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The Dugout Discussion – Sunday

24 August 2014 6148 comments
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Sunday serves up a trio of Gameweek encounters, with Thursday’s Europa League ties pushing Hull and Tottenham’s home fixtures alongside Man United’s trip to the Stadium of Light.

Events begin at the KC Stadium and White Hart Lane, with Steve Bruce’s Hull hosting Stoke and Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs facing a London derby clash with QPR. Fantasy managers will be focused mainly on the latter, with Christian Eriksen the top owned asset on show from the early kick-offs.

Attention then turns to the North East, with Louis van Gaal’s United outfit taking on Sunderland in a bid to get their season underway following the opening day defeat to Swansea. With a staggering 48% ownership, Wayne Rooney remains the headline act, while Juan Mata’s 19% ownership will be holding out for returns in order to stem a tide of sales that have already seen the Spanish playmaker drop in price.

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

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  1. DIegoCosta19
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    im in a money league

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    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      I used to have a dog called Ben

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      1. vova
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        I like pugs

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  2. Wilshere Knowledge
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    11 years, 3 months ago

    If ever there was a time to captain a Burnley player...

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    1. Licky
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      11 years, 3 months ago

      Haha, love it.

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  3. Tin of Directors
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Did Diouf just do that??
    How crap is he???

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  4. mgilbert86
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Cleverly is so bad

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    1. President Giggs
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      He sure is

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  5. Billy Gilmore
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    If anyone still actually thinks it was an OG...

    http://i.imgur.com/Ly2mTB3.png?1

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    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Good picture, it was hard to call in real time

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    2. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      I'm still convinced Hazard's was an OG 😀

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      1. Qubit
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        that one was a lot closer i think. looked just in off the post from behind replay i saw.

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        1. Piggs Boson
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          I thought it was off target, and the deflection turned it in...

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          1. Qubit
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 3 months ago

            Must admit another angle from behind Hazard looked very much like that! Before I would call that id like to see it again to be honest.

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      2. Billy Gilmore
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        There was an angle from behind the post that clearly showed it was on target?

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    3. Granville
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      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Still though, we don't deserve that goal.

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  6. Jairzinho
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    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    One more please, Mr Mata.

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  7. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
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    11 years, 3 months ago

    LvG unhappy with his attackers.

    Bye Mata

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    1. Bubz
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      11 years, 3 months ago

      You're obsessed with Mata

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      1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        I am, someone has to make the delusional owners realise he wasn't a God

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        1. Bubz
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Can't complain with 10 points and three promoted teams in his next 3 fixtures

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    2. pundit of punts
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      11 years, 3 months ago

      Lol

      Your whinning is getting ridiculous. You are torn inside for selling Mata this week. Admit it.

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      1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        And your gloating is also ridiculous.

        Eat

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        1. getfunky
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          he's right tho, you haven't stopped since he scored, you're just embarrassing yourself.

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        2. pundit of punts
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          I've only made 3-4 posts about Mata today and you've made many more.

          Explains it.

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    3. bazrah99
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Mata was not the problem. Rooney was shocking, RVP was not fit and Welbeck did nothing. I would be unhappy too.

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  8. DIegoCosta19
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    11 years, 3 months ago

    if dier gets an assist and clean sheet as well as his goal today...

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    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
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      11 years, 3 months ago

      Well, if he gets a CS, he will get 3 BPS.

      So he'll be on 15. I think another assist is greedy.

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      1. DIegoCosta19
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        dier captain anyone

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    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Get a grav

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  9. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Just seen the Spurs score and was expecting Eriksen involvement....how'd he play?

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    1. mojoindojo
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      Was brilliant

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      1. The Chosen One...
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        How'd he get no points?

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        1. Bellerinmondo
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          unlucky

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    2. Towsor44
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Played well, hit bar with free kick. Another day could have been double digit score

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    3. Art Vandelay
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Played well. Could easily have had a few goals and assists. The only negative is that Lamela appears to be taking most of the corners.

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      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Eriksen takes from left Lamela from right

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  10. Crazy Joe
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Rooney is the 1st player for me not to deliver for me this week. 🙁

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    1. Granville
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      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Ruined the full house. 9 out of 10

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      1. gravless
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        the irony

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      2. piquiblanco
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        11 years, 3 months ago

        Shame 🙁

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  11. rohan
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Diego Costa turned out to be a better choice for the armband than Rooney 😀

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    1. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Diego Costa turned out to be a better choice than Rooney 😀

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  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    0.1 loss or goal?

