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Rogers	AVL	7.2m	113.5%	Very Likely
James	CHE	5.6m	93.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	94.6%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	94.3%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	82.7%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	80.7%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	79.7%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	76.5%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	75.0%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.9m	65.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	74.4%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	73.5%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	69.0%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	68.2%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	64.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.1%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	65.1%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	62.5%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	58.4%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	61.1%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	56.4%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	57.9%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	51.8%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	55.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.7%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	50.7%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.5%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	48.1%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	48.7%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	46.1%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	46.3%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	45.5%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	44.1%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	43.3%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	42.9%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	41.1%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	42.7%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	39.5%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	39.4%	Unlikely

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Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.0%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.2m	101.7%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	101.7%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	100.8%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	101.0%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.3%	Very Likely
March	BHA	5.8m	101.1%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	100.6%	Very Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.4%	Very Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.3%	Very Likely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	100.5%	Very Likely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	99.2%	Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	99.7%	Maybe
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	100.0%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	97.5%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	97.7%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	96.9%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	96.2%	Maybe
Doucouré	CRY	4.9m	95.3%	Maybe
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.7%	Maybe
Isidor	SUN	5.5m	93.4%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.1%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	95.1%	Maybe
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	93.3%	Unlikely
James	LEE	5.3m	94.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	93.4%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	92.9%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	92.6%	Unlikely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	92.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	91.3%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	90.7%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	90.2%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	89.1%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	88.1%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	84.8%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	87.5%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	87.5%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	85.1%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:40am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B, Vs, Inj, Sus
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:49am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

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Dugout Discussion

Bournemouth v Man City team news: Alvarez, De Bruyne + Walker benched

24 February 2024 569 comments

Skonto Rigga

There’s a first Premier League benching of the season for Julian Alvarez as Manchester City face Bournemouth in the early evening kick-off.

The match at the Vitality Stadium gets underway at 17:30 GMT.

Alvarez is one of three City players to make way from the side that beat Brentford in midweek.

Also dropping out are Kyle Walker, who has now been benched in three of City’s last six league fixtures, and Oscar Bobb.

Nathan Ake, Matheus Nunes and Mateo Kovacic come in to the side.

Kevin De Bruyne has travelled to the south coast but, as feared, he is only among the City substitutes again.

Jack Grealish is also surprisingly on the bench, despite being ruled out of this contest by Pep Guardiola on Friday.

As for the hosts, Andoni Iraola makes just one change to the Bournemouth XI that started last Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Newcastle.

It’s an enforced alteration, too, as Milos Kerkez replaces the injured Lloyd Kelly.

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Bournemouth XI: Neto, Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Christie, Cook, Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier, Solanke.

Subs: Radu, Travers, Mepham, Faivre, Ouattara, Scott, Sinisterra, Unal, Kinsey-Wellings.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Akanji, Stones, Dias, Ake, Rodri, Kovacic, Foden, Nunes, Silva, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Walker, Grealish, Doku, De Bruyne, Alvarez, Gomez, Bobb, Lewis.

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Randaxus
1 year, 10 months ago
#JusticeforAke
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Total Foot 5
1 year, 10 months ago
Kdb , best move pls?

1 ft to foden
2 ft to Neto
3 keep, he start next gw
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1. Randaxus
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Well it would be Son or Salah if you have enough money.
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  1. Total Foot 5
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Got sala alr ady, yep can get son Bak or Madison?
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    1. Randaxus
      1 year, 10 months ago
      I have not decided if I will get Son or Salah but I think I will get one of them, also you could get another spurs mid instead of Son.
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2. Sun Jihai
  1 year, 10 months ago
  If you've got Salah already then 3, he presumably will start and Man Utd not exactly looking a rock solid defence!
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  1. Sun Jihai
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Wouldn't want to jump to Son too early, he didn't look encouraging last match
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  2. Total Foot 5
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Tough gamble w kdb ..wat about going for Madison? Or Neto?
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theodosios
1 year, 10 months ago
I'm really happy that I removed (C) from Watkins in the last minute and gave it to Haaland.
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1. jimbe4mXL
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Same here :/
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2. noissimbus
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Same. Reminded me of why I don't usually react to last minute info.
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3. Bluetiger1
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Ditto
  
