[sbu_large_image] Matchday Surgery

The Saturday Surgery

19 January 2013 809 comments
Mark Mark
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Fantasy managers’ final preparations are in full swing, undeterred by the frosty conditions. We’ve just over the hour to go before another Fantasy deadline is upon us and, at present, it seems we’re still clinging to a full Premier League programme like it’s a warm thermos of bovril. Our Saturday Surgery Chatroom is now open to ease you into the final hour, offering a sounding board for your last minute tinkerings.

With no early kick-off, the Dugout Discussion will begin around 2.45 prior to today’s three o’clock fixtures. A thermal-clad pre-match preamble is on the way.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Milan
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Got 1 free transfer. Allready have Caz, Gibbs, O'Brien, Nolan. Opinions on potential transfers please:

    1. Mata to Walcott(c) - Of course I will bring Mata back with WC, but will lose 0.3
    2. Ba to Podolski
    3. Azpi to Sagna
    4. Nelsen to Demel

    Option 1 is the only possible for getting Walcott as (c). Other cases Caz will have to do as (c)

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    1. Corkyote FFS CWC Champion 2…
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I'd either do 1 or leave it. Maybe do caz to mata after dgw though and free some cash.

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      1. Milan
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Reading my mind. Exactly my plan for option 1. 😉

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  2. Eboue
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    how am i looking(subs and stuff)
    ming
    demel gibbs zab
    nolan walcott(c) mata Pablo bale
    RVP(v) Lambert
    ---------------------
    fed-davies ba martin r

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  3. Messi & fabregas
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    i am waiting to hear about liverpool match to see if i am to get sturridge , apparently there is info on all of the matchres but the liverpool and the man city match

    anyone heard anything if the match is to go on?

    thanks

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  4. WINNING!
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Ba to Lukaku FT?

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    1. Gizmo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Na

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    2. New Ghost
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Save it

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  5. Footiegirl
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Last wildcard slot - Podolski or Dzeko? Not sure if Pod will play 2 games? Any thoughts??

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    1. Gizmo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Not sure either will play them both IMO.

      Pod will most likely get ~60min in both

      Dzeko... anyones guess!

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    2. Messi & fabregas
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      both risks, with aguero back dzeko is greater risk but my far the best scorer of the two

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      1. Footiegirl
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Any ideas for a similar costing forward?

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  6. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Mignolet

    Gibbs - Davies - Demel

    Mata - Punch - Fellaini - Michu - Walcott(c)

    RVP(vc) - Aguero

    Expecting bug things from this GW. 😀

    Goodbye everyone, probably won't be back til around Monday.

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    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      *big 😳

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      1. Rafabio
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Take care El Capitan! Good luck!

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    2. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      http://i.imgur.com/pOjNP.gif

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Closest 'bug' gif i have. Not good enough Boson, not good enough...

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    3. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Good luck mate. Ta.

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    4. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Good luck!

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  7. GoonerByron
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Who to transfer in and play, Lukaku or Joe Cole?

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    1. Gizmo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Prefer Lukaku.

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  8. YingYang
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    The west brom game looking like it will go ahead?

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    1. gravless
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Effing hope so. 'Concerted efforts being made'

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  9. leo_messi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Should play Azpi and save FT or do Azpi-> Nastasic???

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  10. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Jussi Demel Gibbs Walcott DGW, 1 FT

    Tempted to ignore a 5th and go Dzeko or Sturridge?

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    1. ERIC CANTONA
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      cisse,lukaku ?

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  11. ERIC CANTONA
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    who to captain ?
    1)walcott
    2)cazorla
    3)aguero
    4) suarez
    first to 3 wins.

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    1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Walcott or Cazorla as DGW

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      1. ERIC CANTONA
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        cazorla over walcott ?

