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This evening’s Members article takes a look over the action in Sunday’s Community Shield showdown between Arsenal and City. Having assessed Alexis Sanchez’ display our lunchtime Technical Area post, we delve into the data to discover for any hints of form ahead of the weekend Gameweek 1 deadline.

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  1. LeedsUnited21
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    ramsey sterling eriksen mata mid hows that looking...

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  2. theoldgit
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Where's Blackett. ??????

    With Shaw and Evans doubtful he's a viable alternative having played in all the pre-season games, but he's not even listed.

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    1. Francescoli
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      jones

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    2. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Someone should make a back 5 of players who might play or may get 1 game.

      J.Williams, Blackett, Chambers...who else?

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      1. Francescoli
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        i've got a feeling chambers will heavily feature in wenger's plans

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      2. gdog2244
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        bartley, naughton

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  3. awgJose
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    A) Dzeko, Hazard, Siggy

    B) Costa, Sterling, 5.5

    C) Costa, Silva, Davis

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    1. The King
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      B - Lamela and Hendo or Coutinho and Siggy/Holtby are also options with B.

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      1. awgJose
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks, already have Eriksen and I really prefer Sterling over Coutinho for some reason.

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        1. The King
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Understandable.

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  4. boyler
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Can someone please try and predict stokes back 4 ?

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    1. The King
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Cameron - Shawcross - Huth - Pieters.

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    2. mastertokalosh
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      bardsley shawX huth pieters

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  5. Cauthon91
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone care to RMT? Thanks!

    Begovic - Myhill
    Cahill - Jones - PVA - Wisdom - Bruce
    Eriksen - Ramsey - Mata - Sterling
    Rooney - Costa - Austin

    0.5 to spare. Not sure where to use it.

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      4M --->4.5 defender or save it

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    2. LeedsUnited21
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      nice team sorta like my setup who is your 5th mid though

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      1. Cauthon91
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Isgrove or Wanyama. Haven't decided.

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    3. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      bruce to chester

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  6. LeedsUnited21
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    is girord going to start for arsenal>

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    1. The King
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Yep.

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  7. Sanguinista
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    11 years, 4 months ago

    Looks like I am the only one without any Arsenal players at. With Pulis' bus at home in GW1, followed by Everton & Leicester away and then City (with Hart, Zaba, Mangala, Aguero et al back), I hope I am not being too crazy. Or am I?

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    1. Cauthon91
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      No. But tbf Arsenal will most likely score vs Palace.

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    2. mastertokalosh
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      you can go without themat the beginning for sure lots of good options elsewheere

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  8. LeedsUnited21
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    I want to get in ward

    get rid of hutton or wisdom?

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  9. Nice to Finally Michu
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone know how long it takes to process articles? I submitted mine hours ago

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    1. Obi Wan Elokobi
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Give it time. They've got jobs as well as running the site.

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    2. Amateur Pundit Zan
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Give us a teaser 🙂 what is it about?

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    3. Tibidabo
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Plus it's 3 a.m. in London!

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  10. Super Frank
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Dzeko & Sterling + 4.5 MID
    OR
    Coutinho & Mata + 4.5 FWD
    ??

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    1. awgJose
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      A

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  11. Strificus
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    How many are going with Sterling?

    I've upgraded from Tadic; but I'm not sold yet.

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    1. Obi Wan Elokobi
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      He's only getting better expect a big year from him this year.

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    2. Sanguinista
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      GW1 yes, then Sterling goes out for Tadic/Siggy. Depends if Siggy's playing in the hole.

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    3. Amateur Pundit Zan
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Debating sterling or Erik at the moment. I want him GW1 then not so sure

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    4. Strificus
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      11 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks guys, I'll sit for now; but he could be the first one out.

      Tadic is an attractive and cost effective option. I wish I could fit him in. :/

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    5. Reedy
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling for me, yeah

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  12. LeedsUnited21
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Keep Tripper or upgrade to a 6.0 luis or vertoghen?

    if I keep him I can upgrade another 4.0 to 5.0 like ward or caulker

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  13. gdog2244
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on Martin Kelly at Palace?

    Will he start right away?

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    1. Reedy
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      No idea but with arsenal up first it might not matter so much. Hope he is established in the team before long though 🙂

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  14. Sanguinista
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Ward or Clyne, who would you have starting GW2?

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    1. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Saints have the fixtures. Palace have the defence, as well as decent fixtures.
      Ward.

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    2. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Ward

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    3. SC not pearls before swine
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Clyne for me, loves to get forward, solid fixtures.

