Selection October 15

Metro Tips From The Scout

If you missed my star-studded debut – read: nervous – with Mark and Granville on the Scoutcast back in episode 37 (you can find the latest episode here) then you will also have missed out on a nugget of news that we feel deserves a sneaky mention.

We decided to take on the much derided FPL pundit this season, as myself and Fantasy Football Scout adopted a similar role over at the Metro game. Mauro Boselli probably didn’t provide the most illustrious start to this new branch in our career, but we quickly bounced back in Gameweek Two tipping Andy Carroll and Gareth Bale ahead of their big returns.

However, that was then and this is now and with Gameweek Eight about to kick-off, our next set of options are on the table over on the Metro website…

These are but six of the players on the radar this time around – three weekly bankers we feel are more assured some returns, two punts that may be off the beaten track and one player who’s past performances merit a shout-out – with many players close to consideration just falling short.

Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas was earmarked for a spot as a banker, but Arsene Wenger’s recent comments put the kybosh on that; team-mate Andrei Arshavin ran him close as a frequent point scorer in the Metro game and Dimitar Berbatov also falls just an inch short this week. While on the punt front, the midfield triumvirate of Matt Jarvis (with a potentially interesting game at home to West Ham), Charles N’Zogbia (making a visit to his old stomping ground of St. James Park) and Mikel Arteta (in a hotly contested derby that cries out for one of his dazzling free-kicks) were all pushing for a place but, ultimately, were just sneaked out.

Metro Managers can go take a look our final tips selection here.

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Scratch
14 years, 20 days ago
Well it's that time of the week again, yes that's right - Lawro's predictions. This week i've decided to try and predict Lawro's predictions though doubtless this is an uphill struggle trying to tap into the thinking of the peerless fotballing expert.
Nevertheless I'm giving it a go

This week Scratch got NINE results correct and SIX perfect scores

(Yeah the Blackpool drawing against City threw me - good on you Lawro ya rascal)
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The Wizard of Ozil
14 years, 20 days ago
WC team at the min

Kurl (Foster)
Boateng-Mummy-Coleman (Salcido,Simpson)
Nani-Vdv-Adam-Nasri-Barton
Tevez-Rooney (Drogba)

would any of these changes help me?

A)Salcido,Barton & Rooney out O'Shea,Malouda & Carroll in
B)Salcido,Barton,Adam,Nasri,Tevez & Rooney out O'Shea,Malouda,N'Zog,Arteta,Carroll & Berbatov in
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1. Scratch
  14 years, 20 days ago
  I'd sooner have Berbatov than Rooney. Obviously he's in the better form but it also leaves you money to play around with in the following weeks such as getting Fabregas in a fortnight.
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  1. Jafstar - TheRedDevil
    14 years, 20 days ago
    BTW from this morning rooney cud be in for a benching afta his backlash with sir adam
    
    altho it is a must win game and owen and hernandez dont have the same physicality as rooney to ball holding
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2. Lew
  14 years, 20 days ago
  do you want someone to pick your entire team for you?
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ReinaMan
14 years, 20 days ago
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=174289&event=7

already done bale > VDV.

should i make any other changes for a hit?
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1. PFOR
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Seriously thats's like the third time in 10 minutes I'd say.
  Stop.
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  1. ReinaMan
    14 years, 20 days ago
    2nd in 10 mins actually and only because of the new page the original time i posted it no one answered
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    1. ReinaMan
      14 years, 20 days ago
      oh and if i got some more answers maybe i would stop
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    2. PFOR
      14 years, 20 days ago
      Well 3rd time since I logged on, about an hour ago.
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      1. ReinaMan
        14 years, 20 days ago
        yeah but the 1st one got no replies
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2. TommyK
  14 years, 20 days ago
  ha- you just don't give up do you?
  
  You're teams just about bearable for this week...
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NotLovejoy
14 years, 20 days ago
Going to sub in Tevez or Berbatov. Which one produces more this week?
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1. TommyK
  14 years, 20 days ago
  berbatov- rested and playing at home...
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  1. User
    14 years, 20 days ago
    Berbatov or Nani? 😛
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    1. TommyK
      14 years, 20 days ago
      I have them both!
      
