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The Complete Guide to our FPL Gameweek 5 tips and advice

15 September 2018 3400 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 5.

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

Best Captain Candidates

Captain Sensible – Aguero favourite but alternatives appeal in Gameweek 5

Scout Picks

Salah, Hazard and Aguero all earn Scout Picks for Gameweek 5

Team News

FPL Gameweek 5 – Team News Round-up

The Opinion

Why I’m turning to my FPL arch-nemesis on Gameweek 5 Wildcard

FPL Question Time – Hazard, defence strategy and Mkhitaryan replacements

Set Pieces

The best set piece takers and targets for FPL Gameweek 5 – Part 1

The best set piece takers and targets for FPL Gameweek 5 – Part 2

Fixture Analysis

The best and worst FPL fixture runs in the next six Gameweeks

Differentials

Spot the Differential – Alternative Man City attack for Gameweek 5

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  1. Scotty B
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    People in same boat as me with
    TAA v AWB.

    Yes AWB slightly more likely to keep a clean sheet but he has a total of -2 points from his last 2 appearances and TAA could well just bang a free kick in soon...

    Hope this helps 🙂

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    1. FPL Pillars
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Play the one that is on the better side

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

      Is this your new way of asking a question ;)?

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    3. RUUD!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      TAA 100%

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    4. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      I've just switch AWB and TAA on my bench. TAA first sub now.

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      1. Scotty B
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        Switch back

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        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 17 Years
          8 years, 12 days ago

          Nah, you're alright 🙂

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    5. Cok3y5murf
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Helps us understand you're a points chaser, sure

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      1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        Lol, this

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    6. kalmoffit
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      If it helps you that's OK. I'll play AWB.

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    7. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      In what way would this help?

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    8. Butcher
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      I'm playing Trent. And yes hoping for a goal from a free kick soon.

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    9. Richd
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      God I prefer it when you’re asking questions. Awful advice.

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    10. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      The Titanic comes to mind

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  2. AIRMILES
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Maddison and Azpilicueta

    Or

    Pedro and Laporte

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Is DSilva and Bennett possible?

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      1. AIRMILES
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        Spanner. Works.

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        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 17 Years
          8 years, 12 days ago

          😀

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    2. theswallow1965
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      B

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  3. adam28193
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Pedro or Maddison? Got hazard

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    1. FPL Pillars
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Mad

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    2. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Pedro but I chose Maddison

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    3. ooooo
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      maddison

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    4. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Maddie

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    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      I've got the Hazard and Pedro double up. Maddison on the radar tho.

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  4. AMP
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    RMT on WC please !!!!!

    Patricio (Hamer)
    Alonso, Mendy, Bennet (Shaw AWB)
    Mane, Madisson, Pedro, Hazard (Hojeb)
    Aguero(C), Lukaku, Wilson

    0.0 ITB

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      9/10

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  5. Point-one short
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Still not sure, would appreviate your advice: Bilva to Dilva for -4 worth it?

    Fost/Fab
    Alonso Mendy Robertson Awb Bennett
    Salah mane pedro Bilva Stephens
    Kun Arnie Kamara
    1.0itb 0ft

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    1. 420king
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      no

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      1. Point-one short
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        Cheers

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  6. Peggi
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    BSilva or Walcott > Pedro?

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    1. Pickle juice
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      For free

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      1. Peggi
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        yes

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    2. Yes Don
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      For free?

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    3. Pickle juice
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Yep go wally for pedro

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  7. Feed tha Sheep
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    First to 5?
    Robertson > Alonso for -4..yes or no?

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    1. Yes Don
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      yeah! YOLO

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    2. Ohh1454
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Yes

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    3. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      no

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    4. Siggy Azalea
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      yes

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    5. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      yes

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    6. AnfieldLad
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Yes

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    7. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Yaaaaa

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  8. Yes Don
    • 17 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Play AWB, Shaw or Robertson?

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    1. ooooo
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      robbo

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    2. Teomi
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Shaw not in the squad

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      1. Yes Don
        • 17 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        Cheers dude

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    3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Robbo. Somebody posted Shaw didn't travel, no source, but head injury usually treated seriously by everybody except for Mourinho who fires doctors for being competent.

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  9. ooooo
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Arnie + Robbo to Wilson + Alonso(-4)?
    Patricio
    Robbo Mendy WB
    Salah Mane Hazard Fraser
    Aguero Arnie Ings

    Hamer stephens Tomkins peltier.

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    1. Yes Don
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      yeah.

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

      Go for it

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  10. Siggy Azalea
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Best midfield alternative to Mkhityaryan this week? (0.0 ITB)
    Already got Salah - Jota - Pedro
    Thanks

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    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Tough one in that price bracket. Don't think Ramsey nailed and Newcastle not a pushover. Maddie?

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      1. Siggy Azalea
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        So tough...was thinking Maddie
        Tah

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  11. Kopite With Growing Optimis…
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Is there anyone else looking at Jiminez as a third striker? He plays up top on his own whereas Ings and Wilson play in a two.

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    1. Yes Don
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      All three are good options.

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    2. Mikeharbrw
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Ings stats **** all over Jiminez I think.

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    3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      After seeing him miss that chance last GW I don't think I could ever have him. Not sure that playing as a lone striker necessarily translates into more goals unless you have a midfielders behind that are in effect attackers

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    4. Poor man's Igor Biscan
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Jimenez also an injury doubt from int break

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  12. NWA
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Hi lads,
    Zaha or fraser who would you put on your startin 11?
    thx

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    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      zaha

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    2. kalmoffit
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Serious?

