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The Technical Area – West Ham Under Analysis

21 December 2017 2094 comments
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After a lumbering start to the campaign which saw West Ham mired in the relegation zone after 11 Gameweeks, it appeared only to take a change in defensive personnel and an unlikely Scottish saviour to salvage the club from the brink of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) irrelevance.

Over the last three Gameweeks, the Hammers have now taken an unlikely seven points from a trio of match-ups against Arsenal, Chelsea, and Stoke City. More impressively still, their rearguard has remained impenetrable over this span – racking up three successive clean sheets.

Can David Moyes’ men continue this impressive run of form; or is their recent uptick in results merely a mirage?

This week’s Technical Area will be evaluating West Ham’s prospects for the second half of our campaigns, as we run the rule over their top FPL assets for the remainder of the season.

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  1. Francescoli
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Chances of Pope and Elliot keeping clean sheets? Still unsure which one to play.

    Also, captain Kane or Sterling?

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    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I have all 4
      I will play pope and capt sterling

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      1. Francescoli
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        currently on the same.

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  2. Nerazzuro
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Pope - Elliot
    Christensen - Mee - Monreal - Kenny - Gomez
    Sterling - Richarlison - Hazard - Salah - Surman
    Kane - Firmino -DCL

    2FT 1.6ITB

    Thinking Pope -> Elliot and Richarlison -> Sane

    Sound? Or any better suggestions? Thanks

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  3. Totti
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    will austin start or gabbiadini might start instead?

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Austin likely.

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    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      If gabbi starts, the manager needs his head looking at

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  4. Dynamic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Who to start this gameweek?

    A) Courtois (eve)
    B) Speroni (swa)

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    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      If you don't start Courtois, why do you have him.

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      1. Hulk Smash
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        This. Might as well sell him for Pope.

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    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Courtouis could start every week

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      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Should **

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  5. Thunder Warrior
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Rashford keep or sell?

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    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Keep

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  6. zon
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Evening lads, got a headache trying to decide what to do about Kane & Morata. No city attack is a worry. Team looking like this with 1 ft and 0.8 itb:

    Gomes (Elliot)
    Azpi Ota Jones Ogbonna (Mbemba)
    Haz Salah Richarlison Shaqiri RLC
    Kane (Morata, DCL)

    A) Kane -> Kun (c)
    B) Kane + Richarlison -> Lukaku/Kun + Sterling (-4)
    C) Morata -> Lukaku
    D) Morata + Azpi -> Kun (c) + Christensen (-4)

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    1. Patch
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      You should be worried...you have a similar team to mine...

      I'm choosing to do as little as possible...

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      1. zon
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        That has been my approach through this season. Now I might just punt on Kun before switching back to Kane

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    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Morata to Austin and Shaqiri to sterling

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      1. zon
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Don't really fancy those soton fixtures

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  7. Hulk Smash
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    a) Richarlison + Gross to Pogba + RLC (2FT)
    b) Naughton to Ogbonna (save FT)

    Pogba's fixtures and nailedness for £7.9m...

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    1. zon
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      B. Good fixture for Richarlison and Gross, you'll still catch that Pogbawagon

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      1. Hulk Smash
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Not as good as Pogba's fixtures. And neither are in form.

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  8. hannesdela
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Which three should I field in my XI?

    1. Pope (TOT) or Elliot (whu)?
    2. Ward (TOT) or Mustafi (LIV)
    3. Gross (WAT) or Depoitre (sou)?

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    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Ward is injured

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      1. hannesdela
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah already thought so as FPL gives him the yellow flag. Guess it's red in reality so that means Mustafi will play.

        Just need to decide on the two other postions then.

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        1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Watford are a shambles and so are Newcastle if that helps at all

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          1. hannesdela
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 1 month ago

            Yes it does. Will put Gross in considering how bad Watford are. Depoitre (sou) or DCL (CHE), better fixture vs better player, both in good form relatively speaking.

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    2. zon
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Pope for save points. Gross over Depoitre easily.

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  9. Catastrophe
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    DDG
    Otamendi, Christensen, Kenny
    Sterling, Hazard, Salah, KDB (c)
    Kane, DCL, Austin

    (Elliot, RLC, Mariappa, Mee)

    Any changes needed? 0FT 0.5 ITB

    Cheers.

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    1. TheAdder
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Great team

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      1. Catastrophe
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers. Want to get Ogbonna in for Mee but not worth the hit.

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    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Personally would play RLC over DCL

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      1. Catastrophe
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers. Think it will be close between those two. DCL seems to be popping up in the right places.

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  10. AYLD28
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Bottomed, 2FT

    RLC + Mee >

    1. KDB + Cresswell
    2. Pogba + Otamendi

    I own Sterling + Aguero so I’m leaning towards 1..

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    1. Kjoreilly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      2

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    2. Hulk Smash
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      2 for me. Both good though.

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    3. Costa in Wengerland
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      2

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  11. Kjoreilly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Bottomed

    A - Lukaku to Aguero
    B - lukaku & RLC to Sterling & Austin
    C - other

    2ft

    Fab, elliot,
    Ota, christensen, mee, kenny, long
    Haz, cout, salah, rich, rlc
    Kane, lukaku, dcl

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  12. timlopez
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Playing my free hit, team so far is..

    Forster
    Van Dijk Ogbonna Alonso
    Salah Zaha De Bruyne Sterling Arnautovic
    Aguero Austin

    Bench is cheap as possible, and have 3.2 left over. G2G? Or Kane v Burnley with their outs?

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  13. barracuda
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Vodka or Rum?

