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28 August 2011 3323 comments
Mark Mark
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Manchester United have just joined Edin Dzeko in turning Gameweek three upside down.

In 90 minutes of football, United simply blitzed a bewildered Arsenal, ravaged by injury and suspension, ill-equipped and unprepared for the waves of United attacks and individual brilliance thrown at them.

For Fantasy owners of Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young, United’s 8-2 win has brought a rare bounty of points that will have transformed their Gameweek scoring. Three goals and an assist from Rooney, a brace and and three assists from Young, the returns are beyond our wildest expectations and the stuff of nightmares for Arsenal fans and their beleaguered manager who could only watch on while their inexperienced and shell-shocked side were dismantled. Those Fantasy managers without the United pair are unlikely to feel much better – mini-leagues have been turned on their head by today’s events.

This afternoon will have a major impact on the Fantasy Premier League game with Young and Rooney now inevitably set to enjoy huge investment during the international break. Prices will rise, Wildcards will flutter – an extraordinary end to our Fantasy Gameweek.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    I for one am Wildcarding

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  2. Setting the Toney
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    Im knee jerking Young right into my team to join Rooney 😉

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  3. mvtaylor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 7 months ago

    GUYS RMT!!!!

    Given - 6
    Olsson - 2
    Simpson - 1
    Cashley - 2
    Moses - 2
    O'Hara - 2
    Silva - 2
    Sinclair - 3
    Torres (c) - 2
    Carroll - 1
    Bent - 2

    REAL GOOD

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    1. Screaming Midget
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      I'm jealous

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      1. mvtaylor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Bloody should be.

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        1. Screaming Midget
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Haha. Wild Card?

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          1. Setting the Toney
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            torres AND carroll.... HAHA the two biggest lumps of crap

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          2. mvtaylor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Welcome to yesterday. I did it about when Bosingwa scored.

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    2. Johnny Unitas
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Ouch, a particularly unlucky week, Rooney saved mine, got lucky, WC for me with Carroll and Torres too.

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    3. DeathAngel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      What is your season total? Better than 106?

      My team is:

      Given, Kenny

      Enrique, Kompany, Rangel, A Cole, Warnock

      Moses, Silva, Cahill, Taarabt, N'Zogbia

      Torres, Fletcher, Holt

      Pure toilet. 😉

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      1. mvtaylor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        I had Rooney and Jarvis Week 1. I am over 106!

        Die FPL die.

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    4. Akers
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Lol, my captain got more than that.

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      1. mvtaylor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        So long as you don't say you captained Dzeko!

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    5. KOGUMA
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Bent and Carroll were two of the best forwards in the games last season. So they didn't have great games yesterday but don't panic.

        O'Hara has been good but Jarvis stealing his limelight. Sinclair and Moses have both been unlucky to not have more points than they have so far. Only a matter of time.

        Swap Cashley for Boswinga as they offer the same going forward and Boswinga is nailed on to start.

        Get rid of Torress for Dzeko or Rooney but don't panic about getting last weeks game points.

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    6. Teesra - The Jalebi
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      no lamps, no roonpig, no young, no adam, oh dear me

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      1. Root
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        But you had Dzeko?

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    7. Sir Jose Wenger returns
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Yet again another rant from me after last week. FFS proving to be totally shit again at picking a captain - Suarez led the voting and Roony was 4th.... seems like the voters on here have no idea and neither to the scout pick teams actually this was the same thing last season so dont know why Im complaining... maybe the 11.29am captain change to suarez that pissing me off

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      1. grapesland
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        no disrespect to anyone, but i think if there was a poll for people who has been around this place for 2-3 years, rooney would have been top of the poll

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        1. Mark
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 19 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Don't agree....20% went for Suarez vs Bolton, 15% went for Rooney vs Arsenal. Even with Rooney you're talking about over 900 voters who were right - that's not an insignificant number of voters. We had both in the Picks - they were both very strong options - there were a couple of hundred votes in it in the poll.

          Nobody could have possibly predicted what happened today and Rooney's free-kicks were sublime - when will he produce two like that in one match again? Suarez was superb again and got nothing out of the match - I captained Suarez - Granville captained Rooney. It could have gone the other way, It didn't. I've got to just suck it up and move on - one of those things.

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          1. grapesland
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Fair enough, just thought all academical and sensible signs pointed to rooney this gameweek with him guaranteed 90 mins, pens, great team form and weakest arsenal in so many years, but wont go on about this, just sounds like poor besserwisserschaft:-)

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          2. Minty
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Well said Mark, cant blame you for the scout picks or the captain picks - you offer hints and sometimes they work sometimes they don't - football is a game of opinions.Today mine were well off!!!
            Suarez was my captain - would I change him - on hindsight yes - but even watching the Liverpool game I was convinced I got my choice right (for once) like you say he couldve had a shed load of points.

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      2. Back on the horse
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        what do you expect? The poll of a load of randoms on a website to get the captain right every week? strange

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        1. tsm
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          I captained boswingwa feck holt for scoring, those polls shouldnt be yoyr choice go with who you feel. Did i say I have young since gw 1?

