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The Dugout Discussion – Hull City v Manchester City

After last week’s reduced fixture list we are back to a full schedule of games for Gameweek 30. The action starts at the KC Stadium where Hull City square up to Manchester City, who will be looking to bounce back after their Champions League exit in midweek.

Today’s match is the first of three that City have in hand over their title rivals Chelsea and a victory is vital if they hope to catch Jose Mourinho’s charges. Going into the match just five points outside of the relegation zone, Steve Bruce’s Hull will be looking for a strong finish to the season to ensure they avoid being dragged into a relegation dog fight.

Our Twitter feed offers up all the news from today’s teamsheets, while those wishing to indulge in some real-time exchange of views can do so via our Dugout Discussion chatroom.

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  1. The Machine
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Silva less than 4% ownership

    top 10k ownership non existent

    No damage done

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

      what a differential for me

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      1. The Machine
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Nice one, hoping Cazorla can pull off something similar

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

        Nice. I just couldn't hold out with him.

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    2. waitinginthelonggrass
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Surprised by that, then again I'm surprised I have held onto him this long myself.

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    3. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      oi! I'm top 10K and i own him

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    4. dribbler
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      erm I'm top 10k and I've got him

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

    so Chester looks pretty set to play 180 minutes next week

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

      Hope so!!!!

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  3. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Happy with 5p from Zab 🙂

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

      He gave you 5p?

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

        Had a YC

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      2. S.Kuqi
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Yc

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      3. SW6
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Stingy considering how much he gets paid

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  4. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Credit where credit is due

    Demichelis was outstanding today

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

      superb performance from City , stuff of Champions

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

      Against Hull

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

        doesn't matter , 60 hrs after playing away at Barcelona chasing the ball.. Now with 10 for 80 mns..

        Not many teams out there that can do it

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  5. The Machine
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Those who still have no City cover,like me:

    Who is it going to be,

    Silva or Yaya?

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    1. Plagued by indecision
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      i'm wondering the same thing!

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    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yaya.
      Anyone can have 1 good game.

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

        Yaya has few god games, mainly great games 😉

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    3. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Silva now I guess.

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

      Both for me, but if I had to choose one it would be Yaya

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    5. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Think still going Ya Ya next . Think .......

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    6. Zombie
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Only if we knew Silva will keep playing in the hole

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  6. Ne0
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Who will score more this GW?
    A) Boruc + Coleman + Ivan + Hazard
    B) Mannone + Fonte + Azpi + Lukaku

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

      a

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  7. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Might get Gerrard,Silva,Yaya,Haz for dgw but no Baines.

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  8. asdasdasdadasdasda
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    is lukaku playing?

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

      yes

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    2. The Machine
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      This site would have gone mad if he wasn't

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    3. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Not yet...

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  9. Zombie
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Boy, team for next GW 😀

    Wait...it's the same for everyone 😐

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  10. Venom Snake
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    I can afford yaya for next week but after seeing silva performance im thinking him as he is a big differential. Thoughts?

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    1. lifes a pitch
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      obviously a diff. but chances of a repeat performance, slim imo

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

      Exactly my prob. Mmmmmm was to be Ya Ya for sure. Now wondering if Silva will finally deliver what many of us were waiting for ?

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

    Silva: it was a question of WHEN and not IF...:)
    the minute almost everyone went Yaya over Silva for this mci, and silva comes and delivers a stellar performance. fpl showing most up...

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

      btw, what a smart pass in to the open he did for dzeko 2nd goal.

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      1. lifes a pitch
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        does it make up for the fact he hasnt scpred since xmas??? not for me

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

    Which one?

    A) Gerrard and Colback
    B) Silva and Sterling -4pts

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    1. lifes a pitch
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      im goning gerrard and sterling. but A) in your case

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  13. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Props to Silva owners for your patience. Nice to see it rewarded

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

      if i were to bet, id say only 5% of active owners held him. only dead teams probably have him. i kept him for ages and only now dropped him.

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

      Feels really good.

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  14. Noisy Neighbour
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Wow, that was a nerve-wracking match! Nice to see my favorite player deliver so magnificently. I'm just glad Hull don't know about the offsides rule.

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  15. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    If Mata blanks vs Pool, anyone else considering him > Silva for next week?

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I sold Mata this week for AJ

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

        why get rid of a dgw player for another one? bit odd.

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        1. Respect My Authoritah
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Agreed. Terrible dgw too, not nailed on either

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        2. S.Kuqi
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          No it isnt. One brings fpl points other doenst. Simple

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

          because of selling him we can get 2 dgw players easily

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        4. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          funded me bringing Baines in.

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    2. Respect My Authoritah
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Nope, selling Mata is unwise

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    3. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Mata to Gerrard or Silva. WHEN he blanks.

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

      I have already done mata to nolan this week

      but mata>silva becomes the question of quantity vs quality

      if you already have 11 dgw players then it is perfectly okay

      but if you have around 7-8 i am not sure whether you should do the move

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

      I'm keeping for DGW regardless....guarantee 180 mins with no CL

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

    Baines and Lukaku need to score about 15 points between them

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    1. Venom Snake
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Between them? Lukaku is scoring 15 minimum

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

      would be glorious

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    3. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      15 each please

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    4. The Machine
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      2 and 13 respectively cheers

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

        13 each then.

