West Ham v Chelsea team news: Ward-Prowse debut, £4.0m Gusto starts

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Welbeck	BHA	6.2m	99.4%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	95.2%	Maybe
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	88.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	81.1%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.4m	74.8%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	81.0%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	72.2%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	73.3%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	74.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	74.5%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	72.7%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	71.6%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	77.9%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	71.2%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	71.1%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	65.0%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	66.6%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.7m	61.6%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	62.3%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	64.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	62.9%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	58.6%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	59.3%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.4m	55.7%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	56.3%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	54.0%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	50.3%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	53.2%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	52.6%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	49.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	49.0%	Unlikely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	44.7%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	45.3%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	48.6%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.4%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	45.4%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	44.6%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	45.3%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	45.1%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	43.1%	Unlikely

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Weiss	BUR	4.3m	97.8%	Maybe
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	96.5%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Merino	ARS	5.4m	95.5%	Maybe
Travers	EVE	4.3m	92.2%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	90.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	90.0%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	84.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	84.6%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	84.1%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	82.5%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	82.3%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	82.2%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	81.2%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	80.9%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	79.5%	Unlikely
Fabianski	WHU	4.5m	78.2%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	76.6%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	75.1%	Unlikely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	76.7%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	73.0%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	71.2%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	68.1%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	68.0%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	66.1%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	63.9%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	64.1%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	62.1%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	63.8%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	60.7%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.0m	51.6%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	59.3%	Unlikely
Milambo	BRE	5.2m	59.1%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.2m	48.6%	Unlikely
N.Gonzalez	MCI	5.9m	57.5%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	57.9%	Unlikely
Merrick	CHE	4.0m	56.8%	Unlikely
Chiesa	LIV	6.3m	56.0%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.4m	42.7%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Donnarumma	MCI	C
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Down	Raya Martin	ARS	A
Up	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Petrovic	BOU	B
Up	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 9:57am

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

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:02pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
Up	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	A
No Change	Gordon	NEW	A, OoP
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	B
Down	Wilson	FUL	A
Up	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 10:24am

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

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:01pm

Dugout Discussion

20 August 2023 1418 comments

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West Ham United and Chelsea square off in a derby at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

James Ward-Prowse makes his debut for the hosts after his £30m move from Southampton, replacing Pablo Fornals in David Moyes’ starting XI.

Meanwhile, £4.0m goalkeeper Alphonse Areola continues in goal.

As for Chelsea, Malo Gusto comes in for the injured Reece James, suggesting Mauricio Pochettino will stick with the 3-4-2-1 formation he used against Liverpool in Gameweek 1.

Moises Caicedo is among the substitutes but fellow new signing Romeo Lavia fails to make the matchday squad.

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

West Ham United XI: Areola, Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Bowen, Paqueta, Benrahma, Antonio

Subs: Fabianski, Johnson, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Fornals, Cornet, Alvarez, Ings, Mubama

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

Subs: Bergstrom, Cucurella, Humphreys, Maatsen, Ugochukwu, Caicedo, Madueke, Mudryk, Burstow

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Bada Bing
2 years, 7 months ago
Boehly needs to spend another billion on new players.
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1. F4L
  2 years, 7 months ago
  more likely to try and sell the club
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WVA
2 years, 7 months ago
Where is the person saying Chelsea won't concede with caceido coming on lol
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1. jacob1989
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Utter waste spending so much on an unproven player?
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Zalk
2 years, 7 months ago
If you've followed PL for more than a couple of years, this shouldn't have been too big a surprise.
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Scapegoat Salah
2 years, 7 months ago
No Chelsea did me well there! 51 plus Gabriel and Saka to go 🙂
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1. FPL Blow-In
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Big score this week, well done
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  1. Scapegoat Salah
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Thank you
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2. Salarrivederci
  2 years, 7 months ago
  On 58 with Saka to go.
  Had Jackson & Chilwell today...
  
