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Versus – Cazorla, Kagawa and Hazard

24 August 2012 1407 comments
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With many of the big clubs choosing to splash the cash this summer, there are plenty of highly-priced midfield recruits firmly under the Fantasy radar over the first few Gameweeks. In today’s Members article, we analyse the displays of Santi Cazorla and Shinji Kagawa against Sunderland and Everton respectively, and also run the rule over Eden Hazard’s first couple of league appearances in a Chelsea shirt:

Rather bizarrely, all three players’ last games for their respective clubs saw the trio produce an identical number of successful passes in the final third – a figure superior to any other player in Gameweek 1 and a clear indication as to how important they will prove to be over the season ahead. Looking at their roles within their new clubs, we compare each player’s stats to key individuals within their own teams as well as highlighting how the trio differ from one another in style:

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  1. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    So the RVP train moving at full speed then? Who else has hopped on? RVP(c) here

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    1. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Christina, Bubbles, Tosey, LateRiser ...

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      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        woohoo.. safety in numbers 😉

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      2. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        that's the same list that joined the Rafael wagon along wtih me though.

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        1. blue cheese
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          😐 Me too!

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        2. Lateriser 12
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Rafael will start Saturday. Don't worry.

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          1. Valar(Keith)
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            I hope so.. Already plannin him as my transfer out next week

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          2. Billy Gilmore
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            😡

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            1. Lateriser 12
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              Hey, i reported what i saw. Do not push it mister :p

              Nah, im sorry. I'll ask Rafael to score ok?

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              1. Billy Gilmore
                • 13 Years
                13 years, 5 months ago

                That sounds good 😀 I'm just mad at myself for throwing away 64 points.

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    2. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      My decision is based on the heart though.

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      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        i ain't a manu fan. Only brought him in cause i know my rivals wont be able to afford him... and cause of fixtures.

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    3. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Having a medical, before I sign him 🙂

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    4. mr messi
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Me

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    5. Dub
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Me

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    6. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Hope our RVP huddle on saturday has a bigger turnout than the failed rooney huddle last weekend

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  2. Pratik
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hazard's 0.2 and possible 0.3 price rise this week is ridiculous. Newcastle - gw2, and then they have zilch in gw3. Why load up now, and not wait instead for gw4?

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    1. Kostja
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      casuals just see points.

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      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        simple as this

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    2. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      4 years on this website and i've stopped askin myself these questions.

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    3. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      any number of reason:

      lots of people see hi scoring points but don't realise he's not playing in GW3

      people want him before he rises even further.

      people are doing Mata > Hazard.

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    4. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Casuals?

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      1. Kostja
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I dont know if there is a different name for them. But I meant managers who dont really pay attention, just look at previous points and 1 gw ahead.

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        1. Billy Gilmore
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          No I know what casuals are 😀 I was just saying that casuals are the reason for the weird price rises.

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        2. SPorting
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          stupid casuals?

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    5. mufc802
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      most people can't see beyond the tip of their nose.

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    6. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Casuals would not have noticed that.

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    7. Sulk
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      coz he will be cheaper now then after the break. You should have a squad strong enough to afford to bench him in week 3.

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    8. bobbypires88
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      cos the price will increase even more later, so better to just buy him now and bench for gw3

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    9. Pratik
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Summing it up, it's casuals who are hell bent on wrecking up our well-laid plans.

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  3. Chungwit
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Lampard -> Bale worth a 4 point hit?
    Torres -> RVP worth a 4 point hit?
    Both worth an 8 point hit?

    I think the answer to all 3 might be "no", but that leaves me without any MUN or TOT attacking coverage. My rival has taken a 4 point hit to bring in Michu and Rooney (he has Bale already), so in a way an 8 pointer is only really a 4 pointer. I care more about beating him than overall rank - should I do it?

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  4. Gabriel Agbonlahor
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hi Guys, currently i have bale michu hazard noble cazorla graham tevez rooney
    which 7 to play for GW2 ?

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    1. mufc802
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      drop noble.

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    2. biju
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      drop noble and carzola

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      1. biju
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        noble only

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  5. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Afternoon Los Chicos.

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    1. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Los Lobos.

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    2. biju
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      aftrnoon,

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  6. Sulk
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    is Huth nailed on? is there any reason (other than 0.5m) that so many people own shawx compared to him? he gets goals.

