Newcastle v Chelsea team news: Enzo benched

FPL GW19 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Sanchez

O’Reilly
Lewis Hall
Milenkovic
Dorgu

Matheus Cunha
Neto
Wirtz
Saka

Haaland
Ekitiké

Dubravka
Heaven
Miley
Nmecha

GW19 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Tarkowski	EVE	5.5m	110.7%	Very Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.4m	102.3%	Very Likely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	96.8%	Maybe
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	95.0%	Maybe
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	93.5%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.7m	88.9%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	89.5%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	83.9%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	81.6%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	71.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	70.0%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	69.0%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	67.7%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	67.3%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	67.2%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.0m	65.3%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	64.6%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	61.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	60.7%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	59.8%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	59.6%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	58.3%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	53.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	53.5%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.7m	52.6%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	49.8%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.4m	49.2%	Unlikely
De Cuyper	BHA	4.3m	48.0%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	48.1%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	47.0%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	45.9%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	44.5%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	44.5%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	43.3%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.0m	41.1%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.4m	40.0%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	39.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	38.9%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	37.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cash	AVL	4.9m	104.7%	Very Likely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	102.0%	Very Likely
Grealish	EVE	6.5m	101.9%	Very Likely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	101.0%	Very Likely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	101.2%	Very Likely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	101.1%	Very Likely
Ballard	SUN	4.7m	99.5%	Likely
King	FUL	4.5m	99.4%	Maybe
Isidor	SUN	5.4m	99.1%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	98.3%	Maybe
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	97.9%	Maybe
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	97.3%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	96.5%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	96.3%	Maybe
Saka	ARS	10.3m	96.1%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	94.5%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	4.0m	93.6%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	93.7%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	94.1%	Unlikely
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	92.6%	Unlikely
Anderson	SUN	3.9m	91.6%	Unlikely
Seung soo	NEW	4.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	90.8%	Unlikely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	90.6%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	89.7%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Agbadou	WOL	4.3m	87.8%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.2m	87.5%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	86.2%	Unlikely
Sadiki	SUN	5.0m	85.6%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	85.9%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	4.9m	85.8%	Unlikely
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	83.9%	Unlikely
March	BHA	5.8m	83.6%	Unlikely
Dennis	BOU	4.0m	83.3%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	82.3%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	9.0m	80.6%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.6m	80.6%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	80.7%	Unlikely
Bettinelli	MCI	3.9m	80.6%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

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

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:46pm

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

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:50pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Matheus Cunha	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Up	Wirtz	LIV	B, Vs
Up	Grealish	EVE	B, Vs
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:54pm

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

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:56pm

GW19 Chip Poll

Dugout Discussion

20 December 2025 515 comments

Skonto Rigga

Gameweek 17 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) begins on Tyneside with Newcastle United v Chelsea.

Kick-off is at 12.30pm GMT.

TEAM NEWS

There are two changes from the Newcastle side that lost to Sunderland last weekend.

Tino Livramento is injured, while Anthony Elanga drops to the bench.

Jacob Ramsey and Jacob Murphy come into the side.

It looks like Lewis Miley will be at right-back again, as he was in midweek.

After making wholesale changes in the EFL Cup, Enzo Maresca pretty much reverts to the side that he sent out in Gameweek 16.

There’s one change, however: Moises Caicedo is in for Enzo Fernandez.

LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Ramsdale, Miley, Schar, Thiaw, Hall, Guimaraes, Tonali, Ramsey, J Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon.

Subs: Ruddy, Joelinton, Wissa, Barnes, Elanga, A Murphy, Willock, Shahar, Neave.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, James, Caicedo, Neto, Palmer, Garnacho, Pedro.

Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Badiashile, Tosin, Hato, Andrey Santos, Buonanotte, Fernandez, Guiu.

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WVA
11 days, 6 hours ago
Oh FFS

Chalobah outscoring BrunoG takes the pi**
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1. AC/DC AFC
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  By 1 point...
  
