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FFScout adds Saudi Pro League Fantasy to 2025/26 coverage

18 August 2025 99 comments
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The Saudi Pro League (SPL), or Roshn Saudi League (RSL) as it’s currently known for sponsorship reasons, is one of the fastest-growing competitions in world football.

Most Fantasy managers will be conscious of it as a destination for leading assets from the Premier League and other top European competitions.

But for many others, it’s become another outlet for their Fantasy Football obsession – as they play the RSL Fantasy game (just launched for 2025/26)!

According to the organisers, over 500,000 managers were signed up last season, making it one of the top five played football-based Fantasy games in the world. Granted, that’s a long way short of the c.11M players boasted by FPL, and still a way off UCL Fantasy’s c.2M managers, but it’s more than engage with the official Bundesliga game (c.300K) and the Serie A Fantasy game, which sadly disappeared in the close season.

  • NOTE: Scout is not being paid to promote this game by the SPL/RSL

5 Reasons FPL players may fancy giving RSL Fantasy a go


1. Cold Hard Cash

Part of the reason for the popularity and why you may be interested in giving it a go is the generous prize structure on offer.

Where many Fantasy games offer quite simple prizes (match tickets, shirts, balls, etc), last year RSL Fantasy had a sizable cash pool of 500,000 SAR (around £100,000 GBP at current exchange rates), with half of that 250,000 SAR on offer for the winner alone. There were also weekly prizes, including iPhone 15 Max’s awarded to the top performing managers. This year’s prizes have not been finalised, but we’d expect them to be generous.

And of course, there’s also the FFS league to compete in, slightly more modest on the £££ front perhaps (see below), but certainly not lacking prestige!

2. Familiar-ish Rules

Another bonus is the broad similarity to the rule system of FPL. The game is run by ISM, the same people behind the FPL game, and has many similar core principles

It’s a season-long game, with changing player prices and points for goals, assists, clean sheets, etc. Although for the 2025/26 season, it’s added a lot more routes to points (see our impending introductory rules article for more on that!).

3. Familiar players

3pm team news: Watkins starts, Toney a sub 6

Naturally, no introductions are needed to the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Aleksandar Mitrovic or Ivan Toney, but the volume of familiar names is increasing all the time.

The summer we’ve seen Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez and Theo Hernandez from AC Milan joining Al Hilal, Chelsea’s Joao Felix and Bayern’s Kingsley Coman moving to Al Nassr, Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon to Neom SC and Mateo Retegui to Al Qadsiah.

4. Distinct Deadlines

For the most part, the Saudi league deadlines are earlier in the week than FPL, and later than UCL, typically on a Thursday or Friday (starting on Thursday 28 August). That means it won’t interfere too much with your final FPL planning!

5. FFScout is on hand to help!

Exciting changes to Fantasy Football Scout!

We’ll be running regular editorial content throughout the season as well as a guide to the key things you need to know in the remaining two weeks before the first deadline on Thursday August 28.

This will include weekly scout picks, captaincy articles and fixture frisking for all comers. Meanwhile, Chief Scout members will benefit from team reveals from top SPL managers, plus some Statsbomb data in the Members Area and likely a few other tools as well!*

(*N.B. This season, this will be a totally free addition as part of the existing FFS Chief Scout membership, as we will also be offering for UCL Fantasy. Due to the costs of data and editorial creation, we may need to separate these in the future).

Join the FFS League

You won’t be buying a fancy car or a small house if you win our mini-league, but you will get plenty of kudos and there’s over £550 worth of prize value up for grabs (see below).

MINI-LEAGUE PRIZE LIST: Over £550 of prize value!

  • 1st – £150 cash
  • 2nd – £100 cash
  • 3rd – £50 cash
  • 4th – Annual Chief Scout Membership
  • 5th – Annual Chief Scout Membership
  • 6th – 3x Months Membership
  • 7th – 3x Months Membership
  • 8th – 1x Month Membership
  • 9th – 1x Month Membership
  • 10th – 1x Monthly Membership

And just to be clear, none of this means there’ll be ANY departure from FPL. We’ve invested more than ever this season to overhaul the Members Area and tools and have our largest-ever team of staff writers and Pro Pundits devoted to providing you insights to help you win your mini-leagues, fuel banter and generally get the most out of your FPL season!

We’ll also be building in a new filter system shortly, which will allow those who just want to hear about certain games to filter their front pages accordingly.

