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With so many of you seeking advice on their teams before August 16, we thought it would be prudent to run a daily community article to provide a dedicated focus for “Rate My Team” (RMT) requests.

Each day ahead of the new season, we’ll select one of the Fantasy Football Scout team and post up their own RMT request to open up discussion and encourage others to post their own. We’ll turn the comments over to you to provide a useful place for those seeking advice and highlight some of the key decisions under deliberation.

Please nudge those posting RMTs in other articles to visit this daily RMT article. Also, when posting requests, please remember to be courteous to those who take the time to help out. Equally, if you’re an experienced Fantasy manager with some views on initial line-ups, take time out to dip in and contribute – the Fantasy Football Scout team will be doing their upmost to offer their feedback as the discussion develops throughout the day.

Kicking off today’s RMT discussion is Evs.

DDG, Gilks
Ward, Terry, N.Taylor, Wisdom, Bruce.
Ramsey, Mata, Fabregas, Sigurdson, Wanyama
Jovetic, Rooney, Costa.

A Chelsea defender is a must for Evs, should he downgrade Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas to Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen and get a 6m Chelsea defender or downgrade Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez to his team mate Aaron Ramsey to give himself 6.5m to spend.

Recently Tottenham’s Ben Davies had been ousted from his team, as again uncertainty with Danny Rose continues. Which is the best route into the Tottenham defence? Stevan Jovetic is a short term punt. Who should he replace him with should he fail to cement a place in Manchester City’s starting XI?

Feel free to get stuck in with your feedback. We look forward to scanning your RMTs throughout the day on this article.

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  1. Kalamazoo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Hi everyone, would appreciate feedback on the two potential outfield units to be paired with the same defensive unit:

    Defensive Unit:

    De Gea
    Terry Chester Wisdom Hutton Duff

    Outfield Option 1:

    Hazard Ramsey Mata Siggy Marney
    Rooney Costa Jovetic

    vs

    Outfield Option 2:

    Hazard Ramsey Siggy Young Marney
    Sturridge Rooney Costa

    Thought I was happy with Option 1, but now I think there is no point in putting in Jovetic since he is not nailed permanently and I am planning to bring Aguero in anyway, so might as well go with an expensive front 3 in anticipation of that...

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    1. dunne98
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      RMT

      De Gea (krul)

      Debuchy Terry Ferdinand (Chester ) (Moore)

      Mata Ramsey Fabregas Davis (El Ahmadi)

      Rooney Costa Bojan

      2 million in the bank

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      1. Andy1
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Use the 2m!

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  2. Razmataz
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Krul Mannone

    Cahill Lovren Evans Shawcross Wisdom

    Hazard Mata Eriksen Siggy Davis

    Costa Rooney Bent

    Thoughts?

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    1. Solano's Trumpet
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Hi ,
      have 1.5 mil in the bank, so looking for thoughts on what to do with that based on having:

      Mannone (Myhill)

      Debuchy Caulker Van Aanholt (Coloccini, Bruce)

      Fabregas Mata Cabella Ramsey (Noble)

      Rooney Costa Bojan.

      i know i need to change mannone or aanholt...

      thanks!

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      1. RubberDucky
          11 years, 5 months ago

          2 Sunderland players in your defence is a risk could rotate but will Bruce always start?

          I suppose Coloccini would rotate well if you have faith in Newcastle defending at home!

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          1. Solano's Trumpet
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Yeah am thinking Begovic over Mannone and keep the 1 mil for now.

            As a toon fan, i don't have much faith in home clean sheets 🙂

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    2. Last Resort...
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      1. Either
      2. Neither
      3. PVA

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      1. Last Resort...
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Blood hell.

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    3. Leeroy357
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      RMT

      De Gea - Gilks
      F.Luis - B.Davies - Ward - Ferdinand - Chambers (swap to Stoke defender after GW1)
      Mata - Sterling - Eriksen - Siggy - El Ahmadi
      Rooney - Costa - Adebayor

      Any suggestions would be good, even if it is just a better 4.5m mid or a better 4m GK.

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      1. Gazza2000
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Luis, BDavies and Adebayar -> Terry, van Aanholt and Dzeko imo

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        1. Leeroy357
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Seriously, go from 2 top 4 challenging teams one of which is favorites to win the title, and put in a SUNDERLAND defender? I just don't get why.

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    4. kirwy
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Is this team possible to solve...?

      GK: ___, ___
      DEF: Terry, ___, ___, ___, ___
      MID: Hazard, Ramsey, Eriksen, Dorrans, Isgrove
      FOR: Rooney, Costa, Sturridge

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      1. Last Resort...
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        34.5% of your team in three players. 44.5 in 4 if you include hazard.