      But if you have to pick one then go nani for sure- he's a much more direct player (even though berba's a striker...)
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2. Akers
  14 years, 20 days ago
  http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r279/opeth_pwn/berba.jpg
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  1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
    14 years, 20 days ago
    I'ld like to see him come on to the pitch like that! A very serious dry martini, that looks like! 😀
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  2. TommyK
    14 years, 20 days ago
    Wow! Is that real?
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3. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Tevez
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Twelve years a slave
14 years, 20 days ago
Im pleased Drogba is injured.

Now i dont have to choose between Adam and Nolan. They both play !!!
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goriuanx
14 years, 20 days ago
My mate needs help
Who 2 captain
Nani
Rooney
Torres
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1. Scratch
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Phil Neville
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2. Rasping Drive
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Nani
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Avon Barksdale
14 years, 20 days ago
Rooney will play imo, would just cause more controversy of a rift between him and fergie if he doesnt play, and as fergie said today ”its water off a ducks back” He will play 100%
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1. Screaming Midget
  14 years, 20 days ago
  I think so too.
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Zinedine
14 years, 20 days ago
Hey who should i swap drogba for this weekend, i already have tevez and carroll. any worries about a drog price rise?
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1. Scratch
  14 years, 20 days ago
  ?
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smurph
14 years, 20 days ago
Quick questions fellow gamers!

any chance this drogba news is a joke?

and my two planned changes...
Evans > Samba
Alex > ?????? O Shea? Kolo Toure? Other??
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@FuzzyWarbles
14 years, 20 days ago
anyone close to the albrighton situation? I have to find a sub for drogba and the only other 2 i have is Dann at Arsenal or Jara at ManU. dont want to have to play one of those guys. So if albrighton is not playing, i gotta make a move.
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TommyK
14 years, 20 days ago
I'm considering getting alex out for konchesky (4 point hit) in order to bolster my team for this gameweek- worth it?
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1. SuperDorrans
  14 years, 20 days ago
  I'd probably get Salcido over Konchesky..
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  1. TommyK
    14 years, 20 days ago
    actually I already have hangeland 🙁
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2. PFOR
  14 years, 20 days ago
  4 point hit for a defender playing away to everton. I wouldn't.
  Unless you're sure he'll bag a hat-trick. 😉
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3. Scratch
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Spending 4 points to buy someone who's likely to get 2 points even though whoever comes off your bench will get 2 points. Not to mention losing value on selling Alex..
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  1. TommyK
    14 years, 20 days ago
    yeah you're right- bad idea...
    
    However I would point out that my bench consists of cleverley and dann- and I have both drogs and fabs 🙁
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    1. Scratch
      14 years, 20 days ago
      I have Alex and Drogba so Ferguson is going in leaving me with a bench of... Dann!
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SuperDorrans
14 years, 20 days ago
Or O'Shea.
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1. smurph
  14 years, 20 days ago
  would you get o shea over kolo??:P
  
  see my question above
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  1. SuperDorrans
    14 years, 20 days ago
    Probably yeah, not too keen on City's fixtures.
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Nailer
14 years, 20 days ago
The choice between Nani and Tevez for captain is so, so difficult. I really think I might just end up flipping a coin:

On the one hand:
- Nani got 2 goals and an assist against Denmark, and looked amazing
- Tevez had a long flight to Japan, and more of the "Oh I'm wrecked" comments midweek.

BUT:
- Nani has been annoyingly inconsistant, and West Brom or not a total pushover.
- Blackpool are going to go for City at home, and I think City will score because of this. Tevez will be involved if they score.

😀
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1. thehodge
  14 years, 20 days ago
  it's a good dilema to have. Im going with Nani.
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2. PFOR
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Nani has provided at least an assist in all but two of his games, notched a pair of goals and got some bp's.
  
