The ScoutCast - Episode 116 - Minefield - Best FPL Tips, Advice, Team News, Picks, and Statistics from Fantasy Football Scout

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Gabriel Magalhães
Jurriën Timber
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Senesi

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João Pedro
Bowen

Verbruggen
Andersen
Summerville
Anderson

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Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gabriel	ARS	7.0m	102.4%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	97.4%	Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.6m	94.5%	Likely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	95.1%	Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	95.6%	Maybe
Chalobah	CHE	5.7m	89.0%	Maybe
Semenyo	MCI	7.8m	87.0%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	90.9%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	88.4%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.6m	85.6%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	83.4%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	76.2%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.8m	73.1%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.5m	71.2%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	74.9%	Unlikely
Ayari	BHA	4.8m	73.0%	Unlikely
Estêvão	CHE	6.4m	65.5%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	61.8%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	56.6%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	62.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	60.2%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	56.1%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	54.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.3m	53.9%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	56.5%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	53.9%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	52.3%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	6.1m	49.0%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	51.6%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.3m	48.8%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	47.3%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	45.2%	Unlikely
Collins	BRE	5.0m	44.1%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	42.0%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.7m	40.6%	Unlikely
G.Jesus	ARS	6.4m	38.4%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	36.2%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	4.8m	34.3%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	37.2%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	36.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	107.5%	Very Likely
Meslier	LEE	4.2m	97.3%	Maybe
Nichols	ARS	3.8m	98.2%	Maybe
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	97.3%	Maybe
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	89.9%	Maybe
Acheampong	CHE	3.8m	94.7%	Maybe
Foden	MCI	8.3m	88.0%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.8m	89.3%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.2m	90.1%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	90.0%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	88.3%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	88.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.9%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	86.9%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	85.4%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	83.3%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	80.5%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.2m	79.5%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.0%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.2m	79.7%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	76.7%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.8m	74.5%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	76.1%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.2m	75.1%	Unlikely
Vicario	TOT	4.8m	74.2%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.3m	69.5%	Unlikely
Kporha	CRY	4.0m	71.1%	Unlikely
Kluivert	BOU	7.0m	70.5%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	BUR	5.6m	70.7%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	67.4%	Unlikely
Lavia	CHE	4.9m	69.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	66.1%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	60.4%	Unlikely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	67.2%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.6m	64.1%	Unlikely
Trésor	BUR	4.4m	67.7%	Unlikely
Campbell	EVE	3.9m	66.6%	Unlikely
Raúl	FUL	6.2m	66.8%	Unlikely
Mfuni	MCI	3.9m	65.5%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	64.5%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Sanchez	CHE	B, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B
No Change	Roefs	SUN	C
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:27am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Chalobah	CHE	B, Vs
Up	Senesi	BOU	C, Vs
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	B
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	C, Vs
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	B, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:36am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Saka	ARS	C
No Change	Fernández	CHE	A, Vs
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
Up	Wilson	FUL	A
No Change	Wirtz	LIV	A
Down	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A, VsX, Inj
No Change	Ndiaye	EVE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Mitoma	BHA	B

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:43am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
No Change	Watkins	AVL	B, Vs, Inj
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	C
Up	Bowen	WHU	B
Down	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B, VsX

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:46am

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The ScoutCast – Episode 116 – Minefield

7 November 2013 2440 comments

Mark

These are hazardous times. Shopping in midfield is a thankless task, with little value and consistency on offer, aside from a pair of dominant forces who threaten to break the season, along with the hearts and minds of those too stubborn to jump on board their seemingly relentless bandwagons.

In this latest episode of the podcast, I lay the blame for my inept season squarely at the feet of my failing midfield and my reluctance to give Aaron Ramsey the time of day. Oh, how I crave those predictable days of the ever-reliable “Power Five”.

Granville does his best to ensure that my moans fall on sympathetic ears, although his sniggering gives him away on more than one occasion. In between giggles, my co-host joins me to dissect the week’s transfer activity, preview the weekend’s fixtures and mastermind another mediocre Gameweek for the ScoutCast lineup.

Tread where others fear to tread via this link or laugh in the face of danger via the handy player below…

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Will
12 years, 3 months ago
Amalfitano or Townsend (under 8.8) to replace Michu in this motley crew: http://willhow.es/lx4S
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1. DRIZ ✅
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Amal playing Chelsea away so i wouldn't. Townsend may face rotation.
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  1. Will
    12 years, 3 months ago
    Rediculous brain meltdown - meant Arnautovic away to Swansea!
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    1. Reeker
      12 years, 3 months ago
      I would definitely get Arnautovic
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2. Jonny Bananas
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Crüe 🙂
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Scottys Army
12 years, 3 months ago
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Atwood
12 years, 3 months ago
Evening gents,

Anyone recommend any transfers? I have 2FT with 0.9 in the bank.

