Sunday Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 12

Just the one game to keep us ticking over today, as Fulham play host to out-of-sorts Sunderland. Plenty will be hoping for another big haul from Dimitar Berbatov after a rare blank from Robin Van Persie at Norwich yesterday. As always, our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open ahead of the 4pm kick off:

The team news is as follows:

Martin Jol makes three changes from the side that drew 3-3 at Arsenal last Saturday. The alterations all come in midfield, with Damien Duff coming in for Ashkan Dejagah on the right, while Alex Kacaniklic steps in for the injured Kieran Richardson on the opposite flank. Veteran Giorgos Karagounis earns his first league start for the Cottagers – he partners Steve Sidwell in the centre, with Mahamadou Diarra injured and Chris Baird serving a one-match suspension.

Schwarzer; Riether, Hughes, Hangeland, Riise; Duff, Karagounis, Sidwell, Kacaniklic; Ruiz, Berbatov

For Sunderland, Martin O’Neill makes two alterations from last week’s defeat at Everton. Phil Bardsley has shrugged off a hamstring problem to replace the suspended Craig Gardner at right-back, while Lee Cattermole’s recovery from a knee problem forces a midfield reshuffle. Seb Larsson is moved from the centre to the right, with Adam Johnson shifting to the left, meaning James McClean drops to the bench for the second time in the last three Gameweeks.

Mignolet; Bardsley, Cuellar, O’Shea, Rose; Larsson, Cattermole, Colback, Johnson; Sessegnon, Fletcher.

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super zlatan
11 years, 5 months ago
Evening lads,
Best replacement for hangaland? Have up to 5.4 to spend

Was considering Sagna
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1. Lateriser 12
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Him or Cuellar imo.
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  1. super zlatan
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Already have Cuellar. Sagna it is.
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      11 years, 5 months ago
      Shorey or Garrido mate.
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2. berbatron
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Enrique if you had just a lil bit more
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3. Spike ⚽️
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Evening SZ 🙂
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  1. super zlatan
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Evening spike. How u end up this gw? I'm on 41 with Bego to go. 🙁
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4. Parm
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Get in some budget cover and save the rest.
  
  Cuellar, Hughes, Garrido, Gorkss etc.
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5. asyrafdanial
  11 years, 5 months ago
  hw about wisdom ?
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  1. Alton E.
    11 years, 5 months ago
    not nailed on
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6. Alton E.
  11 years, 5 months ago
  MerTeSaCk
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  1. Alton E.
    11 years, 5 months ago
    No, Cuellar rly
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asyrafdanial
11 years, 5 months ago
still in dilemma to do Baines + Pienaar > Cuellar + Silva....
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1. Rafabio
  11 years, 5 months ago
  That would be a boss move for the ongoing GW but that could easily be the other way around next GW.
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  1. asyrafdanial
    11 years, 5 months ago
    love to keep Baines..but,need Pienaar replacement..
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2. berbatron
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Not with NOR this week for everton and che for city
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  1. asyrafdanial
    11 years, 5 months ago
    After Arsenal and MU , maybe Everton to kill next
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  2. Rafabio
    11 years, 5 months ago
    I'm not so sure about lumping vs NOR as a favourable fixture anymore. They haven't lost since October 6th and have only conceded 1 in 5 matches since leaking 9 against Liverpool and Chelsea.
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svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
11 years, 5 months ago
Get Wisdom for his price or Enrique since he plays oop and is nailed on should he still be moved back?

Also looking into Garrido...
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Tadic is the new Eriksen
11 years, 5 months ago
keep figueroa or change him to cuellar/garrido, and if so, which one?

cheers :d
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1. New Ghost
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Cuellar.
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  1. Tadic is the new Eriksen
    11 years, 5 months ago
    cheers!
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Tin of Directors
11 years, 5 months ago
Really wanted him to have a quiet game so the interest would be diverted but heh-ho.
Defoe out - Fletcher in
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berbatron
11 years, 5 months ago
Morrison - Pablo Hernandez for a free? I don't really have any pressing issues
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1. Home Run Baker
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Keep Morrison
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2. Jordan.
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Keep Morrison,heartbeat of a good side ,serious value at 6.2.......
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3. Rafabio
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Keep Morrison. I think he's the better of the two TBH
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Screaming Midget
11 years, 5 months ago
Anybody considering Rafael, with Man U's overall next 10-12 fixtures?
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1. Parm
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Had him since GW1.
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  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
    11 years, 5 months ago
    ^^this^^
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    1. Parm
      11 years, 5 months ago
      Made nearly £0.5m on him 😀
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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 5 months ago
        aye
        