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        1. BobB
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 2 months ago

          Santi over fat contract boy for sure

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    2. New Ghost
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Theo Theo Theo

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  12. Sean.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    pretty set on losing berb for sturridge/dzeko
    is it worth bringing in nolan for -4 ? 🙂 ?

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    1. Orion
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Nolan... ? For a hit... ? Doesn't sound so good, for me ...

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      1. Sean.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        your probably right there

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    2. 42 Rules
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      That's what I was thinking, in the end swapped Puncheon for Noble, not glamorous I know, but if you live by the sword etc etc. My rank is not great, but an active player and have closed gap to league leader to 150 - looking at GW38 for a triumphant finish !!!

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  13. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Predictions (non-FPL biased!)

    3 Liverpool
    0 Norwich

    3 Manchester City
    0 Fulham

    1 West Ham
    1 Queens P.R.

    1 Wigan
    2 Sunderland

    1 Swansea
    0 Stoke

    3 Newcastle
    1 Reading

    1 West Bromwich
    1 Aston Villa

    2 Chelsea
    2 Arsenal

    2 Tottenham
    3 Manchester Utd

    1 Southampton
    2 Everton

    Yours? non-FPL biased please 🙂

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    1. Kostja
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      1-0 to Liverpool
      4-1 City
      1-1
      2-1 Wigan
      0-0
      1-1
      2-1 WBA
      2-2
      0-2 UTD
      1-2 Everton

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    2. reekster
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      No eleventh fixture, Siggy?!

      0 Liverpool
      0 Norwich

      3 Manchester City
      0 Fulham

      0 West Ham
      2 Queens P.R.

      2 Wigan
      2 Sunderland

      1 Swansea
      0 Stoke

      1 Newcastle
      0 Reading

      3 West Bromwich
      1 Aston Villa

      2 Chelsea
      2 Arsenal

      3 Tottenham
      2 Manchester Utd

      0 Southampton
      4 Everton

      2 Arsenal
      0 West Ham

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    3. Eboue
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      liv3-nor0
      manc3-ful0
      whu1-qpr2
      wigan0-sunde2
      swans2-stoke0
      newc2-rdg2
      wba1-avl1
      chels1-ars 9
      tot3-mnu4(rvp 90th+17)
      sot1-eve3

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    4. CABAYE4
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Liverpool 2-1 Norwich
      City 2-0 Fulham
      West Ham 2-2 QPR
      Wigan 3-1 Sunderland
      Swansea 2-1 Stoke
      Newcastle 3-1 Reading
      WBA 1-0 Villa
      Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
      Spurs 2-2 Utd
      Southampton 2-1 Everton

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  14. Cooper123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Was all set on Ba to Podolski but the illness news makes me feel its an unnecessary risk.

    So now I'm thinking Berbatov to Lukaku. Is this equally a waste of a FT considering the conditions?

    Waxing soon so longevity not an issue. Cheers all.

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    1. gravless
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Get Lukaku in - he's hot to trot at the mo....

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    2. Cooper123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      WILDCARDING. That should say WILDCARDING.

      That was a pretty bad autocorrect....

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  15. Malgani
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Help please.........

    Lambert or Ba for this GW?

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  16. Dynamic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone else have less than 3 players playing today?? (Davies, Demel and Aguero)

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  17. Hakuho FPL
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Chelsea vs arsenal game on tom? or is it snowing lots in london

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  18. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Best choice folks? Get votes on the board 🙂

    A) ba
    B) dzeko
    C) sturridge

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    1. Malgani
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      B, A, C.

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    2. Sean.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      C safest starter imo

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    3. Messi & fabregas
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      c

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    4. LMNO
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Ba

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    5. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      C
      B
      A

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    6. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Ba 1
      Dzeko 1
      Sturridge 2

      First to 5 wins

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  19. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    The article photo is frickin terrifying. You cruel cruel people...

