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FantasyBet Focus – Gameweek 11

30 October 2015 1007 comments
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Four sides with strong fixtures dominate my thinking this week, with Spurs, Everton, Manchester City and Southampton all facing prime candidates for relegation. With attacking and defensive assets from that quartet seeming well set for points, I’ve built my entire first XI around many of their main men.

If you are unfamiliar with FantasyBet, it is particularly accessible for those who play Fantasy Premier League, as it uses the same initial player prices and has a similar scoring system.

My Team

This is the team I will play in the freeroll:
Hugo Lloris (5m)
Virgil van Dijk (5.5m)
Aleksandar Kolarov (5.5m)
Seamus Coleman (6m)
Kevin de Bruyne (10m)
Raheem Sterling (9m)
Ross Barkley (6.5m)
Sadio Mane (8m)
Harry Kane (9.5m)
Romelu Lukaku (8m)
Graziano Pelle (8m)

Key Picks

Hugo Lloris: The Frenchman’s prospects have been strengthened this season due to an upturn in resilience in Mauricio Pochettino’s second year at the helm. Spurs have conceded just a single goal in their last four home matches – against Manchester City – and now host a managerless Villa side with one goal in the previous three.

Virgil van Dijk: Southampton’s summer signing netted ten times for Scottish Champions Celtic last season and also provided six assists, an astonishing record for a centre back. Two goals in his first six Premier League appearances indicates Van Dijk has maintained his attacking threat as the Saints welcome Bournemouth to St Mary’s.

Kevin de Bruyne: The Belgian’s form since returning to the Premier League has been nothing short of sensational. De Bruyne has racked up six goals and as many assists in 11 matches across all competitions for City and now hosts a Norwich side that conceded six at Newcastle in their last road trip.

Romelu Lukaku: Despite a tough opening schedule that pitted him against all of last season’s top eight in the first ten fixtures, the Everton striker has already found the net on five occasions. Given that weekend visitors Sunderland have conceded more shots in the box (103) than any other team, Lukaku could even be worth backing as captain this week.

This Week’s Game Picks

As usual there is an End of Week bargain game that covers three of those four teams mentioned above. It’s only £1.10 to enter and has a £75 guaranteed pot.

The Grand Weekend is FantasyBet’s biggest game, where your compete for a £1000 guaranteed prize pool on a £5.50 buy in.

As always the best place to start if you’re new to FantasyBet is the Weekly Freeroll, where you set up a weekly team and compete for £100 for free.

Last Week

A positive week overall, with a fifteenth placed finish in the £1000 game brining home £9 winnings. Laurent Koscielny and Harry Kane provided the bulk of the points, and although failing to captain the latter cost me a higher finish, a profit nonetheless is welcome. Another £7.44 in winnings arrived from the Saturday Double Up and the Flash Freeroll, leaving me with a £97.81 pot.

This Week’s Stake

I will enter all of the games mentioned in the section above and will also dabble in the Saturday Double-up, as well as the £50 flash freeroll and, as usual, the FFScout Picks League this week, for a total stake of £11.

In addition, I’ll be going up against S Kuqi, the Community champion in this week’s Scout Picks. He will be taking me on in a specially set up head-to-head game for a chance to win free entry into a £400 Guaranteed ‘Big Weekly’ game worth £22. Also the Community Champion who beats the Scout Picks by the highest margin every month will win a free entry into the £500 guaranteed ‘Boss’ game worth £55.

FFScout Picks League

FFS member Anony42mous topped last week’s Scout Picks league with 79 points. His decision to captain Kane was inspired, with the Spurs’ forward supplying 34 points, whilst tripling up on the West Brom defence also paid off, as the Baggies assets brought in another 20 points between them. The Scout Picks accumulated 41 points, leaving us in 26th – I captained Riyad Mahrez, who was, alongside Craig Dawson, our top scoring pick with six points.

Once again, FantasyBet have provided a £100 pot for the FFScout Picks League, with a £1.10 stake for entry. I will enter our Scout Picks as closely as possible, given a 15-man squad is required with the 100m budget and a captain also needs to be selected. Feel free to go up against them this week and pick your own squad on FantasyBet.

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  1. The Tinkerman
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    10 years, 2 months ago

    Best guess for how long with Sagna hold his place?

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    1. Hypnos
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      2 to 3 gameweeks

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      1. Jax
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        longer than that

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        1. The Tinkerman
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 2 months ago

          I'm struggling to find a balance between price and game time in the City defence. Kompany is of course the most nailed, but can save almost 1m by picking Sagna...

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    2. Pariße
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      Until NY.

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  2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
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    10 years, 2 months ago

    I know it's a little early but Pelle , Bony , Sagna, Wijnaldum and VVD all above 90 % will almost certainly rise tonight . Moreno above 90 % but might not rise tonight . Mane is on 67.5 but rising quickly

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      yup, need to decide who to put alongside Lukaku and Ighalo tonight

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      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        You are playing Ighalo ? . I have Pelle , Vardy and Ighalo . I am screwed this weekend 🙁

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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          • 14 Years
          10 years, 2 months ago

          no I am not playing Ighalo as it stands

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    2. Your Mum's Athletic
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Have I missed a team brazil meeting, some friendlies this weekend?

