634x258 Dugout Discussion
29 December 2013 5697 comments
Mark Mark
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After a less than fulfilling Saturday, Fantasy managers will be looking to Sunday’s fare with huge expectations and the hope that today’s returns can rescue respectability.

The bill certainly looks talented enough, with Roberto Martinez’s Everton hosting Southampton and leaders Arsenal making the trip to in-form Newcastle – both those matches bristle with goals and could well offer a strong platform for the today’s four o’clock kick-offs.

Those are undoubtedly headlined by the battle of the Bridge where Luis Suarez and Liverpool face off against Chelsea in what promises to be a tumultuous affair. Whether it will bring goals and points for Suarez is another matter.

While hopes will be high for that encounter, Tottenham’s White Hart Lane clash with Stoke perhaps offers less on paper, although Tim Sherwood’s new broom could yet unearth some key Fantasy assets for 2014 with today’s clash providing an opportunity to scout out the potential on offer.

As usual, you can look to our Twitter feed for all the teamsheet updates from these matches, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to take you through to the final whistles.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Anyone please check Ozil tranfers out in Total FPL for me, will he drop tonight? Thanks

    No idea why I cannt load that page now!

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      anything above 50% seems like a drop for ozil

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    2. Bad Pen
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      -48.6, you should be fine.

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    3. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Nopes, not tonight 😉

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    4. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Cheers boys!

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    5. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      He will drop if he's anywhere near 45%

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      1. OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        why?

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        1. Beavis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 26 days ago

          Not entirely sure why but it always happens on TotalFPL only for Ozil. I'd suggest you get rid tonight if you wanna avoid the drop. It's happened about 3 times so far that I've noticed.

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          1. OPTA FPL
            • 14 Years
            12 years, 26 days ago

            Thanks Beavis, didnt know that, it's weird!
            Will lose 0.1 if he drops tonight

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          2. XecutionerX
            • 12 Years
            12 years, 26 days ago

            Not on this site though:

            http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/

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  2. Scottys Army
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    shame suarez and wally have a great fixture the same week

    damn

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      suarez capt

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      1. Scottys Army
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        has to be at home hes a beast

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  3. BantamPhil
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    McGregor to Mannone

    Yay or nay?

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  4. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    So when are they gonna bring out fines and red cards for refs

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  5. mutatedllama
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Gonna lose my head to head by one point because my opponent is getting 20 points from captain Hazard 🙁

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    1. Saint Domingo
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Ouch

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  6. FionnMac
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    I still have my first WC! Time to use it? 😀

    Mig
    Coleman Evans Ivanovic
    Bannan Cabaye Januzaj Hazard
    Suarez(c) Lukaku Negredo

    Bench - Morrison, Chester, Burner

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    1. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      You're joking right?

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      1. FionnMac
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Oh I thought I could use the Jan wildcard before GW20. Apparently not 😀

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  7. FollowFollow
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Anyone tried to draft an early Jan WC?

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  8. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    This may have been mentioned before but...

    The guy next to Mourinho looks just like Joey Barton

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  9. Saint Domingo
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Estimated Baps (last 2 games subject to change)

    Newcastle VS Arsenal

    3 Points (11 BPS): Mertesacker
    2 Points (9 BPS): Koscielny Sagna Giroud

    Everton VS Southampton

    3 Points (10 BPS): Lukaku
    2 Points (7 BPS): Coleman Osman

    Chelsea VS Liverpool

    3 Points (11 BPS): Hazard
    2 Points (9 BPS): Skrtel Eto'o

    Tottenham VS Stoke City

    3 Points (15 BPS): Soldado
    2 Points (12 BPS): Lennon
    1 Point (11 BPS): Dembele

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    1. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      15 bonus for me.

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      1. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        😯

        8 here

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    2. LOCO ABREU
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      3baps for haz,skrtel amd eto'o now.

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    3. SuperOsçarBaby
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      I hate Mertesacker

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    4. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Thanks TotalFPL.

