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Dugout Discussion – Hull vs Leicester

13 August 2016 2873 comments
Mark Mark
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Spare a thought for Mike Phelan.

Already the Hull City caretaker manager seems to be unfurling the white flag, even before Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez get their first run at his patched-up defence.

The first Dugout Discussion of the Premier League season could witness one of the most one-sided opening fixtures in memory.

Champions Leicester turn up at the KCOM Stadium off the back of the FA Community Shield defeat to Manchester United but surely still brimming with confidence and optimism following the triumphant campaign.

Certainly they bring plenty of talent and pace – heightened by the presence of Ahmed Musa and Demarai Gray on their teamsheet. That might just prove too much, even for a spirited Hull City showing.

Stranger things have happened, though. Just ask Claudio Ranieri.

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

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  1. DaveZubie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Last minute transfer of Martial/Vardy -> Mahrez/Ibra worked out well.

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    1. Konig Luther
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      better luck than me... i couldn't do it

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    2. Give us a smile
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      I did same thing but silva instead of martial

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    3. Grand Thibauto
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      liar liar pants on fire

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      1. DaveZubie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Thankfully not 🙂

        Good thing the site didn't crash on me before 11!

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  2. Lone Wolf FPL
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    What do you think when you look at Swans lineup?

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    1. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Clean sheet

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      1. Lone Wolf FPL
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        for Burnley, yes true

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        1. Ayew Serious
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 28 days ago

          0-0 then.

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          1. Give us a smile
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 28 days ago

            No way, Andre Gray, all the way!

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    2. The Road to Turfdom
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      I feel sad and a little repulsed.It doesn't scream creativity.

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    3. st4rt__
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Relegation.

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  3. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Which one needs to be sold first. Mahrez or Fuchs?

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    1. Give us a smile
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Fuchs.

      Defensively weak without Kante.

      Mahrez on pens which is a bonus, I'll be holding Mahrez.

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    2. Milner4eva
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Fuchs maybe but tbh I'd just keep

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    3. Chris_White
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Fuchs.

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    4. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Wait for the end of the day at least! 😉

      I reckon Huth and maybe Amartey/Mendy come in next week, so wait to see what they look like then

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      1. devils advocate
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        They definitely need a Mendy/Kante type in that midfield as that's where they lost it today. No one to win the ball and stop Hull from playing straight through the middle of the park.

        That Clucas kid was impressive for Hull and just ran straight through Leicester's central mids time and again.

        With Huth and possibly Mendy to come into the team I still think it's too early to write off Leicester's attackers. Mahrez gets 8pts in a terrible performance is promising to me as it shows there's better to come imo.

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        1. fiveyears
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 28 days ago

          I'm sticking to my guns and keeping Mahrez and Fuchs for the next two, its not a terrible result FPL wise given Ranieri should switch it up (particularly in midfield) next week.

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  4. Mr. Wright
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Honestly, anyone can see that Simpson is a weak link but Ranieri still persists with him? What does he see that others don´t ?

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    1. Pep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Cmon guys. It's just a first game. They'll learn n improve from this one. Got 37gw more to go.

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      1. Les Bleus
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Good pep talk

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      2. The Road to Turfdom
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Claudio?

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    2. Chris_White
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Never change a winning team, I guess. But he will notice how bad he is when the CL kicks in.

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      1. Mr. Wright
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Hopefully !

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    3. kraftwerker
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Amartey looks a better player.

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  5. Pep Talk
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Bad news: got Diomande as sub

    Good news: waiting for price hike.

    Not bad at all!

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    1. Grand Thibauto
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Unlikely i think

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      1. Pep Talk
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Just wait and see.
        *big grin*

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    2. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Can't wait for the price jump from him

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  6. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Mahrez to Mkhitarian incoming

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    1. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Özil or Hazard for me

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Got Hazard, Arsenal ate up in the air for me

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    2. Chris_White
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      SWA in week 3...

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    3. Kuqi Monster
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      I'd planned to get in payet for him, will wait and see...

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  7. Limbo
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Does the FPL mobile site/app allow order change of subs?

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    1. Pep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Yes. U can change subs with other subs.

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      1. Limbo
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Ah, I see. Ta

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    2. *sigh*
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      yup

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    3. _Freddo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Yes, when it works.

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  8. Fergietime
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Ah the Vardy Captain hangover, hopefully the cure comes with an Aguero blanker

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    1. thepeen555
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Lol

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    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      I captained Vardy as well not too disappointed he could of had a hat-trick on another day even without the pen that was stolen!

      He was getting in scoring positions and Musa seemed to act as support striker.

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  9. Keno
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Looks like Fletcher and Capoue are prob the best 4.5 options which we pretty much already knew, ofcourse I went Hojberg haha.

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  10. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Will fplstatistics be updated when the points are confirmed later today?

