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The best Southampton players to consider for FPL Double Gameweek 25

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Southampton come under the spotlight as we end our team-by-team look at the clubs with two fixtures in Double Gameweek 25.

After a strong start to the season, the Saints have completely fallen off a cliff, losing their last six games and conceding 20 goals.

As a result, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers are choosing not to gamble on Saints assets, even with two games in Double Gameweek 25.

So is there anything to suggest Southampton could turn it around in Double Gameweek 25? We assess their FPL credentials in the Premium Members article below

THE FORM

Having started the season in fine form, the Saints hit the skids after a number of injuries to key personnel, particularly in defence.

After beating champions Liverpool, the Saints have lost their last six games by an aggregate score of 20-4.

What was once one of the league’s most solid defences is now the worst according to expected goals conceded (xGC) over the last six games.

Last six matches

The problem can’t just be laid at the door of injuries though.

In the south coast club’s last game against Wolves, they fielded arguably their first choice back-line, and still conceded two goals against one of the most goal-shy attacks in the league.

So can we rely on Southampton assets in Double Gameweek 25? To answer that question in more detail we will have to consider their upcoming opponents and the data behind their key players…

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  1. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Start Pope or McCarthy

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    1. Geoff
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      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Feels like one of those ones you'll get wrong, whichever way you go.

      I'd lean DGWer

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    2. Well you know, Triffic
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      McCarthy for save points, but could equally end up on 0 for both games.

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  2. joey
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    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Is it mad to go without both Son and Kane next week? Considering dropping Son for Raphina and Antonio to Ings this week which gives me the exact money (currently, I'm sure it won't last) to get Kane in for Bamford next week and a frontline of Kane, Ings and Watkins with a midfield of Salah, Bruno, Grealish, Gundo and Raphina. Worth it?

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    1. Geoff
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      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No Kane and Son this week is fine, next week is tough imo.

      Those moves are great for this GW, but the exact cash thing scares me

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      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        This is the week they punish sellers

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        1. Geoff
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 11 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Definitely possible. I like the upside of Ings and Raph.

          I won't be selling Son, though I'm waiting for GW26 to get Kane

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          1. Make United Great Again
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Fair play. Im on Kane & Son this week. Hoping they can do some damage.

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      2. joey
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        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Push comes to shove I can take a hit. Got Pope and Martinez so there's 1.5m there straight away if needed, BB already played so don't need 2 keepers.

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        1. Geoff
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          • 11 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah I'm looking at a Pope downgrade to afford Kane

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    2. Snooze ya lose
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      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes. I did grealish to raph instead

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      1. joey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Grealish is a consideration but losing Son means I can get both Kane and Ings.

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  3. No Professionals
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    bottomed

    current WC draft (likely to hit the button so I can TC in 26)

    Martinez
    Dias Shaw Dallas
    Salah Fernandes Gundogan Raphinha
    Kane Ings Bamford

    Areola Barnes Burn Stones
    0.1m

    GTG?

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    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You don't need to WC if you're only playing TC

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      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        current team is

        Pope
        Dias Stones Dallas
        Salah Fernandes Son Gundogan
        Cavani Bamford Antonio

        Johnstone Soucek Coufal Mitchell
        3.2m 1FT

        no villa cover, few flags. would need to take 2 hits to get to 10 DGWers and still wouldn't look great.

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        1. Boom XhakaLacaSaka
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          That's good enough to roll this week imo for a extra free next

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          1. No Professionals
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            not sure. Cavani a doubt so may as well make one of my moves this week (Kane probably). Antonio also probably won't play.

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  4. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Start
    A)Cresswell (SPURS)
    B)Dias ( arsenal)

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    1. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

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  5. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ralph Hasenhuttl: "Kyle [Walker-Peters] is out for the [Chelsea] game [and] for a few weeks maybe. He was there for the good run and was not..."

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    1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dial up?

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      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yep.

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  6. sunzip14
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I am hoping for a nice dgw28 to throw a spanner in the works of dead end gw29 and WC30 teams, so that FH29 has an upper hand 😛 Getting a bit boring seeing WC25 teams boasting about how many gw29 players they already have 😉

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  7. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    With llorente and maybe Phillips coming back is strujik going to lose his place?

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    1. Avery
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It’s quite possible curious I would want to manage away from that risk

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  8. Ejaaz11
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Is it just me or have the cup opponents not been set yet in fantasy?

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    1. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Me as well. Weird, should be set by now

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  9. Well you know, Triffic
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lazy article as usual. Hassenhuttl backed McCarthy publicly last week.

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    1. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Any link where I can see this?

