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[sbu_large_image] Team News

9 September 2011 733 comments

johnfinlay

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.

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Wasabi Jim

14 years, 11 months ago
also will dzeko go up again before the deadline tomorrow???
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1. Fratboy
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  yeah i reckon so.
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  1. Wasabi Jim
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    any idea when fratboy? or anyone else?
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    1. Fratboy
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      oh and update your link.
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    2. Fratboy
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Well he's got a silly amount of transfers in, I normally check Fiso but it was wrong last night but right on Rooney and De Laet a couple days ago. My guess would be that Dzeko will definitely have gone up by tomorrow morning.
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4toon31

14 years, 11 months ago
Given
Boswingwa Hughes Kompany
Nasri Young N’zogbia Sessegnon
Torres Agbonlahor Dzeko

Al-Habsi Simpson Lopez Sinclair

What do people make of this? RMT please
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1. forrie
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  torres is very reliable
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2. 1966 was a great year for E…
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Any free transfers? I'd do Torres to RVP - if you need to free up money, maybe Nzog to someone like Brunt or Jarvis.
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snowman

14 years, 11 months ago
Guys does bench look ok?

Given (Vorm)
Baines Bosingwa Lescott Enrique
Silva (c) Sessgnon N’Zogbia
Rooney (VC) Fletcher Bent

Subs: Simpson, Dyer, Moses
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1. bmic
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Like Fletcher!
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THE ORACLE

14 years, 11 months ago
Does anyone else think Dzeko wont score just because everyone put him in this week, over 380,000
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1. Fratboy
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  If I were him I'd steal Tevez's penalty and boot it out the stadium and yes, I have Dzeko 🙂
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2. arcticjunkie1
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  you're the oracle, you tell us? 😉
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  1. THE ORACLE
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    The oracle says yes. It wont stop me from captaining him. The oracle is still human you know
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Drip Doctor

14 years, 11 months ago
Sheeeet. A lot of people on the Man City forum seem to think Dzeko will be rested. It's 50/50 between Silva and Nasri aswell.
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1. THE ORACLE
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  You cant drop a player that scored 4 goals in the last game. I wouldnt read too much into the forums
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  1. Drip Doctor
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    How about Mancini saying Balotelli "will be important for us tomorrow" and Tevez "will probably play?"
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    1. Fratboy
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      He's a good person to have in for the next few weeks, regardless of whether he starts or not. I think he'll start but those comments sound like he might be in for 45 minutes as opposed to 90.
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    2. applebonkers
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      regarding tevez the exact words are, "could be, could be, cause carlos trained well and we need carlos to find confidence, ughhr (mediterannean shrug) probably."
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2. King Nil Miss ✩
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Nasri must play, as it is his first game at home!
  Dzeko is the ultimate doubt though...
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  1. imtheboss
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    man city could really play about 5 strikers at the same time and easily sweep wigan away
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Cousin_Elvin

14 years, 11 months ago
Best midfielder for 6.5 or below?
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1. daveski
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  blatantly jarvis!! consistent
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  1. Cousin_Elvin
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Already got Jarvis. Full team is
    
    Given, Vorm
    Bosingwa, Jose Enrique, Taylor S, De Laet Ward
    Young, Walcott, Jarvis, Dyer, Anderson
    Rooney, Suarez, Dzeko
    
    What do you think?
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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Brunt? Decent fixtures, on set pieces and possibly pens, plenty of assists last season.
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2. forrie
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  SWP
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kaz 96

14 years, 11 months ago
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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1. 4toon31
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Just joined.
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2. pompeyfan
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I think that is enough times to have posted this now surely?!
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3. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I prefer leagues where no one checks their team... that way I win.
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  1. kaz 96
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    u need to grow some balls then i guess
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    1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      You need to lighten up
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forrie

14 years, 11 months ago
everyone needs more torres
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1. King Nil Miss ✩
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  No, even 2 or 3 Torres isn´t enough to make a good score!
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Zarathustra

14 years, 11 months ago
Why is Aguero predicted to be benched? And Tevez is predicted to start?
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1. DeathAngel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Aguero has been flying around the world, (although not playing much), for Argentina. Tevez has been chilling in Manchester with his family.
  
