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Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	54.9%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	59.0%	Unlikely
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Cash	AVL	4.9m	50.7%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	49.0%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	49.0%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	42.7%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
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Ndiaye	EVE	6.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	101.2%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.8%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.5%	Very Likely
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Elanga	NEW	6.6m	99.5%	Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.6%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.2%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	95.3%	Maybe
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	95.2%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	94.7%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	94.1%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	93.0%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.1%	Unlikely
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Irving	WHU	4.4m	92.3%	Unlikely
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Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
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McAtee	NFO	5.1m	89.4%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.5%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	88.0%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	87.2%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.8%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	87.2%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	86.7%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	86.1%	Unlikely
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Injuries

8 March 2011 1475 comments

Mark

Robin Van Persie returns to the Arsenal starting lineup in Barcelona tonight.

As we detailed yesterday, the Dutch striker was named late in Arsene Wenger’s 19-man squad for the second leg tie and was due to miss the match due to a knee injury sustained in the Carling Cup Final defeat to Birmingham. However, Van Persie returned to the squad and starts in Spain tonight – a major boost for Arsenal and, of course, great news for those who held on to a prize Fantasy asset over gameweek 29.

We await to see just how Van Persie comes through tonight’s game but, given Wenger’s assurances that he would take a gamble on the striker unless fully fit, the signs are good and we should expect Van Persie to return to league action in gameweek 30. As we’ve documented so often recently, Arsenal’s fixture in the forthcoming gameweek at West Brom on March 19, depends on the result of their FA Cup tie at Old Trafford this coming Saturday. If that goes to a replay both United and Arsenal will suffer a gameweek 30 blank.

That’s for another time however. For now, we can settle and watch Van Persie try his magic on the Barcelona defence.

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Portsmouth Bubblejet
14 years, 9 months ago
Tonight's risers: Nolan
Dropped: Joey Barton, Tal Ben-Haim, Kolo Toure
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1. Boom!!!
  14 years, 9 months ago
  barton dropped 😯
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  1. Henry Hill
    14 years, 9 months ago
    How long is he out for?
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    1. The Rock
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Him and Ireland should be back for the weekend v Stoke.
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    2. Boom!!!
      14 years, 9 months ago
      he should be back in gw30 against stoke...
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Joey
14 years, 9 months ago
is shezny out for the season then ?
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1. Boom!!!
  14 years, 9 months ago
  not confirmed yet.
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2. The Rock
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Its a dislocated finger. Won't know how long till tomorrow but i'm guessing 4-6 weeks.
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CaptainSanchez
14 years, 9 months ago
i always enjoy watching barca play but i found myself hoping arsenal would win. ref totally wrecked the game, also thanks to all the dives. go within 1m of a barca player and he'll hit the deck and scream in agony. Alves is a shocker, and cant believe abidal didnt get sent off and that rvp did. didnt messi get called offside later in the match and still have a shot at goal? yet no yellow card for him...
not saying the arsenal players were innocent either though
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1. The Rock
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I wanted an Arsenal victory as well and the sending off was really unfair imo but lets be honest, Barca still would have won the match. Arsenal had no shots at all, they rarely got the ball past there own half, the goals were coming for Barca either way.
  
  Now, time for all the if's and but's.. keep them coming..
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  1. CaptainSanchez
    14 years, 9 months ago
    of course barca still would have won, they had all the possession and heaps of shots. arsenal had nothing in attack really (rvp and fabs didnt look 100%). still would have been nice to go to extra time...
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    1. The Rock
      14 years, 9 months ago
      I agree and how things could be so different had Bendtner scored that big chance right at the end.
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      1. OneTwo
        14 years, 9 months ago
        He can bury them in the back of the net against teams like Leyton Orient no problem but when it really matters hes a scrub! Time to send him packing and bring in someone whom we can rely on!
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        Cesc__4
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I agree arsenal played badly but does any1 else think it could have been different had RVP and not Bendtner had that chance at the end?
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        Nomar
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Yes.
        
        The agg score was 4-3 so, effectively the same as being 1-0. And no matter who you are a 1-0 lead in football is never safe. A goal then and Barcelona has to score again because of the away goals rule.
        
