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The second instalment in our series of Members articles looking at Fantasy consistency sees defenders come under the microscope. Aiming to highlight those players who week-in, week-out offer solid returns, we’ve taken a larger sample size than the previous Goalkeepers article and analysed the top twelve in terms of points per game in 2010/11.

Although there are four Chelsea players here -in addition to two from Man City – the Blues defenders most definitely vary in average returns and consistency. Who’d have thought, after all, that Ashley Cole was the least reliable Fantasy pick of our featured quartet last season?

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  1. greghammer95
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    14 years, 9 months ago

    Right. I am going, enough of this crappy rioters protestors whatever they are getting on my nerves and making me make myself sound like a fool.

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    1. 4vets
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      They made you sound like a fool? 😉

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  2. Drip Doctor
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    This is just disgusting. My local retail park has just been looted.

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  3. Oliver Reed
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    london games will be called off at the weekend, Fact

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      West ham off tomorrow already. Spurs next, then QPR.
      Quick WC time!!

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    2. Drip Doctor
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      I doubt it. It's monday now. As they have hit up most of London and the South East, I think this is a one night thing, i hope it is anyway.

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
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        ONE night?! Think youll find its three already. Think the police will need the weeknd off after all this shit!

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        1. Drip Doctor
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          The other nights have just been in one place though, this has spread across the S.East. They deserve the weekend off, that's for sure!

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    3. Gargamel
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      That's not really a fact, is it?

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      1. 4vets
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        It is until it isn't. I think. 🙂

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      2. Attila the Bum
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        🙂
        Pedantron 5000 strikes again. Like it.

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        1. Gargamel
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          🙂

          Glad you do. Less glad that I'm a pedant!

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      3. TommyK
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        I don't know- ask benitez.

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  4. Christopher Kiwomya
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YItK1izQIwo&feature=youtu.be

    David thinks its a rather silly thing to say. O RLY?

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  5. Bazman returns
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    14 years, 9 months ago

    Have to ask why so much love for Kompany? I know he is in heart of Man City defence but apart from getting some cleanies does he do much at the other end?

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    1. CFCTom
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      14 years, 9 months ago

      He's only 6mill.

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      1. Bazman returns
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        There are cheaper defenders all right not playing for Man City but £6m is a lot for a defender?

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        1. CFCTom
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          Not for one who will play every week for the best defence last season.

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    2. andy85wsm
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      For 0.5m more you can get Lescott who has more goalscoring potential. But for 6.0m in the team that kept the most clean sheets last season it's a good purchase.

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    3. Granville
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      He does absolutely nothing at the other end.

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      1. andy85wsm
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        You got him Granville? (and is there likely to be a podcast before GW1?)

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        1. Granville
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          Yes supposed to be recording tomorrow, hope it's not called off 😉

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  6. TheHazard
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    Evening chaps - just want to check in to say I hope all of our London (Birmingham, too I guess) posters/contributers are doing all right.

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    1. CFCTom
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      Yeah I've got loads of cool s*it.

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  7. thebigblackcat
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    can you give me advice on my team:

    Al-Habsi (Ruddy)

    Kompany Distin Hughes (DeLaet Gabbidon)

    Malouda Moses Taarabt Nani (Nzogbia)

    Rooney Holt Campbell

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    1. Rory Rocky man
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      ya its not great defence poor

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    2. There's Always One!
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      also play Nzog

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    3. There's Always One!
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      looks good to me. maybe a bit more up front

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      1. thebigblackcat
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        i have 4mil in the bank for suarez instead of holt, gw2, or gw3

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  8. Salah’s Sonnet
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    Hiya lads, please could you RMT if you get a minute, would really like your feedback as i really don't think i can strengthen my team any further.

    GK: Given

    DEF: Kompany - A.Cole - Orr (Hughes, Simpson)

    MID: Nani - ASilva - N'Zobia - Taarabt (Moses

    FWD: Rooney - Zamora - Rodallega

    Please let me know your thoughts as i think i will be leaving it at this stage, seems quite solid to me. Cheers in advance 🙂

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  9. The Wizard of Ozil
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    what way is this team looking lads??

    Given (Ruddy)
    Kompany - Hughes - Cole (Orr,Simpson)
    Lampard - Silva - Moses - Taarabt - Sessegnon
    Carrol - Bent - Holt

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    1. Giggs Boson redundant accou…
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      v good. But i think you should sub malouda for lamps and i think silva is overpriced. You could strengthen holt with the savings.

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  10. Rory Rocky man
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    well ted

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  11. Attila the Bum
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    Don't worry Southern types, I'll round up a posse of good Northerners and we'll come down and sort it owt for ya.
    I saw a pie shop being attacked before, those f*ckers are going down.

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    1. 4vets
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      The pie shop was being torched because it introduced pasta. Get real.

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        Did it?! Feck I would have burned it myself, fancy bastards with that foreign muck.

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        1. njfsdkffslkf
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          Will you bring some of your salad and pitch forks? 🙂

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          1. Attila the Bum
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            Salad? What's that? Is that what they make salad cream from?

