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O’Reilly
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Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

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Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	99.2%	Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	99.1%	Likely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	94.5%	Likely
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	86.6%	Maybe
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	89.5%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	86.4%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	87.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	84.7%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	72.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	79.7%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	73.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	69.4%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.5%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	63.0%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	63.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.1%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	66.4%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	66.6%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	62.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	64.7%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	63.8%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.9%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	60.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	57.5%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	50.9%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	49.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	46.3%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	44.9%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.8%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	47.4%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	40.9%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	39.1%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	38.8%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.5%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.5%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	36.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	102.9%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	100.1%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.1%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.1%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.1%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.0%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	97.3%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.6%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	98.9%	Maybe
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	91.5%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	93.8%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	95.1%	Maybe
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	92.3%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	94.1%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.7%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	92.5%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	92.1%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.2%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.0%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	90.5%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	91.9%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.2%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	89.8%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	89.6%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.2%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	87.5%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	86.9%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.5%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	91.5%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.8%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	85.4%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	87.2%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.5%	Unlikely
Munetsi	WOL	5.4m	83.8%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	83.3%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	85.2%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.4m	80.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.3m	75.9%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Podcast

The ScoutCast – Episode 129 – Bitter

27 March 2014 1772 comments

Mark

There’s no getting away from it, Granville and I are nothing short of bitter middle aged, middle of the table Fantasy managers. This week’s ScoutCast is a vitriol-filled slab of double Gameweek failure, inspired by Yaya Toure’s relentless point scoring and our stubborn reluctance to recruit his talents.

Of course, in between skinning our sour grapes, Granville and I dabble with the podcast regulars, whilst responding to another round of community posers including a lookey-likey query that smiles kindly on my co-host and has me recounting the tale of my very own office doppleganger.

Wallow in self pity via this link or look on the bright side via the player below…

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The template team and finding differentials
Ryan
11 years, 8 months ago
The template team and where to find differentials

Che defender, Eve defender
Yaya, Hazard
Suarez, Sturridge, Lukaku

These 7 players are virtually in every team, Evertons DGW and the form of the other players make this lot near on essential. So that leaves 4 other spots to find differentials. I believe that there is room to climb the ranks based on those 4 spots, you don't need to forgo the likes of SaS, Hazard or Yaya to make up ground imo.
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1. Koflok
  11 years, 8 months ago
  What if Aguero is back. Will you be sacrificing the striker?
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  1. Ryan
    11 years, 8 months ago
    I think a lot of people have given up on Aguero. I wouldn't consider him template anymore till he at least plays two games in a row.
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    1. Ryan
      11 years, 8 months ago
      But considering that, Aguero could be a nice acquisition as a lot of people will be weary at least early on.
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      1. Ellipsis
        11 years, 8 months ago
        Yeah and many will be priced out. I can't wait to get him back. Just like I did with my Jan WC when he returned for 44 minutes! He did score mind. I don't think they're rushing him this time. When he's back he's in my squad.
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        Ryan
        11 years, 8 months ago
        It reminds me of when SAR used to be a really good combination earlier in the season. Few could afford Aguero, Rooney and Suarez so those of us that had them did really well. Till Aguero got injured of course.
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  2. applebonkers
    11 years, 8 months ago
    this is the possible beauty, i think a lot of people are tied to SAS and lukaku until after gw34 now, and also many have baines and coleman meaning they can't get barkley. aguero and barkley v yaya and lukaku could be a good battle
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    1. Ryan
      11 years, 8 months ago
      I like your thinking AB, using the template to your advantage. Sometimes the template can hamper the top sides and finding any nugget of weakness can really propel you up the ranks.
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      1. applebonkers
        11 years, 8 months ago
        hope aguero plays and gets 6 penalties
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2. BeachBadger
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Aguero and a second Everton defender could do it.
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  1. Ryan
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Yeah I've gone for a second Chelsea defender. Aguero could definitely shake things up a bit, particularly as it would require some serious finances. He might be too costly for some.
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    1. BeachBadger
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Yeah second Chelsea decent too. I also want some city defenders haha. Strange I feel like playing 6 at the back haha. Brought in Baines me and if I could get Aguero that really would be some power players that other teams couldnt afford
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      1. Ryan
        11 years, 8 months ago
        Its a really good time to play 4 at the back. Crickey, even 5 at the back wouldn't be a bad bet with just Hazard and Toure in the middle.
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        BeachBadger
        11 years, 8 months ago
        Not to be sniffed at at all.
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3. Hibbo
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Bulk up for the dgw is all I say.
  
