Monday Dugout Discussion

FPL GW17 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

GW17 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	93.4%	Likely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	98.7%	Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	100.9%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	100.7%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	89.3%	Maybe
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	91.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	88.7%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	88.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	84.5%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.3%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	71.1%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	70.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	74.2%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	70.2%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	67.3%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	66.4%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	64.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	63.4%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	62.5%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	60.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	58.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.0%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	48.6%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.2%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	49.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	50.5%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	50.0%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	47.8%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	40.3%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	39.5%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	39.5%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.4%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.4%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	34.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	108.5%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	102.4%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.2%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	99.6%	Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	100.7%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.5%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.4%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.6%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.2%	Very Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	96.5%	Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.6%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	98.9%	Maybe
Irving	WHU	4.4m	95.3%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.8%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.1%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	92.8%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	91.9%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	92.8%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.3%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	93.2%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.9%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	89.5%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	89.2%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	88.8%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	86.7%	Unlikely
Munetsi	WOL	5.4m	85.6%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	86.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	86.5%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	88.7%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.7%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	84.6%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	84.6%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.4m	82.8%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.3m	80.6%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	83.5%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.5%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Dugout Discussion

16 April 2012 3856 comments

Akers

The Dugout Discussion opens for the concluding fixture of Gameweek 34, which sees 17th placed Wigan Athletic travel down the 3rd placed Arsenal. The team news for the game is in, and the sides line-up as follows…

Arsenal XI: Szczesny, Sagna, Djourou, Vermaelen, Andre Santos, Song, Arteta, Walcott, Rosicky, Benayoun, van Persie.
Wigan XI: Al Habsi, Alcaraz, Caldwell, Figueroa, Boyce, McCarthy, McArthur, Beausejour, Moses, Di Santo, Gomez.

A single change from the side that brushed Wolves aside for the Gunners, as Tomas Rosicky comes in for Aaron Ramsey in midfield.

Despite condemning Manchester United to only their fourth defeat of the season, Shaun Maloney isn’t in the visitors squad. Jordi Gomez replaces the Malaysian born Scot.

The Dugout Discussion chatroom is open and can be accessed right here.

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Acquafresca
13 years, 8 months ago
Thinking about Rooney+McClean->Auero/Tevez +BArfa

Would give me this team for GW35:

Vorm
Komp-Verm-Evans
Siggy-Demps-Walcott-BArfa
RVP-Cisse-Tevez/Aguero

Looking as ill be benching valencia, should i just get rid instead of mcclean to free up cash??

Cheers in advance
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1. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Is Tevez necessary with Rooney at home?
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  1. Acquafresca
    13 years, 8 months ago
    yes. Everton will pile players behind the ball. I see it being a 1 or 2-0 game at most.
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    1. Jafalad
      13 years, 8 months ago
      I think you have to weigh up the returns on this one. I think you have already decided City will score heavily v WOL.
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2. China Mag
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Looks damn good to me.
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  1. Acquafresca
    13 years, 8 months ago
    but valencia or mcclean out?? Would be getting both out for the double regardless.
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3. 13 years, 8 months ago
  Hello Acqua...How was your Gameweek?
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  1. Acquafresca
    13 years, 8 months ago
    pretty good, minus the captaincy. Up to 6.2k how about yourself?
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Captain Shirokov
13 years, 8 months ago
So, after sleeping on what I was going to do, I'm going to go with Rooney > Tevez, I think.
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China Mag
13 years, 8 months ago
The way I see it, is that if you are planning on getting a DGW player in for GW36 (eg Bale, or Adebayor), than bringing in a city player for this week will cost you 4 pts. That's a measly 4pts to cover the risk of them going biblical, and you missing out on a massive haul.
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1. Fratboy
  13 years, 8 months ago
  It's not just that, it's not that you're just transferring out a player who isn't going to score any points.
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  1. China Mag
    13 years, 8 months ago
    But surely you would only be doing it because you expect the player you bring in to score more points than the one he replaces. Otherwise there is no point. So it will only cost 4pts IF the player you replace, matches what the player you bring in gets.
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    1. Fratboy
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Yeah of course. I just don't expect it to pay off quite as well, maybe both Aguero and tevez will score but the chances of other people not chipping in goals and assists as well. It's chasing points still, very unlikely you'll see as many goals as you did last game.
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  2. Pratik
    13 years, 8 months ago
    You know we are tied on the same overall pts, but sadly you are ahead by 10 in h2h. I am now confused about taking any 4pt hit this week.
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    1. Fratboy
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Wow talk about close (overall) yeah I see you don't have Dempsey or Cissé either...gonna be tough for you I think!
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      1. Pratik
        13 years, 8 months ago
        That's an understatement. You have according to me 2 of the most likely performers this week. At least wigan are on form , so they might make it difficult for you. Must also hope stoke park the bus at Newcastle.
        Lets hope this week turns out to be unpredictable
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2. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  To Citeh or to not Citeh, that is the question.
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  1. Fratboy
    13 years, 8 months ago
    I think if you have the transfers free and your team is looking good for the gw36 then it's not bonkers.
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The Mighty Slovenian
13 years, 8 months ago
Are pepole seriously thinking about shipping out RVP and Rooney? I think it's insane. Arsenal home to a tired and injury struck Chelsea defence that will have to attack on Emirates and give them plenty of counter opportunities and United home against jaded Everton who just lost all hopes of reaching anything this season.

