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Dugout Discussion – Sunderland vs Middlesbrough

21 August 2016 1535 comments
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Gameweek 2 rolls into Sunday with a lunchtime Wear-Tees derby clash.

Sunderland play host to a Middlesbrough side that earned a draw in their opening home encounter with Stoke City on day one. David Moyes’ side also emerged with some credit from their first fixture, losing out to Man City by a narrow 2-1 margin having equalised via a Jermain Defoe goal.

Defoe will once again carry the goal scoring burden for the Black Cats today, who are without Fabio Borini due to a toe injury. Moyes gives home debuts to Donald Love, Paddy McNair and Adnan Januzaj, while Papy Djilobodji earns his full debut at the back.

Aitor Karanka begins to rotate his Boro troops by bringing in Cristhian Stuani for Albert Adomah. Victor Valdes misses out with a training ground knock, opening the way for Brad Guzan to earn his debut in goal.

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

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  1. Swanny18
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    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Should we expect Ramirez coming off early to be a regular occurrence or only if Middlesborough are defending a lead?

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    1. Rolls-Royce
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      9 years, 7 months ago

      Dunno I'm fuming right now thou.

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      1. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
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        This

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        1. SheBangsTheDrums
          • 11 Years
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          I'm shipping!

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    2. Oooof
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      They were getting overrun in midfield by Sunderland.

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  2. In Like Flynn.
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    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    No Payet No Carroll 👿

    Rage transfer time. 😥

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    1. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
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      Stay strong

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    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Good subs? McAuley for me, a fair few Capoue's about

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      1. In Like Flynn.
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
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        3 points for two with Delaney grinning at me from the 3rd sub place WR. 🙁

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    3. Mr. Grv
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      Surely you have capoue

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        Afraid not.

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    4. Chris_H
      • 16 Years
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      I've hit the WC.

      Carroll, Mane, Willian, Kone - not even 11 out this week!

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      1. KingOllie
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        9 years, 7 months ago

        Thats unlucky 🙁

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  3. Pavsboot
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    9 years, 7 months ago

    What do we think?

    McAuley, Mee, Sterling, Redmond, Hazard, Barkley, Negrego vs Friend, Pieters, Ramirez, Alli, Firmino, Martial, Carroll.

    Still unsure whether I want to wildcard. Reckon it'd be more use this week than any other but it means I miss out on the few more weeks I'd ideally have to suss out the options.

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  4. Rolls-Royce
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    9 years, 7 months ago

    Can Holding keep his place in that Arsenal team with no signings yet?

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  5. And we all have legs
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Vardy, Firmino and Alli to Zlatan, Lamela and Coutinho for -4 a no-brainer right?

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      No

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      1. And we all have legs
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Not sure how else to get Zlatan in.

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    2. Pub Crawl to the Townsend
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      9 years, 7 months ago

      Swap Cout to Barkley and then it is

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    3. One Man
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Don't take a 4 point hit on Firmino

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  6. Clifford☯
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    9 years, 7 months ago

    58 points this GW. 27 points on bench. Foster Heaton rotation screwed me up along with Capoue. BTW will i scrape through LMS this week ?

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    1. darthwader
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      This

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  7. Jazz!
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    9 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone not feeling Kun (c) next week?

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    1. Sadio
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      I'm probably capping Costa

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    2. Pub Crawl to the Townsend
      • 11 Years
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      Ibra

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    3. Jamie_GAWA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I just captain whoever is top of the pole, be a dullard and play it safe early on

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    4. Podge
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      One of Kun or Ibra has to blank sooner or later, no doubt when I captain them

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    5. Rich_20
      • 10 Years
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      6-0 incoming

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    6. Clifford☯
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Have You got Ibrahimovic in your team? If yes, it makes the decision more easier.

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    7. Rainer
      • 9 Years
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      100% Kun! Hammers defence is a shambles

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    8. Chris_H
      • 16 Years
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      With West Ham's injuries & indifferent form I feel it even more so

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  8. Gabriel Agbonlahor
    • 14 Years
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    Gw1 = 78 points
    Gw2 = 78 points
    Current OR is 1065 and only have friend on sunday game..how im gonna finish this gw..is it still in top 10k?

