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The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 2

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The Scout Squad returns ahead of Gameweek 2 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL).

In this article, our in-house team of Marc, Tom J (deputising for Sam), Tom F and Neale will discuss who they think the best FPL players are for the upcoming Gameweek in isolation.

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The focus is only on the upcoming Gameweek with the Scout Squad, so there’s no medium-term planning involved.

The players who get the most votes are much more likely to make the Scout Picks, although the final XI can’t exceed £83.0m – so occasionally, we have to select cheaper alternatives.

Each of our writers must meet the following requirements for this feature:

  • At least one sub-£5.0m goalkeeper
  • At least one sub-£5.0m defender
  • At least one sub-£6.0m midfielder
  • At least one sub-£7.0m forward
  • No more than three players from the same club

SCOUT SQUAD: BEST FPL PLAYERS FOR GAMEWEEK 2

 

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  1. 3 A
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    So Saka is differential.. when many picks Tzolis.

    Palmer too. Lovely

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    1. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Short term it will be close imo - Saka Tzolis. Longer term Tzolis will likely be one to get rid of course. Just have to know when that is..

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      1. 3 A
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 8 days ago

        Saka better. The differential.

        I know even before GW2 start.

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  2. HellasLEAF
    • 17 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Pick one:

    - O'Rielly
    - Gvardiol
    - Guehi

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    1. BR510
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Gvardiol

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      1. HellasLEAF
        • 17 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        See, that's the logical answer. But Guehi is intriguing.

        Even though he won't stay in that spot, he is likely more nailed than the others and is a real thread with that header from set piece. Gvardiol can contribute as well, but to expect him to score goals like GW1 those won't be as common imo. It's close, but Guehi may be worth the .5 more.

        Initially thought O'Rielly was the one but hard to rely on a 6.5 million defender who may not even get 60 min.

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  3. BR510
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 17 days ago

    1. FH3 WC 6
    2. WC3 save FH
    3. Wildcard 2?

    No Haaland... team too spread out with funds

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    1. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      If you don't like your team and need min -12 hit to fix, WC.

      if you like it, 1.

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      1. BR510
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 17 days ago

        I like most of the players but dont like the structure, too defensive and forward heavy, weak midfield. This is the team:

        Lammens Verbruggen
        Cala Palestra Vuskovic Hume Rodon
        Mbeumo Bruno Semenyo Tzolis Schade
        Havertz Pedro Isak

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  4. Letsgo!
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Palestra to justin or hall?

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    1. BR510
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Justin

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      1. Letsgo!
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        What about gvardiol

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    2. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Hold the trade, don’t panic.

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  5. RICICLE
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Kinsky
    Calafiori - Muharemovic - Maguire
    Tzolis - Bruno (c) - Mbuemo - Le Fee
    J.Pedro - Haaland (vc) - DCL
    ________________________________
    Verbruggen: Ballard: Gomez: O’Shea

    Looking G2G here gents?
    Rolling FT like most 🙂

    Cheers

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    1. Ausman
      • 3 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      GTG

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      1. RICICLE
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Cheers bud!

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    2. Jet5605
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Yup G2G

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      1. RICICLE
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Cheers Jet!

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  6. BR510
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Wildcard in gameweek 3 too early? Would save transfers up to GW6 and save FH vs FH3 and WC6.

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    1. Jet5605
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Sharing your team would help. I'm doing WC3 as a Non Haaland owner to ditch ManU assets, load up on City and Chelsea including Palmer (benched in GW3 ready for 4). It's a good strategy to save/roll transfers before the long IB and many Haaland owners will WC in 4 anyway and so 3 isn't much different really. Early WC3 also catches players ahead of price rises.

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      1. BR510
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Lammens Verbruggen
        Cala Palestra Vuskovic Hume Rodon
        Mbeumo Bruno Semenyo Tzolis Schade
        Havertz Pedro Isak

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        1. Jet5605
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 17 days ago

          Easy WC3 with no Haaland and Lammens as your GK

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          1. BR510
            • 1 Year
            1 month, 17 days ago

            Cheers, any pre-wildcard punts for one week?

