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Scout Betting December 26

The Fantasy Flutter – Gameweek 18

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We go head-to-head with Paddy once again this Gameweek and place our faith in a trio of in-form players with tasty looking fixtures on their Boxing Day menus. Arsenal’s resurgent frontman, Man City’s little magician and Tottenham’s Danish maestro are all called upon in our bid for a Merry Christmas.

Our first port of call is the Emirates Stadium where Arsenal face a QPR side that have lost every away match this season and scored just three times on their travels. Four goals in six appearances since returning to injury brings Olivier Giroud into contention for this one, and despite the form of Charlie Austin, we’re going to back the hosts to win this one comfortably – with Paddy offering 13/2 on Giroud to score two or more and Arsene Wenger’s side to collect a clean sheet, we’re shelling out £3 on this one.

Next up we head to the Hawthorns as West Brom host champions City. The odds are on Manuel Pellegrini’s side to deliver at both ends of the pitch in the Midlands match – they’re looking for a seventh straight win here and have conceded just a single goal in five. Paddy are willing to offer 11/2 on David Silva to score and City to earn clean sheet and we’re backing the little Spaniard to get amongst the goals once again – we part company with another £3.

Our final cash is splashed on Tottenham’s trip to struggling Leicester. Christian Eriksen’s sparkling form looks too good to ignore here – the Dane has scored in two of his last three away appearances, with only Chelsea keeping him at bay. With Paddy prepared to offer 8/1 on Eriksen to score and the north London outfit to keep out their hosts, we make this our bet of the week and hand over our final £4.

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  1. Citizen kano
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    cnt decide who take sanchez out for yaya or silva

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    1. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yaya. Silver isn't quite heavy enough.

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    2. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Your posting history 😯

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  2. Back on the horse
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Giroud is blatantly gonna blank. But I've had the arm band on all week so no sense in changing now.

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    1. super zlatan
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Thinking the same about bony.

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    2. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Nah...ARS to win by 4 goals minimum.

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    3. XhakaCan
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Arsenal have won three of their last four matches against QPR 1-0, could change today but it hasn't been a high-scoring fixture recently

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  3. super zlatan
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    If haz doesn't start, you would expect him to be on the bench, right?

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    1. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      No - I think it's as Jonty said. He'll be on from the start or either not in the squad full stop.

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      1. White Wall
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        This is typical of the uninformed nonsense that is often posted about Chelsea on here.

        I don't know why I should bother to educate the ignorant but to save others from being misled here are some facts.

        1. The two players Mourinho least likes being without in important games are JT and Eden, closely followed by Matic and Costa..
        2. Eden trained normally with the Chelsea squad on the 24th December.
        3. The only way Hazard will not start is if Jose doesn't want to ask him him to play 3 games in 6 days.
        4. If he doesn't start he will certainly be on the bench in case he's needed unless he is actually carrying an injury.
        5. See point 2.

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    2. elkunaguero
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I'm thinking to put him Captain... just not sure on VC

      Sanchez, Bony, Yaya, Rooney

      Maybe Yaya to be safe...

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      1. super zlatan
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Rooney or bony

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        1. elkunaguero
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Rooney playing deep and Swansea's game at risk

          I was on Bony VC until all the snow non-sense

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      2. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Yaya for me

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  4. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    HELP!!

    Captain.. Giroud/Hazard/Yaya?

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    1. super zlatan
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Giroud.

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    2. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      GRU

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      1. Stannage
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I'm going giroud...

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  5. rocrocodile
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Who to bench?

    A) Austin (ars)
    B) N. Taylor (AVL)
    C) Clyne (cpl)

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    1. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Clyne.

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    2. Holding Mee Bong
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Austin

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    3. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Naylor

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    4. juvelova
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Austin

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  6. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Kane (c)

    And I've been very good at picking them lately.

    All aboard the mong jaw express.

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    1. Buck The Trent
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      tempting

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    2. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Looking at him for next week onwards.

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      1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        The Chelsea and man utd games? Erm...

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    3. Holding Mee Bong
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I want more than 16 points

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      1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        16 would be lovely his week.

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  7. melvinmbabazi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Play Downing or Boyd

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    1. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Downing.

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      1. melvinmbabazi
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers

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  8. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hazard C Yaya VC or just Yaya C?

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    1. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Haz

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    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Hazard

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  9. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I just want my captain to explode. Most important part of the game. Come on RVP!

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      +52

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      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Would take that total 😀

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  10. sweglet
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    pant

    chambers azpi clichy

    downing eriksen sanchez haz

    rooney bony costa

    1 FT,

    consdering downing and rooney out for austin and YYT. Keep it the same or take the hit

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    1. juvelova
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Keep it the Same , do them both for free next week

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  11. WSRevilo
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Any transfer recommendations, please?

    £1.2m and 2FT.
    Foster,
    Chambers, Chester, Cahill
    YYT, Hazard, Sanchez, Downing, Siggy
    Austin, Costa,
    (Gilks, S.Taylor, Cresswell, Sakho).

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  12. The Gambler.
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Want to break top 1k but worried with not having Rvp-Fabs-Yaya-Bony

    Realise you cant have them all but makes captaincy even more important.

