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15 August 2011 1425 comments
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The final match of Gameweek 1 see Man City play host to Swansea. The Dugout Discussion chatroom is open for business as usual, so come in, take a seat and let’s see if we Roberto Mancini’s side can be the only team to win at home in the opening set of matches…

Edin Dzeko starts up front for City, with Mario Balotelli dropping to the bench as Adam Johnson takes his place in the first XI. And no, Aleksander Kolarov doesn’t start.

Man City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Toure Yaya, De Jong, Barry, Silva, Dzeko, Johnson. Subs: Taylor, Zabaleta, Milner, Kolarov, Savic, Aguero, Balotelli.

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Tate, Britton, Dobbie, Agustien, Dyer, Graham, Sinclair. Subs: Moreira, Orlandi, Routledge, Lita, Moore, Allen, Gower.
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

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  1. Attila the Bum
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    Uno

    Come on Silva & Kompany! 10 points each will do.

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    1. Back on the horse
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      second that. ALthough it looks like another million will too. Oh for a differential that pays off

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        True!

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      2. fatherted
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        Could do with a clean sheet for city(Manchester variety)' got clichy and company, and no goals/assists/BP's for silva.....

        Don't want too much do I????

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  2. Back on the horse
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    Gary Neville is alright on MNF actually

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    1. meclive
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      you having a laugh?

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    2. Locked&Bloated
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      are you having a giraffe?

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      1. Back on the horse
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        ha- I guess I had very low expectations. He is surpassing them

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    3. Bod
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      And there I was thinking it was Trigger from only fools and horses

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      1. RevsFC
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        a young one, but yea lol

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  3. Attila the Bum
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    Will be interesting to see how Mancini uses a fully fit squad. Fitting Tevez, Aguero, Dzeko, Balotelli, Johnson, De Jong, Barry, etc in one side is a nice problem to have.

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    1. The Stock
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      Like the balance of tonight's team. Milner on the bench is a bonus!

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  4. Manky Yanc
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    Anybody know what the RMT website is that somebody posted on here a couple of weeks ago ?

    It had a utube tutorial video of how to use it linked but I never got a chance to try it out - looked quite good ?!

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    1. Damo.
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      http://www.ratemyteam.co.uk

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        Not bad I suppose, but 100% pure speculation. No different to using the projections in the Members area here.

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        1. Manky Yanc
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          Yeah, just fancied a quick play though - especially as I've decided to play my wild card 😉

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        2. Damo.
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          Yep, I remember last year when everyone was debating to get Lams in the dude who runs it said he was absolutely necessary, I argued that surely RVP was more essential given that he was scoring every game, he told me the numbers don't lie. Lamps got 2.

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      2. Manky Yanc
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        Cheers

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  5. Locked&Bloated
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    Anyone see the Swansea fan Sky showed there...she was hot as fook

    Forever Alone 🙁

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    1. Back on the horse
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      yeah. I was half expecting Neville to go 'hey, she's alright!'

      was she a WAG or just a 'normal' fan?

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    2. Bod
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      Yup, camera soon switch when that guy leaned infront of her too

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  6. Back on the horse
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    ratemyteam.co.uk?

    can't be the one you are referring to. that would be too simple.

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  7. Grabber
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    1 downing or adam?
    2 nani or young?

    The joys of free transfers

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    1. Bod
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      Downing, and flip a coin?

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  8. Demí
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    Score predictions for the Swansea game:

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    1. Declan
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      3-0

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    2. RevsFC
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      3-1 Man City

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  9. mvtaylor
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    So,

    The people who had spent time on sites like these over the summer contributing to the community and actually planned their team more than 18 hours ahead of the first deadline are recieving almost no benefit from this. Those who are too lazy and just couldn't be bothered now get a free chance to remove all their failures with no penalty. If you picked Gervinho, Kuyt or Drogba and had Hall as your cheap defender before the deadline and weren't affected by the log in problems why should you get away with transferring them out for free? Why shouldn't you have to consider keeping them when they may not play, taking transfer hits or using your wildcard?

    What benefit do I get from spending two hours last week picking Caulker out as a starting 4M Swansea defender? Absolutely none, that's what. I'd benched him anyway this week and had to gamble on him being a starter for when I needed him later in the season, now everyone who doesn't do any work knows he's a starter and can get him in for free.

