Fantasy Premier League 2024/25

73 points. Season was over when I dropped from 250k to 800k last night. But 48 points from my United trio takes me to 130k.

Gotten away with murder not owning Salah at all. Still not sure if or when I should make the switch from the malfunctioning robot.
 
I think i will bring in Bruno for Mbeumo for next GW. Am 0.1 clear now so lets hope Bruno doesn't go up twice during the break.
 
Garbage GW! Tempted to make my changes right now and be done with it until after the international break. Not the smartest idea but I’m sick of the sight of some of these players! :lol:
 
Brought Delap in for Vardy in GW8, got outscored by Vardy for 3 weeks running so I took him out for Strand Larsen this week. 11 pointer today. Beautiful. Had a similar thing with Smith Rowe and Brennan Johnson.
 
Glad no-one on my work league reads this thread as can't see anyone brought Bruno in. :cool:

12th before this game week, well up after. And can leave it alone for 2 weeks, even better!
 
Fabianski has been given an extra bonus point from somewhere. Makes it a 71 point week, happy enough with that.

Waiting on TAA (owned) and Saka (target) injury news over the international break before deciding what to do next.
 
A few blanks, a couple of disappointing performances in light of holding off on using transfers that would have paid off, and Haaland still in a bit of a rot. None of this matters, because this weekend I had two defenders come back with clean sheet bonuses! They're real!

Got 2 free transfers, 0.4m in the bank, and a Gabriel problem to solve still. I should've went with my first instinct and got Bruno in for the GW gone, but hey ho. I'll wait for the break to come towards an end, but I'm thinking a Brighton player needs to be coming in for their run to the new year, while Cunha along with Fernandes remain targets.

Seems like a sensible time to sell Wood with Forest's upcoming fixtures, so that could get Cunha in while keeping the Norwegian albatross. Or go with the budget forwards and juice the midfield.

Got a few options for Brighton. A defender would make sense while shifting Gabriel, with Veltman and Estupian standing out, but I've liked the look of Rutter plus there's always the João Pedro trap to fall into again.
 
Pretty bad week from me. 62 (-4). Trust Spurs to Spurs it all up.

Am considering jumping off Wood now with his fixtures coming up (although that Ipswich one after Arsenal is annoying). Wood and Johnson to Bruno and Jao Pedro is very tempting. Don't think Bruno can be ignored if he's going to be so involved in our attack with those fixtures and the new manager bounce coming in. Garnacho is not nailed, Rashford is a wash and Amad whilst great is not so good an fpl assett. Lewis also needs to go as well.

Or I could just bring in Smith Rowe for Johnson with no hit. Bound to return against Wolves and everyone else seem to have him (bench Wood). Then get Pedro the week after if he's getting minutes (for Strand Larsen) and then the week after that get Cunha in for Wood who is the player I should have got in the first place.
 
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Does the potential formation change not put people off bringing Bruno in?
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Yeah that's the trouble isn't it. This was the last Ruud game and we still don't know what Amorin wants from his attack and who he wants. Can't see Bruno not being involved but it still might be wise to wait and see. Sensible thing for me would just be to bring in ESR or Semenyo and wait to see how we look first but being sensible often = missed opportunities. United only have 2 more plum fixtures before it gets tougher again.
 
Henderson
Aina - Gabriel - Hall
Johnson - Salah - Palmer - Mbuemo - Semenyo
Haaland - Cunha

I have to get rid of either Gabriel or Haaland to get in Bruno. I am thinking of binning Gabriel to a 4.5m and upgrading Johnson to Bruno? What say you caftards?
 
89, chuffed with that week - the sacking off of the Everton duo in McNeil and DCL for Evanilson and Bruno did me wonders.

Just shows how a couple of gameweeks can ramp you up the league.
I was ~2,026,000 after gameweek 9.
Then went down to ~844k after 10.
Then down again to ~200k after this gameweek.
 
Hernandez - BFA said:
89, chuffed with that week - the sacking off of the Everton duo in McNeil and DCL for Evanilson and Bruno did me wonders.

Just shows how a couple of gameweeks can ramp you up the league.
I was ~2,026,000 after gameweek 9.
Then went down to ~844k after 10.
Then down again to ~200k after this gameweek.
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Ehhh hummm… @Dirty Schwein what do we do with braggers and the top 100-200k in this thread again?
 
Hernandez - BFA said:
89, chuffed with that week - the sacking off of the Everton duo in McNeil and DCL for Evanilson and Bruno did me wonders.

