We delve into the Gameweek 16 data now in our first members’ article of the week. Amongst this evening’s topics are West Ham’s wide men, Bournemouth’s goal threat from midfield, Tottenham’s toils up top and Watford’s relentless top scorer.
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How many captain fails have you had so far this season (6 points or less after doubling)?
10 out of 16 here. 🙁-
8 out of 16
I didn't even own Aguero for his 5 goals 🙁 -
Same as you - 10/16
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11 here.
Total Captain Points : 132
Total Vice-Captain Points : 95
Possible Captain Points if you Always used your Vice-Captain instead : 190
Possible Total Points if you Always Captained Highest Scorer out of (C) and (VC) : 963-
my five "good" scores after doubling: 12, 10, 50, 10, 12
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Ouch. What's the link for that newplanet? I get a "new server" page when I try to load it.
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anewpla.net/fpl
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6 points or less?
15/16-
before or after doubling?
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before.
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After doubling it would be 12/16
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Still a shocking one.
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It is. Consdiering my other captain scores before doubling are 5,5,6,25
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😮 jesus, that's worse than me, congratulations!
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I am sure you will improve your rank if you choose the right captain, I think I am going to go safe from now on with my captaincy, either Ozil or Mahrez instead of explosive type players.
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Things will come right eventually 🙂
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That's gotta hurt. 🙁
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😯
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9 out of 16
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Shocking!
Total captain points: 176
Captain points if I had captained highest scorer: 436
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Same. 10 out of 16 for me
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6/16
Martial
Vardy
Lukaku
With 5s
Poor show I didn't realize how bad it's been this season..-
Sorry fails 10/16
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Seems like 10 from 16 is about par for around here. No wonder we're all struggling. 😕
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Only four good scores for me Mahrez with 11, Aguero with 25, Kane with 8 and 13
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13 out of 16.
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Are ppl getting rid of kdb or keeping him? Would silva be a better option?
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Keeping for now. Easy downgrade if/when silva looks a better option in my opinion.
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If I was buying I'd go silva but I wouldn't use a transfer swapping them around.
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Hazard (c) is the third favourite option in the poll...
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Nuts. Could be genius, but still early enough in season for people just to play the percentages and rise past dead teams and casuals who flounder in dgwks.
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Vs. 19th century football?
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I was gonna bring him in for two week punt and (c) this week but I'd dismissed the idea after the performance and he went off on 30 mins the other night. What's the news? I just don't like (c) a player when there's loads of others playing in the same fixture. I have 8 players in the lei eve, ars mnc games! The fixtures are dodgy for all those guys. So I wanted something different.
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Hendo or Coutinho lads? Sniffing around for a possible Hazard replacement. The extra cash would go towards Aguero but getting Coutinho wouldn't prevent me from getting him (if that makes sense) 😀
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Couti or neither
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Coutinho.
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Henderson... Lallana if he's a little bit trigger happy
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Cheers all
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What to do? 2FT and 0,7ITB
..................Butland
....Cresswell Bertrand Clyne
Deulofeu Özil Hazard Mahrez
.......Vardy Lukaku Kane
Myhill, KDB, Bellerin, Oxford-
Oxford to Simpson or other playing defender in preperation for christmas imo. Not sure about cresswell either.
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I agree with this.
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Strong bench you have. Cap?
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Would any of you fellas play Bolaise v Butland ahead of Kane/KDB/Coutinho ?
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Nope. Bolasie has looked great but Stoke haven't conceded many recently, all of those are still good options this week
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I'm not likely Kane right now and can see another blank coming but your right Butland is a machine!!
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I am back. The worlds problems have been solved
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Thank you Cheeseman, how very bold & dairying of you
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While you were away?
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Yes I had to pop out for a bit
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Any advice appreciated. Dont get to post very often as I work FIFO, but will try and help out others while I'm off for christmas.
Myhill (McCarthy)
Bellerin, Kolarov, Moreno, (Rojo, Williams)
Ozil, KDB, Mahrez, Delofeu, (Ayew)
Vardy Lukaku Ighalo
1ft and 5m itb
Most important to sort this week?
A) Ayew to ramsey?
B) Rojo to Zouma, Toby,
C) Williams to Wollscheid
D) Get ramsey plus any defender for Rojo (-4)-
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C
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Rojo to Wollscheid.
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Thanks all, Rojo to wollscheid is prob the sensible move considering williams is at least playing i guess. But I do really want ramsey.... Dammit. itll have to wait a week...
