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18 August 2013 4717 comments
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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.

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  1. Bolt-on
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    I have him as captain but it seems hazard is playing a little arrogantly - the rest of the Chelsea team looks focused though

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    1. Ross Geller
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      Sadly, i agree...

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  2. clockwork
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    might transfer in rooney to get 4 cheleas mwahaha

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  3. Just A Hat
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Back in the deadzone, can't believe how much nonsense is posted on this site at peak times

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    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Agree with you re nonsense

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    2. There's Always One!
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      I hate the in play commentaries. If you are online you know whats happening if you dont your probably not bothered

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  4. SPorting
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    GW2 Fresh Start.

    Picking a new team for 100m is a piece of cake now.

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  5. r0nh
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    With all the upvotes, I might make lots of posts...

    Then I may get up to a level 2 rep 🙂

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    1. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      So will everyone though.

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  6. Heels_Over_Head
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    over/under, 3 goals in 2nd half

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    1. PB-THE-VET
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      Think 3 is about right

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    2. Woy of the Wovers
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      Neither.

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    3. 4vets
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Over... Lukaku to score 5 😉

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  7. mutatedllama
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    What a ridiculous penalty. Shows the difference between Arsenal & Spurs luck.

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    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
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      #jealous arsenal fan

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    2. The EJJ
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      I think both of Arsenal penalties were probably penos.

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      1. The Finnisher
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        No way was the second one a penalty.

        But I don't see how that Spurs one just then wasn't a penalty?

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        1. Elwood
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          12 years, 4 months ago

          When Koscelney knee tripped the attacking payer up before he got the ball?

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        2. Villain_123
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          On MOTD it was clearly shown that it should of been a pen, only call that i disagree with is that Vlaar didnt get booked when he made a lunge which was similar to Kos'.

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        3. Woy of the Wovers
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          Look like one to me too. Kosc played the ball through Agbonlahor.

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    3. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Spurs did not get a single penalty last year.

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    4. Elwood
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      The pens were both legit.

      Did you watch match of the day or you an Arsenal fan?

      The red card was legit too and I have Kosc in my team.

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      1. UnderstandablyDistraught
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        It was a horrible penalty decision

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    5. Davido989
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      I don't support either but you're sobbing over nothing.

      Grow a pair.

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    6. Count of Monte Hristo
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Arsenal also had a GK jumping about like an idiot and a CB going to ground in the box then lunging into a foul having just been booked.

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    7. Mílanista
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Spurs not getting a penalty last season probably got you into the Champions League.

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    8. Baby Face Nelson
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      you make your own luck

      we are just poor.. signs have always been there

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    9. LewanGOALski
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      2nd Ars wasn't a peno.

      But easily RC for Szczesny for the 1st o e

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  8. FORCA INTER
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    karma is a biatch lads

    i wish everyone doing good and so manny people want me to do bad

    i can cope with pressure

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    1. Podge
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Look up 5 posts

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    2. floydy_floyd
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      I hope u do well son.

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    3. Canadian Football
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      lol

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    4. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
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      You tell 'em Forca.

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    5. Heisenberg:Crystal Meth Pal…
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Pressure? What, when you're lying on your couch?

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    6. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Lukaku is still going to out score him 😉

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  9. Elniñorules
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    I see we have a Happy One here upvoting everyone 😆

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    1. 4vets
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      I do like that 🙂

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    2. P&F
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Loved my brief moment of excitement to see I had an up vote followed by crushing realisation everyone else on the page had more than 1

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  10. Optimus.
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    could we have a showing of upvotes here just to see how many are actually lurking 😉 😀

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    1. Optimus.
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      1...interesting 🙂

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      1. Setting the Toney
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        you have to be subtle with it you cant just ask for one 😀

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  11. Fantasy Football Friend!
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    I'll take an up vote please 😆

    Torres stinks, that should do!

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  12. Demí
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Might not be such a bad thing. Lukaku given 20 mins against tired legs to complete the rout

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    1. Dial Square
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Rearrange to make a well known phrase. "at straws clutching"

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      1. Woy of the Wovers
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        Is it "Smugly Smugs the Smuggy Smugness straws"?

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        1. Dial Square
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          12 years, 4 months ago

          yep 🙂

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    2. Prime
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      IF he's given 20 minutes.

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    3. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Unless.....Torres is on a hat-trick and Jose to give him the extra game time to get one

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    4. Legendary!
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Agreed and a good chance he will start against Villa

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    5. Woy of the Wovers
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      I'll wait till 5:30 before i start to panic.

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      1. tm245
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        I'll wait until Wednesday. The beauty of a double...

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    6. Evs
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Nope, may even be better 🙂

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  13. There's Always One!
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Lads I think we should all just say to to the chelsea forwards this season

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    1. There's Always One!
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Say NO even!

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    2. Heels_Over_Head
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      no, not "to"

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  14. FORCA INTER
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    i dont understand how de bryute has overtaken Lampard in bonus system

    Lampard looked great in 1st half

    hope it wont happen same like with Sturridge

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    1. Heisenberg:Crystal Meth Pal…
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      De Bryute? That's not even close to his name

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      1. Bad Seed
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        He's a brute for nicking baps, of course.

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    2. PMC3
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Missed penalty?

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      1. FORCA INTER
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        that's why i said overtaken him

        Lamp was infront of him even with missed pentalty

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    3. SuperOsçarBaby
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      de bruyne is everywhere

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    4. Red5
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      It's the missed pen. I swear we must have almost exactly the same team.

