The Saturday Surgery

FPL GW34 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Hermansen

Gabriel Magalhães
van Dijk
Porro

Salah
Bruno Fernandes
Gibbs-White
Rogers
Wilson

Solanke
Bowen

Woodman
Mavropanos
Danso
Mané

GW34 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Watkins	AVL	8.6m	122.7%	Very Likely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	102.1%	Very Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	97.6%	Likely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	95.3%	Maybe
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	95.8%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	93.9%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	92.2%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	90.8%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	83.1%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	76.4%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	77.0%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	76.3%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	72.0%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	72.9%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	72.6%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	72.4%	Unlikely
Xavi	TOT	6.5m	69.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	71.2%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	70.3%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	69.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	68.1%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	67.2%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	64.7%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	64.2%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	61.1%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	60.8%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	60.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	60.6%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	59.2%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	57.7%	Unlikely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.1m	56.3%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	54.6%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	53.9%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	54.8%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.7m	50.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	51.8%	Unlikely
Solanke	TOT	7.2m	49.8%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	50.3%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.5m	46.3%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	46.5%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
J.Timber	ARS	6.2m	111.3%	Very Likely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	105.2%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.7m	98.5%	Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	100.0%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	97.1%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	96.4%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	96.1%	Maybe
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	94.5%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	94.5%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	91.8%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	91.5%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	91.4%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	90.7%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	89.7%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	89.6%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.6m	89.4%	Unlikely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	86.8%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	86.8%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	82.0%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	81.9%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	81.6%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.3m	81.1%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.4%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	76.4%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	75.8%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	75.2%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	74.3%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	73.7%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	72.7%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	72.7%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.1m	72.6%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	70.1%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	69.9%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	69.2%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	69.0%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.3m	68.6%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	68.3%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

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

[sbu_large_image] Selection

27 August 2011 843 comments

Akers

It’s the third Saturday of the season and, unless you’re on wildcard number three, the subtle tinkering that separates the wheat from the chaff finally takes over. You’re not completely on your own however, as The Saturday Surgery opens it’s doors for another session.

All the resources you need to make your decisions as informed as possible are at your fingertips. The weekend Team News is bang up-to-date, the Scout Picks have been selected (and let’s face, they’re almost guaranteed to do better than the first two efforts) and the Injuries and Bans table is there as a sanity check to avoid those daft last-minute punts on crocked players (I’ve been there).

For me, I’ll be making the subtlest of changes… zero transfers, same captain. So I’m off to pop the kettle on, and when I get back I’ll heading over to the The Saturday Surgery to smugly take pleasure as others scramble around for inspiration. Enjoy.

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denial
14 years, 8 months ago
Who to bench out of Moses / Dyer / Osman?
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FPL Daniel
14 years, 8 months ago
• Only Carlos Tevez (43) has scored more top-flight goals than Darren Bent (42) since the start of the 2009-10 season

Just to let u know
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1. denial
  14 years, 8 months ago
  I hate not having Bent.
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2. Jonah
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Think that Tevez could still be a massive Fantasy player this season. the man has a long track record of seeming like he doesn't give a damn off the pitch, then playing like a superhero on it.
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  1. FPL Daniel
    14 years, 8 months ago
    I hate having Bent, but with the new BP rules I might reconsider that
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    1. GREENDREAMS11
      14 years, 8 months ago
      Boring Bentie done me proud last week, saved my butt with 24 points, if thats boring i want a long boring season 😉
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Alonso14
14 years, 8 months ago
Does anyone know if the squads on premierleague.com are actually submitted by the clubs to the PL. I am trying to decide whether cahill will play as if not im gonna ship him out!
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Alex
14 years, 8 months ago
How's this looking?

