FPL Gameweek 9 guide: Picks, team news + more

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

FPL GW21 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Kelleher

Gabriel Magalhães
Tarkowski
Senesi

Saka
Rogers
Cherki
Matheus Cunha
Barnes

Haaland
Thiago

Areola
Williams
Heaven
Mané

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.9m	104.4%	Very Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.3m	97.8%	Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.8m	76.1%	Likely
Garner	EVE	5.1m	92.9%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.7m	88.7%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	88.6%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	83.5%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	83.1%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	70.7%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	72.4%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	68.3%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.8m	72.5%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.6m	57.4%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	56.9%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.6%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	53.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	51.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	49.2%	Unlikely
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	50.8%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	49.6%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	46.9%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	48.3%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.9m	41.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	46.4%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	46.1%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	43.7%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	41.5%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	42.7%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	42.2%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	6.7m	33.3%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	37.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.7m	38.3%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	36.9%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	36.1%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	35.4%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	35.8%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	35.2%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	32.0%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	34.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	34.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	112.9%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	96.9%	Likely
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	104.6%	Very Likely
Kudus	TOT	6.4m	104.3%	Very Likely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	99.5%	Likely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	100.6%	Very Likely
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	99.4%	Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	99.4%	Maybe
João Pedro	CHE	7.2m	96.3%	Maybe
Bergvall	TOT	5.3m	98.0%	Maybe
Merino	ARS	5.7m	90.7%	Maybe
Tosin	CHE	4.1m	96.8%	Maybe
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	94.3%	Maybe
Adams	BOU	5.0m	94.3%	Unlikely
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	92.9%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.3m	90.5%	Unlikely
Fraser	WOL	4.3m	91.0%	Unlikely
Sangaré	NFO	4.9m	90.8%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	91.7%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.9m	82.1%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.1m	88.9%	Unlikely
Bettinelli	MCI	3.9m	90.8%	Unlikely
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	89.3%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	89.0%	Unlikely
Abdullahi	SUN	4.3m	88.3%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.7m	88.2%	Unlikely
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	85.6%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.3m	84.2%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	5.0m	83.2%	Unlikely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	83.3%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	81.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	83.3%	Unlikely
Marsh	CRY	4.5m	81.9%	Unlikely
Masuaku	SUN	3.9m	80.5%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	80.3%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	80.5%	Unlikely
Pécsi	LIV	3.9m	78.8%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	79.1%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	A
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:39am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	B
No Change	Matheus Cunha	MUN	B
Up	Rogers	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Vs
Down	Semenyo	BOU	A
Down	Wirtz	LIV	A
No Change	Grealish	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	Schade	BRE	A
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:31am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Up	Watkins	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Down	Thiago	BRE	C

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:38am

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FPL Gameweek 9 guide: Picks, team news + more

21 October 2023 1011 comments

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Puzzle
2 years, 2 months ago
Start Lee Hwang (boi) or Burn (CPL)?
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1. Goodfeathers
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Hwang
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2. lilmessipran
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Who is Lee Hwang?
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  1. Puzzle
    2 years, 2 months ago
    Lol, point taken. I think you know who.
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3. Lord Flashheart
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Lee
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4. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Hwang
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  1. The Knights Template
    2 years, 2 months ago
    Chung tonight!
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agueroooooney
2 years, 2 months ago
Start 1

A) Lascelles
B) Cash

Cash higher ceiling but Lascelles a lot more likely to get a clean sheet
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1. Vote Joke
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Cash
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2. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  a
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SanderM94
2 years, 2 months ago
Which player should I pick from each pair? Currently on Fernandes and MGW.

