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12 April 2026 340 comments
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Sunday’s final match sees Chelsea take on Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Liam Rosenior makes two changes from the FA Cup win over Port Vale.

Marc Cucurella and Moises Caicedo come in for Tosin Adarabioyo and Romeo Lavia, who drop to the bench.

Jorrel Hato will presumably move to centre-back as a result.

Estevao, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto and Joao Pedro make up the front four.

As expected, Enzo Fernandez is not available following public comments about his future at Chelsea.

As for Man City, they make just one alteration from the FA Cup: Gianluigi Donnarumma in for James Trafford in goal.

All the outfielders remain the same, with Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku supporting Erling Haaland up top.

LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella, Caicedo, Santos, Estevao, Palmer, Neto, J Pedro

Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Acheampong, Tosin, Sarr, Essugo, Lavia, Garnacho, Guiu, Delap

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly, Bernardo, Rodri, Semenyo, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Ake, Marmoush, Kovacic, Nico, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Foden

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout this season is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

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  1. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Man I needed that Palmer-Pedro goal connection

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      This

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  2. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Bottle Job FC goal difference evaporating quicker than Usain Bolt…

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  3. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    City on a roll with recent results in cup and league

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    1. DropkickMurphys
      • 5 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Pep flower is a late bloomer!

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  4. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Bust that City CS!

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  5. JBG
    • 7 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Chelsea are so bad

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Bringing in Garnacho, welp that City CS is secured

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  6. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    NOR back in the dug out with an ice pack - is that what you do for hammy injury or just a knock?

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    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      For both.

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        Cheers Bobby…

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  7. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Bad GW for 3 big London Clubs.

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      What 3 big clubs? West Ham won

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    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Yep Arsenal & Chelsea well beaten, but I’m not sure why Palace win wasn’t a success in your eyes 😉

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    3. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      eh? we won.

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      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        You on dial up internet?

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  8. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Is Palmer actually worth bringing in for the double? (would be for Gordon or Rogers)

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      On a FH only, not worth keeping in the long run

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    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Rogers isn't exactly much better atm

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  9. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Semenyo, Palmer and Pedro in XI. Nico first sub. This game…

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Palmer has gone in and out of my FH draft, because he's so bad this season, but also because he wants out of Chelsea it seems. Probably affected his performance lately.

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  10. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Might actually sell Haaland for the double

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      He really is of very little use nowadays.

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    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      You won’t

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  11. Cheeky Reijnders
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    The other half has Guehi, NicO, VVD, Thiago, Bowen(C) 93pts, so far. I am done.

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    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      2 days, 10 hours ago

      Just copy their team mate

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  12. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Not a chance Chelsea are scoring here...

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Not a chance, mentally they are already in the dressing room blocking out Rosenior’s uninspiring, post-match drivel and wondering what they’re having for dinner.

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  13. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Semenyo bang average today.

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    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      to be fair, City haven't got out of 3rd gear. That's how poor Chelsea have been.

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  14. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    João Pedro blank as expected

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  15. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Returns from 5 players yesterday and blanks from 5 today excluding Nico who is benched. Bruno F doesn’t do no shows but tomorrow would be nice

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    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      If you are relying on a Bruno no-show… ur screwed!

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  16. JBG
    • 7 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Delap coming on, Rosenior really doesn't want to score.

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    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Out of his depth. Such a dumb appointment from footballing perspective.

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  17. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Semenyo couldn’t hit a cows backside with a banjo
    Looked lethal all the weeks I didn’t own him of course!

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  18. JBG
    • 7 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    What a save

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  19. fusen
    • 14 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    J Pedro always looked like one of the weakest picks on the WC.

    Have absolutely no faith in him returning on the double GW.

    Chelsea are in a real slump at the moment

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      It’s a sad state of affairs when you wish you went for DCL over JP 😆

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      1. fusen
        • 14 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        I have even less faith in DCL than Pedro

        The hindsight logical choice was just to stay with an in form single GW player

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      2. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        Nah, DCL has been poor for a while now. He won't score or assist versus United on Monday. Very, very hard match against arguably the most in form team in the league.

