Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Saturday

A trio of three o’clock showdowns continue Saturday’s proceedings before we drop in on Stamford Bridge for the evening encounter.

Palace host Southampton at Selhurst Park, with the likes of Adam Lallana and Rickie Lambert hoping to spoil the hosts’ clean sheet. Norwich entertain Stoke at Carrow Road – Robert Snodgrass will carry the Canaries’ attacking threat as John Ruddy and his defence attempt to register a fifth successive shut-out in front of their own fans. Finally, the bottom two go head-to-head in Wales, as Cardiff and Fulham attempt to clamber out of the drop zone.

Those matches lead us up nicely to the concluding match of the Gameweek, where league leaders Chelsea entertain Spurs at the Bridge. Leader of this week’s Captain Poll, Eden Hazard, carries the armband hopes of many as Jose Mourinho’s side look for a win that would stretch their lead at the summit to seven points.

As always, you can look to our Twitter feed for news of today’s teamsheets, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open and will accompany you through today’s matches right through until the last kick at the Bridge.

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  1. super zlatan
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Baps in Chelsea game likely to change now or are they finalised?

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    1. Namtab Nomolos
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Give it 10 mins

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  2. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    35pts here -4 🙁

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    1. Djerbil
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      60 here+ Chelsea BAPS 😎

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    2. An Púca
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      62, -4 here after BAPS

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    3. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      lol same Daniel 🙁

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    4. isacki: full casual
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      56 (-4) - on the other hand I got Pantilimon by accident for a hit 😆

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      1. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Really? 😯

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        1. isacki: full casual
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Yep, woke up at 11.26, rushed to transfer screen, swapped Bony for Rooney, swapped Yoshida for Wilson and then saw I needed a 4.1 GK. It was 11.29. I picked the first one I recognized

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          1. Chucky
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            hahaha atleast u got Rooney 😉

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      2. The Shadow
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I've seen worse hits taken this week.

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        1. isacki: full casual
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          I'm not sure I want to see them now. Pantilimon has to be one of the worst transfers in the history of FPL

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          1. The Shadow
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            I was lying to try to make you feel better. Truth is yours was the worse. Walters almost trumped you but for his PK.

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            1. isacki: full casual
              • 12 Years
              10 years, 1 month ago

              Yay! I win!

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      3. The Light Knight
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        "The hit that keeps on hitting"

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        1. isacki: full casual
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Sooo.... no City defenders for the DGW then 😆

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          1. Mílanista
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            You will just have to take a hit to get those Pants off

            No Kolarov is unacceptable

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            1. isacki: full casual
              • 12 Years
              10 years, 1 month ago

              I am trying to decide what to do with him 😆

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    5. The Light Knight
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      45 with Fellaini (c)

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    6. onionbarje
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      41 after BAPS

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    7. Lloyd Xmas
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      39 with BAPS,I feel i dodged a bullet to be fair.

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    8. A.
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      35, no hit for me

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  3. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    With bonuses I might just cross 50 points tonight

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  4. BantamPhil
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Is the BPS for 3pm kick-off games confirmed now?

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  5. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    I never thought a Walters penalty would deny me 5/5 clean sheets.

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    1. isacki: full casual
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      How the heck did you manage 4 CS this week

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      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I didn't. Olsson and Bassong 😡

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      2. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Boruc and double Chelsea defence did the goods.

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  6. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Double Chelsea defence helps soften the blow of not going Hazard (c)

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  7. Lizard Lips
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Demba Ba really cost me several points there.

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  8. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Score check.

    A paltry 34 points for me.

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    1. Balotellitubbies
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      61 after baps

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    2. FPL Notebook (John)
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      57

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    3. Djerbil
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      60 + Baps for Haz(C) and Cahill

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    4. The Chosen One...
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      57, Lallana (c)

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    5. GREENDREAMS11
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      54 after baps

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    6. tm245
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Depending on Chelsea baps,

      around 60 (-8)

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  9. TorresMagic™
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    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Guessing there will be a few in the 50s and 60s for this week around.

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    1. MJ6987
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Most on here seem to have that

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    2. Van Dal
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      What did u get?

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        5o something with 10

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    3. Namtab Nomolos
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Millionaire's Club bloodbath?

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      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        That was last week. Haven't looked this week for the 9 remaining.

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        1. A.
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          It was a brutal week in the Millionaire club, i felt hard done by after missing out last week.

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  10. Van Dal
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    What will be average score?

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    1. Djerbil
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      around 40 for the Top 10k

      probably 35 overall

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    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      40 would be pushing it probably. More about numbers this week.

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    3. Only a Hazard of time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      This blog is normally quick for working it out

      http://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/

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  11. Djerbil
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Super happy to do 60+ this week

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  12. Berbalove
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    No offside for the pen, Eto'o was behind the ball when it was played.

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  13. SuperOsçarBaby
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Oscar assist in FPL 🙂 justice

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    1. The Light Knight
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      ^This

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    2. Van Dal
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Will prob get taken off

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    3. Pasqualinho
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Strange because they're normally not given unless it's a rebound from a shot, which it wasn't. But, forgetting FPL assist rules for a moment, he was the main architect of the goal, so no complaints from me.

