The Complete Guide to FPL Gameweek 9: Tips, captains, team news and best players

FPL GW17 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

GW17 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	105.3%	Very Likely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	99.7%	Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	100.2%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	99.7%	Likely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	92.9%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	87.0%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	85.7%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	85.6%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	80.6%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	78.7%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	71.5%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.1%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	68.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	67.6%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	67.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	67.1%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	65.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	64.2%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.8%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	59.1%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	55.5%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	57.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.5%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.5%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	56.4%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	49.5%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	51.7%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	49.1%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	50.8%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	49.0%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	49.0%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	43.5%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.8%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	46.8%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	41.5%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	39.6%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	41.3%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	40.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	111.7%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	106.0%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	104.6%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	103.1%	Very Likely
Eze	ARS	7.8m	100.0%	Likely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	101.3%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.8%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.6%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.0%	Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	99.6%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.6%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.3%	Maybe
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	95.1%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	95.3%	Maybe
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	94.2%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	94.6%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	93.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.1%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.6%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	92.4%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	92.3%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	91.5%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	91.7%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	90.6%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	89.5%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	90.4%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.6%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	88.2%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	87.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.8%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	86.7%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	86.9%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.6%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	86.0%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	83.5%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	84.0%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Tips + Guides

22 October 2021 1130 comments

FPL Marc

The deadline for Gameweek 9 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is almost upon us – and we’ve got everything you need to help you with your transfers and captaincy decisions on this page.

You’ll find plenty of advice to help with your transfer dilemmas and armband conundrums on this page, while there are also team reveals, Members’ articles and videos in this comprehensive guide to the upcoming Gameweek.

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Rash
4 years, 1 month ago
So just checked my team and somehow bench boost has been played this week consisting of

Sanchez semedo Duffy bissouma 😆
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1. Mr. O'Connell
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Damn hackers
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2. Magic Zico
  4 years, 1 month ago
  For real? How could that happen?
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  1. Rash
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Only thing I can think of is its been pressed by mistake on my phone 🙁
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3. Mr. O'Connell
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Might come close to beating my bench boost of -1 last season, though.
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4. Salah’s Sonnet
  4 years, 1 month ago
  I purposely played it for a laugh as its a useless chip and Tierney is benched! Absolute joke
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5. Philosopher's Stones
  4 years, 1 month ago
  BB is the most overrated chip imo, and you could yield from it when you least expect it. GL.
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  1. Rash
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Thanks never know Brighton could provide a miracle for me
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Salah’s Sonnet
4 years, 1 month ago
As if Tierney isn’t even in the squad
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Sun Jihai
4 years, 1 month ago
#FPL #GW9 #EOstats #Top10k

Effective Ownership

Salah 169.4%
Antonio 78.9%
Raphinha 71.3%
Alexander-Arnold 66.3%
Cancelo 64.9%
Vardy 60.6%
Livramento 40.0%
Havertz 37.8%
Jiménez 34.4%
Ramsdale 33.7%
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1. Mr. O'Connell
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Ronaldo 190%?
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  1. Rupert The Horse
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Can’t imagine he’s got much ownership at the top.
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    1. Mr. O'Connell
      4 years, 1 month ago
      Didn't see top 10k. Thought it was the 5m+ EO stats.
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  2. Sun Jihai
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Ronaldo is 13% EO
    Kane 16%
    Toney 20%
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2. FOO FIGHTER
  4 years, 1 month ago
  (S)alah
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3. Rupert The Horse
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Wow. Salah is quite low.
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4. A Fat Spanish Waiter
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Ya… where is CR7 and Kane?
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  1. Rupert The Horse
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Would imagine there in the teens.
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  2. Gunners in Haaland
    4 years, 1 month ago
    In my team 😀
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5. A Fat Spanish Waiter
  4 years, 1 month ago
  SALAH 169.36% 99.77% 0
  ANTONIO 78.85% 79.11% 0
  RAPHINHA 71.30% 72.34% 0
  ALEXANDER-ARNOLD 66.32% 68.98% 0
  CANCELO 64.87% 64.53% 0
  VARDY 60.59% 53.78% 0
  LIVRAMENTO 39.99% 70.49% 0
  HAVERTZ 37.78% 26.38% 0
  JIMÉNEZ 34.46% 35.73% 0
  RAMSDALE 33.67% 34.38% 0
  MBEUMO 32.19% 38.22% 0
  SÁNCHEZ 31.81% 47.49% 0
  CHILWELL 28.25% 27.21% 0
  AZPILICUETA 25.06% 24.75% 0
  FODEN 23.79% 23.55% 0
  RÜDIGER 23.02% 23.38% 0
  SON 20.33% 19.46% 0
  BENRAHMA 20.21% 24.31% 0
  TONEY 20.10% 21.85% 0
  GRAY 17.12% 18.14%
  
  Total EO in top 10k if anyone cares. Sorry about the terrible copy paste job
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  1. Gunners in Haaland
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Thanks
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tbos83
4 years, 1 month ago
Just noticed next week every one of my players (except Salah) is away from home :-/
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Alisson WondHaaland
4 years, 1 month ago
Magnus Carlson bought and captained Havertz, that makes me feel a bit better
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1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Hopefully not a rook-ie error
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  1. Alisson WondHaaland
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Haha
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jason_ni
4 years, 1 month ago
Cash ml, 69 people, currently in 4th, and I capt Ronaldo.

