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14 December 2013 4309 comments
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Saturday rolls on with a set of five afternoon kick-offs, rounded off unceremoniously by a tea-time clash as Hull City host Stoke. Interesting.

Before that, all eyes will be on Goodison and Stamford Bridge where two prime captain candidates – namely Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard, will carry the hopes of thousands of Fantasy managers as they face up to the Fulham and Crystal Palace defences respectively.

The afternoon’s events are completed by West Brom’s trip to Cardiff, while Newcastle host Southampton and an injury-ravaged West Ham entertain Sunderland.

As always, you can look to our twitter feed for details of the major movements on the teamsheets, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom will take you through today’s matches, right up until the final whistle at the KC Stadium.

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

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  1. Debauchy
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Lukaku Cptnrs Think we got bit lucky . Yeah.

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    1. Reedy
      12 years, 10 months ago

      A bit, yeah 🙂

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  2. uhahpaulmcgrath
    12 years, 10 months ago

    how are lukaku buyers/captainers feeling ?

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    1. Debauchy
      12 years, 10 months ago

      lucky.

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    2. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 10 months ago

      he's always in the area and getting involved, hence the jammy assists. he's capable of scoring goals and they will come, Everton is on the rise and he'll benefit from that..

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      1. uhahpaulmcgrath
        12 years, 10 months ago

        sounds like Giroud

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    3. Viper
      12 years, 10 months ago

      This isn't what you asked but, i'm pretty content as a non-owner!

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      1. copps
        12 years, 10 months ago

        i feel like im forced to buy him now that aguero is out

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        1. uhahpaulmcgrath
          12 years, 10 months ago

          with rvp out, i would have thought rooney was the obvious choice ?

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        2. Viper
          12 years, 10 months ago

          I'm actually thinking of going the Negredo route although Lukaku is probably safer.

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          1. uhahpaulmcgrath
            12 years, 10 months ago

            last 6 games that rooney has played 12,12,4,11,13,1

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    4. Reedy
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Captainer here, not unhappy. Suarez could make me rue the decision of course but I still think I did the right thing.

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  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Ok - Pellegrini already said aguero is having a scan tomorrow to determine how long he will be out.

    We will know latest Monday.

    We won't hear anything more until tomorrow.

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    1. Top 210 Club
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Its easy to interpret the Aguero news...

      Calf pull = 7 to 10 days rest = no training
      tear = 4 to 6 weeks or more

      Hence why Pelli said how many WEEKS he may be out for

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  4. RuudVanNistelrooney
    12 years, 10 months ago

    boruc to mannone
    is this a good move?
    will westwood automatically start at sunderland when he is back??

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    1. Jude Rooney
      12 years, 10 months ago

      No way Mannone number one now

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    2. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 10 months ago

      No, Westwood won't come straight back in automatically. We've been more solid with Mannone than KW.

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  5. Fabio20
    12 years, 10 months ago

    A) Brady + Terry > Hazard + Williamson

    B) Brady + Ozil > Walcott and Silva

    C) Brady + Terry + Ozil > Walcott + Hazard + Williamson

    Any ideas?

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  6. Zoom Zoom
    12 years, 10 months ago

    I would sell him immediately... he is a rotation risk regardless over the holiday schedule given Citeh's depth... his price will drop given the injury uncertainty... prices of Lukaku, Negredo, others will surely rise in the interim...

    I'm bringing Lukaku in today before his price goes up.

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  7. r0nh
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Ohhhh yeah...

    Maiga FAIL

    I showed the courage to question our leaders!!

    I stood alone...

    😎

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    1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
      12 years, 10 months ago

      lol, you STILL on about this??

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      1. r0nh
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Well it was only today that he failed so miserably 🙂

        First time I mentioned it.

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        1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
          12 years, 10 months ago

          😉

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  8. Brian (Not the Messiah)
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Cardiff and Hull defense fired nicely... I thank you very much 🙂

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  9. FACUPARSE
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Wilson of Stoke on 3 bps 🙂

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  10. Les Bleus
    12 years, 10 months ago

    If Aguero is out against Fulham, I'm getting rid. Who's with me?
    A) Rooney
    B) Negredo

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    1. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      A is probably with you due to the screenname and Grav. B not so much.

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      1. Les Bleus
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Lol. I try to put my FPL and real life priorities sepearte 😛

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        1. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
          12 years, 10 months ago

          Wise move. Rooney's fixtures are better though. I have more confidence in him than Negredo.

