The Saturday Surgery

FPL GW19 Scout Picks - Bus Team

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
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	95.4%	Likely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	111.4%	Very Likely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	100.7%	Very Likely
Gabriel	ARS	6.2m	63.3%	Likely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	97.7%	Maybe
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	98.7%	Maybe
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	81.8%	Maybe
Rice	ARS	7.2m	85.4%	Maybe
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	91.3%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	82.6%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	84.7%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	6.0m	69.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	83.9%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	75.9%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	69.1%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.2m	57.2%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	69.9%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	70.0%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.5m	61.2%	Unlikely
Heaven	MUN	3.8m	62.3%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	70.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	60.4%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	60.2%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	65.3%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	62.3%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	62.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	54.9%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	53.8%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	54.0%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	53.5%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	53.4%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.1m	36.9%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.7m	48.7%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	47.9%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	51.6%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	46.6%	Unlikely
De Cuyper	BHA	4.3m	45.0%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	45.6%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	36.7%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	40.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
J.Timber	ARS	6.5m	135.2%	Very Likely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	104.7%	Very Likely
Cucurella	CHE	6.2m	87.5%	Likely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	101.2%	Very Likely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	100.6%	Very Likely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	98.6%	Likely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	98.7%	Likely
James	LEE	5.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.9m	80.9%	Likely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	99.0%	Likely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	99.1%	Maybe
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	97.4%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	97.9%	Maybe
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	96.9%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	97.4%	Maybe
Adams	BOU	5.0m	94.7%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	97.1%	Maybe
White	ARS	5.2m	79.6%	Maybe
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	94.8%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	92.1%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	92.5%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.6m	74.7%	Unlikely
Johnson	SUN	3.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.0m	90.1%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	88.9%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	92.5%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	90.1%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	88.2%	Unlikely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	88.9%	Unlikely
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	87.8%	Unlikely
Anthony	BUR	5.2m	81.6%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	87.4%	Unlikely
Bendito Mantato	MUN	4.5m	6.8%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	82.5%	Unlikely
Seung soo	NEW	4.4m	84.9%	Unlikely
Drakes-Thomas	CRY	4.5m	9.4%	Unlikely
Reinildo	SUN	3.9m	81.6%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.7m	70.9%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	82.5%	Unlikely

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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

Matchday Surgery

3 November 2012 501 comments

Mark

Yesterday’s team news ruffled feathers and provided plenty of consternation for Fantasy managers. Having slept on it, there’s still much to ponder prior to today’s deadline with our Saturday Surgery chatroom now open to capture the thoughts, opinions and gripes of the suffering in real-time.

Saturday serves us seven matches, starting with a sumptuous brunch at Old Trafford with Robin Van Persie carrying the hopes of thousands of Fantasy managers against his former club. That’s followed by five three o’clock kick-offs, with Man City taking on West Ham in this evening’s game.

There’s just over an hour to go, with the Pre-match Preamble on the way very soon.

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r0scr0w
13 years, 1 month ago
Bit of a 50/50 call here, can someone please provide their opinion?

A. Zabaleta & Morrison

B. Evans & Lallana

I have Morrison at present, he is due to rise later, so can transfer him to Lallana next week to make a profit.
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1. Brutus619
  13 years, 1 month ago
  B will offer you more security in the very long term imo. Also with Ramirez back Southampton should create a lot more chances etc
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Mota
13 years, 1 month ago
Gary Lineker ‏@GaryLineker

"Just saw the Manchester United players board the coach, but no sign of Robin Van Persie. Left out or travelling with Arsenal team?"
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1. Gobigorgohome
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Please NO!
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2. Lateriser 12
  13 years, 1 month ago
  See, that second line makes me think like Linekers joking.
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  1. Jafooli
    13 years, 1 month ago
    Agreed......he is not funny at the best of times......
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3. Cilly Bonnolly
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Lineker's at the wind up.
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4. Elwood
  13 years, 1 month ago
  No no no no no!
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andy85wsm
13 years, 1 month ago
Linekar:

"Just saw the Manchester United players board the coach, but no sign of Robin Van Persie. Left out or travelling with Arsenal team?"
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1. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
  13 years, 1 month ago
  It's a joke..... Hopefully
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GlasgowFF
13 years, 1 month ago
I wonder in Spanish Fantasy Football what the percentage of captain picks between Ronaldo and Messi is.