Just shows how a couple of gameweeks can ramp you up the league.
I was ~2,026,000 after gameweek 9.
Then went down to ~844k after 10.
Then down again to ~200k after this gameweek.
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After GW4 I was something like 4.6 millionth, which maybe isn't even too bad for a filthy casual who never even bought Haaland because it was more fun to build a team without him. But then Haaland stopped scoring and...

 
Looking at if I want Bruno, and I've ended up having doubts over continuing with Palmer now. Think I need a degree in advanced statistics to figure things out. :lol:

0.7 xGI per 90 for Palmer. Huge.Take out the Brighton game and it would be 0.44.

He did have that game so you can't ignore it, but at the same time it's an outlier. Not just a xG / xA thing, 4 of his actual 7 goals came in that one. You can't take any one game away from Salah, Saka or Haaland and turn them from elite numbers to merely good ones in quite the same way.

Brain fried.
 
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Looking at if I want Bruno, and I've ended up having doubts over continuing with Palmer now. Think I need a degree in advanced statistics to figure things out. :lol:

0.7 xGI per 90 for Palmer. Huge.Take out the Brighton game and it would be 0.44.

He did have that game so you can't ignore it, but at the same time it's an outlier. Not just a xG / xA thing, 4 of his actual 7 goals came in that one. You can't take any one game away from Salah, Saka or Haaland and turn them from elite numbers to merely good ones in quite the same way.

Brain fried.
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I think the argument for Palmer is that he's a flat track bully, it's one of the reasons I didn't buy him when everyone rushed to. The hard fixtures are now overso if you have him he's a keep. I'm looking for a way to bring him in now, but yeah if he continues to blank then get rid.
 
I could do Lewis to Bednarek and then Rogers to Bruno for -4 with nothing in the bank.

Thoughts?
 
BenitoSTARR said:
I could do Lewis to Bednarek and then Rogers to Bruno for -4 with nothing in the bank.

Thoughts?
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Tricky one. Bruno over Rogers all day long. I'm on a downer too over Lewis right now, what's the rest of your defence like and what role did you see him having moving forward?

As much as City's defence stinks right now, as much as he's a bit of a rotation risk, and as much as clean sheets have been unpredicatble so far for everyone this season City look like a half decent bet to land a few from weeks 14-20 if anyone is. This past GW showed Wolves can keep a cleanie if they get to play Southampton, West Ham can if they get to play Everton and they've both been bad at the back so far.

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Tricky one. Bruno over Rogers all day long. I'm on a downer too over Lewis right now, what's the rest of your defence like and what role did you see him having moving forward?

As much as City's defence stinks right now, as much as he's a bit of a rotation risk, and as much as clean sheets have been unpredicatble so far for everyone this season City look like a half decent bet to land a few from weeks 14-20 if anyone is. This past GW showed Wolves can keep a cleanie if they get to play Southampton, West Ham can if they get to play Everton and they've both been bad at the back so far.

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Can’t afford now as Bruno has risen.

Would have to be Bruno and £3.9m now.

The rest of the defence is Ait Nouri, Dalot and Mykolenko with Greaves as the sub.

It would mean I’d have:

Sels
Dalot Ait-Nouri Mykolenko
Salah Palmer Bruno Mbeumo Semenyo
Haaland Cunha
 
BenitoSTARR said:
Can’t afford now as Bruno has risen.

Would have to be Bruno and £3.9m now.

The rest of the defence is Ait Nouri, Dalot and Mykolenko with Greaves as the sub.

It would mean I’d have:

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Dalot Ait-Nouri Mykolenko
Salah Palmer Bruno Mbeumo Semenyo
Haaland Cunha
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At least Greaves should be back imminently if you did that.

Can't see any other routes to him that look appealing. Everyone else class or has great fixtures.

Dalot is the best I can come up with on the flimsy excuse that we don't know who Amorim is going to pick. Those next 2 fixtures look great though and would guess he's going to start so would want to keep.

Not even sure what your sell price would be if you did that and who you'd be able to afford? 4.4 for Hall, Konsa or Kerkez? Andersen at 4.3? Then it's back to those around 4.0 again.

Shame that Quansah might be behind Joe Gomez now too of the 3.9 players or he'd be the obvious choice if taking that particular option. Gomez with 45 minutes v Brighton a couple of games ago. Not a certainty though, Quansah was subbed on ahead of him for 2 minutes in the CL after that. Don't even know who's regularly on the bench of the others.
 