        And no matter how good they are there's no guarantee they would have scored again, like many pundits have suggested.
        
        The result is what it is though, so none of the speculation really matters.
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2. Twitter
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Nowadays football in general is rotten, and I genuinely hope that the stench of it reaches such a level that thousands upon thousands of fans wake up to the fact and quit paying through the nose for it. Oh how sweet it would be if huge numbers suddenly cancelled their Sky subscriptions, refrained from buying replica shirts etc and stopped attending Premiership matches. The earth-shattering effect it would have on the elite clubs would be joyous to behold.
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Natas
14 years, 9 months ago
Was a frustrating game. Ref was horrible, and Arsenal were horrible. I guess you could complain about ref, but how did they expect to win a game with 0 shots on goal, were they hoping for yet another own goal to push them through. In the End, I think Wenger got it all wrong. Van Persie should have never started from the outset as he wasnt at 100% nor was creating or getting into space. Rosiky another questionable start, as was Cesc who was obviously only running at 50%. Chamakh wouuld have been a good option to start as would gibbs, eboue. Ars didnt have to win the game, they just didnt have to lose it. Even after the sending off, changes should have been made and the bus should have been parked. Wenger has a losers mentality - Cesc is a disgrace of a captain hugging and kissing all his fellow catalans pre game. Bad coaching, bad captaining - A team of this quality should win more silverware and when they dont im afraid it can come down to these 2 key people.
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1. RevsFC
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Arsenal weren't horrible, they had a horrible strategy. Wenger took a page from the Mancini book of having 10 men behind the ball with the star striker dropping deep into his own 50.
  
  Funny how the ref saw RVP's foul but not the slap on Nasri or the choking of RVP by Abidal, or the scissor tackle on Nasri by Dani Alves. Awful.
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2. kush
  14 years, 9 months ago
  we all know red card to rvp was a disgrace but you should not forget the fact that koscielny should have been sent off as well in the 2nd half...you were beaten by the best team in the world accept this and move on.
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  1. RevsFC
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Congrats, you beat an understrength team with a 10-0-0 formation, and yet still couldn't beat an "inferior" team without several key decisions by the refs and a few defensive errors. Yes, true brilliance.
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    1. Natas
      14 years, 9 months ago
      10-0-0 formation...couldnt beat an inferior team....if rvp wasnt sent off, what would be the excuse then. If barca converted at their normal rate, the game would have been 4-0 before rvp was sent off. Would a good decision by the ref change the fact that arsenal had no shots on goal? Barca are brilliant, as much as I hate them, they completely outplayed arsenal and it would have been a much bigger injustice had they not won for the crap that arsenal was playing, they didnt deserve to even compete. And Cesc should just leave already!
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Aj Royals
14 years, 9 months ago
Bad day. I expected better from this Arsenal squad.

All midfielders of Arsenal were mostly acting as a defensive mid and unable to connect to the strikers. The connection happens generally via Fabs/Song/Wilshere but didnt work out this time due to extensive pressure from Barca fwds/mids on ARS half.

Also Arsenal defence is running in zero confidence at the moment. Need a Vermaalean recovery and some other good defensive option as well.

Walcott was missed there too. Arshavin was good but was too late by then. he could have started instead of Rosicky or Fab should have been benched.

Nasri, Wilshere were the best players from Arsenal. They are shaped onto world class players. Bendtner, Rosicky, Clichy, Koscielny are sort of a liability.

The only goal from Arsenal was because of the single handed effort from Samir Nasri. Almunia was good but not consistent. He was quite confident though (as if he has nothing to loose).
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SuperDorrans
14 years, 9 months ago
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/857492-nani-leg-injury-could-get-infected-and-end-his-season
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1. TommyK
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Carragher's tackle=
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkhQZNHcxmE
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  1. Boom!!!
    14 years, 9 months ago
    lulz.i love it!
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2. Epic Fail
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Bit of a nonsense sensationalist story really. Any wound can get infected. Unless his medics are retards though, they will do everything they can to reduce the chance of incetcion, so it's unlikely.
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  1. Clintymints
    14 years, 9 months ago
    who things gay, prob had a bruise and a cut
    
