Interview

Interview – Kelvin Travers – Fantasy Premier League Runner-Up

Continuing our series of summer interviews, we meet up with Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game runner-up Kelvin Travers. Despite leading the game during the final round of matches and a total of seven times across the season, Kelvin lost out to Matt Martyniak by just two points overall – he reveals that his final decision of the season, over which Belgian to bench for Gameweek 38, proved decisive.

Can you take us through your final matchday emotions and your team selection strategy, with so many FPL players in with a chance of winning?
I’d made my transfer and captain decision earlier in the week. It was going to be Marouane Fellaini to Philippe Coutinho, then when I heard Anders Lindegaard would be starting for United instead of David De Gea I knew I had no goalkeeper so my plans had to change. The obvious move then was De Gea to Pepe Reina to cover the inevitable Liverpool clean sheet at home to QPR, but that left me with a decision of who to bench – Fellaini or Romelu Lukaku. As it turned out, it was the biggest decision of my season and I got it wrong. I didn’t fancy Lukaku to start against United let alone score, and whilst I knew Fellaini would likely play deep against Chelsea, he offered a goal threat from set pieces and corners.

I went up to my local pub just before kick-off and they had the Newcastle v Arsenal game on. Everybody in there knew what was at stake for me, so when Theo Walcott hit the post, and score updates of a Lukaku hat-trick starting coming through I began to realise it probably wasn’t going to be my lucky day. At the end of 90 minutes, taking subs into account, I knew I had a slender lead at the top and that it would come down to bonus points.

You’ve been playing FPL since 2004/5 and never finished higher than 3,000th before. What did you do differently this season?
This year I did play differently, I played my own game and didn’t worry about anybody else or their team (until the last Gameweek). If I could field 11 players I wouldn’t take a points hit, I played reasonably safe each week with my captain choices, and left my transfers until the end of the week to catch injury news. Losing 0.1 on a player was less important than wasting a transfer and finding out about an injury. No matter what strategy anybody plays, a huge amount of the game is based on luck, and I was pretty lucky this year.

You started with a Gameweek 1 score of 118 and an overall rank of 253. How important was this excellent start and how confident were you back then that you would have such a great season ahead?
A good start was obviously nice to have, but it was one out of 38 weeks. The main benefit from a strong start was having the right players in, such as Michu and Mladen Petric, then moving those players on at the right time. I’d never have imagined at that point I’d spend over half the season in the top 10, and be world number one seven times. A strong start isn’t everything, but it definitely helped me this year, and if I can get off to a strong start again next year I’ll see if I can attempt the impossible once more.

What is your strategy, including captain tactics, and what key pieces of advice for playing the FPL game would you give to our community (eg. keep points hits to a minimum/ or form versus fixtures)?
I generally went for a low cost defence, and spent money in midfield and upfront. Avoided point hits at all costs, and usually just played three at the back. In terms of captaincy choice, I looked at home teams playing teams who were weak away, or players with strengths who were up against defences who struggled against those strengths. For instance, when Chelsea put eight past Aston Villa at Christmas, and everybody jumped on Chelsea assets, I looked at Villa’s weaknesses and saw Gareth Bale as a player to expose those weaknesses in the following game – which he did with a hat-trick. The logic behind my decisions was simple, watch football and see what’s going on. See what players and teams are playing well and more importantly which players are likely to perform well in their upcoming games.

How important are stats and research, such as those available through Fantasy Football Scout, to your game?
I love stats. Everybody who knows me knows I’m a bit of a geek with football stats. I love reading the more statistical articles on Fantasy Football Scout as I think a lot can be learned from statistics, but let’s face it, no statistic is going to predict a Jordi Gomez hat-trick or a Tim Howard goal in gale force winds.

What were your most difficult decisions this year?
My final day decision on who to bench, and the two occasions I took point hits. I actually found using both my wildcards to be fairly easy this year, as I’d planned ahead my strategy on how to use those so close together to maximise double Gameweek points. I can’t really think of many difficult decisions actually, I was pretty relaxed the whole season and as I said earlier, just made the moves I felt were the best for me and didn’t overcomplicate things.

