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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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SMOOTH

14 years, 11 months ago
A. woodgate + 4.5 mid (which one already have dyer)
B. 4.0 def + 5.0 mid (already have simpson and delatt)
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1. Podge
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Downgrade your expensive frontline
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  1. SMOOTH
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    how?? its the standard 3 of rooney dzeko and suarez
    and mid of walcott mata and silva.
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Granville

14 years, 11 months ago
Gaffe prone Garry Cook has resigned.

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2011/September/Club-statement-2
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1. Jack Tatum
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  "Gaffe prone" is putting it very politely Granville
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  1. Granville
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    When I read that original excuse blaming the email on another employee I just knew it came from him.
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    1. DeathAngel
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Have you heard back from the FPL about the Fletcher/Rooney assist situation?
      
      I've heard nada.
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      1. applebonkers
        
        14 years, 11 months ago
        remember fletcher getting that rogue assist last season, the one where edwards made the pass but fletcher got the assist?
        amazingly seems to have come round full circle. as the podcast said fletcher's was more of an assist than rooney's
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        DeathAngel
        
        14 years, 11 months ago
        I remember a case of mistaken identity for the Jarvis goal in the Wolves v Villa match last season, yes.
        
        And despite pointing it out to FPL with loads of emails, they don't listen to common sense...
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        Granville
        
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Yes I did. They said they couldn't award him the assist retrospectively once the gameweek was up.
        They only gave Rooney's because they went back to the PA and queried it.
        Unfortunately for the small %age of Fletcher owners, they weren't on the ball at the time.
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        AP
        
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Knock on affect of the assist might have been Fletcher didn't drop in price. Annoying all round.
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        applebonkers
        
        14 years, 11 months ago
        that makes sense but it's silly. it's basically saying if the player isn't a popular player then it will very easily slip through the net.
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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. jamsiep
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  give it a rest chief
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  1. 1966 was a great year for E…
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    It's a league for regular posters like kaz96, not n00bs like you 😉
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    1. Leysh
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      +1 haha
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2. applebonkers
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  give us the names of some of these regular posters.
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SMOOTH

14 years, 11 months ago
sorry for repost got lost on last page.

A. woodgate + 4.5 mid (which one already have dyer)
B. 4.0 def + 5.0 mid (already have simpson and delatt)
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1. Podge
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  And refresh after 5 mins to give peeps a chance to answer
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  1. SMOOTH
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    sorry my site is showing it on the last page as well.
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    1. v12w12
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Don't worry mate. There's a lot of tw@ts on here. I would go for B and take Moses. Not sure about the 4.0 defender other than the 2 you've got though, Shotton maybe....
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BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…

14 years, 11 months ago
Thoughts please

Krul(Vorm)
Enrique Bosingwa RTaylor(DeLaet)(Ward)
Nasri Young Jarvis Brunt(Dyer)
Suarez Rooney(VC) Dzeko(C)

2.1 in the bank

Jarvis or brunt to swap for arteta??
Also rooney or dzeko captain?
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1. Nibbsy
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Wildcard? Free transfers? Wouldn't do either of those for a hit.
  
  Dzeko is riskier because of rotation but has a higher ceiling than Rooney this week imo.
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  1. BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    its a wildcard
    im thinking of swap jarvis for arteta
    brunt has better fixtures
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    1. Nibbsy
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      If I was on a WC I'd be trying harder to get RVP in. Probably at the expense of Young in your line up. I'd probably go for Mata instead.
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kaz 96

14 years, 11 months ago
i know
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King Nil Miss ✩

14 years, 11 months ago
So back to Sturridge

Is better to have him(assuming he´s playing) or to have Mata who play´s the similar position for 3M more and gets +1 point per goal?
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1. Woy of the Wovers
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Surely the point about Sturridge is all about whether he plays or not. If he is playing consistently then he is without doubt the most obvious "must-have" in the history of FPL.
  