        looks like I'm on 27 + BPs this week 🙁
        
        At least i shipped Brede last night and beat his drop and ban.
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        Home Run Baker
        11 years, 5 months ago
        Presumably 27 doesn't give you too many baps?
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        JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 5 months ago
        maybe Michu and Morrison, don't see any more than that
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2. berbatron
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Maybe too expensive now, Im glad to have him since gw1
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3. Tin of Directors
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Why not?
  Big attacking threat.
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4. New Ghost
  11 years, 5 months ago
  6.4 already; I've missed the boat.
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Spike ⚽️
11 years, 5 months ago
I'm shifting Fellaini out for Adam Johnson and Kaca for Stirling with 2 free transfers - I can get Fellaini back if need be GW 14. What do you think ?
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1. Tin of Directors
  11 years, 5 months ago
  I love the knee jerking on this site.
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  1. Spike ⚽️
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Look ahead at Sunderland's fixtures and double GW soon 😉
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    1. Tin of Directors
      11 years, 5 months ago
      And my bet is if Sunderland drew a blank they would not be in your thinking.
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      1. Spike ⚽️
        11 years, 5 months ago
        You have to try different things to get ahead my friend 😉
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        Tin of Directors
        11 years, 5 months ago
        But you're not doing anything different.
        There will be thousands of knee jerkers doing what you're going to do.
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  2. MJ6987
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Gotta know when to take players out as well. Look at Everton's fixtures over the next several weeks.
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  3. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Sterling is not a jerk, but a season keeper.
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2. Lateriser 12
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Thinking on similar lines. Not too sure yet myself. Think i'll watch one more game.
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3. JK - Cønt ⭐
  11 years, 5 months ago
  I HATE ADAM JOHNSON
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  1. Spike ⚽️
    11 years, 5 months ago
    AND Hangeland 😉
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      11 years, 5 months ago
      and him, but i hate Johnson more.
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      1. Spike ⚽️
        11 years, 5 months ago
        🙂
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4. Declan
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Im doing the Fellaini ➡ AJ move myself. I've got Suarez so don't want Sterling too.
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5. Epic Fail
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Sunderland are shite going forward.
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  1. Tin of Directors
    11 years, 5 months ago
    They weren't today.
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    1. Joga Bonito®
      11 years, 5 months ago
      10 men
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      1. Tin of Directors
        11 years, 5 months ago
        Right, they still did a job when it mattered.
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        Joga Bonito®
        11 years, 5 months ago
        But they won't play 10 men every week.
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        Tin of Directors
        11 years, 5 months ago
        Did you watch the game today?
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      2. Rafabio
        11 years, 5 months ago
        So AJ pulled a Santi then?
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  2. Spike ⚽️
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Its their fixtures that look enticing up to and including GW16
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6. Pratik
  11 years, 5 months ago
  When's Sunderland DGW again? Surely you will keep him till then
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7. Joga Bonito®
  11 years, 5 months ago
  SKJ
  
  super knee jerk
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8. Home Run Baker
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Just for the record, I'm benching Fellaini this week.
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Flying Assassins
11 years, 5 months ago
Foster--> Federici or Mcarthy (planning for DGW). Already have Begovic.
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1. Somalion
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Do you want Reading defenders for the DGW though?
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  1. Flying Assassins
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Possibly Clyne --> Shorey with his assist and set-piece potential.
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    1. Somalion
      11 years, 5 months ago
      What I meant was the goalies may not help you out at all but Shorey could be worth a punt, good player.
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      1. Flying Assassins
        11 years, 5 months ago
        Thanks. So would Foster --> Mignolet be better or should I just keep Foster.
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        Somalion
        11 years, 5 months ago
        Hmmm well I've went with Bego and Tremmel, reason being Tremmel should have plenty of gametime for the next while and is cheap. Gives you a few quid to spend elsewhere. It really depends though, Bego can be played for nearly every game up until January. So if you really want one of the Reading GKs you could get one.
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2. super zlatan
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Seems logical
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3. asyrafdanial
  11 years, 5 months ago
  look good...fede imo
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SneakyPete
11 years, 5 months ago
PPI

