Tom Freeman's FPL Gameweek 26 team, transfer plans + captain

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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O’Reilly
Andersen
Damsgaard

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	166.6%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	117.0%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	94.4%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	101.7%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	96.8%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	94.3%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	84.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	82.7%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.4%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	83.5%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	81.0%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	80.0%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.8%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	76.6%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	69.1%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	74.4%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.7%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	69.1%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	64.1%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.6%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	61.8%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	56.6%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	54.2%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	50.9%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	52.2%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.5%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	43.8%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	42.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	42.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	42.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	43.3%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	43.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	118.2%	Very Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	122.6%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	99.7%	Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	100.3%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	98.7%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	96.6%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	95.7%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.9%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	94.0%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.3%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	94.0%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	93.3%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	92.6%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.4%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	91.5%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	91.0%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.9%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.9%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	85.9%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.7%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	87.4%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	84.9%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	84.9%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.0%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	84.9%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.3%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.2%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	83.4%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	83.2%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	82.9%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	81.5%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	82.2%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	82.2%	Unlikely
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	82.1%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.7%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	81.3%	Unlikely

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

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Tom Freeman’s FPL Gameweek 26 team, transfer plans + captain

24 February 2024 944 comments

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Our team of Hall of Famers and guest writers are offering regular contributions throughout the 2023/24 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) campaign. Here, five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman shares his team and discusses his Gameweek 26 transfer plans.

As we head into Gameweek 26’s reduced fixture list, many managers are struggling to field eleven players, myself included.

Deciding on a correct course of action is tricky, given that I might Wildcard in Gameweek 27, but there are several plans available which I’ll run through here.

Transfers this week will very much depend on one’s own team, but hopefully, this piece will give you some ideas that you may find useful.

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El_Matador
1 year, 9 months ago
Seen a few mention basing their final decision off leaks about the City lineup, yet they don't play until half 5?
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1. Zenith UK
  1 year, 9 months ago
  They're away. On the bus/travel etc etc
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2. Sun Jihai
  1 year, 9 months ago
  City leaks can come out quite early. Sometimes to leaks only go to the private paid channel that some of the content creators use though.
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3. El_Matador
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Thanks for your sensible replies both.
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The FPL Units
1 year, 9 months ago
White or Saliba?
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1. Kaneyonero
  1 year, 9 months ago
  White but I went with Gabby
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2. Bluetiger1
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Saliba
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FRANKS_BOYS
1 year, 9 months ago
2FT

Areola
Gabriel Schar Konate
Saka Luiz Foden KDB
Watkins Haaland Darwin

Darwin > Solanke / Toney
Konate > White / Reguilon
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1. Zenith UK
  1 year, 9 months ago
  You'll want Solanke next week (and DGW28) so has to be him for me, even if Toney outscores him this week. Unless you want to roll the Konate transfer (jesus, Konate...)
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  1. FRANKS_BOYS
    1 year, 9 months ago
    Thanks
    
    I could roll the FT to next week and go
    
    KDB > Salah
    Drop Palmer/Konate
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Teomi
1 year, 9 months ago
Zinchenko will most likely start on the bench.

So who to start:
A Zink
B Branthwaite
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1. outernational
  1 year, 9 months ago
  B
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2. Podorsky
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Branthwaite, for me its between Zinchenko and Taylor or Burn. I know, dismal choices. Not Burn actually, he has been a nightmare to own.
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sthelenslad92
1 year, 9 months ago
Finishing off my wildcard:
A) Martinez & Garnacho
B) Areola & Bailey
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1. Bluetiger1
  1 year, 9 months ago
  A
  
  All the best
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hogree
1 year, 9 months ago
Start Mykolenko or Mainoo?
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1. yeahbuddy
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Mainoo
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timPgoodwin
1 year, 9 months ago
Should I start Semenyo or 4 defenders?

Saliba - Trippier - Pau - Reguilon
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Letsgo!
1 year, 9 months ago
Any manc leaked lineup?
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1. The Knights Template
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Askhole!
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boc610
1 year, 9 months ago
9 starters .. should I take a hit for Udogie (dont want to get rid of gusto)?
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1. The Knights Template
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Nope
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  1. Letsgo!
    1 year, 9 months ago
    Replyhole!
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2. Effe
  1 year, 9 months ago
  I don’t think it’s worth a hit
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GENERATION X
1 year, 9 months ago
Kdb to Neto done. If Kev gets some full minutes under his belt I might go back but with cup games as well I think he is in cotton wool. Dont like the fact its a niggle in same place.