  IMHO...
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Piggs Boson

14 years, 11 months ago
krul|vorm
bosingwa woodgate ward santon brown
Walcott Nasri Brunt Young | dyer
Dzeko Rooney Adebayor

After 2 weeks, tranfer young->mata, dzeko -> suarez

sound like a plan?
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THE ORACLE

14 years, 11 months ago
I want to take a punt on kolo Toure. He was the no.1 defender for Man city and hes elligable. Am i misguided
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1. Granville
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Yes you are, Kompany is their no 1 defender. Kolo wont play for a couple of weeks according to Mancini.
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  1. Cruicky
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Good. Hopefully Lescott does something by then, so Kolo doesn't come back.
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Baby Face Nelson

14 years, 11 months ago
I can't wait for the mayhem when Dzeko is benched tomorrow
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1. King Nil Miss ✩
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  You´ve just scared 173,599 wildcarders!
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2. bmic
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  That would be fun 🙂
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3. Henry Hill
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  | don't have him but wishful thinking, scored 4 away to the 5th best team in the country in his last game. Would be a terrible signal by Manicini to drop him
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  1. Cruicky
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    I'd say Spurs are the 6th.
    Football's not played on paper, just because he scored 4 vs Spurs, doesn't mean he'll definitely score vs Wigan. I wouldn't be surprised to see him not score and get subbed after 70mins for Balotelli with CL midweek in mind.
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4. THE BAD
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Dzeko and A.young for me (as wildcarder) were only simple ways of rising some team value, and it worked so well:) I'm selling him tonight for RVP,eheh... can't believe only 6% of the people have the (imo) #1 striker in EPL...
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5. hillbillypete
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  so let's hear why he will be benched?
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6. Xabi
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  +42
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The Finnisher

14 years, 11 months ago
Krul Vorm
Bosingwa Enrique Brown Simpson De Laet
Silva Walcott Cabaye Brunt Dyer
Suarez Rooney RVP
0.5 in the bank (Plan on going Walcott > Mata GW6)
Is the defence or Midfield too weak??
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kaz 96

14 years, 11 months ago
have had enough*
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got2bmyyear

14 years, 11 months ago
i heard a lot of talk about rvp and petrov, i like the option of rvp, but is petrov a better option than ngozbia or does it come down to price??
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jamsiep

14 years, 11 months ago
Dzeko > Bendtner.
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1. Drip Doctor
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Odem?
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shirtless

14 years, 11 months ago
With all these Dzeko transfers in really hoping he's benched this weekend. RVP could be a large differential with only 6% ownership...

I'm fancying RVP, Roon and oddly YaYa to smash it up this week...
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1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  +1
  
  Definitely hoping Dzeko is benched!!!
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2. Gavin - Gers in turmoil!!!
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  RVP differential sounds so strange but lets hope your right as I have him up front with Roo and Suarez and he's my capt to boot
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3. MJonno_79
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  RVP only 6% ownership thats crazy. even when arsenal are crap he scores goals
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  1. shirtless
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Me too. Roon/Saurez/RVp season keepers for me. Hoping to save my w/c until the inevitable RVP long term injury though!
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    1. MJonno_79
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      Rooney has been in my team for the last 3 years and only gose out when injured. RVP is nearly always there too except for the start of this season for some unknown reason. But hes in now.
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4. King Nil Miss ✩
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  That percentage will sky rocket tomorrow!
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  1. shirtless
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Still captaining Roon though for the season, whenever I mess about it never works for me even though something inside my head is nagging me.. RVP captain... RVP captain...aaarrgghhh!!!!
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5. AP
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Don't wish too hard. Rvp is defo a rotation risk too after CL games.
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Adam

14 years, 11 months ago
Hoolahan a decent bet for a 5.5 midfielder?
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1. jamsiep
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  I think so, he's in my wildcard team.
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  1. DeathAngel
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Holt for me.
    
