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Feature July 26

FPL community reacts to release of ‘Wasting Your Wildcard’ book

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Fantasy Football managers have already been enjoying the words that can be found in the latest book ‘Wasting Your Wildcard’.

Written by regular site contributor David Wardale and fully endorsed by Fantasy Football Scout, it was released today and is available to purchase with Waterstones.

Published by Penguin’s respected sports imprint, Yellow Jersey Press, it is packed with hints and tips from some of the best Fantasy managers out there – and it’s already garnering high praise.

This is what you had to say in the comments section of our website:

Saint Steve-O: “Received my copy of ‘Wasting your wildcard’ yesterday, after reading opening couple of pages, I know I’m in for a good read.”

Nice to Finally Michu: “Heading to Waterstones on my lunchbreak today to pick it up, can’t wait to read! Congrats to all who contributed!”

AlbrightonDKnight: “Birthdays or Christmas sorted!!”

Snazzy Viking: “Great news. I will give it a read the moment it comes to my doorstep 😉”

raoulduke71: “My copy of wasting your wildcard arrived a few days ago, great job guys!”

We’ve also had a look at social media to see how it’s been received so far.

Have you got your copy yet? If so, let us know what you thought of the book in the comments below!

Order ‘Wasting Your Wildcard’ with Waterstones HERE.

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637 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Fred the Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Top 5 city picks (regardless of position)?

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    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      And regardless of cost

      Ederson
      Mendy
      KDB
      Sane
      Mahrez

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      1. Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Yes Kun is not in the list 🙂

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      2. Bilbao Baggins
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Regardless of cost? I'd take Aguero at 5.5 mil 😉

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    2. Dybala10
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Ederson
      Aguero
      Mahrez
      Sane
      KDB

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    3. Alexis Nonsense
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Would say Sane is above KdB if he starts enough

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    4. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      D Silva
      Aguero
      Mahrez
      Sterling
      Sané no order

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  2. jai1212
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    A. Tosun
    B. Arnie
    C. Wood

    1. Jota
    2. Richarlison

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    1. The Wanton Trader
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      B1 I reckon.

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      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        B2

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    2. statenisland
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      B1

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

      C 2

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    4. Dybala10
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      B2

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

      C2

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  3. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Tragically bottomed

    Just got in from work and have seen that arsenal played laca through the middle with auba wide in today’s friendly.

    Auba owners what do we think about this - Sticking? Considering switching to laca or Aguero?

    Been very happy with auba in my team till this news. We surely want our 11m forward to be playing as near the goal as possible.. Would love to hear thoughts on this as I’m now a tad confused. Cheers

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

      Replied on last page

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      1. Knowledgeable meerkat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Just seen, thanks.

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    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Auba always cuts in off the wing anyway.

      I honestly don’t think it makes a difference with how often the Arsenal attackers interchange positions during a game. They are very fluid.

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      1. Knowledgeable meerkat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Okay useful to know, cheers. Issue is that this news has changed auba from a dead set in my team to more of a “wait and see”

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    3. SC not pearls before swine
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I still like him. He's really the only premium striker who you can feel really confident in playing 90 minutes every week for the first month or so and inverted wingers/second strikers can pile up the goals, depending on the player and the team. Maybe Lacazette will prove to be better value or Aguero will come out like gangbusters, but I find it hard to look past Aubameyang.

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  4. Fantasy Gold
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Anybody else getting taken to the top of the article every time they post?

    It’s reaaaaaally annoying.

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

      O/

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    2. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Conveniently to a picture of the book every time .

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    3. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah my phone is doing this too

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      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Grrrrrrr

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    4. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Its because of all those images being loaded from twitter

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      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah, I think Epic moaned about it earlier.

        I guess it’s a necessary evil.

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

          Necessary how?

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

            Because FFS must be being paid to promote the book

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  5. RomeluStormzy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    I currently have no players from Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs and Man U.

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

      same

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

        Man U, Spurs, all lacking key players - Arsenal have two tough fixtures and Chelsea is just a bit of a mess with whose staying and whose playing

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    2. Knowledgeable meerkat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No problem with prioritising pool and city, especially at the start

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

      Have Eriksen and Mikhi.

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    4. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Same. Haven't signed up yet.

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  6. Fred the Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Zaha or Arnie?

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

      Zaha

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    2. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Arnie. Fixture proof in many ways

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  7. The Wanton Trader
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Right, fresh eyes please.
    Been on this for a while now.
    Going for the 4.5s across the back strategy.
    Not keen on the premium defenders at this point in time.

    Patricio
    Tomkins Cedric Daniels
    Salah Sanchez Mkhi Jota
    Aguero Firmino Zaha

    4.0 Yedlin Diop Stephens

    Could this work...??

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

      Bench could use some work, prefer the 4.5 Everton CB whether its Jagielka or Holgate. Id even put a Watford, Brighton or Wolves defender over Yedlin, Diop

      Also think Sane + 1 mil is better than alexis

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      1. The Wanton Trader
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Thanks for the reply.
        I’m not 100% set on the 4.5s yet am definitely watching the Everton situation.
        An set on having Sanchez from the start, but he’s far from secure in my team...

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  8. Fred the Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Gross or Jahanbaksh? And why?

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    1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Neither

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

      Gross main man, on pens etc

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    3. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I’d avoid both at the moment with those fixtures.

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    4. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Groß easy

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

    Come on, Aberdeen!

    I want to be able to get Wood in August!

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    1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I want him too. Still rooting for Burnley though.

