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Dugout Discussion April 6

No Aguero in City’s squad as Mendy makes first start of 2019

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There is no evening Premier League game today so the FA Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion takes centre stage.

Kick-off is at 17:30 BST.

This is an audition of sorts for the Fantasy assets on show as their clubs enjoy two fixtures in Gameweek 35, while the Seagulls also have a Double Gameweek 34 before that.

Despite being described as “nearly fit” by his manager on Friday, Sergio Aguero isn’t part of City’s match-day squad at Wembley.

Gabriel Jesus leads the line again, with Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva flanking the Brazilian.

With Oleksandr Zinchenko injured, Benjamin Mendy makes his first start since November.

Glenn Murray is back in Brighton’s starting XI after a benching in midweek, while Anthony Knockaert returns to the right wing.

Full-backs Martin Montoya and Bernardo also return, while Solly March misses out through injury.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Mendy, Laporte, Otamendi, Walker, Gundogan, Bernardo, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Jesus.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo, Stephens, Propper, Bissouma, Knockaert, Murray, Jahanbakhsh.

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  1. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Lewandowski goal

    2-0

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

      So Man City has also signed Lewandowski now, sigh...

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

    How come B Mendy is still 6.1 ???

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    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Dead teams.

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    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Did you expect 4.5?

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

        Maybe 5.7/8

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      2. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        That would be overpriced for someone who doesn't play

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    3. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      mass sales in 1 or 2 goes instead of long drawn out sales?

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      1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah this. Probably some red flags resetting too.

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    4. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      All the points others made. Was hoping for 6.0 but we'll see, may not get him anyway

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  3. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is captaining Duffy or Dunk next week madness or justified?

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    1. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Might go Duffy,Dunk instead of Ryan,Duffy so I can fit in Lloris and play him against Huddersfield

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

        Ryan should out score Lloris with the double, no?

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    2. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It's a fine line between madness and ingenuity.

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    3. Baps hunter
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      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Duffy might be justified, but Kane home vs Hud...

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      1. Baps hunter
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        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I would like to TC him 🙁

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    4. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Ryan C

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  4. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Double palace def with Guaita and Wan B softening the "no vardy" blow.

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

      My rival has Guaita, I have Mili and AWB. Couldn’t believe it when I saw Guaita had the 3 baps

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      1. FER FUSCH AKE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Needed that one extra save for one more point by the way. You were a bit luckier.

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      2. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        he very much kept them in it tbf

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

          Not saying he doesn’t deserve them, I just had no idea how the game had gone and was sure Mili would get 3

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

      Somebody just behind me in a ML stated Boruc with Guita on the bench. Jam!

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  5. kennethrhcp
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    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    tinkerman had me questioning vardy C Friday afternoon... thank feck I didnt switch

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

      I switched ten mins before deadline. Thankfully it was too Vardy 🙂

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  6. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    This Piatek lad certainly knows how to find the goal

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

      As a Milan fan, I'm loving him. Hope he turns out to be our next Shevchenko

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    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Oh yes. Chelsea should have swooped in with £ for him rather than Higuain man, sheesh

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    3. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      and Bonucci knows how to make error 😀

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  7. TorresMagic™
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    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    LMS safety score currently 38.

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

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    1. kennethrhcp
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      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      couldn't believe how high it was last week... 89 n out. probably the longest I e er stayed in it

      cheers for running it tm

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers, great run getting that far.

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

        Yeah, me too. Out with 88. I never thought that I would be out with that.

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    2. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Gulp...Going to be super tight for me this week, Luiz/Haz/Leno left.

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

      Vardy (c) hopefully be enough to send me through. High score but many teams dropping now.

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  8. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Thinking of going w/o Aguero on WC... favouring a frontline of Kane Lacazette Jimenez.

    But would anyone dare go w/o Sterling too?

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

      mad to go without one of them imo

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      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        aye. thinking it'll most likely be sterling in over aguero for me though - hopefully raz gets sufficient mins

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    2. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I will pick KDB maybe instead Sterling...

      Sterling will start in CL vs Tottenham so he could rest vs Palace...

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      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        That's what I'm thinking too. That palace game will have rotation but also not the easiest game to win.

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    3. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Considering Super-Kev & Bernardo double-whammy instead of Sterling.

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      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        interesting, seen a couple of folk at least considering KDB over Sterling - why's that?

        Not sure I'd be able to fit 2 MCI mids in though with the plethora of decent options available in midfield with good fixtures

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        1. Niho992
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Laporte is first City player im considering...

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        2. Critical Observer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          While others have been through the grinder since August, Kevin's season is practically just starting; he is obviously not in 100% nick just yet but the last couple of games have looked very promising. I also believe he is a key factor if City are to add to the Carabao Cup success this season.

          As to why 2 of them, I'm struggling to spot mids I'd be comfortable with. :/ Son, Mane, cheapie, City, City is where I'm at at the moment... Özil could be an alternative but whether he will feature regularly is anyone's guess.

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    4. Hybrid.power
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Honestly, peps line ups will be a total and utter lottery from here on, not that they weren't already.

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

      How many points did Sterling get in the last double ?

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  9. grooveymatt65
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What is the percentage of people who captained vardy in the top 10k?

    Thanks

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

      11.54

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      1. grooveymatt65
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks mate!

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

    13 points off Westwood my BGW31 filler. Couldn't make it up. Brought in Vardy(c), Tielemans and Salah too. One of those jammy weeks. Certainly not complaining!

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    1. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Very smooth

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    2. kennethrhcp
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      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      fair going!!!

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    3. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Take it when you can. We certainly have our bad weeks too. Well done.