What do your family/friends/partner think of your achievement this year? Is it a secret passion or do you bore them to tears with your scores?
My girlfriend hates me playing Fantasy football, watching football, just anything to do with football, but I think secretly she was hoping I’d win so she’d get a holiday to Hong Kong. The majority of my friends were behind me winning, there were a couple at the start of the season who threw me out of leagues for ‘being too good’, but I think by challenging to win the whole thing I may have even won their respect. Every time I went into the pub the first thing I’d hear from people was “How’s Fantasy football going? Are you still number one?”. I’ve also chatted to loads of people on Twitter who supported me, and even swapped plenty of messages with Julian Zipparo (who finished the season in sixth and had led the competition during the season) throughout the season, and towards the end Evs (who finished in fifth). I even got a message from Jon Reeson who won it a few years ago, offering me support and good luck. It’s a bit surreal to have done so well at something, when all I want to do is take an interest in games I normally wouldn’t, watch football and have a few beers with my friends.

Do you play any other Fantasy football games? What if anything would you change about the FPL game (a runner-up prize perhaps)?
Playing one FPL game is enough for me! I did the Euro 2012 Fantasy game last summer and finished in the top 50 from what I remember. The FPL game itself I think is ok as it is. I’m disappointed I didn’t get anything for finishing second, I was hoping that the Premier League might give me a couple of tickets to a game as a gesture of goodwill, but I think the top three or top five should really get something – not that I’ll ever be up there again! I won a bit of money from my mini-leagues, although as I’m sure others have found, it’s not always that easy collecting in your winnings!

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  1. stephenl15
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    We all know there'll be some loser with double Israel defence + chalobah strandberg bertolacci and biton. God I hate those guys

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    1. Studgie G
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      yeh the guy thats first who keeps trolling with his dsfhsdhfhsd team

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  2. Freshy
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    So Nor/Italy is on TV next
    Start watching in the 80th minute?

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  3. Thomass
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    Dissapionting GW

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  4. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    9 points 😎

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    1. Konig Luther
      • 11 Years
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      was with 36pts, 20min ago, and finish with 18

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    2. SuperOsçarBaby
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      8 here

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    3. Captain Shirokov
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      Show-off.

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  5. SuperOsçarBaby
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    Chalobah is my highest scorer.

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  6. PDM TOP 1,000 any Season Le…
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    Just logged on
    Nice write up and an insight into a top ranking FPL manager
    Nice one 🙂

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  7. Sleep Talk
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    5.5 in the bank. 😎

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    1. Chazza
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      14.5 here.

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    2. Konig Luther
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      they gave us 5M to semi finals

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  8. Optimus.
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    13 points and i halved my rank 😎 i would love to say i went from 50th to 25th but no..1269 to 622th..watch yer backs 😉

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    1. Optimus.
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      i just realized my -6 hit probably hasnt been deducted yet 😐 🙂

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    2. SW6
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      2500+ to 950 😆

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      1. Optimus.
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        we will be in the "on the up" section tonight" 😉

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        1. SW6
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          😀

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    3. Lawrø
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      2976 --> 691 😎

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  9. Lawrø
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    Anyone else have Kriaf? 😎

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    1. Wild Rover
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      A while ago, but the ointment cured it 🙂

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  10. Declan-
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    134 overall. 156 this week. Thank you strandberg and chalobah 😎

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  11. Wild Rover
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    Lol.. Not sure how, but I was at work for the deadline, only 7/9 started and one of them went off at ht but still climbed from 245 to 158 😎

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    1. Captain Shirokov
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      You got 7 starting? Tekkers.

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      1. Wild Rover
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        Oops, 7/9 not starting..

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        1. Captain Shirokov
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          Oh right. 😆

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        2. Declan-
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          😆 unlucky I had 5 not starting before transfers

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  12. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    Up to 406

    42 in Israel

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    1. Declan-
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      12th in Israel 🙂

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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        😡 😛

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        1. Declan-
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          It probably doesn't include hits though. I got in Donati and Martinez and Destro. Oh well 🙂

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    2. Chazza
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      You'd still have a decent chance of winning a country's league if you'd chosen pretty much any other country than Israel!

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    3. Count of Monte Hristo
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      JC #1 in Israel.

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  13. BONZ
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    Stuart Pearce hanging the players out to dry, taking no responsibility for these defeats and very critical of the players.

    Dont look like he wants to be in this post and could be a good candidate for a return to league management - putting a few £s on him for Wigan job 🙂

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      1. BONZ
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        Good man.......

        I had a mate of yours email for a role at the City...what you think?

