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Dugout Discussion July 5

Mee absent from Burnley squad as Clarets seek third consecutive clean sheet

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Ben Mee (£5.0m) is the most notable absentee from Sunday’s early kick-off at Turf Moor between Burnley and Sheffield United.

The centre-back, previously an ever-present for the Clarets, misses out with a thigh injury.

Over 5,000 FPL managers had plumped for Mee’s services ahead of the Gameweek 33 deadline. The defender hauled 15 points in Gameweek 32 as his goal secured a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Kevin Long (£4.3m) deputises for the Burnley captain. Nick Pope (£5.0m) owners will be hoping that Mee’s absence doesn’t make Sean Dyche’s team easier to breach.

Jack Cork (£4.9m) is also sidelined, so Josh Brownhill (£4.8m) continues in central midfield while defender Erik Pieters (£4.2m) keeps his place on the left side of midfield.

Returning to the Burnley line-up is Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m), who missed out in GW32 through injury. That pushes Dwight McNeil back into midfield, with the £6.1m man operating from the right-hand side of Dyche’s 4-4-2.

Chris Wood (£6.1m) and Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) are part of the Clarets’ 20-man matchday squad. Neither player has featured for the club since the Premier League restarted.

Sheffield United are unchanged from their 3-1 victory at home to Spurs on Thursday.

The big news from Chris Wilder’s point-of-view is that Jack O’Connell (£4.6m) returns from injury to take a place on the substitutes’ bench.

The Blades boss ruled out John Lundstram (£4.7m), John Fleck (£4.7m) and Luke Freeman (£5.0m) for ‘a couple of weeks’ in his pre-match press conference.

Burnley XI: Pope; Taylor, Tarkowski, Long, Bardsley; Pieters, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil; Rodriguez, Vydra.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; Robinson, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Osborn, Norwood, Berge, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 33+

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  1. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pope CS locked IN

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    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah, 1-0 Burnley

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    2. The FPL Units
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      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yep already banked the 10 points

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    3. RamaJama
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      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah, shu not able to score

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    4. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Imagine not owning him
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      I don't need to imagine .. 😀

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    5. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Mee out could potentially make it a 3 pointer. After 10 min it should been 1-2. Annoying

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  2. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Grealish to Foden for a hit?

    If not I will start Grealish.

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    1. The FPL Units
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      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yes

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    2. harrythealien
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Foden 15-20 minute cameo incoming for this GW

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  3. tiger
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    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    1 minute, 1 Pope save

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    1. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Just hate it. Had him for that bad spell around Christmas and shipped tight before his many hauls

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  4. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pope save first minute

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      LoL
      He's inevitable !

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      1. The FPL Units
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        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Thank you agent Smith

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      2. rjcv177
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Matrix lol

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  5. Amey
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    3 years, 9 months ago

    Can see why Ben Mee is missing a fixture this GW.
    Just look at the article picture.
    You'll get it too 😀

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    1. AC/DC AFC
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      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Haircut?!

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  6. Tmel
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Real benching headache there but tricky to bench any of those 7 attackers for Foden... G2G?

    Martinez
    TAA Doherty Holgate
    Salah KDB Bruno Mahrez
    Rashford Jimi Greenwood
    (Foden Saiss Lascelles)

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    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Jimi

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  7. melvinmbabazi
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    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    What to do this week? 2FT and 0.6 ITB
    Thinking of going triple United attack

    Martinez, (Martin)
    TAA, Doherty, AWB, (J.Robinson, Ngakia)
    Mane, KDB, Bruno, Pulisic, (Guendouzi)
    Rash, Jimi, DCL

    cheers

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    1. harrythealien
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Mane, DCL to Martial, Nketia / Salah, Greenwood

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      1. melvinmbabazi
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        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Already have 3 united

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  8. Qaiss
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Today is Sadio Mane's turn.

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    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      To assist Salah?

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      1. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Title's done, Mane can be a bit more selfish now instead of feeding Salah all the time 🙂

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        1. RamaJama
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          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          His main task for the rest of the season is to help Salah winning the golden booth

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          1. Qaiss
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Tssss lol

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          2. Lukakuna
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Golden Booth? Is that for the most benchings in a season?

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        2. Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Nah Salah for the golden boot 😉

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          1. Qaiss
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Should find another hobby, thats Auba's 🙂

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    2. Old Man
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      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      for a nice little rest

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  9. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Bruno or KDB (c)?

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    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Big Kev

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    2. Orion
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      If KDB is rested today, then KDB for sure

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      1. harrythealien
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        +1

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  10. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    A) DDG, Saka, Jiminez ----> Pope, KDB, Greenwood (-4)

    B) Son, DDG ---> Ederson, KDB (get greewood next week)

    C) Saka, Nketiah, DDG ----> Ederson, Foden, Greenwood (-4)

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    1. rjcv177
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A higher ceiling

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    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      C
      All upgrades

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      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah. Worried about no kdb though if he is rested today but son vs Bournemouth could be fireworks as well

        Will have to take a gamble after DDG error either way i guess

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    3. RamaJama
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      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B

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  11. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pope clean sheet to go in 3.....2......1.....

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  12. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    As a DDG owner, eatching yet another Pope haul will be so painful.
    Bad keeper choices yet again ruining season, will I never learn....