  If we have steady weeks in between but go big on these three and say hit 20k gw ranks x 3 out of the final 8 gws then that's some going.
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4. gurka
  11 years, 8 months ago
  I would strongly argue rooney is a much better option then sturridge or lukaku but I will enjoy his differential status
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The points avoidance Hokey Cokey
Saint Domingo
11 years, 8 months ago
Repost lost at bottom of last page (sorry)

Which player this season have you had in your team that has done nowt for you whilst you have had him in your team and flourished every time you have got rid of that player?

For me Adebayor has been a major troll for me this season.Had him twice and got zero rewards yet as soon as he is out he explodes.

On the other hand i did get Jonny Evans for a short period of time and he immediately wrecked my head,he is the uber troll of FPL
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1. MJ6987
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Gerrard and Silva
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2. JK - Cønt ⭐
  11 years, 8 months ago
  repost as it merits saying again
  
  Benteke
  
  and i agree 100% on Joony Evans. Biggest FPL troll ever
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  1. Saint Domingo
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Got him in and 2 days later he gets injured,no real apparent injury though,so kept him for a couple of weeks and kept checking the Man utd site for info (NOTHING) he may as well been on the moon,done this twice to me has and never again .
    
    Also had a similar thing with Smalling lately,he is now starting to get troll tendancies
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      11 years, 8 months ago
      oh you have only experienced a minor tremor on the Jonny Evans troll scale. he's done far worse
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      1. Saint Domingo
        11 years, 8 months ago
        HAHAHA
        
        I aint going back me and him are done for,he is definately off my xmas cards list FO SHO
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        JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 8 months ago
        I'm off to bed now. I'll tell you some stories of Evans' trolling another time
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  2. Whitman2013
    11 years, 8 months ago
    ERIKSEN for me lol
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3. applebonkers
  11 years, 8 months ago
  yaya toure. managed to buy him the week he was rested. when the hell does yaya toure ever get rested?!?!
  got agger twice and he's done nothing
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  1. Saint Domingo
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Whilst your were singing AGGER DO DO DO,but he does nowt .
    
    Gahhhhh 🙁
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4. applebonkers
  11 years, 8 months ago
  enjoy ben arfa the most as i get the sense most people hate him but he always does great for me
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  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
    11 years, 8 months ago
    I got him on my main wc the week he scored twice v Villa.
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5. Vote Joke
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Oscar: bought him after the Southampton game and sold him before the DGW he did nothing for me for months.
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6. A.
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Silva, I've owned him twice this season and don't fancy going back
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7. Your Mum Zohore
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Eriksen, beyond any shadow of doubt! Had him for such a long time, even when he was not playing regularly. Sold him last week, and what does he do? 2 goals & an assist. FML!
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8. RedLightning
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Lallana. After being on my watchlist for ages, I finally brought him in for GW27. Sold him after his scores of 1, 2, 3 and 1, and he then went and got 9 in the DGW!
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9. gurka
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Silva certainly all those bloody injuries and possibly Mirillias
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Quick guide to avoiding failure
Kalix
11 years, 8 months ago
Mark/Granville.

We're well used to (& enjoy) the weekly miffeds...but complaining about not captaining Suarez or not owning Toure at this stage is totally ridiculous...come on, it's gameweek 32!
(Suarez had a DGW against two relegation teams for god's sake!)

If you assume a starting template of Yaya, Haz, Suarez and a couple of prem defenders...you still have 10 squad slots with which to explore differentials and make up ground.
Why take chances by ignoring the heavy hitters? (again!)

To use a poker term, I think you guys have gone "on tilt" and are making decisions that just completely nullify any ground gained when you do cash in on points from a well timed differential like Barkley/Eriksen/Nasri (to use this week as an example).
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1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
  11 years, 8 months ago
  have to agree here, the justifications were a little thin....huge range of scores on here for ppl with 'template' players thus showing that differentiation can still be possible.............still its was more a cathartic outpouring and they prob feel better for it
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2. Gooner Kebab
  11 years, 8 months ago
  shame this is bottom of the page
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3. Ryan
  11 years, 8 months ago
  I think its gotten to the point now where all reason has gone out the window.
  