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Ayew to Ramsey/Wijnaldum for a hit?
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Not convinced for a hit.
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Is Butland (c) really that bad a choice this week?
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I must admit it's crossed my mind but I know when I captain him he'll concede
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This. Same thought.
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Yes it is a bad choice
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Anyone around play A-league fantasy?
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nope, this takes up far too much of my time.
I'd get sacked if I did A-League too 😉
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Mane still has good underlying stats whilst Kane's have gotten awful. Barely managed to prevent myself doing Mane to Ramsey for a hit last week which would have paid off... Now I'm considering holding Mane and selling Kane...
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Start 3
Kolarov Toby Moreno nyom-
First 3
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I like KTN
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Just did RMT's on all of my team mates in the Seychelles to see who was going to be a likely benchwarmer this week and it is very close between 3 people...interesting experiment
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In fact RMT has the Seychelles winning
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The match that is
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Look at #1 and #2 in RMT for this week 😆
Putting too much importance on it.-
Jees. No wonder I rarely agree with it
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Butland (Ruddy)
Cedric Azpi Kolarov (Nyom, Huth [!])
Ozil, KDB, Lanzini, Mahrez (Wanyama)
Kane, Vardy, Lukaku
9.2m 1FT
A. Cedric -> Moreno/Aldy
B. Lanzini -> Ramsey/Coutinho
C. Azpi + Lanzini -> Aldy + Ramsey
D. Kane -> Giroud
E. Huth -> ???-
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B I think.
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B
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B
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Who would you bench from these three?
A) Ayew
B) Barkley
C) Bolasie
(Sorry if you saw this question last night, but it looks like a slightly different crowd here now.)-
I think Bolasie
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B for the trifecta.
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A
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B
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Ayew needs to be sold
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B
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Thanks everyone. Still no consensus! 😆
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It surprises me that you own all 3! Very hard choice but probably B since he has been a bit deep
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Haha. I have a midfield five, Ayew's mostly been my bench player - with so much cash in the bank there has been no rush to shift him. 🙂
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Probably Barkley based on how non existent he was against norwich.
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Bench Barkley.
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Bolasie
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B or C
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Reply fail
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To whom? 🙂
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In what order would you play these goalkeepers and defenders
A. Myhill
B. Hennessey
1. Kolarov
2. Moreno
3. Dawson
4. Souare
5. Moreno
I think there a few decent options there.-
twins?
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Ah. Second Moreno is Rose
5. Rose
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Double up Moreno is not a good choice.
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A,B 4,3,5,2,1
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Myhil
Moreno, Moreno, Dawson
If not Moreno, then Kolarov -
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That defenders are a bit of a gamble whichever way you go I think. -
Lineups article suggests Kolarov may be benched this week in favour of Clichy
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Captaining Moreno?
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Pick three to play
A. Kolarov
B. Moreno
C. Dawson
D. Van Dijk
E. Ogbonna-
Is Ogbonna fit and starting?
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He sure is
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Hmmm. Then I'll go for ACE.
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So I've been using stats to pick my vice captains this season.
My vice captains are now on 121 points
That is ridiculously high. 7.56 per game
Might just go with stats from now on and stop trusting my instinct or being ruled by fear of highly owned captains!-
What do the stats say for this week?
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Vardy. To be honest they have said him quite often which probably explains the high score!
Lukaku isn't far behind this week-
I did captain Ighalo for his double figure and Vardy for 9 recently based on stats but then went back to the wimp's option of Kane last week 🙁
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whos your pick this week?
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What kind of stats?
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Combination of shots in the box, chances created, shot to goal ratio, fixture difficulty (in terms of shots conceded in box by opposition) over the last 12 games.
I found fewer games to be a bit of a low sample size since one very good game can throw all the stats significantly. I know most people look at more recent form-
Note for the fixture difficulty I treat teams separately for home and away. So e.g. arsenal home and arsenal away are calculated as 2 seperate entities. Maybe a bit too simplified I admit.
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@ Cheese, diva, balders or anyone. I'll be submitting who is to be benched this week as our captain is busy, what do I do, just email that email with the name of the player?
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Yep, just email fiffsa.exec@gmail.com with the name of the bench player and your team name. If you want to include the player's ID number that can be useful too. Thanks!
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Great, cheers
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Yes. That will do fine. We just need the country and the bench player
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Great, cheers
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% chance of Firmino starting upfront as a lone striker this week?