  Triple Chelsea next week will hopefully work better!
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  1. Scapegoat Salah
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Great score
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3. jacob1989
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Just 44 here with saka and saliba left
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El Presidente
2 years, 7 months ago
Chelse triple up let's go!!
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1. Make FPL Casual Again
  2 years, 7 months ago
  That's old news mate, now its triple LUT -8, lets gooo
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FPL Blow-In
2 years, 7 months ago
So Rashford and Eze to Foden and Mbuemo here? 2ft 0itb

Onana
Chillwell, Shaw, White
Rashford, Saka, Odegaard, Mitoma, Eze
Haaland, Watkins

Turner, Estupinan, Kabore, Uijo
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Unliklinho
2 years, 7 months ago
Woy and the boys to beat Arsenal tomorrow at this rate...
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1. SINGH
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Arteta gonna clap Woys cheeks
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Hazz
2 years, 7 months ago
Jackson Bollocks!
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1. Monklane
  2 years, 7 months ago
  I see what you did there
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2. panda07
  2 years, 7 months ago
  😆
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3. Gerry Hattrick
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Good one.
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Piggs Boson
2 years, 7 months ago
*pencils in JWP for GW10*
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borat
2 years, 7 months ago
Disappointed Areola owner.
Chelski didn't have enough shots on target for him to get 3 bps
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1. Fantasy Football Friend!
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Who is your 2nd keeper to be starting Areola against Chelsea?
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  1. borat
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Benched pope against Mancity
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OLLY G
2 years, 7 months ago
Didn't watch.

How bad/good was Jackson?
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1. putana
  2 years, 7 months ago
  had a decent first half. Didnt touch the ball in the second
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2. g40steve
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Surrounded by selfish clowns who need to understand what balls he feeds off!
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3. Fabreghastly
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Good until he air shot missed Sterling's cut back
  
  Chelsea fell apart after Chilwell went off, a bunch of talented individuals with no ability to connect with each other
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Scapegoat Salah
2 years, 7 months ago
Any dodgy late adjustments that might get Cash into the BAPs? 😎
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Twisted Saltergater
2 years, 7 months ago
Is 19 pts any good? Asking for a friend.
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1. g40steve
  2 years, 7 months ago
  3 points more than Mbeumo scored?
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2. SINGH
  2 years, 7 months ago
  19 PTS from this game? That's fantastic
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Zalk
2 years, 7 months ago
JWP the best investment on the pitch today.
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Randaxus
2 years, 7 months ago
I am not feeling good about Chillwell getting subbed at 60 mins.
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1. F4L
  2 years, 7 months ago
  at least they were crap after he came off, hopefully Poch learns his lesson
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Scapegoat Salah
2 years, 7 months ago
Might consider JWP….6.0 great price
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1. Weasel Boy
  2 years, 7 months ago
  This
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2. Tomerick
  2 years, 7 months ago
  They won’t play Chelsea every week.
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Weasel Boy
2 years, 7 months ago
Chelsea is like climate change. Billions spent on something that can't be changed.
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1. FPL Blow-In
  2 years, 7 months ago
  However the billions spent can slow its progress down!
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  1. Weasel Boy
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Climate change is natural.
    Always has Been
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    1. FPL Blow-In
      2 years, 7 months ago
      I was referring to Chelsea
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    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      2 years, 7 months ago
      If your brain is bigger than a pea, I'd be very surprised
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2. Make FPL Casual Again
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Yeah the real purpose of the transfers is not to "fix" the team, but to line the pockets of agents and launder money..
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  1. Weasel Boy
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Yup
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3. Ginkapo FPL
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Climate change can be changed
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4. T C
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Ironically money is the reason why it isn’t.
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AD105
2 years, 7 months ago
Who are people prioritising bringing in next week (across all positions)?

Looking at Foden, possibly Mbuemo, would target Brighton mids but conscious that their fixtures turn soon
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1. Drexl Spivey
  2 years, 7 months ago
  An Exorcist.
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2. el polako
  2 years, 7 months ago
  My priority is to get rid of Rashford and likely Watkins.
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3. drughi
  2 years, 7 months ago
  alvarez and a arsenal attacker, fulham and sheffield look like teams to target
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4. F4L
  2 years, 7 months ago
  one of Odegaard/March/Solanke/Foden
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5. Randaxus
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Alvarez for Watkins 100%
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  1. Weasel Boy
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Thinking this also
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6. Hits from the Bong
  2 years, 7 months ago
  3 West Ham essential. COYI
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borat
2 years, 7 months ago
We need Lampard back at Chelski
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Salarrivederci
2 years, 7 months ago
Had hoped for more from Jackson today.

