Suspensions

The Suspension Tightrope – Casualty

As you’ll have seen in Sunday’s Scout Notes, Fantasy favourite Marouane Fellaini was the big casualty of accrued yellows this week. A booking in the 2-1 loss at Reading tipped the Belgian over the five-card line and into the ban list for Gameweek 13 – the pileous purveyor of Fantasy points will now miss the visit of a buoyant Norwich and hand his 36.9% Fantasy Premier League (FPL) owners a midfield conundrum this weekend.

Elsewhere on the tightrope, we saw a couple of new faces arrive, with Wigan captain Gary Caldwell the first to fill the void left by the aforementioned Belgian, as his fourth yellow of the season added him to an ever-growing list, while in Sunday’s game at Craven Cottage, the only player with three cautions to his name – Steve Sidwell duly delivered another indiscretion and will receive his tightrope invitation in the Monday morning mail.

On to Monday night and a plethora of players blink wildly on the tightrope office radar system, as West Ham host Stoke in a game that could justify a couple of extra paragraphs should the cards fall a certain way. On the home side, we already have the defensive pairing of James Collins and Winston Reid primed on four bookings, just one slip from a week off, while midfielder Mark Noble sits one away from tightrope notoriety on three. The visitors see a trio of protagonists alongside Noble on three bookings, with Charlie Adam, Ryan Shawcross and Andy Wilkinson also ready to climb aboard.

Welcoming Fellaini into suspension land (no doubt to compare grooming tips), we still have Fabricio Coloccini sitting out the third match of his ban in Gameweek 13. The Newcastle skipper will be followed swiftly through the door by the sheepish pair of Tottenham’s Togolese striker, Emmanuel Adebayor and Fulham’s Texas-born Norwegian, Brede Hangeland, after their game-changing straight red cards bring three game bans that will stretch well into December.

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  1. Nopli
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    FT WH 3-ST0

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    1. SuperOsçarBaby
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      FT WESTHAM 0 - 1 STOKE -Begovic goal

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  2. Fifa las vegas
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    No one here wants to help with UCL stuff 🙁

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    1. ★FC Borecelona★
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Try tomorrow maybe

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  3. SpinyNorman [*_*]
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Winston Reid hat-trick tonight...

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    1. Nopli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      All assisted by Nolan 😉

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      1. The EJJ
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Yes, yes we get it, you want your players to score...

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        1. Nopli
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Player* 😉

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  4. RVP fc
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    What do you all think of getting in walcott and garrido in for baines and oscar?

    This allows me to get ba ut for suarez next week

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    1. Sponge-worthy
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      i don't like this..

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      1. RVP fc
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        why?

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        1. Sponge-worthy
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          cause i like baines and oscar more..

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    2. Sean.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      a week early to take baines out imo:-)

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      1. RVP fc
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        allows me to get walcott in who plays villa

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    3. El Asesino Pacheco
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Walcott for Oscar YESS

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  5. festerme1983
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    A long goal kick.......sails over the defence.......bouncing..... Bouncing......and in.

    Begovic scores

    Dare to dream

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    1. NapalmDeath (Northern Chaos…
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      It is quite windy tonight...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4SbJpQPA40

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  6. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Huth scoring 2night obviously 😛 Its so obvious

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Put a bet on.

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Will do. I am looking for confirmation of his start and trying to find best odds

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  7. Crouch Potato!
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Breaking news, Carroll breaks Nolans nose in bust up, after Kevin asked Andy how it felt to be their loan striker!

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Keep stirring the pot ... 😉

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  8. NapalmDeath (Northern Chaos…
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Chance of Demel bench tonight? Zero?

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    1. Portuguese&Proud
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      slim chance of playing 0mins

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    2. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      if he doesnt start he will come on for 15..and yes im a demel owner with cuellar on the bench

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    3. Sponge-worthy
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      nice, you have baines and santon there with 1 point.. cuellar on the bench, witj 8 times more points..

      i see demel scoring a nice 2 pointer today, sorry.. 🙁

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  9. Ferris Bueller
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Please no Demel, please no Demel, please no Demel...

    Need Cuellar's points off the bench.

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    1. Evs
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Sorry but... I'm the opposite 😉

      Ps. If he's doesn't start I expect a cameo from the bench 🙄

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      1. Pinoche
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        This!

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      2. Ferris Bueller
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        The worst scenario of all...10min cameo, 1pt, another fail for this GW!

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        1. Evs
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          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Be prepared, I am. . .

