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The Dugout Discussion – Arsenal vs Chelsea

24 September 2016 4118 comments
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Saturday’s events draw to a close at the Emirates as two heavyweights collide in the tea-time kick-off.

Arsenal host Antonio Conte’s Chelsea as both sides bid to keep pace with a perfect Manchester City at the top of the table.

The big team news finds Cesc Fabregas back in the Blues line-up following his midweek brace in the EFL Cup – Oscar makes way.

Fantasy managers will be more concerned with the fortunes of Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Alexis Sanchez.

Sanchez heads into the encounter with goals and confidence flowing, although worringly, he has failed to score in his last four league appearances in front of his home fans.

Costa has five goals for the season, notching in four of his five Gameweeks, while Hazard will be looking to break a run of two blanks having been sold by over 350,000 FPL managers ahead of Gameweek 6.

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

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  1. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Holebas in my starting eleven with Koscielny first on the bench.

    Dunno what to hope for.

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    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Koscielny to hold on and Holebas to miss out.

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      1. Numb
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        But I think Holebas will play

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      2. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Holebas will probably start.

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      3. SAY SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        That's what I want!

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  2. bici
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    1.7 ITB
    a) Replace Bolasie with Son
    b) Replace Antonio with Son
    c) Replace Ozil with Sanchez

    I need 0.1 to do B and C. fffffffuuuuuu

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    1. v12w12
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      A for me

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  3. Magic Hamster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Just realised I accidentally captained Ighalo instead of Aguero... Brilliant!

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    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Could be a masterstroke.

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    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Link?

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      1. Cocky Spaniel Alves
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        That's an epic fail, right there.

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    3. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Keep the faith!

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    4. Hi I'm Jose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Ighalo to score at least one, keep faith!

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    5. The Left Duke #3
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      idiot, how do you accidently do something like that

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  4. EmreCan Hustle
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Ibra and Shaw on the verge of major price drops right?

    Who are the main double rise candidates?

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    1. Cocky Spaniel Alves
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      What is a major price drop? 😮

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      1. Cocky Spaniel Alves
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Ahh, misread. Nevermind.

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      2. Heels_Over_Head
        • 12 Years
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        .1

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    2. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Rashford and maybe Sanchez especially if KDB is out for a while

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      1. BbBb
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        This... And Aguero

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  5. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    sorry to ask during the game but ideas on what i should do? initial plan was to WC on friday for gw8 but with kun double, tempted to do it now.

    foster
    valencia stones pieters friend souare
    firmino ozil capoue antonio sterling
    kaku ibra benteke

    A: benteke >> rashford and WC gw8
    B: ibra >> kun and WC8
    C: friend >> holebas...as def is bad for next gw
    D: WC now

    How long is kun price fixed for??

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    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Think you can hold off Wildcarding till GW8 so maybe C

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    2. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      7 days from when the flag was lifted last Wed night

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  6. Greenbackbøøg…
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Could Smith double rise?

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  7. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Keep hazard they said
    He will punish his owners they said

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    1. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      sellers*

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    2. Richd
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      They say a lot.

      I'm only using the Scoutcast, articles and members stats instead of the comments.. it's going well.

      I find I get too easily lead otherwise.

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      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Rank?

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        1. Richd
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          80k

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          1. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Not bad, not bad at all.

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            1. Richd
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Compared to this time last year! That was well over 1mill ..I'm enjoying this season a lot more!

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    3. Podge
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      not what i said, or did

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        This

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    4. Pinky and Brain
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Get Aguero they said
      He will scored they said

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    5. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      45 minutes left they said

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  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Ibra likely to double drop, if not triple?

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Hopefully.

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    2. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah

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    3. Jasoooooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I wouldn't be surprised if he does

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    4. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I think a triple maybe on the cards, there are alot of teams without Aguero and what with Sanchez firing too that's two prime candidates that need funding so Ibra will be the fall guy.

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    5. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Back to 11.5 by next weekend

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  9. Zizou
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    So hard to keep holding on to ibra over Sanchez

    What's the chances of rashford getting games

    Cazorla and ibra to Sanchez and rashford

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      i would do that

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    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      He's playing well enough that anyone with sense would keep starting him. Does Jose have sense though?

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      1. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Well he dropped Rooney, so maybe he does...

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        1. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Hopefully as I have him, but I wouldn't be totally surprised to see Jose throw spanner in the works.

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    3. El Cube
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Thinking of doing this transfer aswell

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    4. Areid13
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      i have ibra and sanchez but still considering doing ibra > rashford on a wc

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    5. Hi I'm Jose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      He could have scored 2 and assisted at least one today, just bad luck and Lingaards fails.

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  10. Dimen
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I asked here to play Pickford or Chech. Why did I listen and play Pickford.

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  11. Norfolk&Chance
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    sorry to ask such a dull question... Collins likely to start tomorrow? (baines)

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  12. fatherted
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Ibra = Firmino....goalfest and no points....

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  13. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    How are Ibra and Hazard keepers feeling now? 😀

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    1. SW6
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Frustrated, but still having a decent GW. Holding for next week for sure anyway

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Makes sense.

