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Captain Sensible – Gameweek 1

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It’s time for the first pre-Gameweek members article of the 2016/17 season as we check out the main captaincy contenders on offer. As usual, we analyse the Opta numbers and also check up on the Rate My Team ratings before offering up a couple of differential options in light of the data analysis.

The Captain Poll

Not surprisingly, Sergio Aguero is the outright frontrunner for our Gameweek 1 Captain Poll, with over 55% of the votes cast ahead of City’s home encounter against Sunderland.

The Argentine netted 15 of his 24 goals at the Etihad last time around and faces a Black Cats backline that was breached more times on their travels than any other side in 2015/16.

Sunderland managed just two away clean sheets all season and given that Aguero has scored in both his pre-season matches, we can’t see the visitors spoiling Pep Guardiola’s first match in charge.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic takes the runners-up spot ahead of his Premier League debut for United. The second most popular player in Fantasy Premier League, he’s selected by 14% after notching twice over the recent pre-season matches, including a Community Shield winner against Leicester.

Having already clinched the first silverware of the season, United will roll up to Dean Court in confident mood. Bournemouth boasted the second-worst home defence in the league last year – only Villa conceded more – and managed just four clean sheets in front of their own fans.

Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez head the chasing pack behind the big Swede.

Selected by just 5% and 4% respectively for Leicester’s trip to crisis club Hull, the duo look very viable differentials this weekend – both bagged double-figure goal hauls on their travels last term, with 12 of Mahrez’ 17 strikes arriving on the road.

Further down, Eden Hazard (3%) and Burnley’s Andre Gray (2%) offer form alternatives for their home encounters against West Ham and Swansea.

Having scored nine times over the summer, the latter, in particular, could prove a very brave punt – the Swans conceded in all nine away fixtures under Francesco Guidolin in 2015/16 and are reeling from the departure of former skipper Ashley Williams.

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  1. TheOneAndOnly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    First RMT, all set?

    -------------------- Foster --------------------
    -------- Shaw - Morgan - Stones --------
    -- Siggy - Alli - Deulofeu - Redmond --
    ---------- Ibra - Aguero - Vardy -----------
    _________________________
    Jakup - Friend - Capoue - Amat

    Any input appreciated, cheers

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    1. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      tadic or oscar for siggy for sure

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  2. tm370
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Which of these duos would you have:

    1) A) Firmino or B) Eriksen
    2) C) Sanchez or D) Hazard
    3) E) Kane or F) Vardy

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    1. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      ACE

      That should be a sign.

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    2. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      B
      D
      Flip a coin

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    3. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      ADE

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      1. tm370
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers guys. The differences demonstrate the difficulty I am facing! I think the right picks will largely determine success this year.

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      2. Pepereina Pizza
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Adebayor?

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  3. sirmorbach
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    been thinking about Firmino out Rambo in and upgrade defence, but sine nobody is picking Ramsey this is probably a stupid idea

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    1. Pepereina Pizza
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      This will be one of those bookmarked posts that will haunt us all in 2 days time

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      1. Pepereina Pizza
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        didn't mean to sound harsh. Just go with your gut. it's your team, you are the captain. Don't surrender your team to convention.

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        1. Pepereina Pizza
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          wtf, wrong post

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  4. Demí
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Swansea team tomorrow:
    Apologies if this has already been posted-

    Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Amat, Kingsley, Cork, Fer, Britton (Capt), Routledge, Dyer, Llorente

    http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-team-set-play-11741036

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    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      So Amat nailed? *saves 0.5*

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      1. rainy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Perhaps not, with van der Hoorn challenging for a spot

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    2. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Relegation...

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    3. A La Pelle
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers. So Amat eh...

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    4. I am 42
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      gogogoal Routledge

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      1. Pepereina Pizza
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        you mean Dyer surely

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    5. TheOneAndOnly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      no siggy?

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      1. Demí
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Given more time after euros i think. like neil taylor

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    6. tm370
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers man

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  5. thattreblefeeling
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Foster Jaku
    Azpilicueta Morgan McAuley Pieters Amat
    Hazard Barkley Tadic Bojan Watson
    Aguero Ibra Gray
    ITB 1.0m

    Team is set.