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          1. Les Bleus
            12 years, 10 months ago

            Cheers

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      2. Debauchy
        12 years, 10 months ago

        B

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  11. floydy_floyd
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Who will get more point til end of jan:

    1. Lukaku
    2. Negredo

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    1. Alaric
      12 years, 10 months ago

      2

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      1. Alaric
        12 years, 10 months ago

        from a non owner

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    2. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      A

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    3. Reedy
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Lukaku would still be my first choice

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    4. Make United Great Again
      12 years, 10 months ago

      2

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    5. Debauchy
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Depends on how long Kun out.

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  12. Andy1
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Thinking of

    Kos & nasri --> 4.7m defender & silva

    Or

    Kos, nasri & aguero --> terry, silva & lukaku

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  13. Smarty Pants
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Intermediate results with bonus points on the assumption that BPS won't change. Hopefully, no bugs this time 🙂

    Overall League:
    • average score is 30;
    • 7.3 players out of 12 have already played on average (counting captain twice)
    • 55.7% of captains to go

    Top 10,000:
    • average score is 40.9
    • 8.7 players out of 12 have played
    • 46.6% of captains to go

    GW rank projections:
    http://fpldiscovery.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/gw-16-intermediate-results.jpg?w=151

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    1. Les Bleus
      12 years, 10 months ago

      You are good!

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Thanks for this. 55 is good then so far, but no captain left

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    3. T1P
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Jeez that is a lot of captains left. Looks like I won't be in the top 10k by the end of the week

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      1. Namtab Nomolos
        12 years, 10 months ago

        They're all Rooney & Suarez so only 2 bullets to dodge. (big ones though)

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    4. copps
      12 years, 10 months ago

      55% of captains still to go, wow.

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      1. Smarty Pants
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Suarez and Rooney account for 30%, 11% are van Persies, 14% - the rest

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    5. Piggs Boson
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Urgh, those top 10k stats are depressing. They still have 3.3 players left!

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      1. Namtab Nomolos
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Those 3.3 players are 2 Rooney & 1 Suarez or the other way around.

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        1. Smarty Pants
          12 years, 10 months ago

          Only roughly 25% in the top 10 K have Rooney, 11% captains, so Roo is only 0.36!

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          1. Namtab Nomolos
            12 years, 10 months ago

            At last, a differential 🙂

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      2. copps
        12 years, 10 months ago

        i have 5, although im only on 30pts right now

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    6. copps
      12 years, 10 months ago

      even GW Rank projections, you are a master sir

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    7. Viper
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Haha, excellent grav!

      I'm sure the stats are just as good, but that dog is beautiful!

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    8. JWF
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Red arrow for me then.

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    9. Saint Domingo
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers Smarty,top man

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    10. Crash
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Brilliant work Mr. Pants!

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    11. Call Me Old Fashioned
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Oh man... if I hadnt benched Whittingham I would have my best GW rank of season so far

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  14. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 10 months ago

    let's say that Aguero is out for weeks

    Aguero + Terry + Januzaj -> Negredo + Chester + Walcott for -8, leaves me with 1.5 itb

    I posted this a while back but new crowd and all

    cheers!

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    1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      still not interested

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 10 months ago

        cool guy

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    2. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      No deal

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    3. Andy1
      12 years, 10 months ago

      You cold get a better defender than Chester. It just depends on the other 4 defenders you already have

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Mert, Coleman, Burner and Clyne

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    4. Debauchy
      12 years, 10 months ago

      If out for weeks - think great move.

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    5. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Aguero ---> rooney

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 10 months ago

        that's the ideal but I don't want to miss out on the Walcott price rise

        would do Terry + Aguero + Ravel -> Rooney + Chester + Walcott but I'm off by .1 🙁

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  15. Laserface
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 10 months ago

    what do u reckon will be the avge ? 25 i think

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    1. r0nh
      12 years, 10 months ago

      32

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    2. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      I'll go 34.

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    3. Federico
      12 years, 10 months ago

      34

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    4. Les Bleus
      12 years, 10 months ago

      About 30-31

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    5. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      31

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    6. T1P
      12 years, 10 months ago

      28

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    7. Dr Dream
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Higher..plenty of high ownership picks got points...or be it not many each...

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    8. HVT
      12 years, 10 months ago

      30

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    9. Tim Canterbury
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Nobody said 30. Smarty pants above just said the average will be 30

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  16. Piggs Boson
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Smarty Pants of buddy o pal, will 47pts at 11.2k get me a green?

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    1. Smarty Pants
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Definitely.

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      1. Piggs Boson
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Thx dog.

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    2. T1P
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Gone ahead of me by one. I was 9.5k. Damn you

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    3. Smarty Pants
      12 years, 10 months ago

      you usually need a few points above average around you to get a green arrow, average in the top 10k is 40.9, so you have 6 points above, should be more than enough for a green one I think

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 10 months ago

        you think I could still end up with a green arrow overall on the weekend? on 59 right now after baps but only have Suarez left..