Also fixtures for Neto after Sheff U look ideal for his countering pace. ONeill is working with him on more goal output so hope to see that
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the dom 1
1 year, 9 months ago
Which would you get this GW?

a. Gross

b. Hee Chan

any why ?

Cheers
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1. Mambino
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Gross - cos everyone is going Hwang and when that happens it's normally massively disappointing
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2. Effe
  1 year, 9 months ago
  B
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They are eating the dogs
1 year, 9 months ago
Bench one:
A) Emerson vs BRE
B) Trippier vs ARS
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1. Sun Jihai
  1 year, 9 months ago
  B
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-GK22-
1 year, 9 months ago
Bebop > Rocksteady -4?
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1. The Knights Template
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Rocksteady Crew forever!
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2. Kay317
  1 year, 9 months ago
  + Shredder -8?
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tiger
1 year, 9 months ago
Which GK to play?

1) Pickford away v Brighton

2) Areola home v Brentford
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1. AC/DC AFC
  1 year, 9 months ago
  2
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  1. tiger
    1 year, 9 months ago
    thanks...i always seem to pick the wrong one, so can't trust my judgement anymore 😀
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2. The Mentaculus
  1 year, 9 months ago
  1
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3. yeahbuddy
  1 year, 9 months ago
  1
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Coaly
1 year, 9 months ago
Can I do better on FH?

Sa,
Walker Gabriel Semedo
KDB Saka Odegaard Gross Hwang
Haaland Watkins

Dubravka, Andersen, Dalot, Mateta
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1. AC/DC AFC
  1 year, 9 months ago
  You'd probably not need to go with KDB?
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2. Sun Jihai
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Looks very good
  Think I'd be tempted to punt on Bruno over KDB given the suggestions he's not starting
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3. Dazzler
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Yes. Toney and Foden seem better picks in a starting 11. Not sure about walker either and I wouldn’t be punting on gross. So walker, gross/ode and KDB > saliba/?, Foden and Toney?
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  1. Coaly
    1 year, 9 months ago
    Gross is on fire
    
    Would like an extra Arsenal D but think they could net a few
    
    I think KDB starts after his rest
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Sgt Frank Drebin
1 year, 9 months ago
The guy leaking Man City lineups on Twitter just posted a picture of Pep roulette... The leaks better come early, because I don't really want to spend half a day in front of computer waiting for the news!
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1. BrockLanders
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Good chance Foden is benched I'd say. KDB gets a start
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  1. Sgt Frank Drebin
    1 year, 9 months ago
    That's what I'm fearing too. If both Foden and Dias are benched, then it could become quite a disaster and a potential -8 territory.
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2. The Knights Template
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Just ditch them all, time is not a renewable resource!
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  1. AC/DC AFC
    1 year, 9 months ago
    It is most years to be fair!
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3. Sun Jihai
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Haaland benched would be interesting.
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  1. Baps Hunter
    1 year, 9 months ago
    No reason for that though, as likely as fit Saka or Salah not starting.
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4. The Knights Template
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Good chance KDB benched and Foden starts.
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5. Defcons are for Kinnear
  1 year, 9 months ago
  To be fair, Pep roulette adds to FPL. Otherwise your Foden, Mahrez, Sterling etc. Picks would be template
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6. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Stop waiting, do something else and come back 20 minutes before dl! Problem solved.
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7. White Pony
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Don't do it then either way, its part of FPL which I just don't have time for at all. I'd rather be out for a walk in the sun not checking some dweeb on Twitter and giving them attention.
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Baps Hunter
1 year, 9 months ago
Zinchenko to Gabriel? Should have done it much earlier tbh.
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1. The Knights Template
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Yep
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  1. Baps Hunter
    1 year, 9 months ago
    Thx
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2. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 9 months ago
  -4 unfortunately, but I have no sub for him.
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Teddy10
1 year, 9 months ago
Play one:

A) Richards (h Burnley)
B) Estu (h Everton)
C) Van Hecke (h Everton)
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Tripleh123
1 year, 9 months ago
G2G for this week? A little worried Torres & Estupinan may be benched. Plan is to get in Trippier+Son for TAA+Foden/Bowen next week.

