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11 January 2014 3452 comments
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The Gameweek continues with six Premier League matches. Our three-o’clock schedule now has us switch focus to Goodison Park and White Hart Lane, as Everton and Tottenham’s cast of Fantasy assets face up to home fixtures that, on paper, offer potential points.

Roberto Martinez’s Toffees clash with the Canaries looking to continue their push for a top-four finish. Norwich turn up on Merseyside undefeated in their last three away trips, suggesting that Everton may have to work for the expected three points.

As for Spurs, they are up against Tony Pulis’ Palace, having enjoyed their own revival under Tim Sherwood. Three wins in four, including that shock victory at Old Trafford last time out, will surely have the confidence flowing at the Lane. Pulis’ men have slipped to three defeats in their last five and there’s a real fear that their honeymoon period is drawing to a close. Today will tell us more on that, and the Fantasy potential on offer amongst the Spurs squad.

Meanwhile, Sam Allardyce will be looking to halt the Hammers’ alarming slide, and save his own neck, as his West Ham unit draw up to Cardiff. While, at the Cottage, Rene Meulensteen will pitch his Fulham lineup against a Sunderland side still attempting to claw their way out of the basement. Southampton host West Brom at St Mary’s to complete our mid-afternoon programme , before United look to avenge their FA Cup defeat to Swansea in the late kick-off.

Our Twitter feed will carry all the teamsheet news from today’s matches, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is open and will remain available right up until the final whistle at Old Trafford.

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

  1. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    I WC'd with 3 transfers planned an now Barkley is injured for a while all of a sudden, Burner is dropped. This game...

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    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Moaning top 😀

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    2. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      That always happens when you plan transfers

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      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        I tell you, my 5th mids are cursed!

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      2. OShaughnessy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah, don't understand how you still have work to do after a WC?

        I 'plan' to save my FT so I've got a cpl stored up after my WC...

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    3. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Welcome to fantasy footy

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

      Barkley has been a rotation risk all season, fit or not..

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      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        He had recently nailed down his spot. At worst he came off the bench, bit annoying!

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        1. sinik
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          yeah problem is that Martinez has a lot of options at his disposal in mid and there's some silly nonsense about not overplaying youngsters 🙄

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    5. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      1) THREE transfers planned was always going to become more luck than judgement
      2) these are the times when FPL managers can feel extra special, see the opportunity you can fix this
      3) good luck

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  2. Matt
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Bit late, but Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 😆

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    1. Rawlinson
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      My first sub in a nailed on team 🙁

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      1. Matt
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        ouch, my first sub in a team in which no one's playing 🙂

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  3. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Early Kick-offs are fun .....

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  4. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    So Cardiff defender wasn't that smart move after all

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    1. Matt
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      it's not like I was going to play Burner anyway... 😉

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  5. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Rudy can't fail 😎

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  6. Koflok
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    So is Hudson Parr Chester the new template?

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    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Yes

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    2. Sarnab
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Joel Ward has to be there

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  7. FPL Touches
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Everton defence testing my sanity 😀

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    1. Texas Pete
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Gary Hooper testing mine. Should have had at least one.

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  8. super zlatan
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    How has Lallana banana played?

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    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      At the centre of things according to BBC

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      1. MJ6987
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        His side however are on the back foot, with Adam Lallana at the heart of the home side's good work

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  9. Scottys Army
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Good lad boruc

    a nice 6 coming off my bench hopefully

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  10. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    FPL is trolling me this season 🙁

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  11. DonTheSpecialOne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    10 mins added because of Demel's injury

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    1. tm245
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Plenty of time for Marshall to score.

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      1. DonTheSpecialOne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        😀

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  12. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    LOL KI SCORED!

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    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Have you got him?

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        I did until I WCed 😉

        he was my inebriated replacement for Ravel haha

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    2. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      I have him first sub 🙁

      He's a good player and has played well since Poyet has been in charge. Also on pens.

