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Tom Freeman’s FPL Gameweek 26 team, transfer plans + captain

Our team of Hall of Famers and guest writers are offering regular contributions throughout the 2023/24 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) campaign. Here, five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman shares his team and discusses his Gameweek 26 transfer plans.

As we head into Gameweek 26’s reduced fixture list, many managers are struggling to field eleven players, myself included.

Deciding on a correct course of action is tricky, given that I might Wildcard in Gameweek 27, but there are several plans available which I’ll run through here.

Transfers this week will very much depend on one’s own team, but hopefully, this piece will give you some ideas that you may find useful.

TOM FREEMAN: GAMEWEEK 26 TEAM

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ainscoughg
2 months, 19 days ago
Should i buy Rashford or Garnacho this week?

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1. I Member
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Prefer Garnacho. Similar output for much less money.
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2. RAFA THE GAFFA
  2 months, 19 days ago
  G
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3. Drexl Spivey
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Garnacho, and keep.
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RAFA THE GAFFA
2 months, 19 days ago
Bottom. Just thinking… is it worth getting Pau over Saliba if it allows KDB >> SALAH next GW?
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1. Dazzler
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Yes
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2. polis
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Having a route to Salah is probably the smart play.
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3. Karan14
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Son over Salah specially if Pool blank in 29.
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  1. RAFA THE GAFFA
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Hmm, true but it would be great to snap Salah up early especially when he explodes in the cup final haha
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4. CONNERS
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Yes. Also gives you an extra GW29 player too.
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Shark Team
2 months, 19 days ago
My predicted ManCity XI: Ederson; Walker Akanji Dias Ake; Rodri Kovacic; Doku KDB Bilva; Haaland
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1. I Member
  2 months, 19 days ago
  KDB owner?
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  1. Shark Team
    2 months, 19 days ago
    No, I own Foden Alvarez Haaland
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    1. Letsgo!
      2 months, 19 days ago
      Alvarez and foden confirm start
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Deulofail
2 months, 19 days ago
Bench two

A) Trippier (ars)
B) KDB (bou)
C) Rodri (bou)
D) Gordon (ars)
E) Solanke (MCI)
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1. AC/DC AFC
  2 months, 19 days ago
  BB?
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  1. Deulofail
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Can't bench someone twice, I'm afraid.
    
    Heehee.
    
    I actually only need to bench one, but looking for more data points, as I expected most people to say Rodri, who I'm leaning away from benching.
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    1. AC/DC AFC
      2 months, 19 days ago
      Bench boost
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    2. AC/DC AFC
      2 months, 19 days ago
      Start Rodri
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2. Holmes
  2 months, 19 days ago
  AE
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3. Make Arrows Green Again
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Triparse
  
  Gordarse
  
  Hope all is well D!
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  1. Deulofail
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Dankje wel! You too 🙂
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  A, D
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    2 months, 19 days ago
    H, D
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  AE
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I Member
2 months, 19 days ago
Foden to Hwang for a hit worth it if we get a leak that Foden is benched?
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1. polis
  2 months, 19 days ago
  You'll probably want Foden back, right? Just take any City benchings on the chin.
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  1. I Member
    2 months, 19 days ago
    No. Was planning to sell him to Son next week.
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Denis Tueart on the wing
2 months, 19 days ago
Can anyone see a cleanie this week, cos I can't!
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1. Holmes
  2 months, 19 days ago
  maybe manchester united
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  1. AC/DC AFC
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Wolves?
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    1. Holmes
      2 months, 19 days ago
      50-50, their defense isn't that good. Especially when they are forced to play on front foot.
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  2. Denis Tueart on the wing
    2 months, 19 days ago
    mmm...... Do you think Dalot will be the best option?
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    1. Holmes
      2 months, 19 days ago
      its a maybe. clean sheet have been rare these days, so cant be sure about them.
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      1. Denis Tueart on the wing
        2 months, 19 days ago
        I might just stick, it was going to cost me -4hit. If Mykolenko and KDB plays I will have 11. (I'm already -4hit this GW!)
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2. FPL Blow-In
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Guarantee you Chelsea and Spurs won’t concede
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  1. Denis Tueart on the wing
    2 months, 19 days ago
    wit or sarcasm is always welcome from empty vessels
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    1. FPL Blow-In
      2 months, 19 days ago
      Ah don’t be so sensitive
      
      United look a good shout
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      1. Denis Tueart on the wing
        2 months, 19 days ago
        I've just done Gusto and Porro for -8hit 🙁
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        FPL Blow-In
        2 months, 19 days ago
        lol
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3. Kane not win a trophy
  2 months, 19 days ago
  You need to buy soap then.
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RamaJama
2 months, 19 days ago
Anything worth a hit?

