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The Complete Guide to our FPL Gameweek 4 tips and advice

1 September 2018 3160 comments
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This season we are collating all relevant Gameweek advice in one article every week to help you with your preparations.

In this latest article we have pulled together all the content that we have already produced relating to Gameweek 4.

We hope this round-up will help anyone looking for some last-minute tips.

Best Captain Candidates

FPL Gameweek 4 captain options: armbands set for Sergio Aguero

Scout Picks

Aguero, Salah and Hazard headline Scout Picks for Gameweek 4

Team News

FPL Gameweek 4 – Team News Round-up

Richarlison Replacements

Who are the best FPL replacements to transfer in for Richarlison?

The Opinion

FPL Question Time – Richarlison replacements, City midfield dilemma and differentials

Set Pieces

The best set piece takers and targets for FPL Gameweek 4 – Part 1

The best set piece takers and targets for FPL Gameweek 4 – Part 1

The Underlying Data

FPL Gameweek 4 – An analysis of the key stats

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  1. Cornholi0
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Would you start:

    a) King
    b) Neves

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    1. stamboy
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      I chose B see my post below

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    2. Calvin Valance
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Neves. Wolves and Neves looked good against City and if on set pieces, could get something any game.
      Same might be said for King, but I think Chelsea is a big step up from their previous games this season.

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    3. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      b

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    4. FCRS BGD
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      B

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  2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Is there any news on Zaha starting?

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    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Heard nothing, should be good to go

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    2. Rinseboy
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      why would he not start?!

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      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.goal.com/en/amp/news/wilfried-zaha-surprise-omission-from-ivory-coast-squad-for/2873z58r8lcf15aypx5ob9u79

        We don’t know what these personal reasons are and if they affect him this weekend or not....

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  3. Gazpilicueta
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    I think i want mitrovic....

    how about Firmino to mitro cos firm is playing so far back?

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    1. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Id do that. Well it depends who are you gonna upg with that money..

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    2. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Mentioned on previous page. Hold till after the next gw (city v Fulham) then get him in

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    3. stamboy
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      I chose B see my post belowpreferbArnie for the next 2 games

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    4. CostaCoffee
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Get Arnie

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  4. Chilli Heatwave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Good to go?

    Ederson
    TAA-Mendy-Alonso-AWB
    Hazard-Salah-Mkhi-Walcott
    Wilson-aguero

    Hamer-ings-pereira-4.5

    Thanks

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    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Yep good luck

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      1. Chilli Heatwave
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        Thanks

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    2. stamboy
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Looks good how much Dosh left

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    3. Calvin Valance
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Great team for now. Do you still have your wildcard?

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  5. Please Help I Don't Kn…
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Thoughts on Alonso (C)?

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    1. Sarcastic Warnock
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      G2G

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    2. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Sure *pulls collar*

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    3. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Wait till next week. Bournemouth will score 😉

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      1. Nomar
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        So, likely, will Alison though.

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        1. Nomar
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 3 hours ago

          Alonso.

          *** Turns autocorrect off. ***

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  6. Finnish Fish
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Any news on Kun? Certain to start? Cheers.

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    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      No and No
      In that order

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      1. Finnish Fish
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        Cheers.. 😆

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    2. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      They dropped points last week, so of course at home he's going to drop his best striker.....

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  7. stamboy
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Patrico
    Robbo, Luiz, Mendy, AWB
    Hazard, Mane, Walcott, B.Silva, Neves
    Aguero C

    Foster, Ings, King, Cook.

    £2.7m.

    GTG? Or should I take a hit. If so who should I transfer out? Was thinking Robbo for Alonso which gives me flexibility in the future as Liverpool have grim fixtures coming up. Alternatively Cook for Alonso.

    Or is it worth upgrading Neves?

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    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      GTG. I would upgrade Luiz for Alonso I was to make a transfer. Good luck

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    2. Calvin Valance
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Good to go. Liverpool are fixture proof. Maybe consider getting rid of wing back Bernardo in future because he misses out on the extra clean sheet points due to incorrectly being classified as a midfielder. Maybe next season he'll get that, like Milner did.

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      1. stamboy
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 1 hour ago

        Cheers gents

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  8. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Who usually plays more minutes when it is a big fixture pile up?

    a) Firmino

    b) Mane

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    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      A

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  9. FC nelo
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Please help me pick on to play:

    A) Ings (cry)
    B) Ralls (ARS)

    Ralls on set pieces and assured starter, so thinking B?

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    1. stamboy
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      A more goal threat

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    2. Ferris Bueller
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      A

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  10. Butcher
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Think Arnie will do well today but can't look beyond the next few fixtures for Palace. On WC, not sure whether to ship Zaha for Arnie.

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    1. Hulk Smash
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      Prefer Arnie myself but Zaha does have the fixtures.

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  11. CostaCoffee
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    All my players are playing today, hate not having players on a Sunday

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    1. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Had the same last week. 24 points...

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    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Knowing your rank will drop Sunday is so annoying

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      1. CostaCoffee
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        At least it gives me a better chance of a green arrow tonight

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  12. _werre_
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Anybody else considering using their TC on Augero?

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    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      It is possible he may not start .... others need game time before the Champions League kicks in

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  13. adstomko
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Choose a captain:

    A) Aguero
    B) Hazard

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    1. rl248
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      A

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    2. CostaCoffee
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      I’ve gone B but A is definitely the obvious option and safer

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  14. cescpistols1
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Last minute question: Start Neves or Wan-Bissaka?

