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17 August 2013 4613 comments
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There are five three o’clock kick-offs to follow Liverpool’s early Premeir League victory, with United’s trip to Swansea to follow at tea-time.

The team news from the Emirates finds Theo Walcott in the Arsenal lineup, although there is no start for Santi Cazorla who is rested to the bench following his recent international exploits. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain earns a start in midfield, along with Aaron Ramsey and Tomas Rosicky: Mikel Arteta is absent through injury. Up front, Olivier Giroud is given the opportunity to lead the attack with no place for Lukas Podolski. As for Villa, they have budget pick, Nathan Baker alongside Ron Vlaar in defence, as expected.

Chris Hughton is without Seb Bassong and playmaker Robert Snodgrass so hands a start to Elliot Bennett and Nathan Redmond on the flank, with Steven Whittaker in defence. They go with a 4-5-1 with Wes Hoolahan supporting new signing, Ricky van Wolfswinkel up top. Everton’s lineup is as expected – Ross Berkley is given the opportunity to fill in for Darron Gibson in midfield, while Nikica Jelavic’s pre-season form is enough to earn him the nod up front.

There are few surprises as the Hawthorns. The home side lineup with both Nicolas Anelka and Shane Long up front in what looks like a regular 4-4-2. Opponents Southampton have Luke Shaw fit to start at left-back, although Nathaniel Clyne is only able to make the bench: Calum Chambers starts at right-back. James Ward-Prowse is preferred ahead of Guly, Steven Davis and Gaston Ramirez in midfield.

Paolo Di Canio’s teamsheet includes a host of new signings as Ondrej Celustka, Valentin Roberge, Cabral, Emanuele Giaccherin and Jozy Altidore all earn debuts. Kieron Westwood gets the nod in goal over Vito Mannone. The Fulham lineup includes a debut for Derek Boateng and a surprise start or Adel Taarabt: Bryan Ruiz only makes the bench.

The West Ham back four lines up with both Guy Demel and James Collins earning starts as Razvan Rat and James Tomkins are kept on the bench. The midfield sees Mo Diame earn a start along with Joe Cole, while Modibo Maiga leads the line in the absence of the injured Andy Carroll. There are few surprises in the Cardiff lineup, with Matt Connolly preferred to John Brayford at right-back and Ben Turner alongside new signing, Steven Caulker.

Our Dugout Discussion chatroom remains open to take you through the afternoon matches into this evenings clash at the Liberty.

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

  1. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    A) Your score

    B)No. of Chelsea players in your team

    C)No. of Villa players in your team

    D)Any other players still left to play (Inc. United-Swansea)

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    1. bmic
      • 14 Years
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      a) 20

      b) 2

      c) 1

      d) 3

      Bad luck, but I trust my team!

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    2. Gimli son of Gloin
      • 13 Years
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      37
      3
      0
      Soldado
      -Not too bad overall, I guess

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    3. beric
      • 13 Years
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      A 35

      B 3(c)

      C 1

      D 0

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    4. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
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      24

      2

      0

      RVP (Hazard (c) + Terry)

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    5. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
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      It'll be a new page by the time I get all that information.

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      1. Portuguese&Proud
        • 13 Years
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        or maybe even 2

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    6. Fin
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      A) 24
      B) 3
      C) 0
      D) Soldado and Dzeko

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    7. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
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      A)

      B) 3 + captain

      C) 1

      D) 2

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      1. Jairzinho
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
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        A: 17*

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    8. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      35

      2

      1

      Soldado silva dawson

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    9. Somalion
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      32

      2

      1

      Soldado and Silva.

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    10. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      21

      3- Terry, Hazard & Lukaku.

      None

      Van Persie, Dzeko, Williams.

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    11. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      A) 31
      B) 3
      C) 1
      D) 1

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    12. SuperOsçarBaby
      • 13 Years
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      26
      3
      1
      zaba, clichy, negredo and siggy

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    13. Konig Luther
      • 13 Years
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      33
      3
      1
      1

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    14. T1P
      • 13 Years
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      I did alright by the looks of things

      34

      3

      1

      2

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    15. TokyoRed 東京赤
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      32
      3
      0
      RvP, Dzeko

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      1. Esalman
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        26
        3
        soldado silva hazard lukaku iva + boruc will replace mannone

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    16. Raul
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      A)32

      B)3(c) Ivan hazard and lukaku

      C)0

      E) 3 dzeko silva and soldado

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    17. stumanchuu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      A 58
      B 2
      C1
      D2 non double gamers
      C benteke

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    18. Essan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      A) 18

      B) 3

      C) 0

      D) 2

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    19. opentag
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      A) 41

      B) 2

      C) 0

      D) Soldado

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  2. Optimus.
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    i could have such a good team for -24...not much when you consider i would have all of todays goal scorers

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    1. Yossi
      • 15 Years
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      😆

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
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      😀

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  3. Bobo_V
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    What is wrong with Snodgrass, he wasn't injured?

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    1. the Penman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
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      Tight groin.

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  4. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
    • 14 Years
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    Bap predictions?

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    1. Caine & Co.
      • 15 Years
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      No need to predict you can check from detailed stats

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      1. FACUPARSE
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        where can you see this?

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        1. Esalman
          • 16 Years
          12 years, 7 months ago

          http://fantasy.premierleague.com/stats/elements/
          select a team and sort by Bonus Points I think

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      2. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
        • 14 Years
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        But Southampton lots of players are on the highest score of 6

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        1. Esalman
          • 16 Years
          12 years, 7 months ago

          The'll all get 3 maybe?

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  5. Fin
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Anybody thinking of Lukaku-> P. Cisse? Newcastles fixtures look great.

