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Fernandes and Rashford benched as Solskjaer rotates for West Ham trip

5 December 2020 1939 comments
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Bruno Fernandes (£10.9m) and Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) are surprise inclusions on Manchester United’s bench for Gameweek 11.

Yes, you read that right, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has opted to rest both of his key players for the trip to West Ham, in a week when Fernandes was the most-captained player worldwide and the second-most inside the top 10k (16.6%).

It is the Portuguese international’s first league benching of 2020/21 and could end his run of double-digit hauls in away matches this season.

Donny van de Beek (£6.7m) and Paul Pogba (£7.7m) come into midfield while Anthony Martial (£8.7m) and Edinson Cavani (£8.1m) start together for the first time in the Premier League, we suspect the former is on the wing with the Uruguayan leading the line.

With David de Gea (£5.4m) absent from the matchday squad, Dean Henderson (£5.3m) makes his first Premier League start of the campaign.

West Ham’s only change is up-front, following the news that Michail Antonio (£6.2m) would miss out on Gameweek 11.

That sees Sebastien Haller (£6.1m) return to the side, supported by Pablo Fornals (£6.5m) and Jarrod Bowen (£6.3m), the latter registering 80% of his attacking returns at home.

Those two attacking midfielders keep Saïd Benrahma (£6.0m) out of the team once again, despite the Brentford loanee assisting in each of his substitute appearances so far this season.

As expected, David Moyes keeps faith with the three-man defence of Aaron Cresswell (£5.2m), Angelo Ogbonna (£4.9m) and Fabian Balbuena (£4.4m), which sees Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) and Vladimir Coufal (£4.6m) retain their wing-back berths.

West Ham United XI (3-4-2-1): West Ham XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Balbuena; Masuaku, Soucek, Rice, Coufal; Fornals, Bowen; Haller.

Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): D Henderson; Telles, Maguire, Lindelof; Wan-Bissaka; Pogba, McTominay; Martial, van de Beek, Greenwood; Cavani.

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  1. Railwayman
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Bruno needs one assist to end the match with 9 points, what a baps machine he is 😮 Already on 26 with just 35 minutes played...

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    1. Peter Ouch
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      Its him or nothing in this team

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    2. Railwayman
      • 13 Years
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      *10 that is

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  2. Peter Ouch
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    Had Rashford for the last 5 weeks
    Sold him this

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    1. The Suspended One
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      Ouch

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    2. Baps Hunter
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      Me too. To get C KdB in.

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      1. Baps Hunter
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        Well, not that long...

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      2. Peter Ouch
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        Me too haha
        But I like a hit of drama 😉

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  3. TorresMagic™
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    3 - Greenwood (33)
    2 - Pogba (31)
    1 - Soucek (28)

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    1. Royal5
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      What's the point of these updates?

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      1. The Suspended One
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        Relevance.. convenience.. information

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        1. Royal5
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          It changes the whole game. Why bother before the game ends. Also it available for everyone so just really don't see the point.

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          1. The Suspended One
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            You only see provisional, he is giving you predicted final. As a non member just say thanks.

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            1. Royal5
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              As the final result shows, the information was useless and misleading.

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      2. Peter Ouch
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        Bonus point

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      3. TorresMagic™
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        Ask Soucek owners.

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    2. Railwayman
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      Bruno on 26 with just 1 assist

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    3. OverTinker
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      Bruno might get something at this rate

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      1. Garlana
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        He already has an assist

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        1. Garlana
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          Reply fail

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  4. Gudjohnsen
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    West Ham falling apart?

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    1. Bushwhacker
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      Officials giving a helping hand as ever.

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      1. ElChapo
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        how? i'm watching the game and there hasn't been a single contentious decision?

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      2. The Suspended One
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        Moyes doing all the work

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    2. Ibralicious
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      United are just tearing them apart atm. Bruno, rashy, mason too quick to handle

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  5. Rainer
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    United are gonna win the league...

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    1. Podge
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      Eventually

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    2. Bushwhacker
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      What league?

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    3. Peter Ouch
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      Stop it lad 😉

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    4. The Suspended One
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      Championship?

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    5. The Suspended One
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      Europa?

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    6. sminkypinky
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      Champions league

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  6. Ibralicious
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    Love to see United back on top of things again. How do you stop these attacks, playing with so much joy and class for the first time since SAF

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    1. Bushwhacker
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  7. JBG
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    Love it!

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  8. Party time
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    Moyes thought he had the game under control

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    1. Bushwhacker
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      Then the linesman figured he’d fall asleep

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  9. diesel001
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    Antonio makes a massive difference to West Ham.

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    1. FPL Scoop
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      Truly

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    2. The Suspended One
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      You think they wouldn’t have rushed him back...

