[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. Pat Mustard
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    4/4 cleanies, first time in yonks. Not bad!

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    1. DV8R
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I would be on 4/4 if Chelsea hadn't messed up!

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

        Chelsea would have lost 0-1 if the officials didn't mess up.

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    2. SPorting
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      that cuts the mustard!

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    3. Podge
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Yeh first time I can remember this year 🙂

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    4. QPR expects... glory!
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Me too if I hadn't played a Bolton defender 😉

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    5. सनकी
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      nice

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    6. 1mills
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      I would have 4/4 if I had played bloody Krul instead of Bogdan.

      I've made a huge mistake.

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

    Anywho,

    36 pre-baps.

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

      37 pre baps (not expecting any tho!) - my worst game week this year and sure to be the first red arrow since early Jan

      Seriously thinking of taking an 8pt hit to drop all my front 3 (Rooney, RVP and Aguero) !

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    2. Low-Life
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Welcome to my world.

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  3. TonyVilliers
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    61 pre baps. Roonpig and Dempsey will probably get 2 and 3, no?

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    1. सनकी
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      rooney 1 demps 3 imo.

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

      Demps a certain 3. With the amount of key passes and shots on target I see Rooney get 3 also.

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    3. Piggs Boson
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      snap. 61 with Rooney(c), Demps, Cisse, Evans & Krul poss. baps

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  4. som3awy
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Would you rather get Verm this week and field 11 in GW 34 or get Cisse and field 10 in GW 34?

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    1. Podge
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Verm

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  5. The Finnisher
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Alright seeing as the rankings have already counted yesterday and Friday's games.
    How many points did you all score from todays two, just to get an idea?

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

      26.

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

        Likewise 26. Imagine there are a lot of 26s out there.

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    2. Jukesy
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      32

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    3. Djerbil
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      20

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    4. Podge
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      23

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    5. BootlegRascal
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      29 with Rooney capt baps

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

        Should read 'and' not with

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    6. Bad Pen
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      32

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    7. Piggs Boson
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      26

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

      29

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

      23

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    10. QPR expects... glory!
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      32

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    11. Schwarzer
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      30 +BP

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  6. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    So I'm keeping bale.... Not going t change the plans... Only slight knock, that's what benches are for

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

      +1

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  7. LewanGOALski
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Silva --> VDV for 4pts hit ?

    don't want to get Bale because my main rival has him, and we already have 4 same players. And I need to chase him

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  8. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Dempsey, Krul and Vermaelain on the bench ouch that hurts

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

      Dempsey, Turner and Simpson for me 🙁

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  9. Declan
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Scout Picks out soon? 🙂

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    1. NATSTER
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      aha... interesting.

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  10. Djerbil
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Repost:

    Has anyone got a video link of Mancini asking Balo to get his a** off the pitch after getting the red??

    has to be the moment of the Match

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

      No but I didn't catch that when I was watching the game so would be interested.

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  11. Declan-
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Skrtel to verm a good transfer? I have to do it i think

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    1. Podge
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Yeh I'd do it for a hit even

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      1. Declan-
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Ive 2 frees so ill use one and save the other

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  12. David Davros
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    BP predictions for that game? Verm for the 2 maybe?

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

      Arteta 3
      Verm 2
      Sagna/Song 1

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      1. NATSTER
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        +1 .. Sagna might edge it.

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      2. QPR expects... glory!
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        Hope you're right on Sagna. Played well. Besides, he deserves a bonus pt just for continually getting up after Balotelli kicked him...

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  13. BootlegRascal
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    63 with Rooney captain, Jelavic and Dempsey baps and Evans possible.

    Solid round

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

      I'd have had the same but swapped out jellytot for Miyaichi for some unknown reason

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  14. The Finnisher
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Never buy an Arsenal defender.

    😕

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    1. The Bandit
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Not for his attacking potential anyway....

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    2. ksmith5666
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Yep, lots of FPL rules broken this season:-

      Arsenal Defs
      Newcastle Defs
      Spurs Defs

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  15. The Milkman
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    What will be the Arsenal back 4 for the next couple of games?

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

      Sagna-DJ-Verm-Gibbs (if he is okay, Santos otherwise)

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

      Gibbs, Verm, Djorou, Sagna, I imagine.

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

      id say verm/sagna only nailed on

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  16. SPorting
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    66pts pre-baps from Rooney, PCisse and maybe McAuley, Mata, Valencia, JEvans and Verm.