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            1. Jet5605
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 17 days ago

              Roll. Transfers are precious

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      2. BR510
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Cheers, going with this I think

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  7. Jet5605
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Play Cali & Tzolis and bench Ballard & DCL? Yay or nay?

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    1. BR510
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Yes, purely because Villa no longer looks like a formidable fixture and Arsenal look insane

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      1. Jet5605
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Thanks. I am slightly wary of a Villa reaction with Emery in charge. He doesn't become a bad manager after one bad result

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      2. Ausman
        • 3 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Ridiculous comment. After 1 game we have a small bit of information, but nowhere near enough to be righting off teams and crowning others. Villa got off to a bad start last season and then went on a good stretch from GW4.
        Arsenal played a promoted team at home, Villa played a good Brighton team away. Granted Villa were poor, but they are still trying hard in the transfer market to reshape their squad. Should we right off Palace, Man U and Spurs?
        There’s a lot still going on in the transfer market, squads will change and teams will evolve, this is why patience is needed.

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        1. Ausman
          • 3 Years
          1 month, 17 days ago

          This is response to BR510

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          1. Brazooka
            • 13 Years
            1 month, 17 days ago

            Well… forgive me for jump in but it seemed to me that he was talking only about GW2 —which is right around the corner—and not the long term or even the post-Deadline Day. And his words reflects nothing more than the big general movement of FPL managers this week: in this case, everyone’s with triple ARS (nearly unanimous).

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    2. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Play Ballard DCL.

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      1. Jet5605
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Thanks. Most are advocating starting Cali and Tzolis but I just have a hunch Villa might be dangerous after last week and Ballard could do well in this one and has goal threat

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  8. Tartanjock
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Drop 1 of these plz:
    Mbuemo, Dorgu, Semenyo, Szob, Tzolis
    DCL, Haaland, JP

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    1. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      No.

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    2. NZREDS
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Dorgu

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  9. premierglaser
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Who to bench? Thank you!!!

    Mbeumo (IPS)
    Tzolis (avl)
    Semenyo (CRY)
    Wirtz (NFO)
    Isak (NFO)
    Thiago (lee)

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    1. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      It's down to Tzolis or Semenyo for me. As Thiago at least has pens.

      Probably Tzolis.

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    2. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Wirtz

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    3. Not again Shirley
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Thiago surely.

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    4. Fantasyfreaks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Wirtz for me

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  10. HellasLEAF
    • 17 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    If one can afford, there is no denying the appeal of VVD in right now. Yes you can cheap out with other Pool coverage but won't likely hit Defcon like VVD.

    Could see couple goals and cleanies over next 4.

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    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Hope so, in my team from the start.

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    2. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      I hope so but that midfield is offering no protection and they are playing basketball as a strategy

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  11. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    New strategy is
    GW3.Maybe Haaland TC will decide after GW2
    GW4 should have triple Che -Pedro Palmer Rogers, triple Ars, 1 or 2 pool and city including Haaland. About 5 total Newcastle Everton and Even Fulham
    GW 5 BB and it nothing goes pear shaped should have a few FT’s if needed
    Any thought on this?

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    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      GW4 is obviously a WC week

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  12. GoonerByron
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Bench Boost GW2 GTG as planned?

    Lammens
    Calafiori - Maguire - Gvardiol
    Tzolis - Odegaard - Mbeumo - Wirtz
    Haaland (c) - Isak - Pedro

    Kinsky - Le Fee - Thomas - Van Ewijk

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    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Nice stick to the plan. 2 mids from Arsenal is different and could be good. GL

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  13. Mid-Table Obscurity
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    I’m right in thinking that I keep the free transfers I’ve saved up the week after a wildcard right? Or do your transfers always go back to one after a wildcard regardless?

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    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Say you made no transfer and WC in GW4 in GW5 you will still have 3FT you don’t get one for the week you WC

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      1. Mid-Table Obscurity
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Thanks!

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  14. Mozumbus
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Bench Munoz, play Ewijk, and save FT

    Yes or No

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  15. Letsgo!
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Tempted to do palestra to gvardiol. Will u?

