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FPL GW16 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

Lewis-Potter
Chalobah
Andersen

Szoboszlai
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Eze

Raúl Jiménez
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
Le Fée

GW17 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.0m	123.2%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.5m	112.2%	Very Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	104.7%	Very Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	102.3%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	87.5%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	88.2%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	89.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	87.5%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	82.5%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	82.1%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	78.1%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	71.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	76.8%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	73.2%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	67.0%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	68.8%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	67.4%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	66.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.0%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	65.6%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	59.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	55.6%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	55.4%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	58.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	54.5%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	53.5%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.4%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	47.1%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	47.3%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	47.5%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.2%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	42.8%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	41.1%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	158.7%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	102.6%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	102.9%	Very Likely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	101.8%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.6%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	99.9%	Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	99.3%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.8%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.1%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	96.9%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	96.8%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	95.0%	Maybe
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	92.2%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.5%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	93.1%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.6%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	92.6%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.2%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	91.6%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	92.8%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	91.6%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	93.8%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.6%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	90.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	90.1%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	87.7%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	89.4%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	86.9%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	86.5%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	86.1%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.6%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	83.5%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	85.2%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	84.2%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	81.1%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	79.2%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Sunday

8 December 2013 3528 comments

Mark

The Gameweek continues with a pair of Sunday afternoon kick-offs, beginning with Fulham’s clash with Villa at the Cottage, in just a few minutes. Following on from that, two form sides clash at the Emirates as leaders Arsenal look for their seventh home victory of the season against an Everton outfit fresh from their midweek win at Old Trafford.

While those two teams are looking to extend a superb spell of results, Rene Meulensteen’s Fulham are desperately seeking to end a run of six consecutive defeats against Paul Lambert’s inconsistent Villa: they will arrive in West London unbeaten in their last four road trips in the league and boosted by the midweek win at St Mary’s.

Look to our Twitter feed for the latest news on today’s teamsheets as it breaks, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open and will remain so throughout today’s matches, up until the final whistle at the Emirates.

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Pea Soup
12 years, 9 days ago
Oviedo a good shout for the next few GWs?
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1. Assisting you all day
  12 years, 9 days ago
  no hes a mid him and delefou wrongly positioned in fpl
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  1. Pea Soup
    12 years, 9 days ago
    What?
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    1. ThreeLeftFeet
      12 years, 9 days ago
      Oviedo is standing in for Baines, so doing a lot of defending. But he's classified as a midfielder, so you won't get points for clean sheets. And he may not play regularly once Baines is fit again. Good player in the real world, but maybe not in FF.
      
      Likewise Delefou, an attacking midfielder classified as a striker.
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Theseus
12 years, 9 days ago
Pick one pls:
A) Szczczcezny->Howard
B) Evra/Mert/Vlaar->Coleman
C) Both for -4
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DÏLKS
12 years, 9 days ago
If you class Lukaku's as an assist, then surely Giroud should get the assist? It's the same thing..
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1. The Bandit
  12 years, 9 days ago
  No it isn't, Lukaku touched it Giroud didn't
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Beautiful Game
12 years, 9 days ago
Terry -> Coleman for free???
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1. Wilshere Knowledge
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Not before Crystal Palace. Next week.
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2. OPTA FPL
  12 years, 9 days ago
  CP at home next
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3. Count of Monte Hristo
  12 years, 9 days ago
  JT (h) to Palace and Fulham could be improved after today's result. Everton defender looking ahead but I would probably keep Terry for next week.
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alastair
12 years, 9 days ago
Lukaku did touch the ball on the way to the goalscorer: Giroud did not. I own neither player but it was clearcut
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Chrisitis
12 years, 9 days ago
Lovren -> Jagielka (-4)? long term and save money
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1. Messiah Hazard
  12 years, 9 days ago
  yes I took a hit to get in Jagielka too
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2. Zombie
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Definitely yes
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Messiah Hazard
12 years, 9 days ago
Currently on 59 points pre Ozil bonus... How many points can I expect from Alex Pouzelo?
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1. DRIZ ✅
  12 years, 9 days ago
  7
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  1. Messiah Hazard
    12 years, 9 days ago
    I hope you are right
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2. MattysFantasyFooty
  12 years, 9 days ago
  zilch
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3. Captain Shirokov
  12 years, 9 days ago
  3
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Bubz
12 years, 9 days ago
Lukaku is a lucky assist donk. Got a lucky assist last week with a terrible shot which turned into a pass and this one he seems to have got one by creating a gust of wind when he fell from the air after an embarrassing overhead attempt.
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1. Shifty
  12 years, 9 days ago
  still a season keeper at this price. just adds to the appeal
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  1. Bubz
    12 years, 9 days ago
    Very frustrating to see an assist given for that as a non owner
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    1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      12 years, 9 days ago
      Own him then
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      1. Bubz
        12 years, 9 days ago
        Are you saying if I buy him I'll get given the points for that "assist"?
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        The ghost of a Pug's g…
        12 years, 9 days ago
        No but if you're saying he keeps getting jammy points, buy him n then next time you'll own him rather than seeming like a Mardy bum
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        Bubz
        12 years, 9 days ago
        Nah I'm quite happy with Suarez, Rooney, Aguero
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        The ghost of a Pug's g…
        12 years, 9 days ago
        Stop moaning then
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        Bubz
        12 years, 9 days ago
        No
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        The ghost of a Pug's g…
        12 years, 9 days ago
        Ye
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2. 4-4-who?
  12 years, 9 days ago
  He didnt even touch the ball!!!!!!
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3. Old Man
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Someone once said that "it's better to be lucky than good" .... he obviously had FPL in mind.
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BigManBakar
12 years, 9 days ago
Marshall (WBA)
Zaba(ARS) Chester(STO) Collins(SUN)
Ramsey(MCI) Haz(CRY) Barkley(FUL) Ravel(SUN)
Aguero(ARS) Suarez(TOT) Lukaku(FUL)

