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The Captain Poll – Gameweek One

9 August 2011 2109 comments
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Back in the routine yet? Maybe another familiar regular is what you need to reacquaint yourself with the route to the weekend Fantasy deadline.

We’ve duly published our first Captain poll of the season, canvassing your views on the destination of the Fantasy armband ahead of the season kick-off.

Straight way, we’ve got an interesting one.

Doubts surrounding the fitness of Robin Van Persie and Luis Suarez level the playing field a little, while Nani and Wayne Rooney will catch the eye, though both may look a risk against a West Brom side who will surely be well-drilled by the crafty Roy Hodgson. Perhaps a gamble on Fernando Torres at Stoke is in order? But then Didier Drogba could easily start at the Britannia, such is the uncertainty surrounding the Andre Villas-Boas teamsheet.

Votes are already streaming in. You can cast yours now via the homepage middle column and use this article to discuss the options.

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

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  1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Most balanced team av had to date

    Kenny (Given)

    Kompany Cashley A Hughes (Simpson De Laet)

    Taarabt Malouda Moses Silva (Surman)

    Drogba Carroll A Johnson

    £2mill spare

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    1. Brightside
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      2 mil to spare is a waste of money.

      No Man U coverage for the first game.

      I would use that 2 mil to replace Drogba with Rooney for the first game until we see what AVB's plans are.. then transfer rooney out gw2 for the preferred chelsea striker.

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      1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Yes well the money is there to either upgrade Malouda to lamps, silva to nani or drogs to RVP. Got little to no faith in rooney. Most of his goals will be pens from now on.

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        1. Wtfosaurus
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Rooney is, and has been for a while, the best player in the Premier League. And no, I don't support Man Utd. .

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          1. The ghost of a Pug's g…
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Was he the best player last season?

            NO

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  2. The Bandit
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    Team finally completed.

    Now for my 'not playing in a big City' team! 🙁

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    1. Bolivian Seaman
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      we'll have to get blackburn players (scrap that i'd rather get wolves players)

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      1. The Bandit
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        14 years, 4 months ago

        Your loss.. 😉

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  3. Sprint Finnish
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    De Jong, Obertan or alternative 5.0 midfielder?

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    1. graemer97
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      moses

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  4. Dunlox11
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    Is Simpson a regular starter at 4.0

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    1. Namtab Nomolos
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      Aye.

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    2. The Bandit
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      Was last year, should be.

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  5. Dan
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    I'm going to miss our home game with Utd on Sunday as I'm on holiday, gutted I'm going to miss it but I don't want it postponed, having to cancel fixtures on the opening weekend of the Prem would be horrible.

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    1. Somalion
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      +1 Are you living in West Brom Dan?

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      1. Dan
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Kind of, about 5-10 minutes away but close enough.

        They have closed roads off around the ground.

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        1. Shipstontrev
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Is that Woy's new defensive tactic?

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          1. Somalion
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            14 years, 4 months ago

            Haha laughed at that one.

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        2. Somalion
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Ye that is fairly close, is it looking like something will kick off tonight?

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    2. The Bandit
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      Could have sworn you posted earlier that were back and looking to change 20 euro's. 😕

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      1. Dan
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        14 years, 4 months ago

        Going away in this country lol

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  6. Retro
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    I'm feeling very nostalgic at the moment for last winter when games were being called off left right and centre. It seemed like Blackpool might genuinely never play a home game again. Happy times. 🙂

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    1. Milkman
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      I remember that Blackpool thing. It was quote amusing!

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    2. Holy See
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      You do indeed take after your name. I remember GW18 when I got 4 points 😀

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      1. Locarno
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        14 years, 4 months ago

        I got three.

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        1. Retro
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          14 years, 4 months ago

          That's cos you're brutal, Locarno!

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      2. Retro
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        14 years, 4 months ago

        Oh, I remember the 82 world cup! But let's not get into that now...

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  7. Twelve years a slave
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    If nasri joins city , dosent that lessen silvas value

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    1. Bolivian Seaman
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      not straight away, if he joins i don't think he'll play the first game

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    2. Milkman
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      Good point that I'd not quite clicked onto.

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  8. Matt_
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    Is Nani worth having as well as Rooney? Also, thoughts on Malouda?

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    1. graemer97
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      has easy fixtures

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    2. Sparks
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Same question here

      I'm leaning towards Rooney, and Malouda for Chelsea coverage.