    stick a plaster on it and we're grand
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neopaint2005
14 years, 9 months ago
What to do with Nani? Should I keep him along with VDV, RVP?? I don't want to take any hit this week so I may transfer just 1 out of those 3.
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1. Epic Fail
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Wait for further reports and also the clash between Man Utd and Arsenal. Plenty of time.
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2. Clintymints
  14 years, 9 months ago
  absolutely nothing
  
  ha long bay, nice
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kitier katba
14 years, 9 months ago
Hate to be a nitwit but I've been all over the FPL FAQs etc. and can find no definition of why a price change is "protected" or what it even means.

Anyone willing to enlighten me?
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1. jms
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Only FPL knows and they keep it a secret. Here is a pretty good guess as to how it works
  
  http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/crack-the-code-2010-11-the-fiso-guide-to-fpl-price-changes-t77216.html
  
  At this point in the season, you should not be worrying about price rises and price drops. They can be pretty random.
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  1. Clintymints
    14 years, 9 months ago
    stopped worrying bout price nonsence weeks ago, doesn't really matter at all at all
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    1. zøphar
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Although I agree with u al at this point in the season price rises mean nothing but getting some good price rises in the early part of the season sets u up with more cash to spend in the run in
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      1. Clintymints
        14 years, 9 months ago
        yeup, spend a couple of points doing so early on and done some early transfers
        
        but nowadays, i dont give a fook 8)
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  2. kitier katba
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Muchas gracias, amigo.
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$hahriyar
14 years, 9 months ago
Arsenal #losing!
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Dave Bauer
14 years, 9 months ago
Test
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Clintymints
14 years, 9 months ago
a sneaky bet on crouch to knock a goal in later on??

if i remember correctly spurs tried very hard to get a lot of balls in there high to crouch, same again this time?
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1. Rasping Drive
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I am not sure that will do much good. Crouch is shite in the air.
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JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot
14 years, 9 months ago
Here's hoping that Arteta has a stormer tonight. Anyone else captain him? or was it too risky?
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1. pompeyfan
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Yep, I captained him. Defo need a stormer from him in order to have any chance of qualifying for the cup, winning my head to head & progressing in the millionaire. No pressure then!
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  1. JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Yeah not like you are hanging all you hopes on him. 😀
    
    I'm just pleased that i chose the right captain for my team, as he is my highest scorer, unless Beckford explodes
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    1. pompeyfan
      14 years, 9 months ago
      I know. Probably going to be a massive disapointment like it was with Chelsea on Monday with Torres & Luiz not contributing! Here's hoping though!
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    2. Mikinoz
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Bow Larks to that. Nothig but a netfull for Saha will suffice, Arteta can assist if he must.
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      1. Granville
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Arteta(c) all the way
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      2. JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot
        14 years, 9 months ago
        No thank. Quiet Saha please! 😀
        
        Beckford on the other hand...
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batman
14 years, 9 months ago
I think Fergie should play Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez on Sat in the FA cup against Arsenal, he loves teasing the back four. Wenger did say he would have won if Van Persie didn't get a red, guess he can prove how strong his team is on Sat.
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Jafalad
14 years, 9 months ago
Shazney 😡
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1. Kings of Lyon ★
  14 years, 9 months ago
  such an inconciderate !"?/&%
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  1. Jafalad
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Just when I'd found the perfect gk rotation. All down to Bergovic now. Not sure who he rotates with apart from Foster.
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    1. tosey
      14 years, 9 months ago
      stoke sunderland rotate well, as do spurs brum. i havent decided yet which way ill go, favouring spurs brum at the moment tho
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      1. Jafalad
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Cheers Tosey. I think SUN go well with STK but not sure of their cs potential despite better fix.
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        teddy.
        14 years, 9 months ago
        How about Gomes? That's my combo.
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        Jafalad
        14 years, 9 months ago
        er...but you're a TOT fan ain't ya, Tedster?
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        tosey
        14 years, 9 months ago
        teddy....gomes begovic?
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        Jafalad
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Ha...you're a Tottenham fan ain't ya, Tedster?
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    2. Kings of Lyon ★
      14 years, 9 months ago
      +1 and i sold foster on my WC after buying for 4.5. How much is almunia?
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      1. Jafalad
        14 years, 9 months ago
        4.5 if memory serves.
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        Kings of Lyon ★
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Straight swap?
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        Jafalad
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Depends if Shazney's out for the season. Don't want to waste transfers on gks.
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        Get up ya bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Jedi what have you done with Jafa??
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        Jafalad
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I was training Inze Skywalker who has moved to the dark side of taking hits. He's currently avoiding me.
        