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    1. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Scotch

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      1. Slartibartfast
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Or bourbon as a cheap enabler

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      2. barracuda
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Which one?

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    2. Abaddon_
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Rum

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    3. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Rum

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    4. barracuda
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Spiced rum is like a nice soft drink... 🙂

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    5. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Rum, the real stuff. 😉

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    6. Tobiathan
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Captain Black Spiced Rum. Smooth but a good slap in the face at the same time

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  14. ZakAFC_
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Tarkowski to Ogbonna?

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    1. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Don't. Wait till after blank

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      1. barracuda
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        This guy knows the s*it.

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    2. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Go for it.

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    3. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Yes do it

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    4. JJJ
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      for free? then yes

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    5. Costa in Wengerland
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Do it

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  15. Luton_Fan
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Still kicking myself after opting for silva over sterling last gw. How do i get sterling in now?

    A. Silva to sterling tonight
    B. Wait a day and 0.1 sterling rise and do couts to sterling tmorrow if silva confirms starting
    C. Same as above but hazard to sterling
    D same as above but hazard to kdb instead

    Tia

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    1. Totti
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      A

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  16. Abaddon_
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Christmas makes me wanna go crazy 🙂

    Team is:
    Pope (Elliot)
    Jones, christensen, Ward* Duffy* mbemba
    Salah, Haz, Ricky, Silva* RLC
    Kane, Firm, Vardy

    2 ft and 0 itb. Thinking of doing:
    Vardy, RLC and Ward to Quaner, Sterling and Ogbonna for -4. Madness?

    If Silva is confirmed out i could also do silva to pog/sane for a -8

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    1. Virgil Hilts
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Have a think about whether you are confident of fielding 11 when Spurs & WHU blank before the DGW

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  17. Turns
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Richarlison or Mooy+1.3m?

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    1. Yav
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Rich

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  18. I Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    My mind is made up. Doing Haz -> KDB for free. Hope Eden doesn't burn me.

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    1. Yav
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I did the same.

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  19. JJJ
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Lacazette to Augero or Lukaku? both teams have a good set of fixtures, Lukaku more nailed but Aguero more explosive.......
    thoughts?

    thanks

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    1. Yav
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero at home to Bournemouth worth a risk imo.

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  20. Greenbackbøøg…
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    pages flying on thursday

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  21. Pringle
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Who would you sell for Sterling? RLC or Gross?

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    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Gross

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    2. Abaddon_
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Gross

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

    I gotta go play grownups

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    1. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I think the grown ups have been on the pop..☺

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      1. Optimus.
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        I know I have

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        1. George Sillett
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          That makes a change . ☺

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          1. Optimus.
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 1 month ago

            Finished up at work today, Xmas party tomorrow and off for 12 days

            Happy days 😎

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    2. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      It's a boring game

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    3. barracuda
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Last time nearly broke my stick while playing...

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

      I'm back ...

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  23. Rash
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Huge momentum with sterling being transferred in (Including myself) being hyped up on FPL site also.. going to end in tears ain't It!?

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    1. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Surprise benching coming up

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    2. Yav
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Probably.

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  24. Cadenza
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Fabianski
    Gomez Christensen Ogbonna
    Salah Couthinho Silva Richarlison Gross
    Lukaku Morata*
    Elliot DCL Mee Mustafi
    1FT 2.5 ITB

    Think I will hold on to Morata, two next fixtures look plum. Have enough to do Richarlison/Gross to Pogba. If so, for who? Or take a hit and get in Hazard? All opinions appreciated.

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  25. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Probably just me getting old, but there seems to a correlation between how crap music is and how loud it is played 😐

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    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      You need a better stereo Mr Wild Rover so it doesn't murder louser music

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        I was referring to the neighbours and cars with the windows down 😉

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        1. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Teh problem is some guys out there might be listening to really crap music really quietly but you will never know.

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          1. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            8 years, 1 month ago

            True, but you never hear Bowie, Elvis, Pavarotti, The Beatles, Hendrix or Queen being blasted out

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  26. HD7
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Hi there Managers,

    Next steps for this team?

    De Gea
    Ota Kabasele Ogbona
    RLC Sterling Richarlison Salah Hazard
    Kane Morata

    Subs: Elliot, DCL, Daniels, Mbemba

    0.4 ITB

    Morata to Crouch this week

    and for next week Richarlison RLC to Coutinho Pogba seems like an idea?

    Yes or maybe another suggestion will be highly regarded 🙂

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  27. Punty McPuntface
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Who is Quaner and why should he be in my team?

    Is he a regular starter who will get decent returns?

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    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Ignorance is sometimes bliss. This is one of those times

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      1. Punty McPuntface
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Haha message received. Thanks

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    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      He shouldn't be in your team. One assist and everyone has jumped on because he is 4.5
      He isn't assured of gametime and hasn't returned when he does play
      Worst bandwagon since Xhaka

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      1. Punty McPuntface
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Got ya! I'll stay clear!

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    3. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      He is very cheap and will get points that you would excpect at his price

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      1. Punty McPuntface
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers!

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  28. TSN
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Still have kolasinac on my team. Keep or sell?
    Other def: ota - jones - ogbonna - mbemba

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    1. hannesdela
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      You're safe for now so I'd hold and see what happens next unless you've got nothing else to worry about. He probably won't play this GW (after his involvement in the Carabao Cup), but maybe next GW he'll be back.

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    2. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I would sell

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  29. hannesdela
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Play 2 out of these 3:

    DCL (CHE), Depoitre (sou) and Gross (WAT).

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    1. Duffy Dunk
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Dcl Gross

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  30. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Ogbonna or Masuaku?

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    1. barracuda
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      King

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