Oh Luton up next - can only get better!
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1. Piggs Boson
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Every time I've seen him he's looked rapid as hell, but with little end product.
  
  I'm not gonna mention Dan James though. That wouldn't be fair.
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  1. SINGH
    2 years, 7 months ago
    He is decent but too young to lead that attack. Maybe him and Nkunku together would have worked better as they seemed to do well in pre season
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2. el polako
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Ekhm Lukaku...
  Ekhm Werner...
  Ekhm Morata..
  Ekhm Falcao...
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3. Rock n Grohl
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Crespo
  Shevchenko
  Torres
  Mutu
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dshv
2 years, 7 months ago
Gabriel to which deffender?? Does’t matter tomorrow’s game.
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1. Nightf0x
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Mancity def.
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2. threeputt
  2 years, 7 months ago
  depends who you already have. City defender if you want solid or cheap utr someone like Aurier
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OneDennisBergkamp
2 years, 7 months ago
which GK is best value?
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1. BeWater
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Flekken?
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2. Unliklinho
  2 years, 7 months ago
  areola
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3. ritzyd
  2 years, 7 months ago
  I'm looking at Flekken as a replacement for Pickford this week.
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  1. BeWater
    2 years, 7 months ago
    I was between Pickford and Flekken before GW1. Went Pickford in the end 🙁
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    1. ritzyd
      2 years, 7 months ago
      Exactly the same here!
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AndyDaKiwi
2 years, 7 months ago
Anyone fancy a flutter on paqueta getting booked?
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It’s gonna Ben Mee
2 years, 7 months ago
Can I get an extra midfield spot if I promise to not exceed 6.5m for any of them?
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Jinswick
2 years, 7 months ago
Best option here?

A) James -> Gusto (save FT)
B) James/Pedro -> Gusto/Jackson
C) James/Pedro -> Gusto/Alvarez
D) Something else

Onana
Chilwell, Estupinan, Gabriel
Saka, Odegaard, Rashford, Bruno, Foden
Haaland, Pedro

Turner, Usola, Baldock, James
Bank 0.0m, 2FT
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1. Dragon1983
  2 years, 7 months ago
  C
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KanuLenoMeeMoCash
2 years, 7 months ago
was planning
Salah to Foden & Mubama to Jackson or
Gabriel to Musto & Joao to Alvarez keeping Salah
Was basing it on todays game and am now more confused than ever lol
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Bobadoba
2 years, 7 months ago
Rashford or Salah out for Mbeumo?
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1. Fantasy Football Friend!
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Salah. Give Rash the chance to play from the left before selling.
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2. SINGH
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Keep both. Mbuemo is a fraud
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3. Union_Jacks
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Now that’s a question
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  1. Bobadoba
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Ok ta all
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FPL Blow-In
2 years, 7 months ago
Down to 1.8m jeesh. 4 to go though
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1. BeWater
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Wish I had those problems. I'm 3.8M with two left. And one of those is Gabriel.
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Dragon1983
2 years, 7 months ago
Best DEF to have at moment except Estu and Chilly ?

A) Akanje
B) Udogie and use budget elsewhere
C) A other

Thanks
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OptimusBlack
2 years, 7 months ago
Pickford (Turner)
Gabriel Estubnian Chilwell ( Shaw Baldock)
Saka Rashford Foden Mbuemo Mitoma
N.Jackson Haaland (Pedro)
1FT & 1.9 M itb
Save FT ?
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1. ritzyd
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Similar team to mine. I feel like Pickford has to go, thought Dyche would have schooled that defence in pre season but they have been awful both games.
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2. RICICLE
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Blimey you must of killed it this GW man!
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