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Why Fantasy managers should wait and see on West Ham this season

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Fantasy Premier League managers might want to exercise caution over West Ham assets at the start of 2019/20.

The Hammer start with a tough opening weekend fixture against Manchester City, but it is hard to guarantee Fantasy potential even in the more appealing matches that follow.

Looking at last season’s data, there is a possibility that their new-look attack could take some time to gel.

Meanwhile, the Hammers defence was questionable in 2018/19.

We’ve taken a look at all areas of Manuel Pellegrini’s team last season to see where Fantasy manager can find value in 2019/20.

As this article uses data from the Fantasy Football Scout Members Area, only those signed up for the new season can access it in full.

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  1. mcgrejam
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Please help...

    Heaton
    VVD, Digne, TAA, Zinchenko
    Perez, Fraser, Salah, Sterling
    Wood, Wilson,

    No playing subs - good enough/any changes please?

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    1. DeathoftheParty
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      GTG

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    2. avfc82
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who are your subs?

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    3. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      My dif is Fraser = 4,5, Wilson=King and Wood =Auba. Considering your team now 😀

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  2. Mesh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Best 6.5 forward (apart from King)

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    1. In Bale We Trust
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Deeney

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    2. mcgrejam
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Tough one... Jota if he starts but I’m going with Wood

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    3. avfc82
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Jota.

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      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Listen he knows

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    4. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      About 5 or 6 of them are much of a muchness - go with your gut.

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

      ings

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    6. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Deeney or Jota

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    7. dandydonadam92
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Deulofeu - goal threat, fixtures & set pieces

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  3. HamezMace
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Only up to 4.1m players so far, weren't there more than 6m last year? So much for the early launch helping to boost the number of players

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    1. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      2 million more Egyptian teams to enter over the next 38gws

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    2. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No World Cup fever this year (if your figures are correct)

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      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        One from the top, and five small ones Carol.

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        1. Now I'm Panicking
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          I told you - only call me Carol at weekends.

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          1. HamezMace
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Transfer deadline day has got me over excited!

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

      Yep, but that includes all those who joined in weeks other than GW1.

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      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I guess, an extra 2m players joining after GW1 seems a lot. I don't know how many started prior to GW1 last year though.

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        1. FPL_Gyarados
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          There's all those annoying accounts that make teams purely to try and win the daily/weekly prizes.

          Just you wait. Top of the pile tomorrow will be someone with 3x Liverpool and 3x Norwich and they'll have tripled captained the right player because they have made a bunch of accounts with different captains to make sure to get it right.

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          1. HamezMace
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Yeah I guess so, I bet they don't even have their own Netflix account, just get one and share the account between all of them.

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    4. jomikijiq
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      it was 4,6m at the start

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      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Good knowledge, thanks.

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

    GTG?
    Pope
    TAA,Robbo,Zinchenko,Montoya
    Salah,Sterling,KDB,Robinson
    Wilson,King

    Heaton,Dendoncker,Lundstram,Greenwood

    Heaton and Pope rotating.

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    1. mcgrejam
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Like it a lot...surely downgrade KDB and upgrade Montoya?

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  5. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rojo to Everton apparently. For 25 mil too.

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    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Source? I thought we were seeking a loan only

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      1. CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Sky sports.

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      2. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Sky Sports reporting permanent move. No fee though.

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    2. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Threat to Digne at LB? :-O

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      1. CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Digne gonna have to settle for a place in the stands once big Marcos comes around.

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      2. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Wouldn’t mind spreading this

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

        Makes Digne less appealing if Rojo is next to him...

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        1. Arctic_Orangutans
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          There isn’t a chance rojo will take digne place at LB rojo is shocking at left back ask any Man Utd fan

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    3. avfc82
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      So essentially Everton have lost Zouma and Gueye, and are replacing them with Rojo and Gbamin... doesn't look great to me.

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    4. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yuk.

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  6. Dion D's Solo Shower
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How is this looking, lads?

    De Gea
    VVD - Robertson - Digne - KWP
    Salah - Sterling - Siggy - Moura
    Wood - King

    fodder on bench.

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  7. ZakyJ
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    RMT

    Heaton / Button
    Zouma / VVD / Digne / Montoya (Lunstram)
    Salah / KDB / Perez / Barkley (Dendo)
    Kane / Auba (Wickham)

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

      Interesting and different. Could be very good.

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    2. Mesh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Why zouma?
      Rudiger back to full training according to sky sports.

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  8. Jarnathan
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but here are this seasons rule changes

    https://www.the-ra.org/news/ifab-law-changes-2019-2020

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    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A YC for an ‘illegal’ celebration (e.g. removing the shirt) remains even if the goal is disallowed 😀

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      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        the handball rule is potentially carnage with VAR

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      2. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Can't believe that wasn't the rule before.

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  9. danlynch13
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Could Richarlison be a great differential usually starts the season so well

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    1. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes he could be

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  10. dbeck
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Really struggling on the defense, if you had to drop one, who would it be?

    A- Digne
    B- VVD
    C- Robbo
    D- A fit Laporte/ Ederson

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

      D

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      1. dbeck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        the best defense in the league, how comes D?

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

          I'm expecting attacking returns for the others.

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    2. footballcandy
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      D

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    3. sentz05
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A - He'll get offensive points but consistent clean sheets are key. Laporte is essential imo.

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  11. No_Mo_Salah?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Lamela for gwk1 to cover Spurs before switching to Trossard or Lanzini a bad shout?