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    5. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      10 for me 🙂

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  10. The Badger
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Surely Mert isn't worth the £1m more than Kos right?

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    1. BantamPhil
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      No

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      1. SPorting
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        But his baps are.

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  11. Jump in Micah
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Beercheck

    1

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  12. FantasyNik123
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    If your captain and vice dont play will you have a captain by the end of the week?

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      no

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    2. Podge
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      'fraid not

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      1. FantasyNik123
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        good!

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        1. Podge
          • 15 Years
          12 years, 26 days ago

          🙂

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  13. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Repost
    your suggestions on this guys ?
    a silva to haz -4
    or
    b shelvey to cabaye -4
    i know hazard is essential but will he start 4 matches in a row ?

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  14. nibir
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    reeposting --
    Anybody thinking of getting cazorla in???

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    1. pezzerman
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      100% walcott, cazorla, podolski combo brings back good memories from last season

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  15. bandit17
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Good evening everyone!

    Has anybody written a guide to the January Wildcard. (i.e advantages of playing it early / holding on to it) It's my first year of playing FPL and would greatly appreciate the advice.

    Cheers.

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    1. BobB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Only real case for playing it early is either if you have already used your other one or if your squad is ravaged by injury. By playing it late you wait for the January transfer activity, potential weather disruption meaning double gameweeks ahead, and there are still 15 gameweeks to go - a large chunk of the season.

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      1. Pasqualinho
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Depends. Wildcards clearly bring more transfers, more transfers mean the popular players shoot up in price. If the popular players stay fairly static then early WC wins - but if, like you say, new players come to the fore then the later ones have the advantage. We just have to guess which one of the two scenarios is most likely.

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  16. onionbarje
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Ivan injured i guess

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  17. GlasgowFF
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Need to replace Silva.Other mids are Hazard, Walcott, Remond & Barkley.

    Who should I get?

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    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Toure I suppose but I'll be keeping Silva

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    2. LOCO ABREU
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      keep maybe

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    3. nibir
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Cabaye is the way to go

      I'm thinking of Cazorla , Sounds good ,Doesn't it?

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    4. Pasqualinho
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      I would say Gerrard. A bit of a risk as it will be his first game back, but nevertheless a good shout.

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    5. The ginger cafu
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Redmond > Sterling?

      Silva only out for 1 week

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  18. Coaly
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Ozil to Walcott yay or nay?

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    1. TD Champ
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Yay

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    2. Podge
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      2 weeks ago preferably

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      1. The ginger cafu
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        This

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    3. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Can;t be a serious question...
      nay I guess.
      Just keep ozil injured. don't get the most explosive mid in the entire league...

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  19. TD Champ
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    WIth Marshall (my only starting goalkeeper) having City and Arsenal in next 3, is it then time for getting Speroni as my FT?

    My team is
    Etheridge - Marshall
    Coleman - Mertesacker - Chester - Flangan - Kompany
    Yaya - Walcott - Sterling - Hazard - Januzaj
    Rooney - Suarez - Lukaku

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  20. King Kohli
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    Upto 9.3 to spend on a Ramsey replacement, who would you suggest

    A) Sterling
    B) Navas
    C) Cabaye
    D) Lallana

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    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      For the pre WC punt, I'd take Sterling even though he didn't play well today. Liverpool will bounce back against Hull at home.

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  21. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 26 days ago

    is Mothersucker a must for the Jan WC. Top BPS per week, goal threat, nailed on, great fixtures for Arsenal and great defense. Can we "survive"with Koscelzny or no? I think Kos is more injury prone, prone to cards and not a BP magnet. How much is the difference in price? I think it is worth to pay the premium no?

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    1. LOCO ABREU
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      going kos,need the money however

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    2. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Kosc is better value. Usually Kosc matches Mert for BPS.

