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Dugout Discussion August 11

Barkley and Mount both start as Pulisic drops to the bench

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The final fixture of Gameweek 1 takes place at 16:30 BST as Manchester United welcome Chelsea to Old Trafford.

There weren’t too many shocks upon the release of the teamsheets but perhaps the headline news was that both Mason Mount (£6.0m) and Ross Barkley (£6.0m) – rather than one or the other – start together in Frank Lampard’s first Premier League starting XI as Chelsea manager.

Christian Pulisic (£7.5m) is the man to make way, with the USA international dropping to the bench.

Pedro (£7.0m) completes the trio of attacking midfielders lining up behind lone striker Tammy Abraham (£7.0m).

N’Golo Kante (£5.0m) is only fit enough for a place on the bench, while Willian (£7.0m) and Antonio Rudiger (£6.0m) miss out.

Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (both £5.5m) are handed their competitive United debuts but Daniel James (£6.0m) is only a substitute.

Andreas Pereira (£5.0m) instead gets the nod and will line up in ‘the hole’, with Jesse Lingard (£6.5m) on the right flank and Marcus Rashford (£8.5m) stationed on the opposite wing.

An ‘out of position’ Anthony Martial (£7.5m) is reportedly set to lead the line.

Budget FPL forward Mason Greenwood (£4.5m) is on the bench, meanwhile.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Zouma, Emerson, Kovacic, Jorginho, Mount, Barkley, Pedro, Abraham.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, McTominay, Pereira, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford, Martial.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 1

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  1. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    GW3 will be an interesting one. For none Spurs owners particularly, (speaking as one), I wonder who it will be worth priotising to get in. Kane or Son.

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    1. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      if kane score a goal against city, people will be taking hits to get Kane in

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    2. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Save gw2 ft and kane is within reach if you want

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah, I'm looking at Martial and Wilson out for Kane and a 4.5m

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        1. Dannyb
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Madness

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  2. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Do you think Greenwood gets on at around 70 minutes?

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    1. Pukki Blinders
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      4 years, 8 months ago

      yup for sure

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    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      May not risk it if the score remains the same.

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  3. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    102 points. Can't complain, but Tosshard was a bad move. What to do with him?

    A. Bench and play Dendoncker/Lundstram and swap out next round
    B. Sell, and if so, to whom?

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    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Barkley/Mount?

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    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A

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    3. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I'm starting him at home to West Ham. Montoya first sub, Lundstram second

      2 FTs and one more GW of data would make the decision clearer

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    4. THEKID_88
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      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Keep. He'll probably play and Brighton are much more attacking this season

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  4. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Start Perez or Lascelles next week? Close one for me.

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    1. FPL.team
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      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Seriously?

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      1. TheTinman
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes seriously! Am I being a deluded toon fan thinking we have 60-70% chance of clean sheet?

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        1. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Yes.

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    2. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Norwich will carve Newcastle apart if they replicate Friday's performance.

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      1. TheTinman
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Very rare that the toon are carved apart these days. Solid defence

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        1. goriuanx
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          It's not a slight on Newcastle, it's a compliment of what Norwich did to last seasons best defence.

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        2. Miniboss
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Norwich looked good against Pool defence on second half, so it will be very interesting match.

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        3. MITHRRANDIRR
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          What was that madness from Lascelles for Auba goal today?

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          1. Hairy Potter
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Lascelles? It was a loose ball from Dummett, Lascelles came across to help and Schar didn't get back in time to cover Auba.

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    3. Hairy Potter
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Ayoze. Norwich looked decent attacking on Friday. I don't think Newcastle's midfield and defence will give the Norwich attack as space as Liverpool, but a CS isn't assured.

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  5. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    i thought there would be more goals... lots of chances

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  6. lugs
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    for Sky, Auba & Soyunco MOTM in the earlier games

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  7. TorresMagic™
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    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Current LMS safety score of 61 including bonus.

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

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    1. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pfff. Easy.

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    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Damn thats high.

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  8. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I believe that Barkley and Abraham will be in all of our teams later this season.

    So whats the news on Allison?