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      😆

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    2. Pratik
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      There will be a few scattered snow showers over the NW of England during Saturday morning but these will clear to leave a dry but mostly cloudy afternoon with the best of the sunshine in the east for the Newcastle V Reading match at 3pm

      CISSE!!!! 😀

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Yes, have you done it as well 😀

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        1. Pratik
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 2 months ago

          In about 5 minutes for sure 🙂

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  20. Tim Canterbury
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Not got a good feeling about this GW

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  21. Lao Tzu
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Is anyone crazy enough to not only own Tevez, but to give him the armband today too?

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    1. Pratik
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Dzeko, Aguero may start....Don't.

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      1. Lao Tzu
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        You're right, thanks.

        I'll just have to sabotage something else today instead.

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    2. gravless
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Sounds like you want to, don't you - you mad crazy person.

      Go for it - I love a punt.

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      1. Lao Tzu
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        I do like the craziness of it......

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  22. Beavis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone got any really early Liverpool line-ups like Demi seems to manage to get? 🙂

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BA0Ya64CcAAQB8P.png

      Predicted by Bib Theory

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      1. Beavis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Will take that with a pinch of salt going by last time. Thanks anyway!

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  23. Gizmo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    A) Ba -> Aguero

    B) Sterling -> Wilshere

    WC week after.

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    1. Dynamic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      A

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    2. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      A is an awesome transfer IMO.

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    3. Gizmo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Will be getting Aguero in regardless after this week with WC.

      Si kinda feel I should use this week as an opportunity to do something different.. no?

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      1. Beavis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Point is to get who you expect to get the most points and if you think Aguero potentially has a huge haul in him this week then just get him!

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  24. oxido_76
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Repost : berba to podo for a hit ?

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Yes.

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    2. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Not for a hit. Was unwell and may not play twice.

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    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      NO! Podolski MAY be ill!

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    4. Van The Man
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

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    5. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      yep

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    6. Mini League Fatigue
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Jut asked the same below...thoughts on Wiltshire for a hit as a punt?! 180mins guaranteed and more advance role recently...already have walcott and Gibbs myself

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  25. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    If news of any postponements does not arrive before deadline surely it is worth using your FT on a DGW?

    If we are hit with Armageddon with most games then called off due to H&S then one still has the DGW game next week and could profit?

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  26. Pratik
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Weather update related to football - http://uk.weather.com/partners-januaryoutlook/011613football

    Credit to Tinkerman

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  27. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Van the man?

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    1. Pratik
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Spurs United might be in doubt tomorrow, according to the weather report posted above.

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      1. Lateriser 12
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Yep. vice on Suarez.

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Brown eyed girl? 😀

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  28. Home Run Baker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    The cool kids are keeping Ba. In fact, it's the definition of cool 😎

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Definitely needed a repost.

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      1. Home Run Baker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Exactly

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Well ... it will be colder, later! 😉

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  29. John Nerdelbaum
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone else holding off their WC till GW25 or is the common consensus to do it after today?

    My only doubt about activating today is that the midweek game could complicate matters

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    1. gravless
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      ?

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    2. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      today

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    3. John Nerdelbaum
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      i.e if, god forbid, Pod smashes in a hatty but I've sold him down the swanny for Kun. Hypothetically speaking of course 🙂

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    4. Cooper123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      May as well wait til the transfer window closes

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      1. John Nerdelbaum
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        That's my thinking but with the break next week and price rises the ideal team could be out of reach. Hmmm, I'm leaning towards waiting till the last possible moment

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  30. Mini League Fatigue
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Berba to Pod worth it for a hit? Also thinking about Wiltshire for Puncheon....any thought?!

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    1. gravless
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Pod may not play Sunday. Giroud is where the cool money is.

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      1. Mini League Fatigue
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers saw he was I'll, not a big ground fan myself - don't see either of them getting more than 100minutes over the double. Can't afford can but have a feeling about Wiltshire...hmm

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        1. Mini League Fatigue
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 2 months ago

          Giroud not ground!

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