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Dugout Discussion January 31

Mane’s absence explained as Klopp benches Firmino for trip to in-form West Ham

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Liverpool are without the services of Sadio Mane (£11.9m) for their match against West Ham United this afternoon, which kicks off at 16:30 GMT.

The Senegalese winger, who was transferred in by over 130,000 Fantasy Premier League managers following his 15-point haul in Gameweek 20, misses out with what Liverpool say is a “minor muscle injury”.

The Reds add that the problem is “expected to be only a short-term issue”.

His manager added ahead of kick-off:

In fact, only one of the Reds’ regular front three makes Jurgen Klopp’s starting XI today.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) is joined in the reigning champions’ attacking trident by Divock Origi (£5.2m) and Xherdan Shaqiri (£6.4m), with Roberto Firmino (£9.4m) only among the substitutes.

Along with the two changes to his front three, Klopp has replaced the injured Joel Matip (£5.4m) with Nat Phillips (£4.0m) at centre-half.

The Hammers are unchanged from the side that won 3-2 at Crystal Palace and David Moyes has even named the same nine substitutes from that victory.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Benrahma, Antonio.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Henderson, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Milner, Thiago, Shaqiri, Salah, Origi.

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  1. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Jammy Coufal CS here would be lovely.

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    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It really would. Want him taken off early before Salah scores

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  2. Magic Zico
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    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford > Salah, Y or N? None in form atm. Otherwise will use FT to address Chilwell ...

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    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Salah will be benched vs Brighton

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      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        That's even worst 🙁

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        1. Duke Silver ☑
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Depends, if Mané is still out for Brighton then Salah should start.

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          1. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Both not in form, Rashford better fixtures next 3. Better to stick?

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            1. Duke Silver ☑
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              I would stick with Rashford. Saints in poor form and have loads of injuries.

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              1. Magic Zico
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                My intent atm, thanks mate

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          2. Niho992
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Mane will be fine for Brighton

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            1. Salah’s Sonnet
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Maybe not

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              1. Niho992
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                He will

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                1. Salah’s Sonnet
                  • 12 Years
                  3 years, 2 months ago

                  Nah

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              2. AC/DC AFC
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Slight muscle strain, that's all.

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            2. George Sillett
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Lol. As if you know.

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      2. El Matador
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Do you have a crystal ball?

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      3. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        And yet he won’t

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  3. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Said Benhrama is one of the best (if not the best) dribblers in the league.

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    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He is clown

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      1. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I is disagreeing.

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        1. Niho992
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Did i ask you anything?

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          1. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            It's called a forum if you haven't noticed. I don't have to be invited by you of all people to comment.

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      2. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Clown or not he’s very skilful.

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        1. Niho992
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Useful dribbler

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    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Waiting for him to click because he is a remarkable player. I was so excited to see him sign.

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  4. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    How are Liverpool playing?

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

      Good so far

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    2. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Pretty dull

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    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Like the other games against a deep block. Struggling

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  5. DRIZ ✅
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Unable to watch the Liverpool game so I am very worried on how Salah is doing?. Do i still have a chance against my main rival, will come down to captain pick.

    Main Rival: Salah C
    Me: Sterling C, Bamford VC

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    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Invisible so far

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    2. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Better off not watching

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

      Lucky boy - Salah doesn't seem to do anything if Origi plays (if my memory serves me correctly)

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      1. Clintymints
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Origi is really a poor addition to the team

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    4. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Struggling against the set up.

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    5. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No chance he beats you.

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    6. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Playing more central which is good but WHU just have the bus parked atm.

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    7. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Your jam is laughing

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    8. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Everytime you do this you jinx it, and as a Salah non owner I’m now worried

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  6. Analogue7
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    This was a week of solid stinker picks.

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    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Anyones hits pay off this week?

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      1. Analogue7
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Bamford

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      2. Gross Blank Point
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I got a nice 1 from Digne.
        Unfortunately I brought him in for AWB.

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  7. Indpush
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Rule question.

    If a throw in hits the goal keeper and goes in, it's a goal. Own goal or the thrower would be awarded the goal?

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    1. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      If it's thrown on target it's the thrower's goal

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      1. MrBoombastic
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I don't think so. You can't score directly from a throw in so I guess would have to be an OG

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

      own goal I would guess - unusual situation.Dunno? I once scored directly from an indirect free-kick - the ref thought it touched someone .... but it didn't.

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

      It happened with Peter Enckelman and it was credited as his OG not Mellberg's.

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      1. Indpush
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks everyone

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  8. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Salah 1 goal / even assist for (C) / (VC) can boost rank this week i guess

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

    Benhrama's balls have been useless

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    1. dark91
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      What a comment

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    2. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Too young for kids yet i guess

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  10. mgilbert86
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Can anyone do worse than stones chilwell cancelo backlone plus bamford benched

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    1. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Benched, but... being subbed on?