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      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        I don't think there was a team meeting but Rodallegabomb has set up a friendly tournament 🙂

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        1. Your Mum's Athletic
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 2 months ago

          Ah I see, is there a link/am I in it? cheers 🙂

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          1. Prøphet
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 2 months ago

            Where is the Article! Leave Copacabana at once! Got to your head! 😀

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            1. Your Mum's Athletic
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 2 months ago

              submitted yesterday! get back to your doughnuts! 😉

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          2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
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            10 years, 2 months ago

            http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/10/21/introducing-the-fiffsa-five-a-side-world-cup/?hc_page=19#hc_comment_11670096

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            1. Your Mum's Athletic
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 2 months ago

              giggity

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  3. Swan - Villa Proud
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    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Bottomed -Who to start - Ayew (ARS) or Mahrez (wba)? I'm playing Vardy

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    1. Pap Le Cissier
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      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Ayew imo

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    2. Jøssy ⭐
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrez

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    3. megatronaldinho
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      very tight but i'd go ayew. to spread the risk as much as anything. tho if you've an arsenal defender, u might consider going all in on the lei double, in the hope of optimizing the best possible outcome

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  4. Pariße
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    10 years, 2 months ago

    https://twitter.com/MCFC/status/660048649544712192

    lol 😀

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    1. La Roja
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      😀

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    2. Chocolate Boy
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      #LAD #NOT

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    3. L P
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      Madness!

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    4. Jøssy ⭐
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      They shouldn't do that to us!! 😆

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  5. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    10 years, 2 months ago

    Who to bench:

    A. Mahrez

    Or

    B. Ozil

    ?

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    1. Pap Le Cissier
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      A

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    2. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      A

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  6. Numb
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    10 years, 2 months ago

    Which defender to bring in (except VVD and Bellerin)?

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    1. Pariße
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Sagna

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      1. Numb
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Worth it for a few weeks?

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        1. Pariße
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 2 months ago

          I think it's gonna be more than that. Wait for the pressers.

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          1. Numb
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 2 months ago

            The presser has been. Zaba out "till after the International Break"

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            1. Pariße
              • 10 Years
              10 years, 2 months ago

              Oh, I thought Zaba would be out for longer than that.

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              1. Jøssy ⭐
                • 11 Years
                10 years, 2 months ago

                Well Christmas is "after the International Break"

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    2. Pap Le Cissier
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Sagna or Toby

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    3. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Sagna. He's first choice now even if Zaba was back.

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      1. Paganoi
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        My thinking too. 6 clean sheets in 9 matches played. No reason to bench that.

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  7. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    On a wildcard, was planning to include Coleman. Should I still do it even though he's unlikely to play this week?

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    1. Pariße
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      nah. Don't fancy him with so many of their first choice defenders out.

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    2. Bolivian Seaman
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      No

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      1. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        get lolarov if you can

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    3. dcarlito
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Howard is going through a rough patch and Jagielka and Baines out too. Not too sure about it tbh.

      On a wildcard too. Got Trollkaku and Barry (benchfodder).

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    4. Sess!
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      Obviously not.

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  8. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Has the Southampton press conference happened?

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    1. Hasselbaink Forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      2pm

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    2. Darwen
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Don't know who you're waiting on, but he will play.

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      1. FPL Maldini
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        I'm being relentlessly cautious about Van Dijk

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      2. Jøssy ⭐
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        So they have signed Suarez in time for the weekend!? Thank god for that!! I'll get him in...

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  9. asvpxmicky
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    10 years, 2 months ago

    My team at the minute is:

    Butland McCarthy
    Kolarov Darmian Richards Gomez Targett
    KDB Payet Sanchez Wijnaldum Mahrez
    Pelle Vardy Martial

    1FT - £2.0 ITB

    A) Richards out Van Dijk in, Martial out Lukaku in -4PTS, 3-4-3
    B) Wijnaldum out Mane in, Martial out Lukaku in -4PTS & play AOA?
    C) Richards out Van Dijk in & play 3-5-2?

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    1. Pap Le Cissier
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I'd get vvd but take out one of targett or Gomez instead

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  10. RustyBz
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    If swapping Azpi->City defender, best long term option is Kompany right? Don't fancy getting rid once Zaba is back or Clichy is back

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    1. dcarlito
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      That's the way I have gone.

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  11. Johnny98
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Kane or Ozil for the long run?

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    1. FPL Maldini
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I would go Ozil

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    2. Big Sum
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Kane, because I guess his alternatives will be Lukaku or Pelle

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  12. MITRO'S ON FIRE
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Start Dawson (LEI) or Huth (wba)?

