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6 April 2014 2966 comments
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Sunday focuses on the ambitions of the Merseyside pair, as Everton look to close in on fourth place with a win over Arsenal at Goodison, while Liverpool seek to extend their run of victories to nine by clawing back top spot with the points at West Ham.

Arsenal take on the Toffees having won just once in five matches, while Roberto Martinez’s outfit have five straight wins, putting them just four points behind the Gunners with a game in hand. Sunday’s clash is perfectly poised, then, with Fantasy managers looking to a host of Everton options ahead of their double Gameweek to come.

Later today, Luis Suarez will face up to a West Ham defence with the majority backing the Uruguayan with the armband. His potential haul looks pivotal to our Gameweek fortunes again, with the likes of Daniel Sturridge and Steven Gerrard providing an able supporting cast at the Boleyn Ground.

Our Twitter feed will bring you all the news from today’s teamsheets, while the Dugout Discussion chatroom is open to accompany you right through to the final whistle in East London.

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

  1. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
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    For some reason, I always think Mark Noble is in his mid thirties..

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    1. Zep
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      The Doosra effect... šŸ˜‰

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      1. Mílanista
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        *sixties šŸ˜‰

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        1. Acquafresca
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          "Grandfather Doosra" šŸ˜†

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    2. Billy Gilmore
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      Because of Doos I always think he's in his 60s.

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    3. Zombie
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      Well, seeing as Noble folks are hard to find these days, I don't blame you šŸ˜›

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    4. Rupert The Horse
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      How old is Charlie Adam?

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      1. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
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        I don't know, but you can tell when he's older he's going to look like a bloated, red-faced alcoholic.

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      2. Whitman2013
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        The effort it took you to write this you could have googled it;)

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  2. Theseus
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    West Ham brings on two strikers for the draw:
    Cole and Kolo!

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    1. ak2763
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      This comment was almost the best of all time

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  3. Declan
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    This is pathetic.

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    1. brianutd-why always we? 20
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      Attack attack attack

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    2. Jimmers
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      Wait till you're in the Europa League next season šŸ˜‰

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  4. Rupert The Horse
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    Anyone have a spare chin lying around to donate to Flanagan?

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    1. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
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      Charlie Adam has at least a couple spare.

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      1. Rupert The Horse
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        Boom.

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  5. DonTheSpecialOne
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    Damn you Stevie G

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    1. 4-4-who?
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      Best value mid thus season.

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      1. DonTheSpecialOne
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        172 pts 😮

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    2. MJ6987
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      Sickening. Both for FPL and real life football!

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      1. DonTheSpecialOne
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        šŸ™

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      2. OShaughnessy
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        Tough to swallow.

        Hard to bank on a player / team being awarded a record # of PKs with the potential to add on to that number with 5 more weeks to come...

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  6. Declan
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    Cmon Arsenal!

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    1. Darsh
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      +1

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    2. Syd.
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      I think Arsenal will win this one today

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      1. Declan
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        I hope you're right.

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  7. Thomass
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    Come on Seamus hang on for that clean sheet! Will he get a bap?

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  8. CFC1990
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    Who is everyone buying in for the double game week 34?

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusā…
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      Puncheon. He shits when he wants.

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    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
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      I've two free transfers so it will be lallana and aguero I think

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  9. Granville
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    Who needs Yayas penalties when you can have Gerrard's. Oddest season ever.

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    1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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      if you follow the stats it makes a lot of sense

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      1. Kylos
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        Liverpool have the most divers per capita in the BPL

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  10. The Bandit
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    I wonder if officials get to see their cock-ups at half time?

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    1. JWF
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      Yup, they have a screen in their room.

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      1. JWF
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        I'm expecting another Liverpool penalty to be given to even things up..

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    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      They shouldn't as then they'd try to atone for their errors

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    3. Colonel Shoe č‚ę± 
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      i do hope so...... the room full of flat screens playin his mistake on repeat šŸ˜€

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    4. In Like Flynn.
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      Only 15 minutes, hardly ever enough time.

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    5. Essan
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      No, only their wives. Or girlfriends šŸ˜€

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  11. The Mighty Slovenian
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    Did the ref go to his assistant just to let him know how much richer he'd be if he 'didn't see' the foul on Mignolet?

    Saudi dollars ...

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  12. copps
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    distin and baines on for a bap!

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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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      Not when Coleman rabonas it in from 45 yards.

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  13. Gaz Downright
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    Cue consolation pen for Liverpool in 2nd half. Suárez, when Gera has gone off.

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    1. Declan
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      Zoltan?

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      1. Gaz Downright
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        Arteta

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        1. Declan
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          Sherwood

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    2. mipola
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      Let gerrard atleast get fouled and get off

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  14. Lord Flashheart
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    here is a crazy thought:

    play Boruc (CAR) or mannone (EVE, mci) ?

    i really think boruc now...

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    1. Dušan Citizen
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      Boruc,of course..he can get more point in one game than Mannone in 2 :v

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  15. Granville
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    Must stop benching Naismith in UFPL.

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    1. Lord Flashheart
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      must understand how naismith is not at a watford or swindon but rather at an EPL team.

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  16. Granville
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    Anyone had a sighting of the lesser spotted non-Lukaku owner?