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  16. Flying Nugget
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    anyone going maverick with captain this week? I'm tempted by Le Fee

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    1. Holmes
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      not enough data to go maverick yet.

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Thinking Mbeumo

      Pedro an option too but being away and Brighton’s form (or was it more so villa’s form?) dissuades a little.

      Bit worried about lack of arsenal against Villa, only have Calafiori, maybe they can sit in and keep it low scoring.

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    3. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Haaland seems maverick enough this week. So many on Bruno. I think Erling will do the business tonight.

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Maybe you’re right…

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        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Palace were poor

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      2. Flying Nugget
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        hope so, I planned Bruno this week but Man U looked poor last week

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  17. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    De Cuyper on res hot form right now. Just not sure I cam start him over double Arsenal defence and Maguire.

    Its Chelsea away as well but that form is hard to ignore + position.

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Villa and Tromso both very poor opposition, need to see how he does in competitive fixtures.

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  18. gomez123
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Start A) Maguire or B) Ballard

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    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      If you cant start Maguire this game when will you?

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Slabhead. And then sell him next week after the next embarrassment

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    3. Haa-lala-land
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Ballard. Sunderland at home will be okay

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  19. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Chances of starting? A) White B) Calafiori C) Shaw

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      All fairly certain I would’ve thought no?

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      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Hope so, guess Konsa won´t affect W and C, and Shaw probably still a starter?

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  20. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    (c) Palmer or Haaland?

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    1. Holmes
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      has to be Haaland. Brighton defense is solid.

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      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Cheers

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  21. Saka Potatoes 01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 16 days ago

    1) Palestra > White
    2) Gibbs-White > Odegaard/Tzolis/other 8m midfielder
    3) Roll

    No haaland, have calafiori, planning FH3 WC6

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    1. JT11fc
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Roll if you can bench the doubts

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  22. Super Squirrel
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Draft league, bench two

    A) Muharemovic
    B) Munoz
    C) Tarkowski
    D) Hill
    E) Mosquera

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    1. Holmes
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      BC

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    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      BC

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  23. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    A) Thiago (leeds)

    B) Foden (palace)

    C) White (avl)

    D) Hume (SUN)

    Bench 2 please....I have calafiori starting too.

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    1. BR510
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 16 days ago

      AB

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  24. Roy Rovers
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Le Fee or DCL?

    Hume or Rodon?

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    1. JT11fc
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      DCL
      Hume, kinda just want to say play both Leeds tho

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  25. BR510
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Bench three:

    1. Schade
    2. Rodon
    3. Vuskovic
    4. Hume
    5. Tzolis
    6. Havertz
    7. Semenyo

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    1. BR510
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 16 days ago

      8. Palestra

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  26. el polako
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Do we think Konsa may start against Villa or more likely to get 15-20 minutes?

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    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Arteta said he is ready to start.

      I think he most likely takes Mosquera spot but White is at risk too.

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  27. geo4
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    BB with Verbruggen, Gross, Thomas, Muharemovic?

    (Def is Maguire calafiori, Virgil)

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    1. el polako
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      BB two players against Chelsea (away) is probably not the best idea.

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      1. Weak Become Heros
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        This

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    2. BR510
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 16 days ago

      This

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  28. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    White owners, are you worried about Konsa for tonight?

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    1. BR510
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Surely there’s something in his contract about him not playing against villa? White will play at least 60 and Mosquera more likely to be dumped

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    2. NobodyF*cksWithTheJesus
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      I think Konsa was signed for CB. White is fairly safe until Timber back (but not 100%)

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  29. BR510
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Bench two:
    1. Schade
    2. Rodon
    3. Hume
    4. Tzolis

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    1. JT11fc
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      2
      3

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      1. BR510
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Cheers

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      2. BR510
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 16 days ago

        My bad, one needs to be an attacker, could also be Havertz or Semenyo

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        1. JT11fc
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Hmm maybe 1 and 3

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    2. NobodyF*cksWithTheJesus
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      1 and 2

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  30. NobodyF*cksWithTheJesus
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Bench 1:

    Sangare
    Ndiaye
    DCL

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    1. BR510
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Ndiaye

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