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Dugout Discussion December 13

Salah and Alexander-Arnold start as Klopp gives update on Jota’s knee injury

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The most-captained and most-bought player of Gameweek 12 features in the third of five matches on a busy Sunday afternoon of Premier League football.

Mohamed Salah (£12.3m) was transferred in by just over 400,000 Fantasy Premier League managers ahead of Friday’s deadline and now sits in more than one in three FPL squads.

Over 1.5 million Fantasy bosses have handed him the armband today.

Jurgen Klopp’s only two changes from Gameweek 11 sees two first-team regulars return from injury.

Alisson (£5.9m) is back in goal in place of Caoimhin Kelleher (£4.5m), while Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.2m) ousts Neco Williams (£4.0m) from the right-back spot.

Diogo Jota (£7.0m) misses out as expected and the former Wolves player could well be out until February, with his manager saying ahead of kick-off:

It’s worse than we first thought and better than we then thought. The potential surgeons had a look at it, no surgery needed but he will be out for a while. We don’t know exactly… one-and-a-half, two months?

It’s pretty similar with Kostas Tsimikas, by the way. Unbelievable.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (£6.3m) is back on the bench for the visitors.

Fulham make one change from the side that lost 2-0 at Manchester City, with Mario Lemina (£4.5m) replacing the benched Harrison Reed (£4.4m).

Aleksandar Mitrovic (£5.6m) is not in the Cottagers’ squad having picked up a minor knock in training.

Fulham XI: Areola, Aina, Andersen, Adarabioyo, De Cordova-Reid, Anguissa, Lemina, Robinson, Lookman, Loftus-Cheek, Cavaleiro.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Fabinho, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Jones, Salah, Firmino, Mané.

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  1. Reeker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Could get some rational help?

    Martinez
    James - Dallas - Robertson
    KDB - Salah - Son - Grealish - Soucek
    DCL - Bamford
    (Peacock Farrel) ( Lamptey, Brewster, Mitchell)

    1 FT - 3.7m

    I'm able to do:
    Son -> Bruno
    Grealish -> Bruno
    Robertson + Soucek -> Bruno and 4.8 defender
    Ignore Bruno

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    1. Reeker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Have a good bit of value in Grealish and Son though

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      1. Reeker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        9.0 and 7.0 in both of them

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    2. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Grealish -> Bruno

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      1. Reeker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Even with the fixtures and being purchased at 7.0

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  2. Weilong7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Best replacement for jota? 7.7 max.. 0.1 short for grealish 🙁

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  3. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Does it make sense to move Vardy out for Kane? Planning that move post LIV - SPURS. Spurs seem to be in full Mourinho mode of scoring first and then sitting back defending their one goal lead.

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Suspect several buses to be parked at Anfield

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      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I agree. checking post that.

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    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Wait and see if Vardy’s form is getting better this match

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      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Makes sense

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  4. Jabba12
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Who is more essential this week, Salah or KDB?

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    1. Cruyff Turn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      KDB

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    2. el polako
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Bruno is essential this week.

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  5. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Got 7.9 for Jota replacement but looks like Soucek is the only option worth having for that price or lower. Would allow me to either get Son in for Grealish or move to 3-4-3 by upgradeing Brewster.

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    1. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Exactly the move I was thinking! Jota & Grealish > Son & Soucek

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      1. S.Kuqi
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Would love to keep Grealish but after seeing Son playing today not sure if I want to go any longer without him

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        1. Christina.
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          son I thought was not in the game much today

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

            this Son did nothing tbh

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          2. Rolls-Royce
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Still gets an assist, imagine if he was in the game...

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          3. S.Kuqi
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Really? Saw just first half and looked dangerous to me. Always in good positions, could have scored altough lucky to get assist.

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

              Grealish got Burnley next, Son Pool. I'd stick with Grealish 4 now, the Pool game is too hard to call

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              1. S.Kuqi
                • 11 Years
                3 years, 4 months ago

                Agreed. If I bring Son in for Grealish it would be in gw14

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        2. Sun Jihai
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Son has only had xG of 0.43 and xA of 0.30 in the last 4 weeks

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    2. Reeker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Soucek is great allows for a lot of flexibility

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  6. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    All this LapT hype came to nothing. Gonna hold him till the Sheffield game then bin.

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  7. Tomerick
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Jota to Mahrez a no brainer?

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  8. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Pool got put in a spliff

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  9. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    1 FT 0 ITB
    Need suggestions please thank you

    Martinez
    Chillwell Fofana Targett Mitchell Lamptey
    Salah Burke KDB Bruno Jota
    Bamford Kane Adams

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Jota out

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      1. Champions League Varane
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        For?

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        1. SINGH
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Tony Martial

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  10. mackan
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kane and Bissouma to Wilson and Bruno -4? Have son

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  11. That Was Easy!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone having their worst season by some distance? Been in the top 75k for 4 seasons in a row and am currently sat at 3M.

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    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Yes. By far but let’s not give up yet.

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      1. That Was Easy!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Nope! A bit excited to try to climb. I’d take a top 500k finish at this point.

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        1. Steve Chance
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          You can do better than that!

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    2. Forgetmeknot
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Ha yep finished 8k last year and currently 1.8m. Villa game postponed last week with 3 of them, benched Martinez for McCarthy this week etc etc. Only 132 captain points.

      I got a lot of 50/50 calls right last season and looks like it is balancing itself out, imagine same for you?

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    3. Il Capitano
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I'm not having as rough a time as you, but it definitely feels like the most frustrating season I've played. Been stuck at ~500k for what feels like forever.

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    4. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      This is by far my worst season in 9 years playing.