    Yeah thought so

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    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Fabregas did get an assist chap

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    2. Not Irish
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Do you own OG? 😀

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  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    11 years, 3 months ago

    Lol at knee jerkers trying to play the price game

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    1. Milner4eva
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      He could drop 0.5 and that's only the difference between Ferdinand and Caulker

      Price game is madness

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    2. Tim Canterbury
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Lol at your mum

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  14. SW6
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    QPR repeating the same mistakes of 2 years ago?

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  15. A Wild Lurker Appeared
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Repost.

    Judging by the performance, Id say United need a good 7 players before the end of the transfer window. At the current rate, I doubt thats going to happen.

    Buy: Vidal, Di Maria (almost done I hear), Blind, Hummels and a few to replace the below.

    Sell: Chicharito, Anderson, Nani, Young, Welbeck, Valencia, Cleverley, Smalling

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    1. aehii
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      don't be silly.

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      1. A Wild Lurker Appeared
        • 11 Years
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        True though.

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    2. Mulder
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      11 years, 3 months ago

      It's just not that easy to get rid of players.

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      1. A Wild Lurker Appeared
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Well Jose Mourinho managed to get of his excess / under performing players. Cant be that hard.

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    3. Takedog1
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      11 years, 3 months ago

      i think vlaar would do a gd job for them

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      1. A Wild Lurker Appeared
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Yes, very true.

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    4. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Life is not Football Manager

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    5. Bolivian Seaman
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah there are two sides to transfers, I wouldn't buy most of those in the sell category if I was a manager in the premiership

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      1. A Wild Lurker Appeared
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Exactly. Maybe one of the promoted teams would be interested. But maybe those players know how good they have it so would kick up a fuss or pick up a special 'Fellaini' injury that would prevent them from being sold.

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  16. DIegoCosta19
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    11 years, 3 months ago

    63 with sterling and dzeko left?

    wisdom and hutton on bench whle jones and rooney played and got rid of mata for sterling

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    1. DIegoCosta19
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      66 last week

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      1. athreya
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks for letting us know.

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      2. KBFC
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Shut up going on about it

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    2. Zinedine Kilbane
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Keep us updated every week- fascinating saga

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  17. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    De Gea is the only UTD player that has improved over the past 2 years the rest have gone backwards.

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    1. The Light Knight
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Jones isn't worse, just in a worse team

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      1. The Mandalorian
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        He isn't better either

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    2. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      I'd say Keane and Blackett are a bit better than they were 2 years ago 😉

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      1. The Mandalorian
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Keane and Blackett who are they?

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        1. Irish Madridista ⭐
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          2 United players.. Did you watch the match?

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  18. In Like Flynn.
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    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Just the 128,751 net transfers in for Chester this week.

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    1. Irish Madridista ⭐
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      11 years, 3 months ago

      Sucks for those that started with him too 😐

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  19. Mindless Freak
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    I want all the Mata removers to suffer, Or am i too mean?

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    1. HUMZAH96
        11 years, 3 months ago

        No

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      • Colonel Klink
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        At least you didn't LOL at them, yet, even though you wouldn't have a leg to stand on. Have Mata, hoping for points mainly so that he doesn't drop any more.

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      • chuckberry04
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        You're being gentle still :p

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    2. asm_fanz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Sorry if this was asked before, but will Chester miss 1 or 3 games after today's red card?

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      1. Mindless Freak
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Hey it's ok, we're all here to help. 3 games since straight red, but he might appeal.

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        1. Geordienufc1
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          It should be just the 1 I think.

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        2. dribbler
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          1 game...it's not violent conduct

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        3. JPeg
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Wasn't sent of for excessive force so just one game.

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      2. Demí
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        It's definitely only one game.

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        1. Coaly
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          why? straight red is three isn't it?

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          1. Demí
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 3 months ago

            No

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      3. asm_fanz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers lads

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    3. Whiskerz
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Still think I'll take these Mata points and run (soon).

      Utd have looked like a bad League 1 side.

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

      Hoping Blackett nails down his spot, will be the bargain of the season then.

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      1. CellinoArmy
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        11 years, 3 months ago

        Disclaimer - Obviously won't happen, but nothing wrong with hoping.

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      2. Bartowski
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Why would he be the bargain of the season? Their defence isn't very good.

