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Sunday Dugout Discussion

23 October 2011 2353 comments
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Coming down from the highs of cheering captain Luis Suarez in person to a magnificent two point tally will be hard to do, but, this Sunday, the Dugout Discussion has come good with all sorts of tasty fixtures that will soon cleanse any palette…

There are three early kick-offs at 1:30pm today as we keep track of some top ties – the Manchester derby chief amongst them. All the following line-ups are sourced from the Premier League (@premierleague).

Fergie has named the same back-line as which drew at Liverpool while recalling Anderson, Nani and Wayne Rooney to his starting line-up. Roberto Mancini has kept the faith with Mario Balotelli while he can also call on a fit again Sergio Aguero. Teams in full are…

United XI: De Gea, Evra, Ferdinand, Evans, Smalling, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Young, Rooney, Welbeck.

City XI: Hart, Richards, Clichy, Lescott, Kompany, Milner, Barry, Yaya Toure, Silva, Aguero, Balotelli.

Arsene Wenger said he’ll have to rest Robin Van Persie eventually – he has now. Opting instead for the brute force of Marouanne Chamakh against Stoke. Captain Ryan Shawcross will likely find himself up against Aaron Ramsey at some point today. Teams in full are…

Arsenal XI: Szczesny, Mertesacker, Santos, Koscielny, Djourou, Arteta, Song, Walcott, Ramsey, Gervinho, Chamakh.

Stoke XI: Begovic, Shawcross, Wilkinson, Upson, Whelan, Etherington, Wilson, Delap, Whitehead, Crouch, Walters.

Fulham make a widespread amount of changes from their midweek European team while David Moyes gives loan signing Royston Drenthe his first start as well as super sub Apostolos Vellios. Teams in full are…

Fulham XI: Schwarzer, Baird, Riise, Hangeland, Grygera, Murphy, Sidwell, Dempsey. Dembele, Johnson, Zamora.

Everton XI: Howard, Distin, Baines, Hibbert, Jagielka, Neville, Fellaini, Rodwell, Osman, Drenthe, Vellios.

As these games either enter the dying embers or reach a heady climax the fourth game of the day will kick off as Harry Redknapp tries to keep on pressing up the table with a trip to Ewood Park. QPR playing host to Chelsea will then round out the gameweek on all good television screens.

A whole host of opportunities today with a wide array of fixtures and top teams to savour in the Dugout Discussion. Here’s hoping the stars can live up to their billing.

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  1. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
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    A defender and a midfielder for 11.6?

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    1. Kevtheotter
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      Spiderman and enrique

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  2. Kevtheotter
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    Brunt Silva Simpson getting any BP anyone think?

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  3. Rvp The Dutch Magician
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    would simpson ever hurry up and rise in price so i can ditch him 4 wilkinson

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    1. Corrigan
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      I'd be wary of Wilkinson. Shawcroos and Begovic only ones nailed on.

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  4. halnone
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    47 points this week. not bad i guess.
    people thought I was crazy for playing Balotelli. hahaha yeah right.

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    1. TranE
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      53...Thank you Mr.RvP

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  5. Anorak
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    A busy day on the suspension tightrope sees further players graduate to bans, only to be replaced almost immediately with fresh faces ready to test their own balancing skills.

    For the definitive, keep up to date with the actual bans on the relevant FFS page, but for those too lazy, here's my run down:

    Reds for Johnny Evans and Jose Bosingwa will result in 1 match bans to be served in the midweek carling cup games. Joining them in sitting out those games will be Ashley Cole and Stephen N'Zonzi who have accumulated the required 5 yellows. No FPL games missed for that quartet then.
    Violent conduct red cards result in a 3 match ban, so no such luck for Didier Drogba or Chris Herd, though Drogba will only miss 2 FPL weeks as a result of the cup game and watch the FFS newsfeed for news of an expected appeal on the Herd ban.

    New faces to the tightrope include a couple of faces from 'the battle of Loftus Road', Frank Lampard and John Terry, who now sit 1 yellow from a ban. The other names with this Damoclesian fate are Steve Sidwell and Richard Stearman, joining Seb Larsson and Gary Caldwell who've managed to escape this week.

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    1. Declan
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      Thanks for the insight Anorak

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    2. Cruicky
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      Hate the fact that they can sit it in the CC, when they wouldn't have played anyway.

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    3. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
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      Top man anorak

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  6. The Spudgunner
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    1 Transfer where to put it.