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      1. SuperOsçarBaby
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        agreed, he always find space to create chances

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  14. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Mourinho managed to disgrace himself more than Tottenham disgraced themselves today. Deliberately goes out to disrespect opponents.

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  15. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Torres MOTM 😎 😉

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  16. Balotellitubbies
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Jamie Carragher is a sycophant

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    1. JWF
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Do you mean Redknapp?

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      1. Balotellitubbies
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        yes

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    2. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He's a cant...

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  17. Grounderz
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    The Ince investment has been a failure. Out next week.

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    1. onionbarje
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Ince and Paulinho have both been a failure. Yaya and A.Johnson in it seems

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  18. Lizard Lips
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Argh, really felt like Hazard missed a trick there, especially with Ba getting 2 and all BPs and hardly being on the field for a long time!

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  19. PogChamp
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Around 54 with baps. Hoping for a top 50k GWR.

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  20. Somalion
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Any team that insists on using Michael Dawson in big games deserve to lose by that margin. I think AVB was planning on replacing with Chiriches, Sherwood seems to just be out with a point to prove that he doesn't need AVB's players.

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    1. isacki: full casual
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Random team selections, I do say it.

      That said, he was a bit unlucky to lose by four.

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      1. Somalion
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        He was but too many errors as well. Just not remotely good enough and honestly Dawson is so slow that they permanently are at risk.

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        1. isacki: full casual
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah Dawson is a liability. I don't get what Spurs' gameplan was really.

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          1. isacki: full casual
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            They were playing fairly high with a slow center back like Dawson. Opened them up for all kinds of problems later as it put pressure on them not to let anyone slip through and made their mistakes fatal

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            1. Somalion
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 1 month ago

              Exactly it really is like they don't watch their own performances.

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              1. isacki: full casual
                • 12 Years
                10 years, 1 month ago

                I think supporting British managers is a distraction from actually judging people on their knowledge and Sherwood shows very little.

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    2. JWF
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Completely agree about Dawson. I'd have Kaboul and Vert first choice.

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      1. Somalion
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Easily. Chiriches once he gets adjusted would be decent too.

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    3. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      What shocks me most is the fact that they've tried combining Dawson with a high line for so long. Beyond baffling.

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      1. Somalion
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        This really has me stunned too. He's just so slow.

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    4. Djerbil
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      can't believe He didn't start Paulinho

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      1. Somalion
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Absolutely doing it out of spite I reckon.

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        1. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          agreed. out ofnspite not to start a class player like paulinho. and starts walker in midfield ahead of palulino and dembele. pathetic.

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  21. Balotellitubbies
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    This interview with John Terry is making me nausious

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  22. turd ferguson
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    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    How do people have so many points this week? 😯

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    1. Namtab Nomolos
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney (c) is half of them

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    2. Rafabio
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Mental 🙁

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    3. isacki: full casual
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      You just saw the highest scores, don't worry. Self-selection

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    4. FPL Notebook (John)
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Double Chelsea Defence 😉

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    5. Feanor
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      It's rough alright.

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    6. Djerbil
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney + Haz(C) + Southampton defence

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      1. Djerbil
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        + Chelsea defence

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    7. Godber1
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Messers caulker, hazard, jrod and boruc 😎

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    8. The Chosen One...
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      No Rooney or Hazard (c) for me, just double Chelsea defence, JRod and Snod

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  23. Godber1
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    48 for me, not sure what bonus points i will get...

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  24. Call Me Old Fashioned
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Mert--->Chambers for my FT this week.

    Soton CS 😎

    Oh wait...

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    1. V-2 Schneiderlin
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I brought in Vidic! 🙁

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      1. The Shadow
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        There should be a rule: never transfer in a guy the week he announces a new contract with another team.

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  25. supperspout
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    my initial plan was Shaw and Rooney in... ended up doing Bassong and RVP 🙁

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  26. moment
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    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    60ish with BAPs. Not bad for 9 players...

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    1. FPL Notebook (John)
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I was just thinking that. I might play 9 each week

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    2. Holy See
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      51 from 6. I'll take it.

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      1. FPL Notebook (John)
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Nicely done.
        And you'll be nicely set up for 31 i guess

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        1. Holy See
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          9 dooblers. Might make it 10 for a hit. Glad to get this week out of the way.

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  27. boc610
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    redknapp and hoddle LITERALLY(thats how you use it jamie) begging JT to come out of retirement.quite a sight.

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  28. Mighty
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    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    I thought 45+ with no hits was a good target for the weak, so happy with 47.

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  29. Proggy
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    40 points post BPS, red arrow?

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  30. Mifune
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    62 points with a -4 point hit from 9 players after baps, very happy with that.

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    1. Pablitto
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      averge? 40?

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      1. Mifune
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I'd expect the overall average to be lower than that, a lot of people outside of the top 10k have left the captaincy on Suarez so depends who their vc is.

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