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    1. rl248
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      WB

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    2. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      WB

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    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Start the forward ... not the 4.0 mill 18 year old that played 90 minutes in the Mickey Mouse Cup whilst his rival was benched for the game

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      1. CostaCoffee
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        Don’t you mean to say defensive mid not forward, AWB probably more likely to get attacking returns than Neves along with a good chance of CS.

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        1. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 3 hours ago

          Neves is the leading points scorer for his team ... AWB won’t start but will get a 3 min cameo 😉

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    4. The Blind Badger
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      AWB

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  15. rl248
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Pick 1 to play:

    A) Fraser (che)
    B) Schlupp (SOU)
    C) WB (SOU)

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    1. The Tinkerman
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      B

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  16. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    All questions no answers 🙁

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    1. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Yet this is neither 🙁

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  17. Ferris Bueller
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Which two to play?
    A Wan Bissaka (SOU)
    B Shaw (bur)
    C Kante (BOU)

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    1. The Tinkerman
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      AB

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  18. The Tinkerman
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    My entire XI will play on Saturday this week. Not sure that’s happened before...

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  19. The Blind Badger
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Whih combo on WC

    A) Coleman, Schurrle (play 1 of AWB, Bennett and Duffy)

    B) Alonso, Billing (play 2 of AWB, Bennett and Duffy)

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    1. Hulk Smash
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      2

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  20. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Had an awful dream that Danny Ings scored a hat trick and got an assist for a 20 pointer and my rival captained him lol.

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  21. Claudio555
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Doherty best 4,4 def?

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    1. The Tinkerman
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Probably

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    2. The Blind Badger
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Him or Jonny

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    3. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Traore is their record signing
      Plays right side
      Could threaten Doherty or restrict his attacking when he starts

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      1. The Tinkerman
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        He’ll play RW in the front 3, not RWB

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        1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 hours ago

          He will restrict Doherty getting forward if you watched when he came on last few games

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    4. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      Jonny looked great.

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  22. VardysParty
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Best two 4.5m keepers to rotate?

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    1. The Blind Badger
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Ryan and Hennessy

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    2. Hulk Smash
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Hennessey and Fabianski

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    3. The Tinkerman
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Fabianski and whoever ends up being the Fulham keeper is a brilliant rotation after GW6 till the end I believe. Find the hot topic on it.

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  23. Hulk Smash
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    People dropping Salah for Hazard is madness. Salah is a ruthless goalscoring machine. Hazard is a class player but nowhere near as ruthless nor as consistent in FPL returns.

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    1. The Tinkerman
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Disagree. Before WC and with probable rotation coming this is about the only time I’d drop Salah. Easy to get back, won’t rise.

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      1. Hulk Smash
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        Living up to your username! I can't see how he is easy to get back except via WC. If your most expensive mid is 10.6 you need to find 2.4m to get him back in so you're probably looking at -4 or even -8

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        1. The Tinkerman
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 3 hours ago

          Yeah, via WC, which I’ll inevitably be using in the next 3-5 weeks anyway. But 2FT is perfectly possible especially when I have the likes of Hazard, Bilva and Mane to downgrade if I wanted him back before a WC.

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      2. The Tinkerman
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        Obviously if I can ditch Mane instead before that run, that would be preferable. But Salah allows a much bigger overall team improvement. Someone like Cairney can become Mkhi or a even a city mid.

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        1. The Tinkerman
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 3 hours ago

          The main thing that stopped me this week was Rich’s red, and doubts about Schlupp’s minutes.

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    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Ssshhh ... let them 😉

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    3. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      +1

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  24. Goaldigger
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    On a WC

    A. Fraser + Shaw
    B. Neves + van Aanholt

    Difficult one :/

    What do you reckon?

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    1. The Blind Badger
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      A

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    2. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      A with Pereira 😉

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      1. Goaldigger
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        Tasty but don't much like his fixtures 🙂

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  25. orangecookie
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Hmm. I have 2FT. Does not really need to do anything (except Alonso - but maybe to gw5). Use 1FT to avoid «losing» a FT - on this:
    Doherty to Bennett - to get 0,4m itb for gw5?

    Already have Mendy, Robertson, Bellerin and AWB.

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    1. orangecookie
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      ..planning 2ft to the INT. break

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  26. 1zverGGadeM
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Best captain here if chasing 33 pts for mini league mini prize?
    -------------FabriXHamer
    ---Robbo Mendy Alonso?XAWBXBednarek
    -Salah Walcott Mkhitaryan? ManeXMasuaku
    ---Wilson Aguero? Mitro

    0.4itb 0FT (Already did Rich>Wally)

    What is the b est cap choice here, lads? Especially, if you know that the 2 leaders infront will captain Kun Aguero at 99% 😀
    How can I snif the mini 4-week prize damn it :@

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    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      Aguero. Or you might be chasing 53pts

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      1. 1zverGGadeM
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        So better Tripple Cap him then?

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    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      Just reread that. If today is the last day you will have to gamble

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      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        Alonso Mendy would be my gamble and hope for a 15pter

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        1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 hours ago

          33pts in a week is unlikely

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          1. 1zverGGadeM
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 3 hours ago

            Must be Kun or noone.. The bad thing is we have just 3-4 differentials in our teams with Salah + Aguero based setups around 😀

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  27. nico05
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Which to captain?
    A.Aguero
    B.Salah

    Will Aguero definitely start?
    Cheers

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    1. lilmessipran
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      kun

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      1. nico05
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 hour ago

        Cheers

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  28. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Repost

    A) Ryan + Zaha

    Or

    B) Ederson + Wilson?

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  29. Claudio555
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Is Doherty nailed?

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    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      I answered that when you asked it a few posts up

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  30. lilmessipran
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Who would you bench out of this lot

    A Fraser
    B King
    C WB

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    1. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      haver to be WB

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