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1 January 2014 4373 comments
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City’s comfortable win at the Liberty rolls us into another nine Premier League encounters, with eight three o’clock kick-offs and United’s Old Trafford clash with Tottenham rounding off Gameweek 20.

Arsenal are top of the bill as they welcome Cardiff to the Emirates, where the main issue around these parts focuses on Theo Walcott’s availability – as illustrated by our team news tweets, it’s good news on that front .

Elsewhere, Chelsea roll up to St Mary’s with Eden Hazard hoping to continue his superb festive form. The Belgian is on the search for a third consecutive set of double figures, having notched against Swansea and Liverpool.

Palace attempt to register a fourth clean sheet in five at Selhurst Park against Chris Hughton’s Norwich, while Sunderland are looking for a fourth shut-out in five Gameweeks as Villa make their way to Wearside. The crunch match at the Cottage finds Fulham and West Ham looking to take advantage of suspect defences in an encounter that could bring some differentials to the fore.

Those still holding Romelu Lukaku will be hoping the big Belgian embarks on a scoring spree away to Stoke, having ended his barren run at home to Southampton last weekend. Meanwhile, Yohan Cabaye’s new band of owners will be looking for an instant impact away to West Brom, with the Baggies have conceded three against goal-shy West Ham on Saturday.

This leads us into the final match of the Gameweek, where United take on Tottenham. Yet again, David Moyes failed to clarify his side’s injury situation, leaving Wayne Rooney’s owners desperately hoping the Red Devils’ boss is playing cagey once again.

News on that and the other teamsheet tittle tattle cna be found in our Twitter feed, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom remains open for those looking for a spot of real-time banter as the action and points build.

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  1. Laserface
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    cup opponent had Baines captain !!
    But he also had nolan 😀
    Just nudged past through to the next round 48 : 45

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    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Did you count bonus?

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      1. Laserface
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        i most certainly did

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        1. Captain Shirokov
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 4 months ago

          Nice one mate. Got knocked out last round. 🙁

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  2. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Through to 4th round

    Top 1k, and FPL Cup win?

    I'll take it

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    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Why don't you link your team?

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  3. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Time to sell Rooney?

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    1. Schürrle Class
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Probably. I have Cabaye Yaya Shelvey Fer Negredo and Lukaku. Who to get with my FT?

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  4. Djerbil
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    ANDRIANO @BangkitOfficial

    I'm out. I will support Arsenal until Fergie come back to manage United again :v #MoyesOut

    [nice lad] 😀

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

      think a big proportion of united fans will change teams or stop watching games

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  5. Judas
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Do people think Clyne will replace Chambers now he is back?

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    1. Gaz Downright
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      i think you can bet your house on it

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  6. Gaz Downright
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Thank you Ade-wan.

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    1. Spike ⚽️
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      We are getting there Gaz 🙂

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  7. GoonerByron
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Sort of feel like I wasted by 2 FTs this week by getting rid of Oscar and Baker looking at my team now.. Any transfer advice? Thinking I need to get either Ade or Eriksen in.. Is Rooney worth keeping anymore?

    Krul
    Koscielny / Evans / Burner
    Walcott / Hazard / Cabaye / Sterling
    Suarez / Rooney / Negredo

    Speroni / Bardsley / Jedinak / MOlsson

    1FT, 2.1 in the bank

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  8. Shifty
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    49 post baps at 160k, been trying hard to get up here from 1.6mil back in GW11. Small green perhaps?

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    1. Schürrle Class
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Probably. I have 44 post BAPS at 1,183,943. Will I have a green arrow in your opinion?
      Thanks in advance 😉

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      1. Shifty
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        surely.

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        1. Schürrle Class
          • 12 Years
          12 years, 4 months ago

          Thanks 😉

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  9. RÏɠBY
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    all this sherwood talk had me look up tackhead/on-sound
    you might be to young to remember this.. but it was cutting edge at the time

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I4poZAM_c

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  10. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    In a draw would you count the goals conceded for all the players or just the defenders ??

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

      All players. That's how I was knocked out last year.

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  11. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    A) Nasri -> Eriksen
    B) Nasri & Evra -> Baines & Eriksen (4 points)
    C) Save transfer

    Szczesny
    Terry, Evra, Clyne
    Walcott, Silva, Nasri, Barkley
    Suarez, Rooney, Lukaku

    Davis, Sterling, MOlsson, Ward
    Bank 0.6m

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  12. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    If zab gets no assist im out of the cup

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    1. Declan
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      You're out so.

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    2. Breadbin
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Bye.

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    3. Breadbin
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Going on about this for 7 hours now. Change the record.

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  13. Heydudes13
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Would have lost my cup tie if I didn't get Yaya.

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    1. Heydudes13
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Such a hero.

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  14. Judas
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Keep Lukaku and Negredo? Or ditch?

    Who for though is the problem?