Boruc
Walker -- Clyne -- Chico
Janujaz -- Michu -- Ramsey -- Oscar
Rooney -- Suarez -- Giroud

Subs: Davis -- Brady -- Coleman -- Garrido
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1. Will
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Michu > Amalfitano/Townsend/Lallana/Cabaye ... sit on the other FT?
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2. Wirtzle Gummidge
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Michu to Courtinho/Silva
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  1. Atwood
    12 years, 3 months ago
    I like the sound of that Silva switch, think I might go for that
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floydy_floyd
12 years, 3 months ago
Here it is ...
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Declan-
12 years, 3 months ago
I did worse than Mark the last two weeks. Times are tough 😉
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1. Declan
  12 years, 3 months ago
  I feel your pain. 🙁
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The Sarjeant
12 years, 3 months ago
The Bookies Picks:

So every Thursday night I've decided to compile together the bookies picks, which is similar to the scout picks, but it looks at who bet365 have priced as the most favourite to score and keep a clean sheet.

To Keep a Clean Sheet:
Liverpool: 1.80
Chelsea: 1.83
Southampton: 1.83
Man City: 2.10
Everton: 2.20
Tottenham: 2.20
Swansea: 2.25
Aston Villa: 2.50
Norwich: 3.00
Man United: 3.40
West Ham: 3.40
Cardiff: 4.00
Stoke: 4.00
Arsenal: 4.33
Hull: 5.00
Crystal Palace: 5.50
Newcastle: 6.50
Sunderland: 8.00
Fulham: 11.00
West Brom: 11.00

Goal Scorers: these players are the ones in the captain poll.

To Score at Anytime:
Luis Suarez: 1.66
Daniel Sturridge: 1.72
Sergio Aguero: 1.72
Roberto Soldado: 2.00
Romelu Lukaku: 2.10
Christian Benteke: 2.25
Robin Van Persie: 2.30
Philippe Coutinho: 2.60
Eden Hazard: 2.87
Wayne Rooney: 3.00
Olivier Giroud: 3.00
Oscar: 3.25
Loic Remy: 3.50
David Silva: 3.50
Yaya Toure: 3.50
Adam Lallana: 3.75
Mesut Ozil: 4.50
Aaron Ramsey: 4.50

To Score 2 or More: Top 5
Luis Suarez: 3.75
Daniel Sturridge: 4.00
Sergio Aguero: 4.33
Roberto Soldado: 5.50
Romelu Lukaku: 6.50

To Score 3 or More: Top 5
Luis Suarez: 11.00
Daniel Sturridge: 13.00
Sergio Aguero: 13.00
Roberto Soldado: 21.00
Romelu Lukaku: 26.00

The Bookies Team:
The bookies team formation will be 4-3-3 each week.

Goal Keeper: this will be selected from the team who has the lowest odds to keep a clean sheet.

Defenders: this will be selected from the four highest teams who have the lowest odds to keep a clean sheet - the keeper and one defender will be from the same team.

Midfielders: this will be selected from the three midfielders who have the lowest odds to score at anytime from the captain poll.

Forwards: this will be selected from the three forwards who have the lowest odds to score at anytime from the captain poll.

Bet365's XI:

Mignolet
Toure - Terry - Lovren - Nastasic
Coutinho - Hazard - Oscar
Suarez - Sturridge - Aguero
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1. DRIZ ✅
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Coutinhooooooooooooooooooooo
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  1. Acquafresca
    12 years, 3 months ago
    This doesn't help me decision one bit 🙁
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    1. AK ⭐
      12 years, 3 months ago
      Acqua. You've been thinking about Coutinho too?
      
      😆
      
      I am tempted, but not going without Arsenal cover, especially Ramsey, freaks me out.
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      1. Acquafresca
        12 years, 3 months ago
        I have Ozil... but Ramsey is raping me atm
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        AK ⭐
        12 years, 3 months ago
        He's raping everyone who doesn't have him.
        
        Coutinho or Ramsey then? One last time.
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        Beavis
        12 years, 3 months ago
        I think I'm going Coutinho and gonna get Walcott in GW12 or 13.
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        Yank Revolution
        12 years, 3 months ago
        RamRod
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2. JK - Cønt ⭐
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Number of players I own in that team
  
  4
  
  But I have Clyne not Lovren
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3. GreenWindmill
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Interesting idea - 5 Liverpool is a bit cheeky 😉
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  1. The Sarjeant
    12 years, 3 months ago
    I know lol, it would have been way too hard to do if I was limited to 3 players per team and money and subs etc.
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4. Hibbo
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Have an upvote. Enjoyed reading this post.
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Richd
12 years, 3 months ago
yay
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LOCO ABREU
12 years, 3 months ago
paulinho on for capue
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AK ⭐
12 years, 3 months ago
Acqua, tell me when you're ready to hit the button. 😉
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Heydudes13
12 years, 3 months ago
Lamelaaaaaa
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Bubz
12 years, 3 months ago
Lamelllaaaaaaaaaaa
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Jax
12 years, 3 months ago
Lamela Bandwagon
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Jax
12 years, 3 months ago
OMG Lamela
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JK - Cønt ⭐
12 years, 3 months ago
Would anyone with Oscar consider swapping for Hazard outside of a wc?
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1. LOCO ABREU
  12 years, 3 months ago
  not me for now at least
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  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
    12 years, 3 months ago
    That's what I thought
    
    I think if I was buying one now I'd take Hazard, but I wouldn't be about to swap.
    