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    1. mipola
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      lol

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    2. Mr. Grv
      • 11 Years
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      Good one

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      1. Gabriel Agbonlahor
        • 14 Years
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        Thank mr. grv
        But worried about negredo pva & payet/carroll autosub points

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        1. Fitzy.
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          You got plenty of points, why worry?

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    3. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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      • 14 Years
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      chuff right off

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    4. Rich_20
      • 10 Years
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      Lovely clandestine brag post :p

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    5. Epic Fail
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      Haha

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    6. BERGKOP
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      This is just false humility.

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    7. KingOllie
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Brag now. By xmas you'll be nowhere guaranteed

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  9. jimbobmij
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Best mid for 5.9m or less?

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    1. One Man
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Snodgrass

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  10. Rich_20
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Gray back in for Carroll. What a bloody waste that was. Firmino you get two more weeks, then im down to only one ponytail in my team.

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  11. macca84
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Deulofeu out, in Mirallas?

    Or other?

    Thanks

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    1. Pub Crawl to the Townsend
      • 11 Years
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      The most sideways, like for like transfer ever. Both inconsistent and both just a bit crap really.

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  12. Malcolm Tucker for England …
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    after a poo week i'm left with Adrian and Kouyate to try and save it

    soooo looking forward to this wildcard

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    1. BERGKOP
      • 14 Years
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      Goodluck!

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      1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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        • 14 Years
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        cheers

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  13. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    I backed Boro to beat Sunderland and won 55 euro 😎 .

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    1. Mr. Grv
      • 11 Years
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      i thought you were a millionaire

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      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Now he has 1 million and 55.

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      2. Malcolm Tucker for England …
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        had to put on a mill to win 55 euro.
        sunderland blow

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    2. One Man
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Hats off

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      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 15 Years
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        Cheers 🙂 .

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  14. kalmoffit
    • 12 Years
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    Lineups being kept secret?

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    1. Fitzy.
      • 14 Years
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      No.

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    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
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      Wtf?

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    3. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      out 45 mins

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  15. KingOllie
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    58. Bang average week. Made poor decisions on benching which makes it even more annoying.
    Especially when i see my rivals getting Capoue and Heaton coming on. Where my Alli gets a cameo 🙁

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  16. The Wise Owl
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    9 years, 7 months ago

    Is Valencia -> Shaw too much of a side step? I have 2FT and no real urgency to ship anyone out.

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    1. Jazz!
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      Definitely ...

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    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
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      I'd prefer to have Valencia.

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    3. BERGKOP
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Yes. Post your team

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      1. The Wise Owl
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Jaku / Heaton
        Valencia / Friend / Walker / Amat / Stones
        Firmino / Barkley / Hazard / Capoue / Redmond
        Gray / Ibra / Aguero

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        1. Jazz!
          • 11 Years
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          Gray to Rondon for me. Firmino out another one to ponder?

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          1. The Wise Owl
            • 10 Years
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            Interesting, thanks Jazz.

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          2. BERGKOP
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Yeah I like this. Gray to Rondon.

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    4. Tomerick
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      The very definition of a side step. Guaranteed the second you do this Valencia will get an assist/outscore shaw in some way.

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  17. Bøwstring The Carp
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    9 years, 7 months ago

    Not ashamed to admit I got everything totally wrong this week

    - Really believed Southampton would put it up to United. Played Redmond, benched Valencia and instead played Evans (0).
    - Thought Stoke would have proved a problem for City, and thought Liverpool would have dominated Burnley. Firmino (c) instead of Aguero 🙄
    - Jakupovic (2) benched over Foster (2)

    Lesson learned 😕

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    1. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Jakupovic 7*

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    2. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
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      🙁

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      1. Bøwstring The Carp
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I did warn everyone I'd be back to being garbage by GW2 😕

        2 FTs, think I'll be taking Firmino out

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    3. KingOllie
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Luke shaw on my bench is killing me. Redmond got into my head 🙁

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    4. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      i kept faith w/kane and vardy rather than bite the bullet for ibra.

