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The Saturday Surgery

21 January 2012 345 comments
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With just over an hour to go before the Fantasy deadline, our Matchday Surgery chatroom is now open to take us up to the Dugout Discussion for today’s early kick-off at Carrow Road.

Those Fantasy managers still wrestling with dilemmas can now banter in real-time with overs having soaked up our coverage ahead of the Gameweek.

That includes this morning’s Differentials from Big Dunc of course, working in tandem with Sir Paulos’ Scout Picks, delivered directly from the dubious panel that is the “Scout Selection Committeeâ€.

Around these two regulars we’ve brought you mid-term punts to consider with Watchlists on Darren Bent, Joey Barton, Bobby Zamora and Steven Fletcher. Our members have enjoyed analysis of Landon Donovan’s prospects, plus our first “Versus†article that matched Stephane Sessegnon against Stoke’s Jon Walters. On top of all this, we’ve been beavering away to provide you with the very best team news section we can muster, complete with our predicted lineups.

Track back if you’ve missed any of that and then find your way to the Surgery Chatroom. Today’s Preamble stroll is just around the corner.

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

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  1. Gullikgul
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Bench Nani, Sturride or Bale?

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    1. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Bale

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      1. GreenWindmill
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 2 months ago

        +1

        I just ditched Nani so expect something spectacular!

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      2. ChiefMockingBird
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 2 months ago

        Second highest scoring midfielder in the game..........madness. What is your rank? Given that crazy advice

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        1. Gullikgul
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 2 months ago

          hardest fixture there is though... Tottenhams scoring form isn't great either.

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        2. 1mills
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 2 months ago

          Bale hasn't done it against any of the big clubs, or against the better defences such as away at Newcastle and home to Everton.

          Everyone expects City to be tight defensively.

          Plus they have awesome record at Eastlands in recent times.

          I have Bale and am benching. He's staying in my team for the season, just fancy my smaller players today/tomorrow to score higher.

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    2. nixsy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Monkey chops, I can't see City letting much through, whereas Arsenal could concede quite a few

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  2. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Whta matches would you bet on if you were betting today, regardless of odds?

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  3. IceMan DB
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Captain Rooney, Aguero or Huth?

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    1. RMT's Professor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Aguero

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    2. China Mag
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Torres!!

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    3. nixsy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Aguero

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    4. ksmith5666
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I currently have the armband on Huth!!

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  4. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Play: Welbeck or McClean

    and

    Mignolet or Sorenson?

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  5. Random_Guy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Which combo to start?

    1) Vorm and Simpson
    2) Krul and Simpson
    3) Krul and BAE

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    1. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      1) for me but they all look like 4 point combos!

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    2. Redalert
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      1.

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  6. MARVELLUS
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Is Bardsley nailed on?
    Might spend the extra on OShea.

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    1. the axolotl
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      nailed on when not injured

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  7. China Mag
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Santon and Walters

    OR

    Huth and McClean?

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    1. IceMan DB
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      H&M

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    2. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Stay loyal - keep your team free of m*ckems!

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      1. China Mag
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 2 months ago

        Ha. Already got Mignolet, so two mackems is definitely one two many. Santon and Walters it is! Cheers

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        1. GreenWindmill
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 2 months ago

          Hope it works out - they're both in my team too!

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        2. BMox81
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 2 months ago

          No way of shifting Huth in though?

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          1. GreenWindmill
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 2 months ago

            Thats a lot of extra dough - I wanted him in my team but compromised and went for Shawcross, will probably pay for my penny pinching later on!

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    3. Ryan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Saw you team in the old post ChinaMag, I have concerns about you having 3 Fulham players. Too many eggs in one basket for my liking

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  8. Jimbo123
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Which 2 out of Senderos (H to Newc), Anton (H to Wigan) or Jones (A to Arsenal) would you start!?

    Cheers guys

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    1. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Looks like a no-brainer - go with the home boys.

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    2. CABAYE4
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Senderos and Ferdinand. Think Arsenal will score at least 1

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  9. colinbmx
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    I've got Krul, Simpson and Vorm in my squad.