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Chipper said:
Looking at if I want Bruno, and I've ended up having doubts over continuing with Palmer now. Think I need a degree in advanced statistics to figure things out. :lol:

0.7 xGI per 90 for Palmer. Huge.Take out the Brighton game and it would be 0.44.

He did have that game so you can't ignore it, but at the same time it's an outlier. Not just a xG / xA thing, 4 of his actual 7 goals came in that one. You can't take any one game away from Salah, Saka or Haaland and turn them from elite numbers to merely good ones in quite the same way.

Brain fried.
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Dont take Palmer out - keep him for the rest of the season imo. Everything goes through him, so it’s only natural he can have 1 game that’s a statisical outlier. Only player along with Salah, Saka and Haaland that are reliable against anyone imo.
 
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Dont take Palmer out - keep him for the rest of the season imo. Everything goes through him, so it’s only natural he can have 1 game that’s a statisical outlier. Only player along with Salah, Saka and Haaland that are reliable against anyone imo.
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2mufc0 said:
I think the argument for Palmer is that he's a flat track bully, it's one of the reasons I didn't buy him when everyone rushed to. The hard fixtures are now overso if you have him he's a keep. I'm looking for a way to bring him in now, but yeah if he continues to blank then get rid.
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Yeah, I didn't have Palmer for much of last season. Was very late to the party there and a little bit again this season. Still I know he can haul at any time, especially against some of the smaller teams and his fixtures are now good for a long time.

I like mouthing off random ideas in this thread, not necessarily setting down solid plans. Stream of consciousness stuff.

Was on Saka at first this season, bringing in Palmer after Saka was out injured v Bournemouth the other week only for him to come right back in again vs Liverpool when I made the switch. Sold Haaland since then, becoming a Salah-led team and I've been eyeing up having Palmer, Saka and Salah. All the Bruno talk then started and I was looking over his xG, xA etc. and comparing it to other big midfielders when I noticed that about Palmer and just had to type it out on here. :lol:

Can't really see myself selling him if truth be told.
 
Trying to work out some sort of plan but it's a huge pain in the arse. :lol:

Injuries, fixture turns and more.

Sanchez Fabianski
TAA Gabriel Konate Lewis Greaves
Salah Palmer Mbeumo Johnson Rogers
Jackson Cuhna Wood

1 FT, 2.4 ITB

TAA alone giving me about 10 different ways to go.

- Hold because Southampton home
- Bin because potentially injured, fixture turn, lack of attacking returns
- Hold because despite lack of attacking returns is still part of the best defence and I already have Konate so can't switch to him
- If switching go cheap to spend elsewehere (probably Johnson > Saka)
- If going cheap, take a -4 this week to spend the money immediately or sit on about 5m for a week
- if going cheap, bring in Maz / Dalot short term then look to replace when United have harder fixtures soon or look for something longer term
- Could go premium instead, maybe VVD, Gvardiol or Saliba
- Forget about TAA altogether for now and just go Johnson > Bruno, but then that makes Saka an extra transfer away longer term if I still want him

Then there's Lewis troubles. Mbeumo a possible to move out longer term but there's so much money tied up in him, fixtures do get harder soon though. Wood a longer term doubt too, got to hold for Ipswich in 13 at least but then who knows.

I like Semenyo as a midfield budget long term pick if I don't want to go Saka eventually or Bruno now, he dovetails really well with Rogers' fixtures. Can throw in his team mate Evanilson up front as a possible cheap option at some point too. Brighton look good long term in general, as do Chelsea and Newcastle right now. Could try and target Isak now or in the near future if I'd rather focus on the attack instead of messing around with def/mid. Gordon looking good as a longer term midfield choice as well.

Got Jackson sitting on 4 yellows.

I haven't got a clue!
 
Chipper said:
Trying to work out some sort of plan but it's a huge pain in the arse. :lol:

Injuries, fixture turns and more.

Sanchez Fabianski
TAA Gabriel Konate Lewis Greaves
Salah Palmer Mbeumo Johnson Rogers
Jackson Cuhna Wood

1 FT, 2.4 ITB

TAA alone giving me about 10 different ways to go.

- Hold because Southampton home
- Bin because potentially injured, fixture turn, lack of attacking returns
- Hold because despite lack of attacking returns is still part of the best defence and I already have Konate so can't switch to him
- If switching go cheap to spend elsewehere (