    Does this look right? Or swap round?

    Foster
    Ivanovic, Azpil, Clichy
    Sanchez, Silva, Downing, Hazard (c)
    Rooney (vc), Benteke, Austin.

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    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I'd rather have Hazard cap over Rooney.

      http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/9619135/premier-league-louis-van-gaal-insists-manchester-uniteds-wayne-rooney-will-continue-to-play-in-midfield

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    2. super zlatan
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I think you have it correct mate.

      GL for top 1k

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  13. agueroooooney
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Who's the best captain and vice out of these?

    Pantilimon

    Hutton N. Taylor Zabaleta

    Yaya Sanchez Sterling Silva Di Maria

    Austin Bony

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    1. cuterandy
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      sanchez/ bony

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      1. agueroooooney
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        That's the way I have it at the moment, I like getting reassurance, thanks

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  14. Klopp's Kids
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Got to love FPL. People are changing their captains over possible snow 😆

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    1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Possible snow that we e been possibly getting the last 3 weeks

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    2. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Shawcross C?

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    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Just make sure your vice avoids the forecast 🙂 Swansea should be okay...

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    4. In Like Flynn.
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Similar to my reason.

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  15. applebonkers
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    anyone know if burnley have undersoil heating yet. pretty sure they didnt last time they were in the premier league

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    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      They do.

      "I have already been to the Burnley message board and asked the same.
      They do have undersoil heating and a special pitch cover to prevent waterlogging or freezing.
      They said the weather hasn't been to bad there and they say the game won't be in any doubt."

      Confirmed by the other google results as well.

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    2. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yes, they do now. I still don't recommend captaining Marney though.

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  16. Esalman
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Who might score highest points and hence should be (c)?

    A. Costa vs whm- questionable form?
    B. Giroud vs qpr- can be frustrating?
    C. Rooney vs new- will play in midfield?

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    1. Black Knights
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Giroud. Looks in good form since coming back, and getting chances.

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    2. Holding Mee Bong
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      That's the millionaire dollar question...

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  17. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I would love the luxury of being able to do Sanchez > Cazorla, but a week later I'll want to sub both out for Silva anyway...

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  18. Timtastic03
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Repost. Morning all. Any thoughts on Coates? Will he start the next 2 or will Billy jones definitely start 1 of them?

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  19. Norco
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Yaya or Fab captain?

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    1. ILOVEBAPS
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yaya

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    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yaya

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  20. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Help!! Please!!

    Foster
    NTaylor | Clyne | Baines
    Hazard(vc) | Sánchez | Sigurdsson | Yaya
    Austin | Bony | Giroud(c)
    Green | O'Shea | Cresswell | Albrighton

    1 FT & 0.2 ITB

    Good to go?

    Thanks!

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    1. Timtastic03
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      OShea in the bench 😯

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      1. Timtastic03
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Yup. Good to go 🙂

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        1. Siva Mohan
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Cheers Tim! 🙂

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        2. Timtastic03
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Might put the vice on someone more nailed than Hazard to be safe but you'd be really in lucky if both I'm and Giroud didn't play

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    2. Lyonnais
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

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      1. Siva Mohan
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers mate!

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  21. Citizen kano
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    silva for me screw it see what happens

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  22. Bevo
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Anybody going to talk me out of captaining Cesc?

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    1. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Hardly ever scores goals/you are relying on assists from deep/WHU will put up a fight/0-0 last year/better options out there/rot possibly.

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    2. Holding Mee Bong
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Most secure option for minutes, might be on pens if Hazard isn't playing. How's that?

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    3. Bevo
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      1 for. 1 against. Still confused but thanks!

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  23. Kileman
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Heaton, (Mccarthy)
    Baines, Wisdom, Azpi, (Moore, Duff)
    Yaya, Haz, Sanchez, Downing (Boyd)
    Costa, Bony, Austin

    2ft 0.2ITB

    GTG or worth tweaking?

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  24. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Sweepstake on how many times GB pulls over to check on assist when someone scores, as he drives along the motorway listening to the games.

    I'm going 4 times.....

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      At least 😉

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    2. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      5. It's what the hard shoulder's for isn't it?

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  25. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    RVP or Bony captain?

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    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      RVP. Better fixture and more explosive imo.

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  26. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Can't wait for the WC.

    Lukaku or Costa -- Giroud(c)?

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  27. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Snow 😮

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    1. FantaCity
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      ...where?

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      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Alps

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  28. rocrocodile
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Seems like people want to get rid of Sanchez. Any good reason for that? Or is it just that other options are more tempting.

    Last five home games = four goals, three assists and 8 baps.

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    1. Citizen kano
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      likely to be rested

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  29. Lyonnais
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hart / Elliot
    Baines, Azpi, Hutton / Wisdom, Yun
    Yaya (VC), Alexis, Hazard (C), Siggy / Downing
    Costa, Austin, Kane

    1FT, 0.1 ITB

    Save FT ? I'm a bit worried without Bony/Giroud.

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  30. Wouter
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Nasri + Sanchez > Yaya + Santi?
    or
    Lukaku + Costa > RVP + Kane?
    or
    Yun > Bruce?

    Got 2 FTs.

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