I think they are both very likely to rip it up.
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1. Captain Shirokov
  13 years, 8 months ago
  And you think that Tevez/Aguero won't?
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  1. The Mighty Slovenian
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Chances are they will do just as well. But why waste a transfer on someone that will do just as well?
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    1. Captain Shirokov
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Personally, I think that they will do more than 'just as well'. They are playing the worst team in the PL and are just after scoring ten in the last two......
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      1. The Mighty Slovenian
        13 years, 8 months ago
        Just as well means they will probably rip it up like the other two 😀
        
        Still not worth a transfer imho. That being said, I may be completely certain now, but my knees will start jerking as we approach the deadline.
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bialk
13 years, 8 months ago
FPL is up!
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wimiw
13 years, 8 months ago
REPOST

im chasing my rival by 25 points and hes brought in tevez this week plus he has ben arfa
should i:
a) Rooney –> Tevez
b) Miyachi –> Ben arfa
c) Save transfer
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1. The Mighty Slovenian
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Youre chasing. Why would you want to copy his team?
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  1. wimiw
    13 years, 8 months ago
    im scared of tevez
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    1. The Mighty Slovenian
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Everyone is scared of Tevez. Especially in the dark.
      
      Go with Aguero if you must. He plays more upfront and is likely to outscore him + gives you a differential.
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Littlebitwizardoföz
13 years, 8 months ago
Dempsey ---------> Walcott Yes or no?
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1. blue cheese
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Please tell me you mean Walcott -> Dempsey
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  1. Littlebitwizardoföz
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Yes early morning, regardless Walcott --------> Dempsey ??? Cheers
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    1. Acquafresca
      13 years, 8 months ago
      yes.
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    2. blue cheese
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Then yes
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2. Captain Shirokov
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Noooooo
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bekorchi
13 years, 8 months ago
Mignolet

Wheater EvansJ JoseEnrique

Walcott Bale Valencia Sessegnon

Adebayor Suarez Rooney

bench Vorm Sigurdsson Sagna Walker

did i get the bench right?
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1. Acquafresca
  13 years, 8 months ago
  not if siggy is on it 😆
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  1. bekorchi
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Whom to bench thoug i/o siggy?
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2. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Sigg ahead of Sess.
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3. The Finnisher
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Sigurdsson ahead of every single one of your front 7, bar Rooney.
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  1. Blonde Faith
    13 years, 8 months ago
    +1.5
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Elniñorules
13 years, 8 months ago
Sigurdsson. Whaddaplaya!

Which big club can buy him? That is the question.
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1. Acquafresca
  13 years, 8 months ago
  goooonerrssss
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  1. Elniñorules
    13 years, 8 months ago
    First you'll need a striker though when RVP heads out.
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    1. The Finnisher
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Why would we need a striker if we got Sigurdsson? 😉
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      1. Elniñorules
        13 years, 8 months ago
        😆 Play the mighty Lolpool formation of 5-5-0?
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2. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  LUFC hopefully.
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  1. Elniñorules
    13 years, 8 months ago
    😆 Jafa! Read the "big club" part?
    
    How's your back btw? Hope you've completely shrugged off the L5 issue 🙂
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    1. Jafalad
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Big club? No bigger than mighty LU 😉
      
      Back is all good - physio has given the all clear. Started doing some weight training. I can lift upto 10kg.
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      1. Elniñorules
        13 years, 8 months ago
        Glad you're kicking and back on 🙂
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        Jafalad
        13 years, 8 months ago
        Cheers El Ninio 😉
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3. Captain Shirokov
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Not if Hoffenheim want him back.
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  1. Elniñorules
    13 years, 8 months ago
    I think his market value/offers will be too attractive for them to keep him.
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4. Blonde Faith
  13 years, 8 months ago
  They're all coming to the Toon: Siggy, Moses and that Puyol fella with the curly hair.
  
