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Dugout Discussion March 3

Rodgers makes tactical changes in his first match as Leicester manager

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Watford take on Leicester City in the first of three Premier League matches to be contested on Sunday.

Kick-off at Vicarage Road is at 12:00 GMT.

Brendan Rodgers takes charge of the Foxes for the first time and there is plenty of intrigue as to what impact the former Celtic boss can have on Leicester’s most-popular Fantasy assets.

Rodgers has made one change to the team that beat Brighton in midweek, replacing Demarai Gray with Wes Morgan.

That would appear to signal a move to a 3-4-3 system, with Ben Chilwell and Ricardo Pereira deployed as wing-backs.

Harvey Barnes and James Maddison will flank Jamie Vardy in a front three.

Javi Gravia has also only made one change to his starting XI, with Jose Holebas – back from a two-match suspension – replacing Adam Masina.

Holebas has been directly involved in more goals (three goals, seven assists) than any Fantasy Premier League defender this season.

The Hornets have kept clean sheets in each of their last two league matches at Vicarage Road.

Maddison and Vardy were both on the scoresheet when Leicester triumphed 2-0 in the reverse fixture in December, while Pereira banked maximum bonus points.

Watford XI (4-4-2): Foster, Holebas, Mariappa, Cathcart, Janmaat, Pereyra, Capoue, Doucoure, Hughes, Deeney, Deulofeu.

Leicester City XI (3-4-3): Schmeichel, Chilwell, Maguire, Evans, Morgan, Pereira, Ndidi, Tielemans, Barnes, Maddison, Vardy.

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  1. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Luiz to come in at 59' to replace Chri5ten9en 😉

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  2. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Leicester are abysmal aren’t they

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  3. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Captain Higgy and Hazard, get me a nice green arrow please.

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    1. the german
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Hate these short forms. I thought you wrote siggy. Took me a while to realize its higuain.

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      1. Dannyb
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sorry, literally couldn't be arsed to write his name lol.

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        1. the german
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Higuain+ captain hazard here. Lets move up. Cheers

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  4. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Will getting Luiz for GW31 be a risky move?

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    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No, this is his rest.

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      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Hope you're right!

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    2. DR0GBA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      it shouldn't be, think Luiz is benched today just because he's played so much recently and needs a rest

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      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Will probably need a CHE def for BGW, and he's the one I'm looking at.

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    3. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nah, he's getting his rest today.

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      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Alright 🙂

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    4. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No

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      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks, will probably need him come GW31.

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    5. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      They didn't concede for 2 hours against City and 90 minutes against Spurs while he was in the team. He should be safe, especially given the quality of his through balls.

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      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Good point. Tempting to get him next GW already if rested, but could see Wolves scoring.

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    6. juho
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      i wonder if he starts in the Europa game

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      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Good point. Will definitely hold on to the transfer until after the EL game.

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  5. GAMBIT
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Remind me why I brought in Pereira again? 🙁

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    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You remind me first.

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    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      So that we could all laugh at you?

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    3. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Because you were spoon fed on this site

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    4. the german
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lust for those attacking points.

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    5. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      group think, followed the crowd here?
      You were warned about his poor stats and he didnt pass the eye test, that's why I avoided him

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      1. GAMBIT
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        This is true unfortunately. Looking at fixtures over form as well

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    6. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He’s doing alright going forward

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    7. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      We got suckered - but the best games are coming up.

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    8. Snevitz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He only has 6 points less than Doherty.

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      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        This

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  6. Sting
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    guaita, jonny, kolasinac, luiz all benched for me this week

    down to 9 men unless luiz comes on...brutal

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    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      ouch! that must... sting

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    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Trial run for GW31? 😉

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    3. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Dafuq man

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    4. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That's rough. No goalie for me either.

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  7. Salarrivederci
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Luiz benched. Noo!

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    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What’s better for me - a 1 minute Luiz cameo or Richarlison as my first sub

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      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Richarlison obviously.

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    2. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not if you have Rice coming off your bench.

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  8. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wish I'd had the balls to captain Higuain, but that's easy to say after the Pogmare yesterday.

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    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pogbacle.

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      1. FPL_Gyarados
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Pogtastrophe

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    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pigs ear

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      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Pogs* damned autocorrect joke killer 😡

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        1. Marvin Moon
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          This was horrible to watch. You have my sympathy.

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          1. Gnu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Did you send that e-mail Marv- it was genuine.

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            1. Marvin Moon
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              No I didn't dare. What was it?

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              1. Wild Rover
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                An honour 😉

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              2. Gnu
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                It's in your interest, honest.
                Jarv was just pulling your chain about the other stuff. 🙂

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                1. Marvin Moon
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  I still don't like the sound of it.

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                  1. Wild Rover
                    • 13 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Go for it, trust me 🙂

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                  2. Gnu
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Go on, be brave. You'll thank us.

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                    1. Marvin Moon
                      • 7 Years
                      5 years, 1 month ago

                      I feel like I'm being groomed.