Must be over 90%.
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1. HippY
  13 years, 1 month ago
  With all remaining votes going to Falcao? 😛
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Mindless Freak
13 years, 1 month ago
Brought in Van Persie and Sterline 4pt hit, good shout?
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1. GlasgowFF
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Impossible to say without knowing who for.
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  1. Mindless Freak
    13 years, 1 month ago
    Defoe and Cazorla
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2. Daffy
  13 years, 1 month ago
  If the armband comes in it should be. I expect in the long run its a great hit so you can stop feeling guilty now. Ha.
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Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
13 years, 1 month ago
I'd better get on twitter ... 😕
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1. reply fail
  13 years, 1 month ago
  He removed the message; maybe he was trying to make a joke?
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  1. reply fail
    13 years, 1 month ago
    Sorry, he didn't remove it. This twitter is too modern for me.
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Optimus.
13 years, 1 month ago
no rvp on coach 😯 supposedly

https://twitter.com/GaryLineker
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1. Gobigorgohome
  13 years, 1 month ago
  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
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2. Sean.
  13 years, 1 month ago
  no way he'll be rested today, jug ears taking the piss !
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3. Jax
  13 years, 1 month ago
  sure that'll happen...
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4. JK - Cønt ⭐
  13 years, 1 month ago
  United players do not generally take a coach to the home game
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Tmel
13 years, 1 month ago
Just in case the neither RVP or Mata play, there's a very real chance either Gorkks (qpr) or Clyne (wba) will come off my bench. Who should be higher in the order?
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1. Lateriser 12
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Gorkss
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  1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
    13 years, 1 month ago
    Hurrah for Gorkss! Very cunning of you! 🙂
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Drip Doctor
13 years, 1 month ago
Starting Ba and Mata just in case, so who would you bench, Nolan or Pienaar?
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1. GlasgowFF
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Nolan
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2. Lateriser 12
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Nolan i reckon. Fulham conceded 3 vs. Reading
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  1. Drip Doctor
    13 years, 1 month ago
    Away from home. They've conceded just 2 at Craven Cottage.
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    1. Lateriser 12
      13 years, 1 month ago
      Also, Everton do well against Fulham traditionally. I'd start Pienaar. Tough call though.
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      1. Drip Doctor
        13 years, 1 month ago
        That's strange, Moyes just said on SSN that they don't have a good record there.
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    2. Eddie
      13 years, 1 month ago
      And that was to Man City.
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3. andy85wsm
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Nolan fo sho
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MDK
13 years, 1 month ago
Even if RVP is rested those with him as captain just need to ensure their vc is setup.

If he's not travelled he won't come on for a cameo.
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DaveVak
13 years, 1 month ago
My team:
Foster, Baines+Caulker+Riise, Michu+Bale(c)+Nolan+Cazorla, Aguero+Suarez+Berbatov
Bench: Begovich, Sterling, Mcauly, Davies

What you guys think ?
Thinking strongly of getting in Begovich even though he's away as Stoke are strong defensively while WBA in recent weeks are not and host Sthmptn who, while lose a lot, scored in all but one games.
Also thinking about midfield, who the bench (Michu, Caz, Sterling, Nolan) and whether in defense stick to attacking defenders Riise and Baines (who are against each other) while benching Mcauley (for same reasons I've stated above)
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Doesn't Mata
13 years, 1 month ago
Playing Mata, and not changing my mind ANYMORE.

Question: O’shea Routledge Nelsen. Order of bench?
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Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
13 years, 1 month ago
RVP out a wind up surely?
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1. GlasgowFF
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Yeah must be. Linekar is trying to make a funny.
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2. Optimus.
  13 years, 1 month ago
  looks that way
  
  *changes boxers
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3. MJ6987
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Isn't his Missus due?
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Ninjaa
13 years, 1 month ago
Currently got ba and aguero and worried about their gametime, should I do one of them out for jelavic, for a hit?
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mutatedllama
13 years, 1 month ago
No RVP today would be madness. SAF wouldn't dare to leave him out.
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QPR expects... glory!
13 years, 1 month ago
Mass panic ensues for an hour as rumours run rife SAF and Arsene have done a handshake deal on RVP not playing 😉
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1. Nomar
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Its the sort of thing SAF would do though.
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  1. Gregor
    13 years, 1 month ago
    No it isn't, other way round maybe.
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2. Cheggers
  13 years, 1 month ago
  nah would be an injury surely
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  1. Nomar
    13 years, 1 month ago
    He was saying RVP needed a rest and it could be hard for him against his old club.
    