    What benefit did I get from planning my team past gameweek 1? Absolutely none, someone could have simply looked at the GW1 fixtures, picked played based just on that and can now get rid of the lot of them for a more balanced week in week out team with no penalty.

    What if someone planned their team carefully on Thursday for the FPL season then went on holiday? They won't be able to use the free transfers to benefit from price rises this week will they.

    I am having to use the transfers to catch potential price rises (if they haven't frozen prices - which given their incompetence so far I'll happily say they haven't) as otherwise I am at a disadvantage compared to those that do transfer. If it wasn't for this wildcard I would seriously consider not making any transfers and would have had two free transfers for next week, but now I can't do that.

    This idea from the FPL team is really quite, quite poor and for FFS to blindly state they will begin leagues from GW2 and not allow those who helped contribute to the community over the summer the advantage they deserve by keeping GW1 scores is short sighted in the extreme.

    Anyway, I'm sure all of you out there will tell me I'm completely wrong... please link your team also if you do.

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    1. unoaime
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      Agree 100%

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    2. meclive
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      +1

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    3. Back on the horse
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      yeah, the point you are making (numerous times in slightly different form) is right.

      I guess, all I can say to you is it won't make too much difference to your final position- they people who didn't bother doing their team won't bother maintaining it.

      FPL is like a war of attrition - whoever can be bothered to keep trying to the very end will generally do OK

      Chin up, bud

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      1. meclive
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        As long as they fix the issue of being able to see transfers people have made before the gameweek deadline or other teams will just straight copy the person doing well...

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        1. Back on the horse
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          yeah, that should be an easy fix shouldn't it. although they haven't covered themselves in glory so far...

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    4. Nibbsy
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      See my reply below, I broadly agree. I have a decent team and was planning on saving a transfer this week.

      Thing is, those casual players you refer to will only repeat the same mistakes, or all transfer in high scorers from GW1. Your dedication and attention to the game will pay off eventually.

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    5. Attila the Bum
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      It's lose/lose for FPL. They are really damned if they do and damned if they don't. Like you I had sorted my side and although I would have certainly made a couple of changes on Saturday morning given the chance (taking Alcaraz out for one), I was pretty happy with my side.
      I feel bad for those who were totally screwed by the deadline fiasco, but I think restarting the leagues is the wrong move.

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    6. Voronin
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      Wow, dude, get a life. As a Spurs fan you have far more to worry about than people who spent weeks planning a team over those who didn't. What the hell does one game week tell you. So everyone transfers in players that did well in one week, the first week in fact, so what. They will likely spend the next few weeks undoing it all. C'est la vie.

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      1. mvtaylor
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        What more have I got to worry about?

        At least our new signings didn't splurt out a draw at home to Sunderland.

        Liverpool would win the league if it finished the day before the season actually started.

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        1. Voronin
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          Well let's take the fact you have stood still at best in the transfer market, with everyone else bar Arsenal strengthening you have gone backwards. No real strike force, Modric likely to leave etc. Worry away.

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    7. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      -42. This is unadulterated rubbish, imo. They have fecked, big time, apologised - and put in some goodies to sweeten the apology. All present & correct, imo!

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    8. Eatspressure
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      marginal

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    9. Damp
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      You are so right!
      It a disgrace to all people who have put hours on this site trying to help out. The new design and the layout is so ridicules bad I wonder what kind of programmer and designer the have hired!!
      It´s a fu*king joke!

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      1. mvtaylor
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        4 agree
        4 "meh"
        2 disagree

        Interesting

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        1. Vladimir Stishenok
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          We had close lines of thought, I suppose.)

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    10. Milan
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      Absolutely agree.

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  10. Nibbsy
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    I’m pleased they’ve acknowledged us and gone a fair way to making amends, but…

    Slightly annoyed that some people in my mini league, with DREADFUL teams, no balance etc have been able to see my team and now effectively copy all my good picks at no expense.

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    1. unoaime
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      Agree 100% with this too. I actually explained with i picked some players aswell.

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      1. Nibbsy
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        Me too, explaining defensive rotation, squad balance etc. Was feeling very smug watching Moses have a stormer on MOTD with my mates. Now they're all going to get him!

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      2. unoaime
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        why*

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  11. Attila the Bum
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    I think everyone should keep complaining to FPL until they give us an extra 5m each in virtual compensation. Still can't piece together a side I really love.

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    1. Declan
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      +5m

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    2. Forest4Life
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      lol

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    3. Back on the horse
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      I want £5m in actual compensation. It's only fair

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        Oh aye that'd be nice.