    Vorm
    Bosingwa | Jones | Enrique
    Nani | Silva | Sinclair | Eagles
    Aguero | Rooney | Adebayor
    Subs:Ruddy | Naylor | Simpson | Pilkington
    0.1m in the bak

    36 pts this week Good or Bad?????

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    1. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
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      I'm on about that and I would say it's close to the average I would guess.

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    2. Hay Number 2
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      Average-ish....sinclair>>>Walters?

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    3. Declan
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      No changes needed, bad score!

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  7. Gustavo Fring
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    Is Balotelli still a rotation risk? Was planning on getting Aguero but may get Balotelli instead and use the extra money to upgrade a midfielder.

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      that is a question on a lot of ppls minds and unfortunately i cant 2nd guess mancini at the mo

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  8. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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    is wilkinson nailed on at the mo with stoke???

    any stoke fans here?

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    1. Mole
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      didnt see him today, but at home he has done really well, so with 3/4 of their next games at home, hopefully he stays. With Woodgate, Higginbotham and Huth there must be competition for the place.

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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        aye thats what i thought

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  9. Freshy
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    Nain's and Young's performance today put Valenencia into the mix????????????

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    1. Freshy
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      *Valencia

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  10. Hay Number 2
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    Sorry for a re-post but it got lost on the previous page but are any of the following good moves at a 4 point hit?

    Rooney/RVP>>>>>Aguero

    Thanks

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    1. applemanthai
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      No. Hold off.

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      1. Hay Number 2
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        Any particular reason?

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        1. applemanthai
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          rotation.... Cl games.......
          Rooney has nice fixtures as does RVP

          I always go by..... "dont chase last weeks points -chase next weeks points"

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  11. jamsiep
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    Not a happy bunny.

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    1. jamsiep
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      At least I've got 31 pages of you boring twats to read through now. 😉

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      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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        Priest the younger has been on form 🙄

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    2. Hay Number 2
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      Whats up dude?

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  12. applemanthai
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    QPR were crap today.... playing against 9 men.
    Spurs will rip them apart next week.....

    all aboard the Vanderwagon

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      yep thinking of jumping aboard this evening b4 massive price hike

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      1. Sess!
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        He prob won't rise till tues as only just gone up last night

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        1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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          really, i dont really understand how the price changes are worked out or when they take place

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    2. Sess!
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      My thought exactly!! An average Fulham put 6 past them.

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      1. applemanthai
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        Yup.... no rush to buy him but buy him you must

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  13. The Bandit
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    I wish this had been an International break week! 😀

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  14. Back on the horse
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    So I binned Dzeko for Sturridge, which is annoying, obv.

    But he was such a rotation risk, I can't afford to have him long-term (the rest of my team arent good enough to carry him). I'm not clued up enough to predict when players like Balo and Dzeko are going to play. It's a shame

    Q: If, like me you have had an awful start and are sitting 100's of thousands down the rankings, what;s the plan? Keep chipping away at it with sensible selections? Or go balls out with some outrageous diffos and make the ground up?

    I'll stop now, before I start crying...

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    1. Hay Number 2
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      Whats your team?

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    2. Gustavo Fring
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      Man City is such a nightmare in terms of rotation risks 🙁

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    3. Kevtheotter
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      In all fairness with all the information you had available to you, you made a sensible and the right transfer which i assume lots of people did...personally i dropped him for RVP and i got a tad luckier obviously. Thats just it you need to continue to make the same desicions and just hope to get a ittle lucky. Take the bad with the good and know that you will have many weeks that will be the reverse of this

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  15. Moves Like Agger
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    Nani to VDV too knee Jerky?? I already have Adebayor and Rooney 😀 advice much appreciated

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      no one is going to be able to expertly advise you, i think this season has been the most unpredictable yet, nani could get a hatfull with his fixtures but so could vdv, absolutely impossible to tell

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    2. Dartsfan501
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      Same boat mate i want to do it but also want to do rooney to rvp cause of him form..

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    3. Cruicky
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      Most will do Nani or Young to VDV.

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  16. Djerbil
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    40 this week..definite bonus for VDV and Silva coming up..absolute avg week..hoping to sneak in the bonus for Suarez(c)

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    1. Gargamel
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      40+ will be a nice green arrow for you though!

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  17. Rvp The Dutch Magician
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    suarez to ageuro no hits and id captain him is he likely to start yes or no

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    1. teto
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      wait to see the mid week game

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    2. Gustavo Fring
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      noone knows. its so annoying!

