Chelsea v Liverpool team news: Sanchez + Jackson start, Darwin benched

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No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Hecke	BHA	A
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Down	Hill	BOU	C, £
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Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	98.7%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	91.4%	Maybe
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	92.1%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	88.3%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	86.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	87.0%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	85.3%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	86.7%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	82.9%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	89.2%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	80.4%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	78.3%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	63.2%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	75.0%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	74.5%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	73.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	68.6%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	68.5%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	69.3%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.8m	63.5%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	65.8%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	65.7%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	65.4%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	64.5%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	64.2%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	62.4%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	60.2%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	58.3%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	57.0%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	53.7%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	52.3%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	52.4%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	50.5%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	48.2%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	47.1%	Unlikely
Havertz	ARS	7.3m	46.9%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	45.9%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	44.8%	Unlikely

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Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	100.5%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	100.0%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	99.4%	Maybe
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	98.5%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	98.8%	Maybe
Senesi	BOU	5.2m	98.0%	Maybe
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	98.6%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	97.1%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.5%	Maybe
Palmer	CHE	10.5m	95.0%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	94.6%	Maybe
Estève	BUR	3.9m	94.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	92.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	MCI	5.1m	93.7%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	93.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	92.9%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	92.7%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	92.6%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	88.2%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	87.8%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	87.3%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	86.5%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	83.3%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	80.2%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	79.7%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.4m	78.3%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.3%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	78.5%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	78.5%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	76.1%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	73.8%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	70.7%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	70.2%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	70.0%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	66.3%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Keane	EVE	B
Up	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Ballard	SUN	C
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Hecke	BHA	A
Down	Struijk	LEE	B, £
Down	Hill	BOU	C, £
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

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No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	C
Up	Rice	ARS	C, Vs
Up	Wilson	FUL	B
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
Up	Gibbs-White	NFO	A, VsX
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £
Down	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Tavernier	BOU	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Up	Watkins	AVL	A
Down	Welbeck	BHA	B
Down	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
Down	João Pedro	CHE	C

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Dugout Discussion

Chelsea v Liverpool team news: Sanchez + Jackson start, Darwin benched

13 August 2023 2532 comments

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Mauricio Pochettino begins his reign as Chelsea head coach on Sunday when the Blues host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

Kick-off is at 4.30pm BST.

The Argentine has chosen to line up his new charges in what looks like a 3-5-2 formation, handing debuts to Robert Sanchez, Axel Disasi and Nicolas Jackson.

Kepa Arrizabalaga is not in the squad, as he explores a move to Real Madrid.

There are debuts for Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai at Liverpool, too.

Diogo Jota’s strong pre-season form sees him start in attack alongside Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz, with Darwin Nunez on the bench.

GAMEWEEK 1 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Disasi, Silva, Colwill, James, Gallagher, Enzo, Chukwuemeka, Chilwell, Sterling, Jackson

Subs: Bergstrom, Cucurella, Gusto, Maatsen, Santos, Ugochukwu, Mudryk, Madueke, Burstow

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Salah, Diaz, Jota

Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Matip, Tsimikas, Jones, Elliott, Doak, McConnell, Darwin

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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
2 years, 8 months ago
Chilwell limping
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1. Bobby Digital
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Haha James and Chilwell both broke down within minutes
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  1. Andy_Social
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Bring on cucurella!!
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  2. Effe
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Was James injured when he came off?
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2. Maeki2
  2 years, 8 months ago
  With the balls he have to carry across the field he will not be fit more than 50%
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g40steve
2 years, 8 months ago
Salah might be on pine duty next game, Klopp just blanked him
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Thanos
2 years, 8 months ago
Chilly limping too
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TheBiffas
2 years, 8 months ago
Gallagher gets a lot of stick but I think he's absolutely class
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1. JT11fc
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Hes the player every team needs one of
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No_Mo_Salah?
2 years, 8 months ago
Taking Salah off?
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RamaJama
2 years, 8 months ago
Chilwell on for 2 baps at the moment, outscoring Salah by 2 points.