  Totally agree with your point. Getting in the key heavy hitters and going for differentials elsewhere is the way to go. How can you expect any other player to regularly outscore Suarez and Toure at this stage of the season.
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4. J0E
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Completely agree. I was listening to the podcast and thinking the same thing. There is plenty of opportunity to have fun with differentials while still ensuring you have the well owned heavy hitters covered. The likes of Suarez (c) and yaya stop you sliding, interesting differentials give you the chance of climbing- it's simple really.
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5. Geoff
  11 years, 8 months ago
  I totally agree! They might argue (incorrectly) that its a bigger differential to go without Yaya or not captain Suarez, but it's clearly necessary to go with the biggest heavy hitters
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Scroobius Mac
11 years, 8 months ago
Silva a doubt
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/27/david-silva-manchester-city-fitness-arsenal?CMP=twt_gu
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1. SC not pearls before swine
  11 years, 8 months ago
  The Silva over Yaya decision just never stops kicking you in the groin, does it?
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  1. tm245
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Ugh.
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2. the axolotl
  11 years, 8 months ago
  there's a non-committal article if ever i saw one. worrying though
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3. JK - Cønt ⭐
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Getting rid of him for Yaya has been a great decision on my part. Got fed up of the constant injury doubts
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4. Holy See
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Author looks about 15 in that photo.
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5. FACUPARSE
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Good news for Arsenal
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Davids_Semen
11 years, 8 months ago
What does everyone think about Cardiff's chances of staying up?

While they haven't been doing MUTCH recently, NOONE has a better run in until the end of the season.

However if Ole is going to MARSHALL his team to victory he will need to TURNER round their fortunes, and get them to score MOORE goals.

All i will say is the end of the season is going to be a CAULKER and if they can stay up it would be FABio and Ole would deserve a MEDEL.
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1. Epic Fail
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Oh dear.
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2. Make United Great Again
  11 years, 8 months ago
  PUN GALORE
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  1. AppleDunk
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Including his id.
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3. Irish Madridista ⭐
  11 years, 8 months ago
  ...going to be a Caulker..?
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4. HVT
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Still goes back to
  " Mutch ado about nothing "
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applebonkers
11 years, 8 months ago
this is what i'd play if silva was out

-------------------- hart ----------------------
zaba ---- komp -- demich ---- clichy
-------- fernandinho - yaya -------------
navas --------- nasri ----------- kolarov
------------------ dzeko --------------------

*disclaimer - does have a lot to do with owning kolarov*
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1. Get up ya bum
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Poifect 😀
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2. Whitman2013
  11 years, 8 months ago
  can kolarov and dzeko switch places ;)?
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3. Make United Great Again
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Miler for Kolarov I'd imagine.
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  1. Make United Great Again
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Milner*
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    1. Get up ya bum
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Clichy*
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4. Ryan
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Na, Yaya will be the AM 😉 Mark and Granville won't like that.
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  1. applebonkers
    11 years, 8 months ago
    can see that too, javi garcia filling in. even before the brace i'd have said dzeko is nailed as it's an away game
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Dzeko is also the guy in form. He tends to score in bursts and seems to be one of those streaks now, whilst Negredo is bang out of form
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      1. Granville
        11 years, 8 months ago
        As soon as I get Dzeko he dries up. It happens every time.
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        Get up ya bum
        11 years, 8 months ago
        Do you have the same affect on the ladies?
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Somalion
11 years, 8 months ago
I hope McGregor is alright, sidelined for the season with kidney damage does not sound good.
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1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
  11 years, 8 months ago
  😯 and bein wrongly sent off too, awful
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  1. Somalion
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Must be fairly bad to keep him out that long 😯
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2. Saint Domingo
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Kidney damage YIKES!
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  1. Somalion
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Exactly my sentiment!!
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3. applebonkers
  11 years, 8 months ago
  even though it was a penalty and a red imo have to agree, ouch!
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  1. applebonkers
    11 years, 8 months ago
    actually diame does handball it first so if we're going fully retrospective then it's a hull free kick and mcgregor has the kidneys of a healthy person rather than a half eaten pie
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    1. Somalion
      11 years, 8 months ago
      😆 Aye the hand ball essentially has caused this man kidney damage! Injury Lawyers For You must be camped outside his house.
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      1. applebonkers
        11 years, 8 months ago
        love those adverts, although hate the "these are not actors, these are actual lawyers" ones.
        "one day at work mohammed diame CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL"
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        Colonel Shoe 肝池
        11 years, 8 months ago
        im now imaginin diame in the miley cyrus vid 😯
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Dr Dream
11 years, 8 months ago
No idea what to do this week...Evra, Sterling, Silva are sat laughing at me, whilst Nolan is having a crafty fag behind the changing rooms...Mmm...yet another (-8) coming up....but who?
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1. super zlatan
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Sterling > Barkley
  Silva > Michu
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  1. Dr Dream
    11 years, 8 months ago
    I doubt Barkley will play....good pick, wrong week.
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    1. super zlatan
      11 years, 8 months ago
      I think he will def play. At that price range he is the best option. Unless u want Mutch?
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      1. Dr Dream
        11 years, 8 months ago
        He's put himself back in the box seat for sure, but that's not the same as playing three games so close together...and don't forget RM has already spoken about not wanting to over expose him to the pressures.
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  2. Moin
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Michu worth a Punt? I was thinking Cazorla --> Michu (if Silva remains fit for Arsenal)
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    1. Dr Dream
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Could be..it's a bit of a wild one though.I've got the additional problem of too much common ground with my rival...namely Silva and Nolan...mmm.
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2. SpinyNorman [*_*]
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Keep Evra for now
  
