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26 October 2012 870 comments
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Marouane Fellaini has a “good chance” of making Sunday’s Merseyside derby according to David Moyes. Pepe Reina is back in training following his recent hamstring problem and is expected to return between the sticks for Liverpool. Shinji Kagawa is ruled out for three to four with a twisted knee as Sir Alex Ferguson mulls over his plentiful options up front.

Frank Lampard won’t be turning out for Chelsea on Sunday; he’s been ruled out for a fortnight with a calf injury by Roberto Di Matteo earlier today. Meanwhile, Roberto Mancini hopes to calm the crisis talk with a win over Swansea – he’ll be without both David Silva and Pablo Zabaleta through hamstring injuries but rotation is expected nonetheless.

All this and more has been collected, collated and served in bite-size format, along with our predicted lineups, over in our team news section.

We’ll continue the updates up until the eleventh hour, with tomorrow’s Pre-Match preamble offering the teamsheet views from the press.

As always, keep an eye on our Twitter feed for the very latest.

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  1. andres
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Please rate this wildcard beast!

    Bego (rudy)
    Baines simpson wilson (rafael, mccartney)
    Mata bale hba mcAnuff sterling
    Rvp defoe jelly

    0.0 in the bank

    Comments appreciated

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    1. Zinedine
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      think you need aguero or tevez (maby aguero first which gives you chance to downgrade) leaving 0.0 in bank doesn't give you much leeway if things go wrong...

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  2. Spoiler
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    current squad with 2.3m in bank & 2 freebies

    Begovic
    Baines | Rafael | Hughes | Cuellar
    Cazorla (c) | Hazard | Michu
    RVP | Berba | Lambert

    Foster, Pienaar, Guthrie, Demel

    A) Hazard, Lambert -> Bale, BA
    B) Lambert -> BA & (save freebie)
    C) Other

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    1. WDT
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      B

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  3. Reed_Rothchild
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    LOL@ those touting Kagawa. He's nothing more than a glorified Park.

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    1. Red-United
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Wrong on so many different levels...

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      1. Reed_Rothchild
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        The proof is in the pudding.

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    2. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      http://i.imgur.com/NOqti.gif

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      1. Reed_Rothchild
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        I don't speak the Queen's English. She's German anyway.

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    3. Le Limpar
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      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      https://twitter.com/YesYoureRacist

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  4. unoaime
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Begovic, Federici
    Baines, Hangelaand, Cuellar, Demel, A.Cole

    Looking to transfer A.Cole out.... is it worth doubling up on Stoke defence?

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  5. Fernando Torres
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Is crouch a decent shout over the coming gameweeks?

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    1. Kostja
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I dont think so and would have Pog instead if you are looking for a cheap forward

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    2. WDT
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah, have transferred him in myself

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    3. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      YES.

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    4. Kevin Twine
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      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Definitely.

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  6. Naboo
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Begovic
    Baines Rafael Cuellar
    Hazard Cazorla (vc) Nolan Sterling
    RVP Ba (c) Berbatov

    Subs: Demel Clyne Pienaar (Foster)

    Team all ready for the weekend? Annoyed I don't have Bale but don't want to lose Santi or Hazard yet (have a plan to get him or Silva in for Pienaar GW13/14). Should I consider capping RVP or leave it with Ba? Cheers guys

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  7. Screaming Midget
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Any 4 point hits worth it, you think?

    Begovic (Jaask)
    Wilson Lowton Baines (Ridgewell Nelsen)
    Cazorla Michu Sterling Maloney (Pienaar)
    Tevez Ba RVP

    Bank: 2.2

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    1. Naboo
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      don't think so. I assume you can't do Michu > Bale?

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    2. the axolotl
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      might be ok this week but you seem to missing coverage for the free scoring league leaders

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    3. Screaming Midget
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Actually I have 3.3... and yeah I could do Michu > Bale. But I think Michu's positioning and form warrants keeping him. We don't know how Bale will be with his recent event.

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      1. Naboo
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        yeah i'd say you're fine for this weekend. bale and hazard/mata/oscar will be worth watching though for future transfers

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    4. Screaming Midget
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      OK cheers chaps.

      Think I'll stick and like mentioned, keep an eye on Mata.

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  8. Tim Canterbury
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Is it a good idea to watch a youtube highlights video of a player before deciding whether to transfer them in?

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    1. unoaime
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Anyone looks good in a highlight reel.

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    2. Kostja
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      no point, better to look at stats from past seasons

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  9. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Rump steak now marinading gently in lemon juice, black pepper ...

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    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I am in bed with flu. No desire for any food right now.

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    2. unoaime
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Isn't it marinating*?

      Pfft. 🙂

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

        Masquerading

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        1. COMH
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 2 months ago

          🙂

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      2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        No. 😉

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  10. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Has Ivanovic time been and gone? Don't see him in many teams these days. Time to get rid?

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    1. the axolotl
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      he's practically a fox in the box, i'd keep

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    2. Naboo
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      not time to get rid, but definitely not a time to get him in

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    3. COMH
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Had him since the start. Ivanovic > Baines is on the cards once I do Tevez > Ba but i'm quite attached to the Serbian so not sure atm.

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  11. I.K
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    i hv my captain is bale i have flipped the coin 10 times and bale had 8 and rvp 2

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    1. the axolotl
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      coins are so passe. do a ouija board

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  12. Reed_Rothchild
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Is Mark still on the London Underground feverishly working on his laptop trying to get the Scout picks out on time.

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  13. bob fossil
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Do you guys think it's worth doing walters in for yaya for a 4pt hit? I'm fed up of having yaya in my team.