Want to get involved? We have contributors on board, but we’re always interested in hearing more viewpoints, so get in touch: jobs@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

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  1. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 18 days ago

    LOL

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    1. Mother Farke
      • 1 Year
      3 months, 18 days ago

      Saudi cash grab lol

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    2. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      Ah yes, from the country where it's illegal to show affection. Let's promote that!

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      1. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Shocking behaviour, anything for ca$h

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  2. riot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 18 days ago

    lmao

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  3. Ghost Ship
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 18 days ago

    FFS should be clear whether there is a commercial arrangement for it to promote this game. Better than the endless gambling ads I suppose.

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    1. riot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      I considered this as a positive for a second before realising they will just do both

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      1. Ghost Ship
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        It’s a commercial site, free to take whatever dollar it wants, but the lack of transparency undermines trust and credibility.

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    2. FFScout Tom
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      No money has changed hands here! We are adding another game to our stable of content.

      Anything sponsored is always marked as such.

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      1. Ron_Swanson
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        That’s mad

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      2. Ghost Ship
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        We have to take your word for that, fine. But can’t you see how this is written up as a promotion - the article is all about why the league is great, why the fantasy game is great. Leading players and endless riches. This is not a credible article about the game, it’s a puff piece.

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      3. riot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        I can understand appealing to the non-european/younger market for sure. Obviously we all know that your traditional base has zero interest in this, with that in mind I hope the filter is very simple, easy to access, and persists between sessions.

        Adding the last point because ffscout was infuriatingly unique in that it refused to remember login sessions, although I will say the site update seems to have fixed that.

        I think if the site doesn't clearly have a 'FPL only' toggle, you're going to alienate people as the main articles become more of a pain to access. Selfishly would like the non-FPL content to be opt-in but I know that isn't going to happen.

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    3. ChrisjamesSM2
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      3 months, 18 days ago

      There’s no payment here. If we ever do a sponsored deal it’s clearly marked.

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  4. el polako
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 18 days ago

    Money talks.

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    1. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      But it don't sing and dance, and it don't walk.

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    2. FFScout Tom
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      This is not sponsored content.

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  5. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 18 days ago

    Oh F off Scout!

    Not only is the Saudi Pro League a bag of proverbial with very little interest in the actual matches, there is even less interest in their fantasy game. Are you really that hard up for cash that you need to attach yourselves to every football related game going? A little bit of integrity never went a miss, do better.

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    1. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      Saudi pro league is huge in the middle east. There will be people from that region that might be interested in the game. I don't see how it's different from the Norwegian league that's covered on here from an interest perspective

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      1. FFScout Tom
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        We have not taken any money and this content is not sponsored.

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        1. Ron_Swanson
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Get rid of it then!

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          1. Nightcrawler
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            Why? Just because you're not interested doesn't mean nobody else is. They're a fantasy gaming site covering a fantasy game

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            1. riot
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              3 months, 18 days ago

              Yeah I agree - I'm not really advocating they remove it or don't attempt to expand at all. I'd rather just see it less prominent

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        2. Ghost Ship
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Please see my above comment. This comes across as a puff piece for the game.

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    2. riot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      I'm a lifelong newcastle fan so I've already been through the ignorance

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    3. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      They can’t get EFL off the ground, no traffic on artivles must be soul destroying for the editors, so thry need a funding source to pay for that loss.

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  6. ted mcnure
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 18 days ago

    Could we please have Saudi women´s league?..

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  7. Yes Ndidi
    • 6 Years
    3 months, 18 days ago

    Loving the fact that 'familiar players' is being used to sell the game!
    Yeah, I'll sign up. I need to have Darwin and Lacazette back in my fantasy team.
    Said no-one, ever.

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  8. NoOneCares
      3 months, 18 days ago

      People on this site really do pee their pants at anything.

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      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        It's embarrassing. Complaining about a fantasy football site getting involved in a fantasy football game..

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      2. riot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        it isn't unreasonable to voice concern at change to something you're invested in, if there's justification

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    • Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      At least now the green colour scheme on here makes sense

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      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        It's a business, not a charity ya muppet

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        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Yea youre not allowed to criticize businneses. lol @ you

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      2. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Cracking response.

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    • The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      Leeds XI: Perri, Rodon, Struijk, Bogle Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Tanaka, Stach, James, Gnonto, Piroe.

      Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Tarkowski, Beto, Ndiaye, O'Brien, Dewsbury-Hall, Alcaraz, Gana, Garner, Iroegbunam.

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Subs: Darlow, Byram, Bornauw, Longstaff, Ramazani, Harrison, Nmecha, Gruev, Aaronso

        Subs: Travers, Tyrer, McNeil, Barry, Chermiti, Grealish, Coleman, Armstrong, Onyango

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    • Feanor
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      Robin Roefs is 0.6% owned. Could be worth having in a rotation with Dubravka.