  Take him out next week for a spurs or chelski
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3. roscola
  11 years, 8 months ago
  I've got Smalling, Mirallas, Sterling and Silva all with question marks and yet - weirdly for a hit addict like myself - I'm going to save my FT!
  
  Silva > Nasri is tempting though. Good opportunity to swap horses if you were thinking about it anyway.
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  1. HVT
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Will Nasri be your 2/3 city player Ross ?
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    1. roscola
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Dunno. I'll see what the news is on Silva. If he's confirmed out for long then I'll probably do that. If it's just this week I'll hold onto Silva and ride my luck this week. Good pick though, and I always love Nasri. I started last season with him and he went ballistic for the first 2/3 weeks.
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      1. HVT
        11 years, 8 months ago
        Rephrase : who are your current city players ?
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        roscola
        11 years, 8 months ago
        I've got Silva and Yaya right now. I *think* I'm planning on Aguero, or at least laying the groundwork to make it possible to get him if he looks like a good call.
        
        If I finally decide not to get Kun, I'll get Demichellis instead.
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        HVT
        11 years, 8 months ago
        Good , you have kept that slot for Aguero ,
        It was always my plan to do Silva > Aguero if you get me , ( have Zab/Yaya) I'm just wondering if I got the right news on Aguero avoiding Nasri getting say Lallana back and the funds are there ....
        Looking for upside from silva news 😉
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        roscola
        11 years, 8 months ago
        When life gives you lemons ... 😉
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4. Moin
  11 years, 8 months ago
  depends on your bench..if you have weak defensive replacement Change Evra...if not then Sterling to Eriksen..and wait on the Silva news..he was the best player against United I am sure Pellegrini would want him to start.
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  11 years, 8 months ago
  If we get news on Aguero , this will be a huge help .
  We can shift funds around a little to suit , Pelle is normally good at press conf , so hopefully he will clear up silva / Aguero news
  For me no point in doing anything till then ,
  Fgth style Relax.
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  1. Dr Dream
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Ooh..yeah..Got common ground with my rival in Silva and Studge....So Silva and Studge > Nasri and Aguero over the next couple of weeks....That might kill two birds with one stone.
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Punty
11 years, 8 months ago
People selling Sturridge that has scored 30 goals in 37 games for Liverpool.. good luck with that!
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1. tm245
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Yes, but Aguero and Rooney are legitimate replacment candidates, though I'm not sure I'd do it.
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2. Epic Fail
  11 years, 8 months ago
  If Kun is fit I'm sure he will outscore Sturridge.
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Why ignore Yaya?
Make United Great Again
11 years, 8 months ago
Why are people ignoring Yaya Toure? 😀
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1. Plymouth
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Non are
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  1. Make United Great Again
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Except those in the scoutcast 😉
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2. Saint Domingo
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Ignore the Yaya at your peril
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3. Granville
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Who's ignoring him? He took up half the scoutcast.
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  1. Make United Great Again
    11 years, 8 months ago
    With regard to him being in your team.
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    1. Granville
      11 years, 8 months ago
      I'm not ignoring him. i considered him a couple of weeks ago but I chose to buy Nasri and allocate the funds I would use to buy him to improve other areas of my squad whilst retaining the DGW players I already had.
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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 8 months ago
        and how did that work out for you?
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        11 years, 8 months ago
        I dunno, work it out for yourself. Maybe 10 points. Wouldn't have come close to saving my gameweek
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        RedLightning
        11 years, 8 months ago
        But what about all the other game-weeks?
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4. applebonkers
  11 years, 8 months ago
  he's not even the best player in his family
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  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
    11 years, 8 months ago
    There's a 3rd brother? 😯
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    1. applebonkers
      11 years, 8 months ago
      depends if you count francois
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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 8 months ago
        😆 😆
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        11 years, 8 months ago
        Only you would know about a 3rd Toure.
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        JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 8 months ago
        indeed a Toure de France
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      11 years, 8 months ago
      His Mum.
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      11 years, 8 months ago
      Yes, Ibrahim, who plays in Egypt and will soon become eligible to play for them by residence.
      