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  15. Fantasy Football Friend!
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Not an RMT, just an RMD 😀

    Cahill, Ward, Rio, Chester, Naylor

    Decent rotation between those 4 cheap defenders, it gives these fixtures for the first 7 GWs, along with a Chelsea defender.

    1: HUL & qpr
    2: BUR & WHM
    3: SUN & WBA
    4: BUR & WHM
    5: STO & SOT
    6: LEI & sun
    7: CPL & NEW

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    1. @BigChrisso
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Good in theory until Rio gets rested when you need him

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    2. money face bandwagon
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah i have the same def such that i have a jones instead of cahill. The fixture is really too good to ignore

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  16. Amateur Pundit Zan
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    How sure are we if spurs midfield line up? I'm suddenly wandering if Erik is as nailed as I thought with the emergence of holtby in pre season. Erik a level up in class IMO, surely ponch can see that as well

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    1. Gimli son of Gloin
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Don't worry, he'll start.

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    2. @BigChrisso
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Holtby plays in the double pivot, Erik will play in that attacking 3 behind the lone striker, all good

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  17. mranonymous
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Arnie or Snoddy the better pick to start the season with?

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    1. mastertokalosh
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      arnie plays for the better attacking team and on pens

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  18. Lallana_
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Which Chelsea defender (in your opinion) is the most nailed on? I don't want to pay 6M on Filipe Luis if he doesn't start...

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    1. Sanguinista
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      JT

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    2. Super Frank
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Luis will start 😀

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    3. Canadian Football
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Go for Cahill or Terry then downgrade if a 6.0 becomes nailed

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    4. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Terry/Cahill

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  19. Canadian Football
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    How bad was JEvans "knock"? missed it......

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    1. Reeker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      He wasn't in the squad. LVG just said he was left out due to injury and might not make Saturday... might

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  20. gatherjunk
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    I'm finding with my latest draft that I have to downgrade one midfielder

    Which 2 of Ramsey, Sterling, Mata would you keep?

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    1. gatherjunk
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      To be honest the question really becomes which one of Sterling or Mata do I keep? Ramsey is too good.

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  21. Falcao92
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Fill the gap

    Clyne - Terry - Caulker - PVA - ???

    4.5m available

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    1. Amateur Pundit Zan
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Wisdom keep the change

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    2. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Chester

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  22. Shifty
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Getting hard to ignore Costa's form.

    All the more that he has the fixtures.

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    1. Canadian Football
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I think he is an excellent shout. great (C) option for GW2 as well

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      1. Falcao92
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        why not a great (C) for GW1?

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        1. Canadian Football
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Away.....digging Rooney

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      2. Shifty
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        would you drop Hazard for Costa? If you had to choose one. Hazard just isn't showing the form even in the assist department.

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        1. Falcao92
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Already have, Hazard out for Henderson. Not looking sharp at all pre season, not buying into him this year

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          1. Shifty
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            you're right on the sharpness, but i would not rule out owning him this year 😀

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            1. Falcao92
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              I think they is a fair few better options though, and that 4m spare has done me well 🙂

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    2. Amateur Pundit Zan
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Yep he has won me over

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      1. Shifty
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        was hoping hazard would do well, but doesn't seem like he did. Didn't get that many minutes too

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  23. joker7
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Is Fabregas and Costa too much Chelsea coverage or should I downgrade Fabregas to Eriksen ?

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    1. Canadian Football
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Im just going with Costa actually.

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    2. gatherjunk
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Fabregas will be the master of the pre-assist I think. I'd trade him out.

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      1. joker7
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        lol the pre-assist he should get - points for that

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        1. Sanguinista
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          I have both. Keep him. Although I even have Ericksen.

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  24. gatherjunk
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Got stuck on the last page a second before it updated

    I'm finding with my latest draft that I have to downgrade one midfielder

    Which 2 of Ramsey, Sterling, Mata would you keep?

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    1. Amateur Pundit Zan
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Lose sterling

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  25. mranonymous
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Do you think Cameron will play GW2?

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  26. MagicMario45
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Best defender priced at 4.0?

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    1. Falcao92
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Moore is the best (leicester fan)
      but for fixtures and expected game time probably Wisdom

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      1. MagicMario45
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah I've seen a lot of people go Wisdom... is he defs gonna start for WBA?

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      2. MagicMario45
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Also I don't have a problem going with a Leicester def for this option since whoever it is is like a 2nd backup (not even first backup). Might not even play till a few fixtures in anyway.

