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The Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 1 – Monday

18 August 2014 2720 comments
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The final match of Gameweek 1 arrives this evening as promoted Burnley prepare for the visit of Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea. The Blues are heavily backed heading into this one, with both Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas currently sitting in more than 20% of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) teams, while up front, summer signing Diego Costa will be looking to grab the goals and strengthen his armband credentials ahead of next week’s home encounter with Leicester:

Certainly, the stage is set for Costa to deliver after a disappointing series of displays from a number of forwards over the weekend, where only one (Saido Berahino) managed double-figure returns.

At the back, Jose Mourinho opts for Thibaut Courtois between the sticks, with Petr Cech relegated to the Blues’ bench. The Chelsea manager keeps faith with the familiar defence that earned 18 shut-outs last term, with new boy Filipe Luis amongst the substitutes.

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  1. Mulder
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 8 months ago

    I scored 130 pts this week? Average or ?

    Kinda hoped to break the 150 mark or so.

    /sadface

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    1. An Púca
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 8 months ago

      The truth is out there!

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    2. Miracallas
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      Not bad but seen many, many, better

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    3. BuK II
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      Wildcard.

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  2. super zlatan
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    Baps for Chelsea match?

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    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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      http://www.totalfpl.co.uk/bonuspoints

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      1. super zlatan
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        Cheers

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        1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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          no worries. I always used to lose the link 🙁

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    2. pundit of punts
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      Fab 3
      Costa 2
      Ivan 1

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      1. Werkself
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        • 12 Years
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        Schurrle will get pts. for winning goal, which would make it

        Fab 3
        Costa 2
        Schurrle 2

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    3. Como Park Rambler
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      Any chance of Ivan assist?

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  3. pundit of punts
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    Felt terrible when Ramsey scored as I went for Fabregas over him just before the deadline. feeling a lot better now. 😀

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  4. Pedram
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    Should i be happy with 66pts ?

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    1. Crouching Tiger
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      Better than average.

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    2. Norb
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      Yes

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    3. RabMac
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      Exact same as me and I'm happy. 😉

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  5. Laserface
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    SCORECHECK

    80 😀

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    1. Sánchez
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      68

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    2. An Púca
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      66 with Chester 1st sub unfortunately

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    3. Zombie
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      76

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    4. Dušan Citizen
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      57 :\

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    5. The Light Knight
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      62 Siggy benched 🙁

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    6. DonTheSpecialOne
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      Nice. 76 if Costa get 2 los bapos

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    7. The Shadow
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      You need to update your team link then.

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      1. Laserface
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        can't you see my team .. thought i'd done that

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        1. The Shadow
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          The one linked won't hit 80 points.

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    8. chrisjdgrady
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      Nice!

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      1. Banana Shaqiri - HMD, PUP
        • 11 Years
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        35

        Oooooh yeah

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    9. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
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      83

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    10. BuK II
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      53 🙁

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    11. A.
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      85

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  6. micsway
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    Mata --> Fab?

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    1. Miracallas
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      Reflexes of a cat

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    2. Not Irish
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      It's the move of the moment innit.

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      1. micsway
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        ah but the right move?

        give the weekends performance, i'd feed more comfortable with 3 Chelsea players compared to 3 united.

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  7. jackluhg
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    77 points so far, with any Costa bonus on top, not bad

    Debating using my FT to bring in Fabregas, mm

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    1. Aston Villa-Boas
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      congrats bro

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  8. pundit of punts
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    Score check.

    67 including BAPS.

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    1. LewanGOALski
      • 14 Years
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      84 including BAPS

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      1. DonTheSpecialOne
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        Nice

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      2. pundit of punts
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        Well done.

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      3. LewanGOALski
        • 14 Years
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        thanks, lads 🙂

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    2. Piggs Boson
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      81

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
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        The Chester goal being the difference. 😡

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    3. Steevo
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      64 if Costa gets 2 bappies.

