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9 February 2014 3041 comments
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Sunday brings the Gameweek to a close as White Hart Lane and Old Trafford host afternoon clashes bristling with the promise of goals and Fantasy points.

Events begin in north London where Tim Sherwood’s Spurs host Everton. Having been jolted out of a revival which saw them win four on the trot under their new boss, Tottenham will go into the clash with the Toffees off the back of a 5-1 defeat to City and 1-1 stalemate with Hull. Everton have had their own wounds to lick recently but, having suffered a 4-0 Merseyside derby drubbing, Roberto Martinez’ side recovered last time out with a 2-1 win over Villa.

Later today, United welcome an ailing Fulham side to Old Trafford in what looks to be a potential points bonanza for David Moyes’ outfit. The Cottagers have shipped 11 goals in their last four outings, notching just once in response. While United slipped to defeat at Stoke last time out, they’ll be heavily backed to recover in today’s clash, with Fantasy managers hopeful that Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata are pivotal in a big home win.

As always you can look to our Twitter feed for all the team news ahead of kick-off, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom will support your real-time banter requirements throughout today’s matches.

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  1. 7shadesofsmoke
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone ever taken a 24 point hit while sat in the top 10K?

    I fancy a paid wildcard.

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    1. Cooper123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      What a waste that would be

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      1. Cooper123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Whatever makes the game fun for you though I guess

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    2. Elwood
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I'm sure someone has but what on earth could be worth it?

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      1. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        well, i've got three non playing bench fodder, three sunderland and three others who won't play in the blank GW.

        Short term pain, long term... chance of gain?

        I know its ridiculous. Not likely to happen...

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    3. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Madness with the blanks in GW28 and the likely chaos in GW29

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      1. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        GW28 in mind, but i guess the uncertainty surrounding 29 makes it a stupid decision.

        You're right.

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    4. 4-4-who?
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Hold your nerve.

      I was contemplating a -8 to get Hazard in for Tuesday over Oscar.

      Instead I will take the pain of Oscar + 8 and engineer it over 3 weeks.

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  2. FPLCEO
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Holtby looking class

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  3. Jimbo123
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Vidic skinned!!!

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  4. Chu Young Ping Pong
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    In Moyes we trust.

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    1. Elwood
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Trust to do what?

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      1. Jimbo123
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Not win trophies

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  5. ChampChomp
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Absolutely horrendous from United!

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  6. Jimmers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    United bringing Mata down to their level.

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  7. Rossamous
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    That Holtby pass will be in his youtube highlight video. Awesome

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  8. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Rooney playing CD 😯

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    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Wonder what CD it is? Maybe "Under Pressure"

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        😀

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

      "Now 38" in the dressing room

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  9. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    "Glory, glory Man United" playing as the players head into the tunnel....

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  10. dennis the menace
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Great tracking by rooney there to save another Fulham goal. Gee United have been very poor

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  11. super zlatan
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Dear Wayne (c)

    Please score a hattie in the second half.

    I will even let you ride my granny

    Love

    Zlatan xx

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    1. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Give her my regards.

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    2. Bolt-on
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Wow dude

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  12. onionbarje
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    45 mins for Moyes to prevent me turning into a #moyesout fan

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  13. FPLCEO
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Mourinho got it right......Mata not athletic enough for his team. Oscar may be the next to go in the summer.

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    1. Licky
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      He looked very slow trying to chase down that ball against Newcastle, hazard would have rescued it.

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    2. In Bale We Trust
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Oscar will most definitely not be leaving. He is a Mourinho favourite. Even tried to sign him when was manager at Inter and Oscar was like 16.

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      1. FPLCEO
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Interested....good knowledge. I just see him as a different sort to the Current Mourinho model so assumed he may be left to go.

        He has been benched a fair bit

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    3. Thatsnotcricket
        12 years, 2 months ago

        On a separate note Matic is a beast, I've been impressed.

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    4. boc610
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      the amount of times mata has failed to beat the first man on corners and free kicks since his utd debut is just shocking

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    5. Phaze 1
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      LOL this is unreal. No way Moyes can keep his job if he loses today right? RIGHT?