Enrique - 38
Sterling - 31
Suarez - 28

🙁
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1. Tin of Directors
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Are the BPs out??
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2. Declan
  11 years, 5 months ago
  7 shots 2 on target, ah well atleast he's scoring goals
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3. Lateriser 12
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Theo/Santi?
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  1. SneakyPete
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Cazorla - 35
    Podolski - 34
    Walcott - 30
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    1. Pinoche
      11 years, 5 months ago
      Love you!!
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    2. Lateriser 12
      11 years, 5 months ago
      Ugh. Ok.
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Parm
11 years, 5 months ago
Any West Brom fans about?
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Owd Big 'Ed
11 years, 5 months ago
Begovic, Jaaskelainen
Baines, Cuellar, Hughes, Nelsen, Simpson
Silva, Bale, Fellaini*, Taarabt, Maloney
van Persie, Suarez, Berbatov

With Fellaini suspended next week and 1 FT. What should I do?
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1. LordCisse
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Looks like a good squad to me. Keep Fellaini - just bench him next GW. I'd look at maybe Enrique for Nelson/Simpson as he's OoP and on form. West Ham have quite a few difficult games coming up so maybe Jussi for Mignolet.
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super zlatan
11 years, 5 months ago
Michu due any baps?
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1. Parm
  11 years, 5 months ago
  1 or 2.
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  1. super zlatan
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Cheers parm. Need every point I can get.
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      11 years, 5 months ago
      try being me mate 🙁
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      1. super zlatan
        11 years, 5 months ago
        Sorry about the score jk. But your team is decent. It's just one of those weeks
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        JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 5 months ago
        at least I come here and post even when I have a bad week. Nothing is more annoying than those who only seem to appear when they wish to brag about their score
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JK - Cønt ⭐
11 years, 5 months ago
ok lads, how do Iook coming off the worst GW I can remember in 7 years of playing FPL?

Migs

Rafa, Baines, Huth

Michu, Mata, Ramirez, Sterling

Berba, RvP (c), Jelly

Foster, Morrison, Shorey, Clyne
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1. Parm
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Good good.
  
  Get Baines out next week and upgrade that midfield.
  
  Needs one of Bale/Silva/Walcott/Cazorla.
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  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
    11 years, 5 months ago
    looking at doing Foster to Ruddy in order to dump Jelly for Aguero.
    
    Might consider Baines out in order to upgrade Ramirez, but I'd rather focus on dumping Jelly first.
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    1. Parm
      11 years, 5 months ago
      Get Tevez and save the cash IMO.
      
      I'm doing Baines, Michu, Ba to Cheapie, Walcott, Tevez next week for -4.
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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 5 months ago
        main rivals have Tevez, want Aguero for the differential.
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leo_messi
11 years, 5 months ago
guys I'm doing 2 transfers this week:

Fellaini->Maloney
Berba->Suarez

but don't know who to bench from my front 8(if no injuries):

Maloney,HBA,Sterling,Michu,Bale
RVP,Tevez,Suarez

My first choice is HBA but what can you suggest???
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Declan
11 years, 5 months ago
Average now 42
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1. Lateriser 12
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Cool story. I think ten minutes after the rank updates, baps will be in.
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2. MJ6987
  11 years, 5 months ago
  I am dead average then. Which is poor because half the teams are no longer active.
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3. Somalion
  11 years, 5 months ago
  That it? Not so bad after all, might wind up with a very decent week.
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4. Pinoche
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Still above average but a red arrow.
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5. Champy
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Nice closed the gap just 6 behind average now
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r0nh
11 years, 5 months ago
RVP has played 20 mins more than Tevez this season.

Tevez has 8 points more than RVP this season.

Tevez costs less than £4m than RVP.

