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The breeze from the doors closing on the Saturday Surgery can still be felt on Fantasy Manager’s faces as the Dugout Dicussion opens up for another full day of football action.

The local derby of Sunderland hosting Newcastle kicks off at noon at the request of their police forces.

This starts off the six games we have to look forward to, across four different kick-off times, in total today. As the half time oranges start getting handed out at the Stadium of Light we’ll then see Arsenal and Liverpool kick off affairs in front of the television cameras.

A trio of three o’clock kick-offs join the deluge of Football League fixtures before Chelsea round out the day at home to West Brom as poll topper Fernando Torres will either make or spoil many weekend’s – looks like Saturday night Shandy’s will be in order whatever the result.

The Dugout Discussion stays through all the action as we take in our first proper and fully functioning (fingers crossed!) gameweek.

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  1. AP
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    14 years, 8 months ago

    Moses and Taarabt wagons spluttering to a HT stall.

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    1. Cheggers
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      Dont think there is a Taarabt wagon mate

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      1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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        I'm on that wagon, it exists.

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      2. AP
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        He was in 98% of RMTs so there must be!

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        1. Frazek
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
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          I question your data. 98%? Don't believe you.

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          1. AP
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            If you're new to this site, i'm never wrong. True story.

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            1. Cheggers
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              -1

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            2. GREENDREAMS11
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              lol AP = Always Precise

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            3. Frazek
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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              Oh I see, didn't realise that you're Beyonder.

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      3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
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        There was a Taarabt stampede ...

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        1. Frazek
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          I doubt he's in 10% of teams, but since FPL is down, can't check. I'd guess 4-5%, which is no stampede to my mind.

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    2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      I've benched Moses luckily, may take him out. One GW left to prove himself. I thought he was the new Adam

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      1. MrAnderson
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        14 years, 8 months ago

        new boselli more like. i have him too. ah ye olde saying comes to light "you get what you pay for"

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    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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      No unpleasant surprises there, then ... 😉

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      1. Gaffer
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        Moses is 5m for a reason I guess, I mean what was we expecting anyway?! ha

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        1. Gavin - Gers in turmoil!!!
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          MOM last week and would've (lol) got 3 baps under old system

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    4. Tabasco
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      Indeed, though I think the Moses wagon has stronger wheels. He's been dangerous in both games - it's time for something to happen!

      Or I come bottom ğŸ™

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    5. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      Taarabt looks like he should be wearing an Arsenal jersey.

      ...Make of that what you will.

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      1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
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        lol

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  2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    I think that all the people who have criticised the moaners should give over. Here we are, in one of the most advanced nations on earth, and we can't organise servers etc. for two million? What on earth is going on?

    In any rational world, the people who run the Game would be hung out to dry ...

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    1. 4vets
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      +1

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    2. Smarty Pants
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      +1, moaners 4ever

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    3. gooner dave
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      Not being funny, the fantasy football world can hardly (especially here on match days) can be described as 'rational' still agree it's poor form by the organisers.

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    4. King Eric, in America
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      In fairness, MMW, I'm criticizing the repetition and the lack of any footy discussion.

      Yes: FPL seem to be the Kings of Impotence. Stating it 5,000 times gets a bit frustrating for me.

      I'd rather know what incriminating information Henderson has over Dalglish, though.

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        1. King Eric, in America
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          Good enough - watching the game, I thought he was the invisible man. Seems a bit crazy to sit Suarez so that Kuyt and Henderson could play ... admittedly 2 weeks is not enough to pass judgement.

          Consider me 'unconvinced but open-minded' 😛

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    5. Frazek
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      In public? Oh, that's Saudi.

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  3. DropPointsNotBombs
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    Another disappointing week from FPL.

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  4. Giggs Boson redundant accou…
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    COME ON BAINES AND N'ZOG!!!

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  5. Milan
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    So far only Rangel good for me. 10 home players and looks like another lousy week unless Chelsea destroys WBA. 😀

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    1. CFCTom
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      We'll try.

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  6. gooner dave
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    How's the Everton game looking. Good chance Saha will come on? Clutching at straws I know......

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    1. Nice1Cyrille
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      He'll do a Suarez, come on for 20 mins and get a goal

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      1. MrAnderson
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        or ageuro? or ole gunnar solsjaker? remember those 4 against forest lol.

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    2. Declan
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      He should do!

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      1. Cuffs
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        Ah, but will he get a Suarez like assist?

