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Ronaldo leads Man Utd line as Pogba set to feature in advanced role

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Two Premier League matches kick off at 14:00 BST today – Brighton and Hove Albion v Leicester City and West Ham United v Manchester United.

At Brighton, Graham Potter makes just one change as Adam Webster (£4.5m) is sidelined with a hamstring injury and is replaced by Solly March (£5.4m).

Pascal Gross (£6.0m) is continuing to self-isolate due to Covid-19 regulations, but Enock Mwepu (£5.9m) does return to the bench along with Tariq Lamptey (£4.4m).

As for Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City, Boubakary Soumare (£4.9m) makes his first Premier League start and comes in for Marc Albrighton (£5.4m), while Ricardo Pereira (£5.5m) replaces Timothy Castagne (£5.4m) at right-back.

Meanwhile, Michail Antonio (£7.9m) is suspended for West Ham United after being sent off against Southampton in Gameweek 4. As a result, either Jarrod Bowen (£6.3m) or Nikola Vlasic (£6.0m) will lead the line, with Said Benrahma (£6.4m) and Pablo Fornals (£6.0m) completing David Moyes’ front four.

For Manchester United, Scott McTominay (£5.4m) starts alongside Fred (£5.0m) in a double pivot following groin surgery. That means Paul Pogba (£7.8m) could move back into a more advanced role on the left of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s 4-2-3-1 formation.

Mason Greenwood (£7.7m) starts ahead of Jadon Sancho (£.9.1m) on the right, who drops to the bench along with Donny van de Beek (£5.8m) and Victor Lindelof (£4.9m), both of whom featured in Europe.

GAMEWEEK 5 LINE-UPS

Brighton XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Duffy, Dunk, March, Lallana, Bissouma, Cucurella, Trossard, Maupay, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Burn, Richards, Mwepu, Alzate, Mac Allister, Moder, Connolly

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Tielemans, Ndidi, Soumare, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy

Subs: Ward, Castagne, Dewsbury-Hall, Amartey, Choudhury, Daka, Lookman, Iheahancho, Albrighton

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Vlasic, Benrahma, Fornals, Bowen

Subs: Areola, Masuaku, Dawson, Noble, Kral, Lanzini, Fredericks, Diop, Yamolenko

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Greenwood, Fernandes, Pogba, Ronaldo

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Matic, Martial, Sancho, Lingard, Bailly, van de Beek, Mata

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  1. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    United = Dream Team!!! Discuss

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    1. 272MK
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Defensive Mid would just perfect the team right? Maybe a good winter transfer. Kante maybe? Haha

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      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        They'll never get Kante. Rice or Phillips perhaps

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    2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Desperately need a fred replacement to win trophies

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    3. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Young boys are the dream team

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    4. Robson-Canoe
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      If they buy Rice to replace Fred, then yes

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    5. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      United's central midfielders do be dreaming quite a bit.

      Maguire as well.

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  2. TheDragon
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Only a Lualaba score of -10 can save my gameweek (yes that’s minus)

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  3. mgilbert86
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Frightening watch as a non ronaldo owner

    Dont think i can do that again

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    1. puhd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      The way I see it, it’s either him or Lukaku

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      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        It's both

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    2. Auntie Niemi
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      He's not going to score every week and he's not going to play in all games.As soon as cavani recovers he'll be heavily rotated.

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  4. puhd
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Toney out
    Saint Maxim in

    Yes or no?

    Thanks lads

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    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I think points potential is the same.

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    2. Auntie Niemi
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes.His fixtures are better in the short-run.

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  5. DGW Sane TC Fail....
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ronaldo penaties was going down befre he was even touched. Great that there's VAR in the game now.

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    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yup. Would have had 2 penalties if he didn't leap into the contact and dive

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    2. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Zouma one was a pen.

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    3. Shteve
      • 17 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Still a foul, doesn't matter if he was going down!

