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13 November 2010 1928 comments
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The Gameweek gets underway at Villa Park, where United arrive to test Gerard Houllier’s young, injury ravaged side.

The team news finds Patrice Evra fit and in at left-back, with Wes Brown at right-back for the injured Rafael; interestingly he is preferred to John O’Shea who remains benched. Further forward, Nani and Ji-Sung Park take the flanks with Javier Hernandez returning to partner Dimitar Berbatov up front. Despite the recent injuries and illness, it’s a strong United lineup.

As for Villa, their lineup includes yet another youngster as Houllier continues to struggle with injuries, with Jonathan Hogg, who has just one appearance for the club, coming in for the injured Ciaran Clark alongside Barry Bannan in midfield. The headline from their camp however is that Gabby Agbonlahor returns to the forward line, ousting an unfortunate Nathan Delfouneso to the bench.

Things get underway in just under half an hour and as usual, we’ve opened our Dugout Discussion chatroom to cover this game and today’s other kick-offs. Share your Gameweek highs and lows with other Fantasy Managers right here.

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  1. viciousrumour
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    if i play the wildcard, can i make unlimited changes until the gameweek closes?

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    1. Viper
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      yes!

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  2. jamsiep
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Was anyone still watching by the end of the Man City game?

    On a scale of 1-10, how loud was the booing from the City fans when A) Tevez was subbed off and B) at full time?

    Listening the inevitable boos will be the highlight of MOTD for me tonight.

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    1. jamsiep
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Oh, and how did Kolarov look? From reading the live text on the BBC website it seems like he took a lot of the set pieces.

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      1. McNulty
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        He took a free kick and the corners

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        1. jamsiep
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          All of them?

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          1. McNulty
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            15 years, 1 month ago

            The left sided ones yeh, cant remember one from the right.

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            1. jamsiep
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              15 years, 1 month ago

              Nice, cheers Jimmy.

              P.S. Watched all 5 seasons of The Wire in the past couple of weeks... Absolutely loved it!

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              1. McNulty
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                15 years, 1 month ago

                Hah when I first watched it I watched the lot in a couple weeks too, aghhh I think i'll watch the whole lot again when I get home. I miss Jimmy's drunken antics!

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      2. Flycroft
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        i watched 70 minutes of the game and kolarov looked good, especially FPL points wise. he could've had an assist if tevez hadn't miscontrolled, and he was on almost every set piece (corners, freekicks from angles where tevez couldn't have a shot from). i am definitely looking to get him in my team for bosingwa sometime very soon. hopefully bosingwa scores tomorrow and double rises to give me the cash!

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    2. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      they booed him on a scale of 9 when he was coming off, then the fans realized that he doesn't want to be there and if they boo him then he will leave and the team would be #*&$, so it went from a 9 to a 3 and he started clapping as he walked off to applauds from the majority

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      1. Twisted Saltergater
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        They weren't booing Tevez, they were booing the decision to take him off with the score at 0-0.

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  3. njfsdkffslkf
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    Dont know whether to laugh or cry.

    34, captain 2, 12 points on bench.

    At least my punts on Jarivs and N Zog came off.

    Bye bye Tevez you useless lump (he isnt im just pissed at my crap captain again)

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    1. denial
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Torres in for Tevez is looking very very tempting for next week.

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      1. njfsdkffslkf
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        You just messed up my plan of Vidic, Nani, Odem 😛

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        1. jamsiep
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          hehe. My exact three transfers this week, for an 8 point hit too...

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    2. GREENDREAMS11
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      almost the exact same here DB. 16 on bench if alby gets 3 baps. captain tev 2 points.

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      1. GREENDREAMS11
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        tell a lie, capt'd piq.

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        1. Granville
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          Did you end up getting Dyer? Oops sorry, thats why he's 4.3m. Picked up another injury so I heard.

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    3. AP
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      But Tevez is essential right? HA

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      1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        tevez is essential until balotelli comes back

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      2. njfsdkffslkf
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        I blame Nani the bugger!

        I was getting Piq and Vdv last week until I got all the $ and Tevez scored 8 points when half fit.

        This year ....Balls

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    4. Granville
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Tevez isn't the problem, it's the way that City are set up. Take a look at the OPTA stats, only Wolves and Blackburn have less shots at goal.

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      1. JC
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        jeez Granville yer flying it this year in fpl!

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        1. Granville
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          About time I had a decent year. there's still plenty of time for it to all go wrong though, only a third of the way.

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  4. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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    over in fpl land I'm 27 with 7 left to play...would be a dream if coleman and mummy don't play so i can get nani and Jose off my bench.

    in yahoo, another horror week. h2h fail, final team fail.

