Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Aston Villa vs Newcastle

The second Gameweek of the season kicks off with one for the neutrals. Even at this fledgling stage in the season, the encounter between Aston Villa and Newcastle looks every inch a mid-table clash, filled with an array of budget and mid-price Fantasy assets which, while unlikely to form mainstays in our squads, still warrant our attention.

There’s certainly potential on show, with both sides fielding budget defensive curiosities in the shape of Alan Hutton and Paul Dummett. Elsewhere, Villa’s Charles N’Zogbia will continue to attempt to revive his top flight career against one of his former clubs, while Newcastle’s fresh cast of talent – notably Remy Cabella and Emmanuel Riviere – will have another attempt our turning our heads in the hunt for differentials.

The early kick-off is followed by a quartet of three o’clock clashes, before Everton host Arsenal in the big evening clash.

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

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  1. Zep
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    60 mins in I was on for like 12 baps...

    Now I'll be lucking to get 2-3... 🙁

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    1. Zep
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      lucky*

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    2. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      this is why you should never check

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      1. Zep
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah you're probably right... but I can't help myself..

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  2. Joga Bonito®
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    So for Wisdom to play I need Young and Blackett (mistake soon to be banished from my team) to both get 0 minutes

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    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      0 chance

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    2. Ron_Swanson
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      I've got Wisdom and Hutton on my bench!

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  3. Christina.
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Start selling Chelsea assets everyone.

    Pick one of Cesc, Costa and Hazard.

    Buggumark this.

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    1. djenzio
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      why?

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      1. Hazard for Ballon D'or
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Fixtures turn somewhat now.

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      2. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Because you wont be able to fit two of Rvp/Sturridge/Rooney/Kun in while you own two of Costa/Cesc.

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        1. Qubit
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          Yip

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    2. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Which one though?!

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      1. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        I think I've seen enough in two games to make up my mind.

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    3. Willis.
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Did you keep Hazard?

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      1. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Of course.

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    4. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      No, you buggumark it.

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      1. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Loser.

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        1. Captain Shirokov
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          NO U 👿

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          1. Christina.
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 9 months ago

            I will report you to Lucy. Treat a girl with respect.

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  4. Jax
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    fulham LOL

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    1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Fuk u

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  5. Rivaldo Izback
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Sick with this Giroud BS!

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  6. Crystal
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    The lack of bps for soggy must show how uninvolved he is unless he gets a goal or assist

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  7. Reed_Rothchild
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Wisdom or Hutton?

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    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Havent seen Wisdom today but Hutton was excellent

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  8. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Hazard on for all 3 bonus all on his own now 😀

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    1. djenzio
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      dammit

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    2. Jax
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      doesn't deserve it. ivan does.

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      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Haz best player on the pitch today

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        1. Jax
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          no sir.

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          1. Bubz
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 9 months ago

            Pulled all the strings. Ivan been great too though

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        2. TEKKERS FC
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          no hes not bubz ivan is clearly

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        3. Billy Gilmore
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          Ivan by a country mile.

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          1. Bubz
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 9 months ago

            Ivan Schmivan

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    3. super zlatan
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Costa due any?

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      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        No

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  9. Willis.
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Matic is probably the cleanest tackler in the world.

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    1. Wakka Wakkas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      He is top 3 at his job in EPL.

      He is a beast at CDM.

      He is key to Chelsea's success

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  10. Jax
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    everton v arsenal
    everton v chelsea

    which one will they lose?

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    1. Dr Dream
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Maybe neither.

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      1. Jax
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        they'll lose one definitely.

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  11. SW6
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Get out of Fulham Magath 😡

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    1. Jax
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      joke of a team.

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      1. SW6
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Feck off

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        1. Jax
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          what? they are mate. deal with it.

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        2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          Don't listen. But I do think that your manager is all piss and wind, sadly.

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          1. Jax
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 9 months ago

            i support coventry. nuff said.

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  12. Willis.
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    WTF? No booking for Hazard?

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  13. Hazard for Ballon D'or
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Ivanovic just dropped to 2bp. Hazard now 3 on his own.

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    1. Frank Black
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Terry?

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      1. Hazard for Ballon D'or
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Zilch at the moment

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      2. Podge
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Terry 1 Costa 0

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        1. Podge
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          Oops Azpi ahead of him Terry 0

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      3. djenzio
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        no

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    2. gedda
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      If it stays 2-0, won't costa get additional bonus for scoring the "winning goal" though?

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  14. Alan The Llama
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    My 9/1 on Fulham to win the Championship isn't looking great.

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    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      lol

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    2. AlCapwnUK
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      nope

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    3. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      😆

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  15. Captain Shirokov
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    SCORECHECK

    28 from 4 plus captain here.

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    1. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      29 from the same. 🙂

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      1. Lucy.
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Oh no sorry, 3 plus captain.

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      2. Gaffa914
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        30 from the same

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    2. Pinky and Brain
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      29 from 5 captain to play.