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    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      I’m still happy to have him for the DGW. A 3-0 defeat to City obviously wasn’t the day for him, but easier matches in the DGW to come… hopefully

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  20. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Palmer sitter

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  21. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Went with the crowd bringing in Palmer and Pedro… punishment for my stupidity

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    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      I've had them for weeks (after they got all their points). I don't think Chelsea have scored a goal since I transferred them in. At least I can free hit them out.

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      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        I love hearing your comments
        You are either incredibly unlucky or
        Not very good at this game ( your rank says otherwise)

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        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          2 days, 11 hours ago

          It's definitely the second one

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    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Who did you want to get instead?

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    3. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Nobody brought them in for this week though did they

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  22. JBG
    • 7 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    How is Haaland so bad at running with the ball at his feet??

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    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Haaland has been poor again, yeah. I can't remember him having a chance?

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      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        Playing alongside Doku and Semenyo not exactly helping. Both blind and selfish asf

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        1. Ignasi M
          • 8 Years
          2 days, 11 hours ago

          yeah, good point.

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          1. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            2 days, 11 hours ago

            Rodri and Silva are so nasty and aggressive. I wish Arsenal had this players. Declan Rice is just too much of a nice guy.

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        2. JBG
          • 7 Years
          2 days, 11 hours ago

          Doesn't change the fact that a supposed world class striker can't run with the ball at his feet

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          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            2 days, 11 hours ago

            Never been style of play. Like complaining about a ferrari not being able to drive in the forest.

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    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      2 days, 10 hours ago

      The ball trips him up

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  23. rokonto
    • 10 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Is there any way i can see how many points i would have got with my last week's team? (Before i wildcarded)

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    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      By using simple maths and your brain lol

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Counting misery (nor worth it 😛 ) or preparing for jubilation?

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  24. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Spurs rant/

    I accepted relegation was coming a long time ago. The warning signs have been obvious for ages. We finished 17th last season, lost Kane and Son, and didn’t properly replace either of them. That alone should’ve set alarm bells ringing.

    Our transfer windows have been consistently poor. We either move too slowly, miss out on key targets, or obsess over “good deals” instead of actually improving the squad. The result? One of the weakest squads in the league.

    We’ve got maybe 3 or 4 genuinely good players, and they’ve spent most of the season injured. The rest are either average at best or simply not good enough - players like Solanke and Richarlison should never have been signed in the first place. We paid 60mil for Solanke, let that sink in...

    And then to top it all off, we sell Johnson. I get that fans are divided on him, but he was our top scorer last season, in a team that finished 17th, and we just let him go without replacing him? It makes no sense.

    At some point, this goes beyond incompetence. You have to start asking whether the people running this club actually know what they’re doing, or if something deeper is going on behind the scenes, like corruption, or intentional sabotage.

    We deserve relegation, and it will do us good in the long run. We will start a fresh and come back stronger. The only issue is we will be stuck with these owners for at least another 2 seasons.

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    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Not giving up already?

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    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Everton fan here I feel for you as we've come close in the last 2 or 3 seasons .
      Poor manager choice has been an issue with Spurs
      If you do go down what matters more is the response next season .

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      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        Nah, its not the Managers. No Manager can save us. We have had so many managers including serial winners. There is something rotten at the core of Spurs - the board and ownership, and it spreads its rot through everything it touches, like a virus. The club has a loser mentality, even at home we get spanked - there's no where to hide.

        Teams like Everton are a great example of how things should be done. You don't have a superstar squad, you have just an average squad, but together, they come together and form something greater. Same with the likes of Brentford and countless others.

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        1. keefy59
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 days, 10 hours ago

          I'm not criticising the managers as Nuno & Frank are great managers
          But were they the right fit for your club ?
          Which ultimately means those who made the decisions to appoint them were at fault .