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      1. FORCA INTER
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        haven't see manny people with simillar team as me , seriously?

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        1. Red5
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          12 years, 4 months ago

          Migs

          Toure Kosc MTurner

          Walcott Hazard Sigurdsson Lampard

          Lukaku Giroud Sturridge

          Like 2 or 3 different I think?

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    5. There's Always One!
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Where can you see the bonus system

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      1. Red5
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        Go to fixtures on the FPL site and click on the game you want, then detailed stats. They aren't necessarily accurate until well after the game finishes, but they give a rough idea.

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  15. JWF
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    You can tell everyone's been starved of footie for a few months. The first taste they get and suddenly it's the best they've seen. Chelsea are not Barcelona Souness, this is Hull. Jeez, if Barca were playing this Hull team I reckon they'd be 7 or 8 up by now.

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    1. Vote Joke
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Ex-bloody-actly.

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    2. Bad Seed
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      He didn't say Chelsea are Barcelona. He said at times they reached similar heights. With some of the passing and pressing in that first half, it's not an outrageous claim.

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  16. Pratik
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    What a moaning and bitching site today....cheer up guys, at least football is back on TV.

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    1. Adriano
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Agreed.

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      1. FC Tinker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        Double-agreed.

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    2. The Light Knight
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      But I want more points......

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    3. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      I'm going to go out of the way and say this is what I love.

      Keep 'em coming!

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    4. GreennRed
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      100% and a cracking game of hurling on too.

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  17. I taught Ashley Young how t…
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Why do people call Lampard fat? He is nowhere near as fat as Rooney or Ivanovic

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    1. Royal5
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Kolo is the fattest

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      1. 808Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        stil a beast

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    2. UnderstandablyDistraught
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      they may mean "phat" jury still out

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    3. waitinginthelonggrass
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      He is clearly obese

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  18. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Keepers gotta save that. McGregor's having a mix bag.

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  19. Your Mum's Athletic
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    COME ON HAZARD

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  20. The Bandit
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Despite everything I said yesterday I think I'm going to WC.. Catch some price rises, City attack and start again 😀

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    1. Evs
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Don't, stand firm.

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    2. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      You've had a shocker no doubt, but a WC won't change that and it doesn't guarantee you points. See how you get on GW2.

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    3. Optimus.
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      ill probably be joining you

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    4. T C
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      At the very least wait until the beginning of the international break. If you catch the price risers it can take your team value up a bit by the end of it. Only worth doing if your team is a disaster though. See how next week goes first.

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  21. Glasner Ball
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Very, very proud of the boys today.

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    1. TJR
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Well played!

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    2. Heytch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      great effort. glad to see the big aussie immense as usual

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    3. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      defensively impressive.. may put your guy along boruc now. congrats though.. did great

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    4. RÏɠBY
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      so what was the 'saw' thing about?

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    5. Godfather Bandit 42
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, good wholesome display... was impressed with Ward and Jed...

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  22. Bad Seed
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Best football I've seen for a while in the PL.

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    1. busteddocket
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      calm down, it's Hull ffs.

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      1. Bad Seed
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        It's facile to be dismissive simply for that reason.

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  23. The3rdTurd
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    12 years, 4 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
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Goodstuff!

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    2. SuperOsçarBaby
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      lampard ea sports ppi 😯

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    3. Godfather Bandit 42
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      Helpful.

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  24. Optimus.
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    worst gw EVER 😀

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    1. Red20
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      Very true, wasn't overly impressed by Soldado today either.

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      1. Optimus.
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        12 years, 4 months ago

        i might be wildcarding 🙂

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        1. Red20
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          12 years, 4 months ago

          I'm not going to do anything drastic.. I've 4.5m in the bank and want to oust some Chelsea players before their blank

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  25. Djerbil
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    What has Forca done??

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    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      He kept saying about how he picked Lampard over Lukaku

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    2. TokyoRed 東京赤
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      Plumped for Lamps from what I gather?

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    3. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Larged it about having Super Lamps

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    4. 1966 was a great year for E…
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      Just being himself.

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    5. Count of Monte Hristo
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      He cheated on Mandzukic with Modric

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    6. RÏɠBY
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      someone did mention his gracious behaviour might come to bite him on the arse..

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  26. r0nh
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    This upvoting is like doing the Mexican wave at a football match 🙂

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  27. FORCA INTER
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    to be fair there is no need for lukaku , this chelsa side looks great without him and torres linking up well

    kid would just slow game down

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    1. PGR
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      I'm guessing you dont have him?

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    2. Christina.
      • 15 Years
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      lol

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    3. DonTheSpecialOne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      Lol.

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  28. SPorting
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Wish I'd played Jedinak instead of Soldado now.

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    1. super zlatan
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      :-). Me too.

      Jedinak has been very impressive.

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  29. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
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    Lloris for the 3baps

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    1. Chu Young Ping Pong
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      No way..

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      1. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        Check again

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        1. Chu Young Ping Pong
          • 13 Years
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          you check again..

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        2. LewanGOALski
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 4 months ago

          Look at BPS not TP column, man

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        3. Podge
          • 14 Years
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          BPS not TP

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    2. Caine & Co.
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      wrong column

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  30. Glasner Ball
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    12 years, 4 months ago

    Spurs squad value approx £200milion, ours about £10million - will settle for 0-0 so far 🙂

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