      Francois and Kolo were the same person.
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  2. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
    11 years, 8 months ago
    His father was a playa.
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5. Your Mum Zohore
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Had him since GW1 till now, a decision that I never regretted!
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Voodoo
11 years, 8 months ago
So is Silva really gonna be out or is it just scaremongering?
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1. Whitman2013
  11 years, 8 months ago
  wait for MP's pressie.
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2. Saint Domingo
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Could be a load of crap to be honest,i won't trust any newspaper hype at all,he looked fine to me coming off the pitch,if your ankle is goosed at 60 mins you come off,he played 90,i will await to see what Pellegrini says.
  
  No panic at the min
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  1. Voodoo
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Yeah kinda think the same. He probably has a bruised shin or something daft like that.
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3. John Nerdelbaum
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Think he'll play
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4. Epic Fail
  11 years, 8 months ago
  We just know what the report says.
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  1. Voodoo
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Speak for yourself, Ruben Cousillas is around here somewhere
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leo_messi
11 years, 8 months ago
zabaleta
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1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
  11 years, 8 months ago
  carburettor
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TorresMagic™
11 years, 8 months ago
All draws & LMS updated

http://www.tinyurl.com/elite64
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1. Whitman2013
  11 years, 8 months ago
  you need numbers in your name
  you look naked 🙂
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  1. TorresMagic™
    11 years, 8 months ago
    No more numbers this season. Might add something after.
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      11 years, 8 months ago
      haha i know.. you okay though?
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      1. TorresMagic™
        11 years, 8 months ago
        At work, 5 hours until the weekend.
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2. Woy of the Wovers
  11 years, 8 months ago
  What are my chances of making the Elite now, TM?
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3. chandramouli
  11 years, 8 months ago
  having a clash with LA ROJA in fpl open... whom do you think will win?
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  1. TorresMagic™
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Look at the differentials for the answer 🙂
    Good luck.
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    1. chandramouli
      11 years, 8 months ago
      a differential captain might help i guess..
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      1. TorresMagic™
        11 years, 8 months ago
        H2H is partly luck based. His team might have bad fixtures this week compared to yours.
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4. Saint Domingo
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Thanks very much TM ,Top work,appreciate it
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Amateur Pundit Zan
11 years, 8 months ago
Garrgh. Forgot my headphones this morning. Not only do I have to listen to the inane domestic conversation of the couple opposite me in the train this morning, I now can't listen to mark and Granville inane conversation about the much more life relevant subject of fantasy football 😡
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1. the axolotl
  11 years, 8 months ago
  just pretend you have explosive diarrhea and listen in the toilet
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  1. Amateur Pundit Zan
    11 years, 8 months ago
    People might think I have 2 bitter middle age men in there with me. I'm not sure that's the image I am trying to create for myself at work
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      11 years, 8 months ago
      😆
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applebonkers
11 years, 8 months ago
google searches of lee harvey oswald will have gone through the roof
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1. Granville
  11 years, 8 months ago
  🙂
  
  Book depository too.
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2. JK - Cønt ⭐
  11 years, 8 months ago
  have I missed something?
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 8 months ago
For everyone not listened the scoutcast still let me tell you what is about and save your time:

Mark - I didn't captain Suarez 🙁
Granville - Don't want to have Yoyo 🙁

And both complaining about there scores and Granny wants to give up.