    Should I bench Vorm and double up on Newcastle defence or bench Krul and play Vorm?

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  10. wayne3004
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Who will get most points in next 2 GW's.

    A. Agbonlahor
    B. Aguero

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  11. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Is it silly have a backside of

    Krul, lindy
    R. Taylor, cahill, Evans, kompany & Enrique?

    Rest of the team is good with the likes of Rvp, Aguero, bale, silva, sess, Walters.

    This would give me defensive cover from the top teams and I think Newcastle / Man u have rotating home games

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  12. Starscream
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Final team!

    Vorm (Krul)
    Simpson Evans Huth (Senderos, Dawson)
    Barton Walters Gerrard(c) Bale Silva
    RVP Aguero (Morison)

    Might play Senderos over Evans though as i have RVP playing against him!

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    1. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Definitely drop Evans for Senderos imo. I'd also go for Morison over Bale/Barton personally but that's just me. 🙂

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  13. Scroobius Mac
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Does anybody expect Nani not to start? Or is that just my paranoia?

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Should start but he has been in poor form and Fergie could opt for the workrate of Park away to Arsenal. I think you will be ok.

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    2. ChiefMockingBird
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I do, he only turns up for big games

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  14. mufc802
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Would you play Morison against Chelsea rather than any of Dempsey, Sess, Walters, Bale, Silva, RVP or Aguero?

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    1. Scroobius Mac
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Hell to the no.

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    2. majic42
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Probably not, maybe Bale if I was feeling Ballsy

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    3. Jimbo123
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      No chance

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    4. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Bale is the one to miss out if any - I'd probably do it but I suck at this game! 🙂

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  15. vicvega1978
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    So in a drunken minute of clarity I completely changed my wildcard team and in the process lost a million quid. Had a very strong team according to feedback on here and I was feeling good about the coming game weeks. 2 bottles of Shiraz later and I go and blast it to pieces with this little gem.

    Sorenson / Krul
    Raylor / Enrique / Caulker / Senderos / Shawx
    Moses / McClean / Silva / Valencia / Dempsey
    RVP / Aguero / Torres

    Bale gone. Fletcher gone. Vorm gone. Dyer gone. Shotton gone.

    Can’t afford team back. What a prize donkey’s wanger.

    So there it is kids, forget drunk texting and be on your guard for drunk FPL transfers.

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    1. nixsy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      still time to make amends

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      😯 Bale???

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      1. vicvega1978
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 2 months ago

        Yes, yes I know.

        1 hr to go and some serious tram surgery required.

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 2 months ago

          Downgrade Dempsey to Murphy?
          Ditto Caulker to McAuley?
          McClean or Moses to Sessegnon/Walters/Etherington?
          Torres? Are you sure?

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  16. frankiefernandez
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone else seen the picture of Omid Djalili in a Chelsea shirt on the BBC Sport homepage?http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/default.stm

    My initial reaction was 'Wow, Alex has put on a lot of weight!'

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  17. 22yards
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Dilemma – with a few tough games to pick coming up I’m torn between wild carding and sticking with my ramshackled team:

    Al-Habsi
    Jones Brown Walker Simpson Taylor
    Mata Bale Muamba
    Rooney(c) Ade(can’t play)

    The ‘broken’ bench
    :
    Osman Tiote Yakubu Szczesny

    a) wild card it
    b) stick and tinker

    leaning towards b) and I have 1FT so could do one of these:
    - Ade > Sturridge
    - Osman > Dempsey
    - Bale > Gerrard

    what ya say peeps?

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    1. For Fuchs Sake
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Was going to get rid of Ade but Wigan at home next

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    2. CABAYE4
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I'm in a similar position (but with less injuries/players away and more rubbish players!)

      I'm sticking and have done Adebayor to Crouch with a view to moving him on to someone else next week as the rest of my team is fine for GW23. This week isn't great for WC imo as you'll end up getting players who you don't want over the long run in.

