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Dugout Discussion – Leicester vs Arsenal

20 August 2016 3667 comments
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Saturday evening comes to a conclusion at the King Power as champions Leicester go head-to-head with Arsenal.

Both sides are already playing catch-up after losing their opening matches of the season.

Claudio Ranieri welcomes back Robert Huth from suspension after conceding twice to Hull last weekend. The Foxes boss also opts to recall Shinji Okazaki and Marc Albrighton as Ahmed Musa and Demarai Gray drop to the bench. New signing Nampalys Mendy comes in for Andy King in the centre of the park.

Arsenal, meanwhile, bring in Santi Cazorla, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Granit Xhaka and Laurent Koscielny as they attempt to bounce back from Sunday’s home loss to Liverpool. Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud are deemed fit enough to take their places on the bench.

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  1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    10 years, 2 months ago

    About to watch Inception with the mrs. Any good?

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    1. Gooner Kebab
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Great movie.

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    2. Podge
      10 years, 2 months ago

      concentrate

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      1. tm245
        10 years, 2 months ago

        This.

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    3. Zasa
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Very, one of Nolan's best.

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    4. Sánchez
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Awful. So over rated.

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      1. Sánchez
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Nearly as bad as Interstellar

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        1. Gooner Kebab
          10 years, 2 months ago

          agree on interstellar but inception is ahead of its time imo

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          1. Frank Black
            10 years, 2 months ago

            Nah, it's not ahead of its time, there were films written that badly even before its time.

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      2. Les Bleus
        10 years, 2 months ago

        I agree. Don't know what's so great about it.

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    5. Respect My Authoritah
      10 years, 2 months ago

      It's a bit silly imo. But enjoyable

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    6. Frank Black
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Deeply dumb but enjoyable.

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    7. Clump
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Dunno, I've not met her.

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      1. Podge
        10 years, 2 months ago

        🙂

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      2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
        10 years, 2 months ago

        I'll bring her over later bud!

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    8. how now brown cow
      10 years, 2 months ago

      The film or the mrs?

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    9. HuttonDressedasLahm
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Great film, though pre warn your Mrs not to ask questions!

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      1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Love it! She coped with shutter island, so hoping she'll cope with this

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

      Excellent film. Love it

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    11. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers guys. She'll probably fall asleep after ten minutes!

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

        Check if she is dreaming

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      2. Frank Black
        10 years, 2 months ago

        I would recommend you to watch this instead:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc7-HbYvD9I

        This is much better than the film itself.

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        1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
          10 years, 2 months ago

          Sorry. But I have to watch it now!!!!!

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    12. Rolls-Royce
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Challenging.

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    13. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Miles better on the 2nd and third watch when you know what the heck is going on

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  2. Rains of Castamere
    10 years, 2 months ago

    66 points decent this week? No Ibra, may have just about escaped thanks to Gray

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

      Decent score to be fair with no Ibra

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    2. Lecky Legs FC
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Great score mate.

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    3. Rains of Castamere
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers. Honest question as I haven't dared open FPL after last night

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  3. TheBusDriver
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Vardy + Sanchez -> Aguero + Barkley (-4)

    or

    Vardy -> Costa

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    1. Gooner Kebab
      10 years, 2 months ago

      B

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    2. TomXI
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Agüero is essential

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  4. JIM BOB
    10 years, 2 months ago

    How much longer is Holgate nailed for Everton?

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    1. Respect My Authoritah
      10 years, 2 months ago

      0 games

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    2. kalmoffit
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Noticed he'd got two baps while they concede but surely Williams takes his place.

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    3. general_franco
      10 years, 2 months ago

      As long as Coleman's injured he'll play.

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  5. how now brown cow
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Deulofeu to barkley for -4?

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    1. Gooner Kebab
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Sideways like Paul Giamati

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    2. Lecky Legs FC
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Keep hold of Deulofeu got Stoke next week think he'll get his goal.

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      1. zotter
        10 years, 2 months ago

        I just got rid. His days numbered imo with Lukaku back and bolasie

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  6. red forever
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Just saw that gray tweet. He's screwed isn't he?

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    1. villian-ty
      10 years, 2 months ago

      what tweet

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      1. thepeen555
        10 years, 2 months ago

        From 4 years ago, very naughty tweets

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    2. Clump
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Hopefully.

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    3. Sánchez
      10 years, 2 months ago

      What happened

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      1. Sánchez
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Wow just saw. That's really disgusting stuff. How has it not been noticed till now?

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    4. Frank Black
      10 years, 2 months ago

      He's screwed even if he doesn't get suspended.

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      1. zotter
        10 years, 2 months ago

        What was it

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    5. bojack
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Absolute disgrace.

      I've got Vardy and Gray up front, ha. One more and I'll have a set of players who have been force to "apologise unreservedly" for offensive behavior.

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      1. the axolotl
        10 years, 2 months ago

        you're worse than hitler

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        1. bojack
          10 years, 2 months ago

          Yep.

