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19 July 2012 2647 comments
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And we’re off….Having released the Player Price List earlier on this week, the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game is now officially up and running for the 2012/13 campaign, allowing us to tinker with our teams ahead of the big kick-off on Saturday August 18:

In conjunction with Tuesday’s revelation, our coverage of the player valuations continues to pick up pace. Having rolled out our analysis of the Goalkeepers and Defenders, we followed that up with a look at the Midfielders earlier this afternoon – no prizes for guessing the Forwards are on tomorrow’s agenda.

For now, though, let’s not waste any further time – our patience has been tested enough. Head off to the official site and get your team registered for the new season, folks, and let the planning begin.

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  1. little_wizard123
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Not seen anybody mention Holt at £6.5m. Shouldn't suffer from rotation, and 15 goals in 2249 minutes in pretty good.

    Papiss Cisse also scored 13 goals in 1106 minutes. That's incredible stuff, and it'd be nice to have an attacking Newcastle player. Ben Arfa at 7.5 is the only other option worth the money from them.

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      he won't be rotated this season i would think.

      could be a great option

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    2. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      I think with Holt there's a certain anxiety over the change of manager which could result in a more defensive display from Norwich.

      I don't know why I don't fancy Cisse, I feel (probably incorrectly) that Newcastle won't have as good a season this time around.

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      1. little_wizard123
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Newcastle, when Cisse started, played to get the best out of him. They may end up playing 4-3-3 (don't see why they wouldn't) and with other teams, there are a lot of possible goalscorers. Ben Arfa could also be a huge points scorer - his PPG was only slightly lower than Valencia's and should be even better this season with a proper run in the team.

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    3. ronty
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      +1 to this

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  2. kaz 96
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    are we going to have league rankings this year? no point in advertising my big league(through username) otherwise

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  3. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Just looked at Sunderland's home fixtures. Most of them are pretty tasty, think I might stick with McClean for the foreseeable future unless someone pokes their head up.

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  4. jhill89
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    team so far likely to change 1,251,565 times before the season starts, feel free to rate

    DDG/Jaaskelainen

    Clichy/Vertonghen/Cole/Hooiveld/Cuellar

    Silva/Noble/Gerrard/Ben Arfa/N'Zogbia

    Rooney/Graham/Pogrebrynak

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    1. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      You don't want Gerrard for a fair few weeks. Too much in defence.

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      1. jhill89
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        was thinking that, noted 🙂

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  5. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    TEST

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    1. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      ICLES

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      1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Nice one! All good mate? Team in yet?

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  6. gooner dave
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Evening all. Just to re confirm, there's no scout H2H leagues this year right?

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    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Talks are ongoing...at this moment in time, it's a "no". I'm still calming down this evening, so I'll give leagues more thought over the weekend.

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  7. Arsenals Number 10
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    lolp

    De Gea 6 Begovic 4.5

    Tierney 4 Cashley 6.5 Clichy 6 Gorkss 4 Fonte 4

    Noble 5 N zogbia 6.5 Hazzard 9.5 Silva 10 Gervinho 7.5

    Torres 10 Adebayor 9.5 Pog 5

    2 million left to do Torres to Rooney after GW1
    thoughts appreciated

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    1. Djerbil
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      I have just ditched the De Gea/Bego combo..They have horrible rotation...Look at Week 5,7,9,16 when u will want to avoid DDG

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      1. little_wizard123
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        If I have De Gea, which I will, he will probably play every game. They'll be even stronger defensively this year.

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        1. Djerbil
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          U probably won't want to play him away at Liverpool,Newcastle, Chelsea and City..The four weeks I have mentioned

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          1. little_wizard123
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 4 months ago

            Maybe, I wouldn't be that against playing him though. We may see tighter bigger games, last season saw some incredible results.

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          2. JK - Cønt ⭐
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 4 months ago

            Davis or Federici to rotate with him.

            I'm having Vidic, he will be playing every week for me regardless.

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      2. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        De Gea is going to be a constant in my team if he's starting weekly. United are generally defensively strong and De Gea showed himself to be a good goalkeeper towards the end of last season, even if United do concede he'll manage a few save points.

