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Wilson and Lewis start as Newcastle muster solid side for West Brom clash

12 December 2020 1034 comments
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Newcastle have been able to name a relatively strong side for Gameweek 12 after a surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases at their training ground.

That saw their Gameweek 11 trip to Aston Villa postponed and called today’s encounter into question too.

Despite Steve Bruce’s midweek revelations that he was short on personnel, owners of Callum Wilson (£6.6m), Jamal Lewis (£4.3m) and Karl Darlow (£5.0m) can breath a sigh of relief.

They all start the Saturday afternoon meeting with West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2 formation.

Wilson is paired with Joelinton (£5.7m) in the front-two, with whom he shared a profitable partnership in a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace in Gameweek 10.

Matt Ritchie (£4.9m) and Miguel Almirón (£5.6m) staff the flanks while Bruce has been forced to compromise most in the defence.

Lewis and Emil Krafth (£4.3m) are at left and right-back respectively but midfielder Isaac Hayden (£4.8m) drops in at centre-back alongside Ciaran Clark (£4.5m).

Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.2m), Federico Fernández (£4.8m), Jamaal Lascelles (£4.3m), Fabian Schär (£4.9m) and Javier Manquillo (£4.4m) are all absent for Newcastle today although the club is yet to confirm which of these are because of self-isolation.

West Bromwich Albion look to be matching Newcastle’s formation with a 4-4-2 of their own featuring Callum Robinson (£5.5m) and Karlan Grant (£5.9m) up-front.

Newcastle United XI (4-4-2): Darlow; Lewis, Clark, Hayden, Krafth; Ritchie, S Longstaff, Shelvey, Almirón; Joelinton, Wilson.

West Bromwich Albion XI (4-4-2): Johnstone; O’Shea, Ivanovic, Ajayi, Furlong; Krovinovic, Sawyers, Gallagher, M Phillips; Robinson, Grant.

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

    My plan for next Gw was going to be Werner & Grealish > Bruno & Bamford...

    Got 2FT's and more than enough cash, thoughts?

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    1. Magic Zico
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      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      So will you then have 4 premiums? Salah KDB Bruno Kane/Son?

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

        Yeah will have Kane, DCL & Bamford, Salah, KDB, Bruno & Soucek!

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        1. Magic Zico
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          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Very nice, I can't afford

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  2. fr3d
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    5 years, 4 months ago

    Brutal for those who did Martinez to Johnstone for -2 last week

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    1. cigan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I'm the worst idiot with keepers this season

      Did Martinez & Digne > Walker & McCarthy last week (for a hit)

      Before that, I did Lloris > Martinez in GW9 (which was in order to afford Bruno Fernandes, but still - that's 26pts for Lloris vs. 27pts for Bruno since then)

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    2. Seanigula
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      But funny for the rest of us...2 keepers from the same team was never a good idea during Covid

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    3. ivantys
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Getting WBA keeper was the problem, not selling Martinez

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    4. Pukki Party
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      It's a -13 now as Martinez scored 11

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      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        -15 as Johnstone scored 0. Plus whatever he scores this game

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  3. vincentwsho
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    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Start 2 out of 4 next week:

    A) Cresswell (CRY)
    B) Watkins (BUR)
    C) Soucek (CRY)
    D) Robbo (TOT)

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    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      AC

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    2. Magic Zico
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      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Robbo Soucek

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    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Bench boost

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  4. COLLIN QUANER
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Captain choices this weekend?

    I opted for Mane (c).

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    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Son

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    2. FPLGeezer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane

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

      Kane

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    4. cigan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mo

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    5. Seanigula
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane

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  5. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Wonder if anyone did Martinez for Johnstone last week due to the blank? Think I saw someone on here do it for a hit! 😀

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    1. TeamSteam
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Why do you post such stupid things?

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      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Johnstone owner spotted

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        1. TeamSteam
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yes. I also have Martinez and played him this week. Thats besides the point. Your comment is just pure gaulle, with its only function being to annoy other people for no reason at all.

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    2. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Johnstone owner. Played Martinez.

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      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Same here

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  6. TheDragon
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Gutted Grealish didn’t take the penalty 🙁

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  7. Pukki Blinders
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Some luck for us Watkins owners...

    v Brighton, 90th minute pen denied
    v West Ham, Pen missed AND goal ruled offside
    v Wolves, taken off pens

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Gutted

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  8. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Just woke up and checked the score. What happened in the Villa game? Bloodbath of cards

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    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Niggly match with lots of fouls. Was still an OK game though.

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    2. Marcin the Pole
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      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mike Dean was reffing.

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    3. Freshy
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      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      no throw down?

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  9. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Unreal season! Keep telling myself X bad weeks in row is a anomaly, it will improve. Im up to 12 now.

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    1. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wtf

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  10. Marcin the Pole
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Think that's the end of the road for Watkins. Likely to bring Wilson in for him ahead of midweek.

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    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Both have great fixtures next 3 weeks. Could enable the monster of midfield.

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      1. Marcin the Pole
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        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Not really willing to lose DCL yet unfortunately. WC in hand still so Wilson likely to only be a 2 week punt.

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      2. Amey
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Agree

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  11. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Another blank from Grealish in gw13 and those who sold him in gw11 might have a good profit.

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    1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      not if they got in Jota

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  12. OverTinker
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    prediction for this game?

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    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      0:0

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  13. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Worst GW ever. Zouma and Dias can only save me....