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusā…
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      Plenty around here, Granny! šŸ˜€

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    2. A.
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      Here's one

      I held off on Jelavic to Lukaku for some reason

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    3. Plagued by indecision
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      here. Have Dzeko instead of him and I'm not bothered. Lukaku has been hit-and-miss this season.

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    4. Essan
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      they're in hiding ...

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    5. tm245
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      Dzeko has treated me well since I bought him before gw 31.

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      1. Plagued by indecision
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        Me too! Don't understand all the over-excitement. Dzeko's got 11 points this week! Lukaku will probably match him. No big deal.

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        1. Granville
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          I bought Jelavic over Dzeko for the dgw. That hurts.

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    6. waltzingmatildas
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      Yep, the other 3 in my ml šŸ™‚

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    7. Willis.
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      Yeah. Been stuck with JRod all season

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    8. Kylos
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      Dzeko here instead

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    9. The Mandalorian
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      Only 48% of Lukaku owners in the top 10K

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      1. Granville
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        Very surprising. Not that I think he's a shoe in, just not that many alternative options with the dgws

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    10. Granville
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      Really thought he was 95% owned on here. Never had any success captaining him. 4th time owning him

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  17. Granville
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    Silly fool benching Naismith for the last 2 gameweeks. Won't do it again for the dgw.

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    1. OPTA FPL
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      😯

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    2. Billy Gilmore
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      Picked Lukaku over him last week in UFPL. Not playing either this week šŸ˜€

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        Ouch! How are your swaps going BG?

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        1. Billy Gilmore
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          Only Baines playing so far...so pretty good. SaS over Lukaku could hurt.

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      2. Granville
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        That's an ouch

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  18. Granville
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    Picking Skrtel over an Everton defender is damn unlucky today

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    1. TeamSteam
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      Not as unlucky as Liverpool

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    2. Evs
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      Been a lot of cleanies this week too.

      Redcrap 'it wasn't a foul, it was assault' - clown,

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      1. JayBomb
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        Redcrap is getting worse and worse prat.

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    3. In Like Flynn.
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      Tell me about it. 😔

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    4. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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      why?

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      1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
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        arsenal poor away from home, looking toothless. liverpool always liable to concede

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        1. applebonkers
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          arsenal scored a valid goal. west ham didnt score a valid goal

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  19. In Like Flynn.
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    Nobody owns Arteta any more do they? Active teams I mean.

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      ....from two seasons ago

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        šŸ™‚

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    2. Dr Ennet
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      My rival does šŸ˜€ which makes him not really a rival, does it... šŸ™

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  20. In Like Flynn.
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    Is it over yet?

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    1. Evs
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      3mins plus injury time

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  21. In Like Flynn.
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    Why did Arsenal never replace Patrick Viera with someone of the same quality?

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    1. Declan
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      We sold them all.

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    2. theloveburglar
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      someone with half the quality of vieira would of done to be fair

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    3. theloveburglar
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      alex song was probably the closest they came.. brilliant player not getting a game at barca id love united to sign him

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  22. In Like Flynn.
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    UFPL, how many DGWers people?

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    1. Old Schoolᓼˢ “disa…
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      9

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      1. Old Schoolᓼˢ “disa…
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        sorry 8

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    2. Mojo Rojo
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      7 or 8

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    3. Rupert The Horse
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      7.

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    4. In Like Flynn.
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      About the same if I exclude the two Sunderland players.

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    5. Granville
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      10 dgwers

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        Should do you nicely Granville if not saddled with too many Sunderland. Is there a Scout league?

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  23. In Like Flynn.
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    Someone score ffs, it needs a spark to get it going.

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  24. applebonkers
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    love how lukaku opinions fluctuate in the last 4 gameweeks

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    1. Gaz Downright
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      yeah? is he now happy with playing target man?

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    2. 7shadesofsmoke
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      he is the roller coaster ride of the season. Absolutely furious with him the last two occasions i've owned him. Swore blind i would never take him back. Then Aguero gets fit, and Roony gets injured. He was my only option, and he won me over in style.

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  25. applebonkers
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    will yaya keep penalties?
    aguero has been taking penalties ahead of yaya for 3 seasons now, including this season. i can't see it changing because yaya has had a glut lately since he's been injured. aguero would have to miss a couple. not one post hit in 3 seasons, which he then followed up by scoring the next 2 penalties (both champions league, one with yaya on the pitch).
    "but city win most of their penalties at the end of matches when aguero goes off."
    minutes of their penalties this season: 69, 3, 33, 59, 74, 96, 51, 26, 54, 3.
    1-3 of those 10, and we have no idea what sort of minutes aguero will get now it's just premier league, albeit the 2 double gameweeks will involve quick turnaround of matches

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    1. Epic Fail
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      I think Kun will get them if simply just to get him scoring again.

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  26. applebonkers
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    west ham have probably the only left back in the league with the pace to match sterling

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  27. Gaz Downright
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    Today's Everton win might have skewed the odds a bit, but there is still a high chance of either Hull, Wigan or Sheff Utd to play Europa League next season

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  28. Gaz Downright
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    clear pen

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  29. Gaz Downright
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    ouch

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  30. Gaz Downright
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    Andy Townsend, now also not doing very well as lead commentator

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