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  13. Marvin Moon
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Should Pope be England's no.1?

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    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      The Queen wouldn't like that.

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      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        She can p*ss off.

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        1. Old Man
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          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          So can the one in Rome

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          1. Marvin Moon
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Damn straight.

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    2. The FPL Units
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      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Is England as good as Burnley?

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    3. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Unless England plan on parking the bus every game, no.

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      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I don't quite understand your point.

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        1. Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Burnley park the bus every match and make teams shoot from range, making Pope look slightly better than he is. He's good for FPL at a cheap price and a decent keeper obviously, but put him in a team like Arsenal and he will get found out

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          1. Marvin Moon
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            I see what you mean. He doesn't face too many one on one's etc.

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          2. Nightcrawler
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            He was found out pretty badly vs city who have the quality to avpid shooting from range

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    4. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Shd still be joe hart. He's the only one with big club mentality

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    5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Is his distribution not very bad

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  14. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Sheff all over Burnley. Pope will either concede or haul

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    1. RamaJama
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      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Maby many saves

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    2. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Red cardddd come onnn

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    3. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nick Pope can do both

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  15. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hi...2fts....0.5mitb....what would you do here please? Tough to get greenwood...

    Hendo Mccarthy
    Taa maguire soy boly stephens
    Salah kdb mahrez bruno martial
    Jiminez dcl nketiah

    A.....Thinking salah and dcl to kane and foden / pulisic

    B.....maguire, jiminez and dcl to Holgate, greenwood and kane - 4

    C....something else

    Thanks

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  16. TyroneGAA
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Wow that miss has kept my triple shu defense intact

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    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      That was shocking

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  17. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Goals incoming 😀

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  18. Bury94
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    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    2 of England's most promising young keepers here. Good to see

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    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Pope is 28

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    2. harrythealien
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Pope should be England no. 1 by current form, Hendo his 1st backup & Pickford the 2nd

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  19. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Penalty save incoming

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    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Or not 🙁

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  20. Orion
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Still can't believe that Pope has the most points in the Burnley squad... What a bad squad is that, actually 😀

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    1. harrythealien
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A defensive squad obviously

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  21. TAT
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Already done DC to Greenwood. anything here worth a hit?

    Foster
    TAA - Doherty - Aurier
    Mahrez - KDB - Fernandes - Salah
    Jiménez - Greenwood - Rashford
    (McCarthy - Fernández - Stephens - Hayden)

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    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nah, good team for next gw.

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      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I was thinking maybe taking out Foster for a hit, but I guess I *have* to give him the Norwich game.

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  22. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pieters grab a goal and save my GW my son....

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  23. PortisRed
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    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Can anybody tell me how to find the goals immenent table a soluble to members?

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    1. PortisRed
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A soluble should have said available.

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    2. Raindragon
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      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      You've probably found it by now but, if not, just click on Votes. It's the most popular table!

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  24. Revival
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    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pieters went from almost getting an assist to almost conceding a penalty in the space of a minute

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    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Almost is the key word here.

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    2. Party time
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Lol

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    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Looks like goals in this game.

      For all the templates and group thinking, why don't people just buy Pope?

      Is 1 transfer that precious?

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      1. Eze Really?
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I thought it a nil nil banker! Pope has been just about my highest scorer for a while now. And he is not even a great keeper!

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      2. Eze Really?
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Is 50% of the top 10k template?

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      3. Eze Really?
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Also, If you had Hendo or Martinez due to price changing from Leno, would you have got Pope in?

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    4. RubeRx
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      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      How is that not a penalty kick? That was 10x worse than Bailly's hand ball

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      1. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        or Adam Smiths.....

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    5. Sim Simma
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      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      It'll be a minor miracle if Pope keeps a clean sheet

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      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Locked in

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      2. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        It will, because he won't

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      3. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        No Lundstram today to ruin it do.

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    6. Reg83
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      start 2 for next gw

      A. Aurier (away to Bmouth)
      B. Kiko (Norwich)
      c. saiss (away to Sheffield)
      D. Taylor (away to West Ham)

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      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        A and d

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      2. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        AB

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        1. Ha.
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          * AC

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    7. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Lascelles not in the squad today? any leaks?

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      1. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        He was in training so hopefully he starts

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        1. Chucky
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I hope he doesn't as I have Pieters first on my bench...

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          1. Qaiss
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            I hope he does as I have Femenia and Guendouzi...

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            1. Chucky
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              😛

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    8. fc_skrald
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Hmm. I have two free transfers and actually thinking about wildcarding. What to do?

      a. Jiménez -> Greenwood
      b. Guendouzi + Auba -> Son + Greenwood

      Nyland
      TAA, Doherty, Aurier
      KDB, Salah, Pulisic, Fernandes
      Jiménez, Auba, Ings

      Button, Lascelles, Guendouzi, Simpson

      2 free transfer, 0.0 million in the bank, wildcard, free hit and bench boost chips

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      1. Easy Cheesy
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        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        B looks good. The only reason to WC is to improve that bench and fit one more united (jimi -> martial by freeing up funds elsewhere)

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        1. fc_skrald
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Thanks. Think I will do b.

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