        Not a fan, pick 2 of the strikers 😉

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      2. Kalamazoo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        I'm desperately trying to solve this front 3 puzzle as well...

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    5. CCaddy
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Which team rotates best with QPR?

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      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Chelsea and palace rotate well with them

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      2. Kalamazoo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Palace

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    6. Teddy Brewski
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Right, think i'm done!

      Krul, Foster
      Baines, Terry, P.Jones, Wisdom, Hutton
      Ramsey, Mata, Siggy, Henderson, Isgrove
      Rooney, Costa, Giroud

      What do you guys think?

      Is Costa a bit better shout than Hazard?

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Baines' fixtures are awful. Not a bad team though.

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    7. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Tinkering...

      RMT

      Krelliot
      Terry - Kelly - Van Aanholt - Chester - Hutton
      Mata - Ramsey - Arnautavic - Siggy - Albrighton
      Rooney - Sturridge - Costa

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      1. La Roja
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Don't arnie and Kelly in there tbh

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        1. Piggs Boson
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah, I'm going with this, just thought I'd consider Terry. I'll stick to budget I think.

          Why not Kelly? He'll be nailed.

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          1. Piggs Boson
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            not going*

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      2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        I like my team better . Adebayor , Silva and Sterling instead of Mata , Sturridge and Arnie .

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    8. Meghan
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      RMT

      bego (krul)
      Chester chembers rio ( kelly bartley)
      Sterling mata ramsey lamela ( isgrove)
      Rooney(c) dzeko costa

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      1. J0E
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        I like it although I have no idea who isgrove is. How about Marney instead?

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    9. OptimusBlack
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      RMT PLZ !!

      Bego (Gilks )

      Caulker / Terry / PVA / Ward / Wisdom

      Ramsey / Erisken / Sterling / Siggy / Wanyama

      Rooney / Dzeko / Costa

      0.5 M in the bank

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      1. OptimusBlack
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Sterling or mata

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        1. NewHerrera
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Mata

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    10. Tinmen
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      I got too greedy with my attack so guys please help make make a decision to which one of these players to downgrade in order to upgrade my defence..

      Hazard Ramsey Mata Sterling
      Dzeko Costa Rooney

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      1. Andy1
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        How much do you need to save?

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    11. PogChamp
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      I'm going with Young and Blackett for a few GW's. No Spurs or Liverpool. 3-4-3.

      Speroni (Krul)
      Baines, Cahill, Blackett (Moore, Wisdom)
      Nasri, Silva, Ramsey, Young (Marney)
      Rooney, Costa, Riviere

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      1. JimmyPatterson
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Baines fixtures are awful. Silva and Nasri is overkill. Riviere is an unknown quantity.

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    12. CCaddy
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      A) Bolasie Austin
      B) Mutch F Campbell

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      1. Toonzie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        A

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        1. Toonzie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          bolasie is a g8 shout

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      2. Darsh
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        A). Just

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    13. Toonzie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Feedbacks pls 🙂

      Begovic/Gilks
      Debuchy/Jones/Ward/Colo/Hutton
      Mata/Ramsey/Sterling/Eriksen/Marney
      Rooney/Costa/Diouf

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      1. Darsh
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Nice team. Would rather two 4.5 gks. Get a Chelsea defender, drop Jones. Rest looks good, like the Diouf punt!

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      2. THE ORACLE
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Would change eriksen to Lamela and get rid of diouf

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      3. Gazza2000
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Too much in the back imo, upgrade Diouf, like your mids

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    14. Darsh
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Final team, unless you can spot any glaring mistakes... Any advice appreciated.

      Krul,Foster
      Terry,Ward,Clyne,Caulker,Moore
      Fabregas,Ramsey,Mata,Sigurdsson,Henderson
      Rooney,Bojan,Costa

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      1. THE ORACLE
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Looks decent but don't like siggys position nor hendersons chances of getting points....sterling is the oly option

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      2. Toonzie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        i rly like it tho u might be limited to a fairely budget striker if any good mid priced strikers eg dzeko/giroud/bony comes into form

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      3. Gazza2000
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Would look for some money to upgrade Bojan, downgrade Caulker, wouldn't pay 5.0 for a QPR defender

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    15. JD @JDCochran2
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Guys if you want to join my league its for soccer coaches, so far the three in it have won their leagues.
      Code to join this league: 786902-464525

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    16. Tactical Nous
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Begovic (Gilks)

      Terry Wisdom Chester (Hutton) (Coloccini)

      Ramsey Mata Sterling Hazard (Marney)

      Rooney Diego Costa Bojan

      Really need help with my defensive rotation, how would you guys change my back 7? Also tempted to do Hazard > Fábregas due to the latters form and more rest from world cup or should I keep Hazard? Thanks!

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    17. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Solo.think I'll be wcing gw2...which of my big strikers should I cut?