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      1. jayzico
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        They don't rotate that well sadly

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    • TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 months, 18 days ago

      More drivel to add to the horrible site redesign, endless popups ads, gambling promotions and non-stop lag

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      1. ChrisjamesSM2
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        3 months, 18 days ago

        You don’t like the redesign?

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        1. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Nope, and this isn't just me being stuck in the mud - I genuinely don't see any meaningful improvements and even basic functionality, such as the profile page, was only fixed at least a week after the redesign went live. A lot of things were changed for the sake of change, such as the post and cancel buttons on the comments box - it's so easy to click the wrong one especially on mobile. Besides that, too many other technical niggles to count

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          1. ChrisjamesSM2
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 1 Year
            3 months, 18 days ago

            To be fair a lot of things were changed deliberately to make the site look more modern, fit a responsive site design where more and more people are on mobile, and (ideally) load faster. Ultimately the plan is to better sync the site, members tools and the app experience.

            It’s not perfect yet we realise, and stress testing is difficult, but a lot of work has gone in and will continue to update and improve the system.
            The challenge with systems that have been around for a long time is that it’s very hard to just update gently, you need to effectively restart. And do it whilst the site is live!

            But we do listen to comments and will take this on board.

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    • Naatie
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Like children throwing tantrums. It's by time the goons on here realize FFS is running a business, whether it floats your boat or not

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        1. riot
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          you will notice a lot of the criticism is coming from customers who've spent a lot of money supporting the site over the years - any business would be stupid to ignore that. you, by contrast, are much less valuable

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          1. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            Big businesses should listen to its users, no profits if no traffic.

            Lots of UK universities thought a tie up would be good for funding until the staff voiced concerns about the hidden side.

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      • FPL_trail_runner
        • 5 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        So on WC, and playing around with potential future templates. Defence full of DC monsters + Cucu who basically plays at times as a striker.

        IF Palmer and Saka continue to struggle (very few returns in months) due to Marseca setup + Arteta tactics being Mourinho II , then this could be a viable structure. Money in the bank to turn Saka back to Salah in week 3, with Gakpo a place holder for Eze if he goes to Spurs and Isak kills his minutes.

        Sunderland with there very low block, taking long shots and their center back getting DC while playing at home to West ham could be a nice rotating option.

        Roefs
        Ballard Lacroix Cucu
        Saka (to be Salah in 3), Reindeer , Semenyo, Cunha, Gakpo.
        Haaland (c), Strand larson
        4mil, Anderson, Bjoil , 4,5

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        1. Feanor
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Like it apart from Strand Larsen. The guy is being held together with tape.

          Still wondering why no one mentioned Roefs as a 4.5m option all preseason. Is he not nailed?

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          1. FPL_trail_runner
            • 5 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            Ya he is 50:50, could be gold with pens and price, dont see many options to deadend his spot and upgrade a defender ?

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            1. FPL_trail_runner
              • 5 Years
              3 months, 18 days ago

              actually Ait- Nouri ( place holder for Gvardiol to get DC or attacking returns could be an obvious upgrade on the 2mil defender), with the SL money.

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      • Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Funny how the ones who disagree with the premise air their views and gives their reasons. The ones who don’t like that resort to insulting the posters. Hang your heads in shame.

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        1. ChrisjamesSM2
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 1 Year
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Hi Count.
          Genuinely interested in viewpoint here. There is no cash grab, this is totally unpaid for content for a fast growing fantasy game that won’t impact at all on resources/content for FPL.
          Site also covers UCL, euros/World Cup/CWC Eliteserien and EFL - we’ve always looked at growing fantasy games before and this is in top 5 at present.

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          1. Nightcrawler
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            Part of making silly comments like the OP here is completely ignoring any valid counter arguments

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          2. Ghost Ship
            • 15 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            Not the OP but what was striking about this article is that it was not a piece about the game or the league per se, but how to join in. Perhaps no money changed hands, but if the game is so popular, so fast growing, why the marketing exercise?

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          3. riot
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            The simplest answer is that it's taking space that other articles could be in. Even if it's different authors (sure) and editors (unlikely), ultimately any new article pushes an older one further down. No problem if it's quality content, a negative for both regular and new users if it's poor content.

            Essentially that's the uncontroversial 'this is why this could be bad take

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      • The Night Trunker.
        • 2 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Could we please have more MILF photos please?
        Many thanks.