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

      Thanks gents. Almost brought in Schmeichel instead of a second attacking player. Turns out that was the right call too. Lol.

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    5. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nicely done!

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

      39 points net gain. First hit for two years lol!

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

        Very smooth !

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  11. MASTER ROSHI
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    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I'm worried that even the "rotation-proof" players for MNC and Spurs might be at risk of rotation in the DGW with all of the fixtures, planning this WC is trickier than I'd hoped

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  12. Mweene
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dortmund's kids soiling their nappies.

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  13. barracuda
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    59 with 3 to go. Disappointed (No Mili)

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

      sarcasm detector cant work this one out 🙂

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    2. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Boo hoo

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  14. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy (c) saved my blushes 🙂 nice for that to go right

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    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Oh yes

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  15. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No Aguero is strange, thought he was virtually fit

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      CL more important.

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  16. 824545201
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    On a wildcard:
    A) Son, Aguero
    B) Bilva, Kane

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

      Big one, Kane for 34 and switch to Aguero in 35

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

    Is Pereira nicking a bap?

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    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Si senor

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

        That's nice

        I think Barnes should have got bonus points for scoring at both ends

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    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      https://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/matches/987915/

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Looks like 1.

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

        What's that showing me TM?

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        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Sort by BPS Plus.

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

            Oh ta. I don't really use all the stats stuff. Pure instinct mixed with herd mentality for me.

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

      Already awarded

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  18. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Just come out of cinema and I see 42 points. Thought Bournemouth had battered Burnley... Oh how wrong I was

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    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Leeds loss though.

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      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Vv happy

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    2. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What film did you go and see?

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      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Us. It's awful

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

      Shazam ?

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      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Probs should've watched that or pet sematary tbh

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  19. FredrikH
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Rmwctfgw3435363738

    Ryan Foster
    Kola Dunk Laporte Doherty Bednarek
    Son Eriksen Sterling Jota Camarasa
    Kane Agüero Jimi

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Perfect today, average by Friday.

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      1. FredrikH
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Perfect today is enough. Been some rough weeks fantasy wise. Just want to be done with it.

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  20. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So hard to transfer out Leicester and Palace players after that.

    Anyone considering keeping Vardy over the inevitable template replacement, Lacazette?

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

      Vardy for one week and then switch to Laca for 35?

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

        This. My plan I think

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    2. gaurava1216
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      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Happy to drop palace

      Hardy just doesn't seem right

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  21. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Money aside, would you prefer Eriksen or Son?

    Son more explosive but momentum/minutes with Eriksen possibly

    What do you think gents

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

      Son

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    2. radawson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Eriksen for me. Stats point that way too

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

    Baps added

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    1. Hybrid.power
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Strange to see them added so early in the day

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

    Walker Lucky not to get a red card there

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

      Oh, might still be coming

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

        Lucky boy needs a cold shower.

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        1. Rupert The Horse
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          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          With you?

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          1. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Room for one more?

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    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Blatant red. It was a crap head butt, but it was still a head butt.

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

        I wonder if they would have overruled it if he had been sent off. Doubt it

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        1. Epic Fail
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          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Probably not. I'm guessing their excuse is it isn't an obvious decision. Even though to me it is.

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      2. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        VAR did him a favour by playing it in slow motion where it looked really innocuous.

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        1. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Aye that's true. They should be showing it in real time.

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      3. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Wonder what would have happened if it was the Brighton player.

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  24. grooveymatt65
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    If someone has players in their 11 who didn't have a match so no score shows... do those players still get subbed out? Its not even a question for me, its to potentially laugh at rivals haha

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    1. Epic Fail
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      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah.

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    2. Rupert The Horse
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      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      YEs

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

      They get subbed out if they have someone on their bench who plays. Some people do it on purpose

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  25. The 5% Team
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Everyone still keeping faith in Doherty...his form is kinda awful

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

      Not many are.

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

      Possibly

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  26. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kdb passing the eye test ?

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    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Hasn't really done much particularly, but he doesn't need to pass the eye test. We know how good he is even if he has one crap game.

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

      Is he at Specsavers or something ? Or are you asking if he is playing well ? 😉

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        🙂

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  27. Rupert The Horse
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    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Whoops. Wilson captain. Ah well.

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Was a good punt

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      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Well, it wasn't. 😀

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        1. Rupert The Horse
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          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Agreed. 🙂

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

          😀

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      2. La Roja
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Turns out it wasn’t at all

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  28. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    That was clear red card for Walker. Even with VAR refferes are sh*t in England.

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  29. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ashley Barnes got MOTM in sky fpl

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    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Crazy. Wouldn't be pleased if I was a Chris Wood owner.

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      1. Rupert The Horse
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        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I’ve got Wood.

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  30. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I own Vardy (transferred in after Puel was sacked), so this isn't sour grapes.

    BUT, the guy is a rat. On three separate occasions he has had a large uptick in form following the sacking of the manager. Once or twice you can understand, but this guy clearly has significant influence over manager sackings.

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    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure the post-Pearson one counts. But yeah, the Raneiri and Purl ones certainly.

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      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ranieri, Shakespeare and Puel.

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        1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Who the heck is Shakespeare?

          Sorry didn’t follow football when I didn’t play FPL! 2016/17 and 2017/18

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          1. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Craig Shakespeare. Was Pearson's and Ranieri's assistant. Got made caretaker and then got the job full time. Then got sacked after a woeful run putting Leicester in the relegation battle. Was sacked and replaced by Puel.

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            1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Ah yes.

              So basically Vardy controls the dressing room then, once the going gets tough he’ll turn them against you.

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    2. KINGS
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Agree

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