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Dugout Discussion – Man United vs West Ham

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After Spurs breezed past Newcastle at St James’ Park, Manchester United entertain West Ham United in the final match of Gameweek 1.

The Red Devils’ summer signing Romelu Lukaku is heavily backed for this one, having scored in nine of his last 10 appearances against the Hammers in all competitions for Everton.

The most captained player (28%) in the Gameweek, he was also number one contender in our Captain Poll, earning 38% of the votes.

While Harry Kane proved a bitter disappointment with a one-point return against the Magpies, Lukaku’s response will be eagerly anticipated after a host of premium strikers hit the net over the last two days.

With the likes of Alexandre Lacazette, Sergio Aguero, Alvaro Morata, Roberto Firmino and Jamie Vardy all impressing, there’s no shortage of in-form big-hitters for out three-man frontlines right now.

Three goals and as many assists over pre-season suggests that Henrikh Mkhitaryan could stake a claim for midfield consideration, though the Armenian has been mainly overlooked – he’s owned by 7% to team-mate Paul Pogba’s 21%.

For the Hammers, a big display from former United man Javier Hernandez could have an impact on the overall standings –sitting in 21% of squads, he’s the fourth most popular forward in the game.

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  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Imagine Utd sign Perisic as well. Damn that is a good squad.

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    1. InSaneMan-e
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Other than City, Utd have the strongest squad in the league

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  2. Waxys
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Annoying we've had EPL fantasy since 2006 and they still don't have decent servers .

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    1. Eze Really?
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      THIS^^^^^

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    2. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Mark created a beast.. But Accenture and IBM can't seem to tame it..

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    3. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Is that when it started? Always wondered. I was probably casual from season 1 then. Though did delete my account mid way through in anger one season

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      1. FlockofSeagulls
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        If you ever want to delete your account again email me. I can help. 😉

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    4. KingCurlyFries
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      its so frustrating ..... mark needs to have a word with the game makers

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  3. Waxys
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    I love Mkhitarian at CAM

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    1. Eze Really?
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      this^ Almost perfect for me with Kaku Mikhi and Jones

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  4. trustmeimpurple
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Opinions on kachunga? Huddersfields top scorer and midfielder on fpl...

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

      Rather Mounie.

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      1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        How has your week gone TM?

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

          69 so good for me 😆

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          1. Dreams
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            The ultimate number. 🙂

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          2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
            • 12 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Mkhi and Lukaku saved my gameweek somewhat. A case of what might have been with Kane and Jesus

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    2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Rather have Mooy or Ince

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      1. trustmeimpurple
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Even though kachunga plays as a striker?

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        1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          I wouldn't really want any tbh as TM said I would get Mounie if I was going to buy anyone

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  5. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    2 guys I really wanna beat in my private league.

    1 of them captained Cahill (-6)
    The other TRIPLE captained Kane (3)

    I captained Lukaku

    Hilarious

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    1. DR0GBA
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Well you've already won your PL

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    2. Football Weekender
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      If they're the sort of managers who use their triple captain on the first day then you've probably beaten them before a ball has been kicked.

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    3. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I guess they are Donkey King then?

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      1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        *kong

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    4. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Your league is terrible

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      1. Lucackadoodledoo
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Work league. 10er a head. No complaining here about those sort of choices by opponents. ;););)

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    5. aluigi76
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      LMAO

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  6. RangerMouse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Foster - Elliot
    Stones - Stephens - Ake - Suttner - Rangel
    KDB - Salah - Zaha - Redmond - Carroll
    Kane - Jesus - Gabi

    After that game I need Man U cover. I have 0.5ITB with 1 FT, what can I do?

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    1. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Wait a week, see what happens, then you have 2fts to work with and more information.

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    2. Lovejoy
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Zaha+Redmond -> Mkhi/Pogba + 5.5 (Gross/JWP?)

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      1. Lovejoy
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        I would wait though

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    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Gabbiadini to Mounie and Zaha to Pogba

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  7. Tim Canterbury
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Clean sweep from my defence. Foster, Valencia, Danilo, Stephens. Can count on one hand the number of times that's happened in the past

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    1. Punter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Same with DDG, Danilo, Kola and Stephens. Blew it further up the field with some last minute changes (captaining Kane instead of Kaku, swapping Firm for Gabbi, bringing in KDB instead of Mkhitaryan and getting on Iwobi after the spot the differential article) can't help tinkering sometimes! Would have been quite a week if I'd left it alone

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  8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    time to panic, only 37 gameweeks left

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  9. Sims
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Only 55 with mounie and lukaku

    Shambles

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    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Chill. Ml's are not won until gw38.

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  10. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    I see the FPL site is updating with 4 million playing their wildcards

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    1. Kane-harry Island
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      You totally failed today though

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  11. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Feel like everyone has had an above average start to the season. Question is are people sticking with the current teams performing, or looking for the early price rises and bandwagons.

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    1. Rash
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Sticking unless Zaha confirmed out

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    2. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Speak for yourself pal

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    3. Pigeon
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Above average? Rubbish start for everyone

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      1. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Really? it seems like everyone has scored 55+ points?

