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19 May 2026 364 comments
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The final two Gameweek 37 matches take place tonight.

Bournemouth v Manchester City gets us underway at 19:30 BST, with Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur kicking off 45 minutes later.

Both the title and the final relegation spot could be sewn up tonight. If City drop points on the south coast, Arsenal will be crowned champions. If Spurs beat Chelsea (a draw will almost certainly do, too), West Ham United are down.

TEAM NEWS

At the Vitality, City boss Pep Guardiola makes two changes from Saturday’s FA Cup final win over Chelsea.

Mateo Kovacic for Omar Marmoush is the one outfield alteration, while Gianluigi Donnarumma returns to take his place from cup goalkeeper James Trafford.

Rayan Cherki is again only among the substitutes.

Andoni Iraola’s one change is an enforced one.

Tyler Adams is in for the suspended Ryan Christie.

Meanwhile, at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea make four changes from their narrow defeat to Man City on Saturday.

Malo Gusto and Reece James drop to the bench, while Joao Pedro and Levi Colwill are absent altogether.

Josh Acheampong, Andrey Santos, Pedro Neto and Liam Delap come in to Calum McFarlane’s side.

Spurs are unchanged from Gameweek 36.

Antonin Kinsky retains his place, despite Guglielmo Vicario returning to the matchday squad.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Hill, Senesi, Truffert, Adams, Smith, Scott, Rayan, Kroupi, Evanilson.

Subs: Mandas, Cook, Brooks, Diakite, Adli, Unai, Toth, Gannon-Doak, Kluivert.

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly, Kovacic, Rodri, Silva, Doku, Semenyo, Haaland.

Subs: Trafford, Dias, Stones, Gvardiol, Reijnders, Cherki, Savinho, Foden, Marmoush.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Kinsky, Porro, Danso, van de Ven, Udogie, Palhinha, Bentancur, Kolo Muani, Gallagher, Tel, Richarlison.

Substitutes: Vicario, Spence, Dragusin, Souza, Gray, Sarr, Bissouma, Bergvall, Maddison.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Acheampong, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella, Caicedo, Andrey Santos, Palmer, Fernandez, Neto, Delap.

Subs: Jorgensen, Chalobah, Sarr, James, Essugo, Derry, Garnacho, Mhueka, Kavuma-McQueen.

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. JBG
    • 8 Years
    10 hours, 4 mins ago

    I actually envy people who have a WC or FH left for GW38

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      10 hours, 4 mins ago

      Really, I have no idea who to pick barring Salah for it!

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      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        10 hours, 2 mins ago

        You don't deserve it... picking Salah *almost throws up*

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        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          10 hours, 1 min ago

          Haha too many deadlines missed

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    2. Sir Michael Taker
      • 11 Years
      10 hours, 1 min ago

      It'll still be very random/unpredictable and you'll have to get lucky with the chips.

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 hours, 58 mins ago

        I have BB to play, 2 FT and probably 3 non players (Mitoma, JP and Richards)

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  2. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 hours, 2 mins ago

    Dread to think how many Bournemouth clean sheets I've benched recently, gonna be another one it looks like!

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      10 hours, 1 min ago

      Long way to go

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 hours, 59 mins ago

        Senesi coming on for JP so no way do Muff keep a CS.

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    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 hours, 56 mins ago

      I’d be surprised

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    3. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 56 mins ago

      I’ll get Hill due to JP no show.

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      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        9 hours, 35 mins ago

        So do I, Senesi and Scott behind him on the bench.

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  3. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    10 hours ago

    the southampton story is crazy. feel sorry for their fans....

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      9 hours, 59 mins ago

      bet it wouldnt happen it was a big club....

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 hours, 55 mins ago

        A big club wouldn’t do it or be in the championship to begin surely

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        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          9 hours, 33 mins ago

          Spurs may be saying Hi on Sunday afternoon!

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    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 hours, 58 mins ago

      I bet the ‘Spy’ will need police protection 😆

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      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        9 hours, 55 mins ago

        Apparently it was an intern that was kind off pushed to do it.

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 hours, 51 mins ago

          They admitted to doing it to two other clubs during the season? It wasn’t like he was pushed to do it this one time

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          1. JBG
            • 8 Years
            9 hours, 41 mins ago

            Did not know that, I retract my comment and sentiment behind it hehe

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    3. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 58 mins ago

      Can't have clubs who break the rules in the PL.