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    2. JT's Dog
        11 years, 4 months ago

        might get injured in warm up

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    3. Pinoche
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      McCartney is left back and Demel is right back, right?!

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      1. Mindless Freak
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        McCartney needs a hattrick

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    4. The Dom-Bastic scale
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Is Huth worth the additional £?

      Considering Wilks, BJ or Davies as cheap alternatives. Thank you.

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Watch the game in just over an hour for the answer.

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        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          I say yes

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          1. The Dom-Bastic scale
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Thanks!

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        2. The Dom-Bastic scale
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Please don't answer reasonable questions with rubbish answers.

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          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            I wouldn't get him. Think Stoke might start conceding a goal a game now.

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            1. The Dom-Bastic scale
              • 11 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Okay. But if you had him, would you therefore take him out?

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              1. TorresMagic™
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                • 14 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                Only if funds were needed otherwise no.

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        3. Ferris Bueller
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Great opinion...

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      2. Locarno
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Huth's ability at the other end of the field make him worth it, in my opinion.

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        1. The Dom-Bastic scale
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          That's my logic. But if I downgrade him I can get £ for Theo without changing my bigger guns up top.

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      3. THE SQUARE ONE
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Well, he hasn't do anything this season besides cs (yet). Wilks would be a cheaper alternative into Stoke's defence.

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    5. Sickboy
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Lost on last page - After this week in considering doing Baines & Hughes to Rafael & Clichy.
      Good shout or not?
      Thanks

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      1. JT's Dog
          11 years, 4 months ago

          lovely shout, cant bring myself to pay that for rafael now. waiting till evans is fit again, that boy is ball magnet at corners now

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          1. Sickboy
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            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            I like Evans but there is a lot of competition with Smalling and Jones (he's starting tomorrow night in the UCL).

            It's worth thinking about as Baines isn't delivering as I'd hoped.

            Cheers.

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        • athreya
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Not this week. Baines has Norwich and Clichy has chelsea. Plus clichy might be injured - he is out of the CL game.

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          1. JT's Dog
              11 years, 4 months ago

              after this week, the clue was in the words

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              1. athreya
                • 11 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                My mistake.

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          2. El Asesino Pacheco
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Replace Hughes with Rafael keep Baines

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        • TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Any betting tips for today mates? 🙂

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          1. Locarno
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            A red card in tonight's game. Should get 4/1 or 5/1.

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          2. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Huth to score, no brainier ask Daniel.

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            1. TorresMagic™
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              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Brainer*

              Silly iPad

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          3. Crouch Potato!
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Been a red card in both Sky televised games so far, another one tonight perhaps, don't have the odds.

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          4. Nopli
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Walters missing a penalty. Actually saved by Jussi 😉

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        • JT's Dog
            11 years, 4 months ago

            jaaskelinian this is your last chacne to actually get big points when i play you. I expect nothing less than 2 pen saves and CS, oh and an assist if you can manage it. That would then get me a double figure game week

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            1. Sponge-worthy
              • 11 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              call him jussi, it's easier to write...

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              1. JT's Dog
                  11 years, 4 months ago

                  he never listens when i say that

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                  1. Sponge-worthy
                    • 11 Years
                    11 years, 4 months ago

                    i would listen, that's my name too.. he's my fellow countryman

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                    1. JT's Dog
                        11 years, 4 months ago

                        can you have a word then please, might sound better in finish

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                        1. Sponge-worthy
                          • 11 Years
                          11 years, 4 months ago

                          i could tell him something.. i'd rather have shawx score a couple..

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                • Doolittle
                  • 11 Years
                  11 years, 4 months ago

                  A double figure game week?! Sounds like you've had a nightmare...

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                  1. JT's Dog
                      11 years, 4 months ago

                      slight exaggeration for dramatic effect. not far off though

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                      1. Doolittle
                        • 11 Years
                        11 years, 4 months ago

                        I thought you'd meant triple figures and made a mistake. As it is, I missed relatively obvious hyperbole and made a sarcastic comment that doesn't work at all.

                        I'm going to sit in the shower and cry.