Areola
Gabriel, Trippier, Reguillon, Maguire
Gordon, KDB, Garnacho
Haaland, Watkins, Alvarez

Bench: Dubravka, Salah, Palmer, Kabore

1.3 mill in the bank
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1. Gizzachance
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Kabore? Not getting game time
  Villa def for blanks?
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ainscoughg
2 months, 19 days ago
What to do this week...
A) Jota & Nunez > Garnacho & Watkins
B) Jota, Nunez & Saliba > Saka, Watkins and Moreno

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1. ainscoughg
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Sorry forgot to add...
  A is -4
  B is -8
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2. RamaJama
  2 months, 19 days ago
  A
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AzzaroMax99
2 months, 19 days ago
A) Get Hwang in for Palmer (-12 hit)

B) G2G - 10 players

Dubravka
Saliba Reguilon Estupi
Kdb Foden Saka Gordon
HaalandC Watkins Adebayo**

Turner Robbo** Bell** Palmer**
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1. All de Gea
  2 months, 19 days ago
  I would expect A to pay off for a -4
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Bubbles1985
2 months, 19 days ago
Areola
Gabriel Saliba Dawson(vc)
KDB Kudus Gross Nacho
Haaland(c) Alvarez Toney

Dubrav Guehi Lamptey Palmer*

This has cost me -4 and I have 4.9m itb.

GTG with KDB?
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AC/DC AFC
2 months, 19 days ago
GW26 anytime scorer odds:

Haaland: 58%
Watkins: 44%
Hojlund: 43%
Toney: 40%
Hwang: 38%
Saka: 38%
Nketiah: 37%
Jesus: 36%
Trossard: 36%
Ferguson: 33%
Rashford: 33%
Bowen: 33%
Edouard: 32%
Alvarez: 31%
Bailey: 31%
Havertz: 31%
Welbeck: 31%
Awoniyi: 30%
Martinelli: 30%
Fati: 29%
Foden: 28%
Diaby: 28%
Garnacho: 28%
Neto: 28%
Mateta: 28%
Solanke: 27%

Probability based on players playing 90 minutes.

KDB doesn't make the cut even if he features...
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1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
  2 months, 19 days ago
  because he'll bag a brace of assists
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2. Holmes
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Captain Toney, lets go...
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3. Ginkapo FPL
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Dont get this. I want anytime hattrick odds...
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4. Now I'm Panicking
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Going to put a tenner on Hojlund
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  1. AC/DC AFC
    2 months, 19 days ago
    No lose bet this week
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  2. Kane not win a trophy
    2 months, 19 days ago
    I did the same with Jesus
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5. g40steve
  2 months, 19 days ago
  We’ve all seen KDB double digit hauls in 30m or less, like Salah
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Deulofail
2 months, 19 days ago
In my draft team I have Stones, Ake, Dias and Walker. Should I swap one for Akanji?
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  2 months, 19 days ago
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  1. Deulofail
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Did you mean, "Ni"?
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      2 months, 19 days ago
      Nuh!
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Nightf0x
2 months, 19 days ago
Areola (dubrvka)
Estu walker gabriel konsa (poro)
Bailey kdb jota saka (palmer)
Haland watkins (solanke)

2 ft, to whom ?

A) konsa/poro to moreno/aitnouri/dalot
B) jota to hwang/neto/adingra/gross/garnacho
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ainscoughg
2 months, 19 days ago
What to do this week...
A) Jota & Nunez > Garnacho & Watkins -4
B) Jota, Nunez & Saliba > Saka, Watkins and Moreno -8
C)/any other suggestions welcome!

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1. GC123
  2 months, 19 days ago
  A. Avoid the -8
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Claudio555
2 months, 19 days ago
Any late news regarding KDB?
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1. AC/DC AFC
  2 months, 19 days ago
  He's having chicken pasta salad with apple juice for lunch...
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  1. Kane not win a trophy
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Can't be true cause he is a vegan.
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  It’s not late yet.
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3. Now I'm Panicking
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Pregnant after bunking with Kyle Walker last night
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4. RamaJama
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Why shouldn’t he start?
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AC/DC AFC
2 months, 19 days ago
Hwang the top trending man on UK Twitter...
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1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Isn't the algorithm specific to the user?
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  1. AC/DC AFC
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Oh yeah
    
    The for you...
    
    32k tweets
    
    On Twitter trends he's not in ...
    
    But 30p Lee makes a reappearance falling to no.21 with 2.7k mentions.
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2. Sun Jihai
  2 months, 19 days ago
  On +127% on FPLstats and FFFix suggest he's now in over half of active teams ... big hype!
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  1. Now I'm Panicking
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Doubt it's that high
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    1. Karan14
      2 months, 19 days ago
      Definitely way higher in the TOP 10K, 50K, 100K and so on.
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Alisson WondHaaland
2 months, 19 days ago
Sell:
A) Konsa
B) Porro
C) VVD

Buy:
1) Pau
2) Reguilon
3) Munoz
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  C3
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ball c
2 months, 19 days ago
Am I good to go?
Or can do:
A) van Dijk to Pau Torres
B) van Dijk to Gabriel.
Will be be for -8 overall
And start one of them instead of Taylor.