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    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Initial news is he is out 4-8 weeks, the scan results will be received tomorrow

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    2. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      If he's out 8 weeks, Im getting Adrian...if its 4 weeks, it may not be worth it (I have 1 free Pool slot, so only 2 transfers needed to get him in and out)

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  9. jimmyabs1987
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Barkley playing quite advanced

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    1. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      yeah just posted same below. thinking of Fraser>Barkley next week

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      1. Dr. Agabuse
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        might be too soon. Pulisic Willian Mount all also deserve a spot and Pedro is nailed. so rotation is possible but later there will be clarity.

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        1. Whats the Mata?
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Gw5 wc to sort things out.

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        2. Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Pedro is never nailed

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  10. Manani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    anyone else thought Barkley looks pretty good?
    especially comparing to the other 6.5m and under options we have

    gets into good attacking position and seems like get decent chances

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  11. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    United did not spend on top midfielders is unexplainable

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    1. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      They've spent enough on what they have. Instead of buying new toys, use the ones you paid big money for.

      Matic 40m, Fred 50m, Pogba 90m.

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      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Nah, we're short of quality in midfield and can afford to buy, we should've got at least one.

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        1. goriuanx
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          To be fair, it didn't make sense to let Herrera leave and not replace him. Yet again, it didn't make sense to spend world record money on a CB when you had 5 or 6 already.

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          1. Dthinger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            They are all bad though

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            1. goriuanx
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              They had bigger issues which they didn't address. RW for example.

              80m would have got them Pepe for example. The quality drop off between Pepe to Lingard is bigger than Maguire to Smalling imo.

              I just think they misspent money, again.

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              1. Dthinger
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 8 months ago

                Isnt that why they bought James?

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              2. The Ejiptian King
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 8 months ago

                Maguire is far better that what we had, he was overpriced but that's the amount they wanted and we needed him. Can't be too picky without CL football to offer.

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          2. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Made loads of sense to buy Maguire. Their other CBs suck.

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        2. Dthinger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          I don't understand why Mata doesnt play.

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          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Pace, age and can only handle one game a week.

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      2. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        LOL @ Fred!

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      United is where good players go to fade away.

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  12. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Why did BIlva not play?

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    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pep.

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      1. Dr. Agabuse
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Mahrez might be gold.

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        1. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          ...Pep.

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        2. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Mahrez one of my fav fantasy players, I really want an excuse to bring Mahrez in. If he recreates that form playing for City, he can produce more then that the season Leicester won.
          Which would make him the highest point scoring midfielder below Salah/Sterling imo or even equal to..

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          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            ... Pep.
            Copyright Twitter: @ze_Austin

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            1. Ze_Austin
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              Beat me to it 😀

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  13. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Anyone doing the Kane - Auba shuffle this week?

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    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      After the city game yes maybe

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  14. Godfrey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Barkley had a good half. Not impressed with Mount.

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    1. Hazz
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      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Funny. Chelsea Reddit thread feel as if it's the other way around.

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      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Reddit hivemind doesnt know anything about any topic

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  15. Whats the Mata?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Barkley's getting into good scoring positions. Hope he's as nailed as we think in that Chelsea team.

    One of my Trossard replacement contenders.

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  16. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    No reason for Graeme Souness to be talking his nonsense today. Worst pundit around.

    It’s embarrassing how bad his opinions are. Jose and Gary deserve to be working with someone better. We, the paying customers, deserve a better pundit too.

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    1. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Souness is about as biased as they come

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      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        There’s only 1 man more bias and it’s Phil Thompson. But Sky know this and only let him talk on LFC matches.

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    2. Hairy Potter
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He's still better than Jamie Redknapp.

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  17. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Just noticed no returns for Perez, Vardy. How did they look?

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    1. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not great

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    2. Whats the Mata?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Vardy had 1 good chance. Pretty anonymous apart from that.

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    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Tense. No composure.

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

        - plenty of chances.

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      2. Burger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        This didn't go to plan, was expecting free flowing Leicester to haul. Maybe patience is key and a week or 2 to get match fit is needed.

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

          Rodgers hasn't got the blend quite right. And he needs to put an arm round one or two. Tell them they're good.

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    4. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      pretty poor. never looked like scoring except for one Vardy chance

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    5. Camino Aleatorio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lively but seemed that creativity around them was not great. Vardy created his own opportunity at times.

      Perez was apparently too central, or ended up there

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    6. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Vardy very rusty, Perez meh.

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      1. Burger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Ouch, ta!