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    1. Perthite
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      +1 to Coleman and Elmo not playing. That would bring 13pts onto the field for me.

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  5. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    1-0 stoke tongiht, ive backed the draw though. got newcastle draw earlir also

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    1. cruyff81
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      what odds on the draw RBJ??

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      1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        got about 3/1 man

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    2. JC
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Liverpool to scrape it 1-0 just like a against Bolton IMO... otherwise 0-0... big Greek is back so I think hel handle Jones alrite, Fuller could do some damage though, that lad Torres is alrite too I suppose 🙂

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    3. Locarno
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Hey, RBJ, how's your bet on the Scots looking?

      I'm sure being 21-3 down after 19 minutes is a mere blip. 🙂

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      1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        i said i was doing it for a laugh numb nuts. i never said theyd win. youre getting really irritating you know that? Nice call on Dan cole and heaslip by the way, oh, and jones aswell. Muppet

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        1. Locarno
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          Yep - called it wrong. Hands up.

          And you were born irritating, ya tw&t.

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          1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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            15 years, 1 month ago

            all you do is whinge pal. non stop, taking the opposite view to everything for the ake of it. You called everything wrong last night you halfwit- at least i said i was sticking a tenner on em for a laugh cos of the ancestry.

            Now fuk off you irritating knobber,

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            1. Voronin
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              15 years, 1 month ago

              Zzzzzzzzzzz

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            2. Locarno
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              15 years, 1 month ago

              As soon as get off your mother.

              Last night, I said I was picking all the men of the matches at a mere 95,000-1 odds. And I was wrong - what a shocker.

              You're easily the biggest nob on this site. And that's saying something. All you do is abuse people from the safety of your laptop. Why don't you try it out on the street, hard man?

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              1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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                15 years, 1 month ago

                BAHAHAHHHAHHAHAHAH 🙂

                are you hitting on me?

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              2. alsybach
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                15 years, 1 month ago

                i agree he is a nob

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                1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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                  15 years, 1 month ago

                  oh no, the site's three little bears of half-wit-dom have decided to band together in a fiesty attempt to make RBJ feel bad. OOHHHHH, im feeling awful about myself. OOOOHHHHHH, its so harsh. Locarno, you are king of the gimps, wear your mask with pride. £ f**kin little bitches , keep em coming , im enjoying this 🙂 (you probably heard that frtom your mom's bedroom before Locarno, the 'keep em coming' bit)

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                  1. Locarno
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                    15 years, 1 month ago

                    Idiot. Get a life.

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                  2. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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                    15 years, 1 month ago

                    oooh, good comeback!!!! youre the best Locarno. Back to your castle now, on youre trusty donkey VIG, alsybach can blow you en route. You're the man!!! ye f**king donk.

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                  3. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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                    15 years, 1 month ago

                    you start it, then run away when you cant finish it. Id say that about sums you up nicely. Bye now.

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                  4. Voronin
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                    15 years, 1 month ago

                    Why do you bother posting on here? It’s either made up bets or rants about bollox you know nothing about. If the whole world pisses you off so much you know what to do.

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  6. cruyff81
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Foster,Albrighton and Foley all on my bench,hopefully Drogs will do a bale on it tomorrow and get a brace

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  7. Dhubanmonkey
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    anyone know how well odemwingie played?

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  8. Syd.
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Gotta go out to a fund raising event tonight with usually 100+ utd fans in attendance.. That should be an interesting night.. At last years a spent much of the night at the bar talking to this bloke from manchester called George.. No guesses who he was named after and he was tattooed with utd emblems all over him.. Quite a nice bloke thou.. Will have fun 🙂

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  9. jamsiep
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Vidic and Odemwingie in.

    Hernandez and Jose Enrique out.

    I like.

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    1. User
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      I like how you have Jara as captain. 😆

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      1. jamsiep
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        How goes the cup tie? You have support by virtue of having the best username left in the competition!

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    2. Lynx
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      chasing points

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      1. PFOR
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Not really. United have 3 of their next 4 at home, and Vidic is great for a goal and bps.

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      2. jamsiep
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Considering that Enrique and Hernandez basically matched Vidic and Odemwingie this week, I very much doubt it.

        Look at the fixtures, transferring Vidic and Odemwingie in certainly isn't just 'chasing points'.

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      3. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Odemwingie got 2 this week, it's hardly chasing points.

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    3. TommyK
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      One day you're gonna do your emergency captain trick and someone like jara (who you thought was injured) will start.

      And I will piss my pants laughing... 😀

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      1. Flycroft
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        jara is banned

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        1. Flycroft
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          i doubt he would be silly enough to risk it on a player who is injured

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        2. PFOR
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          Yes Luke, that was the point.

