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De Bruyne in advanced role as Man United deploy midfield diamond for derby

12 December 2020 1330 comments
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Pep Guardiola has afforded Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) an advanced role once again as Manchester City travel to Old Trafford.

The Belgian has been operating as a number 10 increasingly often this season having previously only played in that position in the big games.

And they don’t come too much bigger than a city derby for Guardiola’s men, so De Bruyne’s 24.5% ownership will be relishing his advanced runs tonight.

He features at the centre of an attacking midfield trio in support of Gabriel Jesus (£9.3m), flanked by Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m), who enjoyed a disparity of fortunes against Fulham.

Elsewhere, it is a third consecutive Premier League start for John Stones (£4.8m) at the heart of City’s defence, while João Cancelo (£5.5m) retains a berth, switching to the left-hand side, pushing Benjamin Mendy (£5.9m) to the bench and allowing Kyle Walker (£6.2m) back into the side.

Meanwhile, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appears to have tweaked his Manchester United outfit with respect to the opposition, changing his favoured 4-2-3-1 system into a midfield diamond shape.

Fred (£5.3m), Paul Pogba (£7.7m) and Scott McTominay (£4.9m) are all included in the line-up behind Bruno Fernandes (£10.9m) in support of Marcus Rashford (£9.4m) and Mason Greenwood‘s (£7.1m) two-man strike pairing.

Anthony Martial (£8.7m) is still an option though, named on the bench alongside Alex Telles (£5.5m).

Manchester United XI (4-1-2-1-2): De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka; McTominay; Pogba, Fred; B Fernandes; Rashford, Greenwood.

Manchester City XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Walker; Fernandinho, Rodrigo; Sterling, De Bruyne, Mahrez; Jesus.

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  1. james 101
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Little help?

    Current defenders:

    Zouma Chilwell Justin Dallas 3.8

    Have 1.1 to upgrade them

    A. Justin to 5.8 (does Matip start each week?) (Aurier or cresswell or somebody else better?)

    B. Dallas to 5.6 (same options as above really)

    C. 3.8 to 4.9 (ogbonna? Vestergaard? KWP?!)

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    1. james 101
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      Rest of my team is:

      Martinez

      Salah KDB Bruno Son Grealish
      Wilson DCL 4,4

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    2. james 101
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      Anyone?

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    3. Ginkapo FPL
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      James

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      1. james 101
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        Dallas to James?

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    4. Johnny 8
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      C, Vestergaard.

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      1. james 101
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        Thanks mate. Tempted by that yes.

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  2. bso
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    Bamford or Wilson? One has more chances, the other more clinical...

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    1. WVA
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      I went Wilson so definitely Bam Bam

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    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 9 Years
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      Went bamford myself

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    3. Magic Zico
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      Bamford volume may win it

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    4. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
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      Don’t love either - wish Antonio were back fit

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    5. james 101
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      Wilson has a couple of nice fixtures next. Will prob keep fir those then bambam.

      Or somebody else

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  3. Kodap
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    Grealish & Werner > Bruno & Bamford after this GW?

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    1. Gudjohnsen
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      Yes

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    2. Miguel Sanchez
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      That could come back and bite you

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    3. Rhodes your boat
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      Sounds good although Werner could explode at any moment and a nice differential on here

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      1. james 101
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        As could grealish

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  4. Steve The Spud
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    Should have sold Grealish for salah and taken a hit on vardy

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    1. Rhodes your boat
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      Hindsight ey!

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    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
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      who's your captain ?

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    3. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
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      Could have done that 2 GWs ago

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    4. Magic Zico
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      Enjoy Grealish (BUR) next

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      1. james 101
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        Yes. Could be big!

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  5. Egg noodle
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    Most players don't do well after a price rise. Fact.

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    1. ivantys
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      Scenes when Salah blanks tomorrow.

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  6. nerd_is_the_werd
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    Score predictions?
    Man Utd 1 - 3 Man City

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    1. Magic Zico
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      • 7 Years
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      2-2

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    2. CaptMidnight
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      This is the kind of game Ole wins. 3-1 Man Utd.

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    3. james 101
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      2-3

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    4. Gizzachance
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      Ole will get his get out of jail card !

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  7. Hattrick Harry
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    ManU 3-0 bruno (C)

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    1. james 101
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      Would be happy with that

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  8. Ajax Hamsterdam
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    please don't laugh but would you consider holding for 4.4? would be on my bench most gws.

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
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      to replace mitchell

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    2. ivantys
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      West Ham's 4.4 would be better choice

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
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        i have cresswell already though

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        1. ivantys
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          I don't think holding is nailed, bryan to save the money?

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          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
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            kean bryan? i know nothing about him, is he nailed? thank for input

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            1. ivantys
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              Yeah should be nailed they have nobody else senior in CB now. Saves you money for mainly being bench fodder as well.