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    1. gatzi
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Living on his reputation

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  7. leo_messi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Tevez and Hazard rise tonight??OR am I wrong???

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  8. mgrea
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    A) Keep Lamps and a free transfer for next week.

    or

    B) Transfer Lamps out for McClean, using free transfer and giving me bit of extra cash.

    Thoughts?

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  9. BootlegRascal
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Bench Petric or Taarabt? Feel bad benching Petric after my huge bench score last week.

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  10. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Repost..

    Quote from AVB re VdV

    “He was a player that came back to us late so the selection was pretty straightforward for Gylfi Sigurdsson in the game against Newcastle.

    “Now Rafa has trained with us all week and he’s looking strong and is in contention.

    “He’s a player of great importance for us. I’m not sure if Hamburg are interested but he’s a player who at the moment is not for sale.”

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    1. Bubbles
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Does sound promising for VDV owners.

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    2. Back on the horse
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I wouldnt like to be a VDV or Siggy owner....

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    3. mufc802
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Could also be why Vertonghen didn't get to start. He is nailed on now though with Kaboul out. I think he scored 1 in 4 matches last season.

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    4. QPR expects... glory!
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Please, please, please, please start him!

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  11. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Bad team on paper all set to go?

    Begovic
    Lescott Ivanovic Rafael
    Yaya Bale(vc) Michu Pienaar
    Petric RVP(c) Torres

    Jussi Clyne Guthri Gorkks

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    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Cuellar or Clyne?

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  13. Shatner's Bassoon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Why is SAF not in the market for a RB? Seems like he could do with a regular in that position rather than resorting to MFs and CBs, no?

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    1. Back on the horse
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Isn't he happy with Smalling long-term? or is he ear-marked for CB?

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    2. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Valencia. All can play there.

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      1. Kostja
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        +1 unfit, injured, injured, does ok. No need to panic buy, he is not Mark Hughes

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  14. Manani
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    FPL website down for anyone else?
    tried it this morning, and tried just now(at night), still doesn't work.

    it looked like loads of script.

    {"user":{"id":11565095,"country":{"countryId":241,"isoCountryCode":"EN","countryName":"England","longIsoCode":"ENG"},"countryCode":"241","language":{"languageId":25,"languageCode":"en","languageTxt":"English "},"languageCode":"25","

    things like this

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      fine here

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    2. Touré De Force
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      The computer says no.

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    3. Back on the horse
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      what's up with your link, too? you have some crazy long ID in there

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  15. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    I seriously cannot decide on captain....

    Michu
    Bale
    Rooney
    Torres

    Views anyone?

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Rooney, Bale, Michu, Torres. In fact just cross Torres off that list

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      1. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        LOL - thanks - fair comment.

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  16. Touré De Force
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    So, what's the story with Wellbeck?

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    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Welbeck 🙂

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  17. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Chelsea press conference in 15 minutes for anyone interested...

    http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2898488/title/press-conference-live-this-afternoon

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    1. Kostja
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      will be looking at twitter for updates sadly cant play the damn thing at work 😀

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      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Just watch here. I'm sure someone will give a live text commentary of what's being said. Demi? Are you about 🙂

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        1. Kostja
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          yeah, scouts usually tweet the fantasy relevant stuff too. I dont own anyone who is on the bubble dough so dont care too much 🙂

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  18. Timmy Cahill Rules
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    any vlaue in fletcher as a 3rd striker

    he should have good service from mclean, sess and potentially adam johnson

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  19. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    The people saying don't captain Michu are the very ones who said he wouldn't do anything this season. I know it's the first week but no one was expecting an 18 point return from him away to QPR. No reason why it would be any different at home to West Ham. I don't rate Jaaskelainen any more than I do Green. So for that reason I'll stick with Michu. Even if he gets a 2-pointer I'll be happy going with my gut and failing rather than someone trying to persuade me to do otherwise ...

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    1. Timmy Cahill Rules
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      good point im undecided on my captain was toying with bale or rooney

      but i may just go michu now

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      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Rooney!!! Bale!! or Michu 🙁 .. this is what we mean Bowstring.

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        1. Bøwstring The Carp
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Fair point, if I had Rooney it'd be straight on him. Unsure about Bale - see below for my options.

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Punt with your team not your captain.

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      1. Bøwstring The Carp
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        I honestly have no other choices that stand out to me other than Michu.

