute that. They had to fire him after such a crappy season which is a shame.
        
        I'm gonna play the UNLUCKY-card here. I actually thought Morientes would be a great signing!
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I see your Morientes card and I raise you......... Jovanovic (£120k pw!)
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        AP
        14 years, 9 months ago
        J.Cole. 100k a week. 'Arf!
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        You can't blame Benitez for Joe Cole!
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Shocking stuff the Jovanovic deal. Liverpool had to fend Real Madrid off with a stick to get him too and I've rarely seen a player more out of his depth than Jovanovic.
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        applebonkers
        14 years, 9 months ago
        he bought agger, he's basically god with a goatee
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        14 years, 9 months ago
        lol sounesssssss sounessssss
        
        j/k, i cant back souey even though he's scottish
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Annyong
14 years, 9 months ago
Do you think someone's running an in house LFC FF and Kenny is going heavy in the middle?
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1. Annyong
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Which reminds me of the funniest thing my girlfriend has ever said...
  
  Whilst a few friends and I were watching MOTD a few years back. I have Toores as capt and Liv win a penalty. I didn't know the scores. I start lauding up the fact that Fernando was about to bag me 8 more points. But then Dirk Kuyt steps up...
  Me: Why the bloody hell is Kuyt taking the penalty? Why isn't it Torres?
  Girlfriend (peering from behind Heat magazine): Maybe Torres has got Kuyt in his fantasy football team.
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  1. Oliver Reed
    14 years, 9 months ago
    ill give you a 'lol' if no one else will. it deserves it 😉
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super711
14 years, 9 months ago
given
hutton-collins-dunne-cueller
makoun-petrov
nzogbia-abbolahor-albroighton
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1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
  14 years, 9 months ago
  looks ok bar Gabby.
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  1. Andy
    14 years, 9 months ago
    And two right-backs. One not at right-back.
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2. Hybrid.power
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Given would be in my team if he went to Villa. I'd be considering Dunne again too. I'd give it a while though 😛
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3. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  agbonlahor in the playmaker role http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x02PqtMgBBA#t=7s
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Nomar
14 years, 9 months ago
Downing for £20m. I like it.

Liverpool overloaded in MF and Villa now seriously weakened. Need as many weakened teams as we can get this season. Feel sorry for Bent right now.
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King Eric, in America
14 years, 9 months ago
To open old wounds, let me see if I understand ...

Some are unhappy as to these FFS events because -

a.) They will lose some 'advantage' gained by being a reader here.
... Huh. Some game to play, one where you need/demand an advantage.

b.) The site will become 'too commercial' (spoken, no doubt, with a beret on, goatee, and cigarette clutched backwards between thumb and index finger).
... Seeing as how many/most of the features are still free > meh. "But I want to seem Indie and avant garde" bleurgh.

c.) The increased traffic will lead to too many copycat teams.
... And the 'form' filter on FPL doesn't do this? Lessee, 1.2 million people Captaining Kolarov on Jamsie's wum? Ha!

I've played FPL for 4 or 5 years, a reader here for that time, as well. This year my first as a member, as much to support the site/Mark & team/the lively footy banter. My 12.50 amounts to 3 pints down at the bar (about an hour's worth) ... for 12 months of footy footy, footy (and some cricket. >sigh<).

Rock on, Mark.
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1. TommyK
  14 years, 9 months ago
  +1 basically- the cream will still rise to the top 😉
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  1. Oliver Reed
    14 years, 9 months ago
    If you let people on here prejudice your decision you will fail miserably, it always backfires.
    
    I dont think it matters a jot if 2m are looking at this website reguarly. The ones who succeed are the ones who stick to their guns and dont follow the sheep...
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2. Nomar
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Aye, pretty good summation there.
  
  Ducks for cover from forthcoming abuse from those whose lives now have no meaning because they have lost their 'competitive edge'....................
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3. greghammer95
  14 years, 9 months ago
  What bar do you drink at?
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  1. King Eric, in America
    14 years, 9 months ago
    USA > home of The Great Recession.
    