    I am happy to go with this for the first couple of weeks. Room to manauver. Cheers for the advice on earlier RMTs guys

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  6. phace
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Pick/Suggestions:

    Team A
    Foster | (Jaku)
    Valencia | Stones | Friend | Pieters | (Amat)
    Hazard | Lamela | Mahrez | Tadic | (Capoue)
    Aguero | Vardy | Gray/Negredo

    Team B
    Foster | (Jaku)
    Valencia | Stones | Friend | (Paredes)
    Hazard | Eriksen | Townsend | Tadic | (Fletcher)
    Aguero | Ibrahimovic | Negredo

    Probably gonna play with both, but need one to be my main team, the other one I'll probably end up forgetting about as usual.
    Bracketed players are position fillers pretty much.
    Which one should I pick, and should I make any changes to either?

    Good luck lads.

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    1. phace
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Woops, Team B has Pieters in def too.

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  7. I am 42
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Good To Go?

    Foster (Jakupovic)
    Shaw Stones Friend (Amat Pieters)
    Hazard Firmino Ramírez Routledge (Capoue)
    Agüero Ibrahimovic Vardy

    Who do you think will play less than 60 mins?

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    1. I am 42
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      decide to go with Pieters instead of Kone

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    2. phace
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Looks good, maybe reconsider Firmino this early as Liverpool have an extremely tough early run in and the other half of your mid is relatively weak (obviously to be top heavy in attack).

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      1. I am 42
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Firmino Capoue to Lamela Redmond?

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        1. phace
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          No need to change Capoue, he's a good 4.5 to have.

          Firmino to Eriksen/Alli straight swap, or maybe Firmino to Lamela and Routledge to Townsend. Ramirez and Routledge are shaky picks in my opinion.

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    3. Pepereina Pizza
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      i love that Gaston Ramirez pick. Gutsy. Routledge on the other hand...

      Now that I see your front line, there really is no other way through, is there?

      Godspeed little doodle.

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  8. Everyday im Schneiderlin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Good to go ?
    Foster jaku
    Friend stones williams kone pieters
    Mahrez lamela firminio redmond delefeou
    Aguero kane long/gray?

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    1. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      nice

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      1. Everyday im Schneiderlin
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks

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  9. Dananz
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    So I've set up a 5-4-1 that I really like. I've doubled down on all three of Chelsea, Man City and Man U in defence. I'm betting on them paying off over the season. The rest of my starters are Aguero, Sanchez, Hazard, Firmino and Deufoleu. The bench is fodder.

    I'm considering dropping Hazard and a Man City defender for Oscar and Ali. Worth it in the long run?

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  10. MFPL
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Pick one from each of the following two options:
    Vardy or Kane? (will probably trade Vardy to Kane for GW2 onwards)
    Alli or Townsend?

    Rest of team:
    Foster (Jakupovic)
    Valencia Stones Friend (Evans Amat)
    Hazard Firmino Redmond **** (Capoue)
    Aguero Gray ****

    *Bottomed on last page*

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  11. mranonymous
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Who is most nailed Everton CB from GW2 onwards?

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    1. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Jagielka

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    2. Pepereina Pizza
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Nobody knows yet.

      Funes Mori, IMO, knowing Koeman he won't pair the seniors (jags/williams)

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      1. Pepereina Pizza
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        .. meant to say UNLESS he plays 5 at the back

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  12. sidmhr
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Seeing a lot of Tadic love here. Won't he need time to settle under the new manager, even with his advanced role.

    Also, is he a better pick than Eriksen/Alli right now?

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    1. phace
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      If they were the same price Eriksen/Alli > Tadic, but Tadic is 1mill cheaper.

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  13. KING_ZLATAN
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Is amat nailed? Or prone to rotations

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    1. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      not nailed

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  14. Heskey Time
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Best two 4.5 defenders? Currently on friend and kone

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    1. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Pieters atm

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    2. phace
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Friend and Pieters rotate better if required.

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    3. The Mighty One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Evans clumsily waves hello and pokes himself in the eye.

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  15. Jay Jay Okocha
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Final draft:

    Foster, Jak
    Shaw, Evans, Friend, Amat, Kingsley
    Hazard, Tadic, Lamela, Feghouli, Capoue
    Aguero (C), Ibra, Vardy (VC)

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  16. Ne0
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Asked a similar question before but still confused. So, here's my last minute dilemma:
    1. Defence
    A) Shaw
    B) Van Djik
    C) Stones(+0.5m)
    2. Midfield
    A) Mahrez
    B) Payet
    C) Martial
    3. Forward
    A) Long
    B) Negredo
    C) Carroll

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    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      C, C, B imo

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    2. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      1 C, 2 A, 3 B for me

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    3. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Space out your question abit so people have an easier time reading it

      AAA

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      1. Ne0
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        My bad. I actually typed the question in notepad first with spaces and pasted it here. Seems like all the spaces were removed.