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    5. KingOllie
      • 10 Years
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      The only poor choice here was the captain one. The others wernt that bad

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    6. Rich_20
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      Ul I made a few errors myself. On another day firmino coukd have gotten you 26+. Carroll in for Gray seems so silly in hindsight :(.

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    7. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
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      My week was just as bad 🙁

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    8. Nabs Kebabs
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Jaku over Foster is a captain hindsight move. No lesson to be learnt there.

      Firmino wasn't a bad captain pick imo, Livp just didn't turn up on the day, who would've predicted a Burnley CS?

      I think it was the right move to play Redmond. A midfielder playing as a striker has a huge ceiling.

      Should've played Valencia over Evans though.

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    9. Jamie_GAWA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Still reckon you can get a top 1k rank?

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      1. Bøwstring The Carp
        • 14 Years
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        Will be very tough, but anything's possible this early on

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        1. Jamie_GAWA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Any advice?

          Off to a bad start myself

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    10. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Thought I was godlike with 39 points off two players prior to 3 pm yesterday. After that apart from a totally jammy 10 points due to a knackered keeper I got absolutely zilch. 63 points ought to be a good haul but I'm cursing myself.

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  18. Oooof
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    9 years, 7 months ago

    I'm winning my cash league h2h unless Antonio gets 25 points.

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    1. Oooof
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      Hurray for me!

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      1. Mr. Grv
        • 11 Years
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        You jinxed it

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  19. HVT
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    • 15 Years
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    How nailed is Love?

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    1. Oooof
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Played poorly imo.

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      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Ok but is he nailed? Is Jones (i) a threat?

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  20. RonnayBarkay
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    How long is Payet out for?

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  21. Rolls-Royce
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    3 pts from Friend & Ramirez.

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    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
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      Who cares..

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  22. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Please help me choose a transfer for this week:

    1 - Firmino to Barkley
    2 - Ramirez to bolasie
    3 - Kone to williams

    thanks!

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    1. Oooof
      • 10 Years
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      3. Definitely

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    2. HVT
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      2 imo

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    3. Pub Crawl to the Townsend
      • 11 Years
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      1

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  23. Would an idiot do that?
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    Swapped Mane for Payet lol

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    1. The Wise Owl
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      Your name reflects your decision perfectly 😆

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    2. Mr. Grv
      • 11 Years
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      Your name makes sense .

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  24. 2EyedTurk
    • 10 Years
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    Special thanks to Fischer, 2 weeks, 2 no-shows, 2 Capoues off the bench! But now it's time to go sorry 🙂
    Was planning Ramirez, but may go Redmond maybe??

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  25. Rainer
    • 9 Years
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    Up Tipp!

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  26. KingOllie
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    The guy who finished 9th in our 10 man league last season and consistently bad is now ranked 500th in the world. Start of the season is crazy

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    1. Shifty
      • 12 Years
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      I don't see how the start of this season has been 'crazy'.

      Very normal - just a matter of whether you started with Ibra + Kun and who your 3rd striker was.

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  27. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
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    Gonna punt on that new Arsenal Kid.

    Holding.

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    1. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
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      He was solid.

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  28. Would an idiot do that?
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    Surely every stadium should have the same size pitch no?

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    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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      • 14 Years
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      no. there are max and min limits set

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  29. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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    • 14 Years
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    Anyone actually playing the Dugout draft game.
    My division has started and my first 4 games are vs managers with no players selected..

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
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      Yeah, only 3 of us playing in my division. Bit pointless.

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  30. lucasleiva7
    • 9 Years
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    Best Midfielders for 5.5? Wanna get rid of downing, already have alexis, coutinho and lamela

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    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
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      Still Gash ton

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    2. Worsle90
      • 9 Years
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      Snodgrass

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      1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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        • 14 Years
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        ^ not this.

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        1. Andy_Social
          • 13 Years
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          Drinkie

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