  Explain to me how this is inconsistent?
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3. Scratch
  14 years, 20 days ago
  I'm in the same boat except i've got Berbatov added to the equation. I'd worry about Nani only playing 70 mins tops.
  Go Nani if you're greedy but Tevez should be a solid choice.
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4. Magerost
  14 years, 20 days ago
  I cant decide either, my biggest opponent in my league has Nani and no Tevez in his team.
  So if i go with Tevez and he gains a hattrick i will be a happy man on Sunday.
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5. Lanley Staurel
  14 years, 20 days ago
  http://www.flip-coin.com
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  1. Magerost
    14 years, 20 days ago
    Heads for me, and that was mr Nani.
    Problem solved
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thehodge
14 years, 20 days ago
Right team atm for this week.
Hahnemann
Jones Mummy Boateng Enrique
Nani(c) Malouda Dempsey Vdv
Tevez Carroll
Subs: Foster Shawx Cleverley Drogs
Did i bench the right people and what about my captain choice?
Thanks in advance
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Abstruse
14 years, 20 days ago
Just put Hart, Ridgewell, Drogs and Alex on the bench and then looked at my team....

I cried. 😛
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1. thehodge
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Is Hart injured?
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  1. Abstruse
    14 years, 20 days ago
    No.
    
    Make that Fabs on the bench instead of Ridgewell
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    1. TommyK
      14 years, 20 days ago
      your team looks like it's been driven off a cliff...
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ArcticJunkie
14 years, 20 days ago
With Drogba and Fabregas out of action this GW, it's really put my team under pressure to get a decent points score for GW8.

1) Can anyone tell me if Albrighton is out? and if anyone would play him over Dann in my team?

2) Is anyone going to start Fabs just incase he does actually play?

Hahnemann
Konchesky Shawcross Samba Elmohamady
Fabregas Bale Nani(C) Nolan
Carroll Tevez

Foster Dann Albrighton Drogba
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1. Scratch
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Abrighton is fit.
  Fabregas apprently isn't in the squad.
  Check the tweets.
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The Real Big Vern
14 years, 20 days ago
balls with Drogba out, this leaves my mrs’s team with all 3 subs – Etuhu, Sagna, Baptiste and now Drogba on the bench!

Already made a sub this week so gonna have to take a 4 point hit, so
I’m thinking Etuhu to either Barton, Albrighton or De Jong. I only have 4.7 in the bank.

What do you reckon?

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1. Scratch
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Very unlikely any of the players mentioned would recoup the 4 points. Albrighton is about the pick of them.
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Twisted Saltergater
14 years, 20 days ago
Has anyone put up the odds on clean sheets this weekend?

I'm looking at playing 1 from the following 3 -

Konchesky (away to Everton)
Enrique (home to Wigan)
Foley (home to West Ham)

I already have Krul in goal so will probably not double up on Newcastle defenders seeing as I'm playing N'Zogbia in midfield against them.
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Found out the odds anyway,
  
  Arsenal - Evens
  Man Utd - Evens
  Man City - 7/5
  Newcastle - 7/5
  Wigan - 7/5
  Chelsea - 6/4
  Blackburn - 6/4
  Wolves 17/10
  Everton - 9/5
  
  Other teams are 2/1 or greater.
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Rasping Drive
14 years, 20 days ago
Good to see the scousers under new ownership.

O'Shea - team news seems to indicate he might be rested. Any basis to this, do you think chaps?
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1. TommyK
  14 years, 20 days ago
  what team news?
  
  It's always possible he'll be rested, but I always thought that SAF wouldn't risk it against a team which just beat arsenal...
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  1. Rasping Drive
    14 years, 20 days ago
    Team news section on this site, although admittedly it's a week old now
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    1. Rasping Drive
      14 years, 20 days ago
      well, 4 days anyway
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2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Not unless he's a definite for the CL.
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Bow Locks
14 years, 20 days ago
Squad looks like this:
Al-Habsi (Foster)
Elmo, Cole, Toure (Jones, Jara)
Bale, Nani, Malouda, Barton (Davies)
Carroll, Tevez (Drogba)

2.4 Bank and 2 free.

I'm guessing Nasri for Davies and bench who??
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1. smurph
  14 years, 20 days ago
  i have nasri, think he wil score big while fab is out, id then bench barton
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smurph
14 years, 20 days ago
should i hold onto alex or switch him along with evans this week? have 2 free transfers.

