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FPL Gameweek 1 tips: Best players, predicted line-ups, team news + more

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This is it: after two months of team drafts, RMTs, derailed bandwagons, pre-season red herrings, transfer sagas, injury scares and endless Twitter threads, the 2023/24 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season gets underway.

We’ve collated all our Gameweek 1-specific content in this article to help you make those big calls before Friday evening.

But make sure to check out our comprehensive pre-season page for a lot, lot more information on the action and news that has taken place over the summer. There are dozens upon dozens of other articles such as Scout Notes on the pre-season friendlies, Scout Reports on the new signings and plenty more besides.

And don’t forget your Fantasy Football Scout subscription before the new campaign. There’s still 30% off on annual subscriptions and the price you pay now will be locked in for the duration of your Membership!

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GAMEWEEK 1 TEAM AND INJURY NEWS

FPL Gameweek 1 team news: Live updates from Pep, Klopp, Tuchel and more

Plus, check out our Injuries and Bans database, Predicted Line-ups and Set Piece Takers.

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TEAM GUIDES

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TEAM REVEALS

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TIPS AND OPINION

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  1. sirmorbach
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    I had absolutely no idea Berge was now a Burnley player

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    1. Critical Observer
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Transfer completed like hours ago, geez, I bet you don’t even have an anorak.

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    2. Percy Johnstone
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Kane's going to Bayern too!

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  2. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    All week I’ve gone after Stones as a pick with extreme prejudice. 23 starts out of 38 last season and benched against the fodder you want him playing. So many people caught a lifeline here.

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      He'll be in plenty of other teams still.

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    2. CostaCoffee
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Fair point but he only came off the bench twice so if you’ve got a solid bench, which most people will this year, it could be worse

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    3. Begbie.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Felt like he became more of a regular as the season progressed though.

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  3. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    My punt Alvarez starts 🙂

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  4. Wirtzle Gummidge
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    So Gvardiol didn't start as Pep wanted Kompany to be the best defender on the pitch.

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  5. edfiasco
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Swapped to rico and foden, let’s goooo

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      How long will you hold Rico Lewis?

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      1. I am 42
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        im holding until he is dropped, most likely in GW2 lol

        so GW3 Lewis to Udogie

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      2. edfiasco
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Don’t know he’s 4.5 so can sit on my bench all season if needs be

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        1. edfiasco
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Or can become Colwil next Gw if no other pressing issues

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    2. CostaCoffee
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Picking Rico seems a bit short sighted, though I panicked and went Ake myself, so I’m not far off

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  6. nonaynever
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    BBC
    Burnley XI: Trafford, O'Shea, Beyer, Al-Dakhil, Roberts, Berge, Cullen, Koleosho, Vitinho, Foster, Amdouni.

    Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Ake, Akanji, Lewis, Rodri, Silva, Foden, De Bruyne, Alvarez, Haaland.

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      First time watching nearly all those Burnley players

      Will be interesting to see how they have adapted from the Sean dyche days

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        With Brownhill missing, I don't think a single one ever knew the Dyche days

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        1. CostaCoffee
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Roberts would have played under Dyche

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      2. Hairy Potter
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        No Ashley Barnes and his flying elbows!

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    2. Andy_Social
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Trafford starts!

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      1. bench boost for every gamew…
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        And he's not old!

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    3. Hairy Potter
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      BBC website lineup graphic for Man City isn't as bad as it was last season.

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  7. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    We're gonna see more of Alvarez this season now the World Cup is in the bag

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    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Yeah I really wanted him but just couldn’t figure out how to swueeze him in other than going uber cheap with keepers. Hope he blanks.

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  8. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Is Al-Dakhil nailed?

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  9. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    We have no stones.

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  10. It's a Wookie
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    How long before someone starts to blame everyone else for their Stones pick?

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      It's Pep's son's fault, Gvardiola.

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      1. It's a Wookie
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Damn you Pep-son!

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    2. nonaynever
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      don't pick your stones

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    3. DeathoftheParty
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Probably about now...

      On Stones & Gabriel...

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    4. it lies in the proles
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      They’re already blaming Pep down there

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  11. Bubz
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Is Foden playing as an 8 then?

