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18 March 2012 2824 comments
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The Gameweek continues with a pair of Sunday Premier League fixtures – beginning with United’s visit to Wolves, as Wayne Rooney sports the armband for thousands of Fantasy managers. Our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to catch the reaction from the Molineux clash, plus the encounter between Newcastle and Norwich later today.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s teamsheet brings mixed news for Fantasy managers. Wayne Rooney starts as expected, but Ashley Young drops to the bench with Antonio Valencia making his return from injury to earn a role on the flank. Danny Welbeck also starts and is likely to be out wide, with Javier Hernandez given the nod up front. Rafael lines up at right-back with Phil Jones missing out once again.

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

  1. Mak_Gold
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Lmao, the guy with the highest score yesterday only started playing this week!

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      1. Rojo's Modern Life
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Use your head son. Why did he/she choose players from Wig/Ful/WBA/Swa? .... That penny will drop at some point....

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

        It's a joke team designed to be number 1 yesterday. It worked.

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

        He deliberately picked a team to be the highest scorer.

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    • GunsnRoses
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Only Mancini can save me ... come on man ! Drop Silva/Lescott ... please

      I am not going to put Siggy on bench
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      1. Paul Psychic Octopus
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        we're all having trouble getting over it.

        Still a new rules comes into force today

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      2. Mr Smith
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Think you are going to be a tad disappointed

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

      Today shows again why RVP is a superior FPL option to Rooney. Utd score 5 yet Rooney only has an assist to show for it. Arsenal wouldn't score 5 without Robin getting in on the goals and assists. Shame I captained Rooney.

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      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Just get both, easy

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

        On another day Rooney could've had a hat trick though - RVP just has greater consistency

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

          Could he have had a hat-trick? He was playing in midfield. He wasn't exactly getting on the end of chances.

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      3. Paul Psychic Octopus
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Rooney had scored Man U's previous five goals before today

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

        Arsenal won't be scoring 5 at Goodison though.

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      5. @ImpressiveTackl
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I doubt Arsenal will score 5 at Goodison though. Playing the averages.

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    • McDog
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Still in disbelief with Valencia's haul today. I stuck with him through his injury's and lost 0.8 in value him. Probably the sweetest points i've ever had.

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      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        +1.. exactly my case 2

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      2. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Same mate. Hoping sess can similarly restore my faith next sat!

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        1. Sess!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          *repay

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      3. A.
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Same 😉

        We were both thinking the same thing before, might as well keep him now we've lost this much - that is how to repay faith in style 😛

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

          Lol, and I was actually going to sell him last week for Nani. I'd probably be considering self-harm if I'd done that. Oh well, we made the right call in the end so lets enjoy it 🙂

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      4. Rojo's Modern Life
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I'm with you brother. The lost value doesn't really count because I won't be selling him. What a player.

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

          No value doesn't matter if your keeping a player for the season. Thats what i've been telling myslef all along.

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    • St Mirnoff
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Anyone else leave Valencia on bench... As 3rd sub.... 🙁

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      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        That's just silly

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      2. Dom Salahnke
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Me 🙁

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      3. Skor Hattricksson
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        No, but Siggy is my third sub. I ALMOST had Valencia as my first sub. That would have been too much to take.

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    • Spud
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      God will torres ever score

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      1. Carl@streetkids.com.au
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        *God laughs*

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        1. DLL18
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          'muahahahaha'

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      2. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Yes

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    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      is rooney back to playing in midfield again? Today was ridiculous with him hugging the halfway line all game.

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      1. DLL18
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I think it was just because Wolves went down to 10, because it was basically attack vs defence Welbeck moved up front with Chico and he played behind them.

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    • 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Tempted to do Walcott to Valencia before he rises tonight. I've only had Walcott for 36 hours and he hasn't even played yet. Stupid move?

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      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Don't be stupid. Get valencia, just via a different route.

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

        Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

        Points > swallowing your pride.

        All character building as you say!

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        1. 1966 was a great year for E…
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah, I only went for Walcott because I didn't think Valencia would start 🙁

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      3. Paul Psychic Octopus
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Valencia still going to be a rotation risk with Young/Nani (when fit), but he is a great team player.

        Mr. Assist. And his goals are a bonus.

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      4. Mr Smith
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Walcott and Valencia is a deadly combo

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      5. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Dempsey > Valencia - Simple

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        1. 1966 was a great year for E…
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Hmm, that works as well. Would rather wait til Walcott has played before selling someone else in case he gets injured.

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    • Kings of Lyon ★
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I have Schwarz (man u away next week) Nani and Soren. Do I

      A Sell Soren for Mignolet and rotate them to the end.
      B Do Nani to Valencia get his 3 0.1 rises as we dont know what up with Nani.
      C do both and think "hey its only 4 points "

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    • FORCA INTER
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      delighted to not be Rooney C

      i still getting him in for Fulham game

      CMON Ba!

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

        Ba to Rooney, Silva to Sigs for me

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      2. Rojo's Modern Life
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Cmon Cisse! And Wellbeck > Rooney, you heard it here first... :-S

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    • Croco
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      lol I need a Williamson goal to compensate my damage of captain america and not having any man utd players

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    • सनकी
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      ohwell i guess 2 double digits mids would be too much for me, anyone else sticking with Young?

      only god knows how many he wouldve scored if he actually PLAYED. can't really say Valencia is better since Young didn't even played.

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    • kaz 96
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      kohli, respect

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

        Has been brilliant for us off late

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    • mosch1one
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Has Santon simply been dropped now!?