    Weak greenbacks = blurry FPL judgement come Friday night.
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    1. TommyK
      14 years, 9 months ago
      You know you love cricket really 😉
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      1. King Eric, in America
        14 years, 9 months ago
        American DNA = inability to grasp that wacky 'sport'
        
        I've tried ... had an Indian friend of mine spend an hour, pencil and paper > I was left like a Chimp holding a typewriter and wondering where the banana comes out.
        
        I have since come to terms with my limitations. 😛
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  2. Seanigula
    14 years, 9 months ago
    I was gonna guess The Blue Oyster 🙂
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    1. King Eric, in America
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Ouch. That hurts, man.
      
      Bartender, 'nother round. Make it a strongly Hetero beer this time.
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Goose
14 years, 9 months ago
Still think Meireles might go ( 🙁 ) so I look at it as Gerrard Lucas Suarez Carroll will all play with Kuyt Downing Adam & Hendo mainly fighting for 2 spots, 4 into 2?!

I can actually see a 5-3-2 / 3-5-2 on the horizon:

—--------------------Reina---------------------------
-----------------Kelly Skrtel Carra------------------
Johnson Hendo/Adam Lucas Gerrard Downing
------------------Carroll Suarez----------------------

Just can't see Kuyt being dropped tho, confused.com
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1. AP
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Meireles... WHY?! He was so good for you last season. Utter madness to sell him. Would be like Utd signing Bramble and selling Vidic. Makes. No. Sense.
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  1. Goose
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Agreed, hope he stays, my XI for what it's worth now would be:
    
    ------------Reina-------------
    Kelly Carra Skrtel Johnson
    --Gerrard Lucas Meireles--
    ---Kuyt Suarez Downing---
    
    Carroll Hendo Adam etc on the bench.
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    1. AP
      14 years, 9 months ago
      £35m striker on the bench? Negatory. (unless it's berba but he was given 2 seasons as a starter).
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      1. Goose
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Note the part where it says "my XI" and the post above which is more of a predicted line up which includes Carroll, try to keep up please 😉
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        AP
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Ok Goose 😛
        
        http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e32/behemothzzz/Gifs%20and%20funny%20pics/Gerrardnextyear.jpg
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    2. Rush
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Wouldn't be surprised to see something like this
      -Reina-
      Johnson-Carra- Agger/Skrtel/New CB- New LB
      Lucas Adam
      
      Suarez Gerrard Downing
      Carroll
      
      Kuyt, Meireles, Kelly, Henderson all getting a lot of first team time too.
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2. Rush
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Meireles is a difficult one to place given his relative fragility. However, he's got a great eye for goal and lends good squad depth. I like this formation, with Johnson pushed forward. Perhaps that's why we made an approach for Bastos? Have both of them as wing-back types?
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  1. Goose
    14 years, 9 months ago
    With us playing that a couple of times last season and as u say the Bastos approach that's what I was starting to wonder. We have big squad but let's face it, Gerrard will get injured, Adam i don't think will be starting week in week out so if Hendo is taking Gerrards spot then Downing has just been added as another option.
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3. Gargamel
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Playing 3 defenders isn't really good when so many teams play formations with only 1 striker though. Someone will probably tell Kenny that.
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applebonkers
14 years, 9 months ago
liverpool and sunderland are having the first ever midfield off. they meet on the first day, could see a 2-7-1 off too
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Attila the Bum
14 years, 9 months ago
If Chelsea sign Tiote I am going to be livid.
Abso-f*cking-lutely livid.
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1. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  you hid that well 😉
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  1. AP
    14 years, 9 months ago
    looool
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  14 years, 9 months ago
  Really? It happens to every other club so it wouldn't surprise me in the least
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  1. Attila the Bum
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Eh? Wachoo on about Louis?
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      14 years, 9 months ago
      Well it just seems that it's a matter of time till you lose him. If he has another good season he'll be gone, simple.
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      1. Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Haven't we lost enough? When will the rape and pillage of Newcastle United end?
        When there is nothing left but smoke and ruin and Shola doing keepy uppies by himself? WILL YOU BE HAPPY THEN?!
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        SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Sammy will be there too, heads and vols or maybe 'World Cup' where Nigeria always win.
        