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    4. rainy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      AAA

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  17. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    G2G guys?

    Heaton

    Stones, Valencia, Azpi

    Haz, Firmino, Redmond, Townsend

    Kun, Ibra, Gray

    Subs:Jaku, Capoue, Friend, Wilson

    Cheers!

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  18. Pogo
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Guys, which one do you prefer?

    a) Foster/Heaton
    Shaw/vanDijk/Mee(McAuley/Friend)
    Mkhitaryan/Ayew/Payet/Eriksen/Tadic
    Kane/Gray/Wilson

    OR

    b) Foster/Heaton
    Shaw/Stones/Mee (McAuley/Friend)
    Mkhitaryan/Payet/Tadic/Zaha/Capoue
    Aguero/Kane/Gray

    Btw, Stones or Morgan?

    Feel free to leave your opinions guys!

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    1. Ne0
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Automatically B because of Aguero.

      Your question is basically:
      A) VanDijk, Ayew, Eriksen, Wilson
      B) Stones, Zaha, Capoue, Aguero

      Again, B easily.

      Regarding your second question, Stones.

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      1. Pogo
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Well that made things easier. Thanks!

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  19. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Right, signing off, good luck to all of you, may our GW 1 be a great one!

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    1. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      good luck mate!

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    2. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Right back at you

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  20. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Thoughts on my final team?
    Foster
    Stones Morgan Shaw
    Firmino Alli Mahrez(vc) Feghouli
    Aguero(c) Zlatan Gray,

    Jaku, Holjberg, Friend, Amat.

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    1. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      pretty good

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    2. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Why don't u take Heaton instead of Foster?

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  21. sirmorbach
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    why is absolutely no one picking Ramsey?

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    1. Pepereina Pizza
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Do you need someone else to pick him for you to feel good about it?

      I'll tell you why: Arsenal's midfield is a slot machine (apart from Ozil) and their fixtures are not as favorable as other teams'. Judging from their treatment room, they'll be playing a lot of defense using their B-squad members.

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      1. Pepereina Pizza
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        didn't mean to sound harsh. Just go with your gut. it's your team, you are the captain. Don't surrender your team to convention.

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  22. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    For 4th spot in my team. I have 5.5m to spend

    A) Fischer
    B) Feghouli
    C) Someone else

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    1. TokyoRisingSun
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Fischer

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  23. cruzex
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    My team will be.....

    Heaton
    Shaw Stones Morgan
    Hazard Mahez Redmond __8.0__ Barkley
    Kun Gray

    bench: Foster amat targett Carroll

    Who should i buy?

    a) tadic
    b) oscar
    c) william
    d) coutinho
    e) sterling
    f) walcott

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  24. MFPL
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Vardy or Kane? (will probably trade Vardy to Kane for GW2 onwards)
    Alli or Townsend?

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    1. That Fantasy Guy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Vardy if you going to change later. I think ali but townsend could be decent value

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  25. That Fantasy Guy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Thoughts on this team thanks.

    Foster - Jaku
    Azpi - Stones - Shaw (Kone - Amat)
    Deulofeu - Firmino - Redmond - Hazard (Capou)
    Gray - Aguero - Ibrahimovic

    I had originally had Fegouli, Long and Williams in place of Redmond Gray and Kone . (Just have to hope Kone goes to Everton) Right moves?

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  26. Sweetboi
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Pick one please lads

    a) Ibra - Redmond - Fischer + 0.5m

    b) Gray - Mahrez - Tadic

    Much appreciated 🙂

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  27. Deicide
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Rp

    Foster Jaku
    Friend Valencia Wilson Stones Pieters
    Firmino Sanchez Redmond Townsend (Fletcher)
    Vardy Kun Gray
    2 itb

    How does this team looks?

    Should I invest the extra money and get Ericksen ?

    Townsend -> Eriksen?

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  28. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Play Evans(cry) or Mee (SWA). Evans would leave me with double WBA defence.

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  29. Weinish
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    How come no one doubles Valencia and Shaw?

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  30. tarzanofmars
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I'm doing a draft league, here's my team, should I swap Sigurdsson for Deufolo for week 1? I can grab him in a free trade right now. Will Lukaku start? I got tired of everyone having the same players, I think I am already liking this style.

    Schmeichel
    Dawson Sagna Fuchs Alderweireld

    Tadic Mane Henderson Dier

    Deeney Vardy

    Austin Sigurdsson Koscielny Fabianksi

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