[sbu_large_image] Dugout Discussion
8 April 2012 2962 comments
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A pivotal day of Premier League football sees both Manchester clubs involved, as the race for the title heats up. Justifying the “Super Sunday” billing, the Dugout Discussion opens for the opener at Old Trafford, where United are in a prime position to pile the pressure on City. They themselves visit the Emirates later this afternoon, facing an in form Arsenal.

The team sheets for the Manchester United – Queens Park Rangers game are in, and the sides line-up as follows…

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Scholes, Carrick, Young, Rooney, Welbeck.

QPR XI: Kenny, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Taiwo, Diakite, Derry, Mackie, Taarabt, Buzsaky, Bothroyd.

Two changes for the champions then, with Ashley Young and Danny Welbeck replacing Phil Jones and Javier Hernandez from the side that were victorious at Blackburn.

Somewhat surprisingly, Bobby Zamora is dropped to the substitutes bench for visitors, with Jay Bothroyd replacing him. Meanwhile, Joey Barton isn’t risked, with the midfielder one yellow card away from a two-match suspension.

Follow the action as it unfolds in our Dugout Discussion chatroom, which can be accessed right here.

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  1. Kagawa-san-mia
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Rooney in midfeild now

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

      Top of the page with incorrectlyy typed comment...what a waste ;(

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

        oh the irony

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

        oh the irony...

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      3. Perthite
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        What has ironing got to do with it?

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  2. FF Dirtbag
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    ManU need to be more ruthless.

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    1. Kostja
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      why? for our fantasy points??? 😀

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  3. Nopli
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Evans(c) working well for me

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  4. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    COME ON ROONEY AND VALENCIA

    expected so much more

    w*nkers

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    1. Spike ⚽️
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      You sound desperate Dan !!

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  5. GordonGekko
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    ARGH! Shipping out every attacking Mancester playing and shipping in DeGea, Ade VDV and Rafael ...and just kneejerk myself to the end of the season. 🙁

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  6. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Silva on the bench means Simpson comes in for my rival. Level on scores with Walcott & RVP for me and RVP(c) for him. Gonna struggle to win this week!

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

      silva not benched. he's out completely.

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

        yeah that's what I meant...

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  7. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Fergie to rest Rooney against Wigan?

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

      you never know.

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    2. FF Dirtbag
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney is resting enough now.

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    3. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Possible.

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    4. Piggs Boson
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      No chance.

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    5. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      He doesn't look tired to me and they have nothing but the league. Can't see it myself.

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  8. davysteen
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    54 with rvp to play..green or red arrow from 50k??

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    1. DLL18
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Green I'd expect.

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

      green, easily

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    3. Nopli
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      GREEN

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

      green obviously

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    5. 1966 was a great year for E…
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      About 7.5k's worth of green.

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    6. McTown
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      enough with the boast

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    7. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      i'm on 48 with rvp to play and sitting at 5k

      and i expect a wee green

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  9. COMH
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Clichy will be playing to keep up with Walcott. Zabaleta will be playing to help Arsenal by kicking anything that moves.

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  10. lallu11
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Who to start next week?
    Sess or Siggy?

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

      Siggers

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    2. Nopli
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      both

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      1. Over Midwicket
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Sigster

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  11. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    What a frustrating game...Jesus..

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    1. Piggs Boson
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      +1

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    2. Over Midwicket
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      +1.. Having 3 ManU players was never more irritating

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  12. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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    sooooooooooo

    i have a dilemma for tomorrow's deadline

    captaincy....

    rooney (wig)
    cisse (BOL)
    rvp (wol)

    HELP

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

      rvp

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    2. DLL18
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Gotta be Van the Man, Wolves are woeful.

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

      Van Persie captain, Cisse Vice.

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

      I'm going to say Papisse

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    5. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I don't think you can go wrong. I'm going for RVP with Cisse VC

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

      Think I'll go Cisse.

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    7. AMygg
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Depends if you want to catch up or keep steady compared to your rivals. If you want to muddle through I'd go for RVP: More or less everyone will choose him, and he can score big. If you have some catching up to do I'd go for Cisse: He's in fantastic form home against Bolton, could well bag a triple and it's not likely that many will captain him compared to RVP.

      Personally, I'm going for RVP.