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      2. tw
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        can I be Swansea!?

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      3. tw
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        also did Granville actually agree to be Man City? 😕

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  14. Grounderz
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    Finally, I get my hands on HC. Is there a list or illustration on reputation level? For instance, Level 1 is Scout, Level 2 is Club Scout, etc.

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    1. RedLightning
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      Level 3 is Regional Scout, Level 4 National Scout and Level 5 is Mark (World Scout). The Higher levels (2-5) are initially all Scout administrators, moderators etc.; the rest of us all start at 1.

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      1. Grounderz
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        Just what I need. Thanks.

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  15. Gimli son of Gloin
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    Nice, up to 49th overall. Denmark clean sheets really cost me could have been going quite nicely
    Anyone floating around the top ten?

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    1. Declan-
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      Denmark?? 😯 What game are you playing 😉

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      1. Gimli son of Gloin
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        Norway.. haha I must group them together as the same country in my head

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    2. Konig Luther
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      i drop to 7th overall

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  16. Wild Rover
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    Thank heavens Norway did not win the group, could have been a fantasy disaster. Luckily Holland and Spain will both now want to win their group.. 😎

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    1. Chazza
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      Should hopefully be the first game of the tournament of real quality.

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  17. Thomass
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    What was everyone's GameWeek Score?
    Mine was a 4 (-6)

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    1. Declan-
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      21(-4)

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    2. ★FC Borecelona★
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      14(-4)

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    3. SW6
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      22

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    4. Lawrø
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      24.

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    5. GreennRed
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      12 so far. -2 when I swap captain.

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  18. Podge
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    My word this will take quite a bit of getting used to.

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    1. Optimus.
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      the older i get the longer it takes me to get used to change 🙂

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    2. Captain Shirokov
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      Really? 😕

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      1. Podge
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        Its probably my eyesight but I'm struggling to tell a comment from a reply, they used to be quite a bit further to the right so it was obvious.

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        1. Podge
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          This looks like a reply but yours and Optimus' seem almost in line with mine.

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          1. Ginkapo FPL
            • 12 Years
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            Are they not upon different backgrounds? Someone earlier saw all as a white background rather than this grey tint

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        2. Captain Shirokov
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          Actually now that you mention it, it is quite difficult to tell the replies from the comments. I'm sure I'll adjust.

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  19. Wild Rover
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    England only scored one goal all tournament and that was a dodgy peno.. 🙄

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    1. Optimus.
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      but what they lacked up top they made up at the bac....nevermind

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    2. Mull
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      The future's bright...

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      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
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        The future's orange...

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    3. applebonkers
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      an attack spear-headed by connor wickham is like taking a spoon to a sword-fight

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      1. Freshy
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        JJS as central attacking mid is better

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  20. GreennRed
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    No manager subs for semis 😮

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    1. 4vets
      • 13 Years
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      Really? 😯

      Hurries off to look at the rules.

      Are the semis on the same day?

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      1. Konig Luther
        • 11 Years
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        yes... we only need 11 players

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    2. 4vets
      • 13 Years
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      I must be blind but I can't see this.

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    3. Wild Rover
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      The cool kids still have a wc and will actually get to see the line-ups for a change as it's weekend 😀

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      1. GreennRed
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        Yeah but my wildcard lost some value when there's no subbing involved.Ah well. Have my cheap Norwegians, Maher and Harush so plenty to spend on my 11 with an eye on the final.

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  21. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
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    so, do I go Volland (c) or chance Janztche (German defender). Can't be worse than subbed at HT Sapponaro

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    1. Chazza
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      10 years, 9 months ago

      Volland, if he starts.

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  22. Thomass
    • 11 Years
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    Off to have dinner at someones house! Bye guys! 😀

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    1. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      say hi to ENR from me

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    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
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      Hope they are expecting you... 😉

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      1. Captain Shirokov
        • 12 Years
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        😀

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      2. tw
        • 12 Years
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        😆

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    3. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
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      See ya Thomas.

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    4. Podge
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      Do they know or are you just taking pot luck ? 🙂

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    5. applebonkers
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      • 14 Years
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      might hot-topic this. we could guess what he's eating

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
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        You have the wrong candidate in that grav AB 😉

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        1. applebonkers
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          • 14 Years
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          jason your favourite now? he's mine too now but i can't see him lasting very long

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          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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            😆

            you know who I want in there 😛

            Myles looks like the only one with any sense.

