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14 October 2017 2526 comments
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Saturday’s action comes to a conclusion at Vicarage Road as Watford entertain Arsenal in the 5.30pm kick-off.

We have a chance to scout budget midfielder Richarlison as the fixtures fall in the Hornets’ favour from Gameweek 10.

The Brazilian has bagged three goals and two assists already, though has yet to find the net in front of his own supporters.

For the Gunners, there’s no Alexis Sanchez or Aaron Ramsey, while Mesut Ozil only warms the bench.

Alex Iwobi – at just 5.1 – earns a third start in four Gameweeks in light of his strike against Brighton last time out.

Meanwhile, Alexandre Lacazette, the fourth top captain choice for this round of fixtures, looks to break his away drought, with all four of the Frenchman’s goals arriving at the Emirates.

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  1. istanbul05
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Thoughts on who to get rid of with £1.6m ITB?

    Fabianski,
    Kolasinac, Davies, Jones, Naughton,
    Eriksen, Salah, Ritchie,
    Kane, Jesus, Vardy.

    Elliot, King, RLC, Mbemba,

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    1. Chris_White
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Ritchie to Sterling? Wait until the CL game, of course

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      1. Chris_White
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Oops, somehow thought Ritchie was 6.5

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        1. Gareth M
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          9 years, 19 days ago

          Upgrade Mbemba for a stronger defence if you’re going to play 4-3-3 most weeks?

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  2. Davido989
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Watching the City game. This is beautiful football.

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    1. Chris_White
      9 years, 19 days ago

      De Bruyne is toying with the rest of the PL atm

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    2. Optimus.
      9 years, 19 days ago

      This, the Tom Carroll assist was beautiful

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    3. Pochecinno
      9 years, 19 days ago

      It wasn't a game. It was attacking practice.

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  3. Rik Waller
    9 years, 19 days ago

    What's the punishment for a dive if spotted by the ref? Is it still a yellow? If so, then why is it a 2 match ban if caught out with retrospective viewing? Doesn't seem to make sense to me. Seems like a player gets punished more if the ref makes a mistake. Have I understood it right?

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    1. GertJan
      9 years, 19 days ago

      http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/may/18/fa-to-punish-simulation-retrospectively-180517

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      1. Rik Waller
        9 years, 19 days ago

        So it's there as a deterrent.

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    2. THE Wild Rover
      9 years, 19 days ago

      |The ban only comes in if it results in a penalty or a red card for the opponent. If the ref spots it then there are no repercussions

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      1. Rik Waller
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Why is it not a red card if the red spots it in the game?

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        1. THE Wild Rover
          9 years, 19 days ago

          It should be but I don't make the rules 😉

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          1. THE Wild Rover
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Of course you then get the problem of replays showing that it wasn't a dive

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            1. Rik Waller
              9 years, 19 days ago

              I suppose it's hard for a ref to be 100% sure to give a red. So this way, there's punishment for the player in both cases. Hopefully it stops the cheaters swan-diving anyway

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  4. G-Whizz
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    9 years, 19 days ago

    Whatchya got for me Barca?

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    1. G-Whizz
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      Sky would be fuming if they could see me watching this from my betting account 😆

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  5. banskt
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Torn between 2 options.

    A) Firmino > Abraham + funds for upgrading my midfielders in the coming weeks.
    B) Firmino > Vardy

    Others are Kane / Jesus / Eriksen / Mkhi / Gross / Ritchie / Carroll

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    1. General_Zod
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      Vardy.

      too much spent on def if u cant upgrade Ritch or Gross to city.

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      1. banskt
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Thanks.

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  6. The Mighty Hippo
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    9 years, 19 days ago

    Silva or Sterling?

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    1. Chris_White
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Silva

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    2. arndff_
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Sterling... Wish I had bought him. 🙂

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    3. My Name Is Prince
      9 years, 19 days ago

      I bought Silva instead of Sterling because of the safe minutes factor... Sterling's played a lot lately though, and when he plays he's a lot better pick than Silva tbf...

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  7. TorresMagic™
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    9 years, 19 days ago

    Ghost Ship Team

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/531200/event/8

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    1. Pompel
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      Kane(c), no City, Tarrol 3rd sub .... 😐

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        9 years, 19 days ago

        http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/10/10/all-at-sea-the-ghost-ship-team-challenge/

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    2. Aston-villain
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Looks like he will be leaving the game forever then

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    3. Magic Box
      9 years, 19 days ago

      2nd in Afghanistan!

