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Sky Sports Fantasy Game – Bonus Points Analysis

As mentioned previously, our Fantasy football coverage will also include a weekly article on the Sky Sports game as we look to broaden our analysis of the various games available to Fantasy managers this season. Having already assessed the Rules, the Player List and broken down last season’s Man of the Match awards, the next article analyses the introduction of the new bonus points system, which awards players who make 60+ completed passes and/or 4+ successful tackles in any given Gameweek.

Unlike the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game, Sky Sports use Opta data for analysing player performance – making it a perfect accompaniment for our Members section data. For that purpose, we’ve created custom tables in the Members Area which highlights the main protagonists from 2011/12, indicating the respective haul each player would have accrued in bonus points alone were the rule in place last season. These statistics are not available in the Sky Sports game, or anywhere else, giving our members a real edge when it comes to selecting their initial squads.

With two points for 60+ passes and another two points for 4+ tackles, it’s clear that the new bonus system will have a definite impact in how we approach the task of setting up our teams for the season ahead. Bearing in mind that the Points Scoring system allocates five points for a goal or a Man of the Match award and three points for an assist, identifying those players who are capable of producing the bonus points looks almost as vital.

Unsurprisingly, given the bonus criteria, nine of the top ten are midfielders, while Swansea’s passing game under Brendan Rodgers sees as many as three of their players also feature in the upper echelons, with one hovering just outside…

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  1. The Rock
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    • 14 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Silva most assists - 10/1. surely worth a shout, anyone got any others?

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Mata, Valencia, Rooney, Cazorla

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        are more likely imo. Silva is competing for a place with Nasri.

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      2. The Rock
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        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Still think Silva will get more assists.

        Any other bets?

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        1. SackWenger
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          4/1 West Brom to be relegated.

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    2. Tmel
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Quite tempted by 12/1 on Di Matteo to be first boss to leave post

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      1. MY DJ NAME IS PIMP CURRY
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I would back that if I were a betting man.

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  2. Grumpy Cat
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    1.
    A) Torres Tevez Defoe
    B) Torres Tevez Graham +£2m to bulk up the midfield

    2. Who do I captain 1st GW?
    A) Lampard
    B) Torres
    C) Tevez

    Rest of the squad:

    DDG | Juusi

    A Cole | Lescott | Demel | Cuellar | Clyne

    Lampard | Bale | Kaca | Pienaar | Dyer

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    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      B
      B

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    2. bobby_bookah
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      B Graham>Defoe
      A or B gotta go with the decent double

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  3. Romford Pele - Don't w…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Just a WARNING to all FPL users.

    Last year i left my team open in a browser by chance, and when the shit hit the fan with logging on issues I was fine. Could make transfers etc freely without losing connection to the site.

    I suggest you all do the same this year, just in case.

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    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      how about getting your team sorted before the deadline?

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Yessir. Whatever you say, Sir!!! 😉

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      2. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Is that possible? I thought it was compulsorary to make 10 transfers an hour otherwise my team was deactivated due to inactivity

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          So ... that is why I had to re-pick my team ... 😀

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  4. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Now that Saha has signed for Sunderland, do you think Sunderland will bid for S Fletcher again?

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  5. anish10
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    repost:

    gervinho + lamps

    or

    santi + ramires

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    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      S+R

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      1. rvp786
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        +1

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        1. anish10
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          cheers

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      2. The Rock
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        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        +1

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    2. bobby_bookah
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Neither, Lamps/Ramires decent DGW options but not sold on the Arse midfield options

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  6. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Cit and West Ham enquire about free agent Drenthe
    http://transfersblog.com/678,a-host-of-clubs-line-up-for-drenthe

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    1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Old news 😉

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Also bollocks. 😉

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  7. aabb
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    A) Santi and Bent
    or
    B) Dempsey and Podolski

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    1. Le Limpar
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Looks like Dempsey will stay now, doesn't it? So I'd expect him to be back in people's thinking. Certainly edging back toward mine.

