Dugout Discussion
27 December 2011 3320 comments
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Gameweek 18 concludes with three games staggered throughout the day – Arsenal Vs. Wolves, Swansea Vs. QPR, and Norwich Vs. Spurs. The Dugout Discussion chatroom is open and following the action as it unfolds, so venture in and share your views on all of today’s events.

The team sheets from The Emirates are in…

Arsenal XI: Szczesny, Djourou, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Benayoun, Gervinho, Van Persie.

Wolves XI: Hennessey, Zubar, Berra, Johnson, Ward, Forde, Henry, Milijas, Jarvis, Hunt, Fletcher.

For the first time in the league this season, Yossi Benayoun is named in the starting eleven for the home side, whilst the visitors – playing with a lone striker today – hand a Premier League debut to 18-year-old winger Anthony Forde.

Over six hours of football is almost upon us – enjoy it in our Dugout Discussion chatroom which can be accessed right here.

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  1. lazybones18
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    in my cup, very close match-up with a guy with 97.7 team value.. --_______________--

    hurts my feeling

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    1. Tim Canterbury
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      The leader of my mini league had a low team value for a long time. Doesn't mean a lot. Its all about points at the end of the day

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      1. David Davros
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Not strictly true, I think there would be a definite correspondence between players that score well and players that go up in price.

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    2. tevezthetroll
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Sad times. Quite exciting though. As long as you go through.

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    3. tm245
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Fairly same boat for me. I need Vorm to get 10 pts so am reduced to hoping for QPR dives in the box for a PK save. Believe that is the definition of desperate.

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      1. Locarno
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Six saves, two BPs and a clean sheet. You're laughing.

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      2. AD331
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Same here 😀 My opponent has Bale i have Vorm left. Just delaying the inevitable 😀

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        1. Feanor
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          I will lose to a guy who has made no transfers.

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  2. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Fitz Hall and Clint Hill.

    Please leave my club and never darken a Premier League defence's doorstep ever again.

    Utter sh*te.

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    1. QPR Lad 92
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Yeh it's so depressing

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Our team is a friggin embarrassment at the moment.

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        1. QPR Lad 92
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Only tactics are just to cross the ball to Helgusom

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          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            Who has decided to miss two free headers.

            Bottom two by New Year.

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            1. gravless
              • 14 Years
              14 years, 1 month ago

              chin up boys

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              1. Nomar
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 1 month ago

                Bog off.

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                1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 16 Years
                  14 years, 1 month ago

                  😯 Touchy! 🙂

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                  1. Nomar
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 16 Years
                    14 years, 1 month ago

                    You would be too if you've been watching a promising start to the season now looking like a dead certain relegation battle the rest of the way.

                    Every other club down here at the bottom has shown fight and spirit and has picked up points over the holidays. Not us though.

                    We are going to continue to p*ss our place in this league away with joke shop charity defending. Defence may as well wear Santa outfits out there, they give more gifts away than the mythcal Laplander does.

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                  2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 16 Years
                    14 years, 1 month ago

                    Probably! 🙂 But - it may yet come right! Good luck, anyway.

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            2. 4-4-who?
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 1 month ago

              Yes please

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    2. Henry Hill
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      The f ucker controlled the ball with his hand, Stevie Wonder would have seen it. Derry off SWP on please Warnock

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  3. SMOOTH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    which 3 to bench out of this lot

    kompany (sun) shotton (WIG) enrique (NEW) Jones (BB) Simpson (liv)
    Silva (sun) Bale (swa) Nani (BB) Silva (sun) Drenthe (wba)

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    1. tevezthetroll
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Enrique is doing nothing going forward and I can see Newcastle scoring so Jose on the bench. Same story with Simpson. And Jones might not play against B'Burn.

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      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Hopefully Jonesy will be back having had a bit more time to recover from his bruised face

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  4. Dave1966
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Quicker player would have been in there for two nil

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  5. FORCA INTER
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    modric in for dubble game week
    the best player in prem league by mile

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    1. Shipstontrev
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      WUM alert

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      1. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        You spelt 'attention seeker' wrong

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    2. Dave1966
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      One of the worst for FPL though im afraid, never seems to get big point hauls.

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      1. FORCA INTER
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        let's wait and see

        he could be great diferencial for DGW

        i'll get him in instaed of bale and vdv

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    3. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Spot the bloke who's never watched James Perch.

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      1. Shipstontrev
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        You forgot Heskey

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        1. Locarno
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          As the joke goes: "I see Suarez has been banned for eight weeks for racist comments. As a Villa fan, I'd like to inform the authorities that Emile Heskey is also racist."