        Seriously though, would you be surprised if he left? I know that you might still be angry but it has the air of inevitability about it
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        It's a question of degrees
        Carroll left - Gutted but the cash was amazing so could live with it.
        Nolan left - meh, reasonably pleased.
        Barton might go - gutted.
        Enrique might go - gutted.
        Jonas might go - gutted.
        Tiote might go - gutted.
        
        If they ALL go, jeezas. The dummy will be out of the mouth, and the toys flung willy nilly from the pram.
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        DementedFlamingo
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Pool shoulda just bought the whole club for the 90mil asking price rather than individual players 😉
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        😆
        True enough.
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FPL Daniel
14 years, 9 months ago
http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/chelsea-make-official-enquiry-for-essien-replaceme

Contradictory from the tweets, but who knows,
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andy85wsm
14 years, 9 months ago
I can't decide who's going to in The Apprentice. It's between Helen and Susan for sure.

There's always contestants like them in every series. Helen, the one who wins all the time, but then Sugar will say something like she's too robotic or blah blah blah.

Then Susan, gets through because she's achieved so much at a young age but then doesn't win because she's so young.

Either way, I reckon he looks to the right when he says "you're hired" which is Jim or Susan. So maybe he'll go with the young'un.
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1. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  how come you always watch it about 2 hours late? bbc iplayer?
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  1. andy85wsm
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Cos I'm always doing something else or watching something else on Sky. Sky+ ftw
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    1. applebonkers
      14 years, 9 months ago
      oh right. always careful not to ruin it for people on twitter. accidently let slip to gooner dave it was one of tom or natasha. pretty much ruined the boardroom for him
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  14 years, 9 months ago
  Susan or Tom ftw
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  1. super711
    14 years, 9 months ago
    its going to based on the parnership and the buisness plan
    i feel tom has got the best plan but i would be happy to see any of them win unlike other years when i only liked one or two from this stage
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3. Annyong
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Those "you're hired/fired" snips are all prerecorded so he's not actually looking at the person in question.
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  1. super711
    14 years, 9 months ago
    phew
    is thinkin why
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greghammer95
14 years, 9 months ago
Don't be to hard on me. But, I got bored so wrote a thing about why the Championship isn't so tough. I started to waffle in the middle a bit, but y'know. And I blagged it for the likes of Doncaster a little, but y'know.

http://footyinengland.weebly.com/
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1. Andy
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Did you check all of your their and they're quotient Greg?
  
  If there's a would of or could of in there you deserve lynching too.
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  1. greghammer95
    14 years, 9 months ago
    I did it reasonably well Andy, much better than I used to be, thanks to this site.
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  2. Andy
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Greg's favourite style of writing: the question asker.
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    1. greghammer95
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Three times in the first paragraph alone 🙂
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2. Attila the Bum
  14 years, 9 months ago
  You're going down again V 😛 V
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3. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  that header pic is so deep
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4. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  not sure if it's a miss-print but danny graham has left, thanks for rubbing it in greg! 😉
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  1. greghammer95
    14 years, 9 months ago
    😳
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      14 years, 9 months ago
      i left a comment under my essex moniker vinny verjazzle.
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5. Annyong
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I think the difficulty in the Championship is that there are rarely many standout teams. Most years, it's more truncated than the prem. So unless you're QPR or Newc, then you're gonne be beaten more times than you might think and by teams who aren't ever challenging the top half.
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  1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    14 years, 9 months ago
    The year we came up it was quality. Fulham, Bolton and Rovers and all still here. That ever happened since?
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    1. Attila the Bum
      14 years, 9 months ago
      2/3 last season. I think all three coming up will go down this season.
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        14 years, 9 months ago
        Well let's see if they are both still there 10+ years time!
        