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      2. bojack
        10 years, 2 months ago

        In all seriousness though, could he face legal action over it. It's certainly enough to be classified as a hate incident or hate crime. Only doubt is how long ago it occurred.

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  7. Zero
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hey guys, I'm probably going to be hated but I'm kinda excited. I just came first on FanDuel today! 🙂

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    1. Clump
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Congrats!

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

        Thank you!

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    2. JIM BOB
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Congrats

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    3. Podge
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Well done !!!

      What is fanduel ?

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

        Like DraftKings but more of a pain for now!

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    4. the axolotl
      10 years, 2 months ago

      is the other guy dead?

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  8. InSaneMan-e
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Does Erisen-->Firmino seem like a sideways move?
    The other options i save FT or Feghouli-->Ramirez/Abrabat

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    1. bojack
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I wouldn't do Eriksen to Firmino. Neither are firing, Eriksen I would marginally favour for next weeks game.

      I own both and I'm not satisfied with either!

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  9. Too Mane Men
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Captain Payet...

    My GW hangs in the balance.

    The balance being if he doesn't scored at least 10 points then I'm done for.

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    1. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I think he will.

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  10. buttigieg93
    10 years, 2 months ago

    1)Drop Eriksen or Firmino?
    2)Is Mirallas nailed on?

    Cheers

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  11. tm245
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Sometimes the most straightforward moves are the hardest to make, but no Ibra is going to make this game unbearable. Time to swallow my pride.

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  12. AA
    10 years, 2 months ago

    A) Ibrahimovic + Barkley

    or

    B) Lukaku + Martial.

    Anybody here thinks B will outscore A in the coming few weeks or is it just me?

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    1. Blue Moon Evolution
      10 years, 2 months ago

      A

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    2. TomXI
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Absolutely need Ibra in my opinion. At least over B - lukaku is very unreliable. And I'm a man city fan.

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  13. Every Dog Has Its Day
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hi, is Steklenberg nailed on?

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    1. The Iron Tulip
      10 years, 2 months ago

      For now yes

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  14. The Iron Tulip
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Currently on Zlatan - Kun - Vardy.

    Looking to ship Vardy, nailed it down to 4, who would you go with?

    A) Rooney
    B) Costa
    C) Gray
    D) Negredo

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    1. ChelseaKTBFF
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Have Negredo. Would consider Benteke or just playing 4 4 2

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  15. El-Kloppico
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Bolasie or Mirallas?

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    1. Respect My Authoritah
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Mirallas. But neither tbh

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    2. The Iron Tulip
      10 years, 2 months ago

      B

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  16. Dr Dream
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Try again on the current thread...

    ICT stats for mids for the season so far (top 5)

    Threat

    Tadic 75
    Redmond 73
    Mane 65
    Mahrez 58
    Lala 57

    Creativity

    Tadic 134
    Redmond 78
    Gardener 75
    Routledge 55
    Willian 52

    Tadic with numbers that will rival Payet and Ozil.

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    1. ​
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers Wakes, is Lala Lallana?

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

        He is a tellytubby

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      2. Dr Dream
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Yep...

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        1. ​
          10 years, 2 months ago

          ta

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    2. Podge
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Ooh ta

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    3. Respect My Authoritah
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Agreed. Also very obvious watching the games he will get loads of points. Only issue is Europa and not wanting both him and Redmond while they remain in it

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    4. tm245
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Just need to be patient with him.

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    5. HuttonDressedasLahm
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Those crazy stats aren't really helping Sourhampton though

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      1. Dr Dream
        10 years, 2 months ago

        The worry with him is that Long and Redmond are never gonna be Mane and Pelle...but he'll still do well.

        Patience.

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    6. El-Kloppico
      10 years, 2 months ago

      /ict doesnt bring points to FPL owners..
      if not for his fixtures, he'd go straight to the bin

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      1. Dr Dream
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Really. Did you see the ICT figures for Payet, Eriksen and Ozil last year at various times.

        When they're that high it's not if but when.

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    7. Rusty Nail
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I prefer Redmond and either ozil/payet

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    8. Clump
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks.

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    9. kalmoffit
      10 years, 2 months ago

      The names alone tell how depressing it's been for midfielders.

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      1. Dr Dream
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah. Reality is only those numbers by Tadic would warrant a pick. Ozil and Payet will climb to the top pretty quickly again.

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  17. Blue Moon Evolution
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Guys,Thoughts?

    Current team:

    Foster
    Fuchs Valencia Stones
    Capoue Mahrez Tadic Hazard Redmond
    Aguero Ibra

    Jaku Diamonde Amat Smith

    Intended team WC:

    Foster
    Jagielka Valencia Koscielny
    Hazard Redmond Barkley Tadic
    Aguero Ibra Negredo

    Jaku Capoue Amat Smith

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    1. jkdeclan
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Why would you wildcard? You're only changing 4 starters, and the changes aren't even that dramatic

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    2. TomXI
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Do you really need to wc? Decent side

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  18. Gooner Kebab
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Did Vardy to Ibra last night, thankfully Vardy didn't do anything.