IS Bale to VdV worth a 4pt hit?
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Attila the Bum
14 years, 20 days ago
Hmm, of my crippled injury riddled side I was fully prepared to give the (c) to Nani - but now as I am facing up to Routledge, Van Damme and Dann coming in, maybe I should gamble and give the (c) Berbatov to compensate for the dross. Or is that mentalist logic? Aw Gawd, I was looking forward to this GW as well! 😐
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1. TommyK
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Cheer up- I've thought for the last few gameweeks that I'd do amazingly- then ended up with mediocre scores...
  
  The berbatov one's an interesting idea, but I just don't think you can risk it with nani in this form. It's like trying to double or nothing when you're about to have you're legs broken in a game of high stakes poker...
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  1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
    14 years, 20 days ago
    What he says ...
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TommyK
14 years, 20 days ago
Crap- bale actually might drop before this weekend- worth a four point hit to get VDV in (long-term move) before he rises?
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1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 20 days ago
  In that case, probably. But if I were you, I would take a long hard look at Arteta first ...
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  1. TommyK
    14 years, 20 days ago
    I have- he's a handsome chap! 😉
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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      14 years, 20 days ago
      LOL 😆
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2. jamsiep
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Keep Bale. I just got rid so the jinx on him will have been lifted....
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  1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    14 years, 20 days ago
    Who for, Nasri?
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    1. jamsiep
      14 years, 20 days ago
      Yeppers.
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        14 years, 20 days ago
        Don't you have injuries to worry about, instead of transferring out fit players?
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      2. TommyK
        14 years, 20 days ago
        wait- you're getting nasri in for just one week, but deciding against the long term move of getting VDV in!?
        
        I know about not usually swapping midfielders who play for the same team, but that just seems like madness...
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  2. TommyK
    14 years, 20 days ago
    ha- good advice...
    
    You switch him for HD DVD then?
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thehodge
14 years, 20 days ago
Anyone thinking of captaining Malouda? Chelsea seem to go goal crazy when Drogs is out and trashed Villa last year when he was out. Thoughts?
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1. sy
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Thrashed them at home but lost away, villa are different at home.
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yanky
14 years, 20 days ago
A) -4pt hit bale + downing > adam + nani (c), keep gerrard two more wks, gw10 switch to fabs

B) gerrard > nani free this gwk, bale + downing > fabs + adam gw10 for free
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1. sy
  14 years, 20 days ago
  I'd go with b as Adam has a difficult game against man city
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sy
14 years, 20 days ago
I'm thinking of putting boateng in would have like kolarov, what are other people thinking?
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Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
14 years, 20 days ago
Well, my teams sorted - subject to more bad news. I think I can see a nice cup of tea looming! 🙂
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1. Babytigrrr
  14 years, 20 days ago
  Any shlurp recommendations for the weekend Michael? (I like red) - think I may as well drown my sorrows pre-empting another poor GW.
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ArcticJunkie
14 years, 20 days ago
Bale > Arteta

worth a 4 point hit guys?
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Alex Hunter
14 years, 20 days ago
so, been in bed sick all morning, just thought i'd pop in...of course more bad news w/drogs meaning i'll likely be out of the cup and have a shiite week since i've already used my two transfers. i'm sticking w/the shocker then and captaining adam. i may be delirious right now, but i honestly feel like there's nothing to lose at this point.
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1. TommyK
  14 years, 20 days ago
  don't worry about drogs- the world and his extended family have him...
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  1. Alex Hunter
    14 years, 20 days ago
    ya, but i have no malouda or nani meaning i'm in for it this week.
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    1. TommyK
      14 years, 20 days ago
      ah right- I'd nail down the hatches and stick your fingers in your ears, this weekend could get messy...
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2. thehodge
  14 years, 20 days ago
  After reading your post i clicked on your link to see if i was playing you in the cup but i'm not. 🙁
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smurph
14 years, 20 days ago
ok think ive made my mind up!

Evans > O Shea Free
Alex > Salcido Free
Bale > VdV 4pts

Going to do the first two and leave the 3rd until 1.55am tonight 😀

Forst two look worth it?
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