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Last weekend saw a brace from Clint Dempsey grab the headlines in Fulham’s 2-0 win over Wigan as Mark Hughes’ side recovered from two straight league defeats to climb back into the top half of the table.

With a broken leg keeping Bobby Zamora sidelined for the next few months, Dempsey has been playing as an out-of-position forward for the Cottagers and the American has taken his chance to impress. In the six games Fulham have played since Zamora‘s Karl Henry-enforced injury, Dempsey has scored four goals and, taking Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Bonus Points into the equation, has racked up a total of 41 points during this period, compared with just 6 points in the first four league games of the season. Averaging almost seven points per game up front, then, Dempsey is making a mockery of the fact his price has dropped £0.3m (from £7m to £6.7m) since the season began.

In this latest Members article, we check out Dempsey’s key Opta stats from Gameweek 10 and compare them with his Fulham strike-partner Moussa Dembele. The result is somewhat surprising…

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  1. RottenTroll
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Okay guys, 1 question only. Tsxf (who) this week or save?
    Rob; Coleman, Boateng, Elmo, A Cole; Adam, Barton, Brunt, Drog (C), Tevez, Carroll. Subs Carson, Nani, VDV, Boswinga

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    1. RottenTroll
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Forgot to say only £0.1M in bank!

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  2. Dave Bauer
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Lost on the last page, sorry for re-post:

    Who do I bench, chaps? Alcaraz or Shawcross?

    I have Elmo (v Shawcross) and N’Zog in my team if that affects anyone’s thinking.

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    1. MegaSalviO
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      I would bench Alcaraz.

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    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      I have Figs & Shawx & will be playing Shawx & Elmo.

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  3. the lord
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Jarome or Carrol this GW??

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    1. MegaSalviO
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Carroll. Is Jerome even going to start?

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  4. strongbad
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Ok, going to take the risk and do Nani>Arteta.

    Do I also do Foley/Faye>Coleman?

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    1. Churchill
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Done the Nani>Arteta myself.

      Whether Coleman can keep his first team spot remains to be seen. Not a huge fan of points hits for defenders personally.

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  5. BKR
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    I am having Jaaskelainen & Carson as my Goal keep Combo. This combo is not working well.

    Any good goal combo to follow from this GW to at least next 10 GW's??

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Robinson & Green

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      1. BKR
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks, MMMAN 🙂

        Robinson sounds good. not sure about green. any perticular reason??

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        1. RottenTroll
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          If going for Rob, I would pick Sorensen - the 2 teams piggy-back home and away.

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  6. Gubborr
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Malouda + Nani --> Fabs + Arteta -4p hit ??? Would leave me with 3.0M in the bank and I've already got Nasri.

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  7. MegaSalviO
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Who 2 should i start from Coleman,Oshea or Carroll this week?

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    1. RottenTroll
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Coleman and O'Shea

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    2. Gubborr
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Drop Carroll

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      1. MegaSalviO
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers guys.

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    3. Churchill
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Carroll & Coleman for me.

      Carroll will make a right nuisance of himself. Coleman being out of position gives you exposure to Everton's attaching points.

      Suppose I favour attacking rather than defensive players.

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  8. Random_Guy
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Fabregas or Drogba for captain?

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    1. RottenTroll
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Fabs

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    2. RedNev
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Fabregas

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    3. Gubborr
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      "it’s almost unimaginable that Fabregas will come out of another 90 minutes empty handed."

      From this week's scout picks. Hope it helps you 😀

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  9. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Why Nani didn't fall?

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    1. Mr. Greedy
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      The guy who decides has got him in his team.

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    2. RedNev
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      His price will drop eventually

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  10. battlecat
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Malouda or Carroll to bench this week?

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    1. RedNev
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Malouda

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  11. Back on the horse
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Ah. Bale went up in price and is now back to what i bought him at.

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  12. Mr Sitter
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    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Carroll or N'Zog starting XI today? Have Robinson in goal so leaning towards Carroll.

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    1. Gregor
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Carroll all day long.