Given (Vorm)

Simpson, Enrique, Alex (Kompany, Cahill)

Taarabt, Sess, Silva, Nani (Moses)

Suarez, Long, Aguero
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1. tw
  14 years, 8 months ago
  pretty solid. if it were me i'd start vorm because he seems to be more on form and also wolves seem to be pretty dangerous and on form. choice is yours though mate!
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  1. Alex
    14 years, 8 months ago
    nice one fella
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The Finnisher
14 years, 8 months ago
A) Barkley, Dyer and Smalling
B) Barkley, Jarvis and De Laet
C) Dyer, Jarvis and De Laet + 0.5m
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1. Disco Pat
  14 years, 8 months ago
  JackAttack, I'd go with option A, if I was choosing one. I like the idea of Barkley myself - could be this year's Coleman.
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  1. The Finnisher
    14 years, 8 months ago
    I could have Barkley, Jarvis and De Laet? Although my defence is pretty weak thats why im leaning towards A
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dystopia.
14 years, 8 months ago
simpson or smalling?
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1. Disco Pat
  14 years, 8 months ago
  dystopia, i'd go with simpson for today.
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Keyser Jose
14 years, 8 months ago
al habsi

bosingwa, woodgate, simpson

lamps (c), nzogbia, silva, moses

torres, aguero, jonhson

given/senderos/kompany/n dyer

not sure about nzog, tempted to ditch him for brunt
toughts???
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Declan
14 years, 8 months ago
Start Simpson or Warnock?
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1. tsm
  14 years, 8 months ago
  good question, i have warnock/taylor/bosingwa so I'd say start both if you can
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  1. Declan
    14 years, 8 months ago
    My defence currently is:
    
    Enrique Warnock Bosingwa with Kompany Simpson on bench
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    1. tsm
      14 years, 8 months ago
      hmmz i think simpson more like ly of the two to get the clean sheet
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Cooper123
14 years, 8 months ago
By the time I've finished typing out a couple of lines response to someone it's halfway down the next page 😀 looking forward to the new site!
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Voice of the Mysterons
14 years, 8 months ago
not sure weather to have Cashley and Bosingwa or Torres and Bosingwa!!! Any thoughts?
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1. Mílanista
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Boswinga is doing the same job as Cashley but for £2m less. If you already have Torres then play him this week but I wouldn't recommend transferring him in.
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rocrocodile
14 years, 8 months ago
So hard to choose who to bench:

Sess/Dyer/Moses
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mouldy_uk
14 years, 8 months ago
(A) Brunt for Toure

or

(B) Long for Saha

?
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1. SH1M1
  14 years, 8 months ago
  B
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2. TimeDrifter
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Long better than saha, toure good player
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3. tw
  14 years, 8 months ago
  a
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Mílanista
14 years, 8 months ago
Got lost on the last page. Who to bench out of Moses and O Hara?
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1. mouldy_uk
  14 years, 8 months ago
  O Hara
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2. frankiefernandez
  14 years, 8 months ago
  I'd probably bench O'Hara given their fixtures this week.
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catch22
14 years, 8 months ago
sorry if already discussed but why is adebayor not in the game yet?
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1. frankiefernandez
  14 years, 8 months ago
  He won't play this week anyway (ineligible against City), so no need to rush to bring him in.
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2. Mílanista
  14 years, 8 months ago
  It tends to take a few days for FPL to react to transfers. He won't be playing this week anyway.
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3. yousunkmybattleship
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Not available to play this GW.
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4. catch22
  14 years, 8 months ago
  oh forgot he is ineligible, just wanted to check his price anyway. thanks guys
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tsm
14 years, 8 months ago
al habsi or vorm in goal? Help me decide
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1. Call Me Old Fashioned
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Al Habsi
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  1. tsm
    14 years, 8 months ago
    cool, thanks 🙂
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2. Derailed Bandwagon
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Alot of people have gone for Vorm. Depends if you want a differential.
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rubenrochina
14 years, 8 months ago
Lads im tempted to take out kompany and bring in S.Taylor? for my freebie
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1. Call Me Old Fashioned
  14 years, 8 months ago
  No dont be fooled by Newc keeping 2CSs in first 2. City will keep more cleanies in season.
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roytommy
14 years, 8 months ago
oh f*ck i hope torres scores this week
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ReinaMan
14 years, 8 months ago
Who to sell?
-Riise
-Sessegnon
-Hoolahan
-Moses

And Who to replace them? no money left
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1. GREENDREAMS11
  14 years, 8 months ago
  riise (injured) for senderos if you still want fulham coverage but not necessarily for today. Maybe bosingwa is a good shout.
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Mr. Tambourine Man
14 years, 8 months ago
Just taken the armband back off risky Torres and given it back to dependable but dull Bent... sigh.
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superpav
14 years, 8 months ago
Quick poll – would you play:

Sessegnon away at Swansea

or

Fletcher away at Villa?
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1. Voice of the Mysterons
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Sess
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  1. Mr. Tambourine Man
    14 years, 8 months ago
    Yeah Sess. He has to come good soon, sooo many attempts one will go in.
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    1. superpav
      14 years, 8 months ago
      That's what I reckon. I'm giving him the final chance though!
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davhow_01
14 years, 8 months ago
who do you reckon is better value?