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    5. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      2k last year 250k after that game. Hopefully top 100k by Christmas at least

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  12. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Got so lucky with the jammy salah penalty. Was a poor penalty too

    Cap scores this season

    40
    10
    10
    26
    32
    4
    16
    18
    22
    20
    28
    14

    So Much Jam

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    1. That Was Easy!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Man, that’s incredible.

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    2. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      40,10,4,18,32,4,4,6,22,20,28,4. Mane(C). It’s rough

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      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Btw who you captaining next week?

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        1. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Bruno or kdb. Probably kdb

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

      Thats crazy. Well done.

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      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks but some of it has been pure luck like today. I guess thats why we captain pen takers

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  13. Uncle Gamst
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Think I've been lucky this GW:

    Was firmly against bringing in Salah (C). Surely Salah would be rested after Klopp's strange decision to play him against Midtjylland.

    Then came the Jota potential injury news, via FFS on Friday and Jota > Soucek & Fernandes > Salah (C) -4 at 18:28. I would have kept Fernandes and captained Son so net gain of 2 points.

    I was dithering so much that I missed benching Lampety and was annoyed that his replacement was 3 on my bench...step forward Targett with your 5 points 🙂

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    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      That pen was so soft

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      1. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Soft but with current rules nailed

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      2. Uncle Gamst
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I know what you mean but it was a pen, under the rules. It's the rules that are crazy. It used to be a penalty for a deliberate hand ball.

        This idea of awarding for Pens for these kind of incidents started in Europe years ago...just like going down with slightest touch. IMO it's ruining the traditional English game where a hardworking team making committed tackles could come away with a result

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        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Crazy was not the rule, but breaking it with this result at this level is another matter. Shouldn't be too difficult to remember rules of the game.

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          1. Uncle Gamst
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Even worse...turning his back, football basics! I think his arms would have stayed where they were (close to his body) if he hadn't.

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    2. Uncle Gamst
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Forgot to add the 9 from Soucek so a net gain of 11 but the reason I had the -4 was that I did Soucek > Jota in GW11 and missed his 8 points against United

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  14. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    How’s this for free?

    Jota+Mitchell-> Soucek+Dias

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    1. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Do it. Solid move

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      1. sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers. Hope Dias plays.

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  15. michaelington
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    So everyone is now transferring Salah out? He just scored!
    Doesn’t this highlight why he’s such a good FPL asset? He has a bad game but still walks away with 7 points.

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    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      The game is gone

      Fulham not given a clear pen

      Liverpool given the softest pen of all time

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      1. S.Kuqi
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Wasn't soft. It is football not handball.

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        1. Bruce Lee
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Yes forgot you're meant to wear a straight jacket on the pitch

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          1. Bushwhacker
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Doesn’t matter the handball rule says it has to be given. Fulham goal should’ve been disallowed for the push in the back. Swings and roundabouts.

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      2. michaelington
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Wouldn’t say it’s a clear pen as it took so long to review but it is a pen.

        Those are the rules.

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    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      7 Points v Fulham for the most expensive player in the game is just terrible

      In any case was never a penalty. Ridiculous decision. Got to question some of these decisions. Investigation needed

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

        7 points is perfectly fine outscored all the other options save Kane who only got 9.

        No more not a pen then Fulham's goal which had a foul on Mo

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  16. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Do Sheffield Utd have fans back?

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    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Probably don't have any fans left at this point

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  17. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Seriously considering Salah to KdB

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    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Don't do it

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  18. roghippo
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Really stuck on this 1 take Telles out for a hit no bench cover

    Thanks

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  19. Jabba12
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on Robbo, Jota, Werner > Dias, KDB, Reid for -4

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  20. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    What to do here? Jota injury is doing my head in. Thought I could save FT.

    Martinez
    Robbo Chilwell Cancelo
    Salah KDB (C) Son Grealish Jota**
    DCL Bamford
    ____
    Forster; Lamptey Brewster Fodder

    1.5 ITB 1 FT

    A) Jota to Mahrez
    B) Robbo + Jota -> Fernandes + max 4.5 defender
    C) Son + Jota -> Fernandes + Soucek + loads of cash itb
    D) Something else

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  21. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    A Vardy brace today will make it harder to sell to fund Son next week

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    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Don't get your hopes up!

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  22. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Who are people looking to captain midweek??

    A....kdb v wba

    B...bruno at sheffield

    Thanks

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    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      A if Sheffield have fans at the stadia

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      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Interesting point re fans!

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  23. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Still hope for small green if Vardy blanks. That Sot CS was painful

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    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      100 percent saved whatever kind of week i end up managing

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  24. Manani
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    what happened to Lamperty? injury I suppose?

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Rested or injured or have been naughty 🙂

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

      Precaution

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  25. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Come on Justin goal and assist to save the GW

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    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Yes please!

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  26. CelticBhoy1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Best Jota replacement?

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    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Depends on your team

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  27. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Lads grab your popcorn, Klopp interview on its way 😀

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  28. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Best option here?

    A) Jota -> Bowen
    B) Jota/Vardy -> Grealish/Jesus (-4)
    C) Jota/Vardy -> Bruno/Watkins (-4)
    D) Save FT

    McCarthy
    James, Bellerin, Cancelo, Targett
    Salah, KDB, Son
    Vardy, Bamford, Wilson

    Forster, Riedewald, Douglas, Jota
    Bank 0.5m, 1FT

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    1. Heiro
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Rather downgrade belerin to afford the Jota upgrade than Vardy.

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      1. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        That could work for Grealish but not for Bruno

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  29. HD7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    KDB or Bruno as Captain?

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Both teams out of form

      I may go ings

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  30. Heiro
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Werner + Jota + Podence

    To

    Bamford + Sterling + Souchek? -4

    Then Sterling to Salah (have KDB) the week after?

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