      Malouda OR Nani
      Taarabt N'Zog
      Rooney Van Persie

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  9. Milkman
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Could KK please just announce that Suarez will start. Please.

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Would be nice! Think I'm going Caroll either way though.

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      1. Cook Long, Brown Baker Bunn
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        i'll be doing the same.

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  10. arcticjunkie1
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    RMT gents 🙂

    Given
    Kompany A.Cole Hughes
    N'Zogbia Nani Taarabt Silva(C)
    Rodellega Carroll Zamora

    Ruddy O'Hara W.Brown Simpson

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  11. HST
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Ay QPR fans care to hazard a guess at DJ Campbells pitch time with Bothroyd kicking about the place?

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    1. Dan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      They will play 451 and with Bothroyd, DJ and Helguson, I wouldn't touch any of them.

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  12. Dunlox11
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Lads what do you think of my team :
    Given / Ruddy
    Simpson / Bardsley / Gabbidon / Alcarez / Kompany
    Nani / Silva / N,Zogbia / Sessegnon / Moses
    Rooney / Saurez / Ba
    Have 1.0 in the bank to do Silva to Malouda in gameweek 2.
    Any thoughts . ?

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    1. Cook Long, Brown Baker Bunn
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      lacking some serious defence strength there mate,

      Is Moses in you starting 11 for GW1?

      Silva to Malouda is a good plan,

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  13. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Any news on RVP's injury and SWP's possible move?

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  14. Holy See
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    I want Rooney in, but then I kinda don't. Nothin particularly easy bout Utd's 1st 6 fixtures, but he is Wayne... Tis annoying me now. Might bring Bent back instead. Or Drogba. Or.. Wait til 11.29 on Sat knowing me.

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    1. Locarno
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      Dangerous. The site often crashes around then.

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      1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        ? I've never come across a crashed FPL site...

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        1. Locarno
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Crashed twice last season, but what I ackshully meant was "gets very slow". So if you do make transfers at 11.29am and takes a few minutes, you spend the weekend wondering if they'll count.

          Are you Catmac, or just have the same gravatar?

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          1. Manamongst
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            14 years, 4 months ago

            Nah it crashed nearly every week right before deadline. If you can not access the website internally, then basically they are resetting servers until bandwidth is distro'd evenly. When it's slow, it is in transit two one of the two statuses (up/up or down/down).

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          2. CatMac
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            No I'm CatMac, Locarno - he must have the same good taste as me, lol 🙂

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      2. Manamongst
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        14 years, 4 months ago

        Oh yeah it definitely will.

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    2. Manamongst
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      I'm thinking of Welbeck and Nani or Welbeck and Roondizzle. Those three are shaping up to be fixture-proof.

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  15. andy85wsm
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    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Evening lads. How's tricks?

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    1. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Bit of a rough trip home last night, mate, but you should see the size of my new telly...

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      1. Matt_
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        14 years, 4 months ago

        lol

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      2. andy85wsm
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        They went a step too far when they looted Currys!

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        1. Locarno
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Friend of mine heard that on the radio and said: "Why would they loot curries? Why don't they go for televisions and stuff?"

          He's not the brightest. Even for a Spurs fan...

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  16. Matt_
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Enrique moving to Livepool? Would need to think again if he doesn't. 🙁

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I've already made my team without him. If the games go ahead on Saturday he probably won't play even if his transfer goes through soon. Will think about him later.

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  17. TommyK
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I'm guessing snejder's future is pretty near to being decided- the comments he made in his interview about leaving seem to make his future at inter pretty untenable.

    Remains to see if he ends up at MCFC or MUFC though...

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    1. Holy See
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Thought ol Scarface might just go d'other way. City's midfield does need some competition for places tho. 😕

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      1. TommyK
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        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        The news about City being close to a Nasri deal suggests they really aren't going for sneijder though....

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    2. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Great player and would love to see him at United but right now I won't be too bothered. Liking the future with our young lads.

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    3. Johnny Unitas
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      If he is going anywhere it will be United, at the moment, it looks like he could very well be coming, which would be awesome, but we have been here before.