  Ok, maybe not Puyol...
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Zola
13 years, 8 months ago
Which one would you guys bring in for the rest of the season: Tevez or Cisse?
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1. China Mag
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Tevez IF you think that there will be goals in the derby and the title will go to the last day. Otherwise Dave.
  
  If money is an issue for other transfers, then dave.
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The Finnisher
13 years, 8 months ago
I don't think it's mental to get rid of RVP or Rooney, but I'm still labeling it a knee-jerk.
I doubt many, if any, of you that are selling one or both of them would have considered it before City scored 6 past Norwich.
I'd say stick to your plan - and good luck whatever you're doing.
There's probably been no better time this season to ditch RVP for CHE sto (assuming you get him back for the last two) but don't go doing silly transfers and leaving yourself in a regrettable situation come GW36/37/38.
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1. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Jeez Jacko, you are becoming the Voice of Reason.
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  1. The Finnisher
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Speaking of "Reeson"..I wonder how his team is going this season.
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2. Acquafresca
  13 years, 8 months ago
  What do you think of Rooney+McClean->Tevez+BArfa? Would keep Tevez through the double instead of Adebayor, depending on Ade's form.
  
  1) I can see Everton-United being low scoring match(1 or 2-0)
  2) I can see City ripping wolves a new one
  3) BArfa coming in for the double+in red-hot form!
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  1. The Finnisher
    13 years, 8 months ago
    If you are happy with your GW36 team + Tevez for MUN new then go for it, I'm not seeing much promise in Adebayor at the moment, think I'll go VDV/Bale instead and get Jelavic.
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3. tw
  13 years, 8 months ago
  i was already planning on getting rid of one for ade so wouldn't call that a knee jerk. going for tevez on the other hand...
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4. Fratboy
  13 years, 8 months ago
  +1
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Tim Canterbury
13 years, 8 months ago
Gameweek rank of 22k noice
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1. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Room for improvement. None of us should be outside the top 1k.
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Are we still on speaking terms?
    
    😕
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    1. Evs
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Have you had a 'tiff' ?
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      1. TorresMagic™
        13 years, 8 months ago
        What did I tell you Evs?
        
        http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2012/04/14/the-pre-match-preamble-gameweek-thirty-four/comment-page-6/#comment-3048852
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        Jafalad
        13 years, 8 months ago
        ...and where's that post where I said ARS will get nothing out of Wigan? 😕
        
        Spirit of Buggu lives on.
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        TorresMagic™
        13 years, 8 months ago
        Plenty of Buggu(s) have been around lately so I thought it was my turn.
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        Jafalad
        13 years, 8 months ago
        Nothing wrong with a bit of Buggu-ing.
        
        Now and again.
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    2. Jafalad
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Che?
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      1. Christina.
        13 years, 8 months ago
        I'm reaching out and posting reply's but you always run off..
        
        😕
        
        I miss the old Jafalad.
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        Jafalad
        13 years, 8 months ago
        Jack-o is the new Jafalad.
        
        Bagger Newman saw off the old version 🙁
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  2. Acquafresca
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Gameweek rank, not overall rank. He is far off that, just look at his name 😉
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tw
13 years, 8 months ago
which combo for the dgw:

a) rvp, bale, baines (.1 short right now....)
b) rvp, vdv, cashely(or enrique)
c) rooney, vdv, baines
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13 years, 8 months ago
Great feelings to be in Country's Top 3!
Top 5 k....Here I come!
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1. China Mag
  13 years, 8 months ago
  What country is that? China is tough.
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  1. Willis.
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Nepal.
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2. Pratik
  13 years, 8 months ago
  I think I should change my country next year. My country is giving me a pretty hard time.
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  1. Elniñorules
    13 years, 8 months ago
    India knows its football, not bad eh?
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    1. Pratik
      13 years, 8 months ago
      we know the fpl stuff in and out...
      
      so what did you decide on the wc?
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      1. Elniñorules
        13 years, 8 months ago
        Decisions...decisions....not decided yet.
        
        The results of Che-Bar and more clarity on Baines/Cahill/Luiz injuries will help, I hope. I'm not ready to gamble on City and be completely disappointed by it.
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    2. blue cheese
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Most certainly !! 🙂
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3. jimnastics
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Its all about top percentage... I'm 11th in England which I think is pretty good.
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4. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  CAR is where it's at. Latest stats reveal CAR is the poorest country on earth.
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wimiw
13 years, 8 months ago
pick 3 out of
evans, verm, kelly, williamson, kompany

thanks
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China Mag
13 years, 8 months ago
Mrs China Mag has the exact money to do Valencia + Rooney - Silva + Aguero.