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    3. Bedok
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      Cahill has missed a few. QPR have had a lot of the ball. Everton have not looked great.

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  7. Bubbles
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    Not much in the way of chances in the Swansea Wigan game. Swans bossing the possession, but neither side are creating anything much. Dyer and Moses have probably looked the most likely to unlock the defences though.

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    1. Bubbles
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      Ah, and reading back, I see Baines hit the crossbar and Timmy Cahill misses a sitter. Joy of joys.

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    2. Livinginapool - Top 100 Any…
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      Other than that one run, didn't really see a lot from Sinclair.

      Not that a stuttering, polish stream allows me to see much, mind.

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  8. romeo03
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    ANY LIVE STREAM FOR THE FOOTBALL LADS

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    1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      http://www.livescorehunter.co.uk

      Then pick what you want!!! You may need to download a plugin for some streams. All safe

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      1. jamlove
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        thanks for this though you might get into trouble

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  9. Sasquatch
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    Scores and stats for today's games available on the FPL site now, but it's still updating, so can't see your own team or rivals. That's frankly ridiculous.

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    1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      Get over it man

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      1. Sasquatch
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        14 years, 8 months ago

        What? I'm not allowed express an opinion now?

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  10. HuttonDressedasLahm
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    All week we give each other help, advice, tips etc, then the gw starts and everyone starts laughing about the players they don't have doing badly. Surely we are all in this together?

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    1. Dave Bauer
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      I think it's just relief that people haven't made mistakes putting/not putting certain players in rather than genuine malice.

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        Sadly, I don't believe you're right JB ... ğŸ™

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    2. 4vets
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      +42

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    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      +42. THIS IS THE VOICE OF REASON!!! 🙂

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      1. Pikey
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        🙂

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          😀

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      2. Tabasco
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        Why 42?

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        1. Our Man Charlie
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          14 years, 8 months ago

          42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything ................... wait that's 41 🙂

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        2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          It's the answer to Life, the Universe ... and Everything ... 😉

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          1. Our Man Charlie
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            +41 touche

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  11. Fulgencio Obelmejias
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    my god, i advised someone against agbonlahor yesterday.sorry!

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    1. cstan11
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      it's ok someone was saying that we should keep Ramsey last week because it's impossible for Arsenal to not score. well he did score alright.

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    2. romeo03
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      it was me but i still got him 🙂

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      1. Fulgencio Obelmejias
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        nice 1

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  12. Randy_Marsh
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    Jags is a having a shocker of a game

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    1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      Everton would be up 2 - 0, if Phil Neville knew how to pick out a decent cross, EVER!

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      1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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        The deference in quality between Neville's crossing and Baines' crossing is shocking!

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    2. Yoshimitsus Revenge
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      Damn- brought him in instead of Baines, so that I could fit Terry & Cashley.

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  13. Dave Bauer
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    Dear FPL, this is so dreadfully poor, please sort it out.

    The main reason the game was always so good is that you could follow everything in-running.

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    1. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      also it had a better layout

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      1. Dave Bauer
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        14 years, 8 months ago

        True, but I could live with that if it actually worked.

        I suppose in their defence, this week is somewhat unique in that they need to make sure no-one has been penalised for making multiple transfers.

        Better to delay the update and get it right I suppose.

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        1. Frazek
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
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          Sadly have no faith that this will be the end of cock-ups.

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      2. Tabasco
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        14 years, 8 months ago

        Well it didn't but it worked.

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        1. CFCTom
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          No he's right, I made 209 transfers. They need to erased.

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          1. Tabasco
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            Haha, I thought my 22 was high. My OCD wants that little number gone.

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    2. streetkids.com.au
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      Dear Jack

      We can't afford to.

      Best regards

      FPL

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      1. Tabasco
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        Dear FPL,

        You're sponsored by Barclays.

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        1. streetkids.com.au
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          Dear Welshy

          Well there you go.

          GFC.

          Best regards

          FPL

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          1. Tabasco
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            14 years, 8 months ago

            Global Financial Crisis or Going For Coffee?

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    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      *darts commentary*

      ONE-HUNNERD'N-EIGHTYYY!!!

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  14. Leysh
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    I hope it's not going be another weekend of people bitching and moaning about the FPL website.

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    1. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      it's been updating for 4.5 hours, it deserves to be bitched and moaned about,it's a catastrophe!

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      1. Leysh
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        14 years, 8 months ago

        All the moaning is more annoying than waiting for FPL to finish updating.

