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

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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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  1. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    My players with the hardest fixture getting me the highest points

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    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Who are they?

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      1. Kaneyonero
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Haaland + Reindeer

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        1. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 9 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Fixtures don't matter for good FPL players

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  2. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    Gabriel so close to + 2…

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Ooh did he get them right at the end just then??

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Interception and then clearance a second later or will that count as the same time?

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  3. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    18 points on BB! Dubravka, Reindeer, VDV, Gudmundsson… very content!!!

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    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      How much total? That is the number that counts

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      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Sure you never would have benched Reijnders if not on BB

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        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          I would have(Have Haaland)started Anderson away at Burnley…. That score included having Sanchez -3 and Reinaldo -2

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          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            Yikes 🙂 Not sure how you started Sanchez over Dubra. Which was my point.

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            1. Royal5
              • 14 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              Doesn’t really matter who is on the bench when BB is played

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            2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              Well I never expected him to get sent off after 4 mins haha

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      2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        66

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        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Sorry 67

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          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            Decent

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          2. have you seen cyan
            • 6 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            Nice that must be a good gw rank. Top 100k?

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            1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              Not sure mate?? Includes havnt two players sent off too!!!

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              1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                6 months, 1 day ago

                149k just checked!!

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                1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 months, 1 day ago

                  Amazing considering I’ve got a -3 and -2 in my team haha

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                  1. have you seen cyan
                    • 6 Years
                    6 months, 1 day ago

                    Nice, well done. 59 here, happy with that.

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  4. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    3 baps for Arne Slot

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  5. Pedersen
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    Reijnders was sold by a lot before this GW. They must really regret that by now

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  6. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    Hello top 4%

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  7. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    Want to get Haaland in, best way?

    A. Salah/Ekitike -> Haaland/£9.2m mid -4? (Salah back later on WC)
    B. Just WC now

    Sanchez Dubravka
    VDV Milenkovic Rodon Munoz Diouf
    Salah Bruno Semenyo Kudus Reijnders
    Pedro Wood Ekitike

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Anything in bank?

      Hugo Bruno > Haaland Stach?

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      1. _Ninja_
        • 15 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Sadly not much mate, could only get Robot by selling Salah then getting him back on WC in a few weeks or just WC now.

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  8. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    Too early to get saka in ? Cheers

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Is he someone you really want in your team? Is he worth 10.0? Not too sure.

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Fixtures turning soon for arsenal. My mid is
        Salah Bruno kudus Sarr* kdj

        I could get semenyo instead?

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      2. Winging it
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Given that Saka is currently £9.8 million no he's obviously not worth that.

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    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      I'm intrigued by Eze

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Yeah he could be a nice alternative

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  9. nonaynever
    • 10 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    75 for the week, with 15 of those from BB....happy

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    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Well done!

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    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Excellent week for you, well done.

      35 for me 😆

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    3. Haa-lala-land
      • 5 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Excellent score this week. Well played.

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    4. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      74 and 21 for me. Boom.

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      1. nonaynever
        • 10 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        nice one

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  10. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    KK knows boys 😉

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2025/09/21/arsenal-v-man-city-team-news-saliba-trossard-start-saka-a-sub?hc_page=3&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_27331784

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  11. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    Liverpool sooo lucky. This result plays into their hands

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  12. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 1 day ago

    Pep parked the bus and still got done with a high line...

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  13. Moon Dog
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Let's never speak of that GW again

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      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Agreed.

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      2. Goro Majima
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Applies to all GWs so far this season.

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    • Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Lovely Reijnders 9 pointer after a price drop!

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      1. Over Midwicket
        • 14 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        7 pointer?

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        1. Pedersen
          • 7 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Bonus

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        2. Dynamic Duos
          • 12 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          2 bonus

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        3. Over Midwicket
          • 14 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Oh didn't see the 2 baps. Wow.

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      2. All Hail K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        Chose Stach over Reijnders. Like to have that problem every week.

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    • pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 1 day ago

      Score check

      54 (-4)

      Green arrow 🙂

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      1. Pedersen
        • 7 Years
        6 months, 1 day ago

        69 with massive BB

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        1. Moon Dog
            6 months, 1 day ago

            Nice

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        2. Moon Dog
            6 months, 1 day ago

            51

            Baby green to 875k

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          • All Hail K
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            62 with Captain Palmer.

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          • Babit1967
            • 9 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            58 and climbing the ranks was around 9 m a couple of game weeks ago and up to 6 and a half. Still worst start ever but the future looks bright. Haha

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          • fedolefan
            • 11 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            75 (-4) with BB

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          • g40steve
            • 8 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            61 no chips

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          • Snoopydog
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 1 Year
            6 months, 1 day ago

            70. Decent week. Won't last.

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          • My heart goes Salalalalah
            • 9 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            56, 1.3m+ green. Easy at 3.6m 😆

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          • GoonerSteve
            • 16 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            74, with 21 from bb.

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        3. Pedersen
          • 7 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          24 pts from bench boost. That is exceptional.... My second best ever was 7pts, and before that 3pts... And that is over 7 seasons...

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        4. Count of Monte Hristo
          • 12 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Eze over Merino every time please.