I say don't bother. Don't listen to it. No Yoyo and Suarez and now crying. You don't have to be Yoda to know that those 2 are sound choices. They are top scoring mids and forwards and have doubles. You don't have to be Scherlock.

Over
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michudagawd
11 years, 8 months ago
Is Mirallas to Barkley a smart move?
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1. Ellipsis
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Erm not really. You gamble in one or the other I think but not if you have one if them already. I'd stuck unless you need the funds.
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2. Epic Fail
  11 years, 8 months ago
  As long as you do it last week.
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  1. Holy See
    11 years, 8 months ago
    😀
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3. Ryan
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Not really imo. Barkley is finding some nice form but if that drops off he could find his way on the bench again. In general there is a lot of rotation in the Everton midfield right now, just not enough upside trading Mirallas for Barkley.
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4. applebonkers
  11 years, 8 months ago
  assume mirallas missing last match simply makes him more naield for this. stick for this gw and assess
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Total Foot 5
11 years, 8 months ago
evening all...Pls pik Best (and if possible from Best to least in order) the following Mids for ONLY gw 32 & 33..thnx (stuk at end of last pg)
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1--Nolan sun LIV (Him + Carrol again back due...)
2--Lallana NEW mci
3--Silva ars SOU (story saying he might be injured but if fit)
4--Schurlle cry STK (risk minutes w/ William back + oscar in mix)
5--Snod swa WBO
6--Eriksen liv SUN (risk TS mentality in again rotating eriksen)
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1. Gooner Kebab
  11 years, 8 months ago
  2 for me
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2. Saint Domingo
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Silva if fit
  Lallana
  Eriksen
  Snod
  Schurlle
  Nolan
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  1. Total Foot 5
    11 years, 8 months ago
    impressed. im not thinking highly of lallana for these 2 gw. something to sleep over. thnx
    seems the love for Nlan gone. thus best time to get him for differentual :).
    schurlle is just so tough w the roation as is eriksen. \
    silva tough matchups w Sou defence + Ars somehow trying to secure 4th slot
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    1. Total Foot 5
      11 years, 8 months ago
      forgot to include AJ . also same risk of roation/minutes. but w/ WHA n tot.
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3. mr gruber
  11 years, 8 months ago
  I think for those 2 GWs it might be 4. Or maybe 6
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Saint Domingo
11 years, 8 months ago
TM you about mate? Great work on those spreadheets for FPL Open and Elite.

Top stuff man
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1. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Thanks Koneheads.
  Keep up your great season. You might win Elite 64 if you do. 🙂
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  1. Saint Domingo
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Will do my best bud,just wanted to say a thank you for your efforts,those spreadsheets must take some time to do.
    
    Your seasons going well too ,keep it up fella,superb stuff
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    1. TorresMagic™
      11 years, 8 months ago
      They get much easier each season. Hardly any work now.
      Cheers again. Time to finish the work week.
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      1. Saint Domingo
        11 years, 8 months ago
        Good man.Ta la
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  2. RedLightning
    11 years, 8 months ago
    You don't fancy my chances of beating him again then? You're probably right, but I was successful when we met in the FFS Cup 2nd round, and now I will be attempting to repeat the feat in the Elite64 1st round. Perhaps I was just lucky to catch him in the right game-week last time!
    