      Current team:

      Begovic (gilks)

      Chambers rio Wilson

      Young Ramsey silva mata (marney)

      Rooney(c) sturridge(vc) Costa

      Should I go:

      A) balls out full steam ahead or cut
      B) sturridge
      C) Costa

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    18. The Dark ONe
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Can someone please RMT

      Begovic
      Luis, Cameron, Lovren
      Sterling, Fabregas, Ramsey, Mata
      Costa, Bojan, Rooney (c)

      surprisingly not many people have mentioned Fabregas for selection?

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      1. SaintBegbie
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Almost identical to mine except I wasnt convinced of Luis starting so went Caulker and spent the 1m on Hazard instead of Fab.

        As for your question, still unclear if Fab will be a box-to-box double pivot or full attacking mid, whereas Hazard will always be attack.

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        1. The Dark ONe
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah gonna consider the Hazard option. Will pull Luis out at the last min if theres a whiff that he won't play.

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    19. Tom1912
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      New member-RMT please!

      Begovic (Fabianski)
      Debuchy Luis Davies (van Aanholt/Coloccini)
      Herrara Fabregas Ramsey Sterling (Sigurdsson)
      Bony Bojan Rooney

      Planning to swap Begovic/Bojan out in GW2 for Fab/Sig

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      1. J0E
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Alot of risk in attack. I'm personally giving bony a game or two .

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    20. Andy1
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Think I've finalised my team.
      Please can I have marks out of 10 for this...

      Ddg gilks
      Cahill Debuchy collocini van aanholt wisdom
      Fabregas Ramsey mata Henderson siggy
      Rooney Costa bojan

      Any suggestions?

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      1. Andy1
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Anyone?

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      2. Gazza2000
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Get rid of Bojan

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        1. Andy1
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Who for? I could have up to 7m for a striker

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    21. Jose's Magic Omelette
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      A Terry, Young, (Siggy)
      B Caulker, Young, (Schurrle)

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      1. NewHerrera
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        A too much risk for Schurrle and Young with the rotation at both clubs

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    22. NewHerrera
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 5 months ago

      Who's starting in the hole Eriksen or Lamela?

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      1. Gazza2000
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Eriksen

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    23. RubberDucky
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Do players values increase the second the window closes for GW1 due to the number of people who have selected them, or is it based on fluctuation from then on?

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      • Godot - Fashanu Zealand
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Surely I won't change this for a 9th time.. Somebody give me reason to 🙂

        Foster, (Krul)
        Cahill, Chambers, Caulker, (Kelly), (Wisdom)
        Mata, Sterling, Ramsey, Siggy, (Marney)
        Rooney (C), Diego Costa, Dzeko

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        1. Nolberto Solano
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Good solid team. Chambers will not play more than 2 games max though

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          1. Nolberto Solano
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            ps.answer my question below!

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        2. JayCee
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Looks good to me

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      • Nolberto Solano
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Which option?

        A) Ferdinand PVa Naylor (4.5,4.5,4.5)
        or
        B) Caulker Kelly Wisdom (5.0,4.5,4.0)

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        1. JayCee
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          B just edges it - more offensive

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        2. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Has to be B really

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          1. Nolberto Solano
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 5 months ago

            Cheers lads!

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        3. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          I'm going to have to back B because all three are in my team!

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      • JayCee
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        My Team:

        Courtois

        B.Davis/Ward/Debuchy/Bardsley/Colo

        Siggy/Hendo/Ramsey/Mata/Hazard

        Dzeko/Rooney/Bojan

        Court/4.0

        B.Davies

        OR:

        Krul/Foster

        Azpi

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        1. Nolberto Solano
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          second option. But both Davies and azpi are risks

          ps. comment on mine above

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        2. Andy1
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          Look at downgrading cool for a 4m with option 2, and get terry/cahill

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        3. JayCee
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          cheers guys, good ideas there!

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      • gtf
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        RMT please

        Krul
        Terry - Chambers - Blackett
        Hazard - Mata - Eriksen - Siggy
        Rooney - Costa - Dzeko

        subs: Elliot - Ward - Marney - Bartley

        Thanx.

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        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          7/10

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      • Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        Will Kelly be eligible to play this weekend?

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        1. Nolberto Solano
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 5 months ago

          I have a feeling this deal was pushed through so he will be ready for the first game, so yes 🙂

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      • Leeroy357
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 5 months ago

        RMT

        De Gea - Gilks
        F.Luis - B.Davies - Ward - Ferdinand - Chambers (swap to Stoke defender after GW1)
        Mata - Sterling - Eriksen - Siggy - El Ahmadi
        Rooney - Costa - Adebayor

        Any suggestions would be good, even if it is just a better 4.5m mid or a better 4m GK

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