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    1. WDT
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      nah, especially not this week

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    2. Kevin Twine
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      No

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    3. I.K
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      long time when did yaya to mata he cant match his value

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      1. bob fossil
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        cheers for the reply lads, i'll stick this week then

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  14. JapBen
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Who should I get rid of out of Rangel and Zab?
    Man City have good fixtures so if Zab is only out for a week and goes back into the 1st team he may be worth keeping?
    What are your thoughts?

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  15. Green-Pea
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    A) pienaar -> lennon

    B) pienaar -> walters

    C) pienaar -> Adam

    D) pienaar -> kightly

    E) pienaar -> lallana

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    1. Naboo
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      cam you not keep pienaar? he's better than all them. if not probably B

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    2. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Bench Pienaar this week and play him the weeks after. Everton have juicy fixtures coming up I think.

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      1. Screaming Midget
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        + 1 that's what I'm doing.

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  16. Tim Canterbury
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    I've just realised the guy above me in my ML has Britton, Carrick & Cleverley in his midfield 🙁 Now thats depressing

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    1. Tim Canterbury
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      And the guy immediately below be had Ramsey and Wright-phillips. If only they knew what people on here would think of such picks

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    2. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      A guy who is only ~30 points or so behind me has not touched his team all year. I know what you mean.

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  17. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    My guess is this will be a low-scoring GW. Average in the high 30s. My 68pt score should be a nice solid green arrow. Sorted.

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    1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      My guess is there will be a really high scoring game that some will massively benefit from and others will totally lose out. But yeah I think low scoring too.

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      1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        It's just a numbers game, though. If the high scoring game has players with low ownership %'s, then that won't really matter.

        The only team I really see exploding is City, but who knows who will get the points there...

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      2. Naboo
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Chelsea v Man U could be high scoring. I predict a 3-3 or thereabouts

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  18. Dante
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Cahill and Guthrie, or Simpson and Lallana? I'm currently leaning towards the latter...

    Thanks.

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  19. Pinoche
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Tevez is now second on the Captain's poll !

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    1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I likey

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    2. iCon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      And I haven't even voted yet!

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  20. andres
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    A aguero pogrbnyak
    B defoe jelly/ba

    Thx

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    1. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I'm tempted by A, but B could easily outscore them.

      Heart say A. Head say B.

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      1. andres
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Rvp is the third striker... Kun and robin together... Pog will also deliver..

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  21. SMOOTH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    A) michu and rvp to mata and aguero
    B) pienaar and rvp to mata and aguero
    C) michu/pienaar and baines to mata and distin
    D) something else

    team

    begovic howard
    baines hughes cuellar demel clyne
    bale caz michu pienaar kackalicnic
    rvp tevez ba

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    1. WDT
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Keep Michu Pienaar and RVP! they're all keepers.

      Would do Kac> someone if I were you

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  22. Reed_Rothchild
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Was there a recessive gene in the early Anglo Saxon settlers to Great Britain that made Britsh people have bad teeth and looks like apes?

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

      Professional idiot or is it a hobby?

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      1. Reed_Rothchild
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Truth hurt?

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    2. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      So you haven't seen Keira Knightley. Let me show you

      http://cosmopolisfilm.com/2011/02/09/keira-knightley-out-whos-going-to-be-our-elise-shifrin/

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      1. Reed_Rothchild
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        For every Keira Knijtley, I'll give you a Gareth Bale.

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        1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 2 months ago

          You could have done much worse than Bale, mate. Also, he is Welsh.

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  23. सनकी
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    1. Which one of the five is least like the other four?
    A)dog
    B)mouse
    C)lion
    D)snake
    E)elephant

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    1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      A) it's a domesticated animal

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    2. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      D

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    3. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      F) Heskey

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    4. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      D it doesn't have a spine.

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    5. Indalo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      D is a reptile

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    6. Simon March
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      D.

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    7. सनकी
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Refer to jafooli's answer for the right one.

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  24. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Apple......you can stick your iPad mini where the sun don't shine.....

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    1. Tim Canterbury
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I hate to say it but always thought the ipad was a little on the big side. Im quite tempted

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      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Sorry, should clarify that.

        Apple.....you can stick all your products where the sun don't shine...

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  25. Home Run Baker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Demel was 'out' yesterday. Now he's 'doubtful'. Whassup wiv dat?

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    1. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      confused.. 😕

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  26. cravencottage
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    A) Fletcher and Bale
    B)Ba and Nasri
    C)Ba and Michu

    Thanks!

    #

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    1. WDT
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      C

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    2. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      C

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    3. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I'd like to try B.

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  27. Timmy Cahill Rules
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    how do these 2 trannies look for the next 2 weeks

    Tommy V to Vertoghen

    Davies to Wilson

    1 each week

    yes or no

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  28. Blue-Ghosts
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    who to bring in? caulker or wilson?

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    1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Wilson. More nailed on and better fixtures.

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    2. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Wilson too.

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  29. NATSTER
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Santi leads captain poll by far.. Is he really the best candidate this week?

    What's about Ba or Bale? Who do you pick?

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    1. WDT
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Santi's just not a "big hitter" for me. Have him, but not an explosive captaincy shout. Ba for me this week

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      1. NATSTER
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks TAYLS. I agree with your assessment on Caz. He hasn't shown that quality yet.

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      2. Blue-Ghosts
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 2 months ago

        his stats suggest he could be a big hitter

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  30. Le Limpar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 2 months ago

    GIGGS BOSON - Who are these Secret Players you speak of? Have you found a cheat??

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Secret players? If you mean in the defence, Kolarov and Boyce are my punts. Defence always brings few points and provides bad value, so why not bring flairy players in that area. Little risk, high reward.

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