        Don't trust Bale against a WBA side that looked good.
        Torres V Newcastle is too much of a gamble.
        Nasri/Tevez might flop if Liverpool keep it tight at Anfield.
        Kagawa is also a risk.

        Michu looked good last game and is playing at home to a team weaker than the one last week (on paper)

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        1. Billy Gilmore
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          WBA aren't very good away though.

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      2. Back on the horse
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        how come? what's the difference, if you are not sure about who to capt?

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        1. Billy Gilmore
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Well it's twice as risky as double the points are on offer.

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          1. Back on the horse
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            It's not -as you wouldn't be captaining a risky player

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    3. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      do what you gotta do.

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    4. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Good luck and it's a great attitude to have all the way through the game. I didn't watch any of the matches in GW1 and have no real affinity to Michu (other than the nice points he got me!) so i'll be going with Rooney. He's about as safe an option as there is this week imo

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      1. Bøwstring The Carp
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        +1 as mentioned if I had Rooney it'd be him no problem. But Michu is the only one that stands out as I'm not willing to risk it on Bale since WBA played quite well last game.

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        1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Fair enough. I can easily see WBA frustrating Spurs and Bale

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  20. Hank Scorpio
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    DDG
    Ivan - Zabs - Cuellar
    Bale - Lamps - N'Zog - Dyer
    Torres - Tevez - Graham

    Henderson
    Noble - Demel - Hughes

    £4m in the bank.

    Best option?:

    a) Torres -> RVP
    b) Lamps -> Kagawa
    c) Save transfer

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    1. Domo
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Lamps Kag for me

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    2. mufc802
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      To me, Kagawa is essential for the next couple of weeks. First player in my team this year. RVP could score well though.

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    3. Kevin Twine
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      A

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  21. Corkyote FFS CWC Champion 2…
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Is there any greater humility than being called a 'casual'?

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    1. ColeHole
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Even the greatest were once beginners....

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  22. MUFC17
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    A) Torres Out , Rooney In
    B) Ramires Out , Michu In
    C) Both With hit -4 ?

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      C

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  23. Sam
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Good to go?

    DDG
    Clyne, Williams, Gallas
    Hazard, Kagawa, Michu, Bale
    Tevez, RVP, Graham

    Cerny, Kacaniklic, Demel, Hangeland

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    1. Kevin Twine
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Yup

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  24. Rinseboy
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    I have RVP, so quick vote on Cazorla or Kagawa??! first to 5 and I'll stick with one!

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    1. Touré De Force
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Carzola.

      x 5

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      1. Rinseboy
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        No concerns about arsenal at stoke?

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    2. arzmy
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      i going captain Rvp this week.

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    3. SC not pearls before swine
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Cazorla for the season, Kagawa for the next 2 weeks.

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  25. FPL Marc
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Feel guilty for this after his haul last week, but I think I'm bringing in Lambert for Petric. Is he back in the Saints' starting XI?

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  26. arzmy
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    fergie dont need RB anymore bcoz got smalling n p.jones as cover rafael i think

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  27. Reckoner.
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Torres & Ramires > Defoe & Hazard 4 point hit

    Yay or nay. Been forcing myself not to take a hit all week but think it's too important to get Hazard in before anymore rises.

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    1. Reckoner.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Defoe will be my captain for this GW btw, will score big this week imo.

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      1. cassanata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Defoe may not even start. Big risk i think.

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        1. Reckoner.
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          He will defiantly start Adebayor hasn't had a pre season and will be eased in. Defoe > Adebayor once he's fit.

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  28. Scroobius Mac
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Anybody got a link to the tfpl price change thingy?

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    1. Reckoner.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      http://development.totalfpl.com/pricechanges

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    2. blue cheese
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      http://development.totalfpl.com/pricechanges

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    3. Scroobius Mac
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Ta

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  29. Luke Chadwicks Left Peg
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Someone pick my defence for the week, it's too difficult 🙁

    Jussi/ Rob "The Cat" Green
    Clyne, Ivan, Hangeland, Bennett, Clark

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  30. Luke Chadwicks Left Peg
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Buired on the previous page....

    Someone pick my defence for the week, it's too difficult 🙁

    Jussi/ Rob "The Cat" Green
    Clyne, Ivan, Hangeland, Bennett, Clark

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    1. Luke Chadwicks Left Peg
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      FML!

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      1. Back on the horse
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        🙂 this is brilliant. your grav then makes it even funnier

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