Subs:Davis,Sess,Dawson,Ward.

1FT and 0.1 in bank. What do you suggest?Thanks in advance!

A)Sess to Dejagah
B)Sess to Kacaniklic
B)Sess to Redmond
D)Zaba to Jagielka
E)Zaba to Distin
F)Any other suggestion
G)Save transfer
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Jam0sh
12 years, 9 days ago
So here we go, team for the next GW at the moment:

Begovic
Terry, G.Johnson, Mertesacker
Ramsey, Gerrard, Hazard, Ravel
Remy, Aguero, Suarez

subs: Harper, Brunt, Rosenior, Clyne
1FT, 0.2 ITB, Clyne and Stevie G injured. What would you do?

Gerrard -> Silva, even though City play Arsenal
I would also love to have Everton cover as their fixtures are good
Remy -> Lukaku for a hit? I would appreciate your ideas, thanks in advance!
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Les Bleus
12 years, 9 days ago
Will Lukaku actually get any BAPS? If so, I'll go through my PP. If not, no chance lol
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1. DRIZ ✅
  12 years, 9 days ago
  unlikely
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2. MCH
  12 years, 9 days ago
  no chance
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chrisjdgrady
12 years, 9 days ago
Giroud to Lukaku right now get it over with?
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1. In Like Flynn.
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Makes sense with the fixtures.
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ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
12 years, 9 days ago
61 + Ozil Bonus + Oviedo Bonus + Chico to play tomorrow...

Going OK?
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King Nemanja
12 years, 9 days ago
It's funny that the guy who wrongly (my opinion) called the Everton assist has no idea of all the commotion he has caused 😀
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Shifty
12 years, 9 days ago
Kosc deserves baps after that performance. Singlehandedly kept Arsenal in the game at times
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1. 4-4-who?
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Yes, look at his ESP score...
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LJJM Duckies
12 years, 9 days ago
Anyone looked into the best 5.0 or less GK to rotate with Howard? Currently got Boruc and now Howard is on 4 yellows I would not might a little bit of coverage.
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1. Kostja
  12 years, 9 days ago
  get someone cheap you dont wanna rotate that much, Speroni/mannone/McGregor/cardiff keeper(cant remember name)
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  1. LJJM Duckies
    12 years, 9 days ago
    i thought that would be the way to roll, cheers
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2. In Like Flynn.
  12 years, 9 days ago
  I wouldn't bother until the 5th yellow tbh.
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  1. LJJM Duckies
    12 years, 9 days ago
    good point!
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3. donkey73
  12 years, 9 days ago
  did this yesterday. Manone/Myhill/Speroni rotate well. Speroni most nailed but ridiculous keeper. Went for Manone in the end to save some cash.
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Thomass
12 years, 9 days ago
Hoping Lukaka and Coleman get some cheeky baps 🙂
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1. Granville
  12 years, 9 days ago
  No chance I'm afraid Thomas.
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  1. Elniñorules
    12 years, 9 days ago
    Harsh.
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    1. Jax
      12 years, 9 days ago
      why harsh? they won't.
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  2. Thomass
    12 years, 9 days ago
    Ahh, I'm desperate for it 🙁
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2. beric
  12 years, 9 days ago
  not a chance
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3. Pasqualinho
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Lukaku already has a cheeky assist. Probably best to leave it at that.
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
12 years, 9 days ago
forca ending halting the ramsey score'athon
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anish10
12 years, 9 days ago
g johnson > coleman
morrison > fer