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    2. andy85wsm
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      The only reason this hasn't spread north is there's nothing worth nicking.

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      1. TommyK
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        The PL trophy? 😛

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      2. The Bandit
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        Plenty of silverware..

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        1. andy85wsm
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          Ok, I'll give you that 🙂

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    3. hillbillypete
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      boiling gravy shall be used upon them!

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    4. TommyK
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      Get Sean Bean to sort them out:

      http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/Game-of-Thrones-image-Sean-Bean.jpg

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        I've got three northern hardcases already
        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Lotsw.jpg

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      2. McDog
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        No Richard Dunne would sort them out 😛

        http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00780/richard_dunne_780232c.jpg

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        1. RmS
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          Nah. This is the man for the job.

          http://www.johnnyikon.com/data/articles/2009/06/4735/Picture1.png

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      3. TommyK
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        I'm still sticking with sean 😛

        http://drkronner.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/seasn-bean-badass.jpg

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        1. McDog
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          14 years, 9 months ago

          Saruman would come in and kick his ass !

          http://www.heroesyvillanos.com.ar/images/imgpersonajes/saruman/saru.jpg

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          1. Attila the Bum
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            He's busy nicking a microwave and an iPod Nano from Curries.

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            1. McDog
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              Scumbag! He's on the dole aswell last I heard!

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  12. The Gambler.
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    Please help - is Nani a better choice than Lamps? Lamps has much better fixtures!

    Given, Ruddy
    Ivanovic, Kompany, Enrique, Simpson, Gabbidon
    Nani, Silva, Sessegnon, Taarbat, Moses
    Carroll, Drogba, Zamora

    Also Is my MF any good?

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    1. 4vets
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      Malouda!

      Is your Mutha F*cka any good? I really don't know about that but your mid looks fine 😉

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    2. Giggs Boson redundant accou…
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      Love this team 🙂 But ivanovic may not play regular and is expensive and Silva is overpriced. Maybe you could free up some cash there to strengthen enrique

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  13. McDog
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    Surely these riots will be over by the weekend will they ?

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    1. Gargamel
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      Hard to tell. Big public events like football matches need policemen to help out etc and it might be the case that it is considered a risk to use police forces for other things than being on riot alert.

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      1. McDog
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        Couldn't the reserves come in and do a job for the footie though ?

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    2. CFCTom
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      Hopefully, if the opening weekend of the PL is disrupted, I'M GONNA BRING THE PAIN!

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      1. McDog
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        There'll be riots all over the world if the opening weekend of FPL is disrupted.

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  14. thehodge
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    If Suarez and Bent were fit and guarenteed to start this could be one hell of a team.
    Given Kenny
    Alcaraz Kompany Simpson Bramble Hughes
    Malouda Ramsey Silva Moses Nani
    Bent Dj Suarez
    Pretty amazing...........

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    1. Attila the Bum
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      If you do say so yourself.
      And you'd have to, coz I won't, it's an alright side. Not great though, sorry.

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      1. 4vets
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        Got any better?

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        1. CFCTom
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          Obviously or he wouldnt have picked it.

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        2. Attila the Bum
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          I got different. Not necessarily better.

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          1. 4vets
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            Show us!

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            1. Attila the Bum
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              I'll show you the front eight. The defence is hideous.

              Silva, Malouda, Moses, Cabaye, Ephraim
              RVP, Rooney, Carroll.

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              1. Gargamel
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                • 16 Years
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                Who is Ephraim?

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                1. Attila the Bum
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                  World class winger Garg. Awesome. Real Madrid tried to sign him a number of times but he'd rather play for Barca.

                  True story. Sort of.

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    2. harmonica
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      ramsey is a tempter

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    3. 4vets
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      Agreed... yet nore permutations for me to cock up.

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    4. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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      It's definitely one of the better ones Ive seen.

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        1. andy85wsm
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          Except it now looks more like....

          http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/currentfplteam1.jpg/

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      1. Demí
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        Agreed, it's pretty good.

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    5. andy85wsm
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      Don't think Ramsey is going to do much fantasy wise. Quite like it otherwise.

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  15. andy85wsm
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    Apparently someone has been shot in Croydon

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    1. Attila the Bum
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      Not fatal though, need more time down the practice range. Bloody cutbacks.

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    2. andy85wsm
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      According to some Sky News guy on Twitter. Injured not fatal. Not sure if it's true though, thought it would be breaking news on the TV channel.

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    3. Christopher Kiwomya
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      http://twitpic.com/634iax

      Fingers crossed

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    4. Granville
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      Friends car in Ealing has been damaged. They are trashing everything.

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      1. 4vets
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        Not good news. It's easy for me to say safely at home but this is sh!te 🙁

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        1. Granville
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          And now Camden.

          Diabolical that the government have been so complacent making cutbacks to the police force, 16,000 are due to lose their jobs.
          It's all out anarchy and we don't have anyone upholding the law.

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  16. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    RMT please this is probably my last draft unless any injuries occur.