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    1. Hairy Potter
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Left wing?

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      1. Bubz
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Not sure, think they are playing a 4-1-3-2 type thing like in the comm shield

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        1. FPL_trail_runner
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Unlikely

          More like this
          Ederson
          3 at back
          Lewis Rodri
          Alvarez KDB Silva Foden
          Haaland

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Left?

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    3. Chris_l25
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Yeah looks like a straight swap for Grealish on the left

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  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Kompany “ this is the worst performance we will see from Burnley this season”

    Wish I triple capped haaland now

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    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Does that statement come as a surprise to you?

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      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Well yes a little because I get his point about they can only get better but it’s a bit defeatist

        Not exactly the message you want to drum home to players

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        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Means they'll only win 1-0 and the best is yet to come. Fosho.

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    2. Urban Cowboy.
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      0-0 at the etihad confirmed.

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    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      He meant win or lose, they need to and will improve each game.

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    4. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Reverse phycology

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  13. RohanVaswani
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Why isn’t stones in the squad?

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    1. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Missed a drugs test

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    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Keep up,

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    3. Percy Johnstone
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      last minute transfer to Bayern

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    4. St. Stephen XI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Died in a bizarre gardening accident.

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  14. Urban Cowboy.
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Big Kabore getting ready to be subbed into lots of teams.

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  15. @ocprodigy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Alvarez would have been a fun punt this gameweek, fair play to those who brought him in.

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    1. FPL_trail_runner
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Took him out 5min before deadline as KDB was confirmed didnt want to risk it for my bench boost , since he generally never starts with KDB

      Id imagine he will start wide rigth today and not as a suport striker to Haaland like if KDB was benched, so maybe its fine

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  16. FPL_trail_runner
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Alvarez starts

    Took him out of my BB last minute as wasnt sure he would start with KDB

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  17. Budweiser
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    want something big from KDB

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    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      As does Mrs KDB

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  18. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    On bench boost

    Switched Gabriel to saliba last minute but it didn't go through. Very annoying

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    1. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      How is you bench looking?

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      1. Nightcrawler
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Not great. I just do it every year in week 1 cuz teams are similar and it gets boring

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    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Never know. Might come off

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  19. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Had Stones in my team for weeks. Switching him to Chilwell with 5 mins to go felt like cheating

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  20. Fintroy
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    4 minutes into the FPL and that t@sser has already p@ssed me off - where is Stones ????

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Probably out, rather than Pep'd.

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      1. Fintroy
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        You never know tho with that idiot, prob given him the night off to have a movie night with wife and kids....

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    2. it lies in the proles
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Dont disrespect Pep

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  21. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Last minute Stones to Shaw switch

    Phew!

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    1. Percy Johnstone
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      3 min to go switch here

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  22. Eleven Hag
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Went with this after the leak

    Pickford
    Gabriel Saliba Estu Shaw
    Salah KDB Odegaard Mbuemo
    Haaland Alvarez
    - Turner Baldock 4.5 4.5

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  23. FPL_trail_runner
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    That City team may actually not be great for Alvarez owners (few of them i know) and actually may be blind luck to removed him for welbeck last minute

    Id imagine he is pushed wide right with kdb supporting Haaland and Silva in middle with Rodri.

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    1. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      He’s on the pitch from the start so it’s still good news

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      1. FPL_trail_runner
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Ya hopefully he doesnt come back to hurt me

        I felt he could be the first price riser in the game tonight but had to move him out when it was possible he wasnt no starting

        Go watch him explode now

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  24. TOBY1
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Swapped alvarez for foden on the leaked lineups. Brought in Rico for 1 week punt. Now blocked route to Alvarez haha.

    Would have possibly gone both but would defo have chosen Alvarez.

    Ah well. All fun and games. Would love to see Alvarez as option this year. If he scores this week going to go up loads isn’t he.

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    1. FPL_trail_runner
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Similar story here

      He hasnt started with KDB before , so the leak meant i was sure he was benched

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    2. Eyes of Blue
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Yep… and then benched next week!

