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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Schade	BRE	6.9m	96.5%	Maybe
Stach	LEE	4.7m	95.9%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.6m	93.7%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	85.9%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	85.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	82.8%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	80.1%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	77.7%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.2m	68.9%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	75.2%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	73.7%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	73.1%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	68.8%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.1m	62.5%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	70.3%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	69.9%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	69.3%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	64.9%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	62.6%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	64.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	61.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	59.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	55.1%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	54.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	52.9%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	51.5%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.8%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	46.5%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	47.1%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	46.8%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	45.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	42.9%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	44.3%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	41.1%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.4m	42.2%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	40.9%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	40.7%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	38.2%	Unlikely

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E.Le Fée	SUN	5.0m	100.4%	Very Likely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	101.9%	Very Likely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	100.0%	Very Likely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	99.5%	Maybe
Isidor	SUN	5.1m	99.2%	Maybe
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	98.5%	Maybe
Scott	BOU	5.1m	95.8%	Maybe
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	93.3%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	92.9%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	92.6%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.5m	91.4%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	90.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	88.8%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	87.3%	Unlikely
Abraham	AVL	6.0m	85.1%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	86.1%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	82.4%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	85.6%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.0%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	82.8%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	81.5%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	81.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.2%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	79.8%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.6m	76.2%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	84.1%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	78.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	79.5%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	77.0%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	76.5%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	72.4%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	72.1%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	71.6%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	70.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	70.2%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:02pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:01pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:03pm

Dugout Discussion

Arsenal v Man City team news: Saliba + Trossard start, Saka a sub

21 September 2025 770 comments

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The final match of Gameweek 5 takes place at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon, as Arsenal take on Manchester City.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Mikel Arteta makes two changes to the side that beat Athletic Club 2-0 on Tuesday.

William Saliba comes in for Cristhian Mosquera at the back, while Leandro Trossard is preferred to Eberechi Eze on the left.

Bukayo Saka returns as a substitute following his hamstring injury, but Martin Odegaard is not in the squad.

As for City, they are unchanged from the team that beat Napoli 2-0 in midweek.

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Merino, Rice, Madueke, Trossard, Gyokeres

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, White, Saka, Eze, Martinelli, Norgaard, Nwaneri, Lewis-Skelly

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Rodri, Reijnders, Foden, Bernardo, Doku, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Stones, Ake, Nico, Savinho, Nunes, Bobb, Mukasa, Lewis

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g40steve
6 months, 1 day ago
Big man give us a boom
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1. g40steve
  6 months, 1 day ago
  One down 🙂
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The Philosopher
6 months, 1 day ago
Don't show me your face ever again, Ollie Watkins. I mean it.
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1. Four Letter Wirtz
  6 months, 1 day ago
  He's got two home games vs Fulham and Burnley coming up. People need to have a bit of patience with a proven assets like Watkins.
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  1. g40steve
    6 months, 1 day ago
    What a joke, get rid
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  2. Twisted Saltergater
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Yeah, at least give Watkins the season to score a goal.
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  3. Do I Not Like Orange
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Fulham aren't even a bad side. They look better than Villa this season.
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2. bialk
  6 months, 1 day ago
  5 games in a row without a goal or assist. What's happened to Watkins?
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  1. DARE TO BISCAN
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Reverted to Misskins
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    1. Sly Fly
      6 months, 1 day ago
      Oh come now... you can do better than awkwardly crowbar "Miss" in there for "Wat".
      