But Chilwell deserves a goal.
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Total Foot 5
2 years, 8 months ago
#10 for modryk, bit forceful for that huge overpriced deal, lets see what price they sell him.for
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1. JBG
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Probably wouldn't have played worse than Sterling today.
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JBG
2 years, 8 months ago
Hahah these Chelsea fullbacks certainly are something.
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Dammit_182
2 years, 8 months ago
Just checking; is this a pre-season game with nothing riding on it? Chance to give the youngsters the feel of playing in a match squad?
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ONLYPEPKNOWS
2 years, 8 months ago
Mudryk coming in for the winner
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dabber7
2 years, 8 months ago
Will Salah's reaction have any bearing on whether Klopp starts him next week do we think?
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1. lilmessipran
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Haha no
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2. Thanos
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Don’t think so but it was quite a strong reaction though
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3. Scapegoat Salah
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Yeah - Klopp will probably never sub him again
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4. have you seen cyan
  2 years, 8 months ago
  he is probably finished at Liverpool now.
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5. F4L
  2 years, 8 months ago
  might not even make the matchday squad
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6. Drexl Spivey
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Yeah, his squad's inundated with less grumpy Salahs.
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lilmessipran
2 years, 8 months ago
Come on Chilly get the winner
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GAMBIT
2 years, 8 months ago
Thiago Silva is just simply world class
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1. Sgt. Schultz
  2 years, 8 months ago
  totally concur
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2. ★Kuntheman★
  2 years, 8 months ago
  It’s honestly legendary stuff. He’s been top quality the last two decades
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3. Sim Simma
  2 years, 8 months ago
  He's like 20 years Darwin's senior and still showed him who's boss
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_Greg
2 years, 8 months ago
James wasn't injured, dunno what commentators were on about!
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1. JT11fc
  2 years, 8 months ago
  The commentator putting of potential buyers haha
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2. g40steve
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Managing his minutes building up match fitness
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Total Foot 5
2 years, 8 months ago
65bpts here, wissa on bench
how are most doing
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1. TheBiffas
  2 years, 8 months ago
  74, could have been so much more with Salah and Chilwell
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2. The Philosopher
  2 years, 8 months ago
  69 with Wissa and Botman on bench
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3. TheBiffas
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Plus the crazy Mbeumo + Henry sitter
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4. Old Man
  2 years, 8 months ago
  That's probably about average for on here.
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5. The Knights Template
  2 years, 8 months ago
  62pts with Wissa on the bench. Rash and Bruno to come but.
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  1. The Philosopher
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Rash, Bruno and Shaw for me, but
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    1. The Knights Template
      2 years, 8 months ago
      tis shameful to boast!
      
      b84jwh
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6. jacob1989
  2 years, 8 months ago
  83 after bps. With rash and onana to go. None of my players blanked
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7. Joyce1998
  2 years, 8 months ago
  74 with Rash + Bruno to go
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8. GAMBIT
  2 years, 8 months ago
  63 with Bruno still to play
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9. Debauchy
  2 years, 8 months ago
  81 but only Rash left
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10. Zenith UK
  2 years, 8 months ago
  71, two to play, decided Richarlison was better shout than Mbeumo for some stupid reason when I've had Mbeumo in my team since the first day I logged back in! What a fool. Would've left me a million in the bank too!
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11. _Freddo
  2 years, 8 months ago
  74, Shaw and Rashford left.
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12. Drexl Spivey
  2 years, 8 months ago
  67 - Onana and Rash to go.
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13. Josh.E
  2 years, 8 months ago
  70 Rash and Bruno left
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14. Firminooooo
  2 years, 8 months ago
  83 points with Rashford. Salah and Chilwell could easily had some more returns today.
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15. PogChamp
  2 years, 8 months ago
  80 with Rash and Bruno left. Also came 22nd in paddy power fantasy and won £20
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Hotdogs for Tea
2 years, 8 months ago
So ...Jackson couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo 🙂
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1. Ginkapo FPL
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Could you?
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  1. The Philosopher
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Yeah, I'd love to see OP hit a cow's arse with a banjo
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2. lilmessipran
  2 years, 8 months ago
  That's a pretty strange comparison
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  1. Andy_Social
    2 years, 8 months ago
    We've got a firing range where you can hit a cow's arse with a bazooka, if you're unmusical.
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Bishopool
2 years, 8 months ago
Mastermind tactics, fair, but why to take out your star striker who is hungry for his first goal. Especially when you need one… Hope it works out though.
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JBG
2 years, 8 months ago
Chilwell 7pts staring at me from the bench while Gabriel 1pt is laughing at me from the XI. I blame Let's Talk FPL Andy.
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1. Monklane
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Yeah, me too. And many of us, I suspect.
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2. Wirtzle Gummidge
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Never bench, never captain.
  