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        1. Falcao92
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          I'm not sure about his nailed on-ness, but my feeling is most nailed on in order is Moore, Wisdom, Chester

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  27. Not Irish
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    A or B, lads...

    Bego Myhill

    Kelly Chester Naylor Wisdom Hutton

    Yaya Hazard Ramsey Siggy JWP

    Studge Roon Diouf

    Or

    Bego Myhill

    Kelly Chester Naylor Wisdom Hutton

    Yaya Ramsey Januzaj Siggy Grealish

    Studge Roon Costa

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    1. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Just list the different players as option A and B, but second team without januzaj

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    2. Amateur Pundit Zan
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      First one but I think you can do a better job with the second team to get that front line. Clearly you want yaya but downgrading to mata will give you 2m to pump up jan into someone decent.

      Who is grealish?

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      1. Not Irish
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Agree. Killing me to leave Mata out. But Yaya will be a massive differential here. Almost no one here has him. And Januzaj is almost certain to start up front GW1. From there I'm sure there will be a bandwagon to hop on.

        Grealish is an Irish Aston Villa whizkid.

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      2. Not Irish
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Had this earlier before I got on the Yaya kick, which is exactly what you were saying...

        Mata Rambo Lamela Siggy Grealish

        Studge Roon Costa

        Not too shabby either.

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  28. Canadian Football
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Kurl/Foster
    Cahill/Ward/BillyJones/Moore/Wisdom
    Sanchez/Ramsey/Mata/Siggy/Wanayama
    Roo/Costa/Diouf

    0.5 left over.

    What do you think about double up on ARS mids? Missed the Community Shield, was Alexis on set pieces?

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    1. Amateur Pundit Zan
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I dabbled with it for a while. But my feeling is Sanchez is not quite ready to justify the price tag so I have reluctantly downgraded him from squad member to watch list

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    2. Not Irish
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Wait on Sanchez. Might as well bring in Yaya with the 0.5.

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      1. James101
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        11 years, 4 months ago

        Yes

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      2. Canadian Football
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Like it actually......mci first 3 are great *aguero might also be out) leaving Yaya in on set pieces. Then i could dump Yaya for him after that

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        1. Not Irish
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Bang!

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        2. Canadian Football
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          or yaya>sterling/coutinho for that matter in GW3

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    3. Billy Ketsu
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      11 years, 4 months ago

      Hi CF. City were so undercooked and lackadaisical in the CS it was untrue. Arsenal had the game in the bag by half time. Sanchez was half a yard behind his team mates and his passing wasn't great but it was clear that once they get used to each other he's going to be dynamite.

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    4. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Looks good CF. Loving the diouf pick. I got him in a draft league. I seem to remember something about Jones being injured?

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      1. Canadian Football
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Thinking im on YAYA now. after GW3 will downgrade him to free funds and jump on bandwagons.

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    5. Shifty
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Alexis wasn't. Just Santi. That's a good team that, Diouf could be worth a punt, but not sold on Sanchez at the moment sorry, from his past 2 appearance it looked like he might need a couple of games to get in the swing of it.

      Cue GW1 brace.

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    6. Billy Ketsu
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I like your team CF, very similar to mine ( although that may not neccessarily be a good thing ). I'm a Dioufus ( © Fuzzy Warbles ) as well, could be the best discount forward this year.

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  29. Nice to Finally Michu
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    11 years, 4 months ago

    ManU defensive coverage necessary?

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    1. The King
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Not essential, but should be good to have, great fixtures and relatively solid.

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    2. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
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      I hope not 😉

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      1. Nice to Finally Michu
        • 12 Years
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        How does you backline look at the moment Champ?

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        1. Get up ya bum
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Mannone/4.0
          Luis Ward Ferdinand Chester Hutton

          It's the only part of my team that's not locked in. Cheap defenders and keepers are a clusterfuk this season

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          1. Nice to Finally Michu
            • 12 Years
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            That's why i've opted for an expensive one but that doesn't look too bad though If I were going that cheap i'd want to make sure I was nailed on everywhere and I think Moore is more so than Hutton

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            1. Get up ya bum
              • 16 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Yeah good point. People have me worried about Mannone too. Only other options are Green and Krul. Chester > Mariappa is tempting too but they might sign a left back

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    3. Reeker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Nope

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  30. The King
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    Do people think Holtby will start early doors?

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    1. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Yes he should but they have ridiculous depth at cm so can't say for sure

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      1. The King
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Alright, thanks for the reply. I think he can be a really good option, I might have a punt on him GW1 then switch him to Siggy if he doesn't start.

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