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        1. Pigeon
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Because Lukaku got points

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        2. Swanremainsthesame
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Everyone who comes to crow that they got lucky anyway.

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  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    What do we reckon for BAPs?

    Lukaku - 3
    Mkhi - 2
    Martial - 1

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    1. Eze Really?
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I hope Jones not martial.

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    2. Keno
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Lukakui/Mkhi/Pogba

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      1. Keno
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        http://anewpla.net/fpl/live/

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    3. T C
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Pogba instead of Martial.

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      1. Sánchez
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Really. Good stuff. 9 from him ok for 8.0

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    4. Diva
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Pogba was on for the 1 when FPL went down.

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    5. The Wise Owl
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      It was Lukaku 3, Mkhi 2, Pogba 1 earlier

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    6. InSaneMan-e
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Or Pogba for the 1

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  13. Football Heaven
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Do I swap Kane for lukaku

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    1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      No, find another way to get him in.

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      1. Football Heaven
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        I'd have to get rid of Jesus or play my WC and I don't want to do that

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  14. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    ah sucks when they turn the stream off I like american tv 🙂

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  15. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Would love to know what average is because everyone on here seems to have scored well

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

      It was 52 at 2-0.

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    2. Pigeon
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Because they had Lukaku captained maybe?

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  16. Superflymonk
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Hehehe... Let's all have a moment of silence to remember those brave Kane captainers who unselfishly lowered their ranks for us non kane owners.

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    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Nothing brave about captaining a player with 3 seasons over 20 goals against a newly promoted side

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    2. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      This.. And also won the golden boot last season. Keep faith

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  17. the snazzy viking
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Half of my points this GW came from the Man Utd v West Ham match

    On this website it's about a below average score, but considering I was on 31 points before the match, I'm chuffed !

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  18. Yankee Toffee
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Will Phil Jones continue to start?

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    1. Pigeon
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I'd say so, played very well

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    2. The Wise Owl
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I hope so, great prospect now, though Lindelof and Smalling are waiting

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  19. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Personally think West Ham buy the wrong type of player. Should be buying hungry youngsters from the Championship and European leagues. Instead they buy mercenaries who are out for themselves (Hernandez, Arnie, Fonte, Zabaleta, Hart etc.).

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    1. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Good point

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    2. Exdeo
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      agree

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    3. Swanremainsthesame
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Strange last year everyone was saying they had to stop buying inexperienced Championship & European league players, get some with PL experience.

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    4. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Experienced proven players. What makes them mercenaries?

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  20. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Save ft right

    Heaton
    Walker, Bertrand, Daniels, Moreno
    Mane, Salah, Mkhi, Ritchie
    Aguero, Lukaku

    Elliot, Quaner, Dann, Carrol

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    1. ahak9
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      save

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  21. ahak9
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    82 pre baps hehe

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  22. Salarrivederci
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    FoRster (6)
    Valencia (5) - Walker (6) - Bertrand (8)
    KDB (3) - Wijnaldum (2) - Willian (6) - Zaha (2)
    Mounie (12) - Lacazette (6) - Lukaku (26 with BPS)

    Bench: Elliot - Mee - Löwe - Carroll

    If Zaha is injured i might get Ramsey. But i want to play Mee next week also 😀

    82 points and I am happy with my team for the next couple of weeks.

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    1. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I had the same midfield and it was quite disappointing

      Great forward picks by the way, you could build up some of your TV there

      Save the FT

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      1. Salarrivederci
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Ye they did not deliver! Maybe next week 😉

        I am saving the FT if Zaha is not injured. Otherwise i'll ship him away before he drops.

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  23. Football Heaven
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone for son vs chelsea

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    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Thinking on it. The question is...will he start?

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    2. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Obsessed buy Son, do you know something we don't? He didn't even start today. Is Sissoko properly injured?

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  24. GMBC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Alternatives to zaha for 7.0 or under? Dont wanna change rest of my team

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  25. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    53 is too much low ?

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    1. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      It's bang on the Overall average

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  26. Own Goal
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Xhaka price rise incoming, according to; http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/

    Already on 104%

    All aboard the bandwagon. Queue on the right.

    Queue on the left for Lukaku, if you're alighting the Kane wagon.

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    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I will take the exit thanks

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    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      That Xhaka wagon will derail very soon

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        No, it won't. 🙂

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        1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          I will politely beg to differ 🙂

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    3. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      will quickly plummet after his RC

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  27. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Which one?
    1. KDB,Zaha > Salah,Miki -4
    2. Richie,Zaha > Atsu,Miki -4

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  28. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    How bad is 53 this week.
    A.extremely
    B.Very
    C.Quite
    D.Not too.

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    1. Pigeon
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Does it really matter what score you get, its all guessing for gw1

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    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Above average.

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    3. FantasyNik123
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      B-C. Probs C.

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    4. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      i got 40 🙁

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  29. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone ever made a team solely for high TV, just transferring every night of the week? What's the highest ever got to?

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  30. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Quite looking forward to Kane (c) against chelski. Goals goals goals me thinks.

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    1. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      It's a nice idea, but worth the risk against kaku Vs Swansea?

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    2. Pigeon
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Thats what I'm doing too, he got unlucky today

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