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    3. Mr_Partridge
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      43 bru

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    4. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      23 from 5, captain still to play

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    5. Yome
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      34 from 5, costa captain

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    6. Ron_Swanson
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      33 from 4 inc C

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    7. Venom Snake
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      23 from 4 c played

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    8. Hazard for Ballon D'or
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      33 from 5 and captain played. 6 more coming from hazard tho.

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    9. Towsor44
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      39 from 6 capt played

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    10. The Sarjeant
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      30 from 6, captain played.

      Bloody awful!

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        37 from 6

        Looks like no baps either 🙁

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    11. FPL Touches
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      43 from 7 incl. captain

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    12. Nabs Kebabs
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      36 from 5 Costa C

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    13. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      28 from 3

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    14. Kuqi Monster
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      36 from 5 inc captain

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    15. Somalion
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      42 from 6 including captain, excluding baps.

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    16. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      35 (before BAPS) from 5, captain played

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      1. harrysponge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        39 from 5 incl Capt 🙂

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    17. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      30 from 4, Costa (c)

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    18. johnbarnes
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      40 from 4, including (c)

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    19. zippyrocket
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      40 from 6 inc (c)

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    20. RabMac
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      35 possibly 37 from 4.

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  16. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Super Rams on fire

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    1. Countryside Ram
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      True that

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  17. Pinturicchio
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Full backs are the new centre backs. Get players who dribble for bonus.

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  18. Mighty
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Ivanovic is 100% going in my team as soon as I can afford him, the guy is in the box on nearly every attack!

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  19. Twelve years a slave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Southampton 0. 0 would be great

    No Pelle or Tadic wagons

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    1. SW6
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Forster + Clyne here so that'd do

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    2. Your Mum's Athletic
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      nooo i need them on my accy

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    3. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Tadic has looked best player for them again. Could be a shrewd buy

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      1. RabMac
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Is he worth 7.5M when you have Eriksen for 8M and Sterling for 8.5M, not to mention Siggy at 6M?

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        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 9 months ago

          Sterling is 8.6 so may as well be 9, and Eriksen hasn't looked any better than Tadic so far. Tadic with much better fixtures.

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          1. RabMac
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 9 months ago

            I'm not saying he is not a viable option, I just think there are better players that I want more for my 3rd and 4th choice midfielder.

            Definitely worth monitoring but it is a no for me just now.

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  20. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Giroud starting or not?

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    1. RyanFootballChatbox
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      no

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    2. Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Nope

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  21. Game of Stones
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    I benched Krul and Wisdom 🙁 🙁

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    1. Ron_Swanson
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Hutton and Wisdom here!

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    2. RabMac
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Dry your eyes and just be glad that your subs are earning points as you will need them when called upon.

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  22. Twelve years a slave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Going be Lamelas weekend

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    1. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      This

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    2. AlCapwnUK
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      i really hope so

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    3. UnderstandablyDistraught
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Yup. His weekend to watch Eriksen show him how it's done

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  23. Venom Snake
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    May bring hazard in. Still a flat track bully

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Just in time for eve. Great idea

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  24. The Sarjeant
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Fulham losing 5-1!!!

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  25. Derbz87
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    While I can understand the Ivanovic love in at the moment two pointers I would make are that Mourinho can't continue to leave Felipe Luis out of the side that back four is going to get rotated at some point which could (although unlikely) see Ivanovic move into the centre instead of Cahill/Terry minimising his assist potential or the most likely scenario would be Azpilicueta getting left out. The more crucial pointer would be the run-in for Chelsea every 2nd gameweek from next week they have Everton (A) City (A) Arsenal (H) United (A) Liverpool (A)... as I say this is every 2nd game they have OK fixtures between these games. Point is they have played 2 promoted sides and frankly I'm a little disappointed they haven't kept 2 clean sheets for the price of their defence and lets not forget todays game actually glosses over what hasn't been the strongest defensive showing some poor finishing from Leicester.

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      And breathe....

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    2. Hazard for Ballon D'or
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      I suppose courtois is maybe a better option for cheaper

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    3. dribbler
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      feel better now you got it off your chest?

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      1. Derbz87
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Haha I don't mind I've got Terry myself but I'm actually feeling like long term they won't end the season as the highest clean sheeters as we previously suspected

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  26. Baa
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Costa not on for any bonuses now

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  27. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    On paper, West Ham look like the worst team in the league

    Joint top

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    1. Acquafresca
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      3points only..

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 9 months ago

        Doh! Thought they beats Spurs 1-0 fail!

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  28. Reed_Rothchild
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Is it worth keeping Caulker or are there some 4.5 defenders that are more worth having?

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  29. Willis.
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    Lol Hazard

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  30. Chu Young Ping Pong
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 9 months ago

    My god. That ass.

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    1. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      ?

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    2. FPL Touches
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      Whom?

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    3. Abusement Park
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 9 months ago

      chelsea physio?

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