[sbu_large_image] Dugout Discussion
31 January 2012 3778 comments
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Crazy times. The midweek deadline stretched our resources to the limit as the teamsheets caused a frenzy around the 7.30 deadline. We remain alive and kicking, though, and our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to take us into the action.

Hopefully your final tweaks were submitted in time and now you can sit back and take in the action, shaing the anguish and joy with your Fantasy Football peers in real-time.

The teamsheets are interesting to say the least. United are forced to hand Ben Amos his debut with both Anders Lindegaard and David De Gea unavailable and Stoke have laid down the gauntlet – both Kenwyne Jones and Peter Crouch start. Elsewhere at Old Trafford, Danny Welbeck makes way for Dimitar Berbatov, while Paul Scholes comes into the midfield.

Andre Villas-Boas keeps Gary Cahill on the bench at the Liberty, despite the absence of John Terry. Jose Bosingwa starts then, with Branislav Ivanovic partnering David Luiz. Swansea recall their regular first teamers in opposition.

Everton choose to star with Tony Hibbert at centre-back and he’ll be up against Sergio Aguero who returns to the City lineup, along with Vincent Kompany.

Gareth Bale is safely nestled in the Spurs lineup as he overcomes a thigh injury to start. He lines up alongside Niko Kranjcar who is given a rare start.

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

  1. Beans on Toast
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Good wildcard tranfers?

    Krul -> Mignolet
    Kompany -> Evans
    Adebayor -> Ba
    Sturridge -> Aguero

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      kompany to evans - NO!

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    2. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      krul - keep
      Komp - keep
      Ba - still early
      Kun yes but not for Sturridge.

      I would say fail

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      1. Beans on Toast
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Kompany to Evans is only way i can get Aguero. Without that i can only do Sturridge or Adebayor to Ba

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    3. LarkyTown
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Its hard to say no to the 2nd highest scoring FW in the game with Man City fixtures but Aguero is very poor of late. Its not even as if he's being unlucky - he just never seems to be anywhere near the danger area these days or even getting a decent amount of chances

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  2. COMH
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Sorensen & Mignolet play each other this weekend. Who should I play?

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    1. Scratch
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Always the home team.

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    2. FPL Daniel
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      Home boy

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    3. Cantona90
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Personally think Sunderland look better at the back at the moment.

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    4. ssssshhh
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      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Got to be Sorenson at home. Stoke did ok considering they were away against Utd. Sunderland are likely to be missing Brown.

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  3. mikess
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Had a gut feeling both dzeko and aguero would draw a blank. panicked when i seen rooney out and jumped on aguero. hoping his fixtures pay it off in long term. Berb was a dead cert for points but too unreliable in future. Bale saved it for me, genius.

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  4. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Bassong for wc anyone. 4.3 looks a decent buy and could help shore up Wolves alongside Johnson.

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    1. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      no

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  5. Cantona90
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Don't think that BAE tackle was malicious, just high and very badly timed.

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      And a three game ban will follow
      ref didnt see it, and he is "foreign" so will be banned!!

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      1. Cantona90
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Hope not. Although he was probably gonna be benched from my team for upcoming fixtures. That Malouda one was definitely malicious.

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        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
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          Not half as bad imo

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          1. Cantona90
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            True, just saying in terms of whether they were intentional, BAE no, Malouda yes. Both Awful tackles though.

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    2. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      It was a terrible tackle. Wouldn't surprise me to see an FA charge coming his way.

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      1. Cantona90
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Me neither. Still wouldn't say it was intentional, but definitely could have been a leg/knee breaker.

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        1. Feanor
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Would make my transfer decision this week nice and easy. BAE out for... somebody.

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  6. Scratch
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Ahhhhhhh my first wildcard of the season finally. Still not sure what to do with it. Was thinking something like..