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          United will be better defensively this season for 2 reasons

          1) De Gea has more PL experience

          2) Vidic is fit

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          1. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 4 months ago

            Undeniably logic which will hopefully become undeniable reality.

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  8. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Best Cheap Keeper that plays?

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Jask, Green, Federici

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      1. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks!

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  9. PDM TOP 1,000 any Season rc…
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Still haven`t tinkered with my random squad yet ..... how long will it take before I break !!

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    1. Evs
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Nor me PDM.... Autofill until August for Evs 😉

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    2. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      It's horrible...i've started tinkering but wished I hadn't. Every team I make, I hate. Sleep on it and come back tomorrow. I even put Moses in just now - that's surely a lack of sleep.

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      1. Evs
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Mark, sleep until August mate.

        Leave it, and enjoy July. . . If you can 😉

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      2. AP
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Shorey, Baines and Moses are surely all lording it up in your team.

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    3. Evs
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      PDM, just joined your 'best of the best' league 😉

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  10. Nopli
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Last year i joined a league called Galacticos 47449-26667 and finished top of that league but this year i did not rejoin that league but its still showing up in my leagues . I am the 2nd entrant along with the League Chairman. Does that mean the winner automatically gets selected?

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    1. ReinaMan
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      The chairman can choose to start the same league again, and everyone gets added in as they join

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    2. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      If the person who runs the league reinstates it, all previous participants are entered. You can leave it if you want 🙂

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    3. Nopli
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks 🙂

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  11. Grounderz
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    So when is FFS creating their leagues?

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    1. PDM TOP 1,000 any Season rc…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      I can`t remember which of Andy or Granny reactivates it ....... but rest assured it won`t be long .

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  12. pieces
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone have a link to the spreadsheet with defense pattern rotation for this season?

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  13. Hazard267
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Prices not in order yet its like

    there all mixed like not smallest to biggest

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    1. beric
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Change what they're ordered by, they will be on total points from last year to begin with, I think.

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    2. B.P.R.D.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Default seems to be sorted by last years total score.

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  14. COMH
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    What is the chat with the team ID's? Don't know what it's about?

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Higher the team ID the quicker you were to log on/sadder you are

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      1. kaz 96
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        mr. team sheets won't agree with this

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  15. isacki: full casual
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    After she started getting into it last year I've just made a team for the girlfriend... fingers crossed she doesn't finish above me.

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    1. LÖrKingMuch
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      😉 Like your team name btw. Whatcha think of mine (VazTeMataBoyce?)?

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        What's the matter boy? Haha it works.

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        1. LÖrKingMuch
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          Cool, I'll keep it so 😉 An earlier idea was VazTeShoreyMoses? ...

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  16. Le Bluff
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Might even captain Aguero ahead of any Chelsea player for GW 1.

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    1. beric
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      F that

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    2. LÖrKingMuch
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Boldly captaining Torres for now. And I so wasn't gonna go near him until today. Ah well, lots of time to change my mind over and over again.

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  17. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    I wanted 'Hazardous Dark Mata' until someone posted 'Terry's Dark Mata'. Back to the drawing board...

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    1. Djerbil
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      My Team name is Hazardous Mata..Its already copyrighted

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    2. Hate that rotation
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Are you a physicist?

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        I almost was, but i opted for Computer Science instead. I won a few awards in Physics A-level 🙂

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          ooh awards!!

          Which ones?

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          1. Piggs Boson
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 4 months ago

            Some national award for the best Physics coursework. I wrote a report on magnetic energy transfer and built a ball bearing gun to to record data. I also won a Governors award and this famous local news guy presented me with my sh*tty 'book voucher' 🙂

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            1. Hate that rotation
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 4 months ago

              Ooh nice.

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        2. Hate that rotation
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          Awards!? Only thing they gave me was a certificate at the end. 🙂

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  18. markm8
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    RMT the first of many

    DeGea Begovic

    Lescott A. Cole Koscielny S. Taylor Macartney

    Hazard McClean Toure Noble Guthrie

    Torres Tevez Suarez

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    1. arcadia
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      maybe too much on def, not sure about suarez....fixtures shit and too many question marks around liv. think maybe better alternatives to tour...barfa even ramires for first GW

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    2. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Suarez was poor value at 9.5 last year - why would he be any better at 9.5 this year? Jelavic at 8.5 surely!