        Otherwise, last week was film week and somehow ended up with Star Wars.
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        Christina.
        14 years, 9 months ago
        The force is with young Skywalker Jafa, but he is not a Jedi yet.
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        Jafalad
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I was training Inze Skywalker who has succumbed to the dark side and has been doing hits. He's avoiding me right now.
        
        Otherwise, last week was film week and somehow ended up on Star Wars.
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        Get up ya bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        The force strong that is be with you now
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        Kings of Lyon ★
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Same almunia is 5.3 which doesnt help.
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    3. Mikinoz
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Wait for the news, if it's a dislocation it may not be so long before he returns. I dislocated my thumb, playing in goal, in a schools cup final many years ago, was unable to play in the rugby final the following week, but then was back playing. I would have thought the medical facilities at a top club would be able to cope (obviously depends on the exact nature of the injury). Surely the thought of Almunia between the sticks will be motivation enough for the Arsenal backroom staff.
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      1. Jafalad
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Apparently, Almunia had a good game last night.
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2. JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot
  14 years, 9 months ago
  My team this year has become less of a team of my own devices, and more of a team forced into changes due to injuries and suspensions.
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  1. Granville
    14 years, 9 months ago
    That happens every year for me. Once I start making changes out of choice, that's where it all goes wrong. Nothing worst than removing a player who catches fire the following week.
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    1. JimmyDeemo - Sir Puntalot
      14 years, 9 months ago
      That's actually a good point, ever since i have been forced into changes i have climbed places.
      
      .....DAMN IT!
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Kings of Lyon ★
14 years, 9 months ago
If man u v ars in the FA cup is a draw then their prem league games will postponed allowing (hopefully) enough time for nani and szczney to return
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1. Jafalad
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I think this will be a fantasy armagedon.
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2. tosey
  14 years, 9 months ago
  i reckon utd will have too much for them especially after having a weeks rest and a bit of the old fergie siege mentality drummed into them after 2 losses
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  1. Kings of Lyon ★
    14 years, 9 months ago
    I completely agree with you mate, but we can all dream... 🙂
    
    did you watch the ars game last night or go see BC rattle pompy? I made about 40 with barca minus 1, would be sitting alot prettier though if i didnt back chelsea minus 2.
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    1. tosey
      14 years, 9 months ago
      KOL i went down to city, havent missed a home match in the league since i was 4 (22 years) so although it was tempting to miss a nothing game last night i sort of felt i had to go!
      
      lost £25 on my maynard wincast but cant moan as done ok with it recently
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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Thats fair then mate, Thats dedication.
        