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      1. DGW Sane TC Fail....
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Am old school 56 years old played for 25 years. I dont want this crap in the game .. i know when somebody is cheating. stay on your feet.

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        1. Shteve
          • 17 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I hear you but, for better or worse, it is part of the game.

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        2. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          If he has stayed on his feet for the Zouma tackle, he'd have been wiped out. 100%. Sometimes it's about avoiding injury as well

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    4. Joey Tribbiani
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Still a pen

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  6. EmreCan Hustle
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ronaldo joins the league and the quality of posts here decline.

    I thought at least FFS would be immune to this since most on here love football.

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    1. Threat Level Midnight
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Never. There’s way too many people on here who hate themselves or don’t get enough attention at home.

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      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Seems that way.
        Its not like we've witnessed something new.
        These incidents happen and opinions are divided, but with Ronaldo the animosity is on another level.

        Ronaldo and referee no one gets spared.

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  7. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    United fans on here whining about VAR.

    The irony.

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    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      It is ironic, I agree. VAR has gifted us some decisions in the past but that does not mean we can’t complain about the incorrect decisions today. I’d be saying the same thing if it were any other team and those decisions were made.

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      1. Random Name
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        What incorrect decision? he had acres of space to run into and decided to run into the west ham player instead. Twice

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        1. Zimo
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Lacazette calm down. You'll get to play some games soon. Don't worry

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        2. EmreCan Hustle
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Second one was a pen IMO. Zouma didn't get the ball.

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    2. The Senate
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      lol. VAR has given to and taken from us in the past, doesn't mean you can't complain about its inadequacies now!

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  8. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Martin Atkinson and VAR officials need to be investigated for bribery from City group

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  9. FCSB
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Stuck with double BHA defence for (cry) and thought it might be time to lose Benrahma, but then 2FT could be handy for GW7… thoughts please!!

    Sanchez
    TAA Shaw Veltman
    Salah Greenwood Raphinha Benrahma
    Ronaldo Bamford Antonio

    Steele Tsimikas Ayling Brownhill

    1FT, 0.4 itb

    1. Benrahma >> Sarr
    2. Ayling >> Semedo
    3. Save FT

    Thanks

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    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'd be tempted by 2.

      Newcastle are horrific and he could do some real damage.

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  10. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    It’s been all plain sailing this season. Forgot what an absolute ***** of a game fantasy football can be when not going well haha.

    70k-> 350k and I’m rage selling Jota

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  11. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    VAR was awful today. Only correct decision was the Shaw handball and the referee on field had to go to the screen to make it.

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    1. Harry the Hack
      • 17 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      im still not clear. are you
      a) United supporter
      b) Ronaldo capper, or
      c) both?

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      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        A only. United supporter with no United fpl assets today. Does not affect me in any way in fpl terms.

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  12. 272MK
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I predicted Cristiano to score 1 goal every game, still do.

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  13. kUwe Inc.
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    So, Sanchez out, Ramsdale in?

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    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Isn't Leno back next match?

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      1. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 11 months ago

        No, that was disproved by arteta

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      2. kUwe Inc.
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Well…Leno available in the past 2 games, I guess he losing his place to Ramsdale.

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  14. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    55 all out, could have been a lot worse

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  15. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    For second week running I get a zero subbing in for a zero

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    1. ClassiX
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Sub Zero says "FINISH HIMMM!!!"

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  16. Thomas Magnum
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Dives or no dives, would Ronaldo have gone down in the box that many times of he wasn’t designated penalty taker?

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    1. Simon69
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      What?

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      1. Thomas Magnum
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I’m saying, Ignoring if it’s a foul or no foul, if Ronaldo wasn’t the penalty taker would he still go into the box trying to draw a pen for a teammate to take or would he try get a shot off for himself?

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    2. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 11 months ago

      No, he stays on his feet and tries to get a shot off

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      1. Thomas Magnum
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        My thoughts exactly

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    3. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes. Once a diver always a diver.

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      1. Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Ronnie Dio!

