Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Sunday

Sunday has a lot to live up to and, from a Fantasy perspective, it looks to be little more than a scouting mission.

None of today’s four participants have a double fixture in the Gameweek, meaning that, in Fantasy Premier League terms, they’ll be few assets on show that will influence our Gameweek tallies.

Even so, Tottenham’s White Hart Lane encounter with Southampton should tell us plenty about the remaining prospects of their players over the run-in. Similarly, Aston Villa go into their home meeting with Stoke looking for a third consecutive win, with Christian Benteke certainly up for consideration as an end of season differential.

As always, you can look to our Twitter feed for news of today’s lineups, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is warmed up and ready to go for those looking to scratch that real-time reaction itch.

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

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  1. Gaz Downright
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    Siggy

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  2. Bad Pen
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    I'll take those 5 Boruc points and run...

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    1. Woy of the Wovers
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      Why run?

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      1. Royal5
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        Because he got lucky?

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  3. Qubit
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    Dammit, I seriously want to get Eriksen back in for the last few decent Spurs fixtures. Bound to end badly though.......

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  4. leo_messi
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    10 years, 1 month ago

    AJ-> Eriksen next week??? 🙂

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    1. Qubit
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      10 years, 1 month ago

      Nolan -> Eriksen for me

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    2. Woy of the Wovers
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      Hazard ->Eriksen

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  5. Wilshere Knowledge
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    10 years, 1 month ago

    I transfered out Boruc, Lallana, Olsson and Cahill

    You couldnt make this crap up.

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    1. Gimli son of Gloin
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      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yes you could.
      I transferred out Skrtel, Lallana, Schurlle, Mutch and Snodgrass.
      ^^^^^^ I made that up.

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    2. Yank Revolution
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      I sent Cahill and Lallana out this wk too...

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  6. Call Me Old Fashioned
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    Absolutely trolled by Eriksen and Sherwood earlier in season

    Not sure if I want go back to Eriksen

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    1. Bad Pen
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Same here, I'll need to see more of today's kind of performance before I might be swayed.

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    2. Spike ⚽️
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      Wait and see how they do agst Liverpool

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      1. HVT
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        My gran could score V Liverpool !

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        1. The Chosen One...
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          tell that to RVP and Rooney

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          1. HVT
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            Rooney did score with some ones gran tho - didn't he ?

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            1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
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              Vera Lynn?

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  7. GunsnRoses
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    I lost 0.6 on Eriksen. (Bought him at 7.2 and sold at 6.6)
    Can't dare to take him back again 😆

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    1. Spike ⚽️
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      You could get .1 back in funds tho 😉

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      1. GunsnRoses
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        In exchange of two transfer ?

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    2. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
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      make that 2.and im a fan of ajax and spurs.hehe. we sold him not because of eriksen per se, but because of TS incompetence when he benched him.much like paulinho now. eriksen is fecking class.

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  8. Pablitto
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    10 years, 1 month ago

    JRod on 1BP so far ... will it stay?

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  9. Why Always Mayonnaise?
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    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Transferred out Eriksen, Lallana and JRod for a hit, sigh.....

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  10. HVT
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    We've all been trolled !

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    1. GunsnRoses
      • 12 Years
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      By Eriksen ?

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      1. HVT
        • 13 Years
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        Those who sold :
        Boruc
        Terry
        Ivan
        Hazzard
        Lallana
        Eriksen
        Jrod
        Lambert

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        1. Pablitto
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          Just Ivan

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  11. Ron_Swanson
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    Eriksen seems like a real laugh doesn't he

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  12. rohan
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    Really tempted to do Lukaku > Rooney for next week. I know Lukaku plays Fulham but Rooney looks essential

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    1. HVT
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      10 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney blanks in 34 tho.

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  13. BobB
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    All the lemmings selling Eriksen when he had a dip.....I kept saying hold, hold, hold!

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    1. Epic Fail
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      Hold through blanks just to get 1 decent game?