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      1. Granville
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Of course this isn't true. Mertesacker is way ahead on average BPS

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    3. The Gravless Sheik of Dream…
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      I am pondering the exact same thing

      I can get Merts n sterling
      Or
      Kosc and Henderson

      Not sure which pair to pick

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      1. bitterandstout
          12 years, 26 days ago

          merts & sterling for me..

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      2. AGUEROOOOO!!!!!
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Im looking to ditch mert after palace game them fixtures don't look too good to me then get kosc back once they ease

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      3. BantamPhil
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        You can survive if you use the money saved on Kos wisely in other areas. Don't agree with you on BPS though, Kos does get his fair share

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        1. GREENDREAMS11
          • 16 Years
          12 years, 26 days ago

          I was looking at both set of stats earlier today between kos and mert and mert is much better, More bonus, 2 goals v's none and 1 assist versus none, played more time too. Its a no brainer

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      4. Courtois in the Rye
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Difference in price is now 0.9m which can be better spend elsewhere imo. Mert was a great signing if you got on early though.

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    4. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Silva + Mirallas --->Hazard or Yaya + Cabaye worth -4?

      Was hoping to sell Mirallas or Shaw this GW but have to get rid of Silva (my options next GW are dreadful)..

      Howard (Harper)
      Coleman Mert Shaw (Chester Burner)
      Mirallas Sterling Whittingham Walcott (Silva)
      Rooney Suarez Negredo

      1.5M in bank, 1FT

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    5. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Hmm. I reckon I may sneak back into the top 15K this week. Here's hoping

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      1. Podge
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Well played, hope to see you soon 🙂

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    6. AGUEROOOOO!!!!!
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      which player do you want to see get a 0 or 1 pointer next? Mines is coleman still not got him and I wont be getting him now too expensive.

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      1. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Yaya

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      2. MattysFantasyFooty
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        I feel bad for you I've had him since day 1

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        1. AGUEROOOOO!!!!!
          • 13 Years
          12 years, 26 days ago

          I was so close to getting him gw1 cant remember why I didn't now, what could have been

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      3. Somalion
        • 16 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Rooney again.

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

        Toure and Aguero

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        1. Podge
          • 15 Years
          12 years, 26 days ago

          All season

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    7. FollowFollow
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      At the moment what players would be essential for your Jan WC?

      For me

      Hazard
      Walcott
      Howard
      Suarez
      Coleman

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      1. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Howard?
        Same apart from Howard with Aguero and Rooney as well

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      2. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        aguero

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      3. Elniñorules
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Suarez and Feooo

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      4. onionbarje
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Howard, why?

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      5. Call Me Old Fashioned
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Coleman, Mert, Chester/Ward/Gabbidon, Suarez, Walcott, Rooney

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      6. _Greg
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Kosc
        Silva
        Rooney
        Aguero
        Sterling

        plus the ones you said

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      7. Make United Great Again
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        All except Howard

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    8. Rinseboy
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Play Krul this week or take a -4 for Howard or Szcesney??

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      1. LOCO ABREU
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        play krull imo

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      2. Bøwstring The Carp
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Why not play Krul away to the Brom? Could easily get a CS 🙂 no need for hits imo

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    9. FPL Touches
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Keep Negredo or sell for Rooney?

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      1. LOCO ABREU
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        i'm keeping

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    10. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Vlaar --> Kolo a good move for New Year's Day?

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      1. Hamstergod
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 26 days ago

        Wait on the injury news, if Sakho out, then for sure.

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        1. Messiah Hazard
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 26 days ago

          Isnt Flanagan back for new years day

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    11. Art Vandelay
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      Horrific week after a terrible 8 point hit, so happy enough to get away with 45 net. Highlight of the hit was to sell Evra for Kolarov, thereby missing out on the Evra's 9 points. The best part is that Kolarov's cameo kept Kos on the bench too. 😆 I would have had 32 more points without the hit...

      Hope you all had a decent week and enjoy the rest f the holidays. 😀

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    12. Kerrazy
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 26 days ago

      play Chester or Colback? or take the hit to do Jagielka>Distin ? cant afford coleman..

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