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9 September 2011 733 comments
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Neil Warnock leads a host of Premier League managers set to deliver debuts this weekend, with new signings Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton likely starters for QPR in Monday’s clash with Newcastle.

Arsene Wenger will surely draft in new boys Per Mertesacker and Mikel Arteta and neighbours Spurs will give debuts to Scott Parker and Emmanuel Adebayor as they visit a Wolves side that looks set to be unchanged once more. Peter Crouch should lead the Stoke attack against visiting Liverpool, while Alex Ferguson continues to trust his young guns at the back and will re-unite Wayne Rooney with Javier Hernandez up front, as Danny Welbeck misses out with a hamstring problem.

Asamoah Gyan looks set to be ruled out for Sunderland, paving the way for Nicklas Bendtner to make his Black Cats debut against Andre Villas-Boas’ Chelsea, as the Blues head to the Stadium of Light without Didier Drogba, with the Ivorian continuing his recovery from concussion.

For all the latest Premier League hearsay and revelations leading into the weekend, keep checking our ever-evolving Team News page. As ever, our Twitter feed brings you up-to-the-minute news direct from the source.

johnfinlay John swears he'll deliver unbiased Fantasy Premier League tips and news...until Leeds get promoted.

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  1. Sir Jose Wenger returns
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    I almost went for a differential in Aguero... The reports he is not playing are not based on any fact just speculation and that tevez isn't playing. He could be the surprise package of the weekend if he plays. That being said I bottled it and brought in RVP then captained him.

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    1. Sir Jose Wenger returns
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      Sorry typo should be tevez is playing

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  2. kaz 96
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    p.s: nasri or silva? and holt or klasinic?

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    1. No Totti No Party
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      Silva and Holt

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  3. Henry Hill
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    Sky Sports News are such a disgrace, the Rugby World Cup didn't even make the headlines. If its not on Sky then it doesn't exist!

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    1. Cars and Mané
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      No one cares about rugby dude

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      1. forrie
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        -1

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    2. OPTA FPL
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      what's Rugby in this site??

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  4. Torreslove
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    is it advisable to have both walcott and rvp???

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  5. OPTA FPL
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    Guys, i have a serious question.
    Will the additional transfers deduct points from my total score in my mini league?
    (I mean my mini league: GW 3-4-5-6), dont mind the overall point. The point hit deduct from my total score or my GW score?

    I posted but nonody know the rule.

    thanks

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    1. OPTA FPL
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      seven up

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        Total score for month or overall? If overall then the answer is obvious.

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        1. OPTA FPL
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          Total score for private mini league of mine, which results calculated for GW 2-3-4-5-6.

          do you know the rule mate? thanks a lot

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    2. OPTA FPL
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      nine up

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    3. OPTA FPL
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      up to anwser

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  6. Vpan
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    For the next 2 GWs

    Baines? (Eve - Villa, Eve - Wig)
    or
    Walcott? (Ars - Swa, Blackburn - Ars)

    already having RVP.

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  7. Rendabomb
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Should I keep Jarvis or bring Cabaye in?

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  8. Optimus.
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    if you could only choose 1 of tevez/rvp for a 1 week punt and you knew both would get 90 min which would you rather?

    im guessing both would be on freekicks and penos

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  9. Jinswick
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    Subs and captain right?

    Hilario (yes i know)
    Bosingwa, Simpson, Senderos
    Silva, Nani, Sessegnon, Sinclair
    RVP(c), Suarez, Dzeko(vc)

    Subs: Ruddy, Dunne, Moses, Brown

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  10. kaz 96
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    A) it won't cost u that much if rvp scores but it will be terrible for u if u drop dzeko and he scores

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  11. MARVELLUS
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    Who to take out for RVP, Bent or Suarez?

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    1. kaz 96
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      bent for sure

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    2. TO
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      Bent

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      1. Funkyav
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        Bent + 1

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    3. Gonzola
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      Suarez

      Villa have great fixtures for 8 game weeks bar Man City

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      1. MARVELLUS
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        That's why I'm torn, good Villa fixtures.... Any other views?

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  12. Crouch Potato!
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    My team at p

    Team at present folks,

    Rudd (Vorm) Boswinga, De laet, Ward, (enrique, R taylor)

    Young, Barkley, Arteta, Jarvis, (anderson)

    Rooney, RVP(c) Dzec(v) 1.1 in bank.

    ,views gratefully recieved.

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    1. Crouch Potato!
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      Im over here.

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  13. Drip Doctor
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    Krul/Vorm combo, will it really get many points? They've started off well but surely they can't keep this up!

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  14. Tommytour
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    Mancini Press conference

    Asked about Balotelli "Mario played well for Italy in the week and will be important for us tomorrow"

    Will Kolo Play? (He thought they asked Carlos) "He will probably play" "Kolo not for another 2 weeks"

    Is Nasri OK to play? "Nasri is OK to play in any position apart from in goal"

    Will you play 2 teams for league and Champs League? "Tomorrow will be difficult because we have 2 midfielders out (De Jong, Barry) but after that we will be able to make 4 or 5 changes a game"

    So do I bring Dzeko in?