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  18. Baines on Toast...
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    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Need to shave 0.5 off of this team:

    Given, Kenny
    Kompany, Shawcross, Warnock, Brown, Taylor
    Lampard, Silva, Sessengon, Tchoyi, Moses
    Rooney, Carroll, Johnson

    Most obvious choice seems Sessegnon to one of the plethora of 6.0 mids, but I'm not so keen on that. Carroll to Suarez is another one but saving that for a few weeks in. Maybe two 4.5 keepers, a Newcastle/Sunderland pairing, but everybody loves Shay Given. And Lampard is staying. So really, I began this post looking for advice and have pretty much talked myself out of listening to any of it. Unless there's something blatantly obvious I'm missing, which I would greatly appreciate.

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    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Nani and Dzeko instead of Rooney and Silva perhaps, City transfer dependent.

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    2. Shipstontrev
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Maybe downgrade Shawcross, Stoke's early fixtures aren't good.

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      1. Baines on Toast...
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Definite possibility. I like that Stoke and Villa rotate so well so I'm willing to tolerate the early fixtures. But I had Shawcross last season and after about 5 weeks he'd been sent off twice. It took me a very very long time to get rid of him. And then he stopped getting sent off. Perhaps he doesn't deserve my loyalty. I hate him.

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    3. graemer97
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      ruddy or moreira for kenny
      OR take out tchoyi for first few gameweeks as his fixtures arent good

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  19. Le Bluff
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hate to do this, but I keep chopping and changing..

    Al Habsi / Ruddy
    Gabbidon / Baines / Kompany / Wilkinson / Simpson
    Downing / Malouda / Moses / N'Zogbia / Dyer
    Campbell / Rooney / Van Persie

    Am I there?!

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  20. Scratch
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Sticking a few miniscule cheeky bets on. So far i've got Gyan @ 55-1 Zamora @ 60-1 and Nani @ 66-1 for top scorer 😀

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    1. Le Bluff
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Get on Beckford at 80/1 (each way). Second season in the Prem so he should perform better and he was decent at the end of last season. Would be tempted to throw him in my team if Everton didn't always start so poor!

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      1. The Wizard of Ozil
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        not a big betting man, whats each way get you in things like top scorer, top 4?

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        1. Le Bluff
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah top 4, so you'd still be getting odds of 20/1 on him to finish in the top 4. Worth a pound!

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  21. Dan
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Now lots of trouble in West Bromwich, riot vans blocking off roads and car set on fire off one of the motorway islands. Absolute joke this is.

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Whole thing is utterly ridiculous. just seen some stupid c*nt saying "we'll respect the police when they respect us, they wonder why us yoofs react like this"

      I wonder if she even knows what she's saying, fuc*ing retard.

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    2. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Heard Portsmouth pier is on fire aswell.

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      1. TommyK
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I'd be surprised if it wasn't- portsmouth has serious issues with deprivation/generally being a shit place to live.

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    3. Badonge
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      so we are potentially looking at stoke vs chelsea, wigan vs norwich, blackburn vs wolves, newcastle vs arsenal and city v swansea if this nonsense continues in birmingham liverpool and london

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    4. Johnny Unitas
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      It's like something in a film, really is getting worrying where it is spreading like wildfire, if Police respond with force (rubber bullets etc - which I think they should) I wonder if it will be like fuel to the fire, causing already disillusioned, misguided kids thinking they are being further targeted.

      It really is an embarrassment.

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      1. TommyK
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        It's an impossible situation- police seem to be aggravating some of the tensions but you can't just let these people run amok even if the trouble did eventually burn itself out.

        London will probably be alright tonight given there are 16,000 police there but if it kicks off in Birmingham, manchester and liverpool then I can't see it stopping without using the army.

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        1. Locarno
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          London will be fine. There's a cop every three metres. And these guys look like the real deal. Unlike the short, fat kids working yesterday, most of whom looked like they could run the 100m in just under six minutes.

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      2. The Laughing Man
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        We just had riots over here in Vancouver Canada. People burning cars, destroying buildings, beating everybody up wearing the other teams jerseys, ect......and it was all because our hockey team lost the Stanley Cup playoff finals. Doesnt seem to take much to make people act like idiots today.

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        1. Johnny Unitas
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Go Bruins! In a non-violent way of course.

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        2. Cook Long, Brown Baker Bunn
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          not wrong there.

          hopefully people come to their senses and realise they're not achieving anything by acting up like this...

          proper protests are done peacefully, and they tend to have better outcomes for all.

          violence, public distruction and theft is just the bored man's entertainment.