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  18. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Start two of

    A. Pérez
    B. Dendoncker
    C. Lundstram
    D. Greenwood

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    1. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A b

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      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Dend is tempting

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    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Perez and Lundstram, for me.

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      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeh that’s what I’m on

        Thanks

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    3. theodosios
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      AC

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    4. Camino Aleatorio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Greenwood is dead money- all the talk of his future is fake news. He ain’t playing

      Lundstram is a donkey

      Dendocker is a 2 point machine

      Perez- yes, start him

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  19. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Am I nuts thinking I can save a transfer in GW2?

    Button (Pope)
    Montoya - KWP - VvD - Lundstram (Rico)
    KdB - Salah - Perez (Donk, Hayden)
    Wilson - Auba (c) - Kane

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    1. Whats the Mata?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Looks good

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    2. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not gonna get sterling in?

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      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Not for a hit and not against a top-6 club, even if at home.

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    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah. You should always aim to save 1 FT in GW2 IMO.

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      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah, I was originally trying to stack my team for the first five or six GWs based on the ticker, but ended up kinda throwing that out the window in the end...

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    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Looks good, you can roll your FT

      (nice benchw*&king with Button)

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      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        😉

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  20. twoplustwo
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Lol Mou going in on Shaw saying Maguire will have to cover a lot during the season

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    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Just said the same below. Funny guy.

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    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Shaw definitely needs some competition at LB.

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    3. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Mou still hates Shaw

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  21. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Did Mourinho just have another sly dig at Shaw about Maguire needing to cover him a lot? Seems like he really doesn't like the guy.

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    1. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      🙂

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    2. Dr. Agabuse
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      yea with a grin

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    3. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Shaw is nowhere near good enough going forward for someone that needs to be covered that much in defence.

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    4. Camino Aleatorio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Shaw always played hard for Mou, it was Pog, Lukaku, and Martial that mutinied

      Mou is a betrayer too, it seems

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  22. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Who looked better - Pérez or KWP...?

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    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      depends who you ask man really, spurs fans - most of them saying KWP was motm.. IDK what agme they were watching... others saying he was terrible.
      I didnt rate him that well imo, certainly wouldnt consider bringing him in

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    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Can't say anything about Perez as slept clean through the match, but KWP looked decent.

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  23. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    haha jose has a go with a smirk at shaw

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  24. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any players that looked like options in lei vs wolves ?
    Jota ?
    Perez ??

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    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Jota could have bagged a hattie had he been sharper. He'll have good days ahead, as will Dendonk and Tielemans.

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      1. Totalfootball
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks man

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  25. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Less is more Jessie.

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  26. lifes a pitch
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    If you had no other pressing issues would you consider swapp8ng Kane out for Auba?

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    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      the one thing I learnt in my years on fantasy is never transfer out a player who just got you points..
      it will bite you in the ass

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    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Only if I didn't want Kane for GW3.

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      1. lifes a pitch
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I'll get him back...lol

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        1. Andy_Social
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          You're not thinking this through - their prices will rise and you'll need to take a hit.

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          1. lifes a pitch
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            I have thought it through.. I held 0.5 itb. Hit 97 points....just have nothing better to do.
            I agree though, there are too many potential pitfalls to make it worthwhile in the end.

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            1. Andy_Social
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              Ah, you didn't say you have a spare 0.5. It makes it doable then. I still wouldn't.

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        2. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          dont do it then, those one week moves always go wrong i swear. You like this is the obvious move, but it wont go according to plan I bet ya. Did Arsenal really look that great today vs Newcastle?

          Spurs can 100% score vs City at least one, and likely Kane or Moura is on that/involved

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          1. lifes a pitch
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Fair enough. I can't disagree. Thanks for the Pep talk lads. Lol

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    3. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nah

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    4. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      HELL NO

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      1. lifes a pitch
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Ha! You would say that!

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  27. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Abraham looks like he has goals in him plus Chelsea seems to playing attacking football which makes it even better.

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  28. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Martial limping

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  29. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    The great wall of Maguire 🙂

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  30. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    So..

    Adrian 4.5

    Whats Allisons returndate?

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    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      More news tomorrow.

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    2. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not sure he’s worth a Liverpool spot

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

        Daft. He is the ideal 'Pool player. Probably the most professional and supportive player I've seen in my lifetime. And Klopp has already noticed.

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