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  10. Locarno
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Hosea Gear - different class.

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  11. Viper
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    are these moves sensible or kneejerky? (for a wildcard)

    hahnemann > krul
    elmo > kolorov
    knight > a cole
    jara > ferdinand
    cahill > nani
    malouda > VDV
    routledge > albrighton
    tevez > elmander

    (remaining players would be fabs, simpson, coleman, n'zog, drogba & carroll)

    opinions would be greatly appreciate!!

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  12. Be
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    3 goals for Stevie tonight! I need`em.

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  13. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Right, I had planned to wildcard this week, however there is not an awful lot wrong with my team and I have 2 free transfers.

    If I leave it any later the second one will not be as beneficial.

    To wildcard or not?

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Save it for the run in and double GWs if you can, Soup.

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    2. McNulty
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      If you have two freebies and your team is in good shape then hell no

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      1. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Good idea, could be useful then, I'll save it another while!

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    3. Viper
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      I think im going to, im gonna be out of the top 100k for the first time this season surely. our teams are extremely simular, not so much our ranking though. I also have 2 freebies, see above for my proposed changes..

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    4. Flycroft
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      definitely not, your team is in very good shape.

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  14. Twisted Saltergater
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Made the right call benching Carroll, just a shame Carlton Cole couldn't tuck one away. Who'd have thought West Ham - Blackpool would finish 0-0!

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  15. michaelington
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone elses sopcast down ?

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    1. Pigvig
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Yup

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  16. Be
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    any links to the stoke v pool game ?

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    1. Chris Finch - squeal piggy …
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      atdhe.net

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  17. njfsdkffslkf
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Jeeze this game is sickening lately. 8 point hit coming up.

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    1. jamsiep
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Join the club... Point hits in 7 of the last 8 weeks! I'm worse than Oli Reed!

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      1. njfsdkffslkf
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Denial just put a nice idea in my head.

        Torres!

        I was all set to buy Vidic ,Nani & Odem. hmmm

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    2. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      0 Point Hits in last 6 before this, green arrows in all. 3 weeks I took a hit the only three I've gone down, try and avoid them ron!

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      1. njfsdkffslkf
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Im team cant handle it 😛

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  18. Futbol Heritage
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    If anyone actually did Manage to watch the City game,how would you rate Kolarov

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    1. RTimothy87
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      i watched the game. Kolarov looks a very good fpl prospect. on corners and frees and pushes on unlucky not to get an assist for tevez. def worth bringin him in

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  19. MUfan
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    My rival has caught up. I was 100 points ahead 3 weeks ago. and he keeps on having 4 point hits! last 2 weeks he used the wild card. Guess wild cards can help boost you a lot. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN IT.

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  20. Dr. Rog
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Best option for 9.7mln:

    Gary Cahill + Ferguson

    or

    Gohouri + Brunt?

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  21. Something Clever
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    F*cking Carragher. All he ever does is hoof the ball 50 yards. mindless.

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  22. Viper
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    This worth a 8pt hit?
    elmo -> a cole
    jara -> vidic
    Malouda -> nani
    tevez -> odemwingie

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    1. McNulty
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      No.

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  23. Paul
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    god i hate this game!!!!!!...even after feeling good about bale finally scoring big for me....regretting not playing foster over jaask and benched elmander hearing something about virus attack!!!!!

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    1. Viper
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      you should have started elmander, he was either gonna start or not plat at all imo..

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      1. Paul
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        i had caroll and drogs as other 2 strikers...

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      2. Mole
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 1 month ago

        The viper. very funny. Is that a cobra on your t shirt?

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    2. Paul
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      i got 32 with 5 players left to play plus my captain...what do you guys reckon???

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  24. Something Clever
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    I reckon you've got 32 with 5 to play plus your captain. What are you asking?

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    1. Paul
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      am i in a good position or not???...thats what i'm asking...

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      1. Something Clever
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        What do you think?

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  25. Paul
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    just hope torres scores a paltry 2!!!!!...please god please..

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  26. dogtanion
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    BALE

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  27. Torres76
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Listen to Chris Waddle slating Reina...like he knows anything about goalkeeping!

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    1. Something Clever
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Waddle was a good player but he's a tw*t otherwise.

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  28. Something Clever
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    I think this game is the worst of i've seen in years. So far the quality is just terrible. Long balls. Scrappy touches. Neither team keeping possession. Awful.

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    1. The Holy One
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Pretty much every Stoke game.

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  29. Something Clever
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Yep. I despise Stoke. Shawcross especially.

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    1. The Holy One
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Same. Hope they go down like I predicted before the season. That was before Jones and Pennant though so not looking so good.

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  30. Something Clever
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus. That was painful to watch.

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