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    8. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      my common sense says go with cisse

      in form

      at home

      against BOLTON

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  13. CFC1990
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Who are you guys captaining for GW33?

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    1. crystalpalaceRus
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      cisse

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      1. Kuyt Dirkula +42
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        cisse

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    2. The Finnisher
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      RVP or Papiss

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    3. Park the bus
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      RVP

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

      RVP

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  14. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    What do we reckon for Bonus? Rafa 3, Scholes & Rooney 2

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

      rafa yellow card means 1 at most

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    2. McDog
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney 3 Evans 2 Scholes 1

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

        I'll take that 🙂

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    3. Jax
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      scholes 3, rafael 2, rooney 1

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    4. The Finnisher
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney 3 Scholes 2 Evans/Rafael (subbed early + YC) 1

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    5. Kuyt Dirkula +42
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      rooney won't get a bap
      Too many passes to the opposition

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      1. organdonor47
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        83% pass completion & 93 touches and 3 key passes; not sure what match you watched.

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        1. ksmith5666
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          and quite a few shots on target.

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    6. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney 3 Scholes 2 Rafa 1 would be my guess. Rooney had the goal along with lots of key passes so he seems liable to get all 3.

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

        scholes was the best player by far

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  15. The Milkman
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone taking a cheeky punt on Balotelli (nor) in GW34?

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    1. Kostja
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      considering for sure, but rotation is a risk here. Lets see how he does today.

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

      GW33 and 34 for Ba...possibly.
      Depends upon what happens against Arsenal.

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

    And that's that. Tony V(C) fail but no bother, grand score for this week and delighted with the win.

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

    5 cleansheets in a row for Utd, teams are paying them way too much respect.

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

      The 5-0 v Wolves gave them a warning.

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

    Valencia seems to be getting better returns away from home... Maybe worth another captain punt for GW33?

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

      RVP @Wolves too hard to ignore

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  19. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Rooney has been poor today. He's one of the players going for my GW36 plans.

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      He has not been poor, i thought he played well. United just found it difficult to get past all 11 men in the box.

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      1. Silent Alarm
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        11?

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        1. Piggs Boson
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          10 outfield plus keeper. An exaggeration of course 🙂

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      2. The Bandit
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        11?

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      3. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        I thought he played particularly well, another day with better finishing from his team mates it would have been at least a goal and 2 assists.

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    2. Spike ⚽️
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      +1

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  20. Green-Pea
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    park ji sung ( unsung hero of united) looks disappointed not to play

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    1. Jafooli
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Agree, he is great........but he always looks disappointed, just his demeanour....

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  21. Djerbil
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Barton on the pitch with those ref decisions would have been interesting

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  22. Bale me Out
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Rooney Captain always breaks my heart 🙁

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    1. ratchet
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      he scored, what more did you expect?!

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      1. Bale me Out
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        At his price I wanted more I guess

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    2. The Finnisher
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, only 1 goal WTF!
      ...

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    3. McDog
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Whats wrong with 8/9 points?

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  23. Nickyboy
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    boo

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

      ...bs.

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  24. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Story of this FPL season. Captain scores early, other team has a player sent off. Expecting massive score. Get disappointed.

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

      ^This

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  25. The Finnisher
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Now, RVP go get a hat-trick.

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  26. The Finnisher
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    21 points from that match, I'll take it.

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

      Ditto, I suppose I'll take it
      More than the rest of my team got!

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

      18 here..I think I will grudgingly take that as well

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  27. FF Dirtbag
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    64 points with Walcott and RVP to play... 16K overall atm, could I break into the 10k?

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    1. FF Dirtbag
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      With BPs on the way too.,

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

      maybe

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

      I reckon so.

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  28. Ace Ventura
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Rooney poor result really. After the pen and dismissal i was hoping for a hatrick but would settle for the goal and an assist but just the pen? Just hoping for at least 2bpts now and a quiet afternoon for RVP - bring on the RVP hatrick.

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  29. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone else going to stop (c)ing Roonpig? Until he starts banging in the braces, my (c) is going to others.

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    1. Lloyd Xmas
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      No not yet

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

    Which 2 to start?

    Dempsey (CHE H)
    Sigs (QPR A)
    Ben Arfa (BOL H)

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

      All three I'm afraid.

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

      Somebody else

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