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Would seem low to me.
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There's no guarantees but he's started every league away game under Klopp so far.
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interesting. thanks Diva.
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Addendum: I think he was in the hole against Newcastle.
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NEW totally cut him off. Did he even touch the ball?
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39 times. 🙂
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Does this include the warm up before the game?
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Surprisingly not.
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in thinking that he's a chance to start, would you play him over Barkley?
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I like Rambo, but the next fixture isn't amazing. I haven't really seen Hendo since his return so I can't really comment but he is a player I have liked in the past.
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Butland, Schmeichal
Toby, Moreno, Kolarov, Ward, Francis
KDB, Ozil, Hazard, Mahrez, Westwood
Vardy, Kane, Lukaku
2.1m, 2ft's
Plan had been a simple - Westwood - Stanislas
Things have changed now.. 
Any informed commentators here willing to offer advice.
Hazard to Wij/ Ramsey/ HENDO?
Would give enough to go for Aguero next GW prob..
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Armband dis gameweek
A.Ozil
B.lukaku
C. Vardy
D. Mahrez
E. Kdb-
Lu(C)aku for me
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Tough call betwn lukaku & vardy
But I fancy vardy over lukaku coz eve r not good defence and city at home-
Everton are at home aren't they?
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Ohh yeah sorry my bad......so den lukaku coz they are at home
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B or D.
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KDB and Ozil shouldn't be on that list IMO
I would say CBD although Mahrez is defying logic with his amazing accuracy-
Mahrez can b blanked when he is having a bad day....but vardy is not blanked for guess gameweek 3 so stats say Vardy...
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Stats do say Vardy but Lukaku not far behind.
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Accepted....so tough call dis week....its tym for triple capt for dis game.wht say?
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Definitely not triple captain haha
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C or D for me, probably the latter.
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Swore myself off Aguero after having to sell his useless arse after that heel injury.
But tempted to get him in for Kane with 1 FT now.
I'm being stupid right?-
I would wait next week.
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Me too.
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thanks guys. I do have Silva now so will probably hold. I'll raise a proper transfer question soon!
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And then another week (check kane's fix next week ;))
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There seem to be 2 possibilities...
1. Mahrez is a v good player exaggerated by a slightly lucky run of form
2. He is one of the best players in the world in terms of clinical finishing and chance creation.
The more time passes, the more I am beginning to think it might be 2!!-
It took a while for people to believe Bale had taken a step up too. Of course he could just be having a good season, like a couple of Chelsea players last year.
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Agree. He is currently playing better than Haz last yr IMO. Haz relied on baps and penalties a lot.
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watching him against Chelsea, I was super impressed.
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Yeah that pass was perfect for vardy's goal, but only because Vardy made the run.
If Vardy had stayed still it would've dribbled straight to the keeper and looked rubbish. Great link up they've got
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Shawcross or Dawson?
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Predictions for Newcastle v Aston Villa game?
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2-0
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2-1
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I don't think I'd like to make any predictions where Newcastle are concerned right now. 😀
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Saving it for a whole blog on Newcastle?
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No, just toss a black and white coin.
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Predictions for cleansheets dis gameweek
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Man U if Smalling returns
Liverpool if Sakho returns
Stoke because i've now got Butland in my team
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Mrs is away, so my sheets will stay clean Is it really too much effort to write this rather than dis? It's only 1 extra letter. You make me feel old when I have to see the butchering of a language. I used to be cool, honest.
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Trying to get my season back on track after being too stubborn and out of touch between GW10 and GW15. 1 FT and 3.9 in the bank this week.
DDG
Skrtel Dawson Coloccini
Ozil Barkley Mahrez Silva
Kane Lukaku Vardy
Kolarov*, Naughton*, Surman
Thoughts on these options?
A) Kolarov > Stoke defender or WBA defender (double up with Dawson)
B) Surman > Ramsey (but have to bench one of current front 7)
C) Barkley > Ramsey
D) Barkely > Wijnaldum
E) Kane > Aguero-
Naughton to Stoke/ WBA
Barkley to Ramsey
next week Kane to Aguero-
for a hit?
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I would. Sometimes a little hit and a clear out can be good
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thanks. that would be 3 hits in a row 🙂
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Yeah, I like C Shifty.
I'm not sure I'd double-up on WBA, but worth doing Naughton > Wolls since you've no Butland.
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