  Last week decided to last min transfer out Watkins for Darwin,
  now transfer back but still not learnt
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  1. Gazwaz80
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Me too 😀
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jimbe4mXL
1 year, 10 months ago
KdB and Haaland downgrade to get Salah and Son in looks tempting.
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Babit1967
1 year, 10 months ago
Saka (C) could be gold here
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1. Randaxus
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Maybe I am crazy but I still think I am going to captain Haaland against united next week, I think it will be a close one.
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Sun Jihai
1 year, 10 months ago
Reminder Arsenal defence EO is now 122% and so only Gabriel/Saliba owners want Arsenal to concede here
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1. Randaxus
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I also have Gordon, so I think I would prefer them all to score a goal haha.
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2. putana
  1 year, 10 months ago
  yup was just about to say that
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3. Alan The Llama
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Pretty sure people who don't own Arsenal defenders want them to concede too.
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4. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 10 months ago
  There is one cs point for mids also, but Saka being basically 100% owned, yes. However, for those with Øde + Saka + Gabriel/Saliba Ars conceding doesn't mean much. 1 pt is 25% of 4 pts, so basically grey arrow.
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Sun Jihai
1 year, 10 months ago
At least it will get Haaland's captaincy down for next GW

MUN shots in box conceded in last 6 games:
12 (TOT), 12 (wol), 13 (WHU), 18 (avl), 13 (lut), 11 (FUL)

No team has conceded more shots or shots in the box in this 6 game period 🙂
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CoracAld2831
1 year, 10 months ago
KdB to...?

A: Salah
B: Son
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1. The Mighty Hippo
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Salah, especially if you already have Richarlison.
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  1. Randaxus
    1 year, 10 months ago
    It depends if he is going to free hit because Son has an extra fixture including 29.
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denial
1 year, 10 months ago
Kdb has been an fpl disaster
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1. Sun Jihai
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Feels like any kind of targeting for the DGW has really backfired. Would have been much happier if I just ignored likes of Jota + Darwin, still had my TC chip etc!
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  1. denial
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Yeah I attacked the dgw and it's been a joke tbh
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    1. Steamboat Willy Boly
      1 year, 10 months ago
      Me too. Rank dropped like a stone
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  2. Baps Hunter
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Yes. However, that was just extremely unlucky in many ways.
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  3. Bluetiger1
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Ditto
    
    Muck my squad up & points
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2. g40steve
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Defo shoe in for United
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3. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Glad I sold him for Hwang (-4), but total hit cost (-12) really hurts. Injuries are usually impossible to predict.
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4. HashAttack
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Made 0.3m on him - some consolation
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5. St Pauli Walnuts
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Can't allow for injuries. Though he obviously carries more risk than most with history.
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Old Wulfrunian
1 year, 10 months ago
I knew the risk with Trossard(c) but don't regret it and still hoping for something.
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F4L
1 year, 10 months ago
only 1 goal from haaland's last 20 shots, a combined 3.1 xG. booo
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1. Bluetiger1
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Yep
  
  I know the moment I drop him or not selected as captain he will score loads,
  will watch this space - form not great but like against Chelsea should have had
  at least four sitters missed
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Fabreghastly
1 year, 10 months ago
My planned move for 27 is Foden to Son