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        5. have you seen cyan
          • 6 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Fairly obvious, but the key to defcons for mids is finding the players who have a good balance of defcons and attacking returns. No surprises to see its Bruno and Ndiaye. Really don't want Bruno though :/

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          1. Haa-lala-land
            • 5 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            I don't think we've come round to it fully yet
            Id go as far as saying we should not have any defender or midfielder in our teams if they are unlikely.to regularly get defcons.
            There's always one or two exceptions though I guess, but as a general rule.

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            1. have you seen cyan
              • 6 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              Most attacking mids don't get close to defcons. Sort mids by defcons and the two highest attackers are Bruno and Ndiaye. After that, its really a random bunch of names or players who got some attacking returns, but aren't really attackers. Those two stand out a lot. Semenyo isn't far off, but only hit defcons once (this week), he was only 2 off in another game though.

              Ndiaye for his price is outperforming Bruno quite substantially too.

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              1. have you seen cyan
                • 6 Years
                6 months, 1 day ago

                Caceido looks like a trap too. His appeal is massively over-inflated by his two goals and baps in those games. If it wasn't for those, he would be on around 20 points and barely anyone would be looking at him. OFC he did score those goals and has those points, but his attacking returns won't be consistent with that moving forward, normally gets 1 goal and 2 assists a season.

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        6. Kaneyonero
          • 9 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Not too horrible of a gw afterall small red but only 2pts from even Stevens

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        7. TiAgoFPL
          • 6 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          57 pts no chips no transfers, Stach 15 pointer on the bench

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        8. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Taking another Haaland price rise? Not sure about Salah replacement yet to make a swap.

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          1. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            That another will be plural he’s flying up

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          2. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            I should probably wait but I think an injured Haaland auto-sub would score more points than Watkins.

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          3. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            I won't. However, I have no Arsenal and plan is therefore WC7

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        9. CoracAld2831
          • 5 Years
          6 months, 1 day ago

          Meh game week.

          Now to decide whether to wildcard this GW or not.

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          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 11 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            I'm waiting and not panicking. Depends of your team I suppose

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        10. Moon Dog
            6 months, 1 day ago

            Pep has a post match conference right?

            I want to hear what he says before getting Haaland. I have 4fts so feel I can move tonight.

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          • Garlana
            • 11 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            Haaland fine? Did he get a knock or just a weird tactical thing?

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            1. g40steve
              • 8 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              Rested

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            2. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              Tactical

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            3. #1 Salah Hater
              • 1 Year
              6 months, 1 day ago

              Pep overthinking things and throwing away 2 points. Nothing more.

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              1. TiAgoFPL
                • 6 Years
                6 months, 1 day ago

                This

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          • Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 11 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            TC haaland v burnley?

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            1. Baps Hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              That's current plan. He is in form, possibly the only explosive asset and not certain to not get injured.

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          • g40steve
            • 8 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            How are the Jonny sellers feeling 😉

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          • #1 Salah Hater
            • 1 Year
            6 months, 1 day ago

            Never in my life did I think I'd see Pep Guardiola trying to sh*thouse his way to a win with 5ATB.

            Masterclass. His one downfall was taking Erling off - hopefully learns his lesson.

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            1. TiAgoFPL
              • 6 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              My thought exactly

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          • Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            6 months, 1 day ago

            This season feels so difficult, every week I think I might have a chance of doing well, the defender's I don't have find a way of outscoring mine.

            Patient with the likes of Watkins & Reijnders. Easiest fixtures? Blank. Toughest fixture? Returns, DefCon + bonus.

            Don't get me started on the Forest lot, utterly useless. Would be on a healthy +7 point green if not for the idiocy of Sanchez too.

            Grey arrow it is! Could be worse but come on game, let me roll on the jackpot one week 😆

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            1. Moon Dog
                6 months, 1 day ago

                Wait you got a legendary grey arrow?

                That's huge. Better than a green.

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                1. Hazz
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 months, 1 day ago

                  No not literally, haha. 3.29m > 3.22m.

                  Just annoying when I was sat a 2m before today's matches, and would have been 1.5m if not for bloody Sanchez!

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            2. Geriatric Unathletic
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              I'll take that. ................. -4 to bring in and (C) Palmer, booooo. Played the B.B. to offset and bagged 26 points :). 65 points overall and up to inside of 120,000k. Happy with that!

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              1. Geriatric Unathletic
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 15 Years
                6 months, 1 day ago

                Actually FPL gameweek live showing inside of 80K. I'll defo take that 🙂

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            3. Ajax Hamsterdam
              • 11 Years
              6 months, 1 day ago

              Semenyo on 7 points is mad. Should he be my priority buy ?

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              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                • 11 Years
                6 months, 1 day ago

                My bad I thought he had 2 bps sorry...

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              2. Royal5
                • 14 Years
                6 months, 1 day ago

                7? How?

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                1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 11 Years
                  6 months, 1 day ago

                  Made a mistake sorry...

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                  1. Royal5
                    • 14 Years
                    6 months, 1 day ago

                    Ait

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                2. Sgt. Schultz
                  • 9 Years
                  6 months, 1 day ago

                  cs, def con and bonus

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                  1. Royal5
                    • 14 Years
                    6 months, 1 day ago

                    There is no bonus

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                    1. Scapegoat Salah
                      • 9 Years
                      6 months, 1 day ago

                      No, but with 14 defcons he should be!

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                  2. Sgt. Schultz
                    • 9 Years
                    6 months, 1 day ago

                    oh no bonus?

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                    1. The Reptile
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      6 months, 1 day ago

                      He should be getting 2 points for def cons

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