        You had a look at the odds on those 3 dropping? Not sure what's going on at QPR at the mo. Not much action and certainly no where near the amount i thought we'd see
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Exactly, I think they'll be like us. Megabucks owners who are too stingey to part with the cash.
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        greghammer95
        14 years, 9 months ago
        If QPR sell Taarabt, I think their the most certain of the three to go down. Norwich, I have hopes for them, but they are my 'second team' I guess.
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        Attila the Bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I think Norwich, QPR and Swansea are a decent way from being as good as the likes of Wigan, Wolves, Blackburn, WBA, and yes Newcastle. Can't see any of the promoted sides surviving at all.
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    2. Annyong
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Just looked at the table from that year. Teams like Crewe, Stockport and Grimsby were in there that year. Crikey.
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        14 years, 9 months ago
        How long have you been following football? It's all relative isn't it and i can assure that there were some quality games and quality players. Although having Dunn, Duff and Jansen did seem a little unfair on the other teams 🙂
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        Annyong
        14 years, 9 months ago
        No, I'm not saying they were weak teams then. Just pointing out how differently things can go for teams. I'm a Burnley fan and remember thst season well. We missed out on the play-offs by a couple of points and I thought that would be as good as it ever got for us.
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        14 years, 9 months ago
        Oh right ok, soz. Crewe, Stockport and Grimsby were mainstays of the Champ (or Div1 as it was) back then!
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        Annyong
        14 years, 9 months ago
        And the likes of Tranmere and Gillingham.
        
        I still think of Sheff Wed, Coventry, Southampton and Wimbledon as proper premieship teams.
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  2. Andy
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Grrrrr this gets my goat... Why do people put QPR in this bracket? Of the last 10 Championship winners they're 9th on the list (I think) of total points scored.
    
    This is not a grudge, well done and well deserved promotion (Warnock did a great job), but they weren't THAT good.
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    1. Marknlard
      14 years, 9 months ago
      It's true- they should have run away with it, but they really didn't.
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    2. Annyong
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Okay, guess I was blinded more by the fact that they were top all season and never looked like not being champions.
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    3. Dan
      14 years, 9 months ago
      We got 3 more points than QPR did last season when we last were promoted second to Newcastle.
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  3. greghammer95
    14 years, 9 months ago
    See that's what I think makes it easier, if you can strive to become the team that everyone wants to beat, which to some extent West Ham will be, then it gives you that boost above the rest.
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AP
14 years, 9 months ago
I wonder if Liverpool would be interested in Gibson. Good player, crucially plays in central midfield. Hell of a shot. £10m? Bargain.
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1. Gargamel
  14 years, 9 months ago
  If he hadn't been a Manchester United player chances are they would. And we're not talking 10M here, make it 15.
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  1. Rush
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Unfortunately, he's not British. Otherwise I would have been reasonably happy to drop £25m on him.
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2. King Eric, in America
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Gibson to Newcastle to replace Tiote 😀
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  1. Attila the Bum
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Right! Me and you outside sunshine! 😡
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    1. King Eric, in America
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Includes an autographed bottle of CR7 depilatory cream to sweeten the deal.
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  2. AP
    14 years, 9 months ago
    loooooooooool!
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3. Seanigula
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I'd go for Bebe...SAF has never seen him play in midfield so that would be a good reason to move him there.
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  1. AP
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Scored on his debut in Turkey. Hero.
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Demí
14 years, 9 months ago
I know it's the mirror but still.