  Plus the Champions League is coming up.
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  1. Crouch Potato!
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Carlo hates manchester.
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2. samcro
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Rotation before champs league.
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  1. Zarathustra
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    But in that logic, Dzeko should be an equal rotation risk?
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MJonno_79

14 years, 11 months ago
Squad is finally sorted. Just can't decide on who to actually play.
Bosingwa, Kompany, Simpson, Woodgate, De Laet
Silva, Youns, Areteta, Moses, Dyer
Holt, Rooney (C), RVP
Thinking of benching Moses, Dyer & De Laet. What would you do?
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PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS

14 years, 11 months ago
Why are so many quality / interesting posts being lost because of flippin' RMT (should have stopped 2 weeks ago) and the same questions asked over an over.

I often sit at my desk sniggering over some of the quality comments on here, like a naughty child at the back of a classroom... I was just asked by my boss what I was laughing at, I had to make up some lame excuse about a customers name being remotely entertaining.
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1. DeathAngel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  The quality of posts is gradually declining as more and more people find out about this site from the link on the FPL site.
  
  Most of these new people don't know an awful lot, they don't take the time to put a gravatar up to give them more of an identity, and they basically want others on here to pick their team for them.
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  1. Podge
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Yes and some repost every 3 minutes instead of looking back >.<
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    1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      EXACTLY!
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  2. Fratboy
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    +100000000
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    1. Funkyav
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      + 1 more than Fratboy!
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2. Fratboy
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I often sit at my desk sniggering over some of the quality comments on here, like a naughty child at the back of a classroom… I was just asked by my boss what I was laughing at, I had to make up some lame excuse about a customers name being remotely entertaining.
  
  I like this.
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SMOOTH

14 years, 11 months ago
should i go with woodgate + 4.5 mid (already have 4.5 dyer)
or should i change woodgate to 4.0 and go for a 5.0 mid (obertan?)
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daveski

14 years, 11 months ago
will cleverly play?? or should i put an extra defender on in the form of delaet?
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1. THE ORACLE
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Im playing delaet over ward and r taylor
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  1. daveski
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    do you think ryan will be out tomorrow then?
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2. DeathAngel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Play De Laet. Simples.
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forrie

14 years, 11 months ago
if torres cost 6.5, would you have him in your team?
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1. hillbillypete
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  no
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  1. O Fenomeno
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    How could you possibly say no?
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2. Piggs Boson
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  it's bad i had to think about it!! But yes, just, for potential.
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3. jamsiep
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  obviously
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4. reply fail
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  If he was a midfielder, yes. Something like Ferguson on the bench.
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5. MJonno_79
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  i would go for holt
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6. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  We can all find out next year when he is given that price based on this seasons performance.
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Mightygreens

14 years, 11 months ago
Please Help, have made a huge error by making several transfer but didn't play my wild card so will lose lots of points at tomorrows deadline. Does anyone know if i play my wild card now before the deadline it will stop the points being deducted?
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1. THE ORACLE
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Not sure. You might aswell try it. Youve got nothing to lose
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2. Piggs Boson
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  yes. This question gets asked every week! All points will be restored
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  1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    This question got asked earlier this afternoon by the same guy and was already answered *sigh*
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3. Podge
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  yeh you get all points back
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  1. Mightygreens
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Cheers for help guys, saved me a lot of points, don't know who asked earlier but wasn't me!
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    1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Apologies if that's the case
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Wasabi Jim

14 years, 11 months ago
hey guys, does anyone have any thoughts on riise?! is he worth it? was awesome at liverpool!?

this got lost at bottom of las page!
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1. Microeconomics
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Not yet. Considered him at the start of the season but has returned next to nothing so far. Plus he had an injury, may be best to wait for some form
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jamsiep

14 years, 11 months ago
Gaz Cook is no more.

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2011/September/Club-statement-2
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1. Fratboy
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Justice prevails.
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  1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Talking about justice... any updates on the Ashley Young racism?
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2. r0binh0
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  typical action of a person in power - instantly tried to find a scapegoat to take the fall for him. i wish him no success in whatever he goes on to do.
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  14 years, 11 months ago
  Couldn't have happened to a nicer chap.
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kaz 96

14 years, 11 months ago
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….....sky is the limit!
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1. Funkyav
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  do u really need to keep repeating this?
  
  Read the Ji Sung Lark bit above.
  
  You and your like are really ruining what used to be an excellent site for comments and latest info.
  
