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26 December 2013 5058 comments
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After Wayne Rooney grabbed a goal and assist during United’s win at the KC earlier, it’s time to concentrate on a further feast of football this Boxing Day. We’re served up another nine games, with all but one of those kicking off at 3pm:

Romelu Lukaku earned third spot in this week’s Captain Poll ahead of Everton’s home clash against Sunderland. The big Belgian may have failed to find the net in the last four but with Wes Brown suspended and John O’Shea a doubt, he’ll be hoping for a return to form.

Spurs welcome West Brom to the Lane as Emmanuel Adebayor (who finished fourth in the Captain Poll) looks to repeat last Sunday’s brace against Southampton. Chelsea play host to Swansea, with Eden Hazard also carrying the armband hopes of many Fantasy managers into the Gameweek, as will Theo Walcott for Arsenal’s trip to West Ham.

Yohan Cabaye’s new owners will be looking for the Frenchman to maintain the consistency which has served up returns in eight of 12 appearances as Newcastle welcome Stoke to St James’ Park. Elsewhere, Villa play host to Palace, Cardiff go head-to-head with Southampton, whilst Norwich welcome Fulham to Carrow Road.

This leads us on to the final match of the Gameweek, where City’s 100% home record is on the line against Liverpool. The Fantasy sub-plot is intriguing – can Yaya Toure, David Silva and Alvaro Negredo produce the goods at the Etihad yet again? And just how many points will Luis Suarez rack up against a defence that has conceded three times to Arsenal and twice to both West Brom and Fulham in the last four Gameweeks alone?

If there’s one thing that seems certain, the evening encounter at the Etihad looks set to bring goals aplenty. Our Dugout Discussion chatroom remains open for those looking for some real-time banter right up until the final whistle of that last match.

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  1. Somalion
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Hopefully after baps and Chester's 5 off the bench I could hit the 50 mark.... I hope...

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  2. FPL Notebook (John)
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 1 month ago

    A tough week for everyone i reckon.

    With no clean sheets for Arsenal, Everton, United or Spurs.

    No scoring points for Suarez, Lukaku, Yaya, Ramsey or Ozil

    Average will be 30 at most i reckon.

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  3. rohan
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Surely Hazard has to get the 3 baps?

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    1. @FuzzyWarbles
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Cole apparently

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    2. benlw1994
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I owe you for Walcott (c)

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      1. rohan
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        No problem mate πŸ˜€

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        1. benlw1994
          • 12 Years
          12 years, 1 month ago

          πŸ˜€

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    3. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      http://totalfpl.com/bonuspoints

      you can thank me later

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      1. rohan
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers

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    4. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      2 Cashley gets the three

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  4. Sarnab
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 1 month ago

    City Liverpool game Bonus ??

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    1. Recoba
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Negredo Silva Navas all 3?

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Negredo 3

        Silva and Navas 2

        Kompany 1

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        1. Billy Gilmore
          • 13 Years
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Not quite...

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        2. Sarnab
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Then Komps 0

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    2. The EJJ
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Silva, Negredo, Navas 3bps

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      1. Sarnab
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Negredo winning goal bonus?

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    3. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Negredo will get all 3 after the winning goal bp comes in i think.. so 2 for silva n navas

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    4. Pinky and Brain
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Negredo will get winning goal.

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  5. There's Always One!
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Any idea how bad negredos is injury is?

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    1. Marlen R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Negredo is hurt?

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      1. There's Always One!
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Went off injured

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    2. Snikiii
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      just a knock

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  6. copps
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 1 month ago

    holy shit 32 all out πŸ™

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    1. The EJJ
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Unlucky mate πŸ™

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      1. copps
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        crazy thing is its 8 red arrows out of last 10 πŸ™

        was 700 odd and now 50K 😯

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    2. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      unlucky mate.

      Next game is in 2 days, no time to dwell!

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      1. copps
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        yep got 2 FTs this week hoipefully i can do something to improve a bit. really disappointing few weeks for me

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      2. sminkypinky
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        This. Chin up. Been there.

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    3. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Wow πŸ™

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

      I predict that to be better than the average

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    5. DRIZ βœ…
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      wow embarrassing week for you

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      1. copps
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        big time!

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    6. NASL Shootout
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      think I'll be the same post-baps/bench. just everything went wrong. Howard/Suarez (c) etc.

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  7. FACUPARSE
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone considering Lukaku out for Dzeko?

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    1. DonTheSpecialOne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Nah

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    2. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah

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    3. iamgooner
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      considering rooney for lukaku

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    4. applebonkers
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      close to, it's 2 transfers though so probably wont

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    5. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Hell yes

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    6. Thatsnotcricket
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Yep or Negredo, will await news.

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    7. ktk_interista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Whats the deal with Brunt? Why didn't he play?

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    8. dodger49
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Look at my inactive cup opponent (rank 2.3 mil)
      http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2087076/event-history/18/
      he has Walcott as vc, ashley cole naves from week 2!!
      Way to make a bad week even worse!

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      1. cowstria
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        well, this one will almost beat me I think: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2337758/event-history/18/

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    9. dodger49
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Look at my inactive cup opponent (rank 2.3 mil)
      http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2087076/event-history/18/
      he has Walcott as vc, ashley cole, naves left from week 2!!
      Way to make a bad week even worse!

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      1. Ady87
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Hahaha I'm sorry but that's hilarious. Same happened to me last year!