Why did I listen to you bastards? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
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1. Pinoche
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Hmm.
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2. Lateriser 12
  11 years, 5 months ago
  We trolled you 😎
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3. MJ6987
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Cos you have no mind of your own?
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  1. Gregor
    11 years, 5 months ago
    The league lasts for 38 games and Robins next two fixtures are at home and tasty.
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4. Alton E.
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Suarez-Rvp-Tevez
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5. The Mandalorian
  11 years, 5 months ago
  your league position stinks, tevez or no tevez you may aswell give up and comeback next year.
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  1. Screaming Midget
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Your history stinks.
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Sean.
11 years, 5 months ago
as the first part of a plan to bring in
suarez,long,clichy, cuellar,turner for ba,crouch,baines,nelsen,martin
worth doing the ba,baines >suarez,cuellar bit tonight before the rises ?
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सनकी
11 years, 5 months ago
Didnt watch the game. Thoughts on Cuellar goal? Was it good? Worth a transfer in?
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1. asyrafdanial
  11 years, 5 months ago
  if he no goal,,still worth to do it...
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2. Gregor
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Header from a corner, he's good value.
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3. Spike ⚽️
  11 years, 5 months ago
  It was a good header - the classic down and in but poor defending as well
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Dr Dream
11 years, 5 months ago
what's the verdict on Jose Enrique...is this oop set to be a long standing thing?....very very tempting if it is...well at 5.7 it is...assists and clean sheets..
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1. Gregor
  11 years, 5 months ago
  He played well enough to suggest he should be given another go there but who knows.
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Smurf
11 years, 5 months ago
Sessegnin bandwagon?
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1. Timmy Cahill Rules
  11 years, 5 months ago
  no chance
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2. Declan
  11 years, 5 months ago
  AJ Wagon for me.
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  1. MJ6987
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Not interested.
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3. Rafabio
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Doubt it. Screamer but AJ looked the better option.
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Timmy Cahill Rules
11 years, 5 months ago
A. Baines Nolan Ba
B. Ridgewell Morrison Kun
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Smurf
11 years, 5 months ago
Are Cuellar or RVP likely to rise before the weekend?
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1. MJ6987
  11 years, 5 months ago
  RVP will be going in the other direction now!
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2. Declan
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Unlikely, it wont take alot of net transfers in for Cuellar to rise, so you'd want to keep an eye on that.
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  1. Smurf
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Thanks. Will do.
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Jonny
11 years, 5 months ago
sterling, wisdom and suarez as their fixtures after tottenham are v good? wisdom and sterling and good value options
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Keane There Dunne That
11 years, 5 months ago
Oh JKISTHE1 we really have had a great week 🙁 😥
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1. JK - Cønt ⭐
  11 years, 5 months ago
  tell me about it. Just about everything that could go wrong this week has.
  
  2 or 3 weeks everyone was insistent I had to sell Adam Johnson. Now everyone wants him.
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MJ6987
11 years, 5 months ago
Unless I am very unlucky, the BPs should take me over the 700 points mark. Should have done a lot lot better this week though.
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1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
  11 years, 5 months ago
  You scored, be happy with it.
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Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
11 years, 5 months ago
That makes life easy.

Riise > Cuellar

Was planning it before the match anyway.
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1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Which goal did Fletcher assist. I was sure Johnson got 3 assists...weird
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d452
11 years, 5 months ago
Guys Please help with below…(bottom of last page)

Begovic, Tremmel
Rafael, Gorkss, Cameron, McCartney, Cuellar
Mata, Cazorla, Fellaini, Michu, Maloney
RVP, Tevez, Ba

2 FT. 0.0m in Bank

A) Fellaini –> Johnson (will have 0.5m left over)
B) Fellaini –> Johnson and Maloney –> Sterling (though will create Bench issues!)
C) Fellaini –> Johnson and Cazorla –> Walcott (will have 1.0m left over)
D) Maloney --> Puncheon (will have 0.6m left over)
E) Other? Please suggest!!!!
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1. Screaming Midget
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Same answer as last time. Bench Fellaini. Maloney has some good fixtures coming.
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  1. d452
    11 years, 5 months ago
    No other ideas? I have 2 FT...feels like a waste lol
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Lateriser 12
11 years, 5 months ago
Negative 14 point swing in the transfers i made. Still reckon i'll make this gap over a few weeks. You win some you lose some.
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1. MJ6987
  11 years, 5 months ago
  What rank would you be if you had done nothing?
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  1. Lateriser 12
    11 years, 5 months ago
    300ish
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2. Parm
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Made 2 from mine 😎
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3. JK - Cønt ⭐
  11 years, 5 months ago
  none for me as i made none.
  
  Looks as though next week's can only go one way since i dumped Kebe (doesn't start) and Hangeland (suspended bar steward) to Sterling and Shorey (and Shorey is benched anyway)
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  1. Lateriser 12
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Yep 😀
    
    Thinking of saving my FT Jk. Whadya say?
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      11 years, 5 months ago
      I would, solid team for next week.
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4. Spike ⚽️
  11 years, 5 months ago
  and I have 21 pts sitting on the bench. Kaca's 27 min playing time didnt help me today either 🙂
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  1. Lateriser 12
    11 years, 5 months ago
    Keep strong. Move on. 😀
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Parm
11 years, 5 months ago
Saving my FT this week.

Too many bandwagons.

Enrique, Silva, Walcott, Cazorla, Aguero, Tevez, Suarez.

Need more time to find out which are genuine, and which are just a one off.
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1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Cuellar is genuine...explosion imminent.
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2. MJ6987
  11 years, 5 months ago
  Pondering the same myself.
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