No when else in top 60 capped him. Maybe I've made a grave mistake!
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1. Dash444
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Captaining Ronaldo doesn’t feel like the biggest mistake in the world.
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KirkhamWesham
4 years, 1 month ago
Bloody typical.
My rival captained Vardy. I captained Salah, so now I've got to hope Vardy blanks, despite owning him.
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1. Kellz86
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Nah, you want pts, you’ll make up the deficit with other players
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2. Paqueta Rice
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Or that Vardy does well but Salah does better
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3. Dash444
  4 years, 1 month ago
  No, you just need Salah to outscore Vardy. Hatrick Salah, Brace Vardy is what to hope for.
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FOO FIGHTER
4 years, 1 month ago
Teams with players of threat around me via Livefpl

Medium Danger: Ramsdale, Sanchez, Livra, Havertz, Mbeumo and Jiminez.

No players of major danger.

Not bad to be honest.
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1. g40steve
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Three major danger, Six medium!
  
  58%
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2. Cheeky Onion
  4 years, 1 month ago
  My Vardy danger scares me
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Kellz86
4 years, 1 month ago
ESR in the 10 spot, maybe some Friday pts finally
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1. Mr. O'Connell
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Lol
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Liastro ⭐️
4 years, 1 month ago
Messed up big style - played my WC this week but didn’t realise deadline was tonight. This is my disaster team…

Sanchez Foster
Chilwell Cancelo White Livramento Manquillo
Salah Bernardo Raph Benrahma Mbeumo
Vardy Antonio Toney
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1. A Fat Spanish Waiter
  4 years, 1 month ago
  That’s not a disaster. At all. I assume you wanted to sell Ben and maybe Bernardo? Otherwise its solid.
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2. Neevesy
  4 years, 1 month ago
  I mean, not sure on Chilwell, Manq, Bernardo but hardly a disaster.
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3. FOO FIGHTER
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Cap?
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4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
  4 years, 1 month ago
  U could sort it out I guess with a couple of transfers
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A Fat Spanish Waiter
4 years, 1 month ago
One third of managers in the top 10k took a hit this week. very intersting.
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1. Philosopher's Stones
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Green arrows incoming before KO
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2. El Presidente
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Yeah, doing Lukaku to Vardy
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Neevesy
4 years, 1 month ago
Completely forgot about the deadline, and left Auba as Captain over Salah......at least it makes tonight's viewing more interesting.
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1. El Presidente
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Great pick
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  1. Neevesy
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Let's hope so. He has served me well in the past.
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2. Philosopher's Stones
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Could work well. GL.
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3. OptimusBlack
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Hope u doing well
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4. Dash444
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Might be genius….but you’ve admitted it was a fluke now.
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  1. Philosopher's Stones
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Yeah. Eliminates the genius in that case 😀
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  2. Neevesy
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Oh, it's a complete fluke.
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5. sirmorbach
  4 years, 1 month ago
  I have a solution for you: just make Mo Salah your permanent captain.
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El Presidente
4 years, 1 month ago
Ronaldo's 12% EO is quite a differential...
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1. Philosopher's Stones
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Didn't think we'd live to see this day, but here we are..
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Neevesy
4 years, 1 month ago
Seems all rivals in ML have gone Havertz. Seems a shortsighted pick to me, but I could be wrong. I often am tbh.
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1. RamaJama
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Yes, shortsighted and could pay off before we move him on to son
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2. Dash444
  4 years, 1 month ago
  I’ve gone Havertz but have a plan this week or next…upside chasing.
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3. Cheeky Onion
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Tired of being in 9th place in my ML, and still have WC. (H)avertz seemed like a good chance to make up ground or get wrecked if he blanks and Salah hauls.
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Crouching Tiger
4 years, 1 month ago
Azpi (c).

This is the gameweek where I declare myself a genius or an idiot. At least I made it more interesting for myself 😀
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1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Who was your VC?
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SouthCoastSaint
4 years, 1 month ago
Potentially horrible week for us Saka owners…. Anyone else got him second sub…
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1. RamaJama
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Worse for me, sold him… hide behind the bar tonight
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Neevesy
4 years, 1 month ago
What's happend to Tierney?
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1. Salah’s Sonnet
  4 years, 1 month ago
  What I’m trying to find out, already one player down on bench boost, ya just can’t write it
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2. Hazz
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Bruised ankle.
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Can’t beat em so&hell…
4 years, 1 month ago
Alonso + Saka -> TAA + Gallagher

Now, to beat the price changes?
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1. PartyTime
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Absolutely
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PartyTime
4 years, 1 month ago
I met an Egyptian friend today after years apart. Could this be a sign of a Salah(C) haul 🙂
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1. Ragabolly
  4 years, 1 month ago
  And here's another Egyptian friend saying hi, so haul confirmed 🙂
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  1. PartyTime
    4 years, 1 month ago
    😆
    
    We feast!
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2. Salah’s Sonnet
  4 years, 1 month ago
  Could be the sign of another Zambian curse
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  1. PartyTime
    4 years, 1 month ago
    Hopefully not. It’s Utd. Should be an easy fixture for Salah
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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      4 years, 1 month ago
      Yeah should be 🙂
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3. Dash444
  4 years, 1 month ago
  …or Elneny is going to come on at 85 mins tonight and get an equaliser?
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Rupert The Horse
4 years, 1 month ago
NEW ARTICLE POSTED

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/10/22/tierney-absent-as-tavares-saka-and-lacazette-start/
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Lieutenant Frank Columbo
4 years, 1 month ago
Does anyone know what action is being taken to stop this permalink crap … it’s beyond a joke now?
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