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The ScoutCast – Episode 185 – Wonka

3 March 2016 3260 comments
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Recorded minutes after the whistle blew on a miserable midweek under lights, we had no choice but to fantasise about Chips and Double Gameweeks to get us through this latest ScoutCast episode.

I’m joined by Jonty, Andy and Luke as we lament our sub 40-point tallies, moving on swiftly to lose ourselves in the thrilling, Wonka-like nonsense that lies ahead thanks to the bizarre Bench Boost FPL chip.

We come back down to earth to answer another bout of community questions, assessing the merits of City’s assets through their fluctuating form, the Payet problem and even end by revealing our modest rank expectations for the rest of the season.

This episode of the ScoutCast was first aired live via our YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe in order to get a heads up on new episodes.

You can view the full Google Hangout version via the bigger player below, or bask in the edited audio cut via this link or the smaller player.

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

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  1. Djemba-Djembas right foot
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Everyone looking for a way in to Man City Mid... YAYA anyone?

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

      Silva here

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    2. FPL Fanatic
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I'd rather have City Defender & kun.

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

        this^^

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

      Not sold on City's MF. Aguero + Kompany should be enough IMO

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    4. melvinmbabazi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Me

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  2. AppleDunk
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Who to play?

    A) Payet (eve)
    B) Firmino (cpl)
    C) Silva (AVL)

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    1. AppleDunk
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Sorry, please choose 2. Thanks.

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    2. Mr. Grv
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      All 3 tbh

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      1. Mr. Grv
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Firmino and silva

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        1. AppleDunk
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 2 months ago

          Cheers Mr GRV

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

      definitely all 3, You've gotta chop someone else from your starting XI am afraid

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    4. melvinmbabazi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      B) Firmino (cpl)
      C) Silva (AVL)

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  3. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Bottomed.

    a) Use AOA, play Alli.
    b) Play Targett

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    1. SneakyPete
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Targett

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      1. Lateriser 12
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks.

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    2. AppleDunk
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      B

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    3. Reiko
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      B imo

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

      AoA for me

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    5. FPL Fanatic
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      AoA, targett wont start IMO

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    6. fantasykid
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      B

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  4. john25
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hey guys, what do you think of Joe Hart as GK option?

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

      Good

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  5. hiawatha
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Arsene just started press conference

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

      cech 3-4 weeks out

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

      koscielny - small injury, out for tomorrow. maybe back for tuesday, certainly for the next week,

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

      Time to sell Bellerin then

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

        koscielny is back for wba and ospina is good gk. there is a good chance for arsenal to finish FA cup against hull. thinking about leaving kosc in a squad and than if arsenal is out of FA there is advantage.

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  6. Rains of Castamere
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Cech out for three to four weeks (John Cross)

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    1. Rains of Castamere
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      https://twitter.com/johncrossmirror/status/705685321837637632

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

      Delicious

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  7. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    What time is Man city presser please ?

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

      12:45 - BBC

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  8. melvinmbabazi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    What to do this week?
    Thinking of doing Cech > Hart or Cresswell> Kompany?
    Any Suggestions?

    Hennessey Cech
    Daniels Cresswell Smalling Fuchs Dann
    Mahrez Ozil Arnie Alli Barkley
    Kun Vardy Kane

    1FT 0.5 ITB

    🙂

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    1. fantasykid
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Cech -> Hart seems good

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  9. pilgrim
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    I'm sure someone else has posted it, but today's press conference times:

    08:00 Bournemouth

    09:00 Arsenal, Norwich

    09:15 Aston Villa

    09:30 West Ham

    12:45 Manchester City

    13:00 Crystal Palace, Leicester, Liverpool, West Brom, Watford

    13:15 Chelsea

    14:00 Newcastle

    14:30 Swansea

    15:30 Manchester United

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    1. DF
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Hulk please.

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

      Hopefully we get info if Pelle is going rotate / rest his key players.

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

        I'd be shocked if he did apart from change the fullbacks, and maybe start Navas. They have a week off before Norwich game.

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  10. Albert Cole
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Well, I guess Andre Ayew must be the obvious Swansea midfield choice? Plays more advanced and has more points per game than Sigurdsson? I even consider giving him the armband, now that City's form are beyond hopeless.

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

      Think Sigurdsson on set pieces gives him the edge.

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    2. FPL Fanatic
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Anyone vs AVL will jump back into Form

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  11. jimlad
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Any advise on a FT to do here? i have 2 and dont want to waste. 0.6 ITB

    Forster Hennessey
    VanDijk Huth Alderweirdeld Targett Bellerin
    Alli Mahrez Ozil Barkley Siggy
    Kane Vardy Aguero

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    1. DF
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Nice team that.
      Bellerin to city

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

        yes was thinking that. Kolorov or Kompany?

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        1. All de Gea
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 2 months ago

          Or Ozil to Silva

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  12. foley_fd
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Things that would help make my weekend splendid:

    - Funes Mori benched
    - Costa benched
    - Rashford benched
    - Bennett benched

    How many of these things do you think might happen?

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    1. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      All could happen easily.

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      1. Lateriser 12
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Ozils form is still really good..

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    2. pompeyfan
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I think the first 2 will happen. Martinez's comments suggest Stones is quite likely to come back in imo.
      Same for Hiddink's comments on costa imo

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    3. HamezMace
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Costa could well be benched, think the others will play.