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    3. Gringo Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Zaha

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    4. ooooo
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      zaha

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    5. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Zaha, unfortunately Fraser sounds a real doubt, I suspect Zaha starts

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    6. NWA
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Thx lads Zaha it is 🙂

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    7. NWA
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 days ago

      damnnn the answer was both... I have fraser as my first sub 🙁

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  13. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Play 1 and bench order for other 2

    A) mkhi
    B) robbo
    C) awb

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    1. Chockky
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Rob
      Wb-mkhi

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  14. Siggy in the Middle
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Robertson to Chilwell and McArthur to Schürrle? On wildcard.

    The only problem is that it makes it hard to get Robertson in after a couple of weeks.

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    1. weaver93
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      no

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    2. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      I wouldn't have McArthur on a WC. Only a matter of time before Kouyaté and/or Meyer start. Don't sell Robbo tho imo

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  15. Chockky
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Which one would you bench.

    A) wan bisk (hud away)
    B) mkhi(new away)
    C) B Silva ( Fulham home)
    D) Chillwell ( bou away)

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  16. nobwak
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    For some reason I have a hunch that Guedouzi might grab something today.

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    1. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      My 3rd sub id take that lol

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    2. Siggy in the Middle
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Last thing Arsenal need is a sexual assault charge.

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      1. nobwak
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        Good one

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    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Third on my bench

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  17. kbizzle
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Stuck on this one for the last four days guys appreciate your help please... my current fpl team (OR 62K, 0.4M ITB, holding WC) is:

    De Gea / Hamer
    Robertson / Luiz / Mendy / WB / Peltier
    Salah / Mane / Pedro / Mkhi / Stephens
    Aguero / Ings / Zaha

    Should I swap out Mane / Robertson for D Silva / Alonso for a 4 point hit?

    Thanks

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    1. Yes Don
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      nah

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      1. kbizzle
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        Thanks

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    2. Poor man's Igor Biscan
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Losing x2 Lpool for a hit surely cannot be a good idea

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  18. Nando7
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Anyone playing wildcard? Thoughts on wc for this week?

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    1. Costa Nostra
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      With one hour to go you ask now???

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      1. Nando7
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        .... Already got a team just not sure whether to go ahead with it or not.

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  19. Fpl-king
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    For free

    Walcott to Pedro?

    Or

    Bilva to Pedro?

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    1. Birds of Prey
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Pedro scored but didn't start. I went Maddison.

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    2. Pickle juice
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Same dilemma but mine for -4 ......for free yes think silva for pedro

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    3. Danstoke82
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Walcott > Pedro

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  20. TheBootyFinesser
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    on WC

    Hennessey-Hamer
    Alonso-Mendy-Robertson-AWB-Bennett
    Hazard-Mane-DSilva-Pedro-(Hojberg)
    Aguero-Mitrovic-Wilson

    1.3 ITB
    now which one?

    1)Robertson-DSilva
    2)Holebas-Sterling

    really wanna go with sterling?

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    1. Birds of Prey
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Injured and Robertson has sketchy fixtures by week 7.

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    2. Teomi
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      A for me

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  21. Delph & Safety
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Bench order correct?

    Foster
    ALonso Robertson Mendy
    Salah mane Bilva townsend
    Agüero INgs Mitro

    Fabianski S Cook Hughes AWB

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    1. Richd
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      AWB over Robertson

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    2. kbizzle
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      I think AWB has a better chance of a clean sheet and possibly attacking points compared to Cook.. I expect Leicester will score today

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  22. Shteve
    • 17 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Any early morning injury updates for Walcott and Zaha?
    Have them both in my starting 11 and not sure what to do.

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    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      I'm in a similar position with a few players including Zaha. Unfortunately not heard anything. Silva did say Walcott was "in contention" and if Zaha trained, with Benteke definitely out, I'd think Hodgson gets him out.

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  23. fab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    WB or Bennet first on the bench?

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    1. Shteve
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Bennet

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    2. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Bennett

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  24. SoShy
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Which wolves defender to bring in for a cheap option?

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    1. MTPockets
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Bennett - price. Doherty - attacking potential. Jonny/Boly - bonus points.

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  25. nobwak
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    G2G?

    Patricio
    Alonso, Mendy, Robbo, AWB
    Maddison, Mane, Hazard, Fraser
    Aguero (c), Laca

    Mitrovic first on bench.

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    1. adams_6
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      I’d be playing Mitro ahead of awb

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      1. Poor man's Igor Biscan
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 12 days ago

        ^this

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  26. OneDennisBergkamp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Last decision on WC...

    Diego Rico & D. Silva
    or
    Robertson & Richarlison?

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    1. Moorinho
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      B

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    2. weaver93
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      short term a..
      long term b

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    3. adams_6
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      B all day long.

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  27. Richd
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    I hear Aguero was asleep at 1am last night. Be warned !!

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    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      I heard he needed a wee too so didn't sleep properly...

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    2. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      And he has had something to eat this morning :O

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    3. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Snoring loudly, was he?

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  28. Strchld
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    WC activated, which one I should pick?

    A) Maddison, he is nailed and have set pieces, good fixtures.

    B) Ramsey, he looks more nailed(?) midfielder, good fixtures, most touch on the box from Arsenal, better team, can easily swap to Richarlison after GW6. rotation risk.

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    1. Ohh1454
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      MADISSON

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  29. pstokes2010
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    If you're making unfounded injury reports I can't see why you're on the site. This isn't a site for teenagers.

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    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Ageist

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    2. nobwak
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Is there a 20+ age restriction?

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    3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Needs to be a zero tolerance attitude from mods with regards to bans.

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  30. HurriKane
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 days ago

    Would you play Boly (BUR) or AWB(hud) over Robertson (tot) ?

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    1. Shteve
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      No

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    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 12 days ago

      Yeah, I'd play Boly actually. Has goal threat.

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