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    1. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Would start with Lanzini or Trossard only

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  12. HamezMace
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Why does Luiz want to go to Arsenal anyway?
    Surely he was nailed at centre back for Chelsea, playing Champions League, same city, can't imagine he's getting paid much more?
    Seems a strange move for me.

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    1. GE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Agree indeed

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    2. dbeck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lampard said he was third or fourth choice and he wants first team footy

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      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Did he? Missed that one, thanks Becks.

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    3. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Supposedly doesn’t get along with big frank

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    4. Murder On Zidanesfloor
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I sense it's got something to do with Lampard

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    5. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Team dynamics - is probably looking for a young team of non-clowns.

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      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Think Lampard told him he had to cut his hair?

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  13. GE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    1) or 2)? :

    (have Sterling)

    1) Kdb and Vert
    2) Siggy and Laporte/Walker/Azpi (I can also upgrade VVD -> TAA for this choice)

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  14. Murder On Zidanesfloor
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    This article has put my Haller pick in doubt. Stick or twist?

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    1. dbeck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Stick, a great pick and everyone else in that bracket is a punt.

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      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks for that

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    2. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He's a great differential everyone could be getting him soon.
      Stick with you instinct.

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    3. Swanremainsthesame
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      This article has Hammers relegated, so I wouldn't put too much store in it.

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    4. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      It’s a classic case of bad Scout advice I reckon. I will be more upset if I remove him based off this article and he does well than I will be keeping him for a couple of weeks and moving him on if he doesn’t. His price enables a lot of possible switches in one free transfer.

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  15. Guba
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Bit nervous on picking Barkley now with the late Luiz drama. Shame as I really fancied him to do well.

    Lamps selection of Christensen/Zouma to start in the last friendly now may be indicative of him selecting a team he was expecting to start against Utd, rather than resting first team players like previously thought.

    Mount started in that game ahead of Barkley and Lamps has been heaping praise on Mount too...

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    1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Take the plunge and switch to trossard or anyone after a couple GWs if needed

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      1. Guba
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I've for the moment switched to Trossard with a view to change to Barkley later, seems the safer approach. I may change my mind though depending on any further news in the next day.

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  16. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Which option would you prefer?

    A. King, Martial and Perez.
    B. King, Siggy and Trossard
    C. Wilson, Perez and Trossard

    Thanks.

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  17. Fantasynørden
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A) Fraser, Wilson and Jota (Rico on bench)

    or

    B) Sigurdsson, Wilson and King (Guilbert on bench)

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    1. danlynch13
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A

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  18. RoderickRoll
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    ok, 77th draft team, if anyone can be arsed to comment, be my guest..

    Pope
    TAA, Digne, KWP (Lund, Gibson)
    Sterling, Berkley, Perez, Salah, Fraser
    Wilson, Rashford (Greenwood)

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    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      pretty good, like it

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      1. RoderickRoll
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        This is all the reassurance I need. I've never spoken to you before but Im putting all my faith in your feedback, thank you..

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        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          😀 😀 I'd be tempted to get VVD and a 5.5 instead of TAA/KWP myself

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  19. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Haha
    Check out the keepers kit

    Bedale AFC unveil sausage and mash themed football kit for new season - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49278629

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  20. FPL Doctor
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    RMT

    Ryan (Button)
    Taylor Coleman Robertson (Lundstram Diop)
    McGinn Salah Sterling Perez Trossard
    Wilson Kane (Greenwood)

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  21. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How about this squad?

    Ryan
    Digne, Robbo, Zinch
    Salah(C), Sterling, Fraser, Siggy, Perez
    Wilson, Adams

    Button, Rico, Lundstram, Xande Silva

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  22. Starky22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    3-5-2 with Barkley
    4-4-2 with Zinchenko
    ?

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  23. vladream
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    What do you think?

    A: Sterling and Dedoncker (4-4-2) vs
    B: KdB and Bilva (3-5-2)?

    Rest of MID - Fraser, Salah, Perez.

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    1. Dr. Mantis Toboggan
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      B

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  24. *sigh*
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Game week 1 team locked.Decided couldn’t afford KDB.Don’t forget to set captains and bench well before the Official site crashes tomorrow night.Good luck all.

    https://i.imgur.com/oPKQs4t.jpg

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    1. JELLYFISH
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sensible....its gonna be carnage on here tomorrow lol

      Good luck

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    2. Patson Dabaka
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Good team

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  25. Tomerick
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Nice try Scout. I’m keeping the faith with Haller. I’d kick myself more if I took him out and he does well.

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  26. JELLYFISH
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    a) McGinn and King
    b) Trossard and Ings

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    1. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Could go either way honestly.

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  27. Gurra
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A) Vardy & Trossard
    B) King & Siggy (+0,5)

    Have Perez & Wilson

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  28. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Camarasa 5m, HELLO

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    1. JELLYFISH
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He did well for me at Cardiff last season. Very tempted...

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    2. In a Rush
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Thinking of swapping Dendoncker for him as my bench cover. is he ready to start do you know?

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      1. JELLYFISH
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I would like to know this too. If he is then I will likely do the same

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    3. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Oh.

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  29. Hazardous1983
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Best 6.5m striker own wilson and fraser

    Best 4.5m defender

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    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Jota,
      Montoya, OConnell, Guilbert likes a card occasionally

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      1. Hazardous1983
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Jota worries ne his.mins in europa league

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  30. Marmalade Forest
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Lanzini and Yarmolenko both interest me very much.

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