      How about WTFkins or similar? You can have that one for free.
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      1. DARE TO BISCAN
        6 months, 1 day ago
        No thanks. Ain't my nickname. Ain't new either. Hence the 'reverted' 🙂
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3. Hughes Your Daddy
  6 months, 1 day ago
  I do love the "you cant transfer out Watkins yet, they have Palace in gameweek 3" (we beat them 0-3) then you have to keep him v Everton (he blanks in a 0-0 gameweek 4) then you have to keep him v Sunderland (he blanks against 10 man Sunderland)
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  1. Mr. O'Connell
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Palace are Villas bogey team
    Everton always solid
    Sunderland have Alderete
    
    Writing was on the wall for 3 blanks. Only themselves to blame.
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chocolove
6 months, 1 day ago
It was GW 7 on 23/24
Watkins 3 goals 2 assist
Will it happen again?
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1. Over Midwicket
  6 months, 1 day ago
  It's the hope that kills you
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☈☾
6 months, 1 day ago
Is Isidor nailed?
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1. The Philosopher
  6 months, 1 day ago
  The elder son of elendil?
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2. JBG
  6 months, 1 day ago
  He was nailed to that ring, but seem to lose it during an orc attack.
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3. Haa-lala-land
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Everyone is nailed mate
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4. Do I Not Like Orange
  6 months, 1 day ago
  He'll share starts with Mayenda & eventually Brobbey.
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5. fusen
  6 months, 1 day ago
  He's currently the first choice striker but he won't get 90 mins every game and won't start every game, but should get minutes most games. It will also depend on the type of opposition team that will dictate if he starts
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ITS AMAD WORLD
6 months, 1 day ago
I've got a bad feeling Haaland will explode
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1. g40steve
  6 months, 1 day ago
  That would rank killing
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2. have you seen cyan
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Lots captained him in the top 10k
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  1. Scapegoat Salah
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Away at Arsenal? Doubt it
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    1. Brosstan
      6 months, 1 day ago
      The top 10k are mostly mediocre/bad managers with Haaland perma capped.
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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        6 months, 1 day ago
        Fair makes sense
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      2. DARE TO BISCAN
        6 months, 1 day ago
        Copium.
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    2. have you seen cyan
      6 months, 1 day ago
      127.1% in top 10k, Salah was only 55.6%
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3. chocolove
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Normal result. 0-0
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4. fedolefan
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Why is that a bad feeling?
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  1. Brosstan
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Wild guess; he doesn't own Haaland!
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    1. fedolefan
      6 months, 1 day ago
      Wow, probably not a serious player in that case.
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Do I Not Like Orange
6 months, 1 day ago
I had the misfortune to own the Watkins/Rogers combo for the first 2 weeks, then foolishly brought in Elliott on WC. He did not look at all involved in the business areas once he came on & Villa in general looked clueless once again, so he's gone next GW.
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andymck
6 months, 1 day ago
Played this game for a decade and it has never been THIS frustrating, wish I never bothered this year
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1. The Bandit
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Plenty of time to recover. Loads of green arrows to come.
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2. Brosstan
  6 months, 1 day ago
  When the fun stops, stop.
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3. snow pea in repose
  6 months, 1 day ago
  With defcon points and double chips this season, there's always room for optimism
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4. DARE TO BISCAN
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Hear this every season
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1912 F.A Cup Winners
6 months, 1 day ago
Morgan Rogers owners???

What are your plans???
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1. Mr. O'Connell
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Have to hold for 2 more weeks (self imposed rules), but he's gotta go
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  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Agreed mate!!! My plans too
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2. Tonyawesome69
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Sell sell sell
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  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Haha can’t wait to get rid of him!!!
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3. Scapegoat Salah
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Sell him and then buy him back again just so I can sell him again, all in the same week
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  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Haha like that plan mate!!
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4. DARE TO BISCAN
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Firing into the sun, on wildcard
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have you seen cyan
6 months, 1 day ago
Hopefully City run riot so it holds off the Raya price rise.
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Bobby Digital
6 months, 1 day ago
Let's go Erling! Your time to shine!
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Really is a best player, in form vs worst attacking returns fixture of the season.
  