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  12. Pikey
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    Sorry if this has been addressed already:
    Is there a way of accessing all the stats from weekend matches on the FPL site?
    Could previously clink on the fixture link and it would take you to the match details, Inc bonus allocations (want to check all bonus pts so far)
    Ta for any help.

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    1. meclive
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      You'll be lucky to find anything good linked on the new fpl site...

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    2. King Eric, in America
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      Pikey: Eventually, I assume, 'yes' - as the scores beneath your team are hyperlinked (but dead right now).

      If you want BP info, go to transfers and select 'bonus' from the drop down, as well as 'all players'

      That'll give you the info, albeit in a more confusing manner.

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  13. Forest4Life
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    3-0 Dzeko, yaya and silva

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  14. Cheggers
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    Sinclair looks good so far

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    1. meclive
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      Get a room.

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  15. tangtastic
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    Just noticed that Cashley got the 3 bonus points from the game against Stoke (?!)

    Definitely prefer the old bonus points system..

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    1. meclive
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      Its totally bollocks.

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      1. Forest4Life
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        Bull

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  16. Forest4Life
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    Swans looking good

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  17. Chris de Borg
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    Anyone else having trouble getting into the discussion room?

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  18. Lrf
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    Is Rooney - Torres - Bent overkill?

    Keep that trio for some gameweeks, then downgrade one and upgrade midfield. Will cost an insane amount of cash, but might pay off big with the games they got coming up (I know United got som hard games on the paper, but home vs spurs and arsenal is not the worst fixtures you could have).

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    1. MJonno_79
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      14 years, 4 months ago

      Spurs and arsenal defence aren't exactly known for their good defense

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  19. Supernova
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    Is it still possible to view competitor's transfers? How did people do that anyway?

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    1. King Eric, in America
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      'Data' view on their team page.

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  20. Nomar
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    Yay, extra wildcard for everyone.

    Not sure if the 'casual player' will even bother to notice to be honest with you. I'm certainly not telling anyone in my league about it!

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    1. Declan
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      The scout will tell everybody on thursday on the FPL home page

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      Abso-bloody-lutely! 😀

      *trades furiously*

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    3. MJonno_79
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      I'm not telling anyone either I git money on my works league

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  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    when I make 2 subs for next weeks it says I am being deducted 4 pts??

    anyone help, I thought unlimited transfers?

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    1. Forest4Life
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      You get em bak at midnight

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    2. Pikey
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      I imagine will all be resolved asap. Maybe after tonights match

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    3. Nomar
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      Read the memo. If you get deducted points they will be restored by midnight tomorrow.

      I can change Gabbidon now without wasting a transfer.

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  22. MJonno_79
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    Unlimited transfers. Cool. Or it would be if I wasnt happy with my team.

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  23. Demí
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    Swansea look good. I can definitely see them being the highest scorers from all the promoted teams imo

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      Early days, early doors ...

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    2. The Stock
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      Prediction after 10 adrenaline fuelled minutes? Wowzers.

      Lets see if they can do it on a wet Monday night in Stoke....

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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        Are you sitting comfortably ... ? 😉

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        1. The Stock
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          No - fuming about this FPL 'news'. Mockery.

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          1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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            Hmmm - I'm rather enjoying it all ... ! 😀

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      2. Demí
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        they cant

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    3. Demí
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      Posssession:

      Man city 34% Swansea 66% after 10 mins

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  24. Grabber
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    swansea are a breath of fresh air

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    1. The Stock
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      ...in Chernobyl.

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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        Time for that early Manzanilla! 😀

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  25. Bod
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    Does anyone know where I can see how many people have transferred players in or out?

    Last year stats like these were on the FPL site...

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  26. andy85wsm
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    Hayley McQueen is looking sexy with those glasses on tonight.

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    1. The Stock
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      +69

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  27. Forest4Life
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    We shud have option of using extra wildcard when we want

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  28. meclive
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    I love how FPL even messed up the apology... "Fantasy Premier League is still run by the same provider." then said "The login/registration system had to be upgraded during the summer - this service is delivered by a new third party provider..."

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  29. Forest4Life
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    Swansea bandwagon

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  30. RmS
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    "Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even"

    Muhammad Ali

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      My all-time Hero - excepting Edward Morgan Forster ... 🙂

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      1. RmS
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        Mine too, excepting Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys.......

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