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  8. Deano
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Who to start:

    Shawcross away (RDG) or Demel home (AV)
    Pienaar home (MU) or N'Zgobia away (WH)

    First time Aussie FPL player

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    1. bobby_bookah
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      11 years, 10 months ago

      i'd go ShawX and N'zog, dont see either with cs but ShawX has attacking prospects. WH were poor at home last season and I can see Villa being more attacking under Lambert.

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      1. Deano
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks Bobby

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  9. The Pep Revolution
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Quick question. Which two of the following would you pick for gw1?

    Mata

    Bale

    Cazorla

    Or another expensive mid

    I already have Torres.

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    1. bobby_bookah
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Bale + Chels for me

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  10. injury_prone
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Changed teams alot so far, below is my latest one, any comments appreciated...
    1M in bank.

    Fed (DDG)
    A Cole, Zabaletta,Clark, (Cuellar,Clyne)
    Nasri, Kagawa,Ramires,Nzogbia,Noble
    Torres, Podolski,Tevez

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    1. Le Limpar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      I like it. Pretty similar to mine.

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    2. Chrissy Waddle - 2023/24
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      I would worry about good captain options with that team.

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  11. SpinyNorman [*_*]
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Please rate my team! I'll owe you one...

    Friedel
    Walker - A Cole - Clichy - Williams
    Michu - Gerrard - Noble - Nani
    Torres - Podolski

    Subs: Fed, Pienaar, Pogrebnyak, Clyne

    +2 in the bank

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    1. SackWenger
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Pog and Fed ahead of Friedel and Williams

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  12. Demí
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Louis Saha becomes the first striker since whom to play for both Newcastle and Sunderland?

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    1. Portsmouth Bubblejet
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Bryan 'Pop' Robson?

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    2. DLL18
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Michael Chopra

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    3. Tmel
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Chopra?

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      1. Demí
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Yep

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    4. LMNO
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Michael Bridges

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    5. Keane There Dunne That
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Given ❓

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  13. Jonah Takalua
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 10 months ago

    Pre season podcast?

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  14. Mak_Gold
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Oh feck off! You type one reply and by the time you hit "Enter" you're on the next page!

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      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        You dont have to be on the newest page. This isnt the most current page, but there are still plenty of people on it.

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    • Tommyboy
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Heard a few rumbles : Is the Scout Picks for members only this year?

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      1. roscola
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        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I actually hope so. Too much of the good stuff is given away to the freeloaders 😉

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        1. Tommyboy
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          If they made it only member's I think a lot more people would pay for it.

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          1. roscola
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            • 12 Years
            11 years, 10 months ago

            I agree. It's the aim of coming here, after all, to answer the question "who should I pick?". All the rest is just leading to that

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          2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 10 months ago

            Cue the members diving down the rankings ... 😆

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            1. Ginkapo FPL
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 10 months ago

              So true

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    • No Totti No Party
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      hi all. What do U think about Ramires , GW1 and 2 starter ?

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      1. Flavorito
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        He'll start both games for sure. I'd rather have Mata though.

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      2. KujaliaFC
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Yes, he's in my team. If I didn't have Mata tambien, I would captain Ramires tambien.

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    • rhysybball
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Grav test

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      1. rhysybball
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Grav win

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        1. Isabella
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          🙂

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          1. OPTA FPL
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 10 months ago

            hi, nice ava

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    • baulchy
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Best 21mil keeper, def, mid combo??

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      1. blue cheese
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        What?!? 🙄

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        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          can you build his team apart from front three I think is what is being asked

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    • Manani
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      who is this kacan guy?
      never heard of him before today

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      1. I am not a smart guy
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        He is the new Messi according to comments here 🙂

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        1. KujaliaFC
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          Apparently, Hazard is also the Belgian Messi. Kagawa is the Japanese Messi. Pienaar is the South African Messi. The thing about all these alleged [insert nationality here] Messis is that they're invariably nowhere near as good as the Argentinian Messi.