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      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        9 hours, 52 mins ago

        Haha will have to kick most of them out then

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  4. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    9 hours, 59 mins ago

    Pedro out but Virgil is stranded second on my bench

    Semenyo coming on instead

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  5. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    9 hours, 55 mins ago

    Enzo banger

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      9 hours, 55 mins ago

      Neto A

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  6. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    9 hours, 55 mins ago

    Enzo wow

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  7. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 hours, 55 mins ago

    Yes Chelsea!!!!

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  8. SM001
    • 10 Years
    9 hours, 55 mins ago

    Cole Palmer is a ringer for Cletus Spuckler

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  9. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 hours, 55 mins ago

    Nice goal

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  10. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    9 hours, 55 mins ago

    Omfg NOR 😡

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 53 mins ago

      Haaland assist O’Reilly vs the keeper 🙁

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  11. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 55 mins ago

    Hope not Palmer assist

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 50 mins ago

      Pedro…the first name one

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        9 hours, 49 mins ago

        Phew

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  12. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    9 hours, 54 mins ago

    Fully deserved for Southampton. Dirty tactics and never should happen again. Let that be a lesson to them and any other would be voyeurs.

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    1. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      9 hours, 52 mins ago

      Prove the advantages gained?

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 hours, 48 mins ago

        Broke clear and obvious rules.

        Advantage or not, if you are specifically told not to do something then you do it multiple times what do you e pact is going to happen when you get caught?

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      2. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 hours, 48 mins ago

        They didn’t win any of the 3 games against the clubs that they admitted to spying on but you can’t justify doing it by them not winning the games. They drew two of them, one being against Oxford who were relegated on goal difference. Had they not spied, Oxford may have won that game and not been relegated.

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      3. Bigbars
        • 15 Years
        9 hours, 38 mins ago

        Tactics, line up, movements, set piece positioning, injuries.. Why do it if its not to gain an unfair advantage ?

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        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          9 hours, 31 mins ago

          Of course it was to try and gain an advantage but that advantage was so small, the punishment is nuts

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          1. Yank Revolution
            • 14 Years
            9 hours, 28 mins ago

            No, it is not. It is beyond fair.

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          2. Bigbars
            • 15 Years
            9 hours, 16 mins ago

            Advantage is based on the end result.. in the league, the only advantage was 3 points, here the advantage is a possible play off promotion.. the so called £200m game. If they dont set an example, teams will think it is fair game to actively spy on each other.. thats why they have the regulations. Southampton admitted breaches of regulations requiring clubs to act with the utmost good faith and prohibiting the observation of another club's training session within 72 hours of a scheduled match. Whether someone benefits or not, its irrelevant, they broke a rule that is set in the league. Thats like saying for example, you should only get punished if there is a benefit, like only getting done for speeding or jumping a red light if it results in an accident. Rules are rules... More fool them for breaking them multiple times. They have only themselves to blame. Feel for the fans and the players as its them that have to suffer after a long season.

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      4. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        9 hours, 33 mins ago

        The guy wasn’t sent up there to sample the local Teesside parmesan.

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      5. Yank Revolution
        • 14 Years
        9 hours, 28 mins ago

        Irrelevant. The rules are the rules.

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  13. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    9 hours, 54 mins ago

    Enzo owner 😎

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 52 mins ago

      oooohhhh look at me…

      Sorry about that

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      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        9 hours, 47 mins ago

        Just be sorry you don’t own him 😉

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        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          9 hours, 43 mins ago

          😆

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  14. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    9 hours, 53 mins ago

    Bring on Cherki ta f**k will ya!

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  15. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    9 hours, 52 mins ago

    Bring on Cherki for Semenyo you bald idiot..

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    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 hours, 51 mins ago

      For Doku please

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  16. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    9 hours, 52 mins ago

    Kinsky really flat footed there

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  17. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 hours, 52 mins ago

    Yay Enzo

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  18. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    9 hours, 50 mins ago

    Anyone else taking a -4 for salah?

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 50 mins ago

      Absolutely not

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    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      9 hours, 50 mins ago

      Be a laugh if Slot benches him.

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    3. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      9 hours, 49 mins ago

      I don't think Slot would be .

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    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 48 mins ago

      Behave

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  19. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    9 hours, 48 mins ago

    Pedro sulking?

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  20. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 hours, 45 mins ago

    Semenyo 1 point locked

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  21. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    9 hours, 44 mins ago

    Deserved for Semenyo owners. Now for Cherki to save City's season with a hatty

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    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 44 mins ago

      Why is that?

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      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        9 hours, 26 mins ago

        Still deserve a benching last game week to be on par with Cherki owners bad luck

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    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      9 hours, 41 mins ago

      Why deserved? A lot of People /creatirs did the sideways move , some just chose one or the other, then complained same week !