She sees the balance of power shifting again to the blue side of manchester.

Would both be for free.

Would leave her with 6 DGW players, and hopefully some points in the bag to spend on hits if she deems necessary

Would mean that I would have to make do with Tevez in my team!!

What do you reckon?
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Buck The Trent
13 years, 8 months ago
Bog
Evans Caulker Simps
Valencia Demps Siggy Walcott
Rvp Papiss Roon

subs Migs Sess Kaboul Mcauley
2 FT, 3.0 in the bank

Any advice how to spend 1 FT? Thinking of:

1) Sess to Bale (who to bench out of 5 MF?)
2) Upgrade Kaboul to BAE/Baines to sit on the bench (Kaboul is injured) to prepare for DGW
3) Roon/Rvp to Aggy for 1 week punt then to Ade for DGW

thanks
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Jafooli
13 years, 8 months ago
Getting bored of the Rooney/RVP vs Tevez/Aguero/Ebanks-Blake debate?

This should take your mind off it:

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/20-seasons.html

FPL team for past 20 seasons.......
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1. Jukesy
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Eat your heart out Cantona: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62yZi8wWXn8
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8-2
13 years, 8 months ago
My highest ever rank of 309. Absolutely buzzing.
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1. tw
  13 years, 8 months ago
  nice!
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GoonerByron
13 years, 8 months ago
If I'd transferred Tevez, who I put into 'my Dads' team, into my team instead of Aguero I'd have only been 3 points off the high score 🙁

7000ish before any Vermaelen BPs even after a RVP captain fail (My lowest scoring player) isn't so bad though I suppose
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Grounderz
13 years, 8 months ago
This is my first season of FPL and I'm currently ranked 73,672. Is that a wow for beginners or average? Yes, asking you veteran lot! 😀
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1. Willis.
  13 years, 8 months ago
  This is my first season of this version of fantasy and I'm ranked 4143. So I'd say that you're average.
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  1. The Finnisher
    13 years, 8 months ago
    This is my first actual season in 'this' one too, although I'm ranked 7K (for now 😉 )
    Grounderz, I wouldn't say it's "wow" but you're traveling along nicely for a first timer if you can get a few more green arrows
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    1. FORCA INTER
      13 years, 8 months ago
      look who is on 🙂
      
      sup bro?what you say at RVP C fail?
      
      i was right again
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      1. The Finnisher
        13 years, 8 months ago
        "bro" ? lol...no.
        
        Right again? Seems to me you haven't been right too often if I am going to be honest, but fair play.
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        FORCA INTER
        13 years, 8 months ago
        i dont know why you like to harsh me so often
        
        i said several resons why RVP will do bad and Rooney good and you started atack me without any good reason
        
        to be honest i am delighted cause Wigan won
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  2. Grounderz
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Dayum!
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2. Elniñorules
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Not much difference between beginners and veterans I figure, as long as you love this game. My first season as well btw and this site has been a holy grail for me (since gw7).
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  1. 8-2
    13 years, 8 months ago
    It's my first season playing it properly every week.
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    1. Elniñorules
      13 years, 8 months ago
      Lovely. I wish I'd started playing seriously right from gw1 too.
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3. Christina.
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Wish I had FFS in my first year to guide me. I had no clue. Still don't.
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4. TorresMagic™
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Pretty average tbh. You should at least chop that rank in half by the end of the season.
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5. Pratik
  13 years, 8 months ago
  It was about 6 years ago when I started and that too after a few gw's but the only priority then was mini-leagues. Back then once the mini-league was done and dusted, I just stopped playing. Never ever bothered about overall rank.
  It's only when I discovered this site a few years back that I got conscious about my overall rank. Season ticker, the articles (back then it was just the scout picks, and the midweek meander), advice were a lot of help.
  So to answer your question, yup that's a decent rank for a beginner if this is your first fantasy football game ever.
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Taribo West on a free
13 years, 8 months ago
While everyone's waiting for fresh, juicy posts to be laid on the FFFS breakfast bar, would anyone mind spending a minute and no more doing my blog's season survey?
It's only a smattering of questions, one page, and anonymous.
Thanks everyone - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VNBSH3T
(Spam for breakfast, I know!)
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Gaz Downright
13 years, 8 months ago
Finally the FPL is an open game again.

There are now 4-6 potential heavy hitters for the final dash.