    I did come up with the most ridiculous move though
    
    Oscar and Silva to Theo and Hazard 😆
    
    One of those first 2 needs to leave when Feo is back firing
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LOCO ABREU
12 years, 3 months ago
goal lamela,eriksen assist
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1. Granville
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Not sure that's not considered an assist.
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BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…
12 years, 3 months ago
Team for this week, go 523?

Mignolet
Johnson Terry Clyne Coleman NTaylor
Yaya Ozil
Suarez Giroud Rooney

Lewis Ramsey Barkley Brady

Not sure on benching Ramsey, but all the defenders look set for clean sheets.
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AK ⭐
12 years, 3 months ago
There you go, 7.6 million, ladies and gents.
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Del Monte
12 years, 3 months ago
This is the beginning for Lamela
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JK - Cønt ⭐
12 years, 3 months ago
Why the feck can no one on here spell COUTINHO?
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1. Heydudes13
  12 years, 3 months ago
  All illiterate inbreds.
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2. Dr Dream
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Is it a spelling test ?
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3. Bubz
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Cooteenyho
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4. jas5sk - Youtube channel
  12 years, 3 months ago
  It would help if he was a better player. People make more of an effort to spell a player's name right when they're not dreadful
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kennethrhcp
12 years, 3 months ago
repost... mark posted this link just after me... bad form 😉

front 8 of:
michu, ozil, hazard, amalf, whittingham
suarez, giroud, lukaku

any thoughts on possible moves? (1FT, 0.1mil in bank)

thinking of saving the FT, take a hit on michu's price & just play 433 this week. the defender who'd start ahea of michu & amalf would be vlaar (CAR)
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DRIZ ✅
12 years, 3 months ago
Michu > Lamela?

Hazard > Lamela?
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1. Declan
  12 years, 3 months ago
  😆
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2. JK - Cønt ⭐
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Both, get 2 Lamela's then you'll have 2 non-PL-starters, easier for the rest of us 😉
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Heydudes13
12 years, 3 months ago
Can't help but think Lamela will be a stone cold bargain when he gets going. He might start next week with this performance.
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1. Jax
  12 years, 3 months ago
  they don't have a game next week
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2. LOCO ABREU
  12 years, 3 months ago
  good bet for the winter wc,him or eriksen
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Granville
12 years, 3 months ago
Lamela to start ahead of Townsend this weekend to give Mark another headache. 😆
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1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
  12 years, 3 months ago
  😡
  
  Mark isn't the only one who fell in love with the # of shots.
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Declan
12 years, 3 months ago
Lamela (C) ?
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1. Granville
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Sheer desperation isnt it. Coutinho, Lamela, Nasri.
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  1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
    12 years, 3 months ago
    To be fair, Lamela will become an option at some point, given his talent and track record. We all need he needs time to adjust. His price is also becoming very appealing. Could be a great post-January option.
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    1. Hibbo
      12 years, 3 months ago
      This is true. Once this lad is nailed and great value he could spring from the pack.
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      1. Granville
        12 years, 3 months ago
        I'm sure he will be eventually. But in any normal season you would never consider picking players that are neither nailed on or have actually scored a goal
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        JK - Cønt ⭐
        12 years, 3 months ago
        *points to Kolarov in own team* 😎
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        jas5sk - Youtube channel
        12 years, 3 months ago
        Just added Nasri
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  2. Declan
    12 years, 3 months ago
    Eni mini miny moe....
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Pepin - RIP Absinthe
12 years, 3 months ago
Scoutcastttttttttt
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1. JK - Cønt ⭐
  12 years, 3 months ago
  run that bath Comrade
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  1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
    12 years, 3 months ago
    Already running 😎
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Hibbo
12 years, 3 months ago
Pick three from...

A. Clyne
B. Dawson
C. Toure
D. Coleman

ps I have Boruc in nets...
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1. Declan
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Toure won't start imo.
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  1. Hibbo
    12 years, 3 months ago
    Currently have him benched. Top odds on a Pool CS bit mad saying they aint kept one in donkies.
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Acquafresca
12 years, 3 months ago
Lamela draws the PK with some fancy footwork
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Heydudes13
12 years, 3 months ago
Lamela confirmed starting on Sunday. Dazzling display.
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1. Demí
  12 years, 3 months ago
  Hopefully drops Townsend
  
  You watching Del Potro btw? Going into a 3rd set decider
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Jax
12 years, 3 months ago
2-0 spuds.
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Jax
12 years, 3 months ago
spurs in getting a penalty non shocka
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