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  25. The Big Fella
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Is anybody following the Greenwood trial? I have just seen on the BBC that there will be a protest against him by a female United fan club if he is reintegrated into the squad but the same article states the charges were dropped against him, some witnesses backed out and new evidence had come to light. I haven't followed the trial, I just knew it was happening and what for so I may be missing information but I think with the information I have it is massively unfair if the charges were dropped and he is still punished through losing his job. Does anybody else have a more informed opinion?

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    1. CostaCoffee
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Well he did the crime and everybody knows it, including everybody at the club. Just because he’s not criminally persecuted shouldn’t make him free from other repercussions

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      1. sirmorbach
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        This. No one can be legally punished unless legally declared guilty, but we would be doomed if life was only about legal and not moral repercussions as well.

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        1. The Big Fella
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Perhaps but this is just mob justice then. The charges were dropped. I am not saying either way, I think it is complicated if the circumstances of his arrest were as obvious as Costa Coffee says (I have no clue), but it raises an interesting legal/moral dilemma.

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          1. Percy Johnstone
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 15 days ago

            Jimmy Saville was never convicted!

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            1. Drexl Spivey
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 15 days ago

              Neither was Jack the Ripper.

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              1. Percy Johnstone
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 15 days ago

                Both had friends in high places, wonder if there is any coincidence?

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            2. The Big Fella
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 15 days ago

              Is that true? I am really surprised by that. I thought it was a given. Will read up more on it.

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              1. Percy Johnstone
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 15 days ago

                i don't know much about Greenwood either my point was just because someone was not convited does not always mean they are innocent. Well known sports star in America had a high powered legal team and got away with a double murder.

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      2. The Big Fella
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        I do not know enough about what happened to know if he did it or not, I just read he was arrested a couple of years ago and now have read this. However, this is exactly why we have a court of law. If he is punished outside of it, despite charges being dropped, I would imagine he would have grounds for suing the club.

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    2. Andy_Social
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      No, but it's a bit like Mendy who's lost 2 years off his career and sacked by City - and then found not guilty. Why does "justice" take so long?

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      1. The Big Fella
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Yes and I was certain he had done it and then one by one the charges were dropped or he was found not guilty too. He may have grounds for loss of earnings. The question about justice taking so long in Mendy's case can be probably attributed to the amount of charges (think Toney and his betting charges - it would have been much quicker if it were one incident) and the complications surrounding witnesses etc.

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        1. Andy_Social
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Toney kept playing until the charges were brought. Greenwood, Mendy, Giggsy all had to quit while they waited and can't go back properly.

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          1. cartonsydney
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 15 days ago

            Hard to work out whether you're being deliberately obtuse or just not the sharpest egg in the carton but three of those players that you mentioned were under criminal investigation for violent sexual and/or domestic crimes, and the other one broke a few FA by-laws.

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      2. Phil's Stamps
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        'Why does justice take so long?'

        We've underfunded our criminal justice system for years. See: overcrowded prisons, criminal barristers on strike, appalling rates of reopening.

        Also see: the NHS, public transport, education, public housing, the care system etc. etc.

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      3. Phil's Stamps
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        *reoffending

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  26. Evasivo
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Had a beautiful midfield set all week, then last 5mins before deadline….

    Bruno Rashford out KDB Foden in

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    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Good luck.

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      1. Evasivo
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Cheers OM

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    2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Big cajones bud!

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      1. Evasivo
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Rest of team are shields, needed a few swords

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  27. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Alvarez, KdB & Haaland C ... Let go 🙂

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    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      I'd be surprised if Guardiola is up for embarrassing Kompany with a hammering.

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      1. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 17 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Don’t think Pep thinks that way

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  28. BIind Moth
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Any high testosterone members gone with Saka(c) or Rashford(c)?

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Horny risk takers like...

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    2. Eyes of Blue
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Yep Rashford captain here!

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    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Rashford 0/

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    4. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Saka here

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    5. yalala
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Salah

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    6. noissimbus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Rashy

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  29. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Where does everyone get the leaks?!

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    1. Andy_Social
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      here

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  30. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Have to laugh.

    Looked at the predicted Man City lineup on this site and 10/11 start,
    checked the Burnley team and it only has 6/11 starters correct.

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      You're paying for it though.

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    2. Andy_Social
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Shame the Scout Picks crew got it wrong

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