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    1. Kings of Lyon ★
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      on that it makes me think no.

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    2. AP
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      It's 50/50 i'd say. Problem is if you don't and he scores big, it's the nightmare scenario if your rivals have him. If they don't, i wouldn't.

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      1. Tommytour
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        Thats my problem I reckon 99% of my league will bring him in and Im already seriously lagging behind!

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    3. Gargamel
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      That's it, Balotelli(C)

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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
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        😀

        Garamel, was asking for you earlier. What do you think of Mohamed Bangura? Is he as good as the press are making out?

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        1. herman murman
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          you frightened?

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          1. Kings of Lyon ★
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            Ha, i am now.

            As i said below i didnt even kno you signed him until today, he seems good.

            How have you been anyway mate?

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            1. herman murman
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              dead on. haven't been on here much. busy in the tech gettin my sh1t ready. i'm sure u r disgusted being back in sunny scotland

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              1. Kings of Lyon ★
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                You have no idea mate. I can't belive i'm back already this week has been so depressing. but nothing else for it. eh? get to see how bad Rangers really are tomo at tanadice and went to the scotland games so not all bad.

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                1. herman murman
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                  the dutch ref robbed you. was gutted. you still have a slim hope though

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        2. Gargamel
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          Hi KoL.

          He and Teteh Bangura set our league on fire this season, turning an average AIK side into title contenders. I had the impression that Teteh was the better of the two but at our level Mohamed was a real star, so my guess is that he will do a job in Scotland too. If he be good enough to be useful in helping Celtic in Europe etc I don't know at this point.

          A good talent for sure.

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          1. Kings of Lyon ★
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            Thanks for that. I hadnt heard of him until today and realised he has a good scoring record and the AIK coach is comparing him to have as big an impact as Larsson, so im intrigued. thanks again for the input.

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            1. herman murman
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              celtic have reported that FC Sion had played 5 players that couldn't play in europe. Sion replied Celtic had eleven.

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              1. Kings of Lyon ★
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                😀 for some reason i've not heard that. prob cause the same could be said about rangers.

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      2. OPTA FPL
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        I dont like the idea Mafia lad is captain

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      3. No Totti No Party
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        nice joke

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    4. jamsiep
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      Fiddlesticks.

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      1. Drip Doctor
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        Indeed. Looks like 2 of Aguero, Dzeko or Silva won't play.

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    5. applebonkers
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      i guess the way dzeko plays is in the following:

      -------yaya toure---nasri---------
      ----------------silva-------------
      --balotelli------------------tevez
      ---------------dzeko--------------

      ?

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      1. OPTA FPL
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        go back to your FIFA game

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        1. Gargamel
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          Hahaha

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      2. Tommytour
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        I think Milner is much more likely to slot in with Yaya, the rest ill pass!

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        1. applebonkers
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          very true, which could be bad news for silva

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      3. J0E
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        • 17 Years
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        I'm going for RVP instead...could cost me dear, but wenger will play RVP every week he's fit. With man city there's no way of knowing who will be the pts mopper upper in chief each week.

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        1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
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          +1

          Easy choice for me

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        2. jamsiep
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          Are you talking about captain?

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          1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
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            I'm not... don't think he is either

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          2. J0E
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            • 17 Years
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            yep, as captain. Why not/ Most will captain Dzeko, who I don't have. Or rooney...who i have anyway.

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      4. jamsiep
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        Yaya Milner
        Johnson Silva Tevez
        Dzeko

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        1. applebonkers
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          • 16 Years
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          i'd worry silva will miss out for nasri. and yep i agree milner is more likely to come in otherwise the team will be crazily attacking. nasri has played less football than silva this season

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      5. AP
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        Never gonna happen!

        You'd think Milner, Balo, AJ, Tevez would all play.

        _____De Jong___Milner______
        AJ______Tevez______Balotelli
        _________Dzeko_____________

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        1. AP
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          Yaya instead of De Jong 😳

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        2. applebonkers
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          yeah this is more likely (i forgot about milner). basically it seems there's no way in hell that none of dzeko, silva and nasri will be rested

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          1. AP
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            Indeedly. I had a feeling in my waters it might be Silva, so took him out for Walcott, but Nasri's hand probably gives Mancini an easy option. Unless he rests both.

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            1. applebonkers
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              • 16 Years
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              could easily play both silva and nasri too.
              yaya, milner, AM - silva, RW - balotelli, LW - nasri, tevez.

              basically man city are going to be a nightmare over the next month 🙂
              yippee, can't wait for all the 'told you so's' on saturday if dzeko is benched as if the only people that own him are people who bought him this week

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  15. Magumbo
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    A) Dzeko + Walcott

    or

    B) RVP + Cabaye (or other mid for 6.4 or under)

    Already got brunt and taarabt in midfield

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    1. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      A for me

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    2. Torreslove
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 11 months ago

      i got dzeko,rvp,walcott, and cabaye 😛

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      1. Art Vandelay
        • 15 Years
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        as do I..