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    1. Pep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Yes. After today's matches completed. Give it a few hours.

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  11. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    I'm really really depressed.

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    1. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      A very long road ahead, no time to be depressed.

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    2. Chris_White
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Time to drink.

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    3. Gussy
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Chin up mate, it is a looooong season!

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    4. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Beer?

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  12. TheSteel
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    So happy its back fellas!

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  13. Moin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Have Deulofeu and Redmond, both mids starting as Strikers! so I technically have 5 strikers in my team 😎

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    1. Lawrø
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Add Bojan and Martial...

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      1. Chris_White
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Bojan is in the hole.

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      2. Moin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        I don't have either of them, but yeah...get your point!

        Bojan could be another steal at 6m

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      I have them and Firmino, so probably 6 for me.

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      1. Moin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Yeah! definitely 6 for you if Origi doesn't start

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    3. Limbo
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Yeah. The tips came in there. Now need a couple of great performances.

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      1. Moin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        This year our community has been dead on in predicting the GW1 Teams apart from probably Bolasie starting

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    4. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Hopefully they get big hauls to make up for Vardy's off day.

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  14. thepeen555
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Sweet Redmond upfront lets see how that goes

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  15. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Of the teams that I can see in my head to head league, there is such a wide spread of different templates. Only two of us have Ibrahimovic

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    1. Ridgewell's scores
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      The lad who set up my h2h mini league: http://i.imgur.com/Z11hGim.png

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      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Good god....

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  16. kroky
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Why is everyone talking about selling mahrez already? He scored

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    1. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      It's a no brainer to sell him for Payet.

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    2. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      a penalty.

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    3. Dušan Citizen
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      But he was pretty bad. And so were Leicester.

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    4. Areid13
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      'It was only a pen' rubbish I dont know why either

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    5. SADIO SANÉ
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      They won't be when their other players blank.

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  17. Areid13
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Oh I've just seen my dad's team who has been my only real competitor for the last five years and it looks good for me

    Vardy (c)
    No Haz, has willian who I don't expext much from
    Paredes is sure to drop in value bc of his high ownership
    And mainly...No Kun

    He does have Mahrez but so do I so good start for me

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  18. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Amat bandwagon fires up..

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    1. The Road to Turfdom
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Fires might be a bit much. Trundles maybe

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    2. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Already on board but only have him as an enabler.

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    3. Limbo
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Hoping I can make .1 on him, + .5 selling value after GW3 is helpful

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  19. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Lamela Owners huddle up!

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    1. Delboy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      🙂

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    2. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
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      O/

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    3. MDK
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Fingers crossed

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  20. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    All my picks starting so far even Amat. And no Leicester justified. So far so good!

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  21. Pinturicchio
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Guys, please don't take hits to dump Leicester assets on the basis of one slightly unlucky defeat.

    Wait, no.

    Do that.

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    1. Dušan Citizen
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Unlucky?

      Hull were much better.

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      1. Delboy.
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        This ecspecially on the second half

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        1. Pinturicchio
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 28 days ago

          xG says otherwise. People just aren't used to Leicester not being the beneficiary.

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      2. Give us a smile
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Could've easily been 3-2 to Leicester.

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  22. Dušan Citizen
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Cmon my utter punt - Steven Davis!

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    1. Mull
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      lol

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    2. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      I am actually scared about owning Redmond over Him...Great Punt

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      1. Dušan Citizen
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Thanks. Wanted to get Ramirez for him, but site crashed.

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  23. Keno
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Here we go Tadic!

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  24. Number Four
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Why can't we see our rivals teams?

    FPL taking all the fun out of this weekend.

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    1. Dušan Citizen
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      after 1st update I reckon

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    2. FrankieTheGent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      You can see them on the app

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      1. Number Four
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        How? Doesn't work on mine

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  25. Uzaifa
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    diamande in next week against swansea seems like the way to go after that no point playing him

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  26. Telpuialion
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Wait, I completely missed this. Are there manual subs this season?

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    1. *sigh*
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Easy to miss theyre just under the surface

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      1. Telpuialion
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        What are the rules for manual subs? I can't find them.

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  27. Give us a smile
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Seems they've fixed the UI on the website, don't need to scroll down to see my entire team anymore.

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    1. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Awesome! didn't note that..it was pretty irritating.

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  28. PlayPercentage
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    Is Mahrez now taking penalties?
    Vardy took over last season, as Mahrez missed two penalties in one game.

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    1. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 28 days ago

      Yeah now Mahrez back on them.

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      1. PlayPercentage
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 28 days ago

        Great. I selected Vardy because he was on penalties...

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  29. mattyrobinson
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    I can't even remember who's in my team...

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  30. Coaly
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 28 days ago

    No Lukaku or Siggy

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