      So Adebayor to someone for this week

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  18. GuusMourEss
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Silva, Nani, Bale, Sessegnon, Walters
    Fletcher, Sturridge, RVP

    Who will you bench & who will you captain?

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    1. My name is an echo
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Sturridge mightnt play

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      1. GuusMourEss
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 2 months ago

        Really? But he's fit

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        1. My name is an echo
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 2 months ago

          Doesnt play on the Guardian or Telegraph sheets and didnt play last week

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          1. GuusMourEss
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 2 months ago

            I've never trusted those "team sheets". Sturridge was on the bench. Nearly came on but AVB rescinded his decision

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

      Bench Nani, captain Sess

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      1. GuusMourEss
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 2 months ago

        Did that initially but I'm scared Sess will get a 2-pointer and Nani will have a big haul against a weak Arsenal full back

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        1. Fabreghastly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 2 months ago

          Sure, it could happen. But form says otherwise, Sunderland have a good home game and ManU are away to Arsenal

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      2. Jimbo123
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 2 months ago

        Do not bench Nani!

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        1. Fabreghastly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 2 months ago

          Ha! I sold him for Valencia weeks ago and have not regretted it

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          1. Jimbo123
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 2 months ago

            Nani has had a quiet couple of weeks, but he can be explosive and score big, which Valencia won't do. Also, Arsenal's defence is garbage!

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  19. For Fuchs Sake
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Get rid of Pilkington or Drenthe?

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  20. My name is an echo
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Lindegard

    Richards-Cahill-Raylor

    Silva-Bale-Sess-Dempsey-Valencia

    RVP-Sturridge.

    Have Silva as captain. Any other thoughts?

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    1. nixsy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      who's on the bench? cheap Fulham defenders might be worth a look and QPR have got a great run if they can turn there form around. Silva captain good choice

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  21. gloryhornetboy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    so played the wildcard in a drunken stuper last sat night!!
    agonising over nani to silva this am(got no utd forward coverage if i do but tough fixtures coming up)
    who to captain out RVP dempsey sess walters aguero silva/nani

    also the mail has dempsey as a non-starter?!!

    surely some mistake?!

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  22. NATSTER
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    So, no preamble today?

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    1. frankiefernandez
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Mark's probably got more important things (i.e. the baby) on his mind.

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    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Read the post! It's coming.

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  23. mouldy_uk
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Sorensen
    Huth / Simpson / Jose Enrique
    Valencia / Sessegnon / Dempsey / Walters
    Sturridge / Van Persie (c) / Aguero

    Vorm / Bale / Evans J / N Taylor

    Any last advice people, possibly changes, bench?

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  24. Bob.
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Who to play this gw? Kenny or Vorm?

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    1. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I've gone for Kenny with the same choice.

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  25. TheBear
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Final WC team

    Vorm Sorenson
    Kompany Simpson Enrique Taylor Cahill
    Silva Dyer Bale Dempsey Sessegnon
    RVP Aguero Sturridge

    Any thoughts or anyone got any suggestions?

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  26. tweedle
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Am i being ridiculous considering fletcher (c) over RVP bale silva nani?

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    1. Jimbo123
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

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  27. michu pichu
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    simpson>baines for a -4 hit..........

    yay or nay.....

    atleast 5 cmmnts needed..........

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    1. Djerbil
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      nay

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    2. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      no.. poor form, everton are shit and half of the 1st team are out injured

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    3. majic42
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Nay

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  28. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Will Cahill start today?

    I think that he will...

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    1. My name is an echo
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      so do I. Bench Luiz - Terry and Cahill will be magic. What about Studge though???

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    2. Djerbil
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I don't think he will:
      expecting this
      Ivanov/Luiz/Trry/Cole

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  29. Djerbil
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Predict the week's FPL avg here:

    I say 42

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  30. tbhogal
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Who to sign guys?
    Krul (Worm)
    Smalling, Evans, Walker (Vermalen, McCauley)
    Bale, Silva, Walters, Segesson (Herd)
    Adebayor, v.persie (c), Morison

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