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Boxing Day Dugout Discussion

26 December 2010 1942 comments
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With the game between Fulham and West Ham at 12pm, today’s Matchday Surgery has turned into an early Dugout Discussion. It’s essentially the same thing however, just follow this link to our chatroom for pre-deadline discussion.

I’ve no team news to bring you yet for the game at Craven Cottage, but unfortunately I do have a couple of postponements to notify you of…

  • Blackpool Vs. Liverpool – OFF

It was always going to be the most likely Premier League game to fall foul of the weather, and that has proved true. A frozen Bloomfield Road pitch is once again responsible for the postponement.

  • Everton Vs. Birmingham City – OFF

Having passed the “key test” live on Sky Sports News yesterday morning (yeah, I was watching Sky Sports News on Christmas morning), this cancellation comes as somewhat of a surprise. The reason for this game being off is “due to the adverse weather conditions in Liverpool overnight the stadium is not in a fit condition to stage a Premier League football match”, as given on the Everton website.

If any more games are called off before the Fantasy Premier League deadline, I’ll update this article and announce it in the chatroom.

Akers Richard or Akers, as he is known, has been regularly haunting this site since July 2008. He is young and foolish, take what he says with a pinch of salt. Follow them on Twitter

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  1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 8 days ago

    WELL i have 11 players still and a nasri captain at home so i cannot complain

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    1. mufc802
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      +1

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  2. Ringo
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    Can anyone tell me who my emergerncy captain is? Thanx! It's set to Form. I still don't get it!

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    1. mufc802
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Brunt and Carrol are both on 7 for form so one of them.

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    2. Boom!!!
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      brunt or carrol..

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    3. The Holy One
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Carrol

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    4. bossa
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Go to my team on FPL and click data view.

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    5. Pat Mustard
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Simpleton

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      1. Ringo
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        15 years, 8 days ago

        Dick-head!

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      2. Flog the trog
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        15 years, 8 days ago

        haha +1

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    6. The Bandit
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Why would you select form if you don't understand it?

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  3. Captain Remorse
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    Glad I captained Tevez again in ESPN Soccernet Premier Fantasy. No automatic captain replacement in that version - rivals all captained Nani and Cahill.

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  4. liamhennessy
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    Avram Grant's reaction:

    "I'm very pleased and I'm sure it won't be the last we win this season."

    Setting his targets high as usual...

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    1. Akers
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      lol

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    2. jamsiep
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      hehe

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  5. Akers
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    C'mon Gregsiep, FIFA now before the 3pm games!!!

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  6. jamsiep
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    dbronaldo - your links are consistently rubbish.

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    1. njfsdkffslkf
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Its an excellent website.

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  7. viciousrumour
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    is the man utd v sunderland game on tv??

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    1. viciousrumour
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      anyone?

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      1. mufc802
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        15 years, 8 days ago

        no

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  8. Cashnex
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    Cahill, not playing. Baines, not playing. Skrtel, not playing. Torres, not playing. Toure, banned. Williamson, benched. Nani, not playing.

    Just another great week in FF land for me then.

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    1. jamsiep
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Ouch.

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  9. BONZ
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    wtf no nani 🙁

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    1. hannibalos
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      He was very upset by Wenger's reaction to his comments about Arsenal, and he wasn't in a position to play 🙂

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  10. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 8 days ago

    how many weeks have their been this season when the captain poll ha actually been correct??? granville?

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  11. pyrohippy
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 8 days ago

    no Nani...

    great. that means Silva will get captaincy...

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  12. hillbillypete
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    captain drogba it is for me

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    1. Bedok
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Yep. Last week my Cap went from Nasri to K Davies. Not too bad but I feel better switching to value and Drogba gets the band. May not work out but at least it feels right.

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  13. Back to Back Ballacks
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    where can i watch any 3 o clock online lads,,,setanta ireland fookin us over again,why cant the jerks show a diff game instead of pool v pool?
    JERKAHOLICS

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    1. Ringo
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=&part=sports&discipline=football

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      1. Back to Back Ballacks
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        15 years, 8 days ago

        good man,,,legend

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  14. jamsiep
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    If anyone wants to kill some time before 3:00, then have a go at this quiz about football in 2010:

    http://bit.ly/i7RlY9

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    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      Stuck on No.5

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      1. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 8 days ago

        Onuaha, welbeck, mummy and...zenden?

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        1. jamsiep
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          15 years, 8 days ago

          I thought about it for a while and eventually took an educated guess on Mensah... He was definitely on loan last season, I just didn't know if it was permanent this year.

          Anyway, it's him.

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    2. Waldaz
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Nice, just did the first 10.

      1 - Silva, Tourè.
      2 - ?
      3 - Benfica.
      4 - Beausejour.
      5 - Onuoha, Welbeck, Elmo... Mensah?
      6 - Defoe
      7 - Ilan
      8 - Transfer to Chelsea
      9 - Prince-Boateng
      10 - Schalke

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      1. jamsiep
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 8 days ago

        2 - Chivas
        6 - Kaboul

        I was on full marks after the first ten. 😉

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        1. Waldaz
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          15 years, 8 days ago

          D'oh, well I can't complain though. 🙂

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  15. The Dynamo
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    having second thoughts on bringing in Sunderland players now Blackpool will be well rested against a side who played against Man Utd a day ago.