    By the way, what was the safety score in LMS and how many are left in now? I thought my 154 (-4) might have stood a chance of surviving if you were only going to eliminate about 10 teams.
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Chris_White
11 years, 8 months ago
To all those saying Demichelis is a 'great defender'

I'd wait and see until after they have been at Anfield.
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1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
  11 years, 8 months ago
  judgement day
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2. Parm
  11 years, 8 months ago
  The dreaded thought of Suárez going at Demichelis at every opportunity.
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  1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    11 years, 8 months ago
    gerrard is nailed in my team
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3. The Light Knight
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Wouldn't say he's great. Just not as bad as many make him out to be
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  1. Captain Shirokov
    11 years, 8 months ago
    +1
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4. JK - Cønt ⭐
  11 years, 8 months ago
  I never said he was great. Just that he wasn't a bad as I first thought 😉
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pundit of punts
11 years, 8 months ago
The IPL fantasy game is now live. Some new interesting rules this season.

I've set up a FFS league for anyone interested. Join up. League code is 3504.

Tournament starts 16th April.

https://fantasy.iplt20.com/ifl/default/index
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1. Moin
  11 years, 8 months ago
  IPL may not happen this year...
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  1. pundit of punts
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Just confirmed by the Supreme court that the tournament will go on as usual.
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    1. Moin
      11 years, 8 months ago
      ooh good!
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    11 years, 8 months ago
    Live: For cricket lovers, IPL will go on, all teams will play, Gavaskar to take charge
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    1. Moin
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Gavaskar good man for the job!
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    2. pundit of punts
      11 years, 8 months ago
      I wanted someone like Sourav Ganguly to take charge.
      
      Looks like the Srinivasan era is finally going to end. Happy days.
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      1. Moin
        11 years, 8 months ago
        I want Sachin or Dravid to take Charge...Every thing will run perfectly then
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        pundit of punts
        11 years, 8 months ago
        +1.
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2. Holmes
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Still matches will be fixed, cricket is all abt betting/fixing 😡 Its good that it finally has been considered, match fixing is being carried since ages
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JK - Cønt ⭐
11 years, 8 months ago
4 times I've seen it asked if Evra will be rested for Bayern. HE'S FECKING SUSPENDED. So he won't be rested, there's an argument to say Buttner should play to get him minutes before that. But conversely he could be left out to avoid the risk of injury
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1. Epic Fail
  11 years, 8 months ago
  You don't reckon he'll be rested for Bayern then?
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  1. Whitman2013
    11 years, 8 months ago
    this... will evra be rested is all we want to know. 😉
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2. MJ6987
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Good chance that Buttner will play IMO cos they need to build up his match sharpness so he's ready for a Robben Roasting.
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3. FACUPARSE
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Calm down calm down.
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4. Dr Dream
  11 years, 8 months ago
  split minutes is my guess against villa..1pt each...
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  1. JK - Cønt ⭐
    11 years, 8 months ago
    last time this happened Evra did a Demel, and Buttner was sleeping when the rest of the defence was trying to spring an offside trap. Chalk another up for Jonny ' Ultimate FPL troll' Evans
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5. sinik
  11 years, 8 months ago
  while United are still mathematically within reach of 4th place, Moyes should be playing the best team that he can with CL in the back of his mind
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6. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  11 years, 8 months ago
  The suspense is killing me.
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  1. Voodoo
    11 years, 8 months ago
    🙂
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  2. JK - Cønt ⭐
    11 years, 8 months ago
    no, that's called old age
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7. applebonkers
  11 years, 8 months ago
  evra and mata nailed. rooney the only risk of actually owned players surely
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8. Alejo - CFC
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Calm down.. all I wana know is whether I get rid of him this week or not. With or without Evra you're gonna get absolutely destroyed by Bayern anyway
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Gnu
11 years, 8 months ago
Is Mata available for Bayern game?
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1. Granville
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Cup tied.
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  1. Gnu
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Cheers, so he'll play against Villa which puts Adnans game time as very very ltd then!
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2. Holy See
  11 years, 8 months ago
  http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pulETqpaAaA/UT48-iHOKvI/AAAAAAAAKSk/IsMdYysYgDA/s1600/tuxedo+cup.jpg
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  1. Gnu
    11 years, 8 months ago
    🙂
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  2. Epic Fail
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Wtf 😀
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Kings of Lyon ★
11 years, 8 months ago
For the first time in a while ill be hoping for an Arsenal win this weekend.
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1. Alejo - CFC
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Yep!
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2. Epic Fail
  11 years, 8 months ago
  I want Everton to get 4th, but I don't want Man City to win the title. So I'm not sure what I want 🙁
  
  I don't think a draw is any good.
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  1. Kings of Lyon ★
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Aye im with you here.
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  2. HVT
    11 years, 8 months ago
    I hate :
    Liverpool
    City
    Chelsea
    Arsenal
    Watford
    Ito
    I shouldn't follow footie at all !
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3. asdasdasdadasdasda
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Yup
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Acquafresca
11 years, 8 months ago
Repost for the DeadZone...