A) Maddison
B) Fernandes

1) Neto
2) Morgan Gibbs-White

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1. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  A1
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Lord Flashheart
2 years, 2 months ago
darwin starts?
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1. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  No leaks
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2. Hotdogs for Tea
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Seen a Twitter leak ... Yes
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3. Hotdogs for Tea
  2 years, 2 months ago
  https://twitter.com/Leaked_FPL/status/1715661399597166610?t=E8VSbPIW8quETY7mnaCC2w&s=19
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  1. Scapegoat Salah
    2 years, 2 months ago
    Salah?
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  2. Hazz
    2 years, 2 months ago
    Thst account is not legit
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Nightf0x
2 years, 2 months ago
Son diaz -4 to salah hwang ? Y or N
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1. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  neigh
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2. Vote Joke
  2 years, 2 months ago
  No
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3. Goodfeathers
  2 years, 2 months ago
  No
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Vote Joke
2 years, 2 months ago
Who to Captain?

A) Haaland
B) Salah
C) Son
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1. Lord Flashheart
  2 years, 2 months ago
  B
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2. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  A
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3. Goodfeathers
  2 years, 2 months ago
  C
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  2 years, 2 months ago
  Argh
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  1. Goodfeathers
    2 years, 2 months ago
    Haha. TBF Haaland is the obvious choice but I like to mix it up and have always planned to captain Son this week
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5. OptimusBlack
  2 years, 2 months ago
  A
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Starvaiger
2 years, 2 months ago
a) Foster
b) Solanke

For next ~6 GWs?
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1. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  B
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2. Goodfeathers
  2 years, 2 months ago
  B
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Norco
2 years, 2 months ago
Joachim or Kabore first on bench?
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1. Miguel Sanchez
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Don’t even know who Joachim is… if Andersen from Palace then play him
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  1. Norco
    2 years, 2 months ago
    Yeah Andersen from Palace
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2. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Joachim
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  2 years, 2 months ago
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Miguel Sanchez
2 years, 2 months ago
Start Leno (tot) over Areola (avl) and hope for save points?

Villa last blanked at home in December
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1. noissimbus
  2 years, 2 months ago
  I'd do it.
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2. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  yes
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Kingy109
2 years, 2 months ago
Bench 1
Botman
Sterling
Cash

Currently thinking Botman with Sterling first sub which is not the "always play the attacker" rule
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1. Goodfeathers
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Botman
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2. GENERATION X
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Botman wont start
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  2 years, 2 months ago
  Botman
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4. NATSTER
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Botman for me too
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NATSTER
2 years, 2 months ago
One to bench please?

Trippier, Scharr, Udogie, Cash
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1. Prinzhorn
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Cash
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2. noissimbus
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Scharr but probs will regret it.
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  2 years, 2 months ago
  Scharr
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ShowmetheMane8
2 years, 2 months ago
Thoughts on WC this week?
Turner (Areola)
Cash Udogie Tsimikas (Gabriel Taylor)
Mbuemo Maddison Neto Saka Salah
Haaland Watkins (Archer)

Tempted to bring a Newcastle player in instead and will probably swap Mbuemo/Neto for Mitoma next week.
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FCSB
2 years, 2 months ago
Turner
Porro Burn Cash
Salah Son Maddison Bowen Diaby
Haaland Alvarez

Areola Archer Taylor Lamptey

1FT, 0.0 itb

1. Save FT
2. Burn >> Tsimikas

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Nespinha
2 years, 2 months ago
Bench one:

A) Tsimikas

B) Cash
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1. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Cash
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Skout
2 years, 2 months ago
Lock in this WC team or need any changes? 0.1 itb

Turner
Tripp Cash Tsimikas
Salah Saka Maddi Mitoma Neto
Haaland Watkins

Areola Archer Branthwaite
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1. Skout
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Taylor last Def
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2. Twisted Saltergater
  2 years, 2 months ago
  ‘Tis grand
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CoracAld2831
2 years, 2 months ago
Please pick one:

A: Wood
B: Solanke
C: Archer
D: Keep Morris
E: Do Gusto/Beyer to Tsimikas and play over Morris
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  2 years, 2 months ago
  E, sell Bayer
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Prinzhorn
2 years, 2 months ago
Bench one:

Ruben Dias or Cash
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  2 years, 2 months ago
  If you think Brighton score, Dias.
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2. Rupert The Horse
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Cash
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3. Ten Season Wonder
  2 years, 2 months ago
  cash
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Twisted Saltergater
2 years, 2 months ago
Is this source nonsense? Lots of noise saying Darwin starts.