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      2. Deulo10
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Wow....that's really unlucky πŸ™

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    10. sminkypinky
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Finally done well. 77 post baps i think. And most importantly caught up in my minileague. Yay!

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      1. Marlen R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        That's a really impressive score. Congrats.

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        1. sminkypinky
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks buddy! It's sorely needed.

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      2. Balotellitubbies
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        About the same here. Big red green arrow

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      3. Ady87
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Same, I'm 80 all out and my ML leader who is 10k rank looks to be on about 50 with bps so it's looking good!

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      4. Chucky
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Solid Score...

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      5. BenDavies
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Ridiculously good score, nice one

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      6. sminkypinky
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        And another great thing is of Negredo isn't crocked, only Ramsey out injured. 1ft to cover that. Cabaye maybe.

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      7. sminkypinky
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks guys!

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    11. Scottys Army
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      the only upside of suarez being your captain and him blanking is that it means alot of others our in the same boat.

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    12. Marlen R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Any point in waiting to do Ozil & Ramsey -> Walcott and Silva?

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    13. Greasy
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Hello chaps! 48 post baps and currently 27k.... How bad of a red arrow?

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    14. Coaly
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Ramsey > Nasri and ozil > Walcott (-4) OR. Ramsey > lallana

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      1. DRIZ βœ…
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        nasri was poor today

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        1. FPL Touches
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Incorrect

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      2. FPL Touches
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Cabaye in would be better than both IF Ramsey is injured

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      3. Marlen R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Not sure about Nasri. Lallana, Cabaye, Silva are all better options.

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    15. Scottys Army
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      ramsey to nasri

      look ok ?

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      1. There's Always One!
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Walcott or silva if you can

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      2. Kick Some Goals
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Looks great

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    16. DRIZ βœ…
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      60 pts all out..anyone done worse πŸ™

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      1. Balotellitubbies
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Nope that's the worst score i've seen posted, sorry

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      2. FACUPARSE
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Ya mum

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      3. Christina.
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Reported

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    17. Christina.
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Pity Howard only misses 1 game.

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    18. FPL Touches
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      64 points post BAPS

      but with Negredo and Ramsey potentially injured and Mignolet putting in another dire display.

      Bittersweet.

      Oh, and HALLELUJAH WALCOTT πŸ™‚

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    19. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Ramsey to Cabaye or free up cash with Sterling instead and swap lukaku out for Negredo if fit? 2 Free transfers

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      1. AugustaBlue
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Cabaye seems like a great pick until you see his next 3 fixtures. He has a great scoring record against bigger teams, but still feels... chancy. Your best arguement is that ARS and MCI are at NEW.

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      2. Fabtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 29 days ago

        I'm facing the exact same situation Valar. I think I'll go Ramsey out for Sterling and Lukaku out for Negredo (-4 though in my case). Will wait and see on injury news though.

        I have Barkley as my 5th midfielder so I want my '4th mid' to rotate with Barkley. For me, Sterling rotates with Barkley (SOU HUL NOR ASV EVE ASV) better than Cabaye (SOU wba NOR whu nor SUN), and cheaper too. Have a look at how Fer rotates with Sterling/Cabaye because you'll be wanting to play Negredo/Lukaku Rooney Suarez every week.

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    20. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Negrado will start on Saturday, won't he ? What about Zab ?

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      1. FPL Touches
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        God knows, the game finished 15 minutes ago...

        My guess will be that he will if that assists you at all πŸ˜‰

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      2. Christina.
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Yes. Of course. No doubt he will.

        πŸ˜•

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    21. meule
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Any news about McGregor ? can i play Harper or should i get rid of howard

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      1. zencro 42
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Crap, I was thinking I still have McGregor after Howard's red. I realise I may not have a keeper now.

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    22. Zep
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Well I didn't cry after Suarez blanked, but boy am I pissed off right now... such bullshit decisions in that match... and on another night, Suarez could have easily had a goal and 2 assists in that match...

      Well done to those who captained anyone other than Suarez and Lukaku... (Wally, Rooney, Hazard etc), a nice jump in rank should follow shortly...

      53/54 seems to be my final total... not that happy with it, but not it's not a disaster either...

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    23. Fin
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Who are people getting in for Rambo?

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      1. Kick Some Goals
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Cabaye

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      2. Demelbrush
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        wally. Down grading either cech to a 4.5 or terry.

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      3. There's Always One!
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Walcott

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      4. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Cabaye.. because i already have silva, wally and hazard. else i'd free up for them

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      5. Ady87
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Cabaye

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      6. cowstria
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        from which paying price is it worth it to get rid?

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    24. asyrafdanial
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Quick poll :

      get in Silva or Hazard ?

      Already have Yaya & Walcott,

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      1. Phaze 1
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Silva

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    25. Phaze 1
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Ravel ----> Walcott fo free? ( Planning on keeping Ozil for more)

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    26. Demel
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Any news on the bonus points for the City vs Liverpool match?

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      1. DRIZ βœ…
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 1 month ago

        silva 3

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        1. meule
          • 13 Years
          12 years, 1 month ago

          wrong

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    27. onionbarje
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      67 post BAPS, should be a green arrow and maybe inside the top 1 mil

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    28. Demelbrush
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Have we heard about McGregor yet? Having harper playing next week would be handy...

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    29. The Sarjeant
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 1 month ago

      If Silva manages to hold on to getting 3 baps, then ill hit 60 off of ten players! 😎

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