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                        1. JT's Dog
                            11 years, 4 months ago

                            think you got away with it, until you pointed it out 🙂

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                  2. The Arsene-ist
                    • 14 Years
                    11 years, 4 months ago

                    i find it very hard to swallow the fact that if i had put mata and rafaell on the bench and played cuellar and puncheon coupled with giving tevez the armband instead of fellaini id be sitting here looking at 104 points with begovic and cameron to play tonight...guess ill just have to settle for 70

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                    1. SMOOTH
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                      • 13 Years
                      11 years, 4 months ago

                      none of those decisions would have been logical apart from the tevez one

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                      1. El Asesino Pacheco
                        • 11 Years
                        11 years, 4 months ago

                        Tru dat

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                    2. alamodey
                      • 11 Years
                      11 years, 4 months ago

                      stfu

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                      1. The Arsene-ist
                        • 14 Years
                        11 years, 4 months ago

                        now now shittman...

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                    3. @ImpressiveTackl
                      • 13 Years
                      11 years, 4 months ago

                      Ungrateful c*St

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                    4. Doolittle
                      • 11 Years
                      11 years, 4 months ago

                      Playing Cuellar and Puncheon ahead of Mata and Rafael would have been idiotic. Hindsight doesn't change that.

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                    5. JT's Dog
                        11 years, 4 months ago

                        do you mind if i call you a tit?

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                        1. Ferris Bueller
                          • 12 Years
                          11 years, 4 months ago

                          Be our guest...

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                          1. JT's Dog
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              YO ARSENE-IST YOU TIT

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                        2. Nopli
                          • 12 Years
                          11 years, 4 months ago

                          Buzz OFF

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                          1. The Arsene-ist
                            • 14 Years
                            11 years, 4 months ago

                            alright mo ur just screwing u have the most common name in the world

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                      • athreya
                        • 11 Years
                        11 years, 4 months ago

                        Thinking of doing Fellaini-Adam Johnson. For next three GWs, Fellaini has blank, Ars, city so I may lose out on potential points only from the Ars game. Plan to keep Johnson till the DGW.

                        My front eight are

                        Fellaini, Silva, Mata, Walcott, McAnuff
                        Hernandez, Berbatov, Suarez.

                        Doing Fellaini- Johnson will also help me do Hernandez-Rooney or even Berbatov-Rooney. Thoughts?

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                        1. El Asesino Pacheco
                          • 11 Years
                          11 years, 4 months ago

                          Fell will get points in all of those except for the suspension GW

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                          1. JT's Dog
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              so you are saying he will get points when he plays and none when he doesn't?

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                        2. SpinyNorman [*_*]
                          • 11 Years
                          11 years, 4 months ago

                          Does anyone know anyone or does anyone know anyone who knows anyone who cashed in on ALF's 13pts this weekend?

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                          1. Mindless Freak
                            • 12 Years
                            11 years, 4 months ago

                            ALF?

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                            1. AK ⭐
                              • 11 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              Le Fondre.

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                              1. Mindless Freak
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                I've got him

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                                1. SpinyNorman [*_*]
                                  • 11 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  no you haven't you're lying!

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                        3. SPorting
                          • 12 Years
                          11 years, 4 months ago

                          I see that this weeks top scorer with 123 points (so far) has been very active in recent weeks.

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                          1. heartsattack
                            • 12 Years
                            11 years, 4 months ago

                            Tremendous foresight holding on to Silva through the bad times 😉

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                          2. HVT
                            • 13 Years
                            11 years, 4 months ago

                            Actively seeking Susan ?

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                          3. JT's Dog
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              still got players tonight i think. annoying that in 1 week he has around a fifth of my overall score. i am hopeless this year. This must be what it feels like to be mark hughes, without the million pounds pay offs

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                            • Bouncebackability
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 14 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              Easy, he isn't far behind me!

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                          4. Your Mum's Athletic
                            • 12 Years
                            11 years, 4 months ago

                            If demel doesnt play, cameron will come off the bench so Jussi or Demel/Cameron...... no idea what i want the score to be lol

                            Morrison > Johnson for free

                            Sunderland fixtures pretty ridiculous good coming up

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                          5. r0nh
                            • 12 Years
                            11 years, 4 months ago

                            I want Nolan to score an own goal in the first half.

                            Then concede a penalty in the 58th minute, resulting in a red card.

                            Stoke defender Cameron to score the penalty.

                            Is that toooo much to ask for?!!

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                            1. Mindless Freak
                              • 12 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              You mean Begovic scoring the PEn and then West ham restarting and Cameron fouling so West Ham get a penalty and begovi runs back to save it and gets 3bp.

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                            2. Optimus.
                              • 13 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              might stick a fiver on it

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                            3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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                              • 14 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              No. Moreover, it is entirely probable ... 🙁

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                            4. The EJJ
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 12 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              So many of these posts.