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    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Wood all year round sounds delightful

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      1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        If I can't get Wood in a couple of weeks it'll be Gross and then I'll have to find someone else to plug the hole up front, but won't be able to afford much.

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        1. Bucky Barnes
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          The way that started I thought you had some sort of medical condition

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  10. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Has D.Silva started pre season with City yet?

    Been in my team for a while but im unsure whether or not he'll start.

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    1. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Not yet, City played this morning with barely any of their regulars playing though.

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  11. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    What are you aiming for in terms of a formation?

    A) 343
    B) 442
    C) 352

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    1. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I’m on 442 atm

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

      Standard 3-4-3

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    3. willl
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      433

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    4. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      When is Scotty B clocking in?

      I’ve ran all the numbers and you and Scotty B are the perfect rotation pairing.

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      1. badgerboy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Think he's busy writing the next instalment of the FFS literary series. 'Building a Community Team'. Build it and they will come.

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  12. FPL Footy Show Pod
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Would you upgrade Kamara to Tosun if t meant downgrading either Sanchez or Mane?

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    1. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Also have Arnie!

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    2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Yes, if tosun starts, then I'd move sanchez down, plenty of nice options just below him and don't rate his ceiling at United

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  13. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Nick Pope is down

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    1. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      With the kids?

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    2. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Pope subbed off. Lindegaard on.

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      1. Zilla
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Pope and Heaton both injured in span of 1 day, wow.

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  14. tutankamun
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Pope subbed off injured

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

      Shoulder injury

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      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Cruel.

        Weird timing. Didn’t Heaton suffer a shoulder injury?

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    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Wowzers.

      Heaton is now the go-to guy. Potentially.

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  15. Sif
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Looks bad for Pope, similar to Heaton's injury

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  16. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Ederson,
    Kolasinac, Hey Arnold, Cedric

    Quite like this budget back 3. Maybe someone like Sakho or Janmaat as a placeholder for Kolasinac.

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  17. barracuda
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Why did Wood only play 1600 mins last season?

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    1. willl
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Needed to stop him getting 30 goals and leaving.

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    2. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Foot injury and then a knee injury that kept him out for a couple of months.

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      1. barracuda
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Thank you Badger. Top man

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  18. Gregor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    New post;

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/07/26/sanchez-stars-up-front-for-united-as-spurs-picture-continues-to-build/

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  19. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Would appreciate some debate on this, as I'm in a bit of a quandary. I'm designing my drafts based on the idea that I will be wildcarding gameweek four.

    +++ POSITIVES +++
    1. The first few weeks are a lottery. There is no certainty over lines ups and getting the correct budget players is purely down to chance. Minimising the number of weeks you start with your *uneducated* team, the better.
    2. Definitely starting with him, but those four weeks will give me a chance to decide whether Salah is worth the £13m outlay.
    3. Those who featured heavily at the World Cup will be back and raring to go for gameweek five.
    4. Possible chance to increase overall Team Value early doors.
    5. Initial team building is taking account only four games. Using the fixture tracker, this makes clear the teams to target and those to avoid. Smaller sample size = more skew.
    6. Less stress. Can go for both the highly owned players but also a few punts, knowing full well that your wildcard is just around the corner if it goes badly and that you've planned for the situation.
    7. Four fixtures in which to determine the teams who will struggle and those that'll exceed expectations - it's anybody's guess at this point.
    8. The wildcard itself will last longer, giving more opportunities to delve into underlying statistics and the like.

    --- NEGATIVES ---
    1. It feels wrong and I have never planned a wildcard before.
    2. Going from early September to the end of the year without a wildcard in my back pocket, in the event that an injury crisis hits my squad, would feel dangerous.
    3. Seems to be leaning me towards picking some players I wouldn't otherwise consider, which is throwing me off a tad.

    Thanks in advance, ladies and gents.

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  20. Simon69
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Pedro likely to start? I would be tempted if so...

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  21. FPL Footy Show Pod
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Martial a poor option?

    Looking at potentially downgrading Sanchez to Bring in Tosun.

    Need someone up to 8.5 (Dilva / Son / Pog / Rambo)

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    1. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Yes

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  22. RomeluStormzy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Need help with picking the 11th player.

    7 million and it can be a striker or mid.

    Already got Richarlison and Wood.

    Cheers in advance!

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    1. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Arnie all day

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      1. RomeluStormzy
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        His fixtures are terrible though.

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    2. RomeluStormzy
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Currently on Tosun but tempted by Zaha and Arnie or even Pedro.

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

      Zaha, King

      Mkhi

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  23. Murder On Zidanesfloor
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    How's this looking?

    Ederson
    Robbo | PVA | Coleman | Bailly
    Salah | Sane | Ramsey | Richarlison
    Auba | Arnie

    4.0 | Hughes | D. Ward | Peltier

    Any feedback or ratings appreciated

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  24. Glory Glory Man Utd.
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    What do you think about my formation below?

    Fabianski

    Azpilicueta-Otamendi-Davies-Alonso

    Sane-Eriksen-Salah-Gross

    Arnautovic-Zaha

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  25. JaneJLocane
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 11 days ago

    Very interesting, thanks a lot!

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  26. JeffThorsen777
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 11 days ago

    I have read this book. It's incredibly interesting. Unfortunately my writing skills are quite poor. But thanks to the research proposal online https://www.phdresearchproposal.org/ service it became easier for me to study at the university. Writers help me complete difficult tasks and my academic performance remains at a good level.

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