2FT worth it?
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1. super zlatan
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Looks good.
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2. donkey73
  12 years, 9 days ago
  if morrison is ravel then no. if james, then ok
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super zlatan
12 years, 9 days ago
Jammy Lukaku owners.
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1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
  12 years, 9 days ago
  I have Lukaku & Oviedo... Therefore, not Jammy
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  1. super zlatan
    12 years, 9 days ago
    That's fair enough Chris.
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r0nh
12 years, 9 days ago
Do the FPL towers even watch the games?

They take over an hour to add some really obvious assists, then give Lukaku an assist straight away, when he clearly didnt touch it.

If they think it may have brushed against his shin, surely they should wait until they reviewed it, before awarding it....
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1. - DC -
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Carry on and they will award Lukaku with the goal. He clearly overhead kicked it into the goal.
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2. Pea Soup
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Depends which players the members of said tower have.
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Demí
12 years, 9 days ago
Mertesacker owners, looks like he was 2 passes away from a bp too
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1. Chris_White
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Koscielny was on 2 baps before Deulofeus goal?
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  1. Demí
    12 years, 9 days ago
    Doesn't mean anything
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2. Djerbil
  12 years, 9 days ago
  I have seen that 28 passes.. 96% accuracy
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rm9
12 years, 9 days ago
Coleman or Jagielka or Distin?
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1. Messiah Hazard
  12 years, 9 days ago
  2 of them
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2. - DC -
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Distin, simply because.
  
  1) FPL loves a CB
  2) He is the cheapest nailed on route into Everton's defence.
  
  Oh and on another day he might of got a goal today. Looked a bit of a threat.
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3. asyrafdanial
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Jag for bp magnet.distin is cheapy.Coleman for assist..
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asyrafdanial
12 years, 9 days ago
Any recommend 6.4m mid for nextweek ? Fer in my watchlist right now.
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1. asyrafdanial
  12 years, 9 days ago
  or below than that 🙂
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Pea Soup
12 years, 9 days ago
Amalfitano & Januzai --> Fer & Oviedo??? (-4)
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The ghost of a Pug's g…
12 years, 9 days ago
Wish I picked pozuelo over ramsey
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1. BenDavies
  12 years, 9 days ago
  It was a good and sensiblemove, it's stupid to if and but
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2. Messiah Hazard
  12 years, 9 days ago
  what do you expect from Pouzelo
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For Fuchs Sake
12 years, 9 days ago
Will Barkley get any BPS do you think?
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1. MattysFantasyFooty
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Nope
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2. Jax
  12 years, 9 days ago
  no chance.
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3. beric
  12 years, 9 days ago
  i can say with confidence that he will not
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4. BenDavies
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Unlikely, annoying considering he was given MOTM by Sky
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Declan
12 years, 9 days ago
Do people not realise the BAP info is freely available on the FPL website 😕
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The ghost of a Pug's g…
12 years, 9 days ago
Should have picked pozuelo over Ramsey 🙁
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1. Make United Great Again
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Yeah definitely....
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2. Messiah Hazard
  12 years, 9 days ago
  what do you expect from him?
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    12 years, 9 days ago
    Maybe goal n assist,
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anish10
12 years, 9 days ago
who would you rather get jagielka or coleman?
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1. rm9
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Same here :/
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2. Bubz
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Coleman
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3. MattysFantasyFooty
  12 years, 9 days ago
  Coleman
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4. beric
  12 years, 9 days ago
  coleman
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5. money face bandwagon
  12 years, 9 days ago
  jag becos of his bonus points.
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