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11 March 2012 2618 comments
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Gameweek 28 enters it’s second day of action, which sees the top two sides in the country play simultaneously before the televised Norwich City versus Wigan Athletic game. Despite no TV coverage for either of the Manchester clubs’ games (in this country at least), the Dugout Discussion opens nonetheless to follow the events at the top.

The teams sheets from both our 2pm games are in and, starting at Old Trafford, are as follows…

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Young, Carrick, Scholes, Welbeck, Rooney, Hernandez.

West Brom XI: Foster, Tamas, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Odemwingie, Andrews, Morrison, Mulumbu, Brunt, Fortune.

Having been turned over by Athletic Bilbao on Thursday, Sir Alex makes several changes with Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes and Danny Welbeck all returning the the starting eleven. West Brom make a couple of alterations, with Gabriel Tamas and Chris Brunt installed in the starting line-up.

Swansea XI: Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Caulker, Taylor, Allen, Britton, Sinclair, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Graham.

Man City XI: Hart, Richards, Savic, Toure, Clichy, Barry, De Jong, Nasri, Toure Yaya, Silva, Balotelli.

The home side are without the suspended Nathan Dyer, so in comes Wayne Routledge in what is their only change from their previous outing. The league-leaders are much changed following their midweek defeat in Portugal. Roberto Mancini takes another gamble away from home by starting Mario Balotelli on his own, leaving Sergio Aguero on the substitutes bench.

Enter the Dugout Discussion chatroom to keep up-to-date with the goings-on in Manchester, Swansea and Norwich. It can be accessed right here.

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  1. Captain Robert Hatch
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    Victor Moses scores and Canada rejoices.

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  2. Colonel Shoe è‚æ± 
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    thats what they get for not playin pilks 😉 boooooo!

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  3. Granville
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    Mark finally got rid of Moses this week in his wildcard.

    No loyalty you see 😉

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    1. Abominable Snowy84
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      haha please spend 10 mins on the scoutcast reminding him of this

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    2. Kings of Lyon ★
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      Hahaha 🙂 hes a season keeper 😉

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    3. applebonkers
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      lol, sod's law ftw

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    4. GreenWindmill
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      Beautiful the way the world works sometimes isn't it 😉

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    5. A.C. Spider Baby
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      Way to go Victor! Rival had Holt who didn't play 60 & got booked Mwa ha ha ha!! Yes!

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  4. Tiki-Taka
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    Moses first sub on my bench :'( wont come in either :@

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    1. Daniyal
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      same

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  5. â­ Bemba_Da â­
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    Maloney has changed Wigan, look like a different team when he came on. Lovely assist too!

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  6. RetroGamer - Do a Barrel Ro…
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    Moses!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's definitely helped me that 🙂

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  7. jungle
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    That was ruddy unfortunate...

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    1. Josh
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      good chat

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  8. jamsiep
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    People who mocked Moses earlier in the season.

    People who know anything about football.

    Imagine a Venn diagram with these two subsets, there'd be no overlap.

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
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      Damn... i thought i knew a thing or two ðŸ™

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    2. The3rdTurd
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      Reminds me of this site:

      http://footballvenndiagrams.tumblr.com/

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      1. jamsiep
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        Yeah, such a shame they never kept that site going. Some of them are brilliant!

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    3. King Eric, in America
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      Maths geek.

      😛

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    4. applebonkers
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      AP is one of the chief moses bashers, has the balls to let mark know about it almost every week too. he costs 4.9 and is up there any 5 or under player

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      1. jamsiep
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        AP knows nothing about football.

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        1. applebonkers
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          it's not really knowing about football, whatever that is, simply knowing that for 4.9mil (4.6mil when many would have bought him) expecting regular returns is mental. imo the best you can do is find a regular starter in an attacking position, he's both

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      2. super zlatan
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        Agree with this ^

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        1. super zlatan
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          * agree with what bonkers says about Moses being a decent cheap mid option

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      3. Granville
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        His conversion rate is 6.5%. AP has a point.

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        1. applebonkers
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          with 1 bp he'll be the joint highest scoring 5mil mid, with 2bps he'll be out on top. i don't have him but dislike all the hate even if lots of it is tongue in cheek/panto.
          also realise how knee-jerky it is making this point now, but it's topical now

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          1. applebonkers
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            pilkington arguably top as he started the season at 5mil making moses 2nd

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          2. Granville
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            Pilkington is still tops above Moses.

            The panto doesn't bother me really, the banter has a place in this game.

            Moses is still a young player and you can see that with his dodgy decision making. But he's good prospect for the future.

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        2. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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          whats Suarez's conversion rate?

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        3. Stat virgin
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          No-one was ever expecting him to average 6 points a game, but he's the second best mid under 5m now, and he's been one of the unluckier players this season fantasy wise (like Suarez). He was definitely a valid pick at the start of the season, just had an unfortunate start

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          1. Granville
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            I had him right at the start, just lost faith in him.

            Playing for Wigan is a double edged sword, he's the stand out player, but it's still Wigan.

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      4. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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        Being the top 5m mid isn't much of an achievement. Maybe it would be if you had to have a 5m mid in your team.

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  9. The Wizard of Ozil
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    Martin staying on the bench so Caulker comes in for me 😀 2nd week in a row

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  10. Declan
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    Canaries rattled

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    1. Crouch Potato!
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      There not singing anymore.

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    2. McDog
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      They've rattled their cages.

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  11. applebonkers
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    can't blame ruddy for that goal, his kick ended up about 70 yards from goal

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    1. Josh
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      +1

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    2. LÖrKingMuch
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      OK, no clean sheet then and Vorm on my bench. I give up... 😉

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  12. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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    haha! I played Moses ahead of McClean! 🙂

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    1. super zlatan
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      Nice. 🙂

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    2. Kings of Lyon ★
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      Wellplayed

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    3. Bad Pen
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      Ha, nice.