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          1. have you seen cyan
            • 6 Years
            2 days, 10 hours ago

            I honestly don't know what Manager is a good fit for this club other than Poch. We have tired everything, even had Conte and Jose. Conte said the truth about this club.

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    3. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Not being funny but you were never going to find replacements for Kane and Son. They were absolutely diamonds in the rough, and players of that level don’t want to play for Spurs, especially with the relatively small wages you offer.

      I do feel for you, the club’s been ran very poorly for a while now. That window under Poch said everything about the ownership’s intentions, and it feels like they’ve had no plan or direction ever since.

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      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        Yea, how on earth can you replace Kane and Son. But our transfer windows are always a joke. We are a laughing stock. Take this season for example, MGW/NFO and Palace both mugged us off, and that's not even mentioning the other fact, that like you said, good players do not want to come here, and who can blame them.

        You probably forgot, but I told you that Man U would do well this season. Well done.

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          2 days, 11 hours ago

          It’s always going to be tough when you’re fishing in the same pond as the CL clubs, but not offering the same wages. Getting in nothing players like Gallagher and Palhinha is just so poor though.

          I don’t remember that, but we only started doing well once Amorim was gone, so suppose we were both right in a way hahaha

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          1. have you seen cyan
            • 6 Years
            2 days, 10 hours ago

            Call me delusional, but I think we could have signed Mateta and Semenyo. A year or so ago. They might not have wanted to come here, but there was a chance to sign them before the big clubs were circling. What the Spurs board don't get however is that to get players of that quality, we need to pay over market value, not look for cheap deals. If it meant paying an extra 40 - 60 mil for Semenyo and Mateta combined, then so be it. If we get relegated, we will lose hundreds of millions - and these guys are meant to be shrewd business men.

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    4. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Arsenal fan here. Spurs have also been incredibly unlucky this season with long term/serious injuries to key players. Incredibly frustrating. The firing of Ange was also insane: winning a major European trophy and Spurs first trophy since 2009? At least Spurs have had more success than Arsenal in the last five years.

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        Both managers should have been fired immediately after the Europa final

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      2. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        I think Ange would probably have us in the same spot. And I wanted him gone. But hard to imagine he could have done this bad tbh. Frank is not a bad manager.

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    5. GREEN JUMPERS
      • 5 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Tough league to get out of

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  25. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Crazy how Chelsea let us buy Guéhi off them, the one thing they have needed for years is a good defender.

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Yeah really missing Colwill

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  26. Timbomars
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Where are Morgan Rogers DEFCON points?

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    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      He got only 11, 12 needed for mids. Or what do you mean?

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      1. Timbomars
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 days, 10 hours ago

        Oh I’m a moron! Of course it’s 12 for mids and not 10! Gah, whoops! As you were haha!

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  27. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    What on earth were Chelsea thinking appointing Rosenier as manager? I don’t even think he can quite believe he’s on the touchline for a ‘top’ PL team

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      Bunch of sickos running the club, mental appointment.

      Maresca to this fool is some downgrade.

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    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      “We need a manager quick and his wages are low, that will do for now”

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  28. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    2 billion spent and not a single world class player in that squad

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    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      I think Caicedo is and Palmer has the potential, but yeah the squad’s a joke.

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      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        At least until Mudryk is back

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          2 days, 11 hours ago

          World class gear sniffer

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    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      2 days, 10 hours ago

      Yep, everything that is currently wrong with the current system.

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    3. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      2 days, 10 hours ago

      Palmer used to be.

      Enzo maybe

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  29. Evasivo
    • 15 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Palmer so close to defcon :/

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 days, 11 hours ago

      He got it

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      1. Evasivo
        • 15 Years
        2 days, 11 hours ago

        Fantastic

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  30. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    2 days, 11 hours ago

    Loads to think about for FH team ...

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