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    4. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Is Your Grav the little Jenny Coleman?

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      1. Piggs Boson
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Yep 🙂

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  17. Dr Dream
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Bit of a sickener today with Aguero...Good pick for the week as I fancied a right old goal fest, and got it...Biggest problem is that The Spurs match looks an equally big goal fest in the offing...I hope Suarez C's have better luck than us Aguero C's

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    1. Pratik
      12 years, 10 months ago

      I don't think the Spurs match will be that big a goal fest at all....Both teams easily switch to the hit and miss easily. Spurs are still not playing fluid football imo.

      But voiced the same opinion regarding Aguero.....Good pick, but we were just unlucky....

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      1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
        12 years, 10 months ago

        This p much

        Aguero a great pick, just as Gerrard was - equally unlucky and is Lukaku (c)s lucky.

        I think spurs will will 3.2 and Suarez will get a goal.

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      2. Dr Dream
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Previous two gameweeks showed they had exactly 100 goal attempts between them...way, way ahead of any other teams...should be worth watching anyway.

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  18. ratski
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Couple of questions..
    A. How many weeks is Huth out for?
    B. wally or silva to buy ?

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  19. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Hoping for my 9th green arrow in a row after a terrible start

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    1. Les Bleus
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Same here!

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    2. Strificus
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Same here!

      Although, my rank is still pretty pathetic. I'm new to the Premier league; so I've been relying on stats. I'm just getting the hang of this thing. 😛

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  20. Proggy
    12 years, 10 months ago

    36 points with 3 to go.

    Meh. 🙁

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  21. Federico
    12 years, 10 months ago

    51 (post baps) with Coutinho, Suarez and Rooney (C) to go.

    Hoping for Rooney to ice the cake tomorrow 8)

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    1. @FPLMason
      12 years, 10 months ago

      39 prebaps with Suarez & Roo C

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  22. @FPLMason
    12 years, 10 months ago

    So what are fellow Aguero owners going to do withthis predicament?

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    1. The EJJ
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Waiting

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    2. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      i'm going to annoy people on here by incessantly posting about him despite no official update

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 10 months ago

        or by just being snide instead of ignoring the post

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    3. Reedy
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Nothing yet. Might move him on tomorrow if the prognosis is bleak.

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    4. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Holding, with a plan to bring in the pig

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  23. The Gambler.
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Agüero / Brady > Rooney / Silva

    Or

    Agüero / Brady > Rooney / Walcott

    Have no Arsenal cover. Only have Nasri for City.

    Have exact money for the moves!

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    1. HVT
      12 years, 10 months ago

      B so

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  24. Fabio20
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Which 2 from the following are the most essential for the next 5 GWS?

    Silva
    Walcott
    Hazard
    Lukaku
    Negredo

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    1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      top 2

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    2. Jude Rooney
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Sorry to e pedantic but how can you have 'most essential'

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    3. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Negredo & Walcott

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  25. HVT
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Scores on the door :
    53 - 2 to play (Jevan/suar)

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    1. The EJJ
      12 years, 10 months ago

      25 with Rooney (c), Suarez and Mignolet to come.

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  26. Total Foot 5
    12 years, 10 months ago

    pik best option thx

    1--REMY: Keep ag cry ( and then transfer remy > rooney in futuire gw's)
    or
    2--ROON now: FT drop remy > rooney ag WHU

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  27. Bolt-on
    12 years, 10 months ago

    West ham supporters must be bored watching their team play

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    1. MattysFantasyFooty
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Feel sorry for them really

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  28. Mr Smith
    12 years, 10 months ago

    Aguero, Ozil, Shelvey & Terry

    To

    Rooney, Walcott, Silva & Zab (-8)

    A). Sensible
    B). Bonkers

    ?

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    1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      12 years, 10 months ago

      might pay off in the first week already, definitely better over the next gameweeks.

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  29. Piggs Boson
    12 years, 10 months ago

    What do you think is the average age on here is? 43, 13, 27?

    Doosra's 147 must skew the average a bit.

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    1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
      12 years, 10 months ago

      thomass and daniel's combined age of -147 balances it out

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Give him a break 😉

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    3. Viper
      12 years, 10 months ago

      23 here!

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      1. Piggs Boson
        12 years, 10 months ago

        Got be in the mid to high 20's I reckon.

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    4. Somalion
      12 years, 10 months ago

      Never known of any 147 year old who witnessed the birth of Christ...

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    5. Manani
      12 years, 10 months ago

      finding the median will be more appropriate in that case 😉

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  30. Lloyd Xmas
    12 years, 10 months ago

    ELO

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXL3LYqjhVI
    rated very highly by me !

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