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4 December 2013 4396 comments
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After last night’s single goal encounter at Selhurst Park, we brace ourselves for the remaining nine Gameweek 14 fixtures this evening. Luis Suarez carries the armband hopes of many a Fantasy manager into this evening’s home game with Norwich, Wayne Rooney will be hoping to maintain his fine form against former club Everton, whilst Sergio Aguero travels to The Hawthorns, where the hosts conceded twice against goal-shy Villa in the previous match in front of their own fans:

Here’s a heads-up on the main news from this evening’s line-ups:

The major shock arrives at the Emirates where Nicklas Bendtner starts up front for Arsenal in place of Olivier Giroud. Theo Walcott is benched again as Arsene Wenger keeps faith in Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil, despite fears of rotation. James Chester is back in the Hull XI for the first time since recovering from a hamstring injury – he replaces the suspended Curtis Davies.

Paul Lambert drops Christian Benteke to the bench for Villa’s trip to Southampton, as Libor Kozak gets the nod in a 3-5-2 for the midlands outfit. Jose Fonte is benched for the hosts, as Maya Yoshida partners Dejan Lovren in central defence. Rickie Lambert replaces Pablo Osvaldo up top, whilst Paolo Gazzaniga and Steven Davis come in for the injured Artur Boruc and Morgan Schneiderlin.

Vincent Kompany is back for City’s trip to West Brom, though Alvaro Negredo is surprisingly replaced by Edin Dzeko up front. For the hosts, Stephane Sessegnon is benched as Steve Clarke makes three changes to his side.

Philippe Coutinho returns to the Liverpool XI for the visit of Norwich, as do Daniel Agger and Joe Allen, with Victor Moses, Kolo Toure and Lucas dropping out. Gary Hooper is omitted from the Canaries XI as Chris Hughton drafts in Bradley Johnson and switches to one up top.

Willian, Juan Mata and Eden Hazard line up behind Fernando Torres for Chelsea’s trip to Sunderland. Frank Lampard also returns to the XI for the Blues – Steven Fletcher is replaced by Jozy Altidore for the Black Cats, with Jack Colback coming in for Seb Larsson in midfield.

Marko Arnautovic makes a quick recovery for Stoke’s trip to Cardiff, though Jon Walters drops to the bench for the Potters. Marc Wilson also comes in after last weekend’s hammering at Goodison, while Malky Mackay makes a couple of alterations for the hosts.

Rafael returns to the starting line-up for United – Chris Smalling partners Nemanja Vidic at centre-half as Jonny Evans drops to the bench. Robin Van Persie is missing yet again, allowing Shinji Kagawa to tuck in behind Wayne Rooney. Ross Barkley and Kevin Mirallas replace Leon Osman and Gerard Deulofeu for Everton at Old Trafford.

Jermain Defoe leads the line for Tottenham’s trip to Fulham, as Roberto Soldado shifts to the bench. Etienne Capoue and Erik Lamela also find a place in the visitors’ XI, whilst new Cottagers boss Rene Meulensteen makes seven changes to his starting line-up.

As always on Matchdays, we’ve opened up our Dugout Discussion chatroom right up until the final whistle for those looking to get involved in a spot of real-time banter.

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  1. Declan
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    12 years, 4 days ago

    Cmon Suarez(C) !

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    1. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
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      This

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    2. gedda
      • 15 Years
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      +1. A repeat of the Carrow Road hat trick would be nice. Although at the moment the top 4 in my ML all have him ©, even Ramsey has less ownership!

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    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      +1

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    4. Retrosynth
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Hope he goes insane today, make up for the last game! Comon you Uruguayan psychologists wet dream!

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  2. Buck The Trent
    • 14 Years
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    Suarez (c)

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  3. Rafabio
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Let's do this Rooney 😎

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Yellow card and blank 😉

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  4. COW
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Evening Everyone!

    Hope you all do well this evening. I will be here all night and am looking forward to some good old banter.

    Kind Regards,

    Cow

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    1. k.akshay92
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Co "Moo" on Suarez !

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      1. COW
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        Oh I see what you did there!

        +1 to start the night!!!

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    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      I'm not conversing with a cow...it's udderly ridiculous.

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      1. COW
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        *gigglesnort*

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    3. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Thanks cow, I hope there's no calf injuries 😉

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      1. COW
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        Oh you guys are good.

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        1. Wilshere Knowledge
          • 12 Years
          12 years, 4 days ago

          We really are milking it.

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          1. ThreeLeftFeet
            • 15 Years
            12 years, 4 days ago

            If you're at any of the games, wrap up warm, it's Friesian.

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            1. Wilshere Knowledge
              • 12 Years
              12 years, 4 days ago

              Even colder up north. I have a friend called Angus up in Aberdeen...very cold.

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          2. COW
            • 13 Years
            12 years, 4 days ago

            if I could - I would! ha

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  5. SuperOsçarBaby
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    C'mon Hull City Tigers and Chelsea

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  6. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 16 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Fear this week will disappoint a lot of us...

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  7. Yossi
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Lets go Pablooooooo

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  8. beric
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    with almost everyone captaining suarez, who in your team do you most hope picks up points for you tonight?

    Coleman for me

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    1. Buck The Trent
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Wally

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      1. beric
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        bad start mate

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    2. ★FC Borecelona★
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Lallana

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    3. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Nasri. Again.