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            1. applebonkers
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              • 14 Years
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              yeah like him, looks a favourite to win it, always calm, assured and good at talking to people

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    6. Lawrø
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      Kieren's? 😉

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      1. ★FC Borecelona★
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        😉

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      2. BONZ
        • 14 Years
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        So Lawro you have heard of this fella aswell??

        Care to share thoughts?

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
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          I can say that he genuinely appears to be a new ffs user rather than a spy

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          1. BONZ
            • 14 Years
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            His emails are written in the same native tongue as his butty, so raised suspicion my end.

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            1. Ginkapo FPL
              • 12 Years
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              Yeah he might be Thomas account two, but not sure why he would try to join the same team twice

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              1. BONZ
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                Or why he would even try to join the team that has mate has caused a series of issues for?

                God only knows but the Cardiff door is firmly closed unless for top applicants!

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        2. tw
          • 12 Years
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          what's this about?

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  23. Who do you fancy as next years Demel / Davies ?
    Hibbo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
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    Interestingly in both Matt and Kelvin's interview the have both made reference to going for a low-cost defence. While we are still waiting on transfers and prices who could be the B.Davies or Demel to have next season?

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
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      Demel

      On another note, a Norwich defender should still over value, likewise a Sunderland one, Hudson could be a decent shout, or even a Fulham defender

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    2. SW6
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      McShane is an early favourite I hear.

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      1. Hibbo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
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        Being Irish the mere suggestion of this is msdness but he seems to have a cult status on here haha

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
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          McShane??

          Not touching with a bargepole

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    3. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
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      vermaelen 4.0m bargain next season 😉

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    4. alastair
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      • 14 Years
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      That sounds like the Jon Reeson strategy from 2 or 3 years ago. I think it's a mistake to believe that there is a "right" way to play this game - the real lesson is that you have to be open to all possibilities - it could be the case that a relatively expensive defender may be worth having.

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      1. Hibbo
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        I tend to agree. I liked to have 1 big-money defender with four low cost.

        But that was more by chance than design early on but became a strategy as the season went on id like to have a Baines, Evra, Ivanovic.

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    5. r0nh
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      The cheapest Cardiff City defender is the first 4m defender in my team.

      They conceded less than a goal a game last season.

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      1. Gregor
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        • 14 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        I'm thinking a Vorm/Marshall keeper combo might be a good way to go.

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        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
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          Vorm.Marshall could work, I expect Vorm to drop back to 5.0, so if Marshall is 4.5 or less we have keeper combo

          Only problem with that is, last season Swansea defence was better away.

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    6. Evs
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      Hudson at city ? (Cardiff)

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    7. Spencer
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      • 12 Years
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      Coleman at Everton if he's classed as a defender

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      1. Evs
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        • 14 Years
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        I can't see him being cheap, 5.5m at best?

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        1. Spencer
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          • 12 Years
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          Oops. I kind of misinterpreted the question. Sorry!

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    8. gurka
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      I am expecting there to be less 4.0 defenders this year, or at least ones of quality.

      Ben Davies was a player of circumstance, therefore you never quite know what is on the radar.

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  24. Manani
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    someone mentioned no mangerial sub in semis?

    is that true?

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    1. teddy.
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      • 14 Years
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      Both on the same day, so maybe not. Good old auto-subs it is then...

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      1. Manani
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        oh...

        then the 105m seems a bit too much,
        we can basically have anyone we want

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        1. teddy.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
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          Yeah, I like that in a way. My wildcard strategy for this matchday might have been different if I'd known. But although I toyed with Krief, Strandberg and Chalobah, I don't think I'd have picked them...

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          1. Ginkapo FPL
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            I checked it out and is partly why I went for Steele, Lees and Chalobah to all benchwarm at a whopping total of 11.5M

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  25. Wild Rover
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    10 years, 9 months ago

    The rules are not very clear but it reads as though you can not make manager subs on semi final day but may get auto-subs.. 😕

    What do you think?

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    1. Manani
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      both matches same day, apparently.

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      1. Wild Rover
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        Yes, but not at the same time..

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        1. Wild Rover
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          Although this is not relevant to auto subs

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    2. Ginkapo FPL
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      Yeah I think were now down to autosubs only.

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    3. Mull
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      You can't make manager subs because the games are on the same day. Auto subs will work as normal.