Not sure I shouldn't wait a week
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1. g40steve
  1 year, 10 months ago
  HOLD !
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2. HNI
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I think Foden is season keeper
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3. Eze Really?
  1 year, 10 months ago
  It was confirmed to me today Foden is world class
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camarozz
1 year, 10 months ago
I'm surprised there's not more Braithwaite owners seeing as he's so cheap?I played him over Taylor thankfully
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1. tiger
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I have him...has done me well over the last 6 GWs
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oi no professionals
1 year, 10 months ago
Haaland blank. The stage is set for us Hwang hero’s, what could possibly go wrong?
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1. MikeS
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Not a.blank got assist
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  1. oi no professionals
    1 year, 10 months ago
    That’s a blank for that goal scoring robot
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    1. St Pauli Walnuts
      1 year, 10 months ago
      He should switch the auto pilot back on, manual override is haemorrhaging FPL points.
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2. nerd_is_the_werd
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I'm expecting a solitary return from Hwang (c).
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g40steve
1 year, 10 months ago
Keep Darwin or move to Solanke, Burnley then DGW Sheff / Luton
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1. HNI
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I would get Solanke as Liverpool have too many matches now so will be lot of benchings. Can advice me below mate?
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2. Biggsy
  1 year, 10 months ago
  For free, yes.
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  1. Baps Hunter
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Even for a hit worth considering.
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HNI
1 year, 10 months ago
Which of these is better?
1) Play Gross
2) Do Adebayo to Solanke(-4) and play Solanke, bench Gross
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1. nerd_is_the_werd
  1 year, 10 months ago
  At this rate, Gross is undroppable imo.
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2. Randaxus
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Solanke could kill people next week if he gets a brace or a hat-trick he will have 50% or 60% EO, even a few people will captain him, as Haaland Watkins Solanke and Saka are all captainable.
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3. Steve The Spud
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I’d play gross, every time he gets a return he gets 2-3 bps
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4. Biggsy
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I'd want both Gross and Solanke tbh
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5. g40steve
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Solanke play Burnley & then has DGW Sheff & Luton my TC candidate
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6. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 10 months ago
  What's your team?
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  1. Baps Hunter
    1 year, 10 months ago
    I'd want Solanke
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    1. Baps Hunter
      1 year, 10 months ago
      You need him for dgw28 anyway
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  2. HNI
    1 year, 10 months ago
    The team I am have is
    Saliba VanDijk vanHecke Estupian Taylor
    Foden Son Saka Rich Gross
    Haaland Watkins Adebayo
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Biggsy
1 year, 10 months ago
Pickford, Areola,
Gabriel, Maguire, Pau, Porro, Gusto
KDB, Foden, Salah, Hwang, Garnacho
Haaland, Watkins, Adebayo

KDB & Adebayo to Salah & Solanke (-4) looking good I think
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1. The FPL Units
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Yes
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2. Bluetiger1
  1 year, 10 months ago
  keep eye on defence & fixtures
  
  Pau - possible injured
  Porro - not 100% sure if back for GW27
  
  otherwise - gtg with KDB & Adebayo to Salah & Solanke (-4) -YES
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Bluetiger1
1 year, 10 months ago
Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace next week can you see an upset after
Palace 3-0 win under their new manager Oliver Glasner today with Eze expected back
next week worth a punt?
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1. Sun God Nika
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Defo with new manager bounce of high attack tactics
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  1. Sun God Nika
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Spurs would score though
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    1. Bluetiger1
      1 year, 10 months ago
      Thanks Sun - just trying to find a difference to template options
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Twisted Saltergater
1 year, 10 months ago
An exciting 0-0 pls
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Bluetiger1
1 year, 10 months ago
Does anyone know if Villa's is Pau Torres injured?
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1. VGD
  1 year, 10 months ago
  He is. Had to be replaced by 6th choice cb Chambers.
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Ginkapo FPL
1 year, 10 months ago
Get Trossard on
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VGD
1 year, 10 months ago
Want to bring in Solanke for next gw but don't know which forward to sell. Have Haaland, Watkins, and Morris. Was originally going to sell Watkins but he's in really good form, and Morris has a dgw coming up. Do I:

a) Sell Watkins
b) Sell Morris
c) Not buy Solanke

I have Bailey so thinking he might cover Watkins' points, but still hard to say.
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1. Baps Hunter
  1 year, 10 months ago
  B
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  1. Baps Hunter
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Watkins has fixture gw29 and he can easily outscore Morris in sgw vs Morris having dgw
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  2. VGD
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Tks
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    1. VGD
      1 year, 10 months ago
      Yeah makes sense. Pleased he served me well in double gw25 though!
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VGD
1 year, 10 months ago
Jota to Salah or Son? Thinking about blank gw29 but scared Salah could punish me.
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