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      3. llamaZA
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Errr, you chose Suarez not the voters.

        Don't blame others because you're a sheep 😛

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        1. Sir Jose Wenger returns
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          I know... I vowed not to be and some how starting with the "baa baa" saturday morning and cocked it up by taking the armband off Roonpig

          Baaaaa Baaaaa

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      4. DeathAngel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Hang on a minute, the Man U v Arsenal game was kind of a freak result. I mean Man U were huge favourites, but not to get that sort of scoreline!

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    8. DeathAngel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      I make it that I have 106 points for the season so far from 3 weeks, but pre-bonus for GW3. Anyone doing worse? Some people that started 2 weeks late will be ahead of me.

      106 points from 36 players is 2.94 points per player.

      My bench has scored 57 points from 12 players, 4.75 points per player.

      Ouch! 😀

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      1. Screaming Midget
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Shut up 😉

        I had Young that's about it. I won't be far off 60 after BPs so could be worse.

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      2. Lordjim
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        I had 58 points from GW 1 and was 2nd in our League, but this was reset to start GW2, where I bombed and ended up 2nd from bottom 18th place. Young might single handedly have dug me out of a deep ditch!!

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    9. Lordjim
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      At 16:00 I'm toast, second week running; Torres Captain and only 29pts. Then Young slots in 2 goals and has 3 assists - bpts still to come. I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!

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      1. Akers
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        At 4pm I had 20 points. Then Rooney (c) and Young went ballistic.

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        1. Lordjim
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Nice one....I feel your joy!

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    10. 01mpowers
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      FPL site is a real piece of trash, cant even do transfers now.

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    11. Demí
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Arsenal have announced a new deal to show all future games on Comedy Central.

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      1. GoonSquad
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Will invest funds in transfer market.

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    12. Jonah Takalua
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      walters assist yes?

      ball hit up field by walters, foster fumbled shotton scores

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      1. Dave Bauer
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Should be.

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      2. DeathAngel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah, and WBA just can't keep those clean sheets, even with Woy and Foster! 😉

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    13. Shatner's Bassoon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      The two other teams in my league:

      A. Lampard (C), Klasnic, Dzeko
      B. Rooney (C), Young, Bosingwa

      My team: Bent, Torres, Nani

      And I was 40 points adrift befoe the GW started. It's gonna be a real mountain to climb now!

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    14. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 7 months ago

      Those wildcarding now will catch some serious rises. Hmm.

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      1. Dave Bauer
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        This is why, despite a really good start, I'm still tempted to wildcard tonight...

        But I probably won't.

        Maybe.

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        1. KOGUMA
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Gotta be done. Catch those rises and keep the players in for the season, 2 city and 2 man utd I think.

            Similar to last season where everyone had Malouda, Drogba, Nani and VDV and made a mint from them.

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        2. Goose
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Yep, thinkin about it purely for that. Plus I have people like Moses Hoolahan Sinclair etc who are gash!

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          1. njfsdkffslkf
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Moses and Hoolahan are best available at that price

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            1. Goose
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              I'd rather have a 4.5m mid and use the use the extra else where and spread it round.

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        3. grapesland
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          i know, seems a bit wasteful tho having banked 2 freebees and all.. still undecided, guess nando to dzeko will cover most of the activity;)

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        4. Shatner's Bassoon
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          How much would a price have to rise to make 4 point hit worth taking?

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          1. grapesland
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            1.0 produces about 20-25 points a season, so 0.3 rise should well cover it

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        5. njfsdkffslkf
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Im resisting

          Balls if i waste a wildcard to buy Ashley Young for Bolton away chelsea home and stoke away.

          Lampard will outscore him. Nasri/Silva is only one im worried and wont waste a WC on them.

          Patience.

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        6. Lordjim
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Wildcarding so early, particularly after a GW2 wildcard for everyone....seems like people are chasing the wind...

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      2. Grabber
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        fpl - still can't login

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      3. RevsFC
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        I lost my internet connection not even 10 minutes into the match cuz of the storm on the East Coast. I asked my friend to give me updates: I can see why he didn't...

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      4. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        2 free transfers
        in come in rooney nasri and bosingwa for torres nzogbia and cashley

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        1. Lordjim
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          You have my team and my strategy, scary, but consoling at the same time....

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      5. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 7 months ago

        So who are the happy chappies today??

        Had Roon but I didnt captain him...

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        1. CFCTom
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          I am closing in on 200 points in total. 🙂

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          1. Sir Jose Wenger returns
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            thats a poor effort

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            1. CFCTom
              • 14 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              I didn't think it was bad.

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          2. KOGUMA
              14 years, 7 months ago

              75% of the way there.

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        2. Spoiler
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          with limited striker places how do i fit in all the price rises cant take out suarez so only 2 spots

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        3. Jonah Takalua
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          walters assist yes?

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          1. Dave Bauer
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            For the 4,785th time, yes it should be.