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Before or after deadline?

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      1. Gooner Kebab
        10 years, 2 months ago

        before price rises *phew*

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  19. LAMB TEA
    10 years, 2 months ago

    how good was ozil? i need to replace firmino

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    1. Respect My Authoritah
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Looked sharp. I'm getting him asap

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  20. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Whats the situation with Lukaku? Is he due to start in GW3?

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

      Staying at Everton so should start next week

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  21. dhamphiir
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Re-post
    Best 5.0m or less defender?
    A. Williams
    B. Stones
    C. Morgan
    D. Any other def

    My defence team
    Foster, Heaton
    Valencia, Friend, Amat, Pieters

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    1. Trae44
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Williams or McAuley

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    2. Mark-O
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Holding.

      Don't laugh. I'm serious.

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  22. KingGriffin
    10 years, 2 months ago

    I am going to get rid of Firminho for next week. He hasn't done it yet and don't like the look of upcoming fixtures.
    who should i get with my 8.5m?

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  23. Knallie
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Need to do Oscar -> Hazard for next week, have 2 FT

    Drop Firmino or Vardy to fund the move??

    Firmino; bad fixtures, but wont drop in price
    Vardy: Swansea at home, and want Vardy -> Carrol but preferably GW4, not GW3

    What should I do?

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    1. The Donald
      10 years, 2 months ago

      will firmino not drop in price?

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      1. El-Kloppico
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Vardy first

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  24. Cheeseoid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    10 years, 2 months ago

    @ Toresmagic if he is about. I think I got you on Sportsdeck

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Well done, I gave up once Chelsea conceded and I benched 2 United players 🙁

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

        I don't really know what a good score is on it but IU suspect I have had a good week. Especially when Bellerin gets subbed on

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        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          10 years, 2 months ago

          100+ is decent most weeks. This week closer to 150 with all the clean sheets.

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  25. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
    10 years, 2 months ago

    I'm sorry, but the people on here who are defending Andre Gray because his tweets were from four years ago are absolutely revolting.

    Whether it was four years or four minutes ago, he tweeted that he wanted homosexual people to burn and die. That has absolutely no place in modern football, or football four years ago for that matter. If a tweet was found on a politician's account that stated he wanted all people of an ethnic group or of a specific religious belief to die, would that be okay, just because it was from a while back?

    Don't be daft. Andre Gray will be in trouble.

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    1. MrMaverick
      10 years, 2 months ago

      funny that when you take into account some of joey barton's tweets

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    2. A.T
      10 years, 2 months ago

      I haven't seen anyone defending his tweets

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      1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
        10 years, 2 months ago

        Chenku Pants Down below:

        "Give it a rest it is four years old"

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        1. Chenku╰☆╮
          10 years, 2 months ago

          That is not defending the tweets. You said he will be in trouble and i said that.

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    3. The Donald
      10 years, 2 months ago

      he's not a politician, he just kicks a ball around for money... and 4 years ago and 4 minutes ago are very different scenarios

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    4. the axolotl
      10 years, 2 months ago

      he's a scumbag, but i'm not sure how he can be punished now for something like that.

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    5. Adriano
      10 years, 2 months ago

      But who is to say he hasn't changed. It's been 4 years...

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    6. Chenku╰☆╮
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Lol and pigs will fly. Give it a rest it is four years old. He has been fighting against racism recently and I am sure another apology will be publoshed.

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    7. TomXI
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Absolutely agree - he's in my fantasy team, but I still hope he gets banned.

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  26. BOOM XHAKALACA
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Talk about consistency...last week 20+ points on the bench, this week 20+ points on the bench

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  27. pundit of punts
    10 years, 2 months ago

    How many BAPS for Gray?

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

      Fix just told me 0, but he's on for 1 isn't he?

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    2. Litti10
      10 years, 2 months ago

      1

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    3. Big Col
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 2 months ago

      FPL says 1, but I can't see how he has ended up on 29bps. Had a look at the data in the members area for today and although I'm no expert, from what I can see his bps should be much higher.

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  28. Emiliano Sala
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Valencia or shaw ?

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Whoever you get will score less.

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      1. Captain Blanks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        10 years, 2 months ago

        +1

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  29. Clumsy Sakho
    10 years, 2 months ago

    36 with Negredo to play. Do I need to wildcard this?

    Foster Jakupovic
    Stones Friend Baines Valencia Amat
    Hazard Firmino Lamela Redmond Capoue
    Kun ibra Negredo

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

      Who did you captain?

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      1. Clumsy Sakho
        10 years, 2 months ago

        FIRMINO

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    2. Cok3y5murf
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Definitely not. Transfer maybe

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  30. Cok3y5murf
    10 years, 2 months ago

    Is Hazard essential?

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    1. Podge
      10 years, 2 months ago

      Penos could be very important this year and Costa likes an oul dive

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