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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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  1. Kaneyonero
    1 year, 1 month ago

    My players with the hardest fixture getting me the highest points

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    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Who are they?

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      1. Kaneyonero
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Haaland + Reindeer

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        1. My heart goes Salalalalah
          1 year, 1 month ago

          Fixtures don't matter for good FPL players

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  2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Gabriel so close to + 2…

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    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

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      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        1 year, 1 month 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
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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    1. Royal5
      1 year, 1 month ago

      How much total? That is the number that counts

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      1. Royal5
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Sure you never would have benched Reijnders if not on BB

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        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
          1 year, 1 month 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
            1 year, 1 month ago

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

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            1. Royal5
              1 year, 1 month ago

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

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            2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
              1 year, 1 month ago

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

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      2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        1 year, 1 month ago

        66

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        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
          1 year, 1 month ago

          Sorry 67

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          1. Royal5
            1 year, 1 month ago

            Decent

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          2. have you seen cyan
            1 year, 1 month ago

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

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            1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
              1 year, 1 month ago

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

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              1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                1 year, 1 month ago

                149k just checked!!

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                1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                  1 year, 1 month ago

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

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                  1. have you seen cyan
                    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  4. Royal5
    1 year, 1 month ago

    3 baps for Arne Slot

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  5. Pedersen
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  6. g40steve
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Hello top 4%

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  7. _Ninja_
    1 year, 1 month 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
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Anything in bank?

      Hugo Bruno > Haaland Stach?

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      1. _Ninja_
        1 year, 1 month 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
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Too early to get saka in ? Cheers

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      1 year, 1 month 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
        1 year, 1 month 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
        1 year, 1 month 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
      1 year, 1 month ago

      I'm intrigued by Eze

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Yeah he could be a nice alternative

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  9. nonaynever
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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    1. el polako
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Well done!

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    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Excellent week for you, well done.

      35 for me 😆

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    3. Haa-lala-land
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Excellent score this week. Well played.

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    4. GoonerSteve
      1 year, 1 month ago

      74 and 21 for me. Boom.

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      1. nonaynever
        1 year, 1 month ago

        nice one

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  10. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 year, 1 month 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
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Liverpool sooo lucky. This result plays into their hands

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  12. Tonyawesome69
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  13. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Let's never speak of that GW again

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    1. Haa-lala-land
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Agreed.

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    2. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Applies to all GWs so far this season.

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  14. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Lovely Reijnders 9 pointer after a price drop!

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    1. Over Midwicket
      1 year, 1 month ago

      7 pointer?

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      1. Pedersen
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Bonus

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      2. Dynamic Duos
        1 year, 1 month ago

        2 bonus

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      3. Over Midwicket
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Oh didn't see the 2 baps. Wow.

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    2. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  15. pundit of punts
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Score check

    54 (-4)

    Green arrow 🙂

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    1. Pedersen
      1 year, 1 month ago

      69 with massive BB

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      1. Moon Dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Nice

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    2. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      51

      Baby green to 875k

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    3. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      62 with Captain Palmer.

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    4. Babit1967
      1 year, 1 month 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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    5. fedolefan
      1 year, 1 month ago

      75 (-4) with BB

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    6. g40steve
      1 year, 1 month ago

      61 no chips

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    7. Snoopydog
      1 year, 1 month ago

      70. Decent week. Won't last.

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    8. My heart goes Salalalalah
      1 year, 1 month ago

      56, 1.3m+ green. Easy at 3.6m 😆

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    9. GoonerSteve
      1 year, 1 month ago

      74, with 21 from bb.

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  16. Pedersen
    1 year, 1 month 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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  17. Count of Monte Hristo
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Eze over Merino every time please.

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  18. have you seen cyan
    1 year, 1 month 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
      1 year, 1 month 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
        1 year, 1 month 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
          1 year, 1 month 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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  19. Kaneyonero
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  20. Calafiornication
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  21. Atimis
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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    1. g40steve
      1 year, 1 month ago

      That another will be plural he’s flying up

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    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month 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
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  22. CoracAld2831
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Meh game week.

    Now to decide whether to wildcard this GW or not.

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  23. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month 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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  24. Garlana
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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    1. g40steve
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Rested

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    2. Bobby Digital
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Tactical

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    3. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

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      1. Calafiornication
        1 year, 1 month ago

        This

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  25. Ajax Hamsterdam
    1 year, 1 month ago

    TC haaland v burnley?

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    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month 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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  26. g40steve
    1 year, 1 month ago

    How are the Jonny sellers feeling 😉

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  27. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    1 year, 1 month 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. Calafiornication
      1 year, 1 month ago

      My thought exactly

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  28. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month 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
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month 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
        1 year, 1 month 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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  29. Geriatric Unathletic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month 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
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

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  30. Ajax Hamsterdam
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

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    2. Royal5
      1 year, 1 month ago

      7? How?

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Made a mistake sorry...

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        1. Royal5
          1 year, 1 month ago

          Ait

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      2. Sgt. Schultz
        1 year, 1 month ago

        cs, def con and bonus

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        1. Royal5
          1 year, 1 month ago

          There is no bonus

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          1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
            1 year, 1 month ago

            No, but with 14 defcons he should be!

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        2. Sgt. Schultz
          1 year, 1 month ago

          oh no bonus?

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          1. The Reptile
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            1 year, 1 month ago

            He should be getting 2 points for def cons

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