    GK-Given (Moreira)

    DEF- Kompany, Aurelio, Hughes (De Laet, Simpson)

    MID- Moses, Malouda(maybe Nani), Silva, N'zog (Taarabt)

    ATT- Holt, Carroll, RVP

    Cheerssssss

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  17. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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    Hunter you around?

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  18. arcticjunkie1
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    England vs Holland

    score predictions gents? i'd be very impressed if we could pull a result out of this one. They wern't WC finalists for nothing, compared to our absolute hammering to Germany. I can't see RVP starting for Holland but I can't see why they'll not play their strongest 11.

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    1. Attila the Bum
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      0-0 cancelled.

      My prediction anyway.

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      1. Gargamel
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        Capello would savour that result

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        1. arcticjunkie1
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          I would.

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        2. 4vets
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          +1 but 3-1 to The Netherlands

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          1. arcticjunkie1
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            0-3 Holland - 33/1 at WH

            Horrible yes, let's be realistic though and say not a bad bet to be honest.

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      2. The Bandit
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        This. A few sicknotes regretted I guess.

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    2. CRUSHER
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      RVP will be training tomorrow seemingly, after that it will be decided whether or not he'll play. We can easily play without him, so I don't see the real need for him to play.

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      1. McDog
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        So RVP is not injured at all ?

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        1. CRUSHER
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          He is, but only slightly. Training tomorrow will shed a light on it.

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  19. Locarno
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    Bloody Reading fans started all this. They knew we were going to rip them a new one tomorrow.

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  20. yiod02
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    holland 3-0 rvp hatrick. if wilshere plays it might be 3-2.

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    1. 4vets
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      RVP won't play... Arsene gave him a sicky.

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  21. CFCTom
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    F*ck, I've been taken.
    Get Liam Neeson!

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    1. 4vets
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      I'm not sure why that merits a "lol" unless it was for the "Waterstones left untoudhed" line... which was a bit classic.

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      1. TommyK
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        • 16 Years
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        It was indeed, I probably should have said that originally 😳

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        1. Drip Doctor
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          • 15 Years
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          I found the "im taking back my taxes" line funnier. She probably isn't even old enough to pay taxes.

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          1. TommyK
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            • 16 Years
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            I'm impressed she even knew what taxes were.

            The system works!

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          2. CFCTom
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            I doubt she's ever had a job. I like the "are you proud of what you're doing?" bit, what a guy. I bet he turned the camera off afterwards and got a few dvd's out off Currys though.

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  22. TommyK
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    "Reports coming in from #Manchester that Nemanja Vidic is standing in Piccadilly Gardens holding a sign that says 'DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT'"

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    1. Drip Doctor
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      😆

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    2. Smarty Pants
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      hehe, not gonna in Manchester then 🙂

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  23. greghammer95
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    I think this is worse than I originally thought. This is like Harry Brown (The film, anyone seen that?) Sort of.

    Pffft. There are a hell of a lot of people in London that are like these people, I can see it spreading further.

    My "foolish" posts are over, if thats what they were, don't think I got my point across how I wanted too.

    And can anyone see the PL season as a whole being delayed a week? Not how they would want to start it, with 3 or 4 games being called off.

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    1. andy85wsm
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      They won't cancel games that aren't in the affected areas unless teams have trouble turning up.

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    2. 4vets
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      Calm down dear.

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  24. yiod02
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    ok lads. who will start drogba or torres?...is ther any chance of them both starting?

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    1. 4vets
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      Drogs! I hope... ahem.

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    2. CFCTom
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      Drogba will start, Torres may.

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    3. graemer97
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      hope drog

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  25. andy85wsm
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    Well Gavin from autoglass is going to have a job on his hands now...! #londonriots

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    1. CFCTom
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      LOL!

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  26. arcticjunkie1
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    0-5 Holland - 250/1

    surely worth a £1? 😉

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    1. Leysh
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      Nah, NL will concede, do 5 - 1

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  27. The Blind Badger
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    Which would you prefer?

    A) Taabart and Bramble or

    B) Benayoun and Gabbidon?

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    1. andy85wsm
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      A

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  28. RmS
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    Gary off the news thinks it's getting "very worse" "smashing all the pizza hut" Can't even get through to the police Gary? No sh*t. Do you no think they could be busy?

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    1. andy85wsm
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      I was just thinking that. What does he expect the police to be doing, all waiting by the phones?!

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      1. Scratch
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        Poor Gary 🙁

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        1. TommyK
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          😆

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      2. RmS
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        That said, I think the BBC quickly realised they had happened upon a no righter and sharply (but not too abruptly) got him off the phone. That is the kind of quality you just don't get from Sky News.

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  29. KLOPPTOMANIA
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    IS this a bit midfield heavy?

    Given/Kenny
    Kompany, Hughes/Enrique, Alcaraz (Simpson, De laet)
    Malouda, Silva, Nani, Moses (Sinclair)
    Bent, Drogba, Holt

    2nd question Drogba or suarez to start?

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