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      1. Elwood
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah he can. It's a team failing, no just his.

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      2. In Like Flynn.
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        I think they might stick with him. SAF had a dreadful start.

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        1. rdpx
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 2 months ago

          SAF took over a losing team though.

          This lot are the current champions, don't forget.

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      3. Godfather Bandit 42
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        I hope he does....more fun for us!

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    6. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Fulham will be happy to deal with this 1990's style attacking all day long.

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    7. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Moyes 45 minutes from getting sacked???

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      1. MJ6987
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Must be.

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      2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        well if he doesn't win this, is there any other alternative?

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      3. onionbarje
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        i hope so

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      4. super zlatan
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Yes

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      5. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Hope so

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      6. FPLCEO
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Has to go on this evidence........

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      7. In Like Flynn.
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        No

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    8. In Bale We Trust
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Absolutely abysmal from United. Embarrassing seeing so many gifted technical players reduced to lumping it aimlessly into the box. It's like Moyes thinks he has Duncan Ferguson back up front.

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    9. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I cant believe Moyes was handpicked by Fergie

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      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        It was a genius move by Fergie to make himself look good

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      2. CABAYE4
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Well we all know Fergie's made some dodgy picks over the years...

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      3. Elwood
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        It's far more than just Moyes causing this.

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      1. onionbarje
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        if it score stays the same for 45mins i will be signing and sending my student loan to them

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    10. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Moyes has his "We've got to take responsibility" stitch ready for FT

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      1. MJ6987
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        "We played well. Kept getting to the byeline".

        Moyes indicator of playing well is how many times his team gets to the byeline.

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      2. Licky
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        That or he's putting on a pair of runners and keeping his car keys in his pocket, just in case.

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    11. money face bandwagon
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      any rvp(c) or mata(c) alr fearing a captain fail?

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      1. Only a Hazard of time
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Mata (C) here, yep.

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      2. FPLCEO
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Yes lots of fear. RVP should nick one but Mata looking lost

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        1. Kerrazy
          • 13 Years
          12 years, 2 months ago

          Looking lost really ? Do you even watch the game ?

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          1. FPLCEO
            • 16 Years
            12 years, 2 months ago

            Hanging out wide, uncomfortable yes pretty sure what I am watching

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      3. Return Of Chamakh
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Mata (c) for me, keeping the faith although I think he will only end up with maybe 1 assist at this rate. Hazard was my VC, massive error!!

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      4. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Rooney (c)

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      5. Reedy
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Well, as soon as Hazard racked up his haul it was clear I'd made the wrong choice. There's no following that.

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    12. adddiii
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      How can a manager turn a champion to shit....

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      1. 4-4-who?
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        The Moyes way.

        We can now see how he was holding Everton back all those years

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      2. Elwood
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Fergie managed, handed the team over just before the music stopped for Man U.

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        1. Debauchy
          • 13 Years
          12 years, 2 months ago

          That sums it up imo too.

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    13. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Question is who should Moyes hook first? So many contenders......

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      1. 4-4-who?
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Young

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      2. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Van Persie. Formation change needed

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      3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        a defender, they don't need 4 defenders

        get hernandez on

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        1. Elwood
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 2 months ago

          Good shout.

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        2. Crouch Potato!
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 2 months ago

          Don't need 4 defenders? could be 3 down by now.

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      4. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Young off for Janu

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      5. In Bale We Trust
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        YOUNG.

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    14. Dante
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Switched captain from Hazard to Mata just before the deadline, and decided to bench Sterling for Januzaj... Cost me a lot of points so far!

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    15. super zlatan
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Not looking forward to carra's smug face at HT

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    16. In Bale We Trust
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      46 crosses from United that half. I imagine about 30 of them were from Young. Awful football.

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    17. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Backing Moyes for the 2nd half, don't want this to end..

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    18. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Really feeling bad for that Mata lad . United don't deserve him at all . 🙁

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    19. Mile Plankton - Myth and Ch…
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Rooney (C) doesn't look good.

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      1. Jax
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 2 months ago

        I'd wait til full time to say that

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