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      2. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Don't worry about him.
        Get Puncheon/Guthrie/Marveaux

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      3. DLL18
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I only remembered the other day that I saw him do this.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqSJCsHON60

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    • Kostja
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Ok continuing from the Sunderland comparison to a Manchester United retirement home. I have another piece of humor I read today:

      News reporting RVPs North London house is on fire, police suspect Arsen.

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    • Razmataz
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      A) RVP, Noble, Cuellar

      B) Rooney, Pienaar, Clyne

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      1. bobby_bookah
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        B, until RVP settles

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        1. Tommyboy
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          I'd stay away from Rooney and RVP for first gameweek - Rooney never does well against Everton and RVP probably won't start

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    • baulchy
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Lampard to Gerrard GW2???

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    • Vijay
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Hi everyone,
      Any obvious weaknesses in this team?

      Federici / de Gea
      Hangeland / Lescott / Clyne / Fabio / Gibbs
      Yaya Toure / Pienaar / Ramires / Bale / Noble
      Graham / Torres / Tevez

      3m in the Bank for Torres -> Rooney or RvP

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      1. Manani
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        gibbs, very inury prone, and arsenal don't have the best fixture either

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        1. Vijay
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          I went with Gibbs as all of Arsenal's other defenders are injured at the moment... Will Koscielny will be fit in time for GW1, or do you think I should look totally elsewhere?

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    • Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      SAF - "It's great to have a player of the quality of Robin van Persie to come into the squad. We're very pleased. He should be available for Monday night." Does this mean he will play? 😯

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      1. blue cheese
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Off the bench,

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      2. Tommyboy
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Read up a bit - General consensus is that he won't start but come on and probably score a la Aguero in first game of last year vs Swansea I think it was?

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      3. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Nope, but its good enough for me.

        Dumped Torres for Giroud (teckers) and pocketed the rest. Its official I dont have any Chelski.

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      4. Isabella
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Probably come on off the bench

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      5. Call Me Old Fashioned
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        off the bench, score and then all our plans are down the shitter

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    • MY DJ NAME IS PIMP CURRY
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Hey TMEL, any updates on Hughes?
      When's the press conference btw? Tomorrow?

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      1. Tmel
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Assuming so. The preview on the club website usually goes up on Friday, occasionally on Thursday. Shall keep you guys posted

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    • vishmister
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      RMT Please!
      DDG
      Brede Cole Simpson Mariappa
      Hazard (C) Santi Cazorla Sinclair
      Torres Aguero Graham

      Federici Demel Maloney Noble
      Bank: 2.0m for Torres-Rooney after GW2.

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      1. bobby_bookah
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        dont like: Simpson (too many injuries at Newc), Cazorla (new to prem), sinclair and Graham seems a little too much Swans, Noble unsure of starts, Hazard (new to prem). feel on the whole it is a little risky. Also Maloney and Noble seems a bit cheap

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        1. vishmister
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          So Cazorla - Bale
          Sinclair - Moses
          Hazard - Mata?

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    • Screaming Midget
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      What's the latest re: Bale's injury?

      Still a doubt for the weekend?

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    • Flavorito
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Anybody else have Rooney from the get-go and foregoing the Torres option?

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      1. Isabella
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        I'm too scared to go without Torres for the dgw, fixtures are too good 🙁

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        1. Tommyboy
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          It's all so similar to last season but surely Torres can do something as the only real striker at Chelsea during a DGW against Wigan and Reading...

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      2. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah i am. Although i am now trying to squeeze RVP in instead

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 10 months ago

          *Smug*

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    • Keane There Dunne That
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 10 months ago

      Best Goalkeepers,Defenders,Midfielders and Forwards for 100 million or under ❓

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      1. roscola
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 12 Years
        11 years, 10 months ago

        😆 😀 😆

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