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          1. Shipstontrev
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            harsh but fair

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          2. fatherted
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 1 month ago

            Nice!!

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    4. tevezthetroll
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah a great player in real life doesn't always translate into FPL. He doesn't score and rarely assists.

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      1. FORCA INTER
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        last year modric has been great option for dgw cause he always gets 3bps

        he get the most bps after charlie adam in whole year

        i really hope that next season fpl will bring old bonus system back

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    5. donners
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      You better hope David Silva doesn't hang around here.

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  6. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Have they got rid of the Plot Graph feature in fpl?

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    1. Captain Robert Hatch
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      the one for team value and total points seems to be gone

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      1. Egg noodle
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        oh okay 🙁

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  7. Tim Canterbury
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    wow look at man utd's players on the transfer page of the fpl site and marvel at all the injuries. especially in defence. credit to them for producing such form despite this

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    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      It's working in their favour because the lesser teams don't park the bus against them as they think they have a chance to score with such a makeshift defence.

      I love how Al Habsi stayed rooted to the spot for Berba' pen after last weeks heroic save. Conspiracy.

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    2. Cowshed - Blue & White …
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Ezekial Fryers bandwagon?

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  8. meechamspowders
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    It's quite close in my cup tie at the moment. But the guy who I'm facing has Graham 🙁

    He also has bale and I have Adebayor. Needless to say an Ade hattrick would be more than ideal.

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  9. Indalo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Has there been any news on Jonny Evans yet?

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    1. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Yep. He's still shit.

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      1. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        jinx

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      2. Miracallas
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        lol

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      3. kennethrhcp
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        🙂

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      4. Silva is Gold.
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        haha

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    2. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      JUST IN: He's still a liability

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    3. applebonkers
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      there was a tweet yesterday but i'd wait for more. this was ferguson right after the game saying a couple of weeks

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      1. Andy
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Dr. Ferguson is on Nick Riviera levels of diagnosis...

        So he's either right as rain or having his foot amputated. Never trust that man.

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  10. HappyAnkit
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Graham & Allen are looking really good today.

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    1. Frazek
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Is that so Happy? I have Allen to come off my bench this GW, so hoping for some att points.

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  11. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Sick of football at the moment, i don't even want to watch the game later. Yes, dramatic.. AND WHAT!

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  12. 4-4-who?
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Cup 45 with Ade to come and still likely to get dumped out

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    1. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      That's crazy bad luck. 45 + Ade would beat any TWO teams on here...

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    2. don parcheesi
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      very bad luck. As long as Ade scores more than Dyer, I think I'm safe, with both of us scoring in the 30's most likely.

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  13. viewoftheland
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Who's looking at being the unfortunate recipient of the biggest cupset here? Im ranked just inside the top 150k, and am seriously sweating about being knocked out by someone in the 2,000,000s.

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    1. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      There's not that much difference between 150,000th and 2,000,000th.

      *ducks*

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      1. viewoftheland
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Ouch. That hurts.

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    2. Podge
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Non players going on last years results did well this week particularly Berb owners

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    3. jamsiep
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I'm so badly that I don't even think my defeat could be classed as an upset.

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  14. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    My rival has De Gea Jones Adam and Rooney 😆

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    1. kennethrhcp
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      & is/she going to beat you?

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      1. kennethrhcp
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        *he/she

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  15. Viper
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone know if McAuley has a shot of gettin 2/3 bps?

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    1. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I'm hoping brunt is in with a chance of a bap or two

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  16. drughi
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    lets hope gabbidon stays on the bench so i can get simpson in but he probably come in in the 85 minute and get a yellow

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    1. GunsnRoses
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Thankfully Naylor is nowhere to be seen :D. Simpson comes in for me. *Silver lining* 😀

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  17. GunsnRoses
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    after 6 consecutive green arrows it will 3rd consecutive red ones
    28 points +Vorm+Ade
    Sure to lose my Cup match and a tough fight elsewhere.

    I'll be reaching 1000 points mark tonight.

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    1. GunsnRoses
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      it will be*

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  18. Miracallas
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    RVP to play against QPR?

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    1. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Probably not. Ten-man Arsenal could beat this shower of shite in hoops.

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      1. Miracallas
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        lol. Chamakh couldn't hit a barn door

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    2. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Who knows.

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  19. SMOOTH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    vorm or krul to start in goal next week

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    1. kaz 96
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      voorm

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    2. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Probably both.

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    3. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Think i'll go for Krul.