Suarez or Bent.

Tough One!
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1. mouldy_uk
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Suarez
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donners
14 years, 8 months ago
See a lot of people talking about differentials already. They don't know what they're doing...
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1. Declan
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Explain....
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2. Mr. Tambourine Man
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Quite a sweeping statement there. With so many similar teams at the moment, you're relient on captain luck to get ahead, so the odd well-chosen differential makes a lot of sense.
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3. donners
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Ownership is irrelevant at this stage. People need to focus on getting the most points possible, that's how you win at this game.
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Pablitto
14 years, 8 months ago
report from dead forum sorry 🙁

help me to decide to set 3 defs to play out of:
Staylor BK Hughs Bossingwa Jagielka
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1. Pablitto
  14 years, 8 months ago
  pleae ... in real I am fighting between Jags and BK ...
  STaylor & Bossi are nailed on in my team
  
  so who: Kompany or Jagielka?
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yousunkmybattleship
14 years, 8 months ago
Mid-long term team thoughts? Downing > Mata once he's getting starts.

Vorm (Ruddy)

Bosingwa Enrique R.Taylor (Brown DeLaet)

Silva Nani/VDV Downing Brunt (N.Dyer)

Rooney Suarez Odemwingie
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Onwards
14 years, 8 months ago
Bench Yaya, play Barkley.

Brave or foolish?
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1. Art Vandelay
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Niether imo. Barkley all the way.
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  1. Onwards
    14 years, 8 months ago
    Cheers. I'm gonna do it!
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2. yousunkmybattleship
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Potentially both.
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3. Disco Pat
  14 years, 8 months ago
  PBCSMM, if you already have Barkley in your squad, start him. I was considering bringing him in today, but it would be a second transfer (so -4 pts), and i already have two everton - Fixtures aren't great in a few weeks, but for next 2-3, might be worth a gamble, if already in your squad.
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  1. Onwards
    14 years, 8 months ago
    It's done. Gamble ahoy.
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mufc802
14 years, 8 months ago
"Only one of the six Premier League meetings between Villa and Wolves has ended as a home win."
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1. Mr. Tambourine Man
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Argh, don't say things like that!!
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big oak
14 years, 8 months ago
vermaelen doubtful
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1. Mr. Tambourine Man
  14 years, 8 months ago
  Yep, but Wenger "hopeful". It's a factor in considering Roon captain but not enough for me.
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rrcmc
14 years, 8 months ago
hi chaps, another poll

Graham (SUN) at home

OR

Watson (WIG) at home
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1. Alonso14
  14 years, 8 months ago
  I have graham, just hoping he comes good soon! Only saving grace is that my other considerations around that price point have done f all either, boothroyd, holt and johnson
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Paul
14 years, 8 months ago
please please please RMT

vorm
baines bos simpson
nzog nani mos dyer
long(v) torres(C) aguero

bench: given sess kompany de laet
confused bout simpson or kompany( i knw everybody is!)...and whether to play sess or not...if play sess then whether i should play vorm or not!
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1. SH1M1
  14 years, 8 months ago
  what is so confusing about simpson and kompany, simpson is the obvious choice, already kept 2 cs this season, whereas as city are AWAY to SPURS, and have already conceded 2 GOALS VS BOLTON.
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Just A Hat
14 years, 8 months ago
C'mon Torres!!! Give me a selection headache next gameweek and score a hattrick tonight!!!
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1. davhow_01
  14 years, 8 months ago
  i can't see the attraction in Torres. His form has been stinking up the prem league for 8 -9 months. there are better options. I hope he proves me wrong. Is it only Chelsea fans with him in there teams.
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