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Vote in the Captain Poll for Gameweek 19

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You can now vote in the Gameweek 19 Captain Poll, either below or in the sidebar of our website.

Liverpool and Tottenham are expected to be the go-to teams with them hosting Newcastle and Bournemouth respectively.

Jurgen Klopp’s Reds have been particularly ruthless at Anfield this season and Newcastle may struggle to cope with the in-form Mohamed Salah (£13.2m).

Fantasy managers might also be tempted by the Egyptian’s team-mates Roberto Firmino (£9.2m), Sadio Mané (£9.6m) or Xherdan Shaqiri (£7.1m).

Also, Newcastle’s troubles in front of goal may also convince Fantasy managers to consider Alisson (£5.8m) or Andrew Robertson (£6.6m) for the armband.

The will be newfound support of Spurs assets after their six-goal performance at Everton in Gameweek 18.

Harry Kane (£12.5m) will obviously be the Spurs front-runner after scoring 15 points from two goals and an assist at Goodison Park.

However, there was also a handsome 21-point haul for Son Heung-min (£8.5m) as well as goals for Christian Eriksen (£9.3m) and Dele Alli (£8.9m).

Eden Hazard (£11.0m) is in action against Watford, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang‘s (£11.5m) Arsenal travel to Brighton while Manchester City will hope to respond to their shock defeat to Crystal Palace at Leicester City.

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  1. Clarity
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    is shaw nailed?

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    1. Fernando Torres
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yep

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  2. Malinwa
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Best option?

    Sané - Richarlison - ??
    Kane - jimenez - ??

    A) Auba + Martial
    B) Salah + Ings

    Thanks!!

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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  3. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Play WanB or Snodgrass?

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    1. Runaway
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Snodgrass

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      1. Chenku╰☆╮
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Sell snoddy play wb

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  4. Runaway
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I have 2 FT and want to drop one of my City mids until at least 2/3 of KDB/Dilva/Fernandinho is fully recovered. I want at least one United asset and Son until he leaves for Asian Cup. Which option would you go for then?

    A) Sterling + Snodgrass > Son + Martial
    B) Sterling + Kamara > Son + Rashford
    C) Sane + Snodgrass > Son + Lingard
    D) Sterling + Snodgrass + Jimenez > Son + Martial + Rashford (-4)

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A

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    2. Malinwa
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A

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  5. KP02
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on Sterling + Fraser > Salah + Herera

    A) Yes
    B) No
    C) Someone else instead of Herera
    D) Maybe Redmond

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    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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    2. Runaway
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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    3. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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    4. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      C

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  6. Valar(Keith)
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    If you owned Hazard, Sane/Kdb, Kane and Auba would not owning Salah still concern you?

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    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Long term I mean.. Not just this week

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    2. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah. He is a rank killer.

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      1. Chenku╰☆╮
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Always good to diversify your risk. Hanging Salah means one less thing to worry about each gw. This gw after Salah and auba hauled I fell 8k places (3.5k to 11.5k) overnight as I didn't own them.. makes a huge dent.

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        1. Chenku╰☆╮
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          *having not hanging

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    3. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Slightly but for 13.2m you need to want to Captain him every week

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      1. BobB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It's because Kane and Hazard rotate so well as captain that I am w/c without Salah

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        1. Valar(Keith)
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          This.. That 2 million saved goes a long way too

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        2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          This

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      2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Not true

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      3. Valar(Keith)
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        With Hazard, Auba, Kane and Sane there's a standout easy fixture.. Not just a by the numbers easy fixture.. Every week!

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        1. Valar(Keith)
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          For captaincy I mean

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        2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Only hazard Kane enough leaving out auba or city mids for captaincy.Each have a great fixture for a long time

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      4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Non-salah owner but disagree with this.

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    4. Runaway
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      not until GW22 as he is not a captain material after this week for the following two. but then I am planning to bring him in anyway.

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    5. Distinctly Average
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Personally, I’d say no. Sold salah after GW5 with a 400k OR.

      Haven’t owned him since and have climbed to 7k via 12 green arrows and just one red.