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    4. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      EarthVorm Jim's las match for my team ... 😀

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        *last

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  20. Viper
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Half way there... come on Vorm, give me some chance of going through!! 🙂

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  21. Dirty Dhalsim
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Am I the only person on this site/in the universe without Vorm?

    Every week he kills me in my mini-league.

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    1. HappyAnkit
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I don't have any Swansea defenders including Vorm.

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      1. Dirty Dhalsim
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Good man, we'll cry together at FT then when the inevitable Swansea c/s happens.

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        1. HappyAnkit
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          My cup opponent has Williams & Vorm.
          So I really need Swansea's CS to be gone.

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    2. Miracallas
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      I haven't got him either but look at the fixtures we'll be laughing soon

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    3. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      And me. I was sure I started him, but it turns out I started Arsenal's 2,000-point Scrabble bloke.

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    4. 7923dos
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Chill out on the point hits

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    5. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Only 34% ownership.

      So no you're in a majority 😉

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  22. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Need spurs to batter norwich tonight... Ade & bale sharing 3 or 4 goals between them would be lavely jabbly.

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    1. Miracallas
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Clean sheet wouldn't go amiss.
      Scouting Morsion and Holt too

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    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Ade and 3rd sub Walker to do the business please.

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  23. 42 Rules
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Against EA religion to give Vorm bonus points - I ate my hat last week moving onto second course this week....

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    1. Miracallas
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      He gets points for saves doesn't he. Isn't that enough

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      1. kennethrhcp
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        & forwards get points for goals... your point?

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  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Modric late fitness test - doubt

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    1. Dirty Dhalsim
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      source? link?

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      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Said it ht during swansea game on sky

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        1. Dirty Dhalsim
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          cheers.

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      2. Viper
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Was on sky sports but he is likely to make it..

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        1. Dirty Dhalsim
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks. Not fussed if he doesn't play as it'll mean Danny Simpson comes off the bench.

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  25. Silva is Gold.
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Transferring NTaylor out for Shotton.

    Need to change my team name from Taylor made defence to

    A)Shotton Target

    B)Keep Morris-on

    Both poor but which one?

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    1. Miracallas
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      A is alright

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Any port in a storm? 😉

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  26. SMOOTH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    can someone please help me with my bench for next week

    i think i have to start

    jones shotton kompany
    nani silva bale

    leaving one spot for

    ramsey
    drenthe
    enrique
    simpson
    who gets that spot?

    also bench order please?

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    1. Miracallas
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Ramsey is the safe bet
      Simpson is the gamble

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      1. SMOOTH
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        what about enrique home to newcastle
        wont do simpson since im considering krul as keeper over vorm

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        1. Miracallas
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          Don't trust Liverpool at the min

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    2. GunsnRoses
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Play Drenthe or Ramsey

      I think most will play Drenthe over Ramsey but my gut feeling says Ramsey over Drenthe. Eve will hardly score a single goal so you can't bet to get a Drenthe assist or goal ...

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      1. GunsnRoses
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Liverpool will create chances , a lot of them you can't say that one won't get into the net and I won't play for Enrique CS against BA.

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        1. Miracallas
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          You can when Andy Carroll is playing

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    3. A2U
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Drenthe if you're up for a risk

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  27. tajulariff
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    i really need Mark Gower to play for 45mins and score hatrick to win the 1st round...

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    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      In a parallel universe somewhere-

      He's already scored a hat-trick and is being taken off at H/T to rest him up for the next game 😉

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  28. halnone
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Just decided to watch this again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlRh9K6MKPw&feature=related
    Makes this shite gwk feel a lot better. Amazing game.

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    1. Dirty Dhalsim
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      When football was football. Never get sick of watching that match.Pure drama.

      Incidentally am I the only one who thinks Demba Ba looks a little like Shaun Goater?

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  29. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    I dont know if it is possible but i suggest that this website should have a livescore plugin

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  30. Retro
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Any news on Walcott? Rested, dropped, sick, infested, kidnapped by aliens, drunk, spontaneously combusted?

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    1. Miracallas
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      How many sicknotes this Christmas? Terrible really

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    2. Cheggers
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Obertan kidnapped him.
      So, yea he was abducted by Aliens.

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      1. Retro
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        😀

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    3. Frazek
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      Retro, I heard a rumour that he's in training for his main sport... 4x100m relay team. 🙂

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    4. kaz 96
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 1 month ago

      ill

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      1. Retro
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks Kaz. That's ridiculous. I have a raging cold but I'm still looking after the kids. That's a lot harder than playing against Wolves.

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          So true. 🙁

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        2. kaz 96
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 1 month ago

          getting ill during the festive period of fottball, nothing worse.

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