Areola
Estupunian - Taylor - A Nouri
Foden - KDB - Gross - Saka
Watkins - Solanke - Haaland

Dubravka - Palmer - Livramento - Van Dijk
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1. Holmes
  2 months, 19 days ago
  not required
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Wolfman180
2 months, 19 days ago
Bench one of Gabriel, Trippier, Estupinan or Taylor?
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  Taylor
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  Taylor
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SMOOTH
2 months, 19 days ago
Bring in Moreno or regulion or play safe with pau
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  Pau
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The Pep Revolution
2 months, 19 days ago
Areola Dubravka
Gabriel Alex Moreno Reguilon Kabore Lascelles
KDB Foden Saka Palmer Richarlison
Haaland Watkins Toney

Which one would you do to field 11 players:
A. Palmer to Garnacho
B. Lascelles to Maguire
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  B
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Ajax Hamsterdam
2 months, 19 days ago
Garnacho or sarabia? For this gw only
Cheers
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  Garnachos
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    2 months, 19 days ago
    Cheers
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2. Tonyawesome69
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Garnacho
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  Garnacho, although as a owner I do worry a bit about impact of no Hojlund
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  Garnacho
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  Thank you very much and gl
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King Kun Ta
2 months, 19 days ago
And the armband goes tooooooo......

A Haaland
B Saka
C Watkins

Ta!
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  Haaland
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  B or C
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Old Gregg
2 months, 19 days ago
Due to a combination or alcohol and poor eyesight I accidentally played my FH a long time ago. FH 29 is not an option.
I not sure if WC close to 29 is an option yet.

Which move would you do this week please for free

1) Jota > Hwang
2) Jota > Bowen/kudus
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  2
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    Bowen
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  2 given GW29 situation
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4. GC123
  2 months, 19 days ago
  2. Kudus
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  Bowen
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Better Call Raul
2 months, 19 days ago
Moreno worth the extra 0.6 over Pau?
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1. Tonyawesome69
  2 months, 19 days ago
  I don't think so. Digne available and midweek ECL has question marks on his xMins
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  1. Better Call Raul
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Ok thanks, not hugely keen on Villa defence tbh but need someone with a fixture in 29
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    1. Tonyawesome69
      2 months, 19 days ago
      Reguilon might be an option to consider to cover 29
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  2 months, 19 days ago
  Yes
  
  For assists and attacking returns
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Hochoki
2 months, 19 days ago
Is taking a hit for transfering out Zinchenko to field 11 players this week a bad idea??
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  Who is coming in?
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  1. Hochoki
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Saliba or Ait-Nouri
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      Saliba
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2. Better Call Raul
  2 months, 19 days ago
  I don't hate it, Kiwior has been doing well in his place and Tomiyasu will give him extra competition when fit
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3. GC123
  2 months, 19 days ago
  For who? See it as a -2. Do it if it’s decent beyond just this week
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  1. Hochoki
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Saliba or Ait-Nouri
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      2 months, 19 days ago
      Affirmative. Saliba
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BobbyDoesNotLook
2 months, 19 days ago
It has come to this: is Charlie Taylor back from injury and fit to play? I would keep him and play him rather than taking -4.
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1. Tonyawesome69
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Played 38 mins in the last game
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2. Drexl Spivey
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Oh I'm playing him. Be surprised if he didn't start.
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3. Deulofail
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Keep and play. I nearly brought him in this week on account of his BGW29 fixture (and this week's)
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4. BobbyDoesNotLook
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Thinking the same. Noticed the 38mins as well but couldn't find any extra info. Gotta assume he starts. I could do with a 10p again (or something like that) that he delivered in the early parts of the season.
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RoyaleBlue
2 months, 19 days ago
Would Hwang be this popular if the content creators hadn’t suggested him?
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1. Tonyawesome69
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Yes if you look at stats and fixtures
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2. Deulofail
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Yes because everyone want to have a funny team name
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3. I Member
  2 months, 19 days ago
  He's the new Aguero and is nailed on for a hattrick tomorrow.
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4. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
  2 months, 19 days ago
  No.
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5. Now I'm Panicking
  2 months, 19 days ago
  I love Hwang
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6. g40steve
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Hwang was popular before the content creators copied
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7. Zladan
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Hwangs out for the lads.
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8. The Ilfordian
  2 months, 19 days ago
  He’s Numberhwang!!!
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Stranger Mings
2 months, 19 days ago
Play akanji estu maguire over zinchenko?
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1. Tonyawesome69
  2 months, 19 days ago
  Yes
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  1. Stranger Mings
    2 months, 19 days ago
    Cheers and GL
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FantasyClub
2 months, 19 days ago
Is anyone considering Foden for captain?
Has a good record vs BOU…
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1. Tonyawesome69
  2 months, 19 days ago
  No, might be benched. Played 5*90s and this will be 6 games in 20.
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