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    4. Sigga -Cardiff City-
      • 14 Years
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      42 including everything.....

      🙁

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    5. Mull
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      Same. Very happy with this start.

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    6. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
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      57 all out

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  9. BuK II
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    • 12 Years
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    Costa looks unecessary, especially with Chelsea's midfielders looking good.

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    1. Mull
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      • 14 Years
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      We'll you can't get rid this week.

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      1. BuK II
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        • 12 Years
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        Don't have him! Makes this week's decision very slightly easier...

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    2. chrisjdgrady
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      I dunno, they're bound to score goals and the mids are gonna share the spoils while Costa will be the target most of the time

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      1. applebonkers
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        • 16 Years
        11 years, 8 months ago

        turns out you chose the best chelsea defender

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      2. BuK II
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        • 12 Years
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        True, but they are a lot cheaper. Would rather get in Sturridge or Aguero as a second premium striker on the evidence so far.

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    3. Not Irish
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      Yup. I still don't understand why Mou flogged Lukaku for this bloke.

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      1. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
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        Well there is no doubt that he will score goals...

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        1. Not Irish
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          I'm not convinced. La Liga stats don't translate. And the only goal he scored last season against top competition in the CL was a peno against Chelsea.

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  10. Piggs Boson
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    No doubt it'll be a completely different set of scorers next week. 1GW is not enough to base key transfers on. Waiting another week will double our sample size.

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      aye, bit of a small sample set
      the saved ft will help too

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    2. gravless
      • 14 Years
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      no shit Sherlock

      (about the doubling part)

      😉

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    3. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
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      Saving my FT happily. Not seen enough to decide who to ditch and who to bring in.

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    4. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 8 months ago

      A midfield of Ramsey, Eriksen, Sterling, Siggy, Fabregas looks pretty reliable though

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    5. Granville
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      11 years, 8 months ago

      That's not going to stop people extrapolating data. Ivanovic will score every week, can't you see that?

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
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        And Chester's essential 😀

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      2. Back on the horse
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        Every GW1

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      3. Aston Villa-Boas
        • 12 Years
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        I did the math! ivanovic sure to score 600 pts this season!!! essential!!!!!

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    6. DonTheSpecialOne
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      This is something everyone should know. So many ridiculous transfers flying around

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    7. LewanGOALski
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      that's why I'm saving my FT 😎

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    8. Back on the horse
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      It's not about the size of your sample, it's what you do with it...

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    9. BuK II
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      Problem is price rises though. Feel I could do with Fab or Ramsey and Eriksen is the one looking at my £1m ITB and then nervously at the exit door...

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      1. Granville
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        • 16 Years
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        I do agree with Fab and Ramsey. They'll both score heavily, not just one week wonders.

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    10. Barry Woj
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      • 13 Years
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      Well it obviously depends on who is in your team.

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  11. Gurra
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    sterling or Fabregas?

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    1. Norb
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      Sterling

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  12. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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    fab 22% ownership

    ouch

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  13. Sigga -Cardiff City-
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    Filipe luis owners what are we doing?

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    1. Gerbs
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 8 months ago

      Luis > Clyne? save the 1M?

      I also have .5 in the bank may go to Terry

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    2. davies
      • 11 Years
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      He will start next week I reckon at LB

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  14. Fantasy Gold
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    56.

    FML.

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    1. Chu Young Ping Pong
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      not bad

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  15. Valar(Keith)
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    UCL and Europa this week! ppl hold on for a bit please 🙁 .. im all for hits at the start of the season so correct preseason mistakes but stop makin em so early!

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  16. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
    • 11 Years
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    How many bonus points for Costa?

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    1. Goodfella
      • 12 Years
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      Currently on 2 but could change.

      The owls are not what they seem.