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  22. Dartsfan501
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I have a mid of

    Malouda,N'Zog,Silva,Lucas,Moses

    That sound good or bad..

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    1. Minty
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Good except for Lucas, he will play but will not amass BP's

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      1. Damo.
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        ...or goals, or assists. Don't stick him in just to cover Liverpool you can find better.

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    2. graemer97
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      not lucas

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      1. Dartsfan501
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Any ideas who to ???

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        1. Minty
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Moses, Formica both same price or less both more attacking

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  23. hillbillypete
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    It's kickin off in Manchester

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    1. Somalion
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Is it?

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  24. andy85wsm
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    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Plastic bullets are seen as a last resort. What exactly has to happen before they get them out?

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    1. imtheboss
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      surely the last resort is real ones? can't wait til they get deployed. motherflippers.

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    2. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Water Cannon and Tear GAs for me before the bullets!

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      1. Locarno
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Sadly, it will take the death of a member of the public or a cop before the Ministers get their heads out of their a*ses and shoot these mongrels. Rubber/real/dum-dum... who cares?

        Show me one looter whose shooting death would be a loss to society.

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        1. TommyK
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          It would be a loss in so far as it would turn the situation from not so dangerous petty criminality to a baying mob looking for police blood.

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          1. andy85wsm
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            • 15 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Yeah this is the only* problem

            *not the only problem

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            1. TommyK
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              It happened in 1985 (sort of):

              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Brixton_riot

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            2. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              "Show me one looter whose shooting death would be a loss to society"

              I agree 100% with this.

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        2. andy85wsm
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          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          +1

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    3. Minty
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      There's no such thing as plastic bullets in England anymore, the less lethal option police have is Taser, which is useless against a crowd. They have baton rounds but there are only a few officers who are authorised to use them, and then its only when there is a direct threat to lives- mainly used in NI

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      1. Minty
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Bloody hell i was only gonna ask for a RMT

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        1. TommyK
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          lulz

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    4. TommyK
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      They can/have killed people in the past- if that happened then the situation would probably get 800 times worse.

      Tear gas is a better option but you can't really use it in london....

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    5. Optimus.
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      plastic bullets would be too good for
      some of those yobs

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    6. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Plastic Bullets have killed people before.

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    7. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      quick question Moses are you seriously going to captain him gw1???

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      1. Minty
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        It's getting worrying when I'm actually thinking which games may be called off by civil disorder!!
        And Frank - I bet you feel a right twat crying off cos of a sore throat now!!

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      2. andy85wsm
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        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Probably

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    8. King Eric, in America
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Focused energy weapons is where it's at, for this type of stuff.

      Directed microwaves cause intense burning sensations and focused sonic weapons send out a 'beam' of high DB sound ... both useful for breaking up large groups using non-lethal means.

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      1. TommyK
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Unless the US navy happens to be moored in the Thames I don't think that's feasible! 😛

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        1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Not quite. The Ministry of Defence has them.

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          1. TommyK
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            I was just talking about the microwave rays.

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            1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              Yes I know. The Uk could deploy them if it wished.

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        2. King Eric, in America
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          They might be ... does England have any oil fields?

          😉

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          1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Some! 🙂 Iraq, Kuwait and Libya have plenty too 😉

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      2. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Lol! Yeah, now you're talking. Microwave Non lethal weapons.
        Didn't the FBI use one of those at Waco?

        They are not well known to the general populance and many of the better ones probably classified.

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        1. Locarno
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Waco??? 😯 Yeah, that's just what we need.

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          1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Lol agreed. Seriously though, I've read up on lots of that stuff, and King Eric is correct. There are Non lethal weapons out there that can cause nausea, high pitched noise, loss of balance, etc, all using microwave energy.

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            1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              I'd happily give all the rioters a dose of all of thats stuff, as long as my GW1 goes ahead! 🙂

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            2. Minty
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              #I know that locally as Gillingham Football Club

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            3. 1966 was a great year for E…
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              The Brown Note is what we need.

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            4. King Eric, in America
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              14 years, 4 months ago

              Unfortunately, the US has a long history of civil unrest and - with the largest prison population in the world - prison riots.

              There's also stuff like flashpots that explode, sending out dozens of hard rubber balls, like paint balls. Perhaps you've seen them in the Jackass movies?