  I wouldn't sweat it
  
  He's my first sub, coming on
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2. Thicksolidtight
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  I assume that means Oh Fantasy Football Scout!
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Bigbars
11 days, 6 hours ago
Ref chickened out of that decision.... asking his assistant to make the call
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1. Bobby Digital
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Barnes falls over too easily
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  1. Bigbars
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    he does, but it doesnt hide the contact... another one who is affected by his boy who cries wolf reputation, him and Gordon must practice rolling to the floor in training, they both have so much quality but taint it by diving, if he hadnt thrown himself down unnaturally he may have got that decision
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F4L
11 days, 6 hours ago
that looked a foul by james
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1. F4L
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  *alright maybe not
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AC/DC AFC
11 days, 6 hours ago
Oh heck

van Hecke

Just got him in

Subs come into play
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1. Sir Michael Taker
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Same. Felt bad doing it too, played the fixture despite not really trusting the defence. Might just transfer him straight out if no other fires
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Mr. O'Connell
11 days, 6 hours ago
Good game. No FPL points and lost a few quid, but decent entertainment.
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1. AC/DC AFC
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  I had it down as a draw
  
  Did it finish 2-2?
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FantasyTony
11 days, 6 hours ago
Never a red that
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Bigbars
11 days, 6 hours ago
A small tug, isnt a tug a tug ?
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1. FPL Blow-In
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  He wasn’t getting to the ball regardless with or without the tug
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2. Ball Ake
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Depends who's giving it
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  1. FPL Blow-In
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    😆
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z13
11 days, 6 hours ago
The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will be held every four years from 2028, Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe has announced.

No more 5 free transfers potential
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FantasyTony
11 days, 6 hours ago
Thiaw on 9 defcon. Season in tatters.
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Atimis
11 days, 6 hours ago
Wasn't it better to go Foden (c) over Haaland? We won't gain anything anyway...
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1. z13
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  If Haaland scores a hattrick (17pts) and Foden gets a goal (8pts), you could lose 22-23 points
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  1. z13
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Sorry 11pts my bad i got mixed up
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2. Letsgo!
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Yeah make a difference if foden somehow 1 pt and haaland 13 pts.
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  1. Utopsis
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Captain the player you think will score the most points, anything else is crazy overthinking
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Amartey Partey
11 days, 6 hours ago
Great start! I hope this means lots of goals in all the other games!
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1. Mr. O'Connell
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Feeling a Gvardiol brace today.
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  1. FPL Blow-In
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Ah no, not right to think about injury for anyone
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  2. Bobby Digital
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    O'Reilly will have his goalscoring boots on
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FPL Blow-In
11 days, 6 hours ago
Good result for Utd that 😆
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Brosstan
11 days, 6 hours ago
Useless Chalobah...
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1. FPL Scoop
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Coulda been worse!
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2. King Kun Ta
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  -> O’Reilly
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  1. Brosstan
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Already own
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Nightcrawler
11 days, 6 hours ago
Bruno G 3 points from 2 games is what we love to see. Bad start for casuals after a few weeks of attacking returns
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1. Atimis
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  I moved him to Ekitike this week, let's see
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2. Mr. O'Connell
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  20 points in 4 games for me. These damn casuals have jinxed him.
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OverTinker
11 days, 6 hours ago
Blocked 5 content creators who suggested Thiaw and Bruno G few weeks ago
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Tonyawesome69
11 days, 6 hours ago
Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Silva, González, Reijnders, Cherki, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Aké, Khusanov, Lewis, Mfuni, Gray, Mukasa, Savinho, Heskey

West Ham United XI: Areola, Walker-Peters, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles, Magassa, Potts, Fernandes, Paquetá, Bowen, Summerville

Subs: Hermansen, Igor, Mavropanos, Mayers, Rodríguez, Souček, Irving, Kante, Wilson

AFC Bournemouth XI: Petrović, Jimenez, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Tavernier, Cook, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson

Subs: Dennis, Smith, Soler, Hill, Scott, Christie, Adli, Kroupi, Ünal

Burnley XI: Dúbravka, Walker, Ekdal, Worrall, Pires, Ugochukwu, Cullen, Laurent, Anthony, Flemming, Bruun Larsen

Subs: Weiss, Humphreys, Sonne, Luis, Edwards, Tchaouna, Broja, Trésor, Barnes

Wolves XI: Sá, Hoever, Krejčí, Bueno, Doherty, Gomes, André, Lopez, Wolfe, Larsen, Hee-chan

Subs: Johnstone, Tchatchoua, Olagunju, Arias, Pond, Rawlings, Arokodare, González, Mane

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Henry, Janelt, Yarmoliuk, Schade, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Thiago

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Pinnock, Ajer, Henderson, Damsgaard, Konak, Donovan, Nunes

Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Wieffer, Coppola, Boscagli, Kadıoğlu, Ayari, Hinshelwood, Minteh, Gruda, De Cuyper, Rutter

Subs: Steele, Veltman, Simmonds, Milner, Mitoma, Knight, Watson, Kostoulas, Oriola

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Geertruida, Ballard, Alderete, Hume, Adingra, Xhaka, Rigg, Le Fée, Brobbey

Subs: Patterson, Cirkin, Hjelde, Jones, Neil, Diarra Mouhamadou, Mayenda, Mundle, Isidor
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1. Atimis
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Cheers!
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2. Amartey Partey
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Awesome, Tony
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3. mookie
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Cheers!
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4. All Hail K
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Cheers Tony.
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nanxun
11 days, 6 hours ago
Glad to have sold Enzo F. on for H. Wilson, although I think I've missed the boat on the latter and doubt he can keep up the form he's had over the past few weeks.
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1. FPL Blow-In
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Yeah, got him in also but changers from 352 to 343. Good 5th mid and autos in but I did start this gw
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2. Nightcrawler
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  worst case scenario u get extra money, make some value on price rises and avoid the enzo price drop
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3. Amartey Partey
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  You never know. He takes corners so has many routes to points. I’d be happy with one assist.
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  1. nanxun
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    All great points, which make me feel a little more hopeful.
    
    My pessimism is just padding against disappointment. Would rather be pleasantly surprised. lol
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  2. Sir Michael Taker
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    He takes very good free kicks too. We had him on loan at Derby in his Liverpool days and hes the best at them I've seen in 30+ years of following Derby which doesnt sound a big deal but we've had a few specialists. I don't think ability has ever been in doubt hes just never consistently got the minutes at Fulham.
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4. Utopsis
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  I got Tavernier instead - squeaky bum time
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  1. nanxun
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Indeed!
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nanxun
11 days, 6 hours ago
Will be interesting to see how AFCON absentees affect FUL, MUN, WHU, SUN, etc. going forward.
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1. Tonyawesome69
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  The only team of interest is Man United. May go with Cunha but would like to see United without Amad/Mbeumo on the RHS
  
  https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2025/12/12/afcon-2025-final-squads-which-fpl-players-were-called-up/
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FPL Blow-In
11 days, 6 hours ago
Nice to see Alan Shearer not being biased
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All Hail K
11 days, 6 hours ago
What happened to Van Hecke? Miss the bus?
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1. Sgt Frank Drebin
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Apparently he's ill.
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  1. All Hail K
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Cheers.
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WVA
11 days, 6 hours ago
BrunoG benched next game for me
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kingbails
11 days, 6 hours ago
Lol I hung on to him for this game and playing BB chip this week. Good times.
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1. kingbails
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Reply fail to Hail K
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  1. All Hail K
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Just brought him in, sorry about that.
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    1. kingbails
      11 days, 6 hours ago
      Better than seeing the clean sheet then finding out after the fact he didn't play!
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JohnnyCroat
11 days, 6 hours ago
Is Q.Hartmann injured? He's performed well for Burnley and was surprised to see his name absent from the squad.
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WVA
11 days, 6 hours ago
Thiago starts!

And blanks
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1. All Hail K
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Hope you're half right.
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Sgt Frank Drebin
11 days, 6 hours ago
Come on Cherki!
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1. Utopsis
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Lovely punt!
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  1. Sgt Frank Drebin
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Cheers hopefully it pays off
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2. All Hail K
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  At a minimum he'll be a good watch which is half the fun of this game.
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Philosopher's Stones
11 days, 6 hours ago
Score check

0 from 0
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1. Scapegoat Salah
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  Same, time for Semenyo TC!
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2. All Hail K
  11 days, 6 hours ago
  4 from one. Plus Cinderella coming off the bench with his 1 lousy point thanks to Van Hecke's mom not taking proper care of him.
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  1. DaniCT
    11 days, 6 hours ago
    Cinderella. Thanks for a good laugh
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Scapegoat Salah
11 days, 6 hours ago
Where is Esteve?
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Amartey Partey
11 days, 6 hours ago
Haaland TC fail
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Big Mike
11 days, 6 hours ago
Any news on what's happened to Esteve? He's not in the squad for the Bournemouth game.
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The Tinkerman
11 days, 6 hours ago
Robot goal
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