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    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      But Cisse doesn't

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  6. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Giggs and Valencia better than Kagawa and Zaha? Moyes out.. 🙄

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  7. Bungalow Bill
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    I smell a red card later if this start by Phil Dowd is anything to go by …

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  8. Raul
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    As long as RVP is contained, I'm having a good game week

    32 from 5, with bonus points to come

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  9. Exilizer
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Sell or bench Koscielny.

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    1. Yossi
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Depends on your other defenders.

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      1. Exilizer
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        Ivanovic and Jagielka currently, otherwise might have swapped for Coleman.

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    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Depends on your team and who you want to bring in...

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    3. Tangogooner
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Sell or lose money

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      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
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        Simple as that eh.

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      2. Exilizer
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        Not that simple, I was planning on keeping him long term 😉

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        1. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
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          You can probably get away with benching him if you plan to keep him long term. You might have to suffer slightly in GW3, but shouldn't be too bad depending on how many DGWers you have.

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          1. Exilizer
            • 12 Years
            12 years, 7 months ago

            3 DGW'ers all chelsea incl hazard.

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          2. Billy Gilmore
            • 13 Years
            12 years, 7 months ago

            He's back for GW3

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    4. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Depends on how many Chelsea and Villa players you have, really.

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    5. OShaughnessy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      If we're using our WC it's sell so we won't lose value.

      If we're thinking ARS long term 10+ GWs then bench him, right?

      *Caveat: How many DGW players do we have to cover for...

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      1. Exilizer
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        Just three chelsea. I was planning to get rid of two of them + bench hazard so it will be okay.

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  10. Tangogooner
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    How do you change your pic on the left?

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    1. Yossi
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      sign up for gravatar.com with the same email you used to sign up to this site

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    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      http://www.gravatar.com

      Sign up with the same email as you did for this site.

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  11. Konig Luther
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    mignolet, benteke, giroud (awesome start i thought), and then..... koscielny

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  12. Eedee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Why didn't Snodgrass play??

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    1. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      He had a kid

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  13. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone else kick Barkley out of the team this morning?

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    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Nate. Lambert tfr already made?

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    2. Podge
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Did Luna to Rat for safety of starts, that didnt exactly work 🙁

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    3. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Does it really matter? You'll never play him...

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      1. The Machine
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        Money...Value

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        1. Acquafresca
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 7 months ago

          Waste of a transfer. Stop kneejerking in every player that scores GW1..

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    4. beric
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      no but i did do Migs&Rudd->Foster&Boruc, and benched Boruc

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      1. The Machine
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        That counts... 🙁

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  14. Sheldon420
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Lukaku to Lambert or Wolfie for GWs 2-3?

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    1. Jinswick
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Lambert or possibly Dzeko depending on how MCY look like lining up

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    2. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Same thing I'm deciding...

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    3. Sheldon420
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      I already have Dzeko.

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  15. Gimli son of Gloin
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    How did Mirallas do today?

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    1. OShaughnessy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Starting formation, Avg position, Heat map, Stats etc...
      http://espnfc.com/us/en/gamecast/367473/gamecast.html?soccernet=true&cc=5901

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  16. rohan
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Right, Darren Bent for Lukaku GW2

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  17. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Swansea gonna win this i reckon (i'm a man u fan) 😯

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    1. Touré De Force
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      90 minute game, let it settle brah

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    2. Somalion
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      They're playing so well.

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      1. I am not a smart guy
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        this

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  18. Plagued by indecision
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    And so the frustration begins...

    Foster concedes in the 90th minute, Boruc on the bench.
    Took Collins out for Rat because of the "injury". Collins 6, Rat doesn't even play.

    Coleman brightened my day.

    My Sky team has Mignolet, Benteke and Sturridge. Going to call this team "The Alternatives".

    Come on Robin, bring me some early evening FPL cheer.

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    1. Sheldon420
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Exactly the same here with Foster and Rat.

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    2. OShaughnessy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Too early to start this kinda talk...
      #positivevibes

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  19. CaTriEm
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Apparently Snodgrass wasn't in the squad because his wife/GF was having a baby?

    You'd think we'd have known that before deadline 😆

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    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      He only just found out himself, he thought she was fat 😀

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    2. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah, can't believe the Scouts don't spend Fridays ringing all the WAGs to see how far gone they are...

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      1. CaTriEm
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        You can stick your patronizing posts where the sun don't shine mate.

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        1. Locarno
          • 15 Years
          12 years, 7 months ago

          Cardiff?

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    3. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah, where was the WAG watch article Mark?

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  20. Crash
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    match looks ripe for a red card or two

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  21. Jairzinho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Van Persie header on target.

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    1. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Thats not a good thing, even for his owners

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  22. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
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    Too slow Giggsy....

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      nothing new.......

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  23. The Machine
    • 12 Years
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    Well done Giggs

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  24. Richie15
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    whittacker coleman nolan migolet all in my team mupp mupp mup mup mup

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    1. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
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      nice

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    2. Smarty Pants
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      WC activated?

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      1. Richie15
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 7 months ago

        shut up ya freak, sore loser much??

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  25. jas5sk - Youtube channel
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Giggs running in slow motion

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  26. Tibidabo
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Kagawa would have scored that

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  27. Crouch Potato!
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Rooney has a real face on him! 😉

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  28. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    I think Shelvey's on for a big season.

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  29. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    shelvey 5.5 to rotate with kim i'm thinking, playing pretty high up

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    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 7 months ago

      Out when Bony is back?

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  30. Thick Of It
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Very impressed with Swansea again. This is how most of us wish that the teams that we support play.

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