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        1. CellinoArmy
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Still, a 4.5 mil defender in a top 6 side is a bargain, + cash saved from him and you can afford terry or so. but as i said, not happening obviously.

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          1. dribbler
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 3 months ago

            top 6?

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          2. Bartowski
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 3 months ago

            There are better options at 4.5 (such as Taylor at Swans) and I wouldn't pin your hopes on Man U finishing in the top six just yet.

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          3. Gaffers
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 3 months ago

            Agree, someone like Blackett, but in a top 6 side, would be a bargain.

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    5. BenDavies
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      People, this is a momentous occasion. Di Maria is officialy off. Question now is whether it's Paris or Manchester.
      https://twitter.com/12MarceloV/status/503535146839343105

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      1. Simon69
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        He's going to United. It's not a question

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      2. The ghost of a Pug's g…
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Don't think it matters that much. Do Maria is of the same ilk as ozil who is far from the best player at arsenal.

        I hope he goes to man utd. Hopefully it'll continue to delay defender transfers and their recovery on the whole.

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        1. Simon69
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Aren't you charming...

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        2. 1966 was a great year for E…
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          He's nothing like Ozil.

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      3. OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        translate?

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        1. get_in
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks for everything you've done at madrid, you're my main man essentially

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        2. BenDavies
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          it just says thanks for everything you've done at madrid, good luck for the future

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    6. Zep
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      People are so reactionary... Eriksen is still a great option...

      The game hasn't even finished yet FFS...

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      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        How is he playing? I missed the first half.

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        1. Zep
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          He's played well from what I've seen... (switching between both games)

          Could've easily have had a FK goal and an assist for that shot Ade should have scored...

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          1. tm245
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 3 months ago

            Thanks. Holding for now.

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      2. Bellerinmondo
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        he could have had a goal and assist already

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        1. Hey_Arnold
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          shoulda woulda aaah crap my final league position is 200k +.

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    7. andyinasia
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Ahhhhhhh,

      Alright, can you Rate My Panic WildCard Team?

      GK Krul, Elliot
      DEF Ivanovic, Dier, Clyne, Janmaat, Robertson
      MID Fabregas, Ramsey, Lamela, Sigurdsson, Chadli (??)
      FWD D Costa, Rooney, Naismith

      ITB 0.6m if I do it tonight. Can't think of anyone better than Chadli for 6.5 max although too knee-jerky.
      JWP? Montero? Shelvey? Rodwell?

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      1. DIegoCosta19
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        talk about knee-jerk

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      2. 1966 was a great year for E…
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Lamela and Chadli???

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      3. Bellerinmondo
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        looks good for some short term rises, but problems after that - naismith, dier, chadli etc..

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        1. andyinasia
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Naismith and Chadli yeh, but don't you think Dier has played himself into the First Team?

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    8. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Still glad I did Mata > Chester last week.

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      1. Woy
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        lol'd

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      2. aussiegooner
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Hahahahaha. Nice.

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    9. VougieDipond
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Caulker consolation goal would be nice

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    10. Zidanny_Blanc
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      fancy utd to knick a win here. remember arsenal lost 1st gamne of last season to villa but after 6 games were top. still fancy us to be in top 4 after 6 games.

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      1. Towsor44
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Lol 🙂

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      2. Licky
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah, but Arsenal have good players.

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        1. mojoindojo
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          😆

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      3. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Lol

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    11. A Defender's Nightmare
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      @ Fellow Mata sellers of last week

      Is it just me or some of you still with me thinking it was not a wrong decision at the time?

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      1. Towsor44
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        One of Rooney or Mata had to go for me, double United attack seemed a waste. Both have a goal each so far, so I'm happy with decision

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      2. vova
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        I will be laughing when Sterling goes ham tomorrow

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      3. aehii
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        siggurdson was rising, is 3m cheaper, and united are rubbish. Don't regret selling him, regret starting with a side with so many holes. I don't think there's value in the strikers this season. Just gone with the ones at the top teams.

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    12. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Green - bad
      Chester - very bad
      Lamela - ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah

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      1. Thomass
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        You starting Chester and green?

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        1. Mílanista
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Yeah, don't have another keeper.

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          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 3 months ago

            You selected Green as your only playing keeper!?

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            1. Mílanista
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 3 months ago

              Yeah, look at the home fixtures to January. If .5 and a spare transfer pop up I might get Don Vito as well.

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