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    4. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
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      what's funny bout that...

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      1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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        Its funny cos Moses scored.

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      2. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
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        good pick btw.

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    5. Spoiler
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      same here. if you have seen moses's away form its been pretty good

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    6. Declan
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      Good on ya. Great rank

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      1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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        thanks mate 😉

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      2. super zlatan
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        Wow. Super rank brian

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        1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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          ta... hopefully a green arrow this week!

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    7. Epic Fail
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      Seems the logical choice tbh.

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      1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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        true... I wasn't so sure when I saw sunderland and liverpool actually playing though!

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      2. Epic Fail
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        Although I did get rid of Moses this week after being an ever present since day 1 😀

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        1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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          I've had him the whole season! he and Simpson are true season keepers! 😆

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    8. Daniyal
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      i played mcclean ahed of moses

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  13. Matt Sk
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    Moses has almost more points then my other midfielders together this gw (Bale/Silva/Demps/McClean) yeah!:p

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  14. Parm
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    A double Swansea cleanie for me(Caulker for Nani), with Wazza & Evans delivering it looks like this in my cup match,

    Me: RVP(C),Enrique,HBA, +24

    Him: RVP,Verm,Gerrard(C),Distan.

    Still me for the win.

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  15. â­ Bemba_Da â­
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    Maloney looks a bit tasty, since he has come on Wigan look so much better

    Lovely pass for the assist too

    Can't get on fpl, is he a mid or striker?

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    1. Kings of Lyon ★
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      he'll be a mid

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      1. â­ Bemba_Da â­
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        *licks lips*

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        1. Kings of Lyon ★
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          Ive followed his career i'd stay clear mate. too injury prone

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  16. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
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    Shocking Jackson!!!

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    1. Bad Pen
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      Aside from the assist, he's been pretty useless.

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    2. COMH
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      What was he playing at there?? That was no angle to be scoring from. Horrible play

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  17. COMH
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    Ba or Odemwingie for the next few weeks?

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    1. super zlatan
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      Thingie

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    2. udit
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      I am truly sorry ðŸ˜

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      1. COMH
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        Haha for what? The Nani chat?

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        1. udit
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          Nani yeah, but there is always next week I suppose, and for the Holt punt failing. Was a great but.... Anyway see how Ba plays tomorrow.

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          1. COMH
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            Don't be apologising for that. It's ultimately my choice who goes in. Turns out Young was a better choice this week but it might be the opposite at Wolves next week. Holt can bolt after that performance.

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  18. Jay #
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    Congratulations to the person on here yesterday saying that they put £25 on Moses to score in today's match!!! (I hope they really did put that bet on!)

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    1. King Eric, in America
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      That was Canadian.

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  19. Michael Jordan - call me MJ
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    Please pick up an injury RVP please pick up an injury RVP please please please
    Rooney vice captain Moses first sub
    Would be so helpful!

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    1. Viper
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      RVP could outscore both of them combined!

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  20. Sess!
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    Well holt punt failed.

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  21. iLA
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    Going online just to say feck off Moses, months and months doing jackshit, sold the bastard, put money on Norwich and you know the rest..

    Also who the feck is the commentator who keeps on saying "uh, my word" annoying like turd!!

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    1. Reck0
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      mate exactly the same as me! had moses since day 1 and took him out this week only for the fecker to score!!!!

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      1. iLA
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        Unbelievable isnt it.. lost my Ruddy cs while all rivals lucked out with Vorm and a swan def coming in ðŸ™

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        1. Reck0
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          i got vorm on the bench like a nob head. watch moses get a second now...

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  22. super zlatan
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    Hasn't been a bad super Sunday match today!

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  23. COMH
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    This week confirms you can't pick Norwich players in FF.

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    1. super zlatan
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      very true.

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    2. Colonel Shoe è‚æ± 
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      yep pilks on for a 1 pointer, he wa sonly a 1 week punt for me, but a failed one....

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    3. The Bandit
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      Why would you want to?

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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        Chirpy, chirpy, cheap, cheap!

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      2. COMH
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        Cos Holt looked like a good prospect for a 3rd striker this week and with some decent fixtures coming up. The same way we gamble on the likes of Miyachi and Moses.

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  24. adziom
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    Moses on the bench with a full house of 2s from my midfield that played, Silva, Bale, Dempsey, McClean

    Godammit

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  25. halnone
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    who was the guy who put 25 on Moses to score today???
    Bet he's happy right now!

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      1. Canadian Football
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        Very happy!!!!!

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  26. halnone
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    2 transfers i made for this week.

    Cahill > Skrtl
    Moses > Miyaichi

    I am quite shit at the game.

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    1. GordonGekko
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      Bad luck is all.

      Sometimes those changes produce gold too. 😉

      But if I've learned anything, it's that - as a rule of thumb, that is - you shouldn't change what already is working, especially when it comes to budget priced players as they tend to be more irregular.

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  27. Kirby
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    McCarthy booked, nothing noteworthy but before the match started I thought who would likely get one and he was the first who came to mind, may as well have had a small bet on it.

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  28. Declan
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    Oh look Messi's scored again.

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    1. Kirby
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      Not like him :S

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  29. Sarnab
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    Chances of Roonpig rising tonight ??

    Just 1hr ago I saw it was 5% and now its 19%..What do you all think?

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    1. Declan
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      zero

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    2. Kirby
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      Wouldn't say tonight personally. Tomorrow more likely.

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  30. Bad Pen
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    Wigan have basically the whole team in the wall!

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