      It depends on the rest of your team

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      1. datamunkey
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Totally agreed, it's about balance. I have had Salah since GW1 and have been in and around top 10k (and better) since GW5, however it was a Hazard (C) and the wonderful, wonderful Fraser that catapulted me there - Salah though is going nowhere 🙂

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    6. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      This I y am still not worried about sane sterling duo.I won't cap them anyway from now on most weeks and have hazard and Kane to rotate captaincy with beautiful fixtures and nailedness so if they keep ticking over points mixed with explosiveness wouldn't worry the odd benching.But ofc if Kane and hazard ,sterling don't keep up with salah might be worried but don't think that will happen

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  7. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Salah my best captain option?

    Hennessey
    Shaw, Doherty, Kola
    Salah, Sterling, Sane, Martial
    Jimenez, Auba, Rashford

    Subs: Fabianski, AWB, Bennett, Højbjerg

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    1. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Salah,good team

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      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers! Fearing not having Kane and Hazard, but can’t have them all...

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  8. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Hennessey
    Alonso AWB Doherty
    Lingard Son Rich Sterling
    Ings Laca Kane

    Hamer F.Anderson TAA Bennett

    Don't normally do these but having serious benching headaches.
    Any changes to the bench? Would you play TAA over AWB?
    Cheers.

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Taa over awb

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      1. Runaway
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        this

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    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No, gtg

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    3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Surely

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    4. R.C
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Will Hennessey play?

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  9. abaalan
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who to bench this week...1 from:
    A) Fab (sou A)
    B) Pat (Ful A)

    2 from:
    1) Doherty (Ful A)
    2) Kolasinac (Bha A)
    3) Wan-b (Car H)
    4) Wilson (Tot A)

    Currently benching Fab, Kola and Wilson

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Fab
      Awb & wilson

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    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A13

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  10. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Would you and if, how, play WB in starting XI here??

    Fabianski
    Alonso/Robbo/Doherty
    Sterling/Hazard/Son(c)/Martial(vc)/FAnderson
    Auba/Jimenez

    Hart/WB/Kamara/Balbuena

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    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No

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  11. Goonermeister
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Any thing worth a hit? 2.3itb

    Lloris
    Robbo Alonso Doherty AWB
    Sterling Sane Son Richa
    Auba Jimenez
    Hamer Chica Bennett Gunnarson
    Any help appreciated and merry Christmas!!

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Nope.
      G2G

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      1. SKENG
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Play Chicharito over AWB

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  12. Ode
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fab & Pat owners, which one are you benching this week?

    I’m thinking of playing Patricio, Fulham hasn’t scored in 2 gameweeks and Southampton seems to be in good form under their new manager

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    1. SKENG
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Patricio

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  13. KLOPPTOMANIA
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Gtg?

    Patrício (Hamer)
    Robertson, Laporte, Alonso, Doherty (Bennett)
    Lingard, Sané, Son, (Fraser, Billing)
    Auba, Kane, Rashford

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    1. KLOPPTOMANIA
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane cap

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    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yep

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    3. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Very nice. GL mate. Son Captain is tempting isn’t it?

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      1. KLOPPTOMANIA
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It is but can be so hot n cold

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  14. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Kane or Son for captain?

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    1. Ohh1454
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane

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    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane

      Son vs WOL

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      1. R.C
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Reasoning?

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    3. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane is safer. Son is more fun

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  15. Ohh1454
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Do sterling > haz this gameweek or next ?

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    1. mojoindojo
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Next

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    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wouldn’t bother any time

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    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sideways

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  16. mojoindojo
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Max 5.6 def?

    On WC with Luiz, Robertson, AWB, Bednarek. Thinking either Shaw, young or Lovren

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    1. AndyCook
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Lovren for now

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      • Ohh1454
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Doherty

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    2. Heiro
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Hi all

      Two free transfers:

      Doherty Wan B Kolasinac
      Salah Hazard Sane Anderson
      Wilson Aub Jiminez

      Thinking:
      Wilson/Anderson —>

      A: Rashford/Lingard
      B: Martial/Ings
      C: Pogba/Ings

      Thoughts anyone?
      Overkill?