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        4. TravelingNorth
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Need to make use of my 2 free transfers over the international break... Help appreciated. Team as it was after GW3:

          Vorm (Schwarzer)
          Bosingwa/Dunne/Enrique (Jagielka, Brown)
          Moses/Barkley/Young/Silva (Cleverley)
          Suarez/Rooney (C)/Dzeko

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        5. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          Bloody bad management. Played Wildcard last week, got what I thought was a good team together, alas no Rooney. Rival has him Captain!!! Feel must get Roo in just to keep up with the masses. That will not help me as need differentials to get back. Sadly Downing, Enrique, Bent, Baines not doing the business. Only 1 transfer this week. At a loss what to do, apart from pray!

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          1. Dave Bauer
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Playing your wildcard when transfers were all free was seriously bad management!

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            1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              I was trying to stick to my plan, had a 4 week plan and did not use the free wildcard. Whats the bloody point of planning your team for weeks pre season then throwing it im the bin GW 2 with unexpected free's?

              Rival used his GW2 free wildcard and got lots of scoring players in, Silva, Bosingwa, Jarvis. I felt I had to respond.

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              1. Dave Bauer
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                Well the point was that you had another week of information to go on...which is so precious to a fantasy manager.

                Fair play for sticking to your guns with your plan, but not a good move IMO.

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                1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 16 Years
                  14 years, 7 months ago

                  I agree of course Jack, not a good move. Pretty screwed right now. What to do?

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                  1. Dave Bauer
                    • 16 Years
                    14 years, 7 months ago

                    Yeah sorry, not trying to point out what you already know! I honestly don't know, but don't panic. It's 3 weeks out of 38.

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                    1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 16 Years
                      14 years, 7 months ago

                      🙂 Cheers mate. The Wife's take on the situation...." Stalin had 5 year plans, should he have stuck to them?! " Lol!!!!

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        6. Dave Bauer
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          What time was the game updated last Sunday, anyone remember?

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        7. Sir Jose Wenger returns
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          What is really interesting is that when everyone manages to log back into FPL that Ashley Young will have have more points than Roonpig - 23 (if he gets 2 bonus and Roonpig gets 3)

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        8. Skorge88
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          I have two free transfers this week, if i wildcard, i'd still have two next week right?

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          1. Sir Jose Wenger returns
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            no it resets back to 1

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          2. jimmythegent
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            nope

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        9. Shatner's Bassoon
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 7 months ago

          I feel like if enough people wildcarded and brought in the same bunch of players (dzeko, roonpig, young, suarez) then the rest of us would have a serious financial disadvantage if we don't do the same. If you can't beat em join em?

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          1. Cars and Mané
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            yup

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          2. KOGUMA
              14 years, 7 months ago

              Exactly. Has to be done. Rooney, Young and Dzeko should go up for 0.3m each considering there is 13 days until the next deadline.

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              1. KiwiAz72
                • 14 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                Isn't the max price 12.0 though?

                Soo the roon won't go up?

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          3. Damo.
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            What's up with TFPL lads?

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            1. CFCTom
              • 14 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              Updating.

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            2. mvtaylor
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              It's fine?

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              1. Damo.
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                I can't get on at all. Can you link me up there please man.

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          4. CFCTom
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Zaragoza vs Real Madrid should be good.

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            1. Chinese_person
              • 14 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              SHUT UP

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          5. Firetick
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Is it an international break this week?

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            1. Adam
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              yes

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          6. Chinese_person
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            EVERYONE ON HERE IS AN IDIOT AND SCOUT SUCKS! I AM READY FOR UR ABUSE BRING IT ON ME OL' MATES!

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            1. Akers
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              LOL, U MAD?

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            2. CFCTom
              • 14 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              I say we ignore him.

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            3. Lordjim
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              You didn't have Rooney or Young in your team right...

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              1. CFCTom
                • 14 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                I did! 😀

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                1. Lordjim
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 7 months ago

                  Nice....

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                2. Sir Jose Wenger returns
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 7 months ago

                  But the thing is thomas, that your anus drips

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                3. Dave Bauer
                  • 16 Years
                  14 years, 7 months ago

                  Yes yes, you're an ar5ehole too. Don't worry we haven't forgotten.

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              2. Spartan
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                No friends to play with??

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            4. Dave Bauer
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              Kung po chicken and egg fried rice please, but no water chestnuts. I hate water chestnuts.

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              1. Lordjim
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 7 months ago

                for years I thought they were undercooked potatoes.....

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                1. Dave Bauer
                  • 16 Years
                  14 years, 7 months ago

                  They may as well be!

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                  1. Lordjim
                    • 15 Years
                    14 years, 7 months ago

                    lol...

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            5. Sir Jose Wenger returns
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              But are you not happy for Park Ji Sung - he scored today for u guys

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          7. Retro
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Before I decide in which direction to jerk my knee, what happened to Silva and Brunt today? And Jarvis yesterday for that matter...!

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            1. CFCTom
              • 14 Years
              14 years, 7 months ago

              Silva played well and was unlucky, Brunt played okay and was unlucky to come off, Jarvis was good but was subbed as Villa were cancelling him out, stick with the three of them, they'll come good.

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          8. DV8R
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 7 months ago

            Anyone have the picture of the 8-2 scoreboard?

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