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  8. arndff_
    9 years, 19 days ago

    DSilva to Sterling is a non-sense, right?

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    1. MTPockets
      9 years, 19 days ago

      It is before CL game.

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  9. Positive vibes
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Hi, one more time, which one is better?
    A. Alonso, D Silva, Lukaku, Joselu
    B. Stones/Ota, Richarlison, Morata, de Jesus
    Thanks.

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  10. Deulofail
    9 years, 19 days ago

    I've enjoyed a rollercoaster ride with my midfield this season, missing out on KDB's points and plenty of autosubs. Who should I get to plug the whole this coming week (2FTs)?

    GW1: KDG RLC
    GW2: KDB Iwobi
    GW3: KDB Chalobah Carroll
    GW4: Mkhi Carroll
    GW5: Mkhi RLC Chalobah
    GW6: Mkhi Carroll Cork
    GW7: Sanchez Carroll
    GW8: Carroll Cork
    GW9: ???

    A) Zaha + 9.7 mid
    B) Richarlison + 10.2 mid

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      Might need to wait for news.

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      1. Deulofail
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Of course, but I'm going to have a busy week, so I want to put some thought into it now. That'll help make a more informed and efficient decision on Friday, which is important because people don't always know how much time they'll have a wee in advance 😛

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          9 years, 19 days ago

          One injury changes things.

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          1. Deulofail
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Why are you even here if we can't talk FPL until Friday? So frustrating

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            1. Rik Waller
              9 years, 19 days ago

              Haha

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    2. Deulofail
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Opinions/rationales are greatly appreciated 🙂

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    3. arndff_
      9 years, 19 days ago

      A

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    4. Deulofail
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Plug the hole*

      smh

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  11. Chris_White
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Captaincy next week will be interesting

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    1. Davido989
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Sterling.

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      1. Chris_White
        9 years, 19 days ago

        If he starts in the CL, that will be a huge risk

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    2. GertJan
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Lukaku the stand-out pick away at Huddersfield.

      Salah could have scored again today, so he's an option for me.

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    3. F4L
      9 years, 19 days ago

      easy. Kane

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  12. trimmtrabb
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    9 years, 19 days ago

    if you were on a wildcard which City 3 would you want? Is 433 here to stay I wonder or could they be 352 again soon?

    A look at the options:

    1. Aguero - captaincy potential but if Pep sticks with 433 could be sharing minutes with Jesus
    2. Silva - seems most nailed on and should keep chipping in either formation.
    3. Sane - in amazing form but where does he fit in if Pep wants Jesus and Aguero up front together
    4. Sterling - see above
    5. Jesus - fantastic mins to goal record and possibly the no.1 striker in a 433
    6. KDB - nailed on and tipping away with points but overpriced

    Couldn't really argue iwth anyone who had any of those 6 in their team but picking the right 3 very difficult

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    1. Harper_
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      1, 2 & 4

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    2. Pompel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      9 years, 19 days ago

      I'll be looking at tripling up in attack. Looking at either

      A) Agüero + Jesus + Sterling
      B) Sterling + Silva + one of Agüero/Jesus

      Have Otamendi, but thinki he'll have to go.

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  13. Aston-villain
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Who will miss out on gametime when Aguero returns??

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    1. Chris_White
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Sane/Jesus/Sterling

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    2. the axolotl
      9 years, 19 days ago

      impossible to say i think, which is why a lot of people may be avoiding some city players. sane/jesus/sterling could all lose out for kun

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      1. trimmtrabb
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        9 years, 19 days ago

        avoiding doesn't make sense.. get 3 and 2 should play at least and youstill should get plenty of points

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        1. Aston-villain
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Interesting strategy...im just gonna get sterling after cl match (got silva, jesus), and see how it goes.

