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Podcast January 27

Meet the Manager #13 – Sean Tobin

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Forging close friendships with other Fantasy managers has been instrumental in Sean Tobin’s success and enjoyment of both Fantasy Premier League and Sky Fantasy Football over the years. 

In our latest Meet the Manager interview we catch up with Sean at a crucial time in his Fantasy career, after reaching the summit of our Hall of Fame and currently in a career-high 18thspot in FPL and 14thin Sky.

With five top 5,000 finishes in FPL and reaching the top 50 in Sky in 2017/18, this season is no mere fluke.

However, modest Sean is still convinced he’s simply got lucky over the years.

During our 30-minute chat, Sean reveals how the counsel of fellow Fantasy managers that he has known for years has been pivotal to his strong finishes each year.

He also explains how his faith in a 3-4-3 formation and reticence to back a five-man midfield has helped drive this success.

Correcting mistakes swiftly has also been a strong ethos to his Fantasy management and it is no coincidence that his only poor FPL campaign was due to being too slow to react to emerging player trends. 

The chat with Sean is available to view on Youtube here and in the embedded video below.

Previous Meet the Manager interviews:

Aleksander Våge Nilsen

Mark Sutherns

Mark McGettigan

Marc Rubinstein

Kenneth Tang

Jay Egersdorff

Adam Hopcroft

Matthew Jones

Richard Clarke

Will Thomas

Philman

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  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What’s the consensus lads??? Doherty... time to move on??

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    1. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It's just the fixtures are so good feels like the wrong time to ditch. A few weeks ago when Wolves had Spurs, City and Liverpool in the space of 6 GWs would have been the time to sell. Now I think we hold.

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      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Nailed it there mate, the fixtures is exactly why I’m on the side of keeping him will get a better idea this gameweek if he starts ornis on bench to whether he’s in favour or not atm

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    2. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He's my 4th def anyway so I'm holding for the season with the fixtures they've got

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      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        That Makes complete sense mate tbf

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  2. QuintonFortune25
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Save FT this week or any obvious moves I should make? Looking at Richarlison out but will give him Huddersfield, especially with Son not being certain to play this week.

    Fab
    Shaw - Doherty - Digne
    Salah (c) - Sterling - Pogba - Richarlison
    Auba - Rashford - Jiminez

    Hamer - AWB - Kiko - Gunarsson

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    1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nice team smart move to save this week I think mate

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      1. QuintonFortune25
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks pal

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  3. Meet The Manager Musings
    WesMantooth
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    MTM with Sean Tobin
    *Like Joe did, I also found it refreshing how he credited some of his achievements to having friends who's also good players. Can't remember any others on the series mentioning this.

    - Anybody else think this is helping them achieve good ranks? I know i do. Being a norwegian in my twenties, basically all my friends play FPL, and my best friends are addicts like me. Some of them have really good trackrecords aswell. I love to Get engaged on FFS, but at times you wont Get any nibbles when you wanna discuss something, and other times an HT wit great discussions have gone cold before youre able to join the party. My friends allways engage whenever I wanna discuss football and FPL.

    *Another thing he mentioned was the algorithm he was paying for.

    - After years of FFS being the holy grail for content, seems like theres now loads of content being hidden behind paywalls. Anybody have experience (good/bad) with any of these?

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    1. Goat
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Afraid not. My friends are crap. Easy money every season

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      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        That's great for you then. But are they crap because they don't take it as seriously as you do? Any prestige in winning the ML or are they just playing for the lulz.

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        1. Goat
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Well it’s €50 a man you’d think they’d take it seriously. I’ve made €300-€500 each season last 4 seasons since we started playing for money

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    2. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Awkward hot topic as members of this site don't have friends.

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      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Haha!

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    3. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      My friends love FPL. But hell no we don’t help each other.

      Friday night deadline ? Don’t mention it.

      DGW incoming ? Don’t mention it.

      Someone gets a red card ? Laugh at them.

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      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        The information flow and thoughts shared definately gets more scarce towards the end of the season amongst me and my friends, but otherwise we dont mind sharing. We actually seldom 100% agree about things, but it's probably in those cases we learn the most. Remember having skypesession with my friends last year talking about the best way to attack the blanks and doubles. We ended up doing it in very different ways, but it definately challenged my thinking and prob helped me make some better choices.

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    4. DeathoftheParty
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I have a city fan on the sidelines who is my pep translator...

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    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I have 50 friends in Russia that I pay to spread misinformation on Twitter.

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

    Which one of Richarlison or Anderson to play this week? Got Arnie upfront so tempted with Richarlison but Everton been so diar...

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    1. Bleh
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Rich against Hudd is tempting. I’d be looking to get rid after that.