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

        Thanks all.

        I'd take a Costa benching right now.

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    4. FPL Fanatic
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      Funes mori & Rashford to start surely

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

        Why?

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

    What to do here..

    - Play 1 of Bellerin, Cresswell, Simpson.. If so, who?

    or

    - Use AOA and bench all 3, starting both Alli and Arnie (Also can't decide who to bench out of these two if not)

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  14. Mayo for Sam
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Arni to Silva for a hit?

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

      Bit of a gamble given silva's form, but could pay off. Plus city have 2 dgws ahead

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    2. Mayo for Sam
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks mate! Last time City lost 4-1 to the Kop the won their next game 3-1 so here's hoping

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  15. Chinu
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Best Man City to get?

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

      *defender

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

        Probably Kompany, or Otamendi, all others are rotational risks

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

      Kompany now

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  16. Adderz
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Costa out for Kane?

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

      No

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  17. kae0r
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    hart or forster? Thinking hart purely cos i have VVD cover.

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    1. Birds of Prey
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      makes sense---Hart has two good fixtures to 1 for Forster.

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  18. adidasOriginals
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Who do you think will score more this weekend?

    Barkley (WHU) or Payet (eve)

    thanks

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

      Payet

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  19. Shifty
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Appreciate some opinions here pls

    A) Play Lingard, save FT

    B) Enner Valencia > Adobe, bench Lingard

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    1. FPL Fanatic
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Play Lingard

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    2. Birds of Prey
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Valencia has a red block. Emineke started last 2 and has never played 90.

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      1. Shifty
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        yea but i could save the FT and fix Valencia next week

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  20. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    For next two GW's when City & Spurs both have a game vs Villa

    A. Hart & Yaya

    B. Fabianski & Eriksen

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

      B

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  21. fantasykid
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Current Defenders:
    Bellerin, Targett, Huth, Smith, Toby.

    2FT's & 1.9 ITB.

    Thinking of
    A) Bellerin -> Kompany
    B) Smith/Targett -> Williams

    Not sure if Targett is nailed on, hence the conundrum. Advice please lads? Thanks in advance.

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    1. FPL Fanatic
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      10 years, 2 months ago

      Both transfers nailed on!

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      1. fantasykid
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Thank you sir 🙂 !

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

    2 FTs is more like curse than blessing.

    Siggy or Silva in or both, Kompany or Otamendi instead of Silva/Siggy. Who to sell Arnie or Payet.

    My head explodes and can't log in to London metal exchange ffs so can't work atm.

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    1. Shifty
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Personally havent seen anything of Silva to consider him - but if you expect a mauling of Aston Villa and Aguero(c) won't be enough a differential...why not.

      Sigurdsson has good fixtures on his side with decent form.

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    2. mad_beer ✅
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I'm in the same boat with 2FT. I think Siggy has got to be one. I wouldn't sell Payet this week. I think Hart is a good option this week and prepares for a DGW soon.

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  23. Captain Vantastic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hart or Forster in for Cech?

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  24. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    People saying no way that Aguero, Silva etc will be rested because they have seven days until next GW.

    That's not the issue, it's the fact that they looked shagged vs Liverpool and couple days later expected to go again.

    If there's one game they could be rested it's vs Villa. Not saying they will be certainly not a shoe in.

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

      they are already half foot into next round of UCL

      and big striker like Kun need to play to find his scoring touch back

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    2. Shifty
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      also the redzone stuff...personally won't be surprised if Iheanacho is given a run out against Richards/Lescott who I expect will give Aguero a hard time but might not deal well with Iheanacho's pace and unpredictable element.

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    3. FPL Fanatic
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      While chasing LEI, Pellegrini will field his strongest XI. Why would he rest key players who need to batter AVL & get back to form ?!!!

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  25. Kings of Lyon ★
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Any chance of Cabalero taking the number 1 spot off of Hart?

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    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Maybe not taking spot full time, but again would not be surprised to see him rested vs Villa.

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    2. FPL Fanatic
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Not when Hart is Fit.

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

    Come on manchester snow! Bring me more DGW's!!!!!!!

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  27. Irish Madridista ⭐
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Any news re Sturridge? Is he alive?

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    1. mad_beer ✅
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I think he is having a new glass leg fitted.

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  28. mourinho_el_fenómeno
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Neismith out .. Paloschi iN ? 1FT.
    or save? and play 4-4-2 ?

    toby vvd williams (fuchs)
    ozil alexis bark payet (alli)
    lukaku vardy neismith/paloschi

    gtg?

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  29. Spencer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Who to play?

    A. Gomes at home against Leicester
    B. Butland away at Chelsea

    I don't know if it makes a difference, but have Mahrez, Vardy, and Costa.

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

      Gomes

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      1. FPL Fanatic
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        +1

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    2. mad_beer ✅
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I would go with Butland. I think Watford will be mauled this weekend.

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      1. Spencer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Brilliant. Thanks guys.

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  30. Theatre_Of_Screams
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Start Targett against Sunderland and take the risk that he might only get a sub 1 pointer

    or

    Start Cresswell away at Everton?

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    1. FPL Fanatic
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Cresswell IMO

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