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

        Looks like it.

        Came off at HT twice in a row for Perch, so the warning signs were there and now Perch starts. Will be even worse when Ryan Taylor is fit again. Browsed the newcastle forums and they've said Perch has actually been playing well, and isn't the disaster that everyone thinks he is anymore. They have no qualms about him starting ahead of Santon

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    • Carl@streetkids.com.au
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney MOTM on Sky

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

        everybody knows that now..

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        1. Carl@streetkids.com.au
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Of course they do... now they've read it. And there was a suble unmentioned reference to baps.

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      2. mosch1one
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Means nothing though for BPs unfortunately 🙁

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        1. Carl@streetkids.com.au
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah well having seen the match he doesn't deserve the baps (even though I have him) and I don't want to join the the likes of the w@nk brigade going on about wah wah wah so Siggy can come off the bench etc.

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    • rohan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Okay amateur ques but when does the automatic subs come in?? At the end of the GW???

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      1. Carl@streetkids.com.au
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Yep

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

        So not til whenever FPL updates after wednesday evening - so thursday

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

        cheers guys

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    • Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      ok rvp don't score plz...#

      Sounds stupid but he's on my team
      even VC

      But atleast i,m gonna be happy to (C) rooney

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      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        It doesn't sound stupid at all

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      2. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        If he's in your team, you should want him to score.

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        1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Who's team isn't he in?

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

            +1 😆

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        2. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          maybe except if the player u brought in for a hit and with great hopes captained him gets only an ASSIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • FBA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Decent week 🙂

      Vorm 7
      J Evans 12
      Richards
      Enrique
      Gylfi 13
      Valencia 14
      Moses 5
      Mata
      Rooney (c) 10
      RVP
      Suarez

      Total 61

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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Good first post

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

          Used to post more but it became more difficult as the forum became a plethora of posts such as 'Everyone who has Suarez is a lucky f*cking c**t anyone who knows anything about football knows he's rubbish' or 'Ba is KING' followed by 'Die Ba die' followed by 'I love you Ba' depending on whether he scored or not.

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          1. Kings of Lyon ★
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            Haha 🙂 i know what you mean mate.

            Ignore me im just jealous of your team. well in

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      2. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Will be up there with the highest current score so far this week.

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

        i have the same only i have siggy on my bench

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      4. Dom Salahnke
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        This is what I was talking about when I said 25 with 7 left is not good enough. Silly me putting Tony V on bench. 🙁

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        1. Sess!
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Hardly anyone will have 60pts+ at the moment.

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

            Lots around 35-50 though i reckon.

            I'm on 36 from 5, mainly Valencia and Evans

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      5. Kno
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        hmm your link doesnt work.

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

      Newcastle line-up?

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

        Ah got it.

        26 Krul
        02 Coloccini
        05 Simpson
        06 Williamson
        14 Perch
        04 Cabaye
        08 Guthrie
        10 Ben Arfa
        18 Gutierrez
        09 Cisse
        19 Ba

        Substitutes
        35 Elliot
        03 Santon
        13 Abeid
        15 Gosling
        29 Vuckic
        32 Donaldson
        23 Sh Ameobi

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    • Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Young didn't play and still scored me -4 pts. BOOYA!!!

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    • Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Sooo. Tonoi Valencia nailed on? Im still not sure whether or not to bring him in.

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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Im in the same boat

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      2. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I'd say he'll play 90% of game for rest of the season and that's good enough for me

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      3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        he looks to be but young could come in next game

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

        Pretty much, absolute steal at 7.5 too.

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    • rohan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Young owners who got him in this week, doing Young >>> Valencia??

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      1. bmb100
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Seems like such a waste of a transfer. Young will categorically play next week, Valencia could even be rotated for a Nani return.

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

          Keep telling yourself that.

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

        At a loss. Feels like chasing not just points but minutes. Damned either way.

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

      Would you get out Silva or Dempsey for Valencia?

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

        I'll pull out Silva, look at his recent performance...

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      2. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Neither. one of the other 3

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      3. drughi
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        demps

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    • Rojo's Modern Life
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Anyone else who can't afford Rooney thinking of Wellbeck? Roopig seemed to be dropping deep again today

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      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Wellbeck will be battling with hernadez for front spot once nani/young come back in so no

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      2. drughi
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        i'm thinking hernandez, whos more given in the lineup ?

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    • Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Only saw two predictions this morning before I logged off - and they were both for Man Utd 5-0.

      Fair play.

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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Im against you in the wigan to me this week big chap

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

        That was JOA, I agreed, he also said Newcastle 2-1 Norwich.

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

      A DGW for Villa and Bolton sounds turgid.

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      1. bmb100
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Heskey, N'Zog, Hutton, Klasnic, N'Gog, Bogdan in 😀

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      2. Paul Psychic Octopus
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        They might as well just rename it Double Crap Week, the teams that end up in these

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        1. little_wizard123
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Witty.

          Also the Bolton vs Spurs league game in a few weeks was moved, so that might be interesting.

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    • Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Message to McClean:

      Find someone who has flu, and lock yourself in the room with them for the next 48 hours. Thank you. That's all.

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

      Ah the good old knee-jerk debate.

      Nani ➡ Tony V

      YAY OR NAY THAT IS THE QUESTION

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      1. Gaz Downright
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        what about torres?

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    • FORCA INTER
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Torres goal

      WTF?!

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

        the world's gone mad.

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    • DLL18
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Lulz FINALLY!!!

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

        VS Leicester!!!

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