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              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
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                thanks Ivantys 🙂

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    3. Zimo
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      Arsenal aren't that bad at the back. For 4.4 i would only prefer taylor more

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
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        i have taylor already. cheers

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    4. Gizzachance
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      Newcastle Lewis 4.3 I think?

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
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        nice shout cheers

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        1. Gizzachance
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          Looking at same for kilman
          Or Burnley’s Taylor 4.4 I think

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  9. Fudgy
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    City dominating so far. Looking bad for Old.

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    1. Fudgy
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      Ole*

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    2. JBG
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      Really? Been a pretty stale 5mins from what I've seen.

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      1. Fudgy
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        Look at the attempted balls , already insane danger from city

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        1. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
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          That KDB ball which got intercepted by Maguire tho

          Insane stuff

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    3. james 101
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      As long as Bruno and KDB both get hattricks

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  10. ClassiX
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    United players better be fit if they're trying man marking tonight...

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  11. Salan
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    KDB is playing like a forward

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  12. Flair
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    KDB looks so bright

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    1. Hazz
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      That's just his hair.

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  13. Nightcrawler
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    Kdb trying too many hollywood passes so far

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  14. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
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    In recent weeks, Chris Kavanagh has been on duty as the main referee or the VAR referee for Man Utd’s games

    Life long Manchester United fan too

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  15. tiger
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    Wonder when the Man Utd penalty will be...also when will the Maguire Comedy moment be

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  16. JBG
    • 8 Years
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    Give him a early yellow card ffs... Or he will be doing that all match.

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  17. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
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    Sterling’s touch is awful

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
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      Nothing new there

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  18. Flair
    • 5 Years
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    Sterling... WTF

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    1. Hazz
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      It's a terrible haircut, I know.

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      1. Flair
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        Difficult to know what's worse: that or his first touch today.

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  19. _YNWA_
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    Sterlings new hairstyle.... =)

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  20. Don Kloppeone
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    Am I wrong or does Wilson have a habit of getting yellow cards in the dying minutes of games? I know it’s only 1pt but still!

    Regretting getting him in for Vardy (to fund Salah)

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    1. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
      • 10 Years
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      Do you own Bamford?

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      1. Don Kloppeone
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        Yep. Got DCL, Bamford, Wilson front line

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        1. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
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          Nice front line. Wilson should start banging them in again

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          1. Don Kloppeone
            • 8 Years
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            Hope so! He’s usually a good player to own in my experience...

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    2. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
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      When Newcastle are winning.

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      1. Don Kloppeone
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        V frustrating!

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  21. HonestBlatter
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    this is 0-0

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  22. ivantys
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    Why is Shaw starting ahead of Telles?

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  23. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
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    Is stones now a viable option? 4.8
    Laporte not nailed it seems at the minute
    Have cancelo

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  24. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
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    Oh for fanny's sake, Martial benched??? This guy has been (a) gash in my team since GW2!

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

      Why do you still have him?!

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      1. TOLV TUMS
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        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        This is the better question...

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      2. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
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        I thought he might score some goals

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    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
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      What’s the thought process of even having him? Let alone from GW 2 to now?

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      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
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        I thought he was great value on my GW2 WC. Didn't sell during his suspension because I was busy. Since then, I've found it hard to justify selling him, because he's been on the verge of a consistent run in the team, so I thought, with reasonable fixtures, for a manager who wants him to shoot and score a ton of goals, out of position, etc, but there's always something that stops it all coming together. Today he's been dropped.

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    3. Party time
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I just checked your team. It’s enough to give a man depression

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        1. Deulofail
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          Due to how unlucky I've been? 😉

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          1. Party time
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Actually, it’s not that bad. I am also a big fan of Martial...had him in gw 2 & 9 but got rid. You should know by now that he isn’t in form & United are more reliant on Bruno.

              I will get Martial if he picks form & looks nailed. Get rid Imo

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      • Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
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        United are actually not playing badly.

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      • Scholes Out For Summer
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        It's a shame Pogba's agent is Raiola. Bruno and pogba seems to have a decent connection

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      • Flair
        • 5 Years
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        Shaw on corners? Wow

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        1. Royal5
          • 14 Years
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          Surprising for Shaw

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      • RamaJama
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        Who’s Matic going to replace?

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        1. _Ninja_
          • 15 Years
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          Fred back on... for now.

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        2. TOLV TUMS
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          • 11 Years
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          Possibly Fred, might withdraw him before red card

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      • TOLV TUMS
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        • 11 Years
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        Fun fact: Sterling's never scored a goal v United!

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      • Royal5
        • 14 Years
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        Sterling looks like one of Michelle Pfeiffer students in Dangerous minds with that haircut.

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