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    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Oh yeah. I’ve seen some horrible stories today.

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    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Worst I seen was a backline of Pickford Digne Stones Cancelo and Chilwell

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  11. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    That was so close for Salah !!!

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  12. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Origi tries to control every cross thus leaving himself behind the defender. He needs to attack those balls with headers.

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  13. Party time
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Zambian Witch Doctor forgot to end the Salah spell

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      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Or not able to do so

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    • the_duke
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Anyone worse than bamford and dallas on the bench?

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      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Just Holding, but ah well

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    • Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Salah EO post autosubs?

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      1. Ragabolly
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        97.5%

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    • Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      West Ham are two points behind Liverpool currently. Wow.

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      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Congratz, you re good in math

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        1. Flair
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          No, I have working eyes.

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

        Nowhere to hide for pool

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      3. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        On the same games played.

        2 draws the difference.

        West Ham could do them today.

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    • A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Why is Thiago such a useless player? The only good thing he did for Liverpool was injuring Kane

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      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Kane injured himself trying to endanger Henderson.

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        1. A. PRISE
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          That was the second ankle injury

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      2. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        That's actually not good for pool as spurs will be useless vs other teams.

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      3. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Probably one of the best passers in the league. But assume the question wasn’t serious.

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    • g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Is it me or has Thiago ruined Pool attacking potential?

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      1. A. PRISE
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Very true

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      2. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        It’s you.

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        1. DMP
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          This.

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      3. Clintymints
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        No it's been suggested by a few folks that he doesn't quite fit the intensity of what we've seen previously from Liverpool. Great player but he does slow it down a bit and can be a bit too clever sometimes

        Injuries to the cb's affect the mf, which in turn affects the full backs. The injuries really screw the system up

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      4. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Not Thiago ... Origi is holding the ball up

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      5. cm790
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah they are just discussing that the commentators.

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    • Jindaljain
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Sterling (C) Son (VC) and Stones didn't start ...on Bench 1st Bamford & 2nd Dallas this would have haunted me if both of them have started

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    • Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Antonio looking unfit

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      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Just needs one good pass, saving energy.

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    • Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Thiago proves what a terrible league bundesliga is

      Only bayern good enough and even theyve be in top 4 fight at best

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      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Why there is a clamour for a European Super League among the big clubs. All the best players are increasingly getting concentrated at a handful of clubs. They want to be playing each other.

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      2. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Barcelona too

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        1. Zladan
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Couldn’t get on for them. But no surprise given Xaviniesta were at their prime.

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      3. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        There is one utterly deluded Liverpool fan on here ( I say fan but he's never been to a game) who has publicly stated that Thiago is the best mid in the world. Lol.

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        1. zotter
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          He is probably in the top three or four

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        2. Party time
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Yeah. He is in the top 3 tho, just because he hasn’t scored a goal for Liverpool does not mean he isn’t good.

            If you put Thiago at City, you will see what he is made if just like when he was at Bayern

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

              If u only need best players in the keague players around u to perform youre not top 3 in the world

              U may be good but best players in the world can carry the teams

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        3. ivantys
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Disgrace German league could send 4 teams into the UCL.

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        4. Zilla
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Or simply he's not as good as he was?
          Salah wasn't even among the top scorers in the Egyptian league and look who got the PL top scorer twice.

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          1. Clintymints
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            A bit of both, I think. He got a bit lazier in Germany for sure. Also getting on a bit himself

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      4. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Come on Cresswell, Soucek and Antonio!

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        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Just Soucek please

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      5. JJO
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Leeds the only team playing football in this league

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        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          2 wins in the last 5.

          4 wins in 8 league games.

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        2. 7shadesofsmoke
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          you should watch Villa (except vs saints :D)

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        3. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Well at Leicester or Leeds wouldn’t be able to.

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      6. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Salah hitting negative BPS

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        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Yeah. Has done a few times this season.

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          1. ivantys
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            He always needs 2 returns to get into bonus

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

        No Goal from West ham & liver pool will be delicious

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        1. MagicMessi
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Against all odds .. but would be delicious yea

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          1. Bushwhacker
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Why? West Ham bus is firmly parked

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      8. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        That Trent offside just now was pretty much identical to the Rodri one against Villa a couple of weeks ago. Great consistency.

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

        Literally dozed off watching this game

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

        Bielsa when asked about Raphinha and Rodrigo said does not have impression that Rodrigo will be available for Everton game so hopeful for Raphinha owners

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      11. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Is Lingard on the bench? A goal from him today would be poetic.

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      12. Captain Vantastic™
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Boring. . . .

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        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          On the contrary

          Top post!

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          1. Zilla
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Not anymore

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