        Good fixtures for both.

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    2. Chelsea Dagger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Holding Ibra. Still like him vs. Stoke next week. Kun and Sanchez working for me this week

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    3. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Will keep Hazard all season.Always have 2 chelsea players in my team.It's a rule

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  14. thep025
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Best 4.5 choice now? Holebas?Is he injured?

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    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Minor injury - could start Monday

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  15. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Santi -> Wally worth a FT?

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    1. BbBb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yep probably, if you have nothing else pressing

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  16. Jay_
      9 years, 5 months ago

      ------------------Foster-----------------
      -----Baines(!) Stones Holebas(!)--
      Sanchez Firmino Sterling Antonio
      -------Aguero Lukaku Rashford----
      ------------------------------------------------
      Pickford Capoue Amat Wilson

      0 FT, 1.0m ITB.

      A) Stick
      B) Baines > Bellerin -4
      C) Wilson > Lovren -4

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      1. Badger Badger Mushroom Mush…
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Why would you take -4 for a defender? Crazy move.

        Baines will be back next week.

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        1. Jay_
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Hamstring normally lengthy layoff, plus Arsenal and LIV have the fixtures. Amat is only sub as Wilson don't play.

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      2. Areid13
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Thoughts on this WC team?

        Boruc
        Coleman McAuley Blind
        Alexis Sterling Coutinho Capoue
        Kun Costa Rashford

        Pickford Snoddy/Iwobi Smith Amat

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      3. Assisting the assister
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Anyone else thinking Firmino to Coutinho?

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        1. osceola31909
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Or Lallana.

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        2. Areid13
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          no brainer

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        3. SomewhatPleasing
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          You must get a lot more free T's than I do.

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      4. LeicesterA
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Does anyone else look at other player's teams in their ML and think "wow, you have no idea what you're doing", swiftly followed by "wow, you lucky thing...again!" - just me?

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        1. Badger Badger Mushroom Mush…
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Every week

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        2. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Every week I think my rivals' teams look crap...

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          1. Areid13
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            this

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        3. Richd
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          What kind of players are you considering to be lucky? Capoue?

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          1. LeicesterA
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Double Bournemouth defence strikes me as one.

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        4. Les Bleus
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Yep, every week 😀

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        5. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          My Aunt has Defoe as 3rd sub on her bench....and he's managed to come on!

          Although thankfully she's not that much of a ML rival..this season.

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        6. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          someone in my mini-league getting Joe Allen's goal off his bench cause of Baines injury

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        7. Podge
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          I love that. So many people on here think you have to have A B C and in reality there's loads of ways to play and loads of players to pick, not the template on here. The main reason people on here do well is they play to the end, probably only 300,000 still playing at the end.

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          1. Styles_X
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            This.

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      5. PvA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Live average: 35

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      6. PvA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Score check?

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        1. Richd
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          44..before bonus. Come on Sanchez.

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          1. PvA
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Nice

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            1. Richd
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              What about yourself mate?

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              1. PvA
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                40 pre bps, looking at 47 after bps with 4 (maybe 5 with kaboul) to play

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        2. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          52-4, with Redmond, Heaton and Capoue left to play.

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        3. Chucky
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          No Kun No Score Check 🙁

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        4. The 12th Man
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          57 -8

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        5. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          47 atm post bps

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        6. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          48

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        7. Swan - Villa Proud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          50

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        8. MTPockets
            9 years, 5 months ago

            61

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            1. SomewhatPleasing
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Nice - All out?

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        9. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Studge likely to stay on the bench? Surely Klopp cant drop Coutinho now?

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          1. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Doesn't look like he likes Sturridge.

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          2. Richd
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Klopp is unpredictable I'm afraid.

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          3. Fred54
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Coutinho has a knack of picking small injuries though, so he may be rotated.

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        10. Moin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Is Conte Crying?

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          1. Moin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            his eyes seemed watery in a close up

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          2. PvA
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            No but he is making me want to

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        11. For Fuchs Sake
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Anyone captain Firmino?

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          1. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
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            Yep.

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          2. SomewhatPleasing
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            I thought he was a valid choice, still do.

            Thankfully he was V for me.

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        12. Win'dian
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          What's abt KDB injury. Need someone to get Sanchez in.
          Ibra is another option if not KDB

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        13. Swan - Villa Proud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          How was Lukaku today? Nothing else urgent in my team, so its either Save or sell him for Rashford

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          1. Richd
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            I'd recommend having a poke about the members area mate! Stats wise.

            I didn't see the game.

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          2. ★Kuntheman★
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Could've scored. I'm still holding on him.

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        14. ★Kuntheman★
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Which combo is better?

          A) Ibrahimovic-Snodgrass-Shaw
          B) Rashford-Sanchez-Lovren

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        15. KISSES
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Rashford or Janssen?

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        16. Greenbackbøøg…
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Give me a goodbye gift Hazard

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          1. KISSES
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            You still have him?

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        17. The 12th Man
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Bony > Rashford tonight?

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          1. KISSES
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            100%

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