  It is now full of RMTs and useless posts and people repeating the same thing over and over.
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2. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  3rd time in 10 minutes... SHEEESHHHHH!!!
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3. pompeyfan
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  quit spamming
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daveski

14 years, 11 months ago
matta or adam people??
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1. Microeconomics
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Isn't Adam a doubt???
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2. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  If you have no Chelsea coverage - Mata.
  " " " Liverpool Coverage - Adam.
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Michael Jordan - call me MJ

14 years, 11 months ago
A Walcott and Silva
Or
B Young and Arteta
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1. Rui
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Definitely A
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Touré De Force

14 years, 11 months ago
Is Hutton fit to play for Villa? Think he came through the internationals ok if my memory serves me correctly?
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1. Baines on Toast...
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Benched for the second one, might be lacking match fitness, should start soon if not this week.
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El_Matador

14 years, 11 months ago
Anybody know whether Ward, Anderson or Dzeko will rise again before the deadline?
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1. Podge
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I get the feeling you want someone to say yes so YES
  Well maybe 😉
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2. drunken_mess
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  only dzeko will
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3. kaz 96
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  i know.
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4. Cruicky
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  No, no and yes.
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Jinswick

14 years, 11 months ago
Hadn't even considered this before, but am I better to get rid of Suarez instead of Bent to bring RVP in? Villa fixtures far better...
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1. Fratboy
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Villa fixtures are amazing, I remember someone said "SUPERMAN DAZZA BENT" before his points haul in GW2. Cue points haul GW4.
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  1. DeathAngel
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Exactly. People seem too willing to drop a player after the odd 2 pointer. Seriously guys, it happens, and it will happen to Rooney and Dezeko too at some point! 😀
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      14 years, 11 months ago
      Let them switch 😀
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Baines on Toast...

14 years, 11 months ago
So, Balotelli (c) anyone? 😛
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1. Fratboy
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I'll give you 3 points if you do 🙂
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Smudger’s Dirty Dozen

14 years, 11 months ago
With Sinclair possibly dropping in price.and my budget stretched, would Ramsey be an option for Arsenal coverage?
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1. Dago
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  what sinclairs due to drop tonight?
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  1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Swansea one...according to Fiso
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  14 years, 11 months ago
  Yes. However RVP, Walcott & Arteta are all better Arsenal cover than Ramsey.
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Dago

14 years, 11 months ago
Which two to play?

DeLaet (WBA)
Simpson (QPR)
Petrov (Man U)
Moses (Man City)
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1. DeathAngel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Petrov and De Laet.
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  14 years, 11 months ago
  De laet.
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3. Podge
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  first two
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daveski

14 years, 11 months ago
is there a better alternative to g.cahill for 6mil or less?
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AP

14 years, 11 months ago
Gary Cook - cheerio cheerio cheerio. Nob.
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1. DeathAngel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Do you feel annoyed at paying 8.8M for Dzeko instead of 8.5M?
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    14 years, 11 months ago
    Nope.
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  14 years, 11 months ago
  ^^^ elton john's breakfast
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    14 years, 11 months ago
    lolsies.
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    14 years, 11 months ago
    😆
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3. Gargamel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  He's basically admitting that he did send the e-mail then? Unbelievable stupidity.
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    14 years, 11 months ago
    'sent from my iPad' pretty much f*cked him.
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    1. Fratboy
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      hahahahahahahahaha 😀
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  2. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    "Following the findings of the review, Chief Executive Officer Garry Cook has offered his resignation, which has been accepted with regret by the Board," the club said in a statement on its website (www.mcfc.co.uk).
    
    Do they have to put that 'with regret' bit?!
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4. Big Dunc
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Really? Ridiculous.... I assumed that it was all some sort of wind up.Noone in the media seems to have picked up on the fact that Mrs Onuaha is clearly a lunatic.
  
  "When I opened up my emails and saw the message, it was the worst day of my life, even worse than being diagnosed with cancer"
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  1. O Fenomeno
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    What an overreaction.
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Kings of Lyon ★

14 years, 11 months ago
Ok, I have RVP, Tevez, Maynard, Hooper as AGS, any others that you think are certs from the lowers leagues?
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1. Fratboy
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Marc Pugh vs Walsall might be a good shout, I rate that guy super high!
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2. Gavin - Gers in turmoil!!!
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  boo hooper boo boo boo lol
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kaz 96

14 years, 11 months ago
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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1. DeathAngel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I don't recognise YOU as a regular poster though. Where's your gravatar?!
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