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                              1. JT's Dog
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  try laughing it will cheer you up

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                              2. The Arsene-ist
                                • 14 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                i wish!

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                            5. Portuguese&Proud
                              • 11 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              does this look like a well balanced team with a decent coverage from the so called better teams?

                              Begovic
                              Sagna, Rafael, Cameron
                              Walcott, Mata, Bale, Sterling
                              Ba, Tevez, RVP

                              Jaask, Gorkss, Demel, Fellaini

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                                1. Portuguese&Proud
                                  • 11 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  😀 😀 😀

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                              1. MJ6987
                                • 13 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                Very nice team.

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                              2. athreya
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                Yes, but you may want to get Cuellar in for Demel. Also three expensive MFs may not be optimal strategy. Consider switching one for some mid priced players like Michu, Morrison, Nolan or even AJohnson depending on fixtures. Personally I would ship out Bale.

                                I have Mata, Silva and Walcott and thinking of junking Mata if chelsea continue to misfire.

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                                1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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                                  • 14 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  You are not talking sense, here ...

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                            6. MJ6987
                              • 13 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              Best transfer in for medium term?

                              Mata or Silva?

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                              1. Evs
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                                • 14 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                I am not sure, but I can only have one of the two...

                                No chlesea or City to date for me. I'm going to hold off for now, go theo and review in 4 GWs time.

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                              2. Red Devil Swede
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                Silva
                                But wait after Wednesday to see how City & Chelsea do in CL.
                                If City is out of CL by Wednesday night, Silva. If not, have a look at Chelsea and their chances of progression. Will they need Mata? Will they not?

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                              3. Doolittle
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                I'd go Silva.

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                            7. bennydebull
                              • 11 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              Umming: Foster and Fellaini to Tremmel and Silva?

                              I have Sterling as sub so don't need to get rid of Fellaini. Should I wait till next week to do it for free?

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                              1. MJ6987
                                • 13 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                I was considering Fellaini to Walcott / Silva / Mata but now going to just keep him and save the transfer cos Fellaini is such good value. Plus, his one difficult game vs City, Sterling covers him with a nice fixture.

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                                1. bennydebull
                                  • 11 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  Maybe I'll do michu, sterling, foster to tremmel, silva and noble, for a 4 point hit next week.

                                  Caz, Silva, mata and fellaini looks a tasty midfield.

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                                  1. MJ6987
                                    • 13 Years
                                    11 years, 4 months ago

                                    That does indeed look very tasty. Probably the big 4.

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                            8. Demí
                              • 13 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              Evening.

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                              1. Evs
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                                • 14 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                Good evening, any lineups yet?

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                              2. emperikal
                                • 13 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                lol @ verified Demi. I like 😉

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                                1. @ImpressiveTackl
                                  • 13 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  +1 😉

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                              3. OPTA FPL
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                fake

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                              4. Portuguese&Proud
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                evening sir any line ups already?

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                                1. Demí
                                  • 13 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  Will be with you in a tick(no pun intended).

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                                  1. Portuguese&Proud
                                    • 11 Years
                                    11 years, 4 months ago

                                    cheers

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                              5. MJ6987
                                • 13 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                You love it!

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                              6. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 14 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                'Ello, Sunshine. 😀

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                              7. SPorting
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                have you been verified Demi?

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                                1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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                                  • 14 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  Yes. By me. 😛

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                                  1. SPorting
                                    • 12 Years
                                    11 years, 4 months ago

                                    that would be vilified, right?

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                                    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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                                      • 14 Years
                                      11 years, 4 months ago

                                      No. That's you. 😉

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                                      1. SPorting
                                        • 12 Years
                                        11 years, 4 months ago

                                        oh yes. forgot about that.

                                        where are my manners?

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                            9. chel5eachris
                              • 12 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              Surely Sorensen will start a league game soon.

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                              1. OPTA FPL
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                nope, Pullis will play him in Champions League games

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                            10. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
                              • 12 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              The Baines myth on here has blossomed through the ages it seems. It's time for a change. You can't flog a dead Baines.

                              People need to listen up and realise a 5m defender will not perform miracles but will get you so much more elsewhere.

                              If I sold Baines for a 5.0m defender I would have 2.3m extra in the bank. And I've been strategising all sorts of ways to find that extra million or so. But it all points to one thing now. Getting Baines out and leaving the myth behind.