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  5. Goat
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What time is the fa cup draw today/tomorrow?

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    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      About 7pm?

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      1. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Monday night

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        1. Goat
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Cheers

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          1. GREEN IS GOOD
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            On BBC 1, 7PM.

            During the One Show eurghh

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  6. Bleh
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Need some help guys. Weary Bernardo played the full game against Burnley. Who to swap him for or save?

    A. B.Silva > Sane
    B. B.Silva > Son
    C. Save

    Etheridge Speroni
    Robbo Digne Doherty AWB (Bednarek)
    Salah Rich Pogba B.Silva (Camarasa)
    Auba Rash (Kamara)
    1FT, 5.0 ITB

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    1. Elite FPL
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I'd prefer the Sane move myself.

      Rolling a FT could be nice though getting closer to the DGW's.

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  7. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Start one:
    A)Doherty - WHU
    B)AWB - sou
    C)Bednarek - CRY

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    1. Lignja
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I would A. But seems that ppl think he lost spot in team, tho i doubt it rly...

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  8. Marvin Moon
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Spent all week trying to decide on a Guaita replacement but can't make my mind up. Is Ederson worth the money or would Fab or Etheridge be better?

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    1. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Considering their fixtures, I would say he's worth the money only if City have DGW25 and you still have your WC to get that money out later

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      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I still have it. Also I sold Fab for Guaita so bringing him back would cost me value and feel like a defeat.

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    2. Elite FPL
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      City are on a run or clean sheets, I'd imagine alot of people are thinking of bringing in Ederson, a good move if you don't need to change other positions.

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      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I've got two Everton players I'm desperate to offload but having no playing keeper feels more of a priority.

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        1. Boxwoods
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Any thought of holding Guaita and moving the other non playing GK? Guaita could be back and starting in a few weeks.

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          1. Marvin Moon
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            I did consider this to be fair. Might be an idea.

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            1. Boxwoods
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              See my response to NickS below. Although it sounds like you may have more cash to splash on the upgrade thanoptions suggested there.

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    3. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      he's back in training

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  9. Nesvy
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Bench one:

    a/ Digne
    b/ Doherty
    c/ Alonso
    d/ F.Anderson

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    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I'm benching A. Mostly out of spite.

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  10. Nicks93
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Does anyone know when Guaita is expected back ?

    Don’t want to sell tbh, but I only have Button now

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    1. Boxwoods
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I’ve seen no real news on Guaita, but am holding and hoping he’s back by gw 27. Could get Ryan or McCarthy (both 3 good fixtures and 4.4) for Button. If Guaita back gw 27, play him then. If not, you might have an issue that gw with Ryan (blank) or McCarthy (ars).

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    2. AuFeld
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sadio Sane said he was back in training but their has been no confirmation.

      https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/01/26/attacking-double-ups-focus-of-latest-watchlist-update/?hc_page=3&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_19772297

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  11. Regin
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Keep martial for one final time or switch to sane or son? Have Pogba and rash as well.

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    1. Elite FPL
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I have the same 3 united players - I think Martial could return against Burnley and they are not transfers you must do just yet. Son is tired also, I do think you might consider Sane the week after tho.

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      1. Regin
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I have richarlison as well. Thinking of keeping martial and richa one final time and transferring out both after this gw.

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        1. polis
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Would keep both Rich and Martial this GW for sure.

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  12. polis
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I'm sure this has been asked before, so apologies, but do we know the likelihood of any DGW being announced before upcoming deadline?

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    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Maybe tomorrow. Only Everton vs man city in gw 25 is possible.

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      1. polis
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks very much.

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  13. FPLAdmiral
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Good to roll FT for 2 next week or anything worth a transfer? 1.1m ITB.

    Fabianski
    Robertson, Digne, Doherty
    Salah (c), Hazard, Pogba, Richarlison
    Auba (vc), Rashford, Jimenez

    (Button)(TAA, Camarasa, AWB)

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  14. Starlydon
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Who is the best striker for this week alone under 7.1mil lads??

    Looking at my head to head game and think my budget striker is going to make the difference......so need to pick the tight one that will get me over the line!!!

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    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Jiminez !!

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    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Ings or Mitrovic

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  15. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Any ideas on what to do here? 1FT 3.0ITB

    Button
    Alonso Robertson Digne
    Salah Hazard Pogba Richarlison Lingard
    Oi

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    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Rashford Jiminez

      Fabianski Doherty WB Kamara

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    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I would hold and reassess, maybe jimi to firm or upgrade a bench player

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  16. the dom 1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Felipe > Son for free?