RVP, Rooney, Aguero, Tevez

and one or two outsiders like Drogba... or dare I suggest the blonde latino ladyboy with a huge worldwide cult following?
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1. Elniñorules
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Funny how Totty fans have discounted Adebaypoor 😉
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  1. Gaz Downright
    13 years, 8 months ago
    not funny at all 🙁
    
    terrible pun btw 😉
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GoonerByron
13 years, 8 months ago
Really can't decide between...

A) Walcott ---> Dempsey

B) Rooney ---> Cisse

C) Mcclean and Rooney ---> Dempsey + Cisse for a hit

D) Keep Rooney and Walcott this week

Can anyone make my mind up for me? 🙂
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1. Grounderz
  13 years, 8 months ago
  I'd probably go for... meh, that's tough. 😀
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2. tw
  13 years, 8 months ago
  b
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3. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Hard to sell any of that fwd line imo. Option A for me.
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4. Twelve years a slave
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Lookt Cisses fixtures , it put me off him
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  1. Twelve years a slave
    13 years, 8 months ago
    My advice , do nothing and wait for the double , to have two free transfers
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Grounderz
13 years, 8 months ago
I'm thinking of taking a point hit for Clint Dempsey, selling Arteta. Do you think it's a good idea? Will he perform against Wigan at home? Wigan have been massive of late.
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1. Blonde Faith
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Yeah I don't fancy Fulham's chances tbh. You need to llok beyond that to the DGW and it's not really much more tasty.
  
  Does one good away game make Dempsey (eve, liv) a good move? I confess I wanted him in but I smell parked busses and little else in those two.
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SPorting
13 years, 8 months ago
up to 5,839 in the rankings. better than my wildest dreams considering the start i had. but now it's decision time:

enjoy the hard earned 100+ lead in my main ML so time to start taking a few risks and having some fun?

vs

last 16 of PP Cup VI + last 16 of FPL Open + chance to break into the top 5k?
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1. 8-2
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Finish as high as you can, it's all about bragging rights.
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2. Christina.
  13 years, 8 months ago
  Were still neck and neck.
  
  :gin:
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Gin? I need a drink.
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3. stufail
  13 years, 8 months ago
  As high as you can.
  
  But that may involve taking risks. I'm going to gamble on my position and use my WC for some DGW madness! I hope it doesn't horrifically backfire!
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4. Fratboy
  13 years, 8 months ago
  No try and finish as high as possible, 100 point leads have been lost in 3 weeks.
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  1. stufail
    13 years, 8 months ago
    He'll never manage to lose a 100pt lead....
    
    😉
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fijuhmon
13 years, 8 months ago
Vorm - Hilario
Evans - Richards - BAE - Simpson - Caulker
Dempsey - Valencia - Sess - Siggy - Ferguson
Rvp - Cisse - Rooney

2FT & 4.2m in the bank.

GW 35: Roo/RvP -> Kun & Ferguson -> Barfa
GW 36: Richards -> DGW defender (Baines?) & Valencia -> Bale for a 4pt hit

Does this make any sense to you lads?
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Elniñorules
13 years, 8 months ago
Predict the points for the following players:

Tevez
Silva
Roo
Valencia
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1. Elniñorules
  13 years, 8 months ago
  In gw35 btw.
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2. The Finnisher
  13 years, 8 months ago
  11 (goal, assist, 2 boners)
  5 (assist)
  9 (goal, 3 bp's)
  6 (assist + CS)
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3. 8-2
  13 years, 8 months ago
  10
  6
  10
  6
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4. Jafalad
  13 years, 8 months ago
  2
  6
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5. Pratik
  13 years, 8 months ago
  6
  2
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Twelve years a slave
13 years, 8 months ago
Was looking at bringing in Cisse for the stoke game and the double.

However away to Wigan and Chelsea now looks far more difficult than it did a week or two ago , then they play city. For those reasons he not joining my team
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1. NATSTER
  13 years, 8 months ago
  If Ade shows some form, it'll be easier for me to not Cisse.
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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 8 months ago
    Only one game for Ade to get firing again, and it might be a very tough game(Qpr).
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2. stufail
  13 years, 8 months ago
  He's scored against anyone and everyone so far.
  
  And Chelsea and Wigan are both pretty weak at the back.
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cfcrzbest
13 years, 8 months ago
I'm wildcarding next week, so any transfers I make this week will likely be a 1 week punt.

A) Rooney -> Tevez
B) Odem -> Cisse
C) RVP -> Aguero
D) Any 2 for a 4 point hit.

I'm chasing a 21 point lead in my ML and the leader currently has a very similar team to me.

Any comments appreciated.
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1. Christina.
  13 years, 8 months ago
  If you get Tevez/Kun, then I will go the full honk and (c) them. You gonna need Rvp back for Nor(h)
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