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        1. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Kate Garaway was all over the site earlier, that’s really encouraging for an inclusive site with a large young element.

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      • Solly The Seagull
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Roll ft with this team? 0.0itb

        Dubravka
        Porro Milenkovic Richards
        Saka(C) Palmer Bruno Wirtz Rogers
        Watkins Bowen

        Sels Porro VDV Guiu

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      • Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Hi guys, join my Fantasy Saudi League: akkj45383

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      • Radulfo28773
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        I should probably know the answer but if I’ve already made a FT (drunken mistake) and now play FH for GW2, does my team revert back to the original GW1 team (without the FT added player)? Thanks

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        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Yep, and affected by all of the price changes too.

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          1. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            So could be expensive

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      • Ball Ake
        • 1 Year
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Anyone got the Infantino mini league code, the cash prizes come in very big envelopes

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        1. Benedict_Alexander_Arnold
          • 1 Year
          3 months, 17 days ago

          Winners have to go to the embassy in Istanbul to collect their prize

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      • Meta12345
        • 1 Year
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Not branthwaite nor mykolenko in the starting 11, Piroe goals huge differential lets go!

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      • Cpthavoc
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Hi, could someone tell me the mods and cons league web address? Thanks in advance

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        1. tutankamun
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/9755/standings/c

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        2. TallestJohn
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          A couple of easy team IDs to remember if you want to find content creators' teams: 44 and 441 are Andy LTFPL and Az.

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      • rozzo
        • 12 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Would you bench boost this?

        Dubvraka
        Esteve
        Hartman
        Guiu

        Or wait for another Burnley home match?

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      • _Ninja_
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Konsa to Ballard worth a FT? He looks quite attacking.

        Sanchez
        Milenkovic Porro Diouf
        Salah Palmer Bruno Sarr Reijnders
        Watkins Pedro

        Dubravka Rodon Guiu Konsa

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        1. theshazly
          • 2 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Helly no
          Who is ballard !!

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      • Clickzy
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Should I get Konsa replaced for someone else?

        Got Diouf, VDV, Rodon & De Cuyper otherwise, doesn't seem like a positive gameweek devensively.

        Tempted to got for a sideways move and get Matty Cash in instead.

        Or should I just keep Konsa?

        Any better suggestions £4.5m and under?

        Cheers

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        1. Tonyawesome69
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Save FT - only one game suspension rather an injury

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        2. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Dorgu looked lively and adventurous.

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        3. Timanfaya
          • 2 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Roll.

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      • Tonyawesome69
        • 6 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        David Moyes speaking to Jamie Carragher about Jack Grealish on MNF.

        "I see him in both actually [wide and central], being able to play as a No.10 and No 11. He could easily be a midfield player. I want him for his attacking, for his goals and creativity."

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      • 1966 was a great year for E…
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Ronaldo to Salem Al-Dawsari for free?

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        1. theshazly
          • 2 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Sadio Pane

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      • Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        Would U do Wirtz ---> Saka for free?

        Rest of the attack is:

        Reminders Rogers Palmer Gakpo

        Haaland Pedro (4.5)

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        1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
          • 5 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          yeah

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        2. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          I’d drop Palmer before Wirtz. Wasterman

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          1. Nightcrawler
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            U reckon Wirtz gets more points than Palmer over next 3-4? Bold call!

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            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              3 months, 18 days ago

              Who knows? But I do know he has scored one open play goal in the last 17 Prem games, wouldn’t have score if they had played all day yesterday and costs £2m more than Wirtz.

              *bitter Captain

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              1. Nightcrawler
                • 6 Years
                3 months, 18 days ago

                Yeah I'm just waiting to see if maresca shifts him back to right wing where he played in the CWC

                He's simply useless playing in this role. Two more games there and he's out

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        3. theshazly
          • 2 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Naaah
          Give the man a chance

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          1. Nightcrawler
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 18 days ago

            U reckon Wirtz outscores Saka over the next few weeks? I have 1.5itb so it's a straight h2h call

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      • Everyday im Schneiderlin
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 18 days ago

        If Eze goes to Spurs would you rather have
        A Kudus Romero Cucurella
        B Eze, van de ven , Milenkovic
        Thanks

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        1. NoOneCares
            3 months, 18 days ago

            B

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            1. Everyday im Schneiderlin
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 18 days ago

              Thanks

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        2. Lanley Staurel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 18 days ago

          Anyone know how to navigate back to the main site once you are in the Members area? Seems impossible as even the main logo doesn’t get you back here. I have to close it down and reopen it.

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