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    1. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Hatties*

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    2. Seanigula
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      After 2 games? Most people had Bamford and Martínez, who both put up points

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  14. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Just came on to say get in Martinez and Mings! 😎

    Grealish not so much

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  15. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Of course I bought Mccarthy last week and benched Emo for him this week

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    1. The Train Driver
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Why I got Johnstone so I would never want to rotate...

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  16. seewhyaxe
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    lol, i started Johnstone ahead of Martinez due to the Newcastle fixture..

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    1. ivantys
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Turns out those reserves/youths were the ones out with covid 😀

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    2. RedLightning
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      So did I, because of Bruce's comments about missing a chunk of his players.
      Should have ignored him.
      Johnstone had better keep a clean sheet and save a penalty now!

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      1. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 15 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Clean sheet gone already.
        This is getting ridiculous!

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      2. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        He needs two penalty saves now.

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    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Ouch bad decision after 20 seconds 🙂

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    4. joey
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Same. What's worse is I bought him in last week, for a hit. Have taken another hit this week so he's essentially cost me 8 points in transfers plus whatever he scores less than Martinez this week, which is likely to be 8 or 9 points. I never bother with 2 playing keepers usually but decided it might be useful in case of postponements with Covid and this week decided that Newcastle might be the game for him. Disastrous on my part and pretty much sums up why I'm around 1.6m this season!

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  17. Ronnies
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Any update on Jota injury?

    Thanks.

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    1. cigan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Rumour has it it's 2 months. But deffo wait for the official news

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    2. Seanigula
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      NewsNow>Liverpool...enjoy

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    3. Seanigula
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      They are waiting on the scan results...maybe Klopp will talk about it in his post game comments.

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  18. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    This GW feels like its already ruined by No Martinez

    Everyone has the same mids and fwds... only difference was the keeper and a couple of defenders

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  19. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish is a pathetic coward not taking the penalty. Man up and do better. >:(

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    1. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      THIS

      even refuses to take direct free kicks

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      1. Fudgy
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It's infuriating

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    2. ppv
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Grealish said months ago El Ghazi was best penalty taker at the club. Stop crying. He made the right choice for his team

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      1. Fudgy
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Well he should be taking them he's the main man

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        1. TeamSteam
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          No? The best player for the job should take the kick, whether its fk/corner or pen. Have some sense.

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        2. ppv
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          You have no idea it's about Villa winning not FPL.

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          1. yalala
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            FPL is the meaning of life

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    3. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Chill, most of the time they get a pen El Ghazi won’t be on the pitch.
      I think he’s more than good enough at his price even if he didn’t have pens

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      1. Fudgy
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Barkley will take when he's back and that's when the next pen will occur

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        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Isn’t Barkley just rumours? I heard Dean Smith said Grealish is on them when El Ghazi isn’t on the pitch

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    4. Seanigula
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Triple Captain, Fudgy?

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    5. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Pathetic Grealish for caring more about his team's results rather than his 3m FPL owners right?

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    6. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Your comment history is more pathetic

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  20. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Kev cap haul now essential for this to be any sort of game week

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    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Did you (c) Salah?

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      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No, kdb

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  21. LSK
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Is Balbuena a decent bench option? Reasonably happy with my team but want to improve Mitchell in case of rotation. I have 0.8 in the bank but want to go as cheap as possible. Have C Taylor as my other bench defender.

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    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Absolutely, could have scored yesterday

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  22. Chilli Heatwave
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    For you grealish owners, smith confirmed grealish would have taken the penalty if el ghazi wasn’t on, so should have the majority of our pens going forward.

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    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Unless he hands them to Barkley when back!

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    2. Party time
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I fear for them. Imagine forcing a lad with no balls to take a pen. Only one outcome

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      • Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Unless he hands them elsewhere. Him being captain. Watkins could be practising in training. We know nothing.

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    3. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Jota out for two months, record.pt

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      1. yalala
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        That's a serious 'knock'

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      2. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Sauce?

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      3. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        If true, he's back right when the good fixtures end. Oh dear!

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      4. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        “Diogo Jota will be away from the lawns for two months, Record found. Liverpool forward suffered a knee injury in the Champions League game with Midtjylland this week.

        The 24-year-old Portuguese traded Wolverhampton for Liverpool this season. Add 17 games and 9 goals in the service of the English champion.”

        Record.pt is the website, can’t copy link for some reason. It’s a Portuguese site but that’s the English translation

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        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Thanks

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      5. DGW Sane TC Fail....
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        If that's true Klopp is going to come under some flak from the press after all his rants about fatigue.

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      6. Total Slotball
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah. Said on here last night heard it's more serious than many realise.

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    4. Kodap
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Need Salah captain haul to help me feel better about missing out on these Martinez points..

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    5. Total Slotball
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Jota out for 2/3 months.

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    6. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Goal Almiron...20 secons

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

        Wow

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

          Linton A

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      2. Party time
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Oh dear Slaven Bilic

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        • WVA
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          FFS Wilson fail!!!!

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      3. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Wow

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      4. DALEDOBACK
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Annoyed that JG doesn't want to take pens. Thinking ahead to midweek then, Grealish and DCL to (B)runo and 4.4 striker for a -4 gives me

        Salah Son KDB Bruno Soucek
        Bamford Kane

        Worth it?

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      5. Fudgy
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Wilson mega haul incoming now ffs

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      6. TheDragon
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Johnstone owners look away now

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        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Since I brought him in he's conceeded 6 goals, luckily I benched him this week

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