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        2. the axolotl
          9 years, 19 days ago

          yeah i'd agree, but i've seen even FFS Mark saying he doesn't want kun because of the non-nailedness. saw a team in one of my leagues with 3 city mids which is also an option, and is paying off at the moment

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    3. Fred54
      9 years, 19 days ago

      ------------Fernandinho-----------
      ----------KDB----------Silva----------
      Sterling/Jesus----Aguero----Sane/Jesus

      in the 433, and

      --Fernandinho--------
      ---------------Silva
      ----KDB--------
      Jesus----Aguero

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  14. the axolotl
    9 years, 19 days ago

    check out 6th in the world;

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/1838103/event/8

    with such stars as ramsdale, pogba, watson, hunnemaier, rangel 🙂

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      -28 = bye bye.

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      1. Deulofail
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Still beat me today

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      2. the axolotl
        9 years, 19 days ago

        hah yeah. figured that was a WC mishap, but she'd already played that 🙂

        funny tho, when we make all this effort and we're miles behind that team

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    2. Harper_
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      She was 6th in the world and completely threw it away by taking a -28 hit and drafting in players like Ramsdale and Souttar. Disgraceful.

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      1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
        9 years, 19 days ago

        something weird anyway, within 2 minutes they transferred in and then back out firmino for morata. Maybe someone went on their acc or something

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    3. THE Wild Rover
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Check out -28 this week

      Tell Laura I love her 😉

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    4. MTPockets
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Weird 28pt hit.

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    5. G-Whizz
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      Maybe they're playing the value game not the points one?

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      1. THE Wild Rover
        9 years, 19 days ago

        When you are OR1 after wk 6?

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        1. G-Whizz
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          9 years, 19 days ago

          Feck knows WR, I can't account for another managers decisions on how to play this game, just seemed logical if taking a hit like that with those players that have been brought in...

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    6. Pierce34
      9 years, 19 days ago

      I don't get it - what's her deal with that team?

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    7. Lyonnais
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Probably quitted because the pressure got too much 😀

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    8. Aston-villain
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Madness

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    9. Son is Rising
      9 years, 19 days ago

      And a 28 point hit this week 😯

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    10. Rash
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Wow wtf

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    11. aarrgghh
      9 years, 19 days ago

      somebody must had been messing with her team

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  15. Unimaginative
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Can someone point me to who the best rotating teams are for budget defenders please?

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    1. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      Here are some:

      BRI/NEW: EVE 79 CPL 222 SOU 27 BOU 193 STK 178 WAT 250 CPL 213 LIV -138 LEI 236 EVE 88 BUR 219 WAT 241 - 8 light blues
      OR:
      NEW/BOU: sou 4 CPL 222 bur 15 BOU 193 HUD 198 WAT 250 BUR 215 SOU 23 LEI 236 EVE 88 LIV -142 whm 100 WHM 103 - 6 light blues
      OR:
      BUR/NEW: WHM 60 CPL 222 bur15 BOU 193 SWA 188 WAT 250 wha -47 lei -185 LEI 236 STK 131 bri -219 whm 100 - 5 light blues
      OR:
      SWA/NEW: HUD 27 CPL 222 BUR 15 BOU 193 bur-188 WAT 250 wha -47 stk -159 LEI 236 EVE 88 ars -304 whm 100 - 4 light blues

      (My ticker)

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      1. Aston-villain
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Nice

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    2. XabiAlonso
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Burnley Newcastle Bournemouth with one expensive def to play each week is what I'm on

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  16. Jairzinho
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    9 years, 19 days ago

    How is Morata up to -90 on FPL statistics, from well under -100 earlier today?

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      150K sold today.

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    2. Chris_White
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Wildcards

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  17. JAC THE CAT
    9 years, 19 days ago

    0.5 ITB and 1 FT

    Fabianski
    Alonso - Bertrand - Cresswell
    Alli - Sterling - Ritchie - Knockaert
    Kane - Jesus - Firmino

    Elliott - Lowe - Dunk - Chalobah

    Thinking...

    A, Knockaert -> Choupo-Moting
    B, Firmino -> Vardy
    C, Alli -> ???

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  18. beetlejuice
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Elliot
    Alonso | Davies | Jones | Mee
    Mkhi | Sterling | Ritchie
    Kaku | Kane | Jesus

    Krul | Caroll | Atsu | Rosenior

    0.1 ITB 1 FT

    Any recommendations for next week?
    Will probably WC in GW 10

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    1. Corrine M
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Very similar team to mine. I'm looking at rowing Mikh out, maybe looking at Richarlison if no repercussions... save some cash

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      1. Corrine M
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Oh and looks like he's falling tonight

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      2. beetlejuice
        9 years, 19 days ago

        I can afford 1 fall. Richarlison is #1 in my radar.
        Thanks mate.