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      1. Kudo Warrior
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/19087654.hasenhuttl-not-considered-giving-forster-premier-league-game-time/

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        1. Kudo Warrior
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Either way, no need to be a negative noodle.

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          1. Well you know, Triffic
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            I'm just pointing it out as people did actually bring in Forster based on these rumours last week and may do so on wildcard. I don't care as I'm not, but for a website which is on the pulse i don't think they should be reporting things are heresay

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            1. Kudo Warrior
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Your opinion is fine and may be valid (I can't see the content), but your phrasing could be a little less harsh (IMO).

              If you're a member you obviously have faith in the info FFS provide. In that case help them better the content, if you find something that could be better/more clear etc, supply constructive feedback.

              No "beef", just giving some constructive feedback myself.

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              1. Well you know, Triffic
                • 13 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                I disagree. To put a rumour in a article is actually poor practice in itself. Especially if the rumour in question can be debunked with a 10 second google search.

                I doubt the author will get hurt feelings for calling it lazy journalism. I'm sure they've heard much much worse.

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                1. Kudo Warrior
                  • 10 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  You're assuming you know the schedule of the auther and that they have the time to search the internet for all scraps of info.

                  In this case, you're right it was an easy search (in isolation) but if they did that for every single player, and every vertical of data then the content would be few and far between.

                  Even if it was a mistake, appreciate the content is even available for you to read.

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    2. Geoff
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      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I don't know if I agree that the line is lazy, all it says is that there are rumours, which there are! They continue despite Hassenhuttl's comments.

      I agree it could have mentioned that but I don't think it's that huge an omission?

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      1. Kudo Warrior
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Forster is £4m, I'm likely bringing him in on my WC as my bench fodder on the off chance the rumour becomes reality.

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      2. Well you know, Triffic
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Asked whether he had considered keeping Forster in for more league games, Hasenhuttl said: “No. I have seen the games and I cannot see many mistakes from Alex.

        “In the last game (against Newcastle) there was one, the third goal wasn’t looking good.

        “But with the other two, there was no chance to make a save. He kept us so often in games this season.”

        https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/19087654.hasenhuttl-not-considered-giving-forster-premier-league-game-time/

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        1. R.C
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Would like to know his thoughts after Wolves game as well

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          1. Well you know, Triffic
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            When none of the goals were McCarthy's fault? Cool start Forster this week.

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            1. R.C
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Why not? They're losing games and not keeping CS.

              If Forster can step in for one game, keep a CS and win, why the f not?

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              1. Well you know, Triffic
                • 13 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Very limited understanding of football.

                Bye.

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                1. Christina.
                  • 14 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  link your team.

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                  1. Well you know, Triffic
                    • 13 Years
                    3 years, 1 month ago

                    Hi stalker.

                    Bye!

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              2. Kudo Warrior
                • 10 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                That's not likely to happen. Managers don't tend to chop and change keepers. The moral of a keeper is something to keep high, so he'd only drop him if he did a bunch of clangers in a row.

                Or he rotates them both equally to keep the "competition" element (VERY unlikely).

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  10. KAALI_DAAL
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Which player you lose for Raphinha for free?

    Gundo
    Grealish

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    1. Zlatan F.C
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      None

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    2. Sam FPLFamily
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Grealish - but with a plan to swap back for the villa doubles when we get news

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  11. thepuntmaster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Werner or Vardy on WC?

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    1. fpork
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure if I would get any of them. Kane, Watkins, Antonio, Bamford are more tempting imo.

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    2. shaunyjames
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Vardy of those two but id rather neither of them

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    3. Vlekz
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I am going vardy. Fixtures are too good to pass

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      • Kudo Warrior
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        10000000% Vardy.

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      • Christina.
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        neither?

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      • pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Vardy first - think he's a really interesting pick.

        Not sure that his potential double is that much worse than the Spurs one - Chelsea are likely to get a really tough one. There's been little sign of Vardy managed minutes and I can't see Rodgers wanting to miss out on CL again.

        Werner from 27 has a great fixture run.

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      • Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Vardy of the 2 but I'd prefer Barnes/ Maddi for their value over Vardy atm

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    4. fpork
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If Cavani is confirmed out, should I do Cavani->Ings? Grealish is first on bench. And should I consider doing the move regardless of any confirmation about Cavani's fitness?

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      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        yeah regardless

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    5. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If you had to pick just 1, who would it be?
      A. Raphinha
      B. Ings

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      1. Avery
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        B

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    6. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Anyone capping a SGW player, if so who?