              They also have paintball guns that contain tear gas - has the double effect of the concussion of the ball and then the effects of the gas.

              This type of stuff is very effective without feeding the unrest with casualties/deaths.

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              1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 4 months ago

                I read that your embassy in Moscow was microwaved by the Soviets in the 80's for some weeks, made your guys there loose hair and all sorts.

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                1. King Eric, in America
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 4 months ago

                  Spend $400-800 billion dollars a year, for the last 50 years, and you too can have all sorts of cool paramilitary doo-dads with which to pacify your population.

                  'Course, we have no health insurance, miilions of homeless and hungry, and startlingly high unemployment ... which can cause riots.

                  The circle of life.

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  25. Matt
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Fab & Nasri both included in Arsenal's CL game squad so if they play, they will be cup tied... Interesting. I wouldn't have any of them anyway though. Overpriced for injuries and consistency respectively.

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  26. Dan
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Now a van on fire too...

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    1. abatoirnoises
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      rioters have just looted woolworths

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      1. Locarno
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Risking jail for some pick 'n' mix. Not the brightest, these kids.

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      2. TommyK
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Eh? Surely the baliffs already did the job for them???

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      3. Damo.
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        At least there's everything under the one roof. They're efficient if nothing else.

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        1. TommyK
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          If by everything you mean everything you have no use for whatsoever then yes!

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          1. Damo.
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            🙂 You can just imagine some amadan coming out with a battery powered spin the bottle game

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          2. Locarno
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Best line from yesterday.

            "They rampaged through the stores of Clapham's main street. But Waterstone's was left untouched." 🙂

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            1. Damo.
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              😀

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            2. TommyK
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              I linked to the video of that and someone thought I was laughing at the riots! 😳

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    2. Minty
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Noticed they haven't done a Nando's or a Primark yet!!

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  27. ForTheWin
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hey guys, any advise on my team much appreciated.

    Given, Al Habsi
    Kompany, Hughes, Jagielka, Bardsley, Simpson
    N’Zogbia, Sinclair, Taarabt, Malouda, Moses
    Rooney, Drogba, Holt

    1.5 in the bank.
    1)will bring in Van Persie for Drogba once we hear how his injury is.
    2)Should i swap Ruddy for Al Habsi, i hear they rotate well?
    3)And is Bramble a better option than Bardsley? What will the Sunderlands defense most likely be?
    4)not sure on jags or holt,are there better options?

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    1. graemer97
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      keep jags

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  28. Chip Butty
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Cech, Mignolet
    Ivanovic, Kompany, Kelly, Gabbidon, Simpson
    Nani, Silva, Moses, Cleverley, Brunt
    Bent, Suarez (is he going to play?) Rodallega

    What do people think? Keep changing my team! Any suggestions welcome.

    Can't wait for the weekend!

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    1. graemer97
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      i think u need malouda for first gameweeks and not brunt as he has bad fixtures

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      1. Chip Butty
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        slight price difference. May be worth putting him instead of Nani. Was originally worried about Malouda not starting but as Sturridge out first 3 matches should be starting

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  29. King Eric, in America
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Afternoon/Good Evening, folks. Hope everyone is well and woke up with the same number of cars and homes as you had when you went to sleep ...

    Are things settled down for the moment? I hear they're putting scads more police out tonight to keep things civil.

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    1. Namtab Nomolos
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Not likely to be settled. The latest news is that the IPCC hasn't found any evidence that guy shot by police fired a gun.

      Which isn't the same as saying the police weren't right to shoot and a loaded illegal gun was found at the scene, but if they needed any vague reason to keep going I'm sure they'll use this.

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      1. Minty
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I'm not sure that any of the disorder outside Tottenham is for that reason in the first place, I bet not one person arrested could even name the dead guy

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        1. Locarno
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Plus a billion. Walk up to any of these mongrels and say "Jeez, mate, can't believe those coppers shot Mark Duggan like that!"

          "Who's he? Give us a hand with this plasma 42-incher, will ya?"

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    2. TommyK
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      In London yes, but I worry about other cities....

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    3. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Things have been settled-ish so far but all this has been happening at night. It's around now it will probably start up again. It's already starting in other cities.

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  30. Badonge
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    With manchester now going to the dogs, im preparing to load up on unaffected matches and ready the early wildcard. a mess on all fronts.

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