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Dugout Discussion June 22

Aguero starts for much-changed City as Guardiola benches De Bruyne

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Pep Guardiola has rung the changes for the final match of Double Gameweek 30+, which kicks off at the Etihad at 20:00 BST.

Burnley are the visitors to Eastlands, where Manchester City defeated Arsenal five days ago.

There are only three surviving members of Guardiola’s starting XI from that 3-0 win over the Gunners, with Ederson (£6.0m), David Silva (£7.3m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) keeping their places.

That means that Kevin De Bruyne (£10.6m) and Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) are both rotated out of the side, with the two premium Fantasy Premier League midfielders only among the substitutes.

Sergio Aguero (£11.8m) gets his chance up front, meanwhile, with Gabriel Jesus (£9.6m) making way.

Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m), Kyle Walker (£5.6m), Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m), Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) and Eric Garcia (£4.5m) are the other City starters from midweek who drop out of the City line-up, with all bar the concussed Garcia on the bench.

Guardiola has changed his entire back four, with Joao Cancelo (£5.1m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m), Fernandinho (£5.1m) and Nicolas Otamendi (£4.9m) tasked with keeping Burnley at bay.

Phil Foden (£5.1m), Bernardo Silva (£7.7m) and Rodri (£5.5m) are also recalled further forward.

Sean Dyche’s side are missing the sidelined Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes (both £6.1m), so Matej Vydra (£5.3m) and Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m) are paired together in attack for the visitors.

Josh Brownhill (£4.8m) makes his first Premier League start, while Matthew Lowton (£4.2m) returns from an enforced lay-off at right-back.

Not only are Burnley hit by injury, they are also without four players whose contracts are due to expire at the end of the month: Joe Hart (£4.2m), Jeff Hendrick (£5.4m), Aaron Lennon (£4.6m) and Phil Bardsley (£4.3m) are not even among the substitutes as doubts linger over their futures.

Four academy products make it onto Dyche’s under-strength bench as a result, with two goalkeepers among the seven substitutes that the Burnley boss has named.

De Bruyne is the most-captained player of Double Gameweek 30+ both overall and within the top 10k.

Over half of the managers inside the top 10,000 handed the armband to the Belgian.

Aguero was captained by 26.74% of those elite managers, meanwhile.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, D Silva, Foden, Bernardo, Mahrez, Aguero.

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Brownhill, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Rodriguez, Vydra.

Double Gameweek 30+ FPL Lessons Learned

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  1. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    I'm actually in disbelief. On Saturday I was sitting on 83pts with 9 to play including captain. How on earth have I finished with a final score of 92pts? Unreal.

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      haha i had 75 and finish on 103 no much better. thats fpl for you 🙂

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    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      That’s tough man

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

      I can beat that. Went from 84 to 88 thanks to Egan and Sterling captain in part

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  2. Firminooooo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    140 points. Almost new personal record.

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      well done !

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    2. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Boom!!!

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    3. MidTableFantasy
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Wow

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  3. pukunui
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Which pairing for GW31+ & GW32+ only. TAA & Rashford or VVD & Vardy?

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    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      TAA Rashford

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  4. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    129 will do nicely

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    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Same, well done

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    2. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Same score. Does very nicely 😀

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    3. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Ditto! Seems to be the number of the day!

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  5. Hairy Potter
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    134 despite the Salah no show. Happy with that.

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  6. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Salah or Mane out for Son?

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    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Probably salah

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  7. Dthinger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    90 points should feel better than this.

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  8. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    How long until we all hate Man U? 1 gw? 2 gw? 3 gw?
    I go with 1

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      until?

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      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        lol well fantasy wise

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  9. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Dropped Aguero for Jimi and Ings, Jimi now for capt?

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  10. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone else here captaining Salah?

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    1. Silecro
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Me

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    2. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Him or Vardy.

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  11. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    A) Salah or Mane
    B) Pogba or Richarlison
    C) Vardy or Rashford

    Can't have Pogba and Rashford. On a FH and these are the final spaces...

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    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Salah Alli Rashford.

      Alli is being slept on. He has received the most big chances of any Spurs player since Mourinho took over.

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      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Might not start though

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  12. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Klopp presser tomorrow?

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  13. Greek Freak
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    That feeling where I see Aguero trending on twitter, and check excitedly thinking he's scored a hat-trick or something 😆

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  14. Patrick Bateman
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    The accidental Mahrez (C) went well then..,

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    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Better to be lucky than good - enjoy it 🙂

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      1. Patrick Bateman
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Haha cheers. Can’t believe it turned out well

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  15. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Meh 118 after all that. I’d have snapped your hand off a week ago but disappointing now in light of huge scores

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    1. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      bore off

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    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Top 10k average is 93. Overall average is 63

      118 is fantastic - just because a few people got higher scores and post them to brag doesn’t make 118 not brilliant

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    3. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I once got 106 in gw 1 without a chip. Came on here not to gloat but everyone who posted had a higher score than me. I was like oh well not that great then. Ended up rank 2000 and everyone I checked in front of me had used a chip. That's when I realised that the stuff you read on here is bonkers. Point is, you've done well. Enjoy it.

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  16. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    120 points on BB

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  17. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    114 but got every ‘decision’ wrong

    - Aguero (c) over KDB (c) = -7 points
    - Aarons over Targett = -6 points
    - Duda over Saka = -6 points

    I take full responsibility for the captaincy pick - the other two are just stupid mistakes and trying to be too clever. Aarons?! What was I thinking....