Areola
Torres* Estupinan* Gabriel
Foden Bowen Saka Hwang
Watkins Haaland(c) Solanke

Dubravka Porro* Palmer* TAA*
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Solly The Seagull
1 year, 9 months ago
What to do with this slot? 1ft 1.1itb

Areola
Estu Virgil Gabriel
Saka Foden Bowen Gross
Haaland Solanke Watkins

Dubravka Palmer Porro Udogie

Virgil to Pau or some else def? Plan is to save FH for GW34 or 37
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1. Van der Faart
  1 year, 9 months ago
  10 isn't a bad number for this week. You could nearly roll the FT
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2. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Saliba or Pau
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Van der Faart
1 year, 9 months ago
Is -8 madness this week?

Archer, VVD, Richy to Watkins, Neto, Pau?

Martinez
Gabriel Estu Livra
Saka KDB Foden
Solanke Haaland Archer

Areola Richy VVD Palmer Gusto
2.2 ITB, few doubtful ones in that 10 i have available too. Livra, Archer.
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1. the dom 1
  1 year, 9 months ago
  TBF I'm in the same boat with a - 8 this week too as I dont want to waste a chip on a BGW.
  
  GL 😉
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  1. Van der Faart
    1 year, 9 months ago
    Been playing with no shackles this season, its been going well lately but now I've started to gain ground I'm reverting to safety. Not good but can't help it!
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2. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 9 months ago
  I went for Saliba instead of Pau, I expect him to get more points even without gw29 fixture.
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  1. Van der Faart
    1 year, 9 months ago
    Even with Gabriel in my team already?
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The Pep Revolution
1 year, 9 months ago
8.9 to spend on two defenders.
I'm thinking Maguire and Senesi.

Current team is:
Areola Dubravka
Gabriel Alex Moreno Reguilon Kabore Lascelles
KDB Foden Saka Palmer Richarlison
Haaland Watkins Adebayo

Is there anyone else I should consider instead?
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MIGHTY JOE
1 year, 9 months ago
With price not in the consideration: Is Pau or Moreno the best option?
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1. Rupert The Horse
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Pau
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2. WiredWeasel
  1 year, 9 months ago
  I have Moreno but I'm not sure I'd buy either unless not using the FH chip in 29 is your Plan A for that week.
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  1. MIGHTY JOE
    1 year, 9 months ago
    Cheers both. Plan is to not FH GW29.
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TochanMama
1 year, 9 months ago
Who would you start?
Pickford or Onana?
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it lies in the proles
1 year, 9 months ago
Any love for Coufal?
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1. Rupert The Horse
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Maybe in draft, less risk and importance.
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lewis274
1 year, 9 months ago
Anyone for Watkins cap?
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1. AC/DC AFC
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Yes
  
  Definitely
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Dr.Acula
1 year, 9 months ago
Put my foot down to watch games with the lads or have dinner with the missus for a -4?
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1. White Pony
  1 year, 9 months ago
  What's the ceiling on dinner with missus?
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  1. Dr.Acula
    1 year, 9 months ago
    non existant
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2. Van der Faart
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Dinner with the missus for -4. Potential for extra bonus to cover the hit.
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  1. Dr.Acula
    1 year, 9 months ago
    took 2 subpar hits last week. didnt work out well
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    1. Van der Faart
      1 year, 9 months ago
      Should be on the goals imminent table at that rate
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3. Rupert The Horse
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Early dinner, miss the 17:30 game. Watch the late game with the lads.
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  1. Dr.Acula
    1 year, 9 months ago
    man with a plan
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4. The Pep Revolution
  1 year, 9 months ago
  Must also consider future gameweeks.
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  1. Dr.Acula
    1 year, 9 months ago
    i seem to be taking weekly hits
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Wolfman180
1 year, 9 months ago
KDB to Saka for -4? or just play KDB?
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CRAZY TRAIN
1 year, 9 months ago
This Hojlund injury and the timing of it is an absolute b1tch. Made my transfer yesterday before it was announced. Had high hopes for points from him this week, proper screwed me it has.
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SpaceCadet
1 year, 9 months ago
Darwin > solanke for a hit yes or no? Already on -4.

Areola
Gabriel pau reg baldock
Kdb saka foden hwang
Haaland Watkins
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