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      id keep, eves fixtures are too good to ditch

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  15. The Missing Link
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    How many rounds of the cup until you stop running into dead teams normally?

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    1. Breadbin
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Some will keep getting lucky. Last season I got through 4 rounds, then met a dead team that won it's previous round 21-19 (I won mine 56-50). He then beat me 71-70.

      Joy.

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      1. Bolt-on
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        Wow you remember all those scores? Or are they accessible.

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        1. Breadbin
          • 15 Years
          12 years, 4 months ago

          It's a rough estimate. 71-70 is right, I remember that one.

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    2. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      until you see transfers are made

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    3. big oak
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      it depends how unexpected the results are
      and how good the usual suspects are performing

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  16. aapoman
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Which one you think will score more points starting GW21?

    A) Yaya
    B) Silva

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    1. RÏɠBY
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      mutch of a mutchness

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    2. Schürrle Class
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Yaya probably

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  17. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Why do people use their Wildcards immediately? Surely it would be wise to wait for injuries and any other dramatic circumstances until the very last moment? Team Value surely can't be that crucial

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    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 19 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      I discuss this a more in a feature to follow...posting at 9pm.

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    2. Breadbin
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Depends on state of team to an extent. Use it when needed.

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    3. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      I agree. Maybe earlier in the season it would have been

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

      Not really. You can ride the price rises and this is e longest duration between gws. If players get inj you can sub them out...for free...no worries. I have 5 players I wana get rid of. This tactic makes sense

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    5. gillbee
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Depends if your team is a mess or not. If it's solid then makes sense to hold till the 2nd 10 day spell between GWs at towards end of Jan. That way you get value plus avoid cup injured players.

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    6. aapoman
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Because they think they can't afford the players they want. I have only 0.3 ITB and I could get the team I want now. Maybe after copule of days I wont.

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    7. MattysFantasyFooty
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Depends if there team is flooded with injuries and suspensions they may as well

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  18. reshardo
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Help
    How do I get silva back into my team?

    http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/25154/history/

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    1. Breadbin
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      You don't, unless you get rid of Rooney or Negredo & Oscar.

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    2. Spike ⚽️
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      You shift Oscar or Hazard. You don't need both

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      1. reshardo
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        Initially i brought in oscar as a one week punt but now I am inclined to keep him!

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      2. Belli2007
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        Haz probably slightly more nailed on of the two and on pens

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  19. Cheeseoid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Half tempted to doe Rooney to Giroud next week.

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  20. BONZ
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Moyes really doesnt know how to get the best out of Rooney, as desperate to score and he is asked to play as a deep midfielder?

    Appreciate that there was a raft of other strikers and wingers on the pitch, but surely he is more likely to get the goal, if he is in the correct position to receive the ball?

    Forget FPL, where he has picked up assists etc but in real terms - WTF is Moyes doing with him?

    They have been poor all season and he still insists dropping him deep, in games like Hull, he has relied on him to take the game by the scruff, but he cant do it every game from so deep and this is one of the key reasons they are losing games!

    Its funny for all non Man Utd fans, but how how much can the united fans take?

    Look at the Erikson goal, Rooney on the 6 yard box, screaming at a sleeping Valencia! Too much work in the wrong area's?

    Back to FPL, with RVP due back, wher is Rooney gonna play? His points will diminish as set plays will be shared so will he be worth retaining?

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    1. spartannn
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      I guess it will be Rooney to Aguero in a couple of weeks

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  22. Adderz
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Downgrade Johnson, upgrade Oscar

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    1. Adderz
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      or Erik

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      1. Adderz
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        double reply fail

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  23. big oak
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    i checked the top 5 in 3 different leagues im in
    everybody seems to have scored between 40 and 50 pts
    is this the case for evreybody around here?

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    1. Bolt-on
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Pretty much a nothing game week for gaining or dropping

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  24. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Really dislike David Moyes as a manager.

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    1. Belli2007
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Unfortunately he has no conviction. You feel it with the likes of Mourinho and Fergie also had it.

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    2. McSauce
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      its not his fault IMO

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  25. McSauce
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Is yaya off to ACON on Jan 11th???

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    1. Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      No ACON till 2015.

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  26. @FuzzyWarbles
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    My earliest knockout in the FPL Cup. 🙁

    but feck it. Spurs WIN! not to late to turn this thing around.

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    1. @FuzzyWarbles
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      12 years, 4 months ago

      *too turn

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      1. @FuzzyWarbles
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        😳

        too late i mean.

        and it is too late.

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  27. Belli2007
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Thought Ivory Coast were out?

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  28. McSauce
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Out of the cup! DEVO

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  29. Shakermeister
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    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    No ACON this year . There is a tournament but it doesn't involve oversea players so it makes no difference . Ya Ya isn't going anywhere .

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  30. FollowFollow
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Davis
    sagna Kos Celeman
    hazard Yaya silva Gerrard
    suarez Rooney Jrod

    mannone, livermore, whittaker, Chester

    Any love?

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