    I cold be tempted to go to Rooney here. Still on my WC.
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      13 years, 1 month ago
      he had a rest midweek, didn't travel for C1C game
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3. Sean.
  13 years, 1 month ago
  then why keep it secret ?
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Nepali Toon
13 years, 1 month ago
Here's another try
Begovic
Baines Cuellar Rafael
Mata Pienaar Sterling Bale
Tevez Van Persie Crouch
Tremmel McAnuff Nelsen Simpson

0.3 in bank
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1. andy85wsm
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Another try at what? If it was linking your team and your money you successfully completed your mission.
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  1. Nepali Toon
    13 years, 1 month ago
    My wildcard team!!
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2. Sleep Talk
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Looking good, you sure about Rafael though? I fear a bit of rotation coming up, and United haven't had the best defensive record this season. Downgrading him would let you upgrade Nelsen, Simpson or Tremmel. I also think I'd start McAnuff over Sterling, but that's my opinion.
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  1. Nepali Toon
    13 years, 1 month ago
    I don't know if Rafael will hold his place but he is in just for his attacking points. Sterling just because we perform poor at the fools
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Gobigorgohome
13 years, 1 month ago
If RVP, Mata and Ba all not involved, I will end up laying 10. 😮
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
13 years, 1 month ago
Pardew on Ba “I think he has a good chance, I’d say 70-30 to play. He’s a man in form and
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1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  13 years, 1 month ago
  http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2012/11/03/pardew-demba-will-be-focused-on-the-job-in-hand-72703-32157020/
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sick city
13 years, 1 month ago
Which one from these three would you bench?

Podolski (mun), Sterling (NEW), Michu (CHE).

Thanks!
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1. DaveVak
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Podolski, he'll be busy defensively with a muppet behind him. Michu plays lone striker against a defense that likes conceding and Sterling likes to play at home
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  1. sick city
    13 years, 1 month ago
    cheers mate i was swinging that way. I'll get podo out for ba soon anyways i think!
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Sleep Talk
13 years, 1 month ago
Thanks for the reply on the previous page Shipstontrev! I keep switching between HBA and Pienaar at the moment, it's a tough one.. 😕
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GlasgowFF
13 years, 1 month ago
RVP will start today.

Don't let a daft Garry Linekar joke prompt mass hysteria.
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1. GlasgowFF
  13 years, 1 month ago
  ....goes to check who is vice captained....
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Alonso The Great Midfielder
13 years, 1 month ago
suarez or bale captain.?now with bale but bale like to disappoint us when needed....but suarez is suarez, maybe red card is coming...
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Screaming Midget
13 years, 1 month ago
This is becoming quite funny.

I bring in Gibbs - gets injured
I bring in Wilson - gets injured
I bring in Mata - he's a big doubt
I brought in Ba the other week... also in doubt
I have RVP... apparently not even in squad

Got 3 lucky dips on the Lotto tonight.... come on! 🙂
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1. andy85wsm
  13 years, 1 month ago
  There's no real evidence that he isn't in the squad. Linkekar just didn't see him on the coach aparently.
  
  Surely other journos would be on to this by now
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2. fatherted
  13 years, 1 month ago
  Try 50, 52, 58, 63, 79' 86.
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Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
13 years, 1 month ago
RVP out would be like Stalingrad on here. I'd better contact the wife 😯
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Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
13 years, 1 month ago
Mmm. 😕 I am starting to get a bad feeling about this week ... 🙁
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1. Jafooli
  13 years, 1 month ago
  I always do....about every week.....normally I'm right.....
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Jax
13 years, 1 month ago
Am I right to bench Cazorla?
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1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  13 years, 1 month ago
  No. You are nuts.
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  1. Sleep Talk
    13 years, 1 month ago
    +42
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2. My name is an echo
  13 years, 1 month ago
  christ no
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Grounderz
13 years, 1 month ago
If RVP plays no part today, that means... 9-men lineup for me. FECK! FECK! TRIPLE FECK! Last week was already a 10-men...
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1. Jax
  13 years, 1 month ago
  don't believe the hype
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fatherted
13 years, 1 month ago
Could be a cynical ploy by Linekar to catch up his mini league leader. He must be a fellow Bale(c)

Lol
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Doesn't Mata
13 years, 1 month ago
SOLD Rooney for RVP, and lost 0.2mil in value. If he is not playing... !@#$%^&*()_
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1. GlasgowFF
  13 years, 1 month ago
  He will play FFS!
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