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  13. snowman
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Guys really would appreciate some advice whst changes to make if any this week. I know have VDV and Malouda who are both out but trying to see if way past transferring them as they both have some decent fixtures coming up.

    Foster
    Alex Hughes Faye Coleman
    Nolan Nasri Adam Malouda
    Drogba Berbatov

    Subs: Carroll, Konchesky, VDV

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    1. Voronin
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Malouda not out.

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    2. Torres76
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Malouda is playing and I would keep....I am keeping VDV, Malouda and Nani....loose too much money and I only see Arteta as a solution

      Options to replace the above are:
      Arteta
      Bale - but he only scores highly when VDV is not playing
      Cahill
      Dempsey
      Nasri - will his returns diminish when Fabregas kicks in?

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      1. snowman
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks, i think the change i was looking at was VDV>BALE IF he is out for more than 2 games but i think i may risk it

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    3. teddy.
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Malouda plays. Team looks very good.. Might consider playing Carroll ahead of Faye.

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      1. snowman
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        cheers teddy

        who do you think is a worthy captain candidate?

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        1. Torres76
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Nasri all the way...

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  14. SnoopDogSmokesWeed
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    my team for this GW looks like this:

    Foster

    Elmo,Jakielka,Alcaraz

    Fabregas(C),Dempsey,A.Young,Adam

    Drogba,Hernandez,Carroll

    Subs:Robinson,Jose Enerique,Nani,Jara

    Should i:

    A)leave my team like this and save a transer (and expect a rubbish week)

    B)Take out Nani bring in Arteta/Cahill/Bale

    C)Take out Nani bring in Arteta/Cahill/Bale + Take out Jara, bring in Cahill/Samba/Alex/Bosingwa…or someone cheaper?

    Please comment 🙂 Thanks

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    1. Nomar
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Team looks good to me. I don't think you'll have a bad gameweek at all.

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  15. Gregor
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    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Tempted by Kolarov, but do we think he'll play every game now? Or should I just get Boateng?

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    1. RottenTroll
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      I've got Boateng, but he is no Kolarov. If as you hope Kolarov plays from now on, I think he will be a major bargain. Come on City fans, will your cheap £18M defender play from now on?

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  16. ChuckN
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    dropped Malouda for VDV yesterday. I'm so smart.

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    1. Bubbles
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      😀

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  17. Torres76
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Morning people

    My team is

    Foster
    Faye, Elmo, Coleman, Oshea
    Fabregas (C), Malouda, Adam
    Caroll, Drogba, Hernandez

    Subs: Carson VDV, Nani, Bosingwa

    Made no subs this week.

    A few options:
    1. Nani for Arteta/Dempsey? Not sure when Nani is back?
    2. Bale for VDV - but i think VDV is back soon?
    3. Bosingwa - eventually be swopped for Alex in two weeks

    Thoughts boys
    Torres

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    1. RottenTroll
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Same subs as me (see top of page 11). No one seems to be preapared to stick their neck out on this one. If no one comes back to me (unlikely now), then I'm sticking with my team - long term gain Vs short term pain; plus who is to say our starting 11s won't all put in good performances.

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      1. Torres76
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        long term gain vs short term pain..I like that Rotten...

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  18. Redhead Kingpin
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Dilemna
    Do i take a 4/8 points hit and take out nani/vdv/ malouda or Tevez
    my teams is
    Robinson
    Richards, Jageika,Carr (Shawscross, foley)
    malouda, vdv, nani, fabregas(capt) (ferguson)
    tevez , carroll, berba

    Thinking of a decent defender for shawscross /foley/richards
    and vdv/nani/ malouda for Arteta
    Any suggestion

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    1. KOGUMA
        15 years, 3 months ago

        No need. I'm in the same boat with those 3 and all will be playing by next weekend. Keep your transfer for this Tuesday when you may really need it.

        I've taken a lot of hits this year when I've really thought I needed them but turns out I didn't and have the same points without the hits.

        Just bench em and you'll be fine. People are shipping them out but will only be taking hits to get them back in again...mark my words.

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        1. Torres76
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Well said my thoughts exactly. I am doing the same...