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  16. BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…
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    Am I missing something, even the skysports preview for chelsea game has bosingwa not starting ????

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    1. bmic
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      If Chelsea loses this match without bosingwa AVB will be veeery questioned... I wouldn´t do that if I wore him...

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  17. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
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    Silva in for N'Zogbia - worth a 4 point hit? I am thinking probably yes ... all opinions appreciated!

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    1. Microcuts
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      Yup.

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  18. beatJI
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    anyone have an idea of Chelsea´s possible starting backline this weekend?

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    1. g-doo
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      other than the FFS team news theres this this line up by the guardian

      http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/sep/09/sunderland-chelsea-premier-league-squad-sheets

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    2. BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…
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      skysports has chelsea as:
      Cech; Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Lampard, Mikel, Malouda; Anelka, Torres

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    3. applebonkers
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      • 16 Years
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      i'll give you the XI
      cech, bosingwa, ivanovic, terry, cole, mikel, ramires, lampard, sturridge, torres, mata

      luiz hasn't played a minute of football since the man utd game at the end of last season. i can see him getting about 15mins here then being terry's regular partner after that

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      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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        Dropping an in-form player like Bosingwa, while perservering with Torres up front, would send completely the wrong message to the team.

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        1. applebonkers
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          • 16 Years
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          drogba's out though, so it's him lukaku (who was clumsy wank v norwich and dire for belgium) or anelka. personally i'd love to see anelka there but you'd guess torres

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  19. drkpeny42
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    Does anyone found a live points update website?

    There's FantasyLive @ http://bit.ly/qCHWop but it doesn't seem to be working yet...

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  20. kaz 96
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    ok guys, so listen up. i have this league on fpl for regular posters. its been there for 3 years now and every year its the most active forum wise, there are around 20 lads in there and almost all of them post regularly. if anyone of u chekcs fpl regualrly and wants to join an active league then heres the code :131173-44250.

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  21. daveski
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    is jarvis likely to start tomorrow? and if not who to exchange for have 6.7 with selling jarv

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    1. OPTA FPL
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      Torres

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  22. daveski
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    ... gota be terry and ivan cole and boss pick themselves as well

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  23. Torreslove
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    • 15 Years
    14 years, 11 months ago

    i'm feeling bale deserves a punt against wolves after the way he played in both games this week, anyone thoughts??

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    1. Podge
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      I hate Bale

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      1. bmic
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        Bale can be magic, but I guess he will end up just running and giving assists to assists...

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        1. imtheboss
          • 17 Years
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          gonna go down in price tonight too!

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  24. SC not pearls before swine
    • 15 Years
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    Worth a hit to bring in a keeper since Hilario and Ruddy aren't going to play? Have a .5 in the bank

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    1. Tomtwenty4
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      I've got same problem. Hilario is not going to play for the season now so I'm taking the hit.

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    2. Sir Jose Wenger returns
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      Yes as u need a replacement for hilarious long term and could pick up a clean sheet on say given?

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  25. Mansfield
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    Cant make a decision on who to captain between
    Silvia, Rooney, Young Dzeko, Walcott or Suarez…
    I’m edging towards Silva…
    Who you think guys and dolls?

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    1. OPTA FPL
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      Torres..

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      1. forrie
        • 14 Years
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        torres he is on fire

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    2. Microeconomics
      • 16 Years
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      I went with Silva

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      1. Mansfield
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        Thanks... Torres loses the vote as i dont have him :p

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  26. bmic
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    If this week team fails it will be great - No more FF stress for the rest of the season! My gf tells me I don´t enjoy football anymore, just shouting X did 4 points for me. Evil game.

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    1. bmic
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      that´s me creating excuses for my crazy attack 🙂

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      1. imtheboss
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        in the same boat!

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  27. applebonkers
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    mancini: "we have 2 midfielder injury, this is a big problem at the moment."

    who are the 2?

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    1. applebonkers
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      barry and de jong it seems.
      worryingly he then says we have one month very hard, all important games, one game every 3 days. for this it's important that we can quickly recover gareth and nigel and then maybe we can change 4 or 5 (4 or 5!) players every game.

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      1. Drip Doctor
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        Very annoying.

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    2. Sir Jose Wenger returns
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      Link?

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      1. applebonkers
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        press conference on their site, about 4mins 30 secs in

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        1. Dago
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          de jong and nasri?

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          1. applebonkers
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            oops. read above, TommyTour59's post

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    3. OPTA FPL
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      De Jong and Barry

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    4. Podge
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      check 2:56
      De jong and Barry

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    5. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      Barry?

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  28. Xit
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    Can't seem to make up my mind: Moses or Dyer?
    Which one do you prefer?

    Cheers

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    1. No Totti No Party
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      Myer

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    2. hillbillypete
      • 17 Years
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      moses

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    3. Cars and Mané
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      • 14 Years
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      moses

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  29. Wasabi Jim
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    hey guys, does anyone have any thoughts on riise?! is he worth it? was awesome at liverpool!?

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  30. El_Matador
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    Anybody think Ward, Anderson or Dzeko will rise again before the deadline?

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