United chief executive David Gill is understood to have agreed terms with representatives of Wesley Sneijder, who will earn £190,000-a-week at Old Trafford.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/transfer-news/Manchester-United-could-land-Wesley-Sneijder-Inter-Milan-for-35m-next-48-hours-after-agreeing-personal-terms-190k-a-week-article766256.html
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1. AP
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Where there's this much smoke there must be a Forrest fire. Good player, no idea where he'll fit in though. Sneijderman No.7. Win.
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Demí
14 years, 9 months ago
mufc team v NE Rev: Lindegaard, Fab, Evans, Vidic, Raf; Nani, Carrick, Anderson, Young; Rooney, Berbatov.
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1. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  very strong
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  1. AP
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Fergie just loves the old quatro quatro duo eh?
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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Audi? 😯
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    2. applebonkers
      14 years, 9 months ago
      i know you're a valencia, fletcher and hernandez fan but imo that's his best front 6, giggs to swap with anderson every now and then
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      1. AP
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Nope. Berba hasn't started a big game since fergie realised we never win when he does. (Liverpool doesn't count, they were in freefall under Woy). Young hasn't even played yet! and Tony V is just a bloody hero, so you can't have Nani i'm afraid.
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        applebonkers
        14 years, 9 months ago
        madness to directly blame it on the berb imo, just one of those things and he's an easy scapegoat. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7808369.stm
        a fan of valencia but slightly bigger fan of nani. his criticism that he can't run backwards (not literally, you know what i mean 😉 ) doesn't wash with me. chelsea have anelka or kalou there for example, barcelona have messi and alves on their right. fabio and nani could surprise people imo, on paper it looks vulnerable but that's largely a myth now imo. as long as nani can keep possession and score and assist is what matters for me and he's at least as good as valencia in that department. valencia's more likeable and more 'solid' so he'll always win out i imagine
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        applebonkers
        14 years, 9 months ago
        ...but this debate shows how many good options you've got. you bastards, let arsenal have a title
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      2. Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I'm going to try to watch Anderson with new eyes this season. I mean obviously at this moment I think he's miles behind the other 5 in that front 6 but I'll give him another chance, starting tonight.
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        AP
        14 years, 9 months ago
        🙄 Start on the first day of the season garg, it's the first pre season friendly.
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Show some excitement AP, it's the first pre season friendly!
        
        I'll start tonight and will wait until at least gameweek 10 before I write him off for this season too. That's fair. I've actually been far too nice on Anderson for the last six months.
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        SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Taking their sweet ass time getting going aren't they!?
        
        Anyone watch the 1st half of Copa America game? Rocky starting?
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        SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 9 months ago
        d'oh it's 1am KO, thought it was 12
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        No they've played a half SD. I didn't watch it but apparently Santa Cruz was subbed in the 42nd minute because of an injury 🙁
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        SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Oh that's not good news. Cheers for the update
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        AP
        14 years, 9 months ago
        It's amazing you don't show him more love considering your affection for rotund midfielders.
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        Gargamel
        14 years, 9 months ago
        😀
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2. Gargamel
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I'm gonna watch that - will be great to watch Young.
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pomlormak
14 years, 9 months ago
Now that Fantasy Football Scout will be discussing details with FPL of why players have been awarded bonus points, is there any danger of Matty Taylor being mysteriously awarded 3BPS every week? 😉
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1. Gnu
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Haha 🙂
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GREENDREAMS11
14 years, 9 months ago
hi guys, re liverpool and their signings, do clubs not have to have a minimum of a certain amount of home based players for champs league soon ?
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1. King Eric, in America
  14 years, 9 months ago
  8 of the 25 squad, I believe.
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  1. GREENDREAMS11
    14 years, 9 months ago
    cheers king eric, I think his signings are pretty much geared up for that. He's pretty much brought in young home based players so far possibly looking at the bigger picture, downing, carroll, henderson and charlie adam all are good prospects for that however I would question the transfer fees he's had to pay to get them.
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  2. King Eric, in America
    14 years, 9 months ago
    An additional reason to explain Kenny's recent signings, I'd wager.
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    1. King Eric, in America
      14 years, 9 months ago
      *late reply fail on my part*
      
      Agreed, Green.
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Passionated
14 years, 9 months ago
Downing has always been one of my favourite players since he was at Middlesbrough. I celebrated when I saw the fee was agreed on the BBC website - I think I need to get out more.

Hoping he will prove a lot of people wrong. The Opta stats being floated around make for great reading.
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1. applebonkers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  🙂 what did you go for? the forward roll, the darts style da da dada da dada dada da, or something more exotic like some gyan stuff?
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