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        1. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Sorry, thought we were guessing artist against song titles

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      2. Simon69
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        You only login to comment about United. What a meaningless life.

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        1. Thomas Magnum
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Lol what?

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          1. Simon69
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Wasn't talking to you.

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

      Good shout tbf

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  17. Simon69
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ferran > Sarr a no-brainer?

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    1. dshv
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Did this yesterday ..

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  18. Random Name
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I think penalties should be scrapped. At 1-1 a close tight game, people have no problem in a game being completely turned upside down by a dive in the penalty box

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    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      People see players diving in the box now and just accept it and say “it’s part of the game” pretty sad

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      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        It has become acceptable practise unfortunately - anything for the win is seen as par for the course rather than unsporting.

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  19. dshv
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    actually west ham are very good team, next week against weak leeds defence will be good i think

    (Antonio Benrahma owner)

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    1. Shteve
      • 17 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Def a good team but thought they were very leggy, Europa League could be their downfall

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  20. Bushwhacker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Moyes still a United man then … why on Earth does anyone think its smart to bring a player on just to take a penalty? Ole’s goat slaughtering works again.

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    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      The English manager did it...

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    2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      should learn from southgate that subbing on for a pen doesn't work

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    3. Postman Ty
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Seriously how many times do we have to see a manager try that and fail and be ridiculed before they stop that nonsense.

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    4. Simon69
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      You support Liverpool right? Your entire comment history is talking about United. Christ that's embarrassing.

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  21. Bob_the_builder
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Bamford to Antonio. Good move or too sideways?

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    1. REDMOND IN SANDALS
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      considering this my self though also tempted to do Torres to Sarr

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  22. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    0-0 in this match would do nicely for me (Alonso + Dier off bench for Torres).

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

    Big three: Raphinha, Benrahma, Sarr

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  24. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    51 pts all out, bad week ... Torres Digne the killers!

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  25. Bob_the_builder
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Only a Lukaku brace can save this GW now.

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  26. Firmino
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Decided not to use my wildcard in GW3. Im 34 points down on that decision. Gap probably going to get bigger before GW8. Season defining stuff.

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    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Nah I’m similar boat. Terrible this week and wildcard team would be at elastic 20-30 ahead. But a long season and there’s a reason we’re holding out for GW 7/8

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    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not sure you can come to that conclusion, the points or season defining

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  27. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I advise people to look at this which I posted a few days ago.

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/24136122

    TLDR just get Rudiger and sleep well

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    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      May as well spend an extra 0.2 and get insane attacking threat too with Alonso

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      1. Flaming Flamingo
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Alonso is even more rotation prone than James going forward though

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    2. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Don't be another I told you so (so many on here these days) we all get some calls right and some wrong and nobody thinks James is 100% nailed or nailed more than Rudiger anyway

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      1. Alisson WondHaaland
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Im not saying right or wrong, but I think many people are unaware of the amount of cameos he gets hence its worth taking a loom

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    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Chelsea are a minefield outside of Lukaku

      Cancelo I think is a higher priority than any chelsea defender, even with the fixtures

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    4. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I agree. Its him. Christensen is another good choice. Azpi too, but too expensive.

      Unless Alonso is the one after all!

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    5. Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I would never get a 5.5 defender who has 0 attacking potential.

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      1. Alisson WondHaaland
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Got the same amount of goals as James last season

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  28. Sid07
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Greenwood to raphina??

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    1. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      yes

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  29. g_jannyg
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Wait how does Benrahma still get 3bps? Lol

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  30. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    The guardian hates united but if they’re saying penalties then it really was a shocker:

    Dear me, what a finish. It would have been a scandal had West Ham drawn the game - but they really should have done. Mark Noble came on to take the penalty, a huge gamble that failed when his tame effort was saved. Before that, Cristiano Ronaldo had two penalty appeals - one extremely good, one stonewall - ignored by both Martin Atkinson and VAR. It’s not good enough, but at least it didn’t affect the result.

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