  Should be interesting to see how it plays out.
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Meta12345
6 months, 1 day ago
Play two:
A) stach home to bournemouth
B) mitoma away to chelsea
C) strand larsen away to tottenham
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1. 1zverGGadeM
  6 months, 1 day ago
  A
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2. Haa-lala-land
  6 months, 1 day ago
  This is essentially the question that's causing so many issues for so many of us.
  Many are languishing near the middle/lower because instinct says play the attackers B+C
  Whereas, with the new rules, the answer to who to play is A. Every time.
  I think.
  I'm about 11m OR and my instinct was B and C. So the answer is A.
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  1. DARE TO BISCAN
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Huh?
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    1. Haa-lala-land
      6 months, 1 day ago
      Sorry I had a brain melt! I meant to type A)
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      1. DARE TO BISCAN
        6 months, 1 day ago
        ?
        
        ('Play two')
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GoonerSteve
6 months, 1 day ago
Choice for captain was Haaland, Semenyo, Palmer. Went Palmer.

This could be painful.
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Same, mate. Would do it again. Thought process was ok, Sanchez cooked us.
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2. Surgical Attack
  6 months, 1 day ago
  same. unlucky
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3. Brosstan
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Palmer cappers were incredibly unlucky tbh
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4. z13
  6 months, 1 day ago
  same
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bialk
6 months, 1 day ago
1-1 with Doku and Trossard goals, please!
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F4L
6 months, 1 day ago
why has pep taken foden out of the position hes been great past 2 matches 😐
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1. Gubby-Allen
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Where is he playing?
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  1. F4L
    6 months, 1 day ago
    RM instead of RCM but sometimes popping up as a CAM. feel like he needs to be central, its a shame
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2. DARE TO BISCAN
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Has to show how clever he is. Just Pep things
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Mr. O'Connell
6 months, 1 day ago
Arteta snoozefest inbound
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Gubby-Allen
6 months, 1 day ago
10 PTS from Semenya Captain, without a goal, assist or any BPS. Not sure if I should be pleased or not.
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g40steve
6 months, 1 day ago
boom
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1. g40steve
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Ars ripped
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  1. g40steve
    6 months, 1 day ago
    After 9 minutes
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The Bandit
6 months, 1 day ago
Have it!
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tiger
6 months, 1 day ago
Haaland G
Reijnders A
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1. have you seen cyan
  6 months, 1 day ago
  The dream combo, just need the reverse now with the Reijnders goal
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Mr. O'Connell
6 months, 1 day ago
Robot
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F4L
6 months, 1 day ago
haaland g
reijnders a
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1. AC/DC AFC
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Back of the net
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Kaneyonero
6 months, 1 day ago
Nice combo get in
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Tinmen
6 months, 1 day ago
Folks. How’s this for my 2fts ?
Wirtz and Gakpo to Salah and KDH

Worried about my midfield tho if I do it

Sanchez
Porto VDV Williams
Salah Roger’s Anderson KDH
Haaland Ekitike Pedro

Dub Sarr Richards Esteve
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1. Count of Monte Hristo
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Get Roger’s out asap
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  1. Tinmen
    6 months, 1 day ago
    Would mean I can’t get Salah
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Twisted Saltergater
6 months, 1 day ago
Benched Reijnders, ooof
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1. g40steve
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Same 🙁
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JBG
6 months, 1 day ago
Different level this season.. also I benched Reindeer :/ was between him and Kudus tbf.
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Count of Monte Hristo
6 months, 1 day ago
Raya and Timber CS gone after 9 minutes 😆

Haaland owner but not (c) 😆
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1. have you seen cyan
  6 months, 1 day ago
  I got Timber in this week, to bench him 😛
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2. g40steve
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Imagine triple NewC defence
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Kodap
6 months, 1 day ago
Need both of those to save my week big time
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F4L
6 months, 1 day ago
not the best defending from saliba, haaland is the threat, dont give him the room
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1. Sgt. Schultz
  6 months, 1 day ago
  100%
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AC/DC AFC
6 months, 1 day ago
Gpoints doubled

Apoints too
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The Bandit
6 months, 1 day ago
Combo meal.. nom nom
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1. Dynamic Duos
  6 months, 1 day ago
  Nice
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