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    3. Hay Number 2
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      Hell yeah

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      1. Rvp The Dutch Magician
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        Rotation is so annoying 🙁

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  18. JapBen
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    It looks like Begovic, Kompany and Walters will rise tonight.
    I have 1 free transfer and was thinking of doing Moses to Walters before the price rise. What do you think?

    This is my team:
    Vorm, Given
    J Enrique, Richards, Bosingwa, S.Taylor, Brown
    Petrov, VDV, Silva, Moses, Sinclair
    RVP, Sturridge, Adebayor

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    1. Dartsfan501
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      like it =)

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      1. JapBen
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        Cheers! I was thinking that Walters would do nothing this week playing against Arsenal but was still getting him in, getting the assist today has only strengthened his importance in my mind

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  19. Sess!
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    Happy with 50 points, especially as the leader in my mini league only managed a paltry 15 and he was in the top 5k in the world at the end of last week.

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      anyone above 40 must be pretty happy considering

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      1. Smarty Pants
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        damn, 39 here! not pretty happy 🙁

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  20. Elniñorules
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    balo more nailed on in EPL than aguero. accept it folks!

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    1. teto
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      For the weaker teams yea, not for important games though

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    2. Kevtheotter
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      No sorry he is not! Where is the reasoning coming from?

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      1. Elniñorules
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        last 5 games. balo doesn't play in europe. hence proved.

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        1. Kevtheotter
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          he played at least 75 mins in every game that he was fit? hence not proved..balo doenst play because he is 3rd if not 4th choice

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  21. Mole
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    Phil Jones

    Played 25 mins +1
    Goals Conceded 4 -2

    Total -1

    Not what you'd call an Impact Sub

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  22. Spaghetti Hoes
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    Possible WC Team:

    Al Habsi Vorm
    PJones Wilksinson Kompany Enrique Raylor
    Silva VDV Allen Banan Pilkington
    Suarez RVP Balotelli

    Too lightweight in MF?
    Is Jones a risk?
    Cant see how to fit in Aguero this week without getting rid of Suarez, Im thinking Balotelli might do but worried about rotation.

    Any advice appreciated.

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    1. Spaghetti Hoes
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      Oh, this leaves me with .5mill in the bank so I can swap RVP for Rooney when UTD's fixtures get good soon

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    2. JapBen
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      Go with Ade or Sturridge rather than Suarez and upgrade the midfield - keep Pilkington but upgrade Allen and Banan if you can to one/two of: Petrov, Walters, Larsson, Ramsey, Brunt

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  23. Kevtheotter
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    Silva get 2 BP? or just the one also anyone think Brunt or Simpson might sneak some?

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    1. teto
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      Silva 1

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  24. MCM
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    51 points. VDV (C) With clear Bonuses to come. RVP too. Not too upset with that.

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  25. Call Me Old Fashioned
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    What is deal with wilkinson, seen he started recently. I am looking at chopping one of Given, Bos, De Laet. At 4M for stoke cover he could be a steal.

    Or just be safer and go for Shawcross or Begovic?

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  26. Corrigan
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    Gary assuring us there won't be a Fergie knee jerk.

    Meanwhile, the rest of us are wondering whether to press the panic button and wildcard. Anyone desperate to play their's but holding out?

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      I played mine week 3/4. I need another one.

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  27. Smarty Pants
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    Some info for those playing UCL, CSKA won 5:3 against Anzhi today. Doumbia scored a hat-trick, Dzagoev scored a goal and made 3 assists. Something to keep in mind...
    PS Eto'o with just a goal and an assist - what a pathetic loser 😉

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    1. Anorak
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      Good stuff.
      That must be almost a goal a game for Doumbia this season now. Had him captain last week for his brace, so might throw him it again if Messi doesn't deliver on day 1.

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  28. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
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    Any forward that is better than agbonlahor and cheaper?

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    1. mendosas_enemy
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      Graham at Swansea looked dangerous in my eyes. Bendtner could be a good one also.

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  29. Elniñorules
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    SILVA IN FOR : Mata or Nani?
    if I have Studge & no Utd coverage.

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      i heard mata went off injured, see what happens with that first..

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      1. Elniñorules
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        silva should rise tmr. that's my worry 😛

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      2. Cruicky
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        Shoulder injury I think.

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  30. BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…
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    good 56 points so far
    bonuses for vdv, rvp and silva to come

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    1. G4L
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      congrads!!!

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