https://x.com/leaked_fpl/status/1715661399597166610?s=46&t=ge9pGED_h5b5csbF5Up_Zg
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1. FPL Brains
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Never heard of it mate
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2. Hazz
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Whether or not he starts, that particular account is a load of nonsense. Don't take it as gospel.
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3. Twisted Saltergater
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Cheers lads. Think I’ll start him over Bowen and take a chance.
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Nightf0x
2 years, 2 months ago
Start gabriel or cash ? Leaning towards gab
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Home defenser
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corderz
2 years, 2 months ago
Turner
Trippier Cash Udogie
Son Rashford Bruno(vc) Maddison Mitoma
Haaland(C) Alvarez

Johnstone Archer Estupinan Beyer

I'm in trouble if any of my defenders miss out!
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NoName
2 years, 2 months ago
Start Taylor (bre) or Guehi (new)?
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Joelinton Travel Tavern
2 years, 2 months ago
1) Cash and Gordon
2) Digne and Neto?

Bench one...
A) Palmer
B) Tsim

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1. Joelinton Travel Tavern
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Actually I guess option 3 would be Cash and Hwang
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2. Ten Season Wonder
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Digne & Neto definitely
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  1. Joelinton Travel Tavern
    2 years, 2 months ago
    Thanks - I was all set to do that last night until I saw Cash xGI 4.0 vs Digne 1.1.... think Digne can keep the pace?
    
    Other option to get Neto would be to downgrade Palmer, buy like the idea of a 4.9 pk taker
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Ten Season Wonder
2 years, 2 months ago
Morning folks,

I have that predicament about which TWO to bench... ???

with Estupinian only certainty. I'd say Lascelles is one

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Johnstone
Udogie - Burn - Tsimikas - Lascelles
Sonny - Maddison - Rashford - Bowen - Mbeumo
Haaland - Alvarez - Watkins
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Subs: Areola; Estu, ____, ____
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1. Joelinton Travel Tavern
  2 years, 2 months ago
  Bowen and Lasc I guess. But you've left yourself a right painium in the cranium there.
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  1. Ten Season Wonder
    2 years, 2 months ago
    haha cheers
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andre_c
2 years, 2 months ago
Would you start Mitoma (mci) or Cash (WHU)?
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  2 years, 2 months ago
  Mitoma
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  Mitoma
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JabbaWookiee
2 years, 2 months ago
Ok - 4.6m in the world. Worst start of any FPL season by a long way. Time for change. WC locked with future transfers mapped. Plan in place. Let's do this.

Areola - Turner
Cash - Gabriel - Tsimikas - Udogie - Branthwaite
Son (to Saka in GW10) - Salah - Gordon (to Mitoma in GW12) - Maddison (to Bowen in GW12) - Diaby
Haaland - Watkins - Archer
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1. Sinichi
  2 years, 2 months ago
  I like this
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  1. JabbaWookiee
    2 years, 2 months ago
    Thanks Sinno
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FDMS All Starz
2 years, 2 months ago
Would you sell Estu for Tsimikas or roll the FT and reassess next week? Still got WC

(1FT & 0.4itb)
Turner
Cash Udogie Gvardiol
Salah Maddison Richarlison Bruno Diaby
Haaland Alvarez

Pickford Estu* Kabob Osula
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Snapes on a Plane
2 years, 2 months ago
Pick one to bench?
a) Mbuembo
b) Saka
c) Alvarez
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lilmessipran
2 years, 2 months ago
Start Fernando Marulanda or Dos Santos Magalhaes?
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Scots Gooner
2 years, 2 months ago
I’m captaining Trippier because I’ve massive gargantuan balls
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1. The Polymath
  2 years, 2 months ago
  You should see a Doctor for that.
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  2 years, 2 months ago
  And a teeny weeny dinky
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aardvark22
2 years, 2 months ago
Which better?

A) Maddison, Gordon
B) Bowen, Diaby
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