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  22. WVA
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 43 mins ago

    Potentially a 200 million pound fine and a points deduction for a kid filming other teams train on his iPhone, come on man, a player diving during a game to win a pen has more influence on a result than that!

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    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 43 mins ago

      This

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      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        9 hours, 41 mins ago

        If there was an advantage gained, it would have been so small that other factors during the match would have far outweighed them

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 hours, 35 mins ago

          They’d have know the first XI lineup and everything. Gains are hardly minimal. They avoided defeat in each of these games that had serious ramifications on other clubs

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          1. WVA
            • 9 Years
            9 hours, 32 mins ago

            teams play the same lineups most weeks lol

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            1. FPL Blow-In
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              9 hours, 24 mins ago

              lol well they didn’t. And Saints made their changes to the attack to counter Middlesbrough change to a back 3 from the game they had played only 3 days earlier

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    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 41 mins ago

      And the Oxford and Ipswich games? The kid wasn’t there by mistake he was sent there

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      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        9 hours, 39 mins ago

        Managers tell players to cheat every game, dive, time waste etc, all breaches of rules, that has far more influence over results than some crappy footage from far away

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 hours, 36 mins ago

          I don’t agree with your view on it but that’s what debate is right. I disagree that going down easily under a challenge or diving can have more influence on a game than monitoring an opposing teams training session within 72 hours of your match together.

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          1. WVA
            • 9 Years
            9 hours, 33 mins ago

            They play the same lineup most weeks, you can learn more from watching them at the start of the match then adjust your team/tactics accordingly, it’s a seriously extreme punishment for something pretty minor and pathetic

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            1. FPL Blow-In
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              9 hours, 28 mins ago

              If you’re in Middlesbrough shoes, I think any advantage is significant. The point you made kind of goes against you too. The line up wasn’t the same for either team. Middlesbrough shifted systems across the legs, drafting Dael Fry, Adilson Malanda, and Riley McGree into a back-three tactical layout for the second leg. Southampton altered their attacking and midfield shape for the second leg, re-introducing Ross Stewart and Kuryu Matsuki to the starting XI in comparison to the first leg.

              Southampton also admitted to the charges, I’m not sure what options the EFL had. They’ve set the example now and hopefully it should deter it going forward.

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            2. Yank Revolution
              • 14 Years
              9 hours, 27 mins ago

              Apologist

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  23. JBG
    • 8 Years
    9 hours, 42 mins ago

    Doku assist to Cherki would be lovely now or opposite

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  24. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    9 hours, 42 mins ago

    How’s Tavernier looking?

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    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 hours, 40 mins ago

      Ready to bang a brace

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    2. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 39 mins ago

      Like a potential 3 points.
      Maybe 2

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  25. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 hours, 40 mins ago

    Man City must win game. Why doesn't Pep start more attacking and defend later rather than go a goal behind

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  26. The Mighty Hippo
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 38 mins ago

    Genuine question, why are Chelsea fans booing Gallagher? I thought he only left them because they forced a sale under FFP rules?

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    1. Bigbars
      • 15 Years
      9 hours, 35 mins ago

      Because its truly rare for returning players to get applauded, unless they left at the end of their contract amicably. Even rice was booed last week initially by West Ham fans and they loved him. Fans can be fickle at times. Sad.

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      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        9 hours, 34 mins ago

        Nice contrast with Semenyo at Bournemouth.

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        1. Bigbars
          • 15 Years
          9 hours, 12 mins ago

          So odd the reception some returning players get. Henderson didnt get booed by Liverpool, nor did Xaka at Arsenal.. Fans can be cruel at times. Rooney and Lampard I remember used to get serious abuse at Everton and West Ham... even though their transfers funded many new signings and helped their respective finances.

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  27. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    9 hours, 37 mins ago

    Rodri not at the races at all tonight

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  28. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    9 hours, 36 mins ago

    Gonna dread next week with 6 players from city an ars if titles done!

    Any spare transfers?

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    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      9 hours, 36 mins ago

      Same.. -_-

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      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        9 hours, 35 mins ago

        All In the same boat mate

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    2. NZREDS
      • 12 Years
      9 hours, 31 mins ago

      This

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  29. The Hunt
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 hours, 34 mins ago

    Next Season I think I'll be spending most of my time concentrating on the Fan Team game...

    No TC

    No BB

    No FH

    No boring DEFCON 🙁

    But lots of exciting ATTACKCON 🙂

    And just two Wildcards to pull your team together for the whole season

    Back to traditional, retro, beautiful FF (for the most part anyway) for me

    Thank you.

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  30. FCSB
    • 10 Years
    9 hours, 34 mins ago

    Arsenal crowned champions

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