    Sorensen, Vorm
    Evans, Kompany, Kelly, Simpson
    Silva, Bale, McClean
    Aguero, RVP, Ba

    - Not sure whether or not to hold onto Enrique (worth £5.6m)
    - For the 2 midfield spots i'm thinking possibly Dempsey and Oxlade Chamberlain.
    Am also considering Walters and Valencia but I don't wanna spend every penny in the bank to avoid future 4 point hit rearranging.

    Any opinions or comments?

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  7. 1mills
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Has BAE had many "proper" assists this season.

    Ie he's actually crossed the ball/played a through ball, rather than being the last player to touch the ball before a goal.

    I think I am still getting rid this week, as think he's overperforming, but starting to doubt the decision.

    Away to Liverpool and then Home to Newcastle isn't quite as bad as I remembered the fixtures being.

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Tot defenders rotate excellent with any of the good cheap defenders.

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      1. 1mills
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I'll have to look at the rotation now.

        It'll be at the cost of bringing in Huth, but I'm less inclined to think that is the way to go at the moment.

        My defenders are Richards, J Evans, Taiwo and Kelly.

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  8. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Reckon Zamora may get pens at QPR?

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Wait and see. I follow that policy with new signings. They fail too often.

      And I don't understand Zamora actually. He is risking to play Championship football next year

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      1. Crouch Potato!
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Long way to go, things for teams higher up can change very swiftly.

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  9. The Red Viper
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Pienaar back at Everton!

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Money isn't everything. Case closed.

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  10. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    finally activated my wc.....ahhhhhh feels good man

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    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      not the week to w/c for price rises

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  11. Hay Number 2
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    What the hell is going on with Chelsea and more importantly what shall I do with Sturridge?

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    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      rid easy

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Well I love this kind of posts. Rid easy hahaha. One differential more for me. Thanks

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    2. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      We are shit. Keep Sturridge we have great fixtures upcoming. Shorterm they are little bit so so but after they are great. Drogba will be back too. Sturridge could play central too.

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      1. Hay Number 2
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        He's doing me ed in! I'll blame you if he does nothing the coming gw 😉

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      2. Optimus.
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        wouldnt call utd a great fix

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        1. Hay Number 2
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          I don't think he was talking short term

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    3. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I'm selling, and I won't be fooled by that shiny blue shirt again for a while

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    4. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      already gone for Ba with FT. Wildcard activation commencing 2moro after watching Fulham and QPR defence

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  12. LarkyTown
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    21 average this evening

    Unexpectedly low.......

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      very low, especially when you consider the high ownership of Bale, Enrique and BAE

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  13. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Changed my captain from Bale to RVP at 19.35 tonight... I've emailed FPL informing them of 'their' mistake.

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    1. David Davros
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      lol, i was baiting my rival to tell me his captain. I told him to man up and pick whichever one of Bale or RVP I didn't, and then told him I'm going RVP, you change. He refused so I changed to Bale last minute. Feeling pretty good, still time for a 4 goal haul from RVP to shut me up though.

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      1. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Aye. Probably should've waited till after tomorrow's games 😛

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    2. COMH
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I think they extended it a few minutes after so people could get their changes through. If you were in changing it around that time then that's the choice you made. Could work out just as well though.

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    3. lord_lucan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      lol silly RVP will score 9 ... thats right 9 the prems 1st ever triple hat-trick, if he does and they give bale ur cpt u'll be piss@d

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  14. matiakez
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    What do people make of that Sigurdsson assist?? looks iffy to me..

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Well id prefer it to be Graham's, but think its definitely Siggi's

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  15. David Davros
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Bison returns!

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  16. COMH
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Ledley King was a waste of a punt. Santon, Taiwo or Caulker instead?

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

      Taiwo

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  17. som3awy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    BAE won't get the assist for Modric's goal 🙁 ;p

    "If after this touch, an opposing player touches the ball outside the penalty area altering the intended destination of the ball, then no assist is given, except if this intervention directly results in an own goal."