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    2. arndff_
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Save

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      1. beetlejuice
        9 years, 19 days ago

        But if I WC the week after, then I would waste my 1 FT. Or not?

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  19. PlayPercentage
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Watford have signed a really good manager.
    Marco Silva nearly performed a miracle at Hull last season, and his Watford team look pretty solid this season.

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  20. Magic Bean
    9 years, 19 days ago

    I've always based my fantasy team around coverage. My reasoning for this over the seasons is that in general I tend to do quite well every week but never amazing or awful. It looks like City's attacking threat (and to a lesser extent Spurs) are finally going to punish these type of players. With that in mind, I might have to start switching up my game. Any coverage players out there thinking the same?

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    1. Fred54
      9 years, 19 days ago

      There is no such thing as coverage IMO. Your player(s) from a particular team scores points or they don't. End of.

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  21. F4L
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Dybala missing pens for fun in the 90 minute

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  22. G-Whizz
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    9 years, 19 days ago

    Atletico all over Barca

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  23. aarrgghh
    9 years, 19 days ago

    sometimes things just go sideways https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/610145/event/8

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    1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Unfortunate

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    2. G-Whizz
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      Absolutely speechless

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    3. Yozzer
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Is that yours? Unlucky mate:-(

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      1. aarrgghh
        9 years, 19 days ago

        luckily not mine.

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    4. grumpyman
      9 years, 19 days ago

      The team isn't even that bad. Christ this can be a cruel game.

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    5. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Holy crap...

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    6. John t penguin
      9 years, 19 days ago

      We transfers didn't look worth it on paper anyway

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  24. Corrine M
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Where do you see how much you bought someone for?

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    1. Unbowed Unbent N'Golo
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Transfer page, list view

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      1. Corrine M
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Ah thanks

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  25. Unbowed Unbent N'Golo
    9 years, 19 days ago

    What happened to Wimmer today?
    Am I right in thinking he's a decent budget man with those upcoming fixtures?

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    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Hauled off at HT ain't good...

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    2. Unbowed Unbent N'Golo
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Or is Cameron the better 4.4 Stoke option? OOP in CM also.

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  26. Ode
    9 years, 19 days ago

    I see quite a few people getting rid of Kane now. I believe Kane could easily haul next week.

    I don't think the problem is just Wembley, it's who Spurs have faced at Wembley. All the teams they have played there in the PL have parked the bus against them, and Spurs seem to really struggle to break through those teams when there are 7-8 players sitting in the box. It was not too long ago when Spurs beat Dortmund there - a team that always has an attacking approach

    Liverpool has a really attacking style of play and I think that they could be punished

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    1. F4L
      9 years, 19 days ago

      he's my captain next week IF Davies and Dembele are declared fit

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    2. _figu
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      Good point. But still not trusting him with the arm bad. If he scored big great, might consider it for next home game.

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    3. THE Wild Rover
      9 years, 19 days ago

      People forget that Kane also scored twice in the Dortmund game AT WEMBLEY

      Just decide whether to own or not to own and stop faffing around

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      1. BROOKLYN GOONER
        9 years, 19 days ago

        The only faffing is to be sure that Kun and/or Morata are fit. If so, will faff Kane right out of my squad, maybe for rest of season. Is good, but maybe not good enough with the cheaper options available.

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    4. G-Whizz
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      9 years, 19 days ago

      No Davies can't have helped...

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    5. the axolotl
      9 years, 19 days ago

      this is a good point

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  27. sham99
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Have 2FT

    A) salah/Ramsey > Silva/sterling
    Or
    B) kaku/Ramsey>Jesus/Silva (or sterling)

    Cheers!

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    1. Teror
      9 years, 19 days ago

      A

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  28. G-Whizz
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    9 years, 19 days ago

    Messi FK hits bar/crossbar

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  29. Big_Andy_GAWA
    9 years, 19 days ago

    63 with Baines and Vardy to go. Half wish I'd gone with Oka instead of Vardy so to free up funds, though...

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  30. Teror
    9 years, 19 days ago

    I own Monreal but I'm not gutted about losing CS points when I see these petulant man children having meltdowns on Arsenal Fan TV

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYAiEGZK_o

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