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    5. Zombie
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      15 each

      Lukaku(c) and Baines for -4 . So, here is hoping 😉

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  17. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Help Guys: Should transfer out aguero for lukaku or will he still play part in DGW??

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

      Too much of headache owning him

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  18. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    what percent of people had totally written Silva off as "a nightmare to own" and all of a sudden are reconsidering based on a single haul?

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      99%

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

      Count me among that lot.

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    3. MCH
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Own him and planned to keep him in my wc team.

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

        well done

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    4. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      The 96% who don't own him.

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    5. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I have never had Yaya, and I've had Silva most of the time he's been fit. I don't understand the 'nightmare' talk, i think he's been pretty great for me.

      Yaya has been a mistake, but Silva made that mistake no huge margin - the players who've come in (like AJ for example) kept me riding at a similar pace

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

        agree with that sentiment..often people say a player is essential, but if Yaya + Player A is scoring less than Silva + (more expensive) Player B then the choice is obvious

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    6. Zombie
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I am not recosidering

      Just pissed off on him 😉

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    7. Gloria Kanchelskis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      got lucky. Today was going to be his last chance for me. He's here to stay now. 😀

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

        😀

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  19. The Machine
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Yaya look knackered

    The worst team in the league at Home on saturday

    United away Wednesday

    Arsenal Away Saturday

    Don't think i need to explain whats coming

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

      3 days' rest after chasing the ball for 90 minutes vs 7 days' rest, I think he'll be fine..you're just trying to justify buying Silva to yourself 😉

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      1. The Machine
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I'm not buying Silva

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

          kk

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      2. The Machine
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        It's not about what he did today, it's about what he'll have to do after the Fulham game

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

          Yaya is a tank though..7 days' rest then 60 min against Fulham and he should be ready to go the distance in the 2 games after

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

      Yaya is cuming..

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

      I fear you could be right

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    4. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He's had his rest.

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      1. The Machine
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        what rest?

        back to back away games where he'll need to play 180 after Fulham

        You know it's coming

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

      No chance of a rest. he has a week to recover.

      Maybe an early sub like today.

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

      No Kompany, they need Yaya

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    7. SW6
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      A Yaya brace

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      1. The Machine
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Exactly

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  20. Walsh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Ince starting is just a week too late 🙁

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      this
      2p in 2 gw I owned him

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

      Yup

      I got out of FPL cup last week coz he didn't start. How sad is that 🙁 !!!

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  21. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Who looked best out of Livermore, Huddlestone and Meyler?

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    1. Venom Snake
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Meyler for mine

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    2. rohan
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Meyler looked decent but he wont get more than 70 mins in any match. Hence, Livermore

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        rival has Livermore

        Thud it is then

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  22. Holmes
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Selected Silva in Innsie's draft picks 😎
    Btw, will Yaya rise tonight?

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  23. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    anyone know why Bassong is out today?

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  24. United come on!
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Chambers and Bruce are deadwood. Who should I bring in? Max 4.3 🙁

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

      Flanagan or Williamson

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      1. United come on!
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Tks

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

      Chester

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

      Chester, Williamson, Dummet, Bardsley, Rosenior, Baker

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

    Aguero is the only enjoyable City player to own -- expectations and performance almost always match.

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    1. The Machine
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      In a way he's the most frustrating too

      Worse injury record than Silva

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

        Right, but when he plays he delivers -- catching the others' big hauls is much more of a test of patience.

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  26. socal4mich
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    First time I have captained Lukaku. Need a differential.

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  27. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    6 3pm kick-offs is a welcome rare sight 😀

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  28. Gaz Downright
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Leon Osman captain? 😯

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  29. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    This team good to go for next week? -8pts

    Boruc
    CHESTER DISTIN WILLIAMSON
    STERLING SILVA MIRALLAS Hazard
    LUKAKU STURRIDGE SUAREZ (C)

    K.Davis Cahill Lallana Azpil

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

      don't make transfers already LOL

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

        I've not it's just a draft, these were my thoughts..

        Turner, Eriksen and RVP to Lukaku Silva and Distin -4pts

        OR A + Colback to Sterling -8pts

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

          I'm not sold on Sterling honestly..first looks decent but with Distin you're basically praying for a CS because he'll never score/assist or get BAPS really

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

            I'm sure he will get at least 2 clean sheets out of the next 3

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      2. Colonel Klink
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        The shadow of Agüero looms long, dark and grim.

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

          difference between making risky transfers between gameweeks where there's midweek CL and making them after only 1 game out of 15 has played during a gameweek hah

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          1. Colonel Klink
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            Oh year, def. I figured: I'll just do it before the Barca game, he came through the cups okay...then SLAM.

            Agüero and Silva gave both done that to me this term. Or rather, I've done that to me, and I really need to stop.

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

              yeah never again for me

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  30. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    let's just take a moment United fans to imagine 3 points against City with Kompany definitely out and Aguero probably out 😀

    would love to derail their campaign

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