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Dugout Discussion February 23

Maddison overcomes injury doubt as Pereira starts in defence for Leicester

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James Maddison (£6.6m) has come through his injury doubts to start for Leicester against Crystal Palace this afternoon.

The central midfielder was yellow-flagged before the game following comments from Claude Puel in his Thursday press conference.

Maddison starts in the number 10 role for the Foxes as their run of appealing fixtures gets underway this weekend.

Ben Chilwell (£5.0m) was not as fortunate as he missed out on a place in the matchday squad through his knock.

Christian Fuchs (£4.1m) makes just his second start of the season at left-back.

The wide attacking midfield slots are occupied by Harvey Barnes (£5.5m) and Rachid Ghezzal (£5.0m) while a recall for Jamie Vardy (£8.8m) sees Demarai Gray (£5.4m) drop to the bench.

As expected, Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£4.6m) sits out for Crystal Palace, covered at right-back by Joel Ward (£4.3m).

Further up the field for the Eagles, there is a first start for Michy Batshuayi (£6.5m).

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Fuchs, Maguire, Evans, R Pereira; Tilemans, Ndidi; Barnes, Maddison, Ghezzal; Vardy.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Sakho, Tomkins, Ward; Schlupp, McArthur, Milivojevic; Zaha, Batshuayi, Townsend.

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  1. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    We really are Leicesters bogey team.

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    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That we are

      Major fail to concede though!

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  2. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Leicester are horrible

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    1. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I don't understand how Puel is still their manager

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  3. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Nill for Pereira. I have him but im glad.

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  4. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Welp, the choice of Pereira clearly worked for my ML leader...

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  5. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pereira 0p 😆

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  6. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I wish I could get back the time I spent pondering Anderson, Maddison or Barnes 😐

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    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What would you do with it?

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      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Chose Deufelau or whatever he’s called

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    2. JohnnyMagrinho
        5 years, 1 month ago

        People sink faaaaaaaar too much time into this game.

        Guarantee you the best players in the world spent half the amount of time on their decisions than 99% of people on here.

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        1. The 5% Team
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          well, I like spending my time planning and thinking about my team and transfers, even though it doesn't results in great scores everey GW

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    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      OMFG get out of here. Absolutely useless Leicester.

      Thing is, they'll probably win next week and Pereira will get points.

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      1. Je suis le chat
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I got him in for a - 4, ah well it's only a bit of fun.

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      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sane and Alonso to Anderson and Pereira for a hit?

        If so then that is 2pts down and a lost FT.

        Damn.

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    4. Granville
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Transferred in Pereira for 0 points. LOL.

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      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        It’s a big club

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      2. MTPockets
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Did it for a hit. Should have just played Holebas

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        • OPTA FPL
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Lots of got him by -4

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        • FPLGeezer
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          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          So glad I avoided that bandwagon Granville

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        • FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          He got the same as my S.Cook no show, il lake it 😀

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      3. Ghost Gooner
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Puel should just resign. The players don't want him

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      4. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Puel to be gone tomorrow?

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        1. Party time
            5 years, 1 month ago

            It should be official by tomorrow

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          • pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            No this is just the routine thrashing by Palace

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        2. HonestBlatter
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Double Leicester in they have great schedule

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

            Still correct.

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        3. denial
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Absolutely horrible stuff

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        4. mgilbert86
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          0 involvement from pereira and 4 goals conceded at home to palace

          Think i may sell, fixtures arent gonna matter with this leicester side, so poor

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          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            is your knee ok

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        5. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          michael owen analysis more painful than the result

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        6. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          The ol classic case of form over fixtures.

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          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            they played well vs spurs?

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        7. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Strange gameweek. Salah, Pogba and Rashford cappers could be the real winners.

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          1. Fingerspitzengefühl
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Laca/Auba cappers could also work out nicely

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          2. Nomar
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I hope so. Salah capper here.

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        8. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Wickeddd, make that 15pts! 🙂

          Alonso to Pereira (-4) so I wouldn't get Bednarek off the bench. Jeeeez

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          1. Niho992
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Omg how are you boring its unbelievable. You wrote this 10320404 times during game.

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          2. fedolefan
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Woohoo! 1 point less than from a minute ago. Keep em coming

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            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              soz

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

            Bednarek may yet get minus points tomorrow though.