        I would have backed the maynard wincast if i got chelsea up on monday but barca minus 1 was always my bet.
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        tosey
        14 years, 9 months ago
        they actually credited him with the 2nd goal at first and one of my mates got paid out by the stadium bookies straight after the game but it was a blatant own goal. pity i did it with paddy tho!
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  2. Mikinoz
    14 years, 9 months ago
    If United show the same zip, drive, determination and passion as they did against Liverpool, it could be a bloodbath.
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    1. Get up ya bum
      14 years, 9 months ago
      😆
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  3. Demí
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Don't think it will be that easy. No nani is a big blow and therefore i can see arsenal maybe edging it. They will also want to put things right after the barcelona loss.
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    1. Get up ya bum
      14 years, 9 months ago
      If I can have one piece of luck from the FPL gods this season let it be a draw in that match. I've got only 2 players from the 4 teams that would have a blank gw. It's my last hope at some sort of redemption!
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JamieG
14 years, 9 months ago
Any opinions which team has the easier run in for the title challenge guys? Chelsea, Utd or Arsenal?
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1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Arsenal ...
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  1. Get up ya bum
    14 years, 9 months ago
    really? they have the toughest of the 3 imo
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    1. Demí
      14 years, 9 months ago
      nope easiest imo aswell
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      1. Get up ya bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        6 away games including tot, bol, ful, sto. 4 home games including liv, utd, vil. 😕
        Chelsea & utd have it better, not by much but certainly better.
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        Get up ya bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Chelsea have 6 at home, 4 away. 2 tough home games - mcy, tot. 3 tricky away games - utd, eve, sto. Looks much better actually imo.
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2. jimnastics
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I personally think Chelsea have the easiest run-in, but I don't see them winning the league from this position. FPL wise though, it's time to pile in on Chelsea for me. Lamps + Luiz, and either Drogba or Torres if one of them hits form.
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  1. JamieG
    14 years, 9 months ago
    I was thinking the same. I'm thinking of doing Nani > Lamps regardless of Nani's injury outcome. Probably a bold move eh, if I decide to go for it. Would have to downgrade Hart > Foster to fund it too....
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3. Goose
  14 years, 9 months ago
  It's way too difficult to call, Arse have Spurs away, Liverpool & United at home. Chelsea have City Spurs & United. Man Utd have Arse and Chelsea but who's to say they are gonna win all their other games, no one saw United losing to Wolves, Arsenal could slip up at Stoke or somewhere like that. I hate to say it but I still think United will win it unless Van Parsnip stays fit, he could be the difference.
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BoobyZ
14 years, 9 months ago
If Arsenal get anything out of this season it will be a huge boost for them and testimony to their mental growth. IMO it will be really tough to come back from defeats such as the ones they have had in the Carling cup and the CL and that too in such a short period of time.
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1. Kings of Lyon ★
  14 years, 9 months ago
  If they lose on sat, they could have went from a potential quatreble winning side to trophyless again....
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  1. tosey
    14 years, 9 months ago
    i had £200 on them at evens after the brum cup final to win no major trophy this season. no trophies is 4/7 now
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    1. Fratboy
      14 years, 9 months ago
      nooooo, nice one mate! That was a good bet!
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      1. tosey
        14 years, 9 months ago
        it was with my arsenal supporting mate so will make it a little sweeter
        
        if utd beat them in the cup this weekend ill prob chuck £100 on arsenal for the league at 21/10 cover my bet, £100 profit gauranteed then
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      2. Kings of Lyon ★
        14 years, 9 months ago
        +1 great bet
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2. Fratboy
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Brilliant time for our struggling side to play them in the FA cup 🙂
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Demí
14 years, 9 months ago
So do people think Fabregas will be a barcelona player next season?
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1. tosey
  14 years, 9 months ago
  yeh only a matter of time.........he was getting in the groove last night with that backheel
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2. Mikinoz
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Surely some may believe he has been a Barcelona player for a good deal of this season.
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3. Get up ya bum
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Seems very likely.
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4. Natas
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I sure hope he will be. And I hope he spends the rest of his career warming the bench. F'n catalans are all the same. All that pre game hugging and kissing, and joking from El Capitain made me sick. Grow some balls fabs!
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Fratboy
14 years, 9 months ago
So VDV to get injured again tonight? I think so 🙁
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1. markieffm
  14 years, 9 months ago
  DONT JINX IT!!
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  1. Fratboy
    14 years, 9 months ago
    sorry 🙂
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tosey
14 years, 9 months ago
Anti-Football

Since opta stats began in 2004 Arsenal are the first ever team not to register a single shot in a Champions League game.

If you include Champions league, Europa league, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and the Premiership Arsenal were the first team not to register a shot during a match since Almeria were defeated 1-0 by Barcelona in 2009.
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1. Kings of Lyon ★
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Outstanding. Even Rangers done a better job at Old Trafford... for all you Rangers haters...up ye 😀
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2. Bubbles
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Let's all help Arsenal fans down from their high horses...
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Fratboy
14 years, 9 months ago
Kings of Lyon could you link your team? I'd like to spy on you 😉
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