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    4. Viper
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Rooney because I brought him in for a hit. Relatively low ownership all things considered.

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    5. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Nasri, then Lukaka.

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    6. COW
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Evra.

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    7. Podge
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Shelvey proper differential 😉

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  9. d1sable
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    12 years, 4 days ago

    Walcott benched hurts a bit, expected minutes? Ill be optomistic and say 30.

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      15

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  10. Viper
    • 15 Years
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    Low scoring gwk, I guarantee it! 😉

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  11. Demí
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    No Arteta means Ozil on pens btw

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
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      😯

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
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      Yea

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    3. Declan
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Tell that to Bendtner.

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    4. Viper
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      I hate Ozil's technique on penalties. Can't stand a short run up!

      Fancy that, me criticising Ozil's technique 😆

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      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        scores them for germany

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    5. beric
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      boo-yah. hope the ref goes mad and gives out penalties for both teams

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    6. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Oh dear .... even after his last pathetic attempt?

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  12. Shakshuka
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Benteke 😮 What happend?

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    1. COW
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Hes playing pish.

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  13. gedda
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Williams first sub, could be worse.

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  14. Acquafresca
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Ozil on PKs tonight 😐

    This hit could massively backfire

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    1. beric
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      has the doubles comp started teammate?

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      1. Acquafresca
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        No news from Thomass, no clue 🙂

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        1. beric
          • 13 Years
          12 years, 4 days ago

          haha, good luck anyway pal

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    2. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      You sold him?

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  15. Dukes of Hazard
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    C'mon B52!!

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    1. Viper
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      He's number 23 now 😉

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  16. PogChamp
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    11 starters but had Ravel... So 10.

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  17. Proggy
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Should I do the MOTD challenge? 🙂

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    1. FPL Notebook (John)
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      I really want to be able to, but it's just too tempting

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  18. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Imagine if Rooney,Dawson and Cabaye get booked today

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  19. r0nh
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    I would just like to wish everyone* good luck for tonight 🙂

    *only those ranked lower than me

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      *those with the same players as you

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    2. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      What about me?

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      1. r0nh
        • 14 Years
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        I wish you well, as always 🙂

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        1. Evs
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          • 16 Years
          12 years, 4 days ago

          Thanks Ron, ditto.

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    3. beric
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      *only those with the same players as me

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    4. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      They might pass you then.

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    5. Declan-
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      That is me :cool

      Thanks Ronald

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      1. r0nh
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        I loved that film 🙂

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  20. Ludo
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    If Hull are playing three at the back and wing backs again, which it looks like they are, I can really see Arsenal slaughtering them down the flanks - Ozil and Cazorla are just the sort of intelligent players to take advantage of that space. If not for Bendtner starting up front I'd predict a cricket score!

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  21. Hi I'm Jose
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Feck, after UCL last week, today again I totally forgot to make changes on FPL team.

    Hopefully Aguero (C) will shine again.

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    1. Hi I'm Jose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Delayed?

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      1. Somalion
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        You had to make changes to your FPL team yesterday for it to count.

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        1. Hi I'm Jose
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          12 years, 4 days ago

          See, I'm really out after the weekend.

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  22. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 16 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    How many pens have Hull conceded?

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      1 against Chelsea in the DGW1 which Lampard fluffed. Can't remember any others but that one sticks in my mind.

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    2. Ludo
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Three - all away from home!

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      1. Ludo
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        Soldado and Lambert scored, Lampard missed.

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  23. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    What game everyone watching, Arsenal match for me.

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Probably United.

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    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      swansea v newcastle 🙁

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    3. Rafabio
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      United-Everton

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  24. Thomass
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Come on Suarez(C)!!!

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    1. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Has the doubles league started?

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  25. Declan
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    I hope the FFS server holds up to a 9 match gameday.

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      People worry too much 🙂

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      1. Declan
        • 15 Years
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        🙂

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    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Meltdown when Bendy scores

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      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        It'll take so long for them to find him in their computers.

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  26. Somalion
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Not that I disagree with Tekkers being benched but seeing how badly Villa fans have been speaking of him and even booing him... I don't know I guess I just can't understand it. He saved them last season, looked great this season, had a bad injury and clearly hasn't been right since. I know form has dipped and it's fair that Kozak gets his chance but for him to be booed off just seems pretty disrespectful for a player who has been so good for them overall.

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  27. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Mark has Giroud Sess and Townsend
    Anyone Surprized?

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      really?

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    2. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Me

      Was expecting more

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    3. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Surprised people have Giroud.

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      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        to be fair it was good fixtures hull and everton home and giroud is beast at home

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    4. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      ^ *TM 😉

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    5. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      RIP

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    6. beric
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      crikey, he should probably wildcard

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  28. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Why does the status screen on the FPL website not show the percentage of captain and vice captain choices??

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      It hasn't for ages. Pretend it says Suarez.

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      1. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 days ago

        I know it hasn't, I was just wondering why.

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    2. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Got boring just seeing RvP(C) and RvP(VC)

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    3. Podge
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      Took it off a while back, dead teams make it meaningless anyway

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  29. Maddocio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Flanagan and Allen starting for Liverpool, my gran will be delighted maybe they'll sing underneath the arches at half time

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  30. Agbonlahorse
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 days ago

    Errrr, scouts. Paul Lambert is no longer Norwich manager. It's Chris Hughton!

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    1. Fin
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 days ago

      I guess you could say that was an epic foal

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