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    4. GreennRed
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      The rules are clear, you can make subs at the end of the day, not the end of a match before another match the same day.

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  26. GlasgowFF
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    10 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone know how good Navas is?

    Good fantasy prospect?

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    1. Grounderz
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      10 years, 9 months ago

      According to posts I read the last few articles, he's apparently but not specially good. He provides some width for City which is essentially what they have been needing.

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      1. Gregor
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        Terrible at finishing it seems.

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        1. Gregor
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          • 14 Years
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          Sid Lowe also made the point that Pellegrini has never really used wingers before.

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    2. Manani
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      10 years, 9 months ago

      apparently the most shot without goal in la liga,
      and also the most chance created

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    3. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Jesus of Navasreth 😉

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  27. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    So I go have dinner come back to find I have lost all my CS's and scored no goals! Well all CS's but Chalobah (C) 😎

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I'm am rank 53 this week with 25pts if it makes you all feel better. Everyone is doing crap

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      1. Manani
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        how do you get 25pts.?
        I also have Chalobh(C), but only got 18pts.

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          I had 9 players today, the real question is how I didnt get more!

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    2. Efan Ekoku Pops
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I got 25 as well. Some random Israeli defender did a great job 8). Double Italy up front didn't quite work.

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  28. OOP Miidfielders
    JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    following on from Tony Hibbert, each year there seems to be a midfielder who plays either in the hole or as a forward, and gets a bagful of goals, 2 years ago we had Captain America, this year we had Michu. Who will be this year's suprise midfield package.

    If he can get a run of games in the role, I'd back Kagawa, but there's still a lot of doubt over him. Right now I'd say Tonev or Ramirez.

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Coutinho if shifted central and I wouldnt put it past Wilshere to step up

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      1. Gregor
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        • 14 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Good calls.

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        1. Gregor
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          • 14 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Thinking about it, Wilshere would be the obvious Arsenal representation for the start of the season, as it stands, imagine he'll come in cheap again.

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          1. Ginkapo FPL
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 9 months ago

            If he keeps injury free then I am betting on him having a good season, especially if Wenger plays him CAM

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          2. Hibbo
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            • 11 Years
            10 years, 9 months ago

            For me with the likes of Walcott nd Cazorla in the same side Wilshere isnt going to wash with me as Arsenal midfield cover.

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    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Cheap shot at getting a green post... 😛

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        I make no apologies 😛

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      2. pieces
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        😀

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      3. Spencer
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        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        It worked! 😉

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      4. Hibbo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Completely foiled my plan of asking the same question for each position 😯

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    3. SW6
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I'm not falling for Gaston again 😉

      Sounds ludicrous but maybe Walters, Stoke playing slightly more expansive and he's already got OOP experience.

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      1. Hibbo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Possibly. Or possibly lose his untouchable status he had under Pulis?

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    4. alastair
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      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      As has been pointed out before Man City signing of Fernandinho might lead to Yaya being pushed forward on a regular basis.

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    5. McNulty
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      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Mirallas if he gets classed as a midfielder, can't see Anichebe starting and Jelavic seems to have lot the plot. He should be classed as a mid as he played 90% of his games there this season.

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      1. SW6
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        If Mirallas is a midfielder he'll definitely be in my team, his Olympiacos record shows he knows where the goal is.

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    6. thetinkerman
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      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      If we knew, he wouldn't be a surprise 😉

      I'm sure it will be someone we know about who ups his game-time or finally hit form.

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      1. thetinkerman
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        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Or do you mean someone who is classified as a midfielder who gets pushed forward into 'the hole'? I think I misunderstood. Yaya for me, but heavily depending on the system the new manager plays.

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  29. Gimli son of Gloin
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Niklas Helenius - Aston Villa target. 16 goals last season in the Danish Superliga, for 5th place side Aalborg.. player of the season there too..

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    1. Gimli son of Gloin
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RT-L6UsP2c he looks tidy.. then a youtube video can make anybody who's scored a professional goal look decent

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  30. teddy.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Kleyman(7)
    Hedenstad(2) BARTRA MONTOYA
    Biton(3) Berisha(2) HOLTBY(C) VANGINKEL
    Destro(2) JOHN WIJNALDUM

    Holtby captain vs the porous Russians
    Three Dutch attackers up against my two Spanish defenders - surely I can get something out of that?!

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