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      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        not on pens apparently 😐 that was why I brought him (in the hole, nailed, pens, cheap), was informed Gardner was on pens

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        1. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          Damn, Scout's set piece takers needs updating then 🙁

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          1. sinik
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 11 months ago

            now that's just what someone on here told me, a Sunderland fan would know more

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  13. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Soldado is the most useless POS ive ever seen.

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    1. Walsh
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Yep

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    2. boc610
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      and yet he still had a better half than adebayor!

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      1. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Um no he didnt. at least ade is trying to get involved. Soldado is just staying static and doing absolutely nothing. Bigger waste than Andy Carroll. Possibly the biggest flop of the last decade

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        1. The Shadow
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          Saying Adebayor is trying is being generous. He's so nailed to a spot CP defenders have had no problem taking the ball from him.

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    3. PogChamp
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Decent player but Spurs aren't right for him.

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    4. Balotellitubbies
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      24,00,000 lols

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  14. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    this has got late goals written all over it

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  15. FPL Touches
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Is Sterling likely to play tomorrow?

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    1. Gaz Downright
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      I'm guessing Sterling will come on around 60mins with Sturridge lacking match fitness

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      1. FPL Touches
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Hope not 🙁
        Ki second on the bench 🙂

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  16. CoolBeans
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Lads, is there a pop out window for the live comments feed?

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    1. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      I wish! that would be brilliant

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  17. Sarnab
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    I want BURNER to come on for a cameo.. I am 1 man short at the back

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      not in the squad

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      1. Captain Robert Hatch
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        hes on the bench with Mcaughton, could happen

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      2. Gaz Downright
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        I think you might be mistaking there

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    2. Captain Robert Hatch
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      same, got Moxey in the cameo mix as well

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  18. Nice to Finally Michu
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Did Spurs have a penalty?
    Who won it?
    Who missed it?

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    1. Walsh
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Chemakh won it Puncheon missed it BADLY

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    2. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      No

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    3. Bad Pen
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      No, Palace did and Puncheon missed it by a mile.

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    4. rohan
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Palace had a penalty. Puncheon missed it

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  19. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Hodgson and Keane at Everton !

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  20. Walsh
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Eriksen totally invisible in that first half. Did nothing.

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    1. Gaz Downright
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      true... busy defending

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  21. Coaly
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Why is Rav not even on the bench?

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  22. SW6
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    So, that Cardiff/Sunderland rotation has started well...

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    1. Optimus.
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      😀

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    2. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Yep, typical when I start rotating keepers for first time this season 🙁

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      1. dino412
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah so happy my wildcard this week was a safe Davis/Boruc goalie tandem. I don't want the stress of picking between starters rest of season. CS's are too hard to predict.

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  23. rohan
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Hazard to get the winning goal BAPS? 😕

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Pretty sure he's already had it and lost bps for other things.

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      1. rohan
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers Milan

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    2. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Yep

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    3. turd ferguson
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      No baps for Hazard at all

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  24. Jimmers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Roy Keane and Roy Hodgson chatting at HT at Goodison Park

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  25. Captain Robert Hatch
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    I need another 4 min cameo and a assist form Dean Moxey.

    Bring it lad.

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  26. 1-1 at Newcastle
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Lol at Eriksen owners, absolute ghost in a mediocre team.

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    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Thanks for jinxing things!

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    2. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Go to sleep on your nose.

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  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    come on whittingham please

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    1. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      This ^^^^^

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  28. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Thoughts on mcGeady ?

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    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Meh

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      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Fantrax ?

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    2. RabMac
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      He is a good Republican.

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    3. Somalion
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Genuinely surprised so many on here consider him a good signing...

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  29. RabMac
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    WHat team do you want to win most and keep a CS?

    I really need Southampton to keep a cleanie today and would like R Jod assists/goals

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  30. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Come on Luksku lets have a second half goal at least

    ...and you ade

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