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Dugout Discussion August 18

Dugout Discussion – Sunday

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Sunday’s two matches get underway with a Selhurst Park encounter that finds Crystal Palace host Andre Villas-Boas’ Spurs. Two hours later, Chelsea start their double Gameweek with a home clash with Hull City as Fantasy mangers brace themselves for an avalanche of points.

The team news from Palace finds Ian Holloway keep the faith with much of the side that won promotion from the Championship. Holloway keeps the new boys on the bench, with Marouane Chamakh and Jose Campana in reserve while the likes of Aaron Wilbraham and Scott Dobbie are handed starts. New signing, Dwight Gayle, does get his Premier League debut up front, however.

Visitors Spurs are without Gareth Bale but can call on the services of Jan Vertonghen who is fit to line up alongside Michael Dawson in defence. Danny Rose gets the nod at left-back as expected. In midfield, Gylfi Sigurdsson looks to be starting in the Bale role, with Nacer Chadli given a debut on the left-flank. All eyes will be up front, however, as Roberto Soldado makes his first start following his £26 million move from Valencia.

Our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open and will be available for those who fancy live chat during this match and into the tea-time clash at Stamford Bridge.

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

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  1. Hazard267
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    That cant be right seven chelsea players to get 2 baps..?

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    1. Hazard267
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      its changed dont worry

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      1. Elwood
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        Where are you looking this stuff up?

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    2. 4vets
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      It's not.

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    3. Doctor X
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      You're looking at the wrong column dude.

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      1. Thick Of It
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        I have done this plenty of times already

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

    How many bonus points is Soldado likely to get?

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      3

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    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      8-10 minimum

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    3. Bubbles
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      3.

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    4. kimoo
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      3

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    5. Hazardous
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      3

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

      Great. Thanks.

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  3. Jeremiah
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Lukaku to :

    A - Lambert

    B - Bony

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    1. Elwood
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      A

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

      A then B for gw7

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    3. It's only Carlton Cole…
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      I was thinking Lambert or perhaps Welbeck

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  4. Elwood
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Did Cech really not make 1 single save?

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    1. Hazard267
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      made 2

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    2. Chu Young Ping Pong
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      2 saves

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    3. 4vets
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      The stats show he got 2....

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    4. Elwood
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      The FPL saves stats are rubbish - I was hoping they would have improved since last year.

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  5. Touré De Force
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    There's going to be a lot of

    Some Chelsea player(s) >>> Some City player(s) on here tomorrow evening!!

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  6. SuperOsçarBaby
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    anyone here has below 50 points?

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    1. Parm
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Yep...

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

      Yep

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    3. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      yep

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    4. PMC3
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Plenty.

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    5. The EJJ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Me!

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  7. fdotman
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Lambert or Bony
    Zabaleta or Walker

    ?

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    1. SuperOsçarBaby
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      zaba, lambert

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      1. Elwood
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        Concur

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

      First one is a close call. Whereas Lambert is the focal point of Southampton attack, Bony looks like a quality striker with nice hold-up play, good passing, decent aerial presence and a powerful shot who fits into the Swansea system very well. At the moment I think Bony's extra 0.5mil is justifiable so I think they are about the same and the choice would be more up to your budget.

      While City has had more solid defenses than Spurs in the past seasons, Pellegrini's promise to play a more attractive brand of football (implicitly at the expense of defensive conservatism), plus the possibility of Richards rotating with Zabaleta, leads me to favour Walker.

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

        One addition: all of the attributes I have described Bony with apply to Lambert as well but Bony is a much more mobile forward and Swansea has arguably better supplies from the midfield. I do enjoy watching both Southampton and Swansea.

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  8. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 15 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Plenty in trouble in LMS and Early Bird.

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    1. Lawrø
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      What do you have to do to get through in LMS again TM?

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      1. Elwood
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        Get above average for the first week.

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        1. Lawrø
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 10 months ago

          Cheers

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        2. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 15 Years
          10 years, 10 months ago

          Average or better.

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        3. Michaelangelo
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 10 months ago

          then I expect to stay in

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    2. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      How does it work?

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      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        Score average or more in LMS or have a GW rank under 1000000

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    3. Thomass
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Me?

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  9. parkerdip
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Why do people act like its the end of the world if a player hasnt got many points this week. Its only week 1! most players dont get points every week

    you'll end up selling a player and then they score next week

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    1. Little Dancer
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      You're right. The power of the kneejerk is strong.

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

      Short-sightedness and knee-jerking are both built into human nature. To do otherwise requires conscious effort and training.

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  10. r0nh
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Those bonus points arent finally.

    They have changed after every game so far.

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    1. Voyeur
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Pass completion gets added later I think

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

    Delighted with my score of 51 need a brace form Dzeko and a solid performance from hazard Ivanovic and Lukaku

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  12. Parm
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Palace vs Spuds: Soldado 3, Vertonghen 2, Dawson 1.

    Chelski vs Hell: Oscar 3, Cahill 2, Terry 2, A.Cole 2.

    NOW STOP ASKING

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    1. Setting the Toney
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      As we seem to be coming up with derogatory names for teams then how about pal-ass?

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  13. Podge
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Bonus is under BPS in detailed stats under each scoreline on FPL
    STOP ASKING !!