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Good Morning

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  18. lord_lucan
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    valencia is the 1, just look at his scores since his return to full fitness (bar the newcastle thrashing) ... the lad has got staying power equivalent of silva

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  19. got2bmyyear
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    What about jelavic at everton
    anybody know anything about him?
    worth a punt?

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  20. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    So Zamora 4.5 million

    Are you listening Mr Wenger ZAMORA 4.5 MILLION that is all, surely he would be more use than Chamakh, or Henry, or some other unknown youngster?!!

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Hmmmm.... Never thought about that. But Wenger want's to shop outside of the country some unproven injury prone players

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      1. skully
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        yup...the word.."unproven injury prone players"

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    2. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      not young enough or Francophone enough for Arsene

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    3. Bad Pen
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I'd never considered this... RVP and Zamora would have been lethal.

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Exactly, and would have given a plan b too

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  21. Cosmos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Who will be the Newcastle penalty taker from now on? A snippet from Wikipedia about new signing Papiss Cissé.

    Wikipedia
    Cissé made his international debut for Senegal on 12 August 2009, in a friendly away to Congo DR. He scored two goals in this game and has now played for his country on eight occasions, scoring seven goals in the process all of which have been penalty kicks.

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Spot on

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    2. lord_lucan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Ba

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  22. Arse Craic
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Spurs have tough fixtures...so cant see many clean sheets with BAE in the next few months.
    I'm seriously tempted to do BAE ➡ Vermaelen this week...

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I am losing BAE too on WC. Who to get instead? Really got no clue

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      1. Cooper123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        See below 😀

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        1. Call Me Old Fashioned
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          tempting though. Maybe priced out as I want to get Aguero in for Ade.

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    2. Twelve years a slave
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      BAE becoming an assist magnet

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  23. Cooper123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    The one part of my WC that looks a bit different to every other one posted on here...

    Huth.

    Stoke have 3 great home fixtures in 4, and he's always a goal threat. Thoughts?

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    1. The_Druid
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I would say Shotton but he wasn't even at the bench tonight.. Huth is too expensive, no?

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Go

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    2. Twelve years a slave
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Plenty of us have him for those easy games. and his goal threat

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      1. The_Druid
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        He is not a bad idea i guess.. Do we know what's the deal with Shotton by the way?

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      2. beslowbowler
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        +1

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  24. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    very stupid question but when youve activated your wc, can you profit from rises due to the unlimited transfers you can make??

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    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      yes

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        cheers for the reply,
        right so for example, if i got in mcclean and modric for example just to gain the 0.1 rise on each then change em again for someone else on a rise, thats fine?

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        1. King Eric, in America
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          0.2 rise for a 0.1 gain to value.

          50% sell-on fee, donchaknow.

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          1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            thanks forgot about that, not such a free lunch then

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  25. Davido989
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Dear Wayne Bridge, if you didn't like what John Terry did to your wife you're going to shit your legs when you see what Titus Bramble does to her 😛

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    1. Twelve years a slave
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Your a real charmer

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    2. Gianluca Busio's Hair …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      hey ohhhhh!!!!!!
      🙂

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    3. Vodka - Martini, Sir? No ju…
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      good one

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  26. zan
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    When will Cahill play a game for Chelsea?

    or should I just trade him off

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  27. skully
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    hye there..
    can i use my WILDCARD now?? (january WC)
    haha.. ;-p

    ...got hibbert.....sit comfortably on my bench..

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  28. Barry
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Enrique bonus?

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    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      of course he will when i rid in my w/c

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    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      No chance.

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        G.J.

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  29. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    So 32 from 5, pretty good. Captain still to play..

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    1. lord_lucan
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      average i'd say

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  30. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Pienaar for 7 million? Why not???

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      cos he plays for everton

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        like I said midfield is a minefield. Silva and Bale are in there, other 3 spots are open. Really don't see any decent options, Dempsey is a no go next week IMO, Sunderland and Swans have no rotation, Barfa not nailed on. I think Valencia makes me too similar to rival. He has Silva, Bale and RvP same as me already.

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