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    1. RustyBz
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Dawson

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  13. FantasyFS007
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Azpi & Martial to Coleman & Lukaku? Any thoughts?

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    1. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Coleman is unlikely to play this week.

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  14. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Having both of Lukaku and Pelle seems like a road paved with frustration

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    1. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Complete the donkey trio with Giroud

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    2. FantasyFS007
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Why?

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    3. MITRO'S ON FIRE
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Wouldn't do that to myself

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    4. megatronaldinho
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      two donkeys? well if you're half the man Jesus was, u shud turn out ok

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  15. Lord Mayor's Croupier
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    My defenders are dropping like flies, may be time to use AOA but my 5th mid doesn't have a great fixture :/

    A: play Clyne (che)
    B: use AOA, play Albrighton (wba)
    ?

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    1. RustyBz
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      A

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    2. MITRO'S ON FIRE
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Clyne.. Who knows what could happen in that one.

      Or.. Just hit

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    3. Big Sum
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      A: play Clyne (che)

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      1. Lord Mayor's Croupier
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers, looks unanimous 🙂 I'm not sure what to make of Chelsea as being an easy or hard fixture, defensively they've been awful but it's not like they aren't scoring.

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        1. DickieRay the Dullard
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 2 months ago

          PaddyPower clean sheet odds:

          Liverpool 10/3

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  16. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Just did my first Fantasy Bet team. Looked fun to me. Surely worth a try

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  17. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    shipping Wanyama. So...?

    A) Mane in and (C)
    B) KDB in and Pelle (C)
    C) Save, play Ayew

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    1. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      B

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  18. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Mahrez OUT Barkley IN

    Too soon to lose Mahrez?

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    1. MITRO'S ON FIRE
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      2 or 3 weeks premature in my view

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    2. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Not if you think Barkley will outperform him over the next few weeks. He certainly has the fixtures to do so...

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      1. The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        That's what I'm thinking, but Leicester have good fixtures too though until GW14. It's a tough call to make as a Leicester fan. I need to think ahead to make sure I don't waste transfers, and I will definitely sell him by GW14 if I don't do it now.

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    3. dcarlito
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      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Too soon.

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  19. John t penguin
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    10 years, 2 months ago

    is it worth even having this thought
    "everton defence is dodgy so the are likely to let in goals, therefore they need to up their attacking, get lukaku"

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    1. MITRO'S ON FIRE
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Looks tenuous

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    2. RustyBz
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Short term Bony

      Long term Lukaku

      simples.

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    3. Bolivian Seaman
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      everton don't work like, all theories and strategies don't apply to their little world of trolls and elves

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    4. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Makes no sense. Paradox?

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    5. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah don't see why not. I'm pleased when a team one of my attackers plays for concedes.

      As you say, it ups the goals required and their attitude to risk reflects it. Gung ho is great!

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  20. turboLuck
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hmm play Dawson or Moreno this gw?

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    1. MITRO'S ON FIRE
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Dawson

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  21. RICHH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Current XI (with no-one on bench to bring in):

    Butland
    Bellerin / Evans / Martin
    Sterling / Sanchez / Payet / Hoolahan
    Pelle / Martial / Vardy

    Need to get rid of Hoolahan and looking to replace with KDB (using funds from recent Aguero sale).
    Worth a hit to also change Martial to Lukaku?

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  22. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Has Koeman had presser yet?

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    1. John t penguin
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      2

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      1. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers dog.

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  23. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    When is the Chelsea press conference?

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    1. Prøphet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Already happened

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  24. Shrimp On The Barb
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    New post lads

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  25. gagasrbija10
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Any news for Sterling?Is he fit?

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  26. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone considering Flecther at all, Sunderland should feel the "new manager bounce" for a few more games anyways

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  27. JAC THE CAT
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Tadic a decent shout as my 4th midfielder?

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    1. Prøphet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Would pick someone else, but a decent differential. Would go with someone else tho

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  28. _Gunner
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Who to play?

    A- Butland

    B- Schmeicel

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  29. asvpxmicky
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    My team at the minute is:

    Butland McCarthy
    Kolarov Darmian Richards Gomez Targett
    KDB Payet Sanchez Wijnaldum Mahrez
    Pelle Vardy Martial

    1FT - £2.0 ITB

    A) Richards out Van Dijk in, Martial out Lukaku in -4PTS, 3-4-3
    B) Wijnaldum out Mane in, Martial out Lukaku in -4PTS & play AOA?
    C) Richards out Van Dijk in & play 3-5-2?

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    1. jbenny1107
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Gomez out and Van Dijk in. 3-5-2 and bench Martial.

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  30. Pompel
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    10 years, 2 months ago

    Has the Kolarov ship sailed - or worth getting for NOR avl ?

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    1. jbenny1107
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Worth getting. Clichy still out so nailed this week and most likely next week as well.

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    2. Cevap
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      still might be of value. I was under the impression that Clichy would take some time from him, but this weekend will tell us more

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