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    1. Nice1Cyrille
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      so where are the baps?

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    2. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Stop replying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  14. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    I'm on 109p with 16 players to play, yessssssssssssssss

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    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Top million at least

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    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Is that all?

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    3. Parm
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Meh, i'm on 156 with Charlton, Cantona, Shearer, Henry and Ruddock to come and Irwin off the bench...

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

        Great Palm. We can stop all the posts showing points

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        1. Parm
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 10 months ago

          Tempted to do Bergkamp ➡ Di Canio...

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    4. LOCO ABREU
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      currently on 347pts with silva,dzeko,zaba,negredo,hazard,lamps,oscar,mata,lukaku,ivanovic,terry to play, is that good?

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  15. DietCoke
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    36 points from my front 3 with Benteke to play another.

    RVP is essential? I don't think so just yet.

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  16. Captain rex
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    78 pts

    luke shaw on bench with 12 pts

    still to play
    dzeko
    cole hazard
    benteke

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

      109p with 16 men to go for me

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      1. Captain rex
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        hehe

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    2. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Captain Rex - can you promise here and now to tell everyone your score when it's utter crud?

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      1. Captain rex
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        i promise you.. 😛

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    3. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Posts like this are pointless!!

      What are you expecting people to say?....you are awesome?? What a player???

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      1. Captain rex
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        seems like it was a bad week for you..
        hehe
        i am not bragging..just saw everyone posting their scores.. so i did the same

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  17. Rowley Birkin
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    47 with Silva Dzeko Hazard and Lukaku seems distinctly average compared to scores on here.

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    1. DietCoke
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      You're right with me. I've got 51 (after Soldado's three BPs). Still have Hazard (C), Benteke, Silva, and Zab to play.

      I expect to catch up in the next two GWs, since I only went with one Chelsea and one Villa player.

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  18. Hazard267
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Ivanovic clearly the most attacking of our defenders so close to scoring and got taken down for a blatant pen not given. but he's going to end up with no baps ridiculous lol

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

      AGREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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    2. Yossi
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Why should he get baps? Was also the dodgiest player defensively (as always), which is surely more important than getting forward...

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    3. Thick Of It
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      I concur with everything but the "lol".

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    4. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Well its not called attacking defender points.

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  19. Hazardous
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Strikers Lambert soldado sturridge (wildcarding) any good?

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    1. Setting the Toney
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      yes yes it's text book knee jerk

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  20. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    I think i can crack 100. Terry goal n cleansheet. Hazard brace and an assist n 3 bonus

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    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      😆

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  21. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Is this classed as a hazard captain fail???

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    1. Parm
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Still one game to go...

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    2. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Eh there is another game he may feature in!

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    3. djt
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Its only half-time??????????

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    4. Declan-
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      So far. But long time to go

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    5. PMC3
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Ask again on Wednesday.

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  22. The Machine
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Sturridge(Later Suarez),Benteke and Soldado will keep scoring...

    All of them at least 4.5m cheaper, with Suarez 3m

    Bale likely to come back too

    RVP still essentail? i don't think so

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  23. The3rdTurd
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    The new detailed match stats also have their own URL, e.g. here for the Chelsea/Hull game:

    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/fixture/8/

    It's not formatted as nicely as the link from the fixtures/scores, but I find it easier to access.

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    1. Doctor X
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Goodstuff!

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    2. SuperOsçarBaby
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      lampard ea sports ppi 😯

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    3. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      Helpful.

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  24. ShadyGooner
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Can someone give me a link for official fpl iOS app? I can't seem to find. Also is there any official app for FFS for iOS?

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

      there's a u-official one, which looks better than the official one last year.

      they don't have one for this year yet

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      1. ShadyGooner
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        Link please for the unofficial one

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  25. sdmdsdBazman
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    if snodgrass isn't fit:
    cole->zaba
    snod->nolan

    solid?

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    1. Yossi
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      I'd only do the first, but of course wait on Snoddy news.

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  26. DRIZ ✅
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 10 months ago

    Did anyone here have RVP Benteke like me?

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  27. bitterandstout
      10 years, 10 months ago

      I'm on 71 with hazard & ivanovic to go. I'm content, though should have given RvP the armband.

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      1. RoysCallerAnne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        Content.
        Cringe.

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      2. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        Oh dear...

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    • ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      4763 tfr lukaku out

      4816 tfr Lambert in

      Fairly standard tfr I think.

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

        I'd say wait

        Wait for city's match at least.

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    • Manani
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      are people seriously moaning about the BPS??

      it is as clear as it gets, as stat reliant and non-controversial as it gets.
      what else do you want?

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      1. Podge
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        People to stop asking what they are and look at it themselves would be wonderful

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      2. PMC3
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        More points for the players I own 😉

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    • Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 10 months ago

      What happened to that new guy southampton were gonna sign? i wanna get lambert in but my doubts from preseason still not cleared.. apart from the penalty did he do well? those fixtures :drool:

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

        im keeping lambert. what a player

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      2. Valar(Keith)
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        *new forward

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      3. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 10 months ago

        Looks like it might be a done deal - £17.5m. Used to play for Poch and he's been on the phone persuading him to go to Saints over Spurs. Unsure how this affects Lamb chops and JRod playing time. I will ask around this week.

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