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      1. Mind över Mata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        B or Cc

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      2. Distinctly Average
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Can you squeeze to rashford and martial?

        They’re the two I’d be going for

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        1. Heiro
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          0.4 short unfortunetely.

          Anderson out seems a good move as Southampton look much better under new manager.

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    3. AndyCook
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It’s gone from nobody wanting Son to him being captain in many teams in one day. Got to think further back than a single fixture.

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        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Look at his form when he starts

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          1. AndyCook
              5 years, 4 months ago

              This wasn’t my point. A good option remains a good option. If he’s a good option now he always was.

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          2. La Roja
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Have you seen his points past 6 weeks?

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            1. AndyCook
                5 years, 4 months ago

                This wasn’t my point. A good option remains a good option. If he’s a good option now he always was. Not taking a position on Son.

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            2. Distinctly Average
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              You watched him play?

              He’s been passing the eye test for weeks now. With flying colours, too

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              1. AndyCook
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  I’m not taking a view on Son here, simply that If he’s a good option now he always was. And in this case he always has been but wasn’t seen as such.

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            3. The Polymath
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              What are the away defending stats for Newcastle and Bournemouth and any key players missing?

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            4. zizoo10
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              i have 2FTs this week and still have WC intact. when should i activate it?

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              1. AndyCook
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  You only have two chances to use it and one is now. Use your two frees now and wildcard Boxing Day if your team is ok

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                  1. Bobby Digital
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 4 months ago

                    This

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              2. Lebowski85
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                G2G on a WC?

                Fab
                Robbo / Trippier / Digne
                Salah (c) / Pogba / Anderson / Rich
                Kane / Aubamayang / Jiminez

                4.0 / WanB / Fodder / Fodder

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                1. YoungPretender
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  I would want more than just 1 player off the bench. Maybe Jiminez > Ings and upgrade bench?

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                  1. Lebowski85
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 4 months ago

                    I hear you. This time of year as well.....

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              3. Mind över Mata
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                GTG? 1.6m in the bank

                Patricio
                Laporte, Robbo, Wan-B, Doherty
                Sterling, Sane, Rich
                Kane, Auba, Ings

                4.0; Snod, Zanka, Hojbjerg*

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                1. jimmy.floyd
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Sterling to Salah?

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

                2 FT’s;

                Hernandez & FAnderson > Ings & Martial/Pogba?

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                1. Ohh1454
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Ings and martial

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                  1. RamaJama
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 4 months ago

                    This

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                    1. YoungPretender
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 4 months ago

                      Thanks both

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              5. alexl1989
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Which two to bench (can only bench 1 defender):

                a) Ings
                b) F.Anderson
                c) Digne
                d) Doherty

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                1. Bobby Digital
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Benching headache... you've put yourself in dis position.

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

                Considering a few moves Atm, thoughts on this potential move?

                Sterling+billing to pogba+martial +0.6m?

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              7. Greenbackbøøg…
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Would a 1 week punt on Barkley or Lamela be better?

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                1. Distinctly Average
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Lamela for me

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              8. Louis Van Gaalstones
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Captain choices for me this week are:

                A. Sterling
                B. Sane
                C. Son
                D. Auba

                Leaning towards Son, but Spurs have been so inconsistent lately

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                1. VFORVANDETA
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Auba

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                2. KDF
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Sterling

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              9. VFORVANDETA
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                2ft .3itb

                Fabianski

                Alonso AWB Laporte Doherty

                Son Sterling Ricarlison

                Kane(c) Auba Jiminez

                Patricio Paterson Masuaku Dunk

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                1. VFORVANDETA
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Sell Sterling to buy Salah?

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                  1. Distinctly Average
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 4 months ago

                    No way

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                2. Malinwa
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Nice! Kane + auba and no salah !
                  Considering the same

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              10. Ghost86
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Sterling to son for free?

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                1. KDF
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  No

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              11. internal error
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Sterling out for Hazard using a FT
                Thoughts?

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