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      1. shaunyjames
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Bruno would be my only consideration but scared not to captain Bamford

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      2. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I have the VC on Bruno - but currently capping Bamford - likely to be a huge mistake but I feel compelled!

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

        Edging back to Bruno

        Neither Raph nor Bamford are regulars with double digits - just 4 between them I think. Bruno of course has several. Think the likely ceiling for all 3 is similar when you factor in SGW and DGW.

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    7. shaunyjames
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Went from sitting over 2 million in GW 12 to 140k now, suppose you can turn it around. Sorry for the humble brag

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      1. Geoff
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        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Apology accepted 😉

        Now turn that 140k into top 10k!

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        1. shaunyjames
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Expecting all red arrows from here on out

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      2. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Well played!

        I went from 3M in GW4, to 400k in GW12 to 59k in GW19 - now at 79k

        It's a rollercoaster but as long as you're moving in the right direction should be a strong finish!

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      3. ilikewud
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Went 4.8 mil in GW5 to 100k (I was in the top 100k 3 gws ago but didn't own Gundo until this week and that really hurt)

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      4. sunzip14
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I have a similar story. 598k GW16- 33k now with all chips intact. Hope the green arrows continue 😀

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    8. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      ehhh some Fixture updates would be nice...

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    9. Fit_to_drop
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I missed out on a 41 point Bench Boost of Pope, Lowton, Rudiger, Lookman last week. Backed out of it at the 11th hour and didn't do the 2 transfers to complete the boost.

      Im not sure there will be better chances. With rotation in the top squads prevalent, you cant target the bigger teams with safety - or else their players are out of budget. Better off with mid-table teams that are in form at the time.

      Plus, this chip is now actively contending with the TC chip.

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      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        So what is your plan B for the chip?

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    10. Ci Siamo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      So is EL Mohamedy basically nailed now for Villa at RB?

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    11. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why is Gundo still flagged?

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      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        think pep has said he should be ok, so still some doubt.

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      2. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Until Pep officially says he is fit to play will stay flagged

        He seems 50:50 for the weekend atm

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      3. Kudo Warrior
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Waiting for the offcial statement from the presser (tomorrow I guess).

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    12. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Torn on whether to be safe or proactive!

      A) Roll 1FT to GW26 and then:
      1. Antonio, Pope > Kane, fodder (2FT)
      2. Antonio, Son > Kane, Barnes/ Maddison (2FT)
      3. Antonio, DCL > Vardy, Watkins (2FT)

      B) Antonio > Ings for free this week and then one of the above in GW26 for -4

      1FT 3.4itb
      Pope
      Dias, Dallas, Shaw
      Salah, Bruno, Son, Gundogan, Raphinha
      Bamford (C), DCL
      (Martinez) (Stones, Antonio, Coufal)

      Planning TC in 26 and WC in 30 prob.
      Cheers!

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      1. waltzingmatildas
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        1

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        1. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks that's my default plan atm

          Although I do feel like I want to get onboard LEI attack soon....

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    13. manu4life99
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Start Areola(SHU) or Martinez(LEI)?

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      1. KAALI_DAAL
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        The Nipple Man

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    14. KAALI_DAAL
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Grealish and Antonio to Raph and Ings for free?

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    15. hogree
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Play Richarlison or get Ings (-4)?

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      1. KAALI_DAAL
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Rich

        Wont be surprised if Liverpool concedes a couple from him.

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    16. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ings or Dallas for this week? Getting Ings would require selling pope to free up funds.

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    17. fpork
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Play three:
      1) Grealish (lei)
      2) Tarkowski (wba)
      3) Targett (lei)
      4) Dias (ars)
      5) Cancelo (ars)

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    18. SuperDan
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Get Sanchez or Areola on WC?

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    19. waltzingmatildas
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Liking the look of Brighton and Fulham defence. Which do you prefer?
      A) sanchez and tosin (best ful def?)
      B) areola and White

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    20. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Play

      A. Pope vs west brom home
      B. Mccarthy vs chelsea home/leeds away?

      Tia

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      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        martinez, because Leicester will have 50 pea roller shots from 40 yards and Martinez will score 25 points.

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        1. No Professionals
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          AND YES I AM BITTER

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        2. Luton_Fan
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Mccarthy not martinez

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      2. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        A for me

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    21. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Afternoon guys.
      Simple one, Martinez ( H Lei )
      or
      Pope ( H WBA )

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    22. Sz21
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Which team would you consider less of an attacking threat between WBA and CRY?

      Choosing between Areola + Sanchez for the BB basically.

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      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Haven't checked the info about him but depends if Zaha is back.

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        1. Boom XhakaLacaSaka
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          hes out

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