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

        haha. love it.

        the eyes have it!

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    1. GordonGekko
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      McAuley will get, Cisse will get, Evans will get. Verm will NOT get, nor will Rooney (and own him too). Mata might get one.

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      1. SPorting
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        just the 6 or 7 then.....i can live with that. cheers!

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        1. GordonGekko
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          14 years, 1 month ago

          All in all, a stellar round from you, sir. 😉

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  17. Valar(Keith)
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    anyone else havin problems enterin fpl?

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

      me

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      1. Valar(Keith)
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        cool.. thought somebody hacked into my account and changed my password!!! wont get sleep till it opens!

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  18. Mindless Freak
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    52 without Bonus. 3 bonus for rooney = 6 because his my captain.

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    1. GordonGekko
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Won't get bonus. Scholes, Evans and Rafael are the contenders IMO.

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  19. tm245
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Awesome table for FPL purposes. Seemingly Wolves are the only ones adrift from a meaningful final position, and they will be fighting for their lives to become relevant in the next six weeks. Every other team has quite alot still to play for, even Villa need some security. This will be great for squad selection if it continues to stay tight.

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  20. The Bandit
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    I'm expecting Neville to be very sympathetic towards Balo... 😉

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  21. SPorting
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    JUST A GENTLE REMINDER THAT THE GW33 DEADLINE IS TOMORROW (MONDAY 9TH APRIL) AT 11.30AM!

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    1. Bad Pen
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers sir, you're very kind to the users of this site.

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

        i consider them all my friends......except The Steady.

        and Locarno.
        and Tangtastic.
        and Udit.
        and Jack(off)Attack
        and............

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

    I played Taiwo over Simpson on my bench. Massive error there!

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  23. The Dude
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Howard (Begovic)
    Rafael, Rangel, Cahill (Enrique, S.Kelly)
    A.Young, Bale, Dempsey, Siggy (McClean)
    RVP, Rooney, Suarez

    2FT, 0.4 in bank, quick vote please

    A) Suarez, Bale, Enrique -> P.Cisse, Walcott, Vermaelen (4 point hit)
    B) Suarez, Bale -> P.Cisse, Walcott
    B) Suarez, Enrique -> P.Cisse, Vermaelen
    C) Enrqiue -> Lescott/McAuley/Turner (2 FT next week)

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  24. The Milkman
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Still worth brining Verminator in for Cahill, considering Djourou will be his partner now instead of Kos?

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    1. सनकी
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      not really considering their CS, i just love it the way Verm gets forward 😀

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      1. SPorting
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        i just love the way you're right.

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  25. cstan11
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    currently have Sess, Valencia, Siggy, Demps, Silva.

    thinking of Silva -> Walcott.

    good or bad move? if not, which midfielder should I get after trading Silva out (has 11.9 in the bank after selling).

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    1. GordonGekko
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Good move! You could also consider VDV - looks more dangerous than Bale at the moment, plays high in the field (although he is more of a risk in regards to playing time).

      IMO, Walcott seems the best move all taken into consideration: GW34, form, fixtures, team form.

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      1. cstan11
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        yeah I think I am going to stick w Walcott.

        ta!

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  26. सनकी
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    a goal and bps from Walcott wouldve been a great make up for Demps 🙁

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  27. COMH
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Can't login to the site. Anyone else?

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    1. super zlatan
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I can hristo

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

      Rule no. 1, never log out 😉

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

        Haha all the greedy people staying logged in. Can't be that many players who will be switched on to the deadline 2moro surely?

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    3. Valar(Keith)
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      phew.. cant either.. thought it'd been hacked.. thanks

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  28. threeputt
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    me: suarez (c), young +2 pts
    him: rooney (c), walker

    who wins, its probably down to captains ?

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  29. Top Heavy
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Assist for the goal?

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

      none arteta nicked the ball of city player and went BANGGGGGGG

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    2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      No assist won the ball back off a city player

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  30. super zlatan
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    14 years, 1 month ago

    Verm for any baps?

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    1. The Finnisher
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      1 or 2 I reckon

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    2. Jukesy
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      14 years, 1 month ago

      Think it's a toss up between some of the defenders for 1 or 2, he'll probably be first in line though.

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      1. GordonGekko
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        14 years, 1 month ago

        After that finish and blocking a goal. I have my doubts. 😉

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