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    1. Greek Freak
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      It's hardly a disaster - I lost more points by benching Lundstram one week!

      Pretty happy about the Aguero (C) given what could've been had KDB hauled. Again, I've lost way more than that picking the wrong captain on other weeks!

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      1. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Ye absolutely zero regrets over Aguero captain. It’s clear to see how big the potential upside was.

        Easy to say in hindsight but my other 2 decisions were terrible - partly down to reading too many opinions on here. Live and learn

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        1. Greek Freak
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          True, Saka was my first option for that last mid spot too, until I tried to be clever by checking the line-up leaks and switched him to McGinn. Still, McGinn did get 5 points so it's not like Saka destroyed him.

          Also annoyed that my initial pick was KDB, Sterling and Ederson but then went with Aguero and no City defence. Had I done the first I would've also captained KDB so that's a bit of a swing...

          Having said all that, had I got Ederson then I wouldn't have Henderson in goal, and would've gone with Egan on defence!

          I'm sure you were riveted by this story but swings and roundabouts...

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    2. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I took Ings and Mahrez out 10 mins before deadline

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      1. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Oh mate....

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

      Targett could have easily scored the same as aarons but fair

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  18. Aaa
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Thoughts on this? Forgot to press the bench boost this week so looking to do 31+ then rebuild:

    Pope/Martinez
    TAA/Doherty/Lascelles/Taylor/Holgate
    KDB/Fernandes/Mane/Richarlison/Saint-Maximin
    Jiminez/Rashford/Nketiah

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  19. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    2 questions only:
    For the next 2 gws:
    1)who scores more:Son or KDB (or Martial)
    2)who to replace Leno: DDG, Pope, Foster or Dubravka

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    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      1. KDB but it’s a lottery
      2. DDG > Pope > Dubravka

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  20. lilmessipran
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Do we know how long Leno is out for?

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    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He’ll be out for a long period, sell

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  21. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    132 pts 😎

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    1. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Well done.

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    2. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Beat me there, well played!
      Now to get that WC right

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  22. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone else saving FH chip?

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      38 or 36

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  23. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    The template maintaining faith in Pope on WC or is it time to drop and roll?

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    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Considering Martinez

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      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        I’d love to use this as an excuse to raise funds. Martínez is still standing behind the ARS defence though! I was thinking McCarthy despite the fixtures.

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    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I dropped him just now. Doubling up on Wolves defence with Pat and Doherty.

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      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        V nice! Unfort I think I need to go cheaper than Pope and not more expensive!

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

      Sell
      They are 114 players.
      By the end of the season they'll be battered

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      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        They certainly looked defeated tonight!

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    4. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Ditch Turf Moor is nothing without fans

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      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Yeh it def looks that way. Now to find the suitable replacement!

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

      just gone pope & awb to ddg & taylor, saved 0.6 still gives burnley cover if needed

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      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Nice move!

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        1. Gizzachance
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          cheers

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  24. yanky
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    going with some risky wc picks, 4-3-3 thoughts?

    Foster (Martinez)
    TAA Aurier Boly WanBissaka (Lascelles)
    Son Mane Fernandes (Hayden Dendocker)
    Jimenez Rashford Vardy

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    1. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Template starting 11 looks good

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      1. yanky
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        template really? without kdb doherty? thats not good i want some differentials lol

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

          Its not template, especially not with a 4-3-3. Vardy definitely a differential as well

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  25. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Just imagine had Aguero still been on the pitch second half....feels very unlucky as a Triple Captain but all in all I suppose 24 points for him isn’t too bad but blimey could easily have been so much more

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I'd be fuming at that if i tc'd him

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      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Given what happened across the 2 games yes, but I’ve had previous triple captain scores less over the last 2 seasons!

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  26. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Hey fam! Suggestions? No WC! Ready to take hits! 0 ITB!

    Nyland
    TAA Saiss Lascelles
    Sterling KDB Mount Barnes El Ghazi
    Auba Kun*

    Leno* Stevens Nketiah Egan*

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    1. Greek Freak
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      No WC, 0 ITB, ready to take hits, that's the spirit!

      Kun to DCL, El Ghazi to Bruno?

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      1. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Jiminez or DCL?

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        1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Jimi

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        2. Greek Freak
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Oh yes, now that I see there's no Jimenez, I would go for him instead of DCL. I think DCL has bigger upside in the next GW alone (Jimenez hardly ever hauls anyway), but especially if you take a hit you want to set up your team for more than 1 GW.

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  27. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    remember that gw where sanchez got 75 points on tc and scores went up to 150 points. which season was that ? 2016 2017 ? thanks

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    1. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      16/17 season got 192 that year on bb

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      1. ZimZalabim
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        sanchez got 27 kane 31 was an insane week

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  28. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Foden seems a nice level headed kid

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  29. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    This midfield 5 has me excited!

    Salah | Mane | KdB | Foden | Saka

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    1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Foden isn't going to score 2 goals every week. Especially not if Pep keeps rotating.

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      1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        My 2 cents 🙂

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  30. WE GO FOR IT
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    107 all out. Not the greatest but I'm happy. Bonus WC surely helped me close the gap in my ML to less than 10 points. Could've taken the lead but for Mahrez. Time for the actual WC now!

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