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      1. BobB
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        • 14 Years
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        One decent game? He was excellent in November/December, and despite a couple of blanks in the prem has continued to look great in Europe. Now he will be fresh and after Anfield they have great fixtures. Along with Hazard and Yaya he is essential in midfield from here on in

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        1. Epic Fail
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          What's Europe got to do with FPL?

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  14. r0nh
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    I sold Terry, Cahill, Lallana & benched Hazard.

    Delph will score 8 goals today.

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    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
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      sold lallana for nolan benched rosenior but still comfortable with 110 points 😎

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      1. r0nh
        • 12 Years
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        Me too, but at what price?

        Team looks a bit shit for next week 🙁

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  15. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
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    DGW future: pls, besides these teams for DGW 34, what are the other future DGW TEAMS AND ON WHICH GW? THNX ( i believe Sun has a 3rd dgw no?)

    dgw34: eve - mci - cry - sun

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    1. Chris_White
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      10 years, 1 month ago

      Both SUN and EVE have a DGW in 37 too.

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      1. Chris_White
        • 12 Years
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        along with MUN, HUL, MCI and AVL

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        1. Chris_White
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          and WBA

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      2. AWOL-Ekotto
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        Everton doesn't West brom does i believe

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        1. Chris_White
          • 12 Years
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          Correct.

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        2. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
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          chris u sure Eve and Hul have that DGW 37? THX

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          1. Chris_White
            • 12 Years
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            Hull does, Everton don't.

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  16. Woy of the Wovers
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    Congratulations to all those who stuck with Eriksen. More patient than me.

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    1. Green Arrow
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      Ty ty 😆

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  17. Camzy
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    10 years, 1 month ago

    I've begun planning for GW 34 and it's dire. It's tough now to get some players in. 3 Everton, 3 City, 1 Palace, 1 Sunderland is the goal.

    Not picking Lukaku might be great for the next 3 weeks but will soon be a major hassle...

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    1. r0nh
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      Sunderland play Man City & Everton...

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      1. Camzy
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        I know, that's why I only have Mannone, but I currently only have 1 Everton and 2 City..

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        1. r0nh
          • 12 Years
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          With their fixtures, I think the Mannone boat has sailed.

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    2. HVT
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      3/3/0/1 for me currently

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    3. Woy of the Wovers
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      3/2/0/2. Probably enough.

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  18. HVT
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    Will the FPL game be better off when Suarez leaves for the continent in the summer ?

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    1. Epic Fail
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      If he stays, he might be priced out of reach anyway.

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      1. HurriKane
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        id pay 20m for suarez alone

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

          What's the highest ever starting price for an FPL player? RVP was only 14.0 this season. I wouldn't expect Suarez to be more than 15.0, if that.

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      2. HVT
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        He will go epic , you and I both know he's nothing more than an evil mercanery.
        In fact Arsenal were only 1p short of buying him !

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      3. Woy of the Wovers
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        16.0m?

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    2. BobB
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      No, because he is one of the few great players you can rely on playing all the time.

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      1. HVT
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        Yea but with him gone , it means more skill required on (c) choices etc .

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    3. rohan
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      He will stay I think.

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      1. RedLightning
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        True. He'll be spearheading Liverpool's assault on the Champions League.

        (And to think that at the beginning of the season I was expecting a struggle to even make the top four!)

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        1. HVT
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          I genuinely believe that he's already gone ,
          80m will soften the blow as BR rebuilds like Spurs have.

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          1. RedLightning
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            • 13 Years
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            He won't find any better fans elsewhere than he has at Liverpool. He nearly left last Summer, but now appears to be extremely happy at Anfield.

            If he does go, I hope that BR spends the proceeds more effectively than Spurs did. But BR won't want to let him go if he can possibly avoid it.