    Why was Hoolahan dropped for GW2 and only played 59mins of GW3?
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    1. Adam
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      I think he was injured that week
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2. applebonkers
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  it's a weird one. watched the entire chelsea norwich game and he was creating almost every norwich chance but then he went off on 60mins.
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  1. Gargamel
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    It's the CY Lee syndrome. Sub your most creative player two thirds into the game, try to win with power instead.
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MJonno_79

14 years, 11 months ago
Yum Yum chinese takeaway tonight.
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kaz 96

14 years, 11 months ago
ok guys, so listen up. i have this league ....ummm nvm, i had enough
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Podge

14 years, 11 months ago
Does anyone have a league for regular posters ?
Maybe with a good forum
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1. King Nil Miss ✩
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  🙂
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applebonkers

14 years, 11 months ago
i think the balotelli words have been misinterpreted a bit.
my reading of it is mancini says it's important that he can play football and all the media stuff is not important. rather than he will start tomorrow
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1. Demí
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  He's suspended for the Champions league match though, and hasn't had a minute yet, so just an educated guess, he should start imo
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  1. applebonkers
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    agree that he should, i think the word 'probably' after his tevez ramble was more ominous.
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Bubbles

14 years, 11 months ago
Ah, just read some of the Mancini comments. Very bloody annoying.
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1. DeathAngel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  The front three could be Silva, Balotelli and Tevez, a bit like last season. 😉
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  1. Bubbles
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    I've got Silva & Dzeko in my WC team at the moment, and I'd pretty much settled on Dzeko, Suarez & Adebayor with a heavy midfield too. Now I'm lost. Again. Bah to it all!
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kaz 96

14 years, 11 months ago
.k
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reply fail

14 years, 11 months ago
Anybody know of a league for regular fpl posters?
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1. Gargamel
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  🙂
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2. applebonkers
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  have been looking for one too. ideally run by a lying 14 or 15 year old.
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Fratboy

14 years, 11 months ago
Replied on previous KOL!
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colin1201

14 years, 11 months ago
any advice.
should i pick

hutton + nathan dyer
or
wes brown/ woodgate or some 4.5m defender + victor moses?

thanks
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1. drunken_mess
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  hutton and Dyer, (dyer's price will go up so get him now)
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    14 years, 11 months ago
    thanks man!
    thats what i thought too.
    i delayed and arteta's price just rose.
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THE BAD

14 years, 11 months ago
anyone thinks a.young will rise again before gw4 starts?
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1. MJonno_79
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  im not sure if they have the same sort of policy as the England camp with no nookie the night before a game
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2. drunken_mess
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  yep
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  1. cheeky_ash
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Looks like Dzecko Dyer and A Young *should* all rise tonight
    
    * - Disclaimer see totalfpl
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    1. THE BAD
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      if you maximize totalfpl window, you will see their predicitons have a max and min... yesterday the minimum for dzeko didn't reach 100%... since he didn't rise yesterday, I think it's better to consider the minimum rather then the maximum...
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      1. drunken_mess
        
        14 years, 11 months ago
        any chance he will rise my 0.2??
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        Damo.
        
        14 years, 11 months ago
        Close your eyes and wish really really hard.
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3. King Nil Miss ✩
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Most transfers will come tomorrow morning but tonight there will be a few also...see TFPL..and stay sharp!
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Scratch

14 years, 11 months ago
Which 3 to bench out of this lot?
Bosingwa, Lescott, De Laet Warnock, Simpson
Silva, N'Zogbia, Brunt, Sinclair, Moses
Suarez, Rooney, Dzeko

Definitely Simpson and Moses
Then it's De Laet v Sinclair. What do you think?
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1. drunken_mess
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  warnock, simpson, moses??
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2. Xabi
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Dzeko, he's getting benched
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cheeky_ash

14 years, 11 months ago
Guys

I see that Zamora is now fit...anyone considering him or Ruiz for the Short term...with 4 home fixtures out of the next six???

Anyone?
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1. THE BAD
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  me.ruiz! is top class player
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  1. drunken_mess
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    he is very good, but will he start? any news?
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    1. THE BAD
      
      14 years, 11 months ago
      that's my big doubt... but for the oney they paid, i think he will...
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  2. Scratch
    
    14 years, 11 months ago
    Not til Fulham show some form, they've looked crap so far.
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J.Mata

14 years, 11 months ago
Walcott or Silva/Nasri? I have Dzeko but no Arsenal coverage.
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1. drunken_mess
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  walcott
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Podge

14 years, 11 months ago
Does RBJ ever be on here any more ?
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1. applebonkers
  
  14 years, 11 months ago
  i reckon him and chill pill both use the site, just don't post on it. chill pill definitely does
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