IT'S FINALLY HERE!

The highly anticipated GW32 Preview & Tips: FORCA EDITION

http://elitefpl.blogspot.ca/2014/03/gameweek-32-preview-tips.html

Article covers:
-Captaincy contenders
-CS Predictions
-Forca's picks

Enjoy!
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1. Just A Hat
  11 years, 8 months ago
  lol that is the best, he should have written reasons for his starting XI as well
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2. 11 years, 8 months ago
  All the best for Europa League RO16 match! 😉
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3. BeachBadger
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Gotta love Forca. Can you do a follow up article of him bitching when it all goes horribly wrong?
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applebonkers
11 years, 8 months ago
that's enough kolarov dreaming. now some grim realism.
*IF* the rotation continues with clichy then kolarov will only play the liverpool game in the dgw. very likely not cool
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1. Whitman2013
  11 years, 8 months ago
  liverpool dont score that many do they?
  
  cant think of a decent striker they have 😉
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  1. Epic Fail
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Aspas
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2. Ryan
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Considered selling him for Zab?
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  1. applebonkers
    11 years, 8 months ago
    yeah for gw34. will see how the lack of midweek game next week shakes things up for man city, could see kolarov start 2 in a row
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      11 years, 8 months ago
      Just hope lolarov doesn't make a cameo 1 minute appearance if he gets benched. Thats always a GW killer.
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      1. applebonkers
        11 years, 8 months ago
        ughr yeah, that annoyed me actually. gw30 where you didn't want him to come on he did, then in the dgw where you actually wanted him to come on he didn't. textbook
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        JK - Cønt ⭐
        11 years, 8 months ago
        Classic Kolarov
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3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
  11 years, 8 months ago
  he could score tho
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  1. applebonkers
    11 years, 8 months ago
    think he'd have to just to break even with likes of kompany, demich and zaba who get an extra clean sheet in the other game
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sinik
11 years, 8 months ago
HEY can this gameweek start already? 🙄 😆
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1. Epic Fail
  11 years, 8 months ago
  No.
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  1. sinik
    11 years, 8 months ago
    please?
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    1. Holy See
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Benteke, Guzan assist!
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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        11 years, 8 months ago
        bless you
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    2. Epic Fail
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Fine. Just this once.
      
      Updating.
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      1. Whitman2013
        11 years, 8 months ago
        wooooo.
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        11 years, 8 months ago
        yay! I'll take a flat 100, nothing special
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      11 years, 8 months ago
      oh since you asked nicely
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2. BeachBadger
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Haha now thats impatience. I find this one approaching too quickly
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  1. sinik
    11 years, 8 months ago
    it's because I'm saving and have nothing to do lol
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    1. BeachBadger
      11 years, 8 months ago
      Me and all. feels weird with all the problems in my team lol
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Make United Great Again
11 years, 8 months ago
"I'm playing the game my own way. Why do I need Yaya Lukaku or Suarez (C)"

😀
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1. Whitman2013
  11 years, 8 months ago
  to get the points :P?
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  1. Make United Great Again
    11 years, 8 months ago
    Hahaha indeed 😀
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2. applebonkers
  11 years, 8 months ago
  always think if you want to have fun, or play it your way, do so with your squad, not captaincy or core of key players. there are 11 spots worth of players, easily room for 1 or 2 punts. i dont get bored at all of captaining suarez, it's not every week, and even when it is you've got your 1 or 2 guys others dont have
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Big_Andy_GAWA
11 years, 8 months ago
Dear Silva Baby,

Get fit for Saturday, there's a good boy.

Yours,

Big Andy 🙂
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Reedy
11 years, 8 months ago
Just thinking, in-form Nasri is up against his old club this weekend. If Silva is confirmed out tomorrow - and that's a big if - maybe there is a case for a crab-like move.
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1. AppleDunk
  11 years, 8 months ago
  Agree, I would do that if Silva is confirmed out.
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