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    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      Think again

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    3. Dave Bauer
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      It will be if they don't sort it out....and understandably so.

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      1. Leysh
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        Bitching and moaning on here wont change anything.

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    4. Bolivian Seaman
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      all hope is lost

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      1. Browndog
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        14 years, 8 months ago

        do or do not, there is no try

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    5. Mulder
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      As long as it's not another week of RMTs then I'm happy.

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      1. Bolivian Seaman
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        +1 I think my eyes are burnt by all the rmts

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        1. RÏÉ BY
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 8 months ago

          *likes this*

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    6. Gold Monster
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      Er....

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  15. jimnastics
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Simpson and Enrique on the bench :/ Feck it.

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    1. Pat Mustard
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      same and given ğŸ™

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
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        Last week I had Given Warnock and Simpson, it's a lovely feeling

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    2. v12w12
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      Simpson and R Taylor for me ğŸ™

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  16. Locked&Bloated
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    Where can we send our angry letters too?

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  17. Hated, Adored but never Ign…
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Get Arteta and Saha on, Moyes, NOW.

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    1. romeo03
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      cant believe i got arteta and saha and he didnt start them they deserve to lose

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      1. Hated, Adored but never Ign…
        • 16 Years
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        I have both as well, not sure if I confirmed starting Arteta over Moses though.

        FPL get started up so I can see, but I would rather wait and have all the transfers I made refunded than have instant access and fret about being on negative points overall!

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    2. Tracksuit Manager
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 8 months ago

      forget saha, beckford looks like he's up for a goal.

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  18. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    Is there any reason why you can't log into the FPL wesbite on a Saturday, other than for the hour or so after 11.30 when they update the game?!

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
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      Because it's s%#t!

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  19. lespaul
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    why don't you just follow the live text on the matches to work out the points

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    1. jamlove
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      14 years, 8 months ago

      that's not te point I want to see me friends teams still have no idea who I should and shouldn't be shouting for that's half the fun, maybe your some sort of a fantasy football monk who just sets themselves a target each week and tries to beat it but I play against real people that change their teams and it's wrecking me head.

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  20. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 8 months ago

    STOP FLIPPING MOANING EVERYONE

    And enjoy the football

    Please

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    1. CBC
      • 16 Years
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      +100000000000000

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    2. Frazek
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
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      No. I like to moan and my right to is protected under civil liberty laws.

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      1. CBC
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 8 months ago

        People seem to like Fantasy Football more than Football....

        Sad..... ğŸ™

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  21. mr messi
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    I can live with the no live updates, but I need to see my rivals' teams! Sort it out FPL.

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  22. Tim
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    The fact that we can't see our rivals teams!! is this a glitch or just the way it is now??

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    1. mr messi
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      A glitch - site is still 'updating'.

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  23. Browndog
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    can you poms sort out these EA Sport flogs or what?

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
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      C'mon, mate - we're Poms!!! 😉

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      1. Browndog
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        well you got your cricket side in order, sort this debacle out!!! you know its 12.57 am here!

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
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          But we had to execute about twenty ex public schoolboys for that to happen ... 😉

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    2. Tabasco
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      They're yanks lol

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
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        Like the Brits ... only ... onanists as well? 😉

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        1. Tabasco
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          I typed in onanists and got the answer masturbation. I'm thoroughly baffled.

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  24. GodFowler
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    come on fpl, pull your finger(s) out

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    1. Tabasco
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      *limbs

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  25. Gavin - Gers in turmoil!!!
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    I think the new site is going to be great when it's working fully...

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  26. gailyh71
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    14 years, 8 months ago

    ok so moved onto GW 2 now on FPL updating but if you click on the games it now gives you the assist, yellow cards, goal scores and keeper saves.

    It's getting there

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    1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
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      Been like it since the start of the games at 3pm

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  27. maxi - REAL ENGLISH FAN
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    huuuuuge LOL at the indian kfc or whatever the **** those blackburn owners are

    didnt one of the birds who bought them out say she'd never been to a football match?

    that advert was a laugh and a half though

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    1. Bolivian Seaman
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      They have no idea what they are getting into, they could lose so much money

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  28. Bolivian Seaman
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    I feel like I've won the lottery 10 points for my captain

    seriously thinking of having 4-5 defenders from now on with all these cleansheets

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    1. McTown
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      who?

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  29. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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    Sessgnon or Fat Frank?

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    1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      Let me rephrase that:

      A)Bent + Sessegnon

      or

      B)Lampard = Heskey

      Thanks in advance

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