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  17. Big Bad Barry
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    Operation Fabergas! Don't panic don't panic

    Wildcards will be in full flow now

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  18. dazoot
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    11 years, 8 months ago

    Poor week this week FPL, but £250 5-fold including swansea win puts a smile on my face 🙂

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  19. Parm
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    Seriously though folks I am on 47 points...

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    1. super zlatan
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      Long season ahead pal. Keep the faith.

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    2. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      I'm on 51 and I had Siggy playing

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    3. The Light Knight
      • 14 Years
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      More than my average last year, get over it

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    4. pundit of punts
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      Chin up.

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    5. AgentRed
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      51 for me, with Chester trolling me from the bench. Not too disheartened, my team is good and it's a long season.

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  20. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    • 14 Years
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    For good or ill, FPL is back

    and I love it 😀

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  21. super zlatan
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    67 incl baps. I'm happy with that

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  22. starbows
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    Clyne or bertrand?

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    1. rickardinho
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      Bertrand is cheaper right? Too early to tell but I think Clyne is probably the right option to choose. Depends how much money you have though.

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  23. The Shadow
    • 14 Years
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    Last season I had Chester for the first 19 game weeks. Got 15 points from him. Now he gets 15 in one week. Crazy game.

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    1. Towsor44
      • 13 Years
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      Same here, still had for the entire time he was injured. Didn't go with him this time around. D'oh 🙂

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  24. Banana Shaqiri - HMD, PUP
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    It's a marathon, not a sprint.

    *cries*

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    1. applebonkers
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      problem is i'm a sprinter

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      1. Granville
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        Premature

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    2. Buck The Trent
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      A fast marathon needs a good start too

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  25. The Iron Tulip
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    Fabs to rise the full 0.3 before the weekend?

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    1. Drip Doctor
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      Nah.

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    2. super zlatan
      • 15 Years
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      Not sure pal. He will def rise 0.1 for sure

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    3. Pasqualinho
      • 16 Years
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      Doubt it. But he's slowed down the Sterling NTIs.

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    4. Canadian Football
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      nah....too much competition in midfield. Transfers in will be spread among Rambo, Siggy, Fab, Sterling, Silva.

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      1. rickardinho
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        Siggy's NTI's have been wasted... he hit over 200% yesterday, and now he's on 93% so won't get the 0.2 until tomorrow when people overspend. Gonna be tough for him to hit .3 at this rate. especially with competition from sterling and now fab

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  26. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    • 14 Years
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    sorry lads I know it's early but I'm going away on Wednesday and not sure how much internet access I'll have, so I need to do most of my sorting out now

    Team is set but who to (c)

    a) Hazard
    b) Costa
    c) Roonpig

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    1. DonTheSpecialOne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
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      Like what I saw from Hazard despite blanking.

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    2. Parm
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      • 14 Years
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      Costa

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    3. Not Irish
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      Haz

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    4. Buck The Trent
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      A or B

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    5. Mull
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      • 14 Years
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      Rooney

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    6. Aston Villa-Boas
      • 12 Years
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      grow a pair and go A 😉

      B probably safer though

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    7. Heydudes13
      • 14 Years
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      Diego Costa for me.

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    8. Laserface
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      costa

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    9. Piggs Boson
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      C

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      1. Heydudes13
        • 14 Years
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        osta

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    10. BuK II
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      • 12 Years
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      A

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    11. Barry Woj
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      • 13 Years
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      Rooney. Utd will be a lot better away from home.

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  27. stefata777
    • 12 Years
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    Jones Huth Terry Taylor Chester
    Huth > Clyne/ Williams ?

    0 in the bank so gotta be 5 mill
    Please some help here guys, thanks!!!

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  28. luigizilla
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    Ultimate 67

    Normal 74

    wut

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    1. Fergies fledgling
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      Fail

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  29. Buck The Trent
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    65 including baps
    Siggy and hutton on the bench 🙁

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  30. Not Irish
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    Hopefully all the knee jerks to Fabregas will keep Sterling from rising this week.

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    1. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      • 11 Years
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      🙁

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