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    4. HurriKane
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      nope you want players like ronaldo bale suarez to stay in epl

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    5. Phaze 1
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      no

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      1. Twelve years a slave
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        He will have his head turned at the World Cup. Always a transfer merry go round, agents spend a whole month getting into their heads, and most of the players not that bright so easily manipulated

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    6. HVT
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      Not only will FPL be better , but it will be nice to see Liverpool back in mid table , inconsistent again , and BR found out for the flop he was at Reading.

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      1. Gimli son of Gloin
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        United fan?

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        1. HVT
          • 13 Years
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          How you guess ?

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    7. Rafabio
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      I hope so, it's too automatic with him and Sturridge this season. Worse than RVP the year before.

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  19. HurriKane
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    Eriksen wagon to start soon but 0.1m short of sterling to eriksen

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    1. Nomar
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      Probably won't have another game like that this season.

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  20. leo_messi
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    Which option is better from now till the end of the season:

    A) Baines,Gerrard,AJ,Snodgrass

    B) Skrtel,Silva,Mirallas,Eriksen

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    1. Rafabio
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      10 years, 1 month ago

      Tough, I'd go with B though

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  21. The Mandalorian
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    Has Erikson been out due to injury?

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

      yeap only returned to league action last week missed about 4-5 matches

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      1. The Mandalorian
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        cheers

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        1. Courtois in the Rye
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          He has also been benched though by Sherwood e.g. Norwich away.

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    2. Jax
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      Eriksen not erikson

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    3. Rafabio
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      Sherwood did bench him even when he was fit. Sherwood is a muppet, got out of jail to live another day today.

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  22. Green Arrow
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    So I kept Eriksen and JRod for this week cz i didn't want to take hits to get in DGW players. Needless to say, I'm very very :happy:

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    1. HurriKane
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      well played mate

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    2. Nomar
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      You deserve the points for rightly not giving in to DGW31 fever.

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  23. Jafooli
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    10 years, 1 month ago

    After yesterday it'll be good to watch some proper football.

    Villa vs Stoke

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

    Spent 4 pints to lose 27 points

    #youhavetolaugh

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

      " pints of sweat / tears and blood "

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  25. Nice to Finally Michu
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    10 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling, Nasri, Kolarov > Eriksen, Snodgrass, Terry -8?

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    1. The Light Knight
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      They would have been good transfers yes

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    2. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      Yes, if you have a time machine

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      1. Pinoche
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        😆

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    3. Cosmos
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      They sound quite kneejerk. If you can foresee a return on your investment, go for it. Perhaps consider that Nasri and Kolarov have 2 more DGWs to go. Eriksen, Snodgrass and Terry have no DGWs.

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

        Hmmm, not the best place for the no DGW logic.

        Eriksen, Hazard and Lallan will outscore many DGW mids. Olsson could outscore Coleman unless he keeps a CS or scores against NEW.

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  26. HVT
    • 13 Years
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    Anyone else not knowing what to do with their team for next week ?
    ( I have Yaya btw )

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

      Same! Not sure on what transfers to do for weeks! Might just do Marshall > Boruc. And rotate him with Adrian.

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    2. Declan-
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I Could get Eriksen. Maybe I'll get Baines for EvrA. Not sure really

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  27. Shane Ferguson 4.0
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    A - Kolarov + Mertesacker + Sterling

    B - Coleman + Distin + Chester + Silva + Sturridge

    Can team B beat team A until end of this GW for 15 or more points?

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  28. JS27
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    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Not got a lot right this season in FPL (not having Toure all season being the major one) but finally sticking with Eriksen has come good!

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  29. The Sarjeant
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    How many of you are going to bring in Aguero for GW34? Might just leave my DGW players as Zabaleta, Distin, Yaya and Lukaku.

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    1. Epic Fail
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      o/

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    2. Epic Fail
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      • 13 Years
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      Unless his hamstring has fallen off, which it may have done.

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    3. Jax
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      Avoid.

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  30. Darth
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    10 years, 1 month ago

    Scouts is there a sun dream team article coming up this week?

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