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      1. markm8
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers lads! Will swap suarez for jelavic.

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        1. Joga Bonito®
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          Suarez will be at the Olympics but after that he'll be great value. Don't just jump to do what somebody tells you. Have a think about it,

          He'll be playing as the Centre of a 3 man attack which will suit his style down to a tee as it's the same formation he plays so brilliantly in for Uruguay.

          For me he's a must have after GW5

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  19. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    I'm looking good so far I think. First draft. Only worry is no Spurs

    DDG - Ruddy
    Cashley - Joleon - Jenkinson - Hooiveld - Cuellar
    TonyV - Dempsey - Noble - Cabaye - Lucas/5m
    Aguero-Torres-Graham

    Thought?

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    1. beric
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      If Dempsey's at Liverpool?

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      1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah of course

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    2. arcadia
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      midfield weak, dempsey? maybe better options at 9.5. lucas cabaye bit defensive.....nolan, pienaar around that level

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    3. Dan - We want our Trophy ba…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Just swap out Dempsey for Bale if you want some Spurs coverage.

      Or bring in Kaboul and downgrade somewhere.

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      1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks guys

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  20. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Rotation spreadsheet anyone?

    Thought I'd bookmarked it..

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      1. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks man

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  21. MJ6987
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Everyone on here had Cashley Cole at the start of last season, then ditched him soon after. Deja vu?

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  22. COMH
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Jenkinson to start at RB for Arsenal?

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  23. Solenya
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Checking the new link 😀

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  24. WithEase
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Got a little lost a few pages page:

    RMT?

    DDG, Jussi
    Ivanovic, Lescott, Kaboul, Hooiveld, Tierney
    Hazard, Bale, Noble, Sinclair, Britton
    Rooney, Torres, Pog

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    1. arcadia
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      not sure about ivan, chelsea looking for right back. maybe downgrade and upgrade britton sinclair....also sinclair bit punchy at 7m

      rest looks good

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    2. Joga Bonito®
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Sinclair is on Olympic duty too isn't he?

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      1. WithEase
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah he is, I originally had Lennon in place of Sinclair, but Sinclair's goal threat swung it for me. I might have to see closer to the time if Sinclair is likely to be rested for the first few games.

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        1. WithEase
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 4 months ago

          OK, swapped Sinclair for McClean and Britton for Maloney at least that way my reserve midfielder poses more of an attacking threat

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  25. Tim Canterbury
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Cashley rising to the top 25.8%

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    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      He is one of the auto-select players I think

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  26. Call Me Old Fashioned
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Missed launch, just made team. ID of 4877. How unsexy

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  27. B.P.R.D.
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Winterfell Wanderers?
    Yavin Yunited?
    Tralfamadore Town?

    DECISIONS.

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    1. B.P.R.D.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Or I could just go with ID: 18, cuz it's awesome.

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    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Tralfamadore = Billy Pilgrim?

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  28. isacki: full casual
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Since few other people seem to have jumped in I'm about to set up a little no-commitment fun league called "Opening Day League" for everyone who's here reading on opening day. How'd you like it - CLASSIC or HEAD TO HEAD? First to 5 votes wins.

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    1. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Classic

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    2. kaz 96
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      head to head is my vote

      though i prefer classic. gonna close it for new entries then?

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah I guess, that keeps it 'exclusive' of sorts doesn't it 😉

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    3. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      head to head for me.

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    4. Nopli
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      Classic

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    5. Tim Canterbury
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      head to head

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    6. COMH
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      H2H keeps the interest over a longer period.

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  29. isacki: full casual
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    Is it too early to link my team? Hahaha

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    1. Tim Canterbury
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 4 months ago

      i already have 😀

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  30. Back on the horse
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 4 months ago

    they should give last year's winner the #1, like in the tour de france

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