    Y or N

    cheers

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    1. Pinturicchio10
        5 years, 3 months ago

        N

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      • ChickenTikkaMoSalah
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yes

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      • the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        leaning towards yes myself. anyone else got want to help a brother out lol

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      • Holmes
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        If Pochettino gives hint of him starting, then yes otherwise hold for 1 more week

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        1. the dom 1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          sounds like a plan mate - cheers

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    2. Samwise
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      GK:Fabianski

      Def: Wan-Bissaka, Robertson, Digne

      Mid: Salah, Hazard, Pogba, Felipe Anderson, Richarlison

      Forwards: Agüero, Rashford

      Subs:Hamer, Bennett, Bednarek, Kamara

      just subbed cedric for bednarek.... most annoying sub of the season. Still have 1 ft, should i roll it, or make another sub?

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    3. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      So Arnie is back! 🙂

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      1. Samwise
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        keep F.A. or switch to arnie?

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    4. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Next week, my midfield will be:
      Hazard, Sane, Salah, Pogba

      And yet it will 100% flop

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      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        True that, nothing special about that midfield...

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      2. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        if you flop, many others will also flop

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    5. QUEN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Any news on VD?

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      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Mines all cleared up now.

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        1. Art Vandelay
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Rash comment mate.

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          1. Fitzy.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            😆

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      2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Clinic on Monday, presser after that

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        1. Marvin Moon
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best of luck pal. Just be honest with the doctor, they've seen it all before.

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      3. QUEN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Fs XD

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    6. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Get rid of which one for De Bruyne

      A) Richarlison
      B) Lingard
      C) Hold one more week

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      1. Lignja
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        B i think if u have Rashford and Pogba like most of us

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      2. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        A

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      3. Boxwoods
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Don’t think much of lingard (half of his not terribly impressive attacking returns from a single game (against Cardiff). Wouldn’t ship Rich this week (although I likely will move him by week 27 absent some return to form). Either B or C for me.

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      4. InSaneMan-e
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        B
        Rich has Huddersfield. Rash and Pog stealing the show for utd

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      5. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Don't get KDB

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    7. Sz21
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Which of these would be your priority to sell 1st? Need some Liv cover.

      1. Digne.
      2. Doherty.
      3. Holebas.

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      1. Lignja
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        3 or 2 if he lost spot in team

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    8. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      So think it’s going to be Alli > Jota this week instead of Son Or a City Midfielder.
      Will leave money in the bank for an Anderson upgrade when the 25DGW picture becomes clearer. Maybe Anderson > KDB on the cards?

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    9. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Too late to get Rashford?

      Would require one or two hits to change the formation. 3 away games in next 5 and one of the home game is vs Liverpool

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      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        You're chasing the bandwagon down the street waving your ticket in the air here mate.

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        1. Holmes
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Yep, looks like that

          Might as well catch some other bandwagon 😉

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          1. Marvin Moon
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            He's still scoring though so you might well come out ahead in the end.

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    10. MarcusAurelius
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What do we reckon to Aguero > Auba this week? Iv been toying with the idea all week but can’t decide. Also play Foster or Button?

      1 FT 2.2mil ITB

      Foster
      Doherty - Robertson - Digne
      Salah - Sané - Richarlison - Pogba
      Rashford - Aguero - Jiménez
      (Button - AWB - Bednarek - Puncheon)

      Thoughts please

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      1. AuFeld
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        BHA has better odds of a cs this gw according to G-Whiz. Save the FT.

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    11. Bullet Eder
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Is Mat Ryan back for the Fulham match then?

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    12. Sz21
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1089508321193672704

      Everton v City
      Premier League
      Wednesday 6 February
      19:45 UK

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      1. Gringo Kid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thats it, DGW 25, right?

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        1. Sz21
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Yep.

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      2. InSaneMan-e
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        So dgw 25 for city...tasty

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      3. EgyptianKing
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        DGW25 confirmed for City and Everton

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      4. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Cue people doing -4s to do Hazard to Sterling
        Sterling gets benched for one of the two games while Hazard scores 20 points vs Huddersfield

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    13. Steve Stiffler
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Have 2FTs, weary of no city players after there last couple of games. Thinking on bringing in Sane, or Son depending on Pochs team news. Any advice lads thanks

      Fab
      Shaw - Robbo - Kolasinac - AWB
      Salah (c) - Haz - Pogba - Anderson
      Auba - Jiminez

      Hamer - Ings - Camarasa

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    14. Shatner's Bassoon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Who’s even gonna start both games for City though.

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      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Ederson and Laporte

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      2. InSaneMan-e
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Fair comment. Ederson for sure. Other than that don't know. But I'd take 120 minutes from sterling/sane

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      3. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        there are points to be had off bench it will be hard to resist

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    15. Pablo Escoballs
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      DGW 25 confirmed gentlemen.

      Man City v Everton

      That’ll chuck the cat amongst the pigeons

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