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                      1. Gnu
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        😆
                        Nope.

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            2. Wild Rover
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Invite?

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              1. Gnu
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Indeed.

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                1. Marvin Moon
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Invite to what?

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                  1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Enlightenment

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        2. Dannyb
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Still works to be fair haha

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    3. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pogbavesty

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  9. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Phew, dodged a bullet. Was thinking of playing it safe and getting Luiz instead of Hazard. Got Hazard in the end despite the supposed rotation threat.

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  10. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Took a 4 point hit to get Alonso and Higuain.. Season over... 🙁

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    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Emerson and Alonso rotation obvious tho, why risk ?

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    2. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That’s 29 times your season has been over so far

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    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/03/02/spurs-and-arsenal-assets-set-for-sales-after-derby/?hc_page=5&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_19970375

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  11. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Happy to roll the transfer, 2 FT feels like a huge boost this week.

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  12. Reckoner.
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Higuain captain here, come on!!!

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    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      o/ Good luck lad

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  13. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Poor Marcos Alonso has C himself and he doesn't even play

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/2017973/event/29

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    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Car crash stuff

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      1. Mysterion
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        😮

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    2. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pogba VC 😆

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    3. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      he's not on bench, it's captain / bench wankery.

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      1. Mysterion
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Lol @ him then 😀

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    4. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Hilarious

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    5. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pogba VC as well 😆

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    6. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Do you think he had to put himself in so as not to leak team info early?

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      1. Mysterion
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Nah see his GW history, regularly C's and VC's himself... had Kun C himself VC for the 6-0 😛

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      2. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Maybe... he started himself in GW 24, and he ended up getting 0 minutes.

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  14. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Haz Capo, lets go!

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  15. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Do we still want Vardy?

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    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He’s not the player he used to be

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    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Of course

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    3. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes. We just don’t want Brodgers.

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  16. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone looked at getting a team together for the FH 32 GW?

    Not easy.

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    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No, will cross that bridge nearer the time. Too much headache and don't wanna be obsessing over it for ages.

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  17. Carlton_Goal
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Never been so happy to see 2 of my players on the bench. Now lets hope one of Luiz or Pedro doesn't come on so I can get Rice's 15 points off the bench

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    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You have no chance lol 😉

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      1. Carlton_Goal
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        The way this season has gone I wouldn't be surprised if I ended the day with Pedro and Luiz 1 pointers

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    2. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pedro deffo will, so it's down to Luiz.

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      1. Carlton_Goal
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah thinking the same. Hoping there'll be no reason for him to come on

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    3. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      looking good, doubt Luis will come on

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      1. Carlton_Goal
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Fingers crossed

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  18. twoplustwo
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    How much were united willing to pay for Maguire?

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    1. the german
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Mourinho things.

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    2. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      75M

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  19. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Alonso not even on the bench is baffling.

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    1. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The LB who doesn't start is rarely on the bench, Sarri said as much recently iirc

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    2. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He’s often not in the squad when rested.

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    3. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Why?

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      1. 1justlookin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        If Chelsea are struggling they could bring him on, he is a threat going forward.

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    4. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Same thing happened a few weeks back

      Sarri reason was he didn’t need a LB on the bench

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    5. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He must have really p%$$ed Kepa off somehow 😉

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  20. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    scout picks has 3 Leicester City players...

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    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      How?? It’s not GW31 yet

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      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        how many do you own? I will probably bring in one for Fulham... because it's Fulham.

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      2. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        and blank 31 & 33 etc obviously

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    2. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That's why no one wants the scout picks

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  21. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Deeney yc

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  22. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    should be red card fo deeney

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    1. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No way

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  23. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    The team I am up against in the FFS Cup has Torreira’s -2 coming on as a replacement for David Luiz if he doesn’t play any minutes. That’s just pure rotten luck if it happens.

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  24. rokonto
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ffs what's goin on wit Alonso... got 2 keep for the blank but will he play anyway!!!!!!?

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  25. Numb
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I don’t want to jinx it but looking good as a Foster owner 🙂

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    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Fingers crossed, particularly as I benched Fabianski

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    2. Stoic
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

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  26. twoplustwo
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Not sure that’s a card

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  27. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Have Guaita and Button have keepers - so down to 10.
    Heard Guaita was rotated yesterday, but should I spend my ft on a goalkeeper for next week just in case? I'd actually planned to get 10 for 31, but perhaps I should get a Gk.

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    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Just get Boruc

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  28. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So, who were the 3-4 players Sarri was going to rotate? Pedro, Luiz, Alonso? He hardly changes system like Pep. It's usually just a like for like replacement.

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    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Plus Koviac & Willie Cab ... 5 changes

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      1. fedolefan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        That looks a lot on paper but I think the only completely unexpected one was Luiz. It's different from Pep where we just don't know the system and the players.

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  29. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What are people making of Sarri's decision to bench Luiz and play Christensn instead?

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  30. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bit harsh on Deeney, foot firmly on the ground

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    1. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yep side on too, just both at full pace

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