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  10. have you seen cyan
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    Fab doing his best Guaita impression

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    1. Hazz
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      😆

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    2. Superflymonk
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      With these mid-table goalies it's either feast or famine with them. Their points prediction are so hard to call.

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  11. sminkypinky
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    Did i see correctly?
    When Cresswell got the ball back from a spectator, lino said he had to change the ball.

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    1. Scholes Out For Summer
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      cause covid

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      1. sminkypinky
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        Yep yep. Bit silly though imho

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  12. TomSaints
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    5 years, 8 months ago

    Again, great response by Solskjaer. Gives players chances and rotates squad.

    Reacts decisively when it doesn’t work.

    Easy win and momentum for mid week

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    1. diesel001
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      Or he still hasn't realised Martial is crap?

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    2. Rainer
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      Reacted well to Freds display in midweek too.

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      1. have you seen cyan
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        Cats and dogs could have made these calls, praising Ole because he realised Fred is utter garbage?

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    3. Bushwhacker
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      Linesman gifts a goal ; suddenly United get lucky as West Ham chase.

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    4. ‘Tis the Season
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      Blind loyalty for you

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  13. FPL Daniel
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    Amazing football in the second half

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    1. Bobby Digital
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      Agreed, end to end stuff.

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    2. Vazza
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      Yes, Dallas could replace him at LB

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      1. HashAttack
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        Assume your reply is to my Alioski question - so he's playing whilst Dallas is covering an injured midfielder?

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  14. HashAttack
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    Is Alioski's place under threat from anybody else - looks very attacking for a 4.4m defender

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  15. Ógie
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    • 13 Years
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    Is that a new record in the PL?

    I think United have come from behind to win in their last 5 away games.

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    1. Bushwhacker
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      All VAR assisted too

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      1. JBG
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        Want some cheese? Goes nice with that whine...

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        1. Hulk Smash
          • 11 Years
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          And salt

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  16. Flair
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    Antonio FC vs Fernandes FC, always one winner with Antonio out.

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  17. Bobby Digital
    • 9 Years
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    RJames starts!

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    1. Hazz
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      As per most weeks.

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      1. Bobby Digital
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        Gotta be grateful for the small stuff these days 😛

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  18. Magic Zico
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    Is Martial then the problem of this United team?

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    1. Zimo
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      Seems like it

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    2. Begbie.
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      Nah the problems are much deeper than one guy.

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      1. Magic Zico
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        Yeah I prob agree with that but he's not turned up for a while now

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    3. diesel001
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      Yes. Look at his form post-lockdown and how well Man Utd did. Look at his form this season and how much trouble they have been in (although Fernandes has got them out of it a lot)

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    4. Zimo
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      We absolutely outplayed psg last time when rashford was playing where martial was. Probably would have again if martial had not started. He's just devoid of confidence and form right now. Need post lockdown martial back.

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    5. Ógie
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      DDG being absent was also a big help today.

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  19. Bruce Lee
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    Bruno misses out on clean sheet pt 🙁

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    1. Bushwhacker
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      Eh?

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  20. TorresMagic™
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    Cresswell very close.

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    1. JBG
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      Cressnotsowellafterall

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  21. Podge
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    Corner for wham
    Cmon Soucek

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  22. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
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    I got to run. When is Bruno's pen scheduled for?

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    1. Begbie.
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      93rd min

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      1. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
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        Where's my pen?

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        1. Zimo
          • 8 Years
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          Next week

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    2. Podge
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      Not needed now

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  23. fedolefan
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    Fluke some points Cresswell

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  24. diesel001
    • 9 Years
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    Coufal subbed off

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    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
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      Nice, atleast 1 point locked...

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  25. RAFA THE GAFFA
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    Annoying. DDG concedes there 🙁

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    1. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
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      Anyone still plays DDG in FPL?

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      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
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        What does that have to do with it?

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  26. lespaul
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    FPL can't be bothered to check Alioski rationality

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    1. lespaul
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      Nationality

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    2. Begbie.
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      He's Macedonian.

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      1. ElChapo
        • 7 Years
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        North Macedonian*

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    3. Bushwhacker
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      He comes from Divingcheatastan

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 17 Years
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        Macedonian!!!

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  27. Weeb Kakashi
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    This Benhrama guy is quite good.

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  28. RAFA THE GAFFA
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    Cresswell is a crap pick. Pass it on!

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  29. Marcin the Pole
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    Early, I'm aware, but Grealish -> Mahrez'ers, what are your plans? Straight reversal, hold Mahrez or swap to someone else? Fwiw, think I'll likely swap straight back. Grealish a certain starter in a busy period, and with some nice fixtures and possibly a dgw on the horizon.

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  30. HollywoodXI
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    I reckon Bruno gets a 90th minute penalty here

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