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        2. Redhead Kingpin
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          thanks for that

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    2. Raf
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      faye or konchesky?

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      1. snowman
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        faye

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    3. Roger
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Is giving the armband to Vidic a stupid idea?

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      1. Gregor
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Sounds like a great idea to me.

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      2. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        i dont think so 🙂

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      3. Back on the horse
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        yeah its risky

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        1. RottenTroll
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Above Fabregas, why the risk?

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          1. Back on the horse
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Wolves jsut get a lucky goal and youre on 2 pts.

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      4. Stuck In A Moment
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Well, I did that last gameweek and he scored, so why not?

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    4. Mole
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      need a differntial to start catching up. Everyone has fabs. thinking tevez capt (drogba emergency). right time to roll the dice?

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      1. Back on the horse
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        is tevez playing?

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        1. Mole
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          a chance i hear

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      2. Bubbles
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Last week a guy in my mini league had Tevez captain and it went to Bramble on emergency 'form'. -8 points is the worst I've ever seen. 🙂

        He doesn't pay any attention to the game anymore, but it still made me laugh.

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    5. Kings of Lyon ★
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      i have no man u covereage... is barton -> park a good idea?

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      1. RottenTroll
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Depends whether you want short term returns, if so possibly. If for season, I doubt it.

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        1. Kings of Lyon ★
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          thats what im thinking... i want barton for the next two gws....

          I think no man u coverage could b costly

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      2. Gregor
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        No, think long term.

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      3. Bubbles
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        I wouldn't buy Park. He's a work horse but rarely scores, and I don't see it being an easy game (not 3-0, 4-0, etc.) for Utd tbh.

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        1. Kings of Lyon ★
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          hmmmmmmmm, il leave my team and save the transfers 🙂

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          1. Bubbles
            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            You'd want Barton for the two home games after this GW anyways.

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    6. snowman
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      who to captain nasri or berbs?

      my team is shit this week so need to make some points somewhere

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      1. Back on the horse
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        berbs. although he played in the week

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        1. Gregor
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Drogba.

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    7. bring_on _the_fantasy
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      ive already taking a 4 point hit.....

      would i be silly to take an 8pt hit to get hernandez in, i havnt got any united cover this week now nani is injured

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      1. Gregor
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        I wouldn't be overly worried by no Man U coverage, there won't be a lot of goals.

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        1. bring_on _the_fantasy
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          wont be a lot of goals home to wolves? are you sure?

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          1. Gregor
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            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            Yep. Wolves are on form, United are missing some big players.

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      2. Admiral Stark
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        No real need for an 8point hit, consider the returns, unless you're guaranteed a hat trick then it's not worth it

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    8. mitraark
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      So how many transfers have you done this Gameweek ?? Me 3.

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      1. mitraark
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        I brought in Coleman , is he uncertain now that Heitinga is there ?

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        1. Gregor
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Heitinga's playing in midfield, Coleman on the right wing.

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        2. Mourinho factor
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          i am not sure i am also considering bringing him in as my defence is in tatters and needs some stability

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    9. Roger
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Kevin Davies (vs Spurs Home) or Andy Carroll (vs Arsenal Away) into my XI?

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      1. De Joey Ndo Show
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Kevin Davies IMO
        - spurs leaks goals
        - newcastle cud play 4-5-1 meanin ameobi mite start instead on carroll

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      2. Gregor
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Both, drop Brunt.

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    10. Mole
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      davies

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    11. Ysn
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Varney (vs Everton at home) or Dembele (vs Fulham at home)

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      1. Mourinho factor
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        varney

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      2. Gregor
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Dembele all day long.

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    12. Mourinho factor
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      foster or Robinson

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      1. Mourinho factor
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        QUICK POLL
        Foster or Robinson both play at home

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        1. Gregor
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          I've plumped for Foster.

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        2. RottenTroll
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Close call - Rob

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        3. gooner dave
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          good question, playing foster myself even though i have dann.

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      2. Oliver Reed
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        15 years, 3 months ago

        foster, but only cos im going with him as well..

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    13. Mourinho factor
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      any news on Tevez or Odemwingie

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