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          4. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Upvoted this thread so people see it when sorting for the important posts

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        9. Tasty Jerk
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          We have such a great record vs Leicester over recent history, surprised so many people transferred their players in this week.

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          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            many people dont factor superstitions into their planning

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          2. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Was sick of Alonso.

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            1. Tasty Jerk
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Fair play. I was late getting rid of him last week.

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            2. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              this. and avoided another drop from him at least. hopefully pays off long term

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          3. JohnnyMagrinho
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Yeah.... that’s not how anything works in the world. Ever.

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            • IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              After getting f**** up by them end of last year and start of this year I was always playing a waiting game with them to wait till gw30.So unpredictable

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          4. camarozz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            That went well. 14pts here from from 6.

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

              10 (-4) from 5 here. Well done chaps.

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            2. Niho992
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Good score.

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            3. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              15 from 6 here. yeesh

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            4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              14(-4) from 5

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            5. Kiwivillan
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              At least we got a point against Stoke

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              1. camarozz
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Not much use. 1 win in 10 now is it?

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

            1 cleanie so far this weekend.

            Well done if you have a Newcastle defender.

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            1. Party time
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Or well done if you've Doherty

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              • Business Cat
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Or Doherty 😎

                Or Diop/Ogbonna

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                1. Business Cat
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  And Bamba!

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              • Mo Mané Mo Problems
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Alisson, Robbo, Doherty, Lascelles

                Come on 0-0!

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

                  Niceness.

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            2. Sim Simma
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              People fell for the Etheriddge,Perreira, Fanderson trap 🙂

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              1. Business Cat
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                I'm 2/3 of the way into that quicksand 🙁

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                1. Sim Simma
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Ouch. Son(C) to boot

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              2. EMBOLOFAN
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                forgot other popular keepers all got clean sheets (boruc, fab etc)

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            3. Pooodle
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              10 points -4 from 5 players is good right?

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              1. Gudjohnsen
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Average

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              2. Niho992
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Great

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              3. ZeBestee
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                No pressure as long as you have AubamabloodclaatYangCap.

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            4. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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              • 14 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              LMS safety score currently 13.
              No change that game.

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              1. FPL Pillars
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Whoops! No one has Zaha then 🙂

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            5. Piggs Boson
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Honestly thought Pereira was a no brainer. Leicester were showing very strong defensive stats, they have the best fixtures out of all teams, and Pereira himself has some of the best attacking stats for defenders.

              No regrets, hopefully he comes good over the coming weeks.

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              1. Top Lad Dakes.
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Good thinkin' mate.

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              2. EMBOLOFAN
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                exactly. will probably be fine

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

                  This

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              3. Kiwivillan
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                • 9 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Palace scoring seemed a certainty to me. Beat Leicester previous 3. Have scored last 6 league games including last 3 away. Leicester friend said Zaha always manages to score against us

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                1. Piggs Boson
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Leicester can't handle being in possession, and Palace love to give it to them so they can counter. Bogey team.

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                  1. Kiwivillan
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Yes

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              4. OPTA FPL
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                He didnt pass the eye test last gw, Chilwell was more dangerous in attacking last game

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              5. mgilbert86
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Stats only matter so much

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            6. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Let's hope for better tomorrow! 🙂

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              1. TorresMagic™
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                • 14 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Hoping for worse is the way to go.

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                1. Top Lad Dakes.
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  tryna be optimistic here TM

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                2. Nomar
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                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  This made me laugh.

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                3. Kiwivillan
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Yes. 31pts plus Salah Pog Rash (Kosc) no C I want wall to wall blanks

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            7. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Leicester ya goons...

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            8. TAT
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              10 from 5. Any worse?

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              1. MTPockets
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  snap

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                • Business Cat
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  There's 10(-4) from 5 above

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                  1. TAT
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Not alone having a terrible GW then!

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                • The 5% Team
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  same here

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                  1. TAT
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Just wondering how big that red arrow will be, right now…

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              2. Vobinho
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                18 with five to go...

                Could be worse I guess

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              3. DAZZ
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Son > Mane for a liverpool triple up with Salah and Robbo? Im chasing in my ML now.

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                1. Party time
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    No brainer

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                  • Gudjohnsen
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Yes

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                  • IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Yes.Gutted I am 0.1 short

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                2. Business Cat
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  BFS would sure up that Leicester defence... 😉

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