  Baines 2.0
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3. thegaffer82
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Why, what did Andy do?
  Pretty sure he doesn’t have access to your FPL account, does he?
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  1. JBG
    2 years, 8 months ago
    I'm being sarcastic with that last bit. It's not his fault the servers went down.
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  2. AC/DC AFC
    2 years, 8 months ago
    It was always odd to get Chilwell for the bench.
    
    Plenty people said so, guess they don't have the influence.
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  3. It's Fergie Time
    2 years, 8 months ago
    In hindsight, Andy should have just read what was sent to him and let the viewers decide whether it was legit or not.Hinting about what was sent to him, saying that the source was "usually reliable" and then at the last minute making the transfer but not exactly saying he was doing it was a bit deceitful IMO.
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4. Konstaapeli
  2 years, 8 months ago
  How?
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Bubz
2 years, 8 months ago
I know it's been said already but my god, Chilwell looks absolutely incredible for FPL
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1. have you seen cyan
  2 years, 8 months ago
  great hair as well, big fan of his hair
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2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Only problem is that he gets injured every other game
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3. thegaffer82
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Handsome chap too
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Granville
2 years, 8 months ago
Klopp will love that reaction from Salah, at least in public.
Of course Salah is playing and scoring next week.
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1. Debauchy
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Of course
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BobB
2 years, 8 months ago
Only decision that hasn't worked so far is Richi over Maddison
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1. The Knights Template
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Bobb knows.
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  1. The Philosopher
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Of course he does. He's Bobb.
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  2. Debauchy
    2 years, 8 months ago
    Where nobody goes...
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  3. Debauchy
    2 years, 8 months ago
    You up late Knight or is it early rising
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    1. The Knights Template
      2 years, 8 months ago
      Up late. Night shift. Nice to be in the Alive Zone for a change!
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      1. Debauchy
        2 years, 8 months ago
        Night shift sorting out the Dungeon - happy days
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        The Knights Template
        2 years, 8 months ago
        Very happy, reading the prisoners knee-jerking transfer questions! They are howling in pain!
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thegaffer82
2 years, 8 months ago
Chilwell definitely not limping anymore. Just ran the length of the field at full pelt
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Saka White Rice
2 years, 8 months ago
Chilwell MOTM easily. Hes so far the only essential player other than Haaland
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1. have you seen cyan
  2 years, 8 months ago
  I wont say essential, but yea only player I'm looking at. Maddison probably second. Maddison got ManU next so he can wait.
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2. TyroneGAA
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Yep shaw to chilwell for me this week went richarlson over mandy so he will get another week
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Nightcrawler
2 years, 8 months ago
When pooch was at spurs playing with wingbacks I remember ben Davies being absolute fpl Gold with the rwb usually the more conserved of the two

Could be a repeat here with chilwell
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_Ninja_
2 years, 8 months ago
Jackson yc
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Tomerick
2 years, 8 months ago
Need a Chilwell goal. I’ve a feeling it’ll be the last chance to get any kind of differential points from him.
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Thanos
2 years, 8 months ago
Jacko yc
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The Knights Template
2 years, 8 months ago
Jackson looked any good?
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1. Royal5
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Better before all the surgery
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2. Maeki2
  2 years, 8 months ago
  No more like utter brawler on the field
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3. Shultan
  2 years, 8 months ago
  No
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4. thegaffer82
  2 years, 8 months ago
  He’s done pretty good. Led the line well and had a few big chances.
  His finishing let him down though
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5. Bubz
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Got in very good positions
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  1. Debauchy
    2 years, 8 months ago
    That means little though
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    1. Bubz
      2 years, 8 months ago
      How not?
      
      Do you own him?
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6. GAMBIT
  2 years, 8 months ago
  I believe the current prognosis is that he "couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo"
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Royal5
2 years, 8 months ago
Jürgen Klown
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JBG
2 years, 8 months ago
Yeah that "give him a card" hand wave was very necessary Jackson... you mug.
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1. Drexl Spivey
  2 years, 8 months ago
  Because we've never seen that before.
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