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  16. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    put the captaincy on davies, thinking nani would play but be tired. Im well pissed off hes not playing. Guaranteed every lucky prick on earth gets a jammy autocaptaincy.

    Jebus christ I fcuking hate that autocaptain rule

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    1. hillbillypete
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      Lettuce

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    2. jamsiep
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      To be fair, if the auto captaincy rule wasn't there then I wouldn't have captained Nani, or Torres.

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    3. The Dynamo
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      I think having (C) and (VC) is good but if both don't play then that should be it. It shouldn't go to next player who has played.

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      1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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        15 years, 8 days ago

        agreed dynamo. JSP, i dont follow you

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        1. jamsiep
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          15 years, 8 days ago

          With the doubts around Nani's health, I wouldn't have captained him if there weren't emergency captains, because of the risk of him then not playing and getting 0 from your captain. Same with Torres because of the risk about the fixture itself.

          I'm in full agreement with you though. The rule sucks.

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    4. SuperMario
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      + 1 RBJ.. after ur comments last nite i took the captain off nani and onto tevez.. now fluke captains will nail us..

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      1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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        15 years, 8 days ago

        indeed, loada bollix

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  17. farsickle
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    any reason why nani isn't playing?

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    1. Perthite
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      I'm hoping it is a cold more than an injury that can keep him out for longer.

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    2. hillbillypete
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      had flu

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  18. The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    At this point one would have to hope this ridiculous rule is on its way out. There could have been nothing but huge backlash as a result of all the postponements last week, and the league does tend to change rules during the off season.

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    1. The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      ^meant to be a reply to rbj^

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      1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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        15 years, 8 days ago

        lets hope so, cant see it though

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  19. Back to the Drawing Board
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    what the hell! why is nani not starting? is he on the bench? unbelievable at least lee gets a start
    im still mad though

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    1. The Dynamo
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      last minute injury apparently

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    2. hannibalos
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Look above

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  20. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    stove bburn draw

    bolton, man city, wolves win

    tenner accum pays around 250 or something.

    Lads, i reckon wolves are defo gonna win, even though i have nzog. Bit of a skeleton look about wigan's side

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    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      I went for your 3 way bet earlier. Got a feeling Stoke are going to beat Blackburn.

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    2. The Dynamo
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      I'm going to place couple of quids on Blackpool against Sunderland on Tuesday. They are well rested and Sunderland gets only a day of rest after playing United.

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  21. jagz
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    looks like fab is my captain this week then with no nani.hmmm

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  22. Hybrid.power
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    • 15 Years
    15 years, 8 days ago

    I just got in. Sorry if it's been answered already, but where's Nani?? At least he's not in the squad and I get another captain!

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    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      Just realised it's set to Value. Come on Rooney!

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  23. JC
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    Bollix to that anyhow.. third game in a row my captained player doesnt play!! Fuk knows who my captain is gonna be now!

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  24. Floydy_floyd
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    Playing with 9 men today. Well, one of them is James Morrison so technically 8 men and a donkey.

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    1. Perthite
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      Isn't he an Australian trumpet player?

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      1. Floydy_floyd
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 8 days ago

        No a West Brom football player.

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  25. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    dear people who run this site,

    pre-empting this gw, 2 things i'd like to see:

    1. an explanation in big letters on the homepage explaining the auto-captaincy method

    2. anyone who moans about the auto-captaincy system banned for life

    yours faithfully,

    DD

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    1. Perthite
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      1: How does the auto-captaincy work?
      2: How many defenders do I have to have in my XI?
      3: When will VDV be fit again?
      4: When will Cahill go to the Asian Cup?

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      1. Ringo
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 8 days ago

        Careful lads! I asked about the auto-captain rule earlier and was called a simplton by a dick-head! 🙂

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    2. The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      O yeah, because there is no reason to moan about a system that rewards inactivity and takes one of the biggest factors in a player's score out of their hands.

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      1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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        15 years, 8 days ago

        at the end of the day, we are all bound by it

        sometimes it rewards you, sometimes it doesn't

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    3. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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      15 years, 8 days ago

      dAn whats your problem?

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  26. Futbol Heritage
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 8 days ago

    Captain Nani Isnt even on the Bench!

    Now only 9 Players available 🙁

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  27. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    Oh bolloks...nani is still struggling with flu

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  28. AP
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    Anton had better get merked today from his Big bro.

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    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 8 days ago

      Gyan better show some serious silks and make Ferdy jizz his pants.

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  29. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    so if nani doesnt play nasri is my auto cap...i am fked this week

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  30. JC
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    15 years, 8 days ago

    So its gonna be either Yaya or Carroll for captain now... least I know what game Il be keepeing an eye on now... cue a nil nil draw 🙂

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