                              The Never Captain Baines, Never bench Baines rule is the epitome of the institutionalisation of Baines on FFS. He is more myth than man. He doesn't deserve to be in our teams if he costs us having an extra Aguero or an extra Silva (just two outstanding examples)

                              The expectation is that he will get a 20 pointer one day and it will be all ok. But that just covers over the cracks.

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                              1. @ImpressiveTackl
                                • 13 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                😆 V for Vendetta.

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                              2. SPorting
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                come back at the end of the season and we'll talk sunshine.

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                              3. TorresMagic™
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                                • 14 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                How many more of these this week? 50?

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                                1. SpinyNorman [*_*]
                                  • 11 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  FFS led me to Baines like a lamb to the slaughter.

                                  I should have resisted the myth.

                                  Since his inception, my points total has severely dwindled.

                                  My team is a mere shadow of what it once was.

                                  Choose Baines.

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                              4. Evs
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                                • 14 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                THE BAINES REPORT.

                                Points = 2, 6, 2, 4, 1, 4, 1
                                The Easy fixtures. Sot, wig, QPR, liv, Ful, sun. Rdg.
                                Cost: 7m+
                                Potential Realised: NO
                                VFM: NO

                                Summary: This is not a great return for defender, the money must be re-invested elsewhere but keep for this week. . . The last stand !

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                                1. Evs
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                                  • 14 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  Ps... The above includes baps, eg the 4 pointers.

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                                2. emperikal
                                  • 13 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  Haha nice. I think I'm on board with this as well sadly...

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                                3. SMOOTH
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                                  • 13 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  if rafael is rising before friday i am transfering him out.. QPR home is a better fixture than NOR.

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                              5. MJ6987
                                • 13 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                Just get rid of him and stop going on about it then! I've seen you talking about a double defensive transfer today, yet neither of the players out were Baines!!!

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                                1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
                                  • 12 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  what idiot would get Baines out before Norwich at home?

                                  I'm talking long term

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                                  1. emperikal
                                    • 13 Years
                                    11 years, 4 months ago

                                    I may have to due to price rises if I decide to make my planned move.

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                                  2. MJ6987
                                    • 13 Years
                                    11 years, 4 months ago

                                    Sounds like you are trying to justify it to yourself and hoping that a few people will agree to make you feel better. Well, I say "keep Baines". :-).

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                                  1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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                                    • 14 Years
                                    11 years, 4 months ago

                                    Exactly. 🙂

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                              7. Doolittle
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                No one's making you keep him...

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                                1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
                                  • 12 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  I know, but this site is so tame when it comes to revolutions/leftfield thinking. It needs a jolt up the arse. And not in a gay way.

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                              8. asyrafdanial
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                lost Baines...but get Silva..

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                              9. afcblegend
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                wow, are people still banging on about this? 😛

                                Defenders with most points:
                                1: Ivanovic, 58
                                2. Baines, 57
                                3. McAuley, 47

                                that's at least 10 points more than every other defender bar one. there's few guarantees in this game; Baines being in the top 3 scoring defenders come the end of the season is one of them

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                              10. El Asesino Pacheco
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                Get rid we are not he did well last season its not a myth

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                            11. shermanater
                              • 12 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              no matt jarvis for west ham

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                            12. Royal5
                              • 12 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              If Demel does'nt play I will get Gorkss in and my 3 defenders will have a combined of 3 points. Baines and Nelsen the other two.

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                              1. @ImpressiveTackl
                                • 13 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                Look at the scorelines. You're not the only one.

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                                1. Royal5
                                  • 12 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  See you're in the same boat 😉

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                              2. SPorting
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                now THAT'S consistent.

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                              3. Whazza
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                3 points for me too - BAINES-RAFAEL-S TAYLOR

                                Life is unfair

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                            13. Live4pool
                              • 11 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              last night i dreamed bego is going to save to pens and keep a CL...no joke!

                              obviously i'm thinking too much about FF 😀

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                              1. OPTA FPL
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                you should dream about your top 4 target

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                                1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
                                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                  • 12 Years
                                  11 years, 4 months ago

                                  *top half*

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                              2. r0nh
                                • 12 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                He is going to keep a Champions League?!!

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                              3. Live4pool
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                *two, *CS

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                              4. Licky
                                • 11 Years
                                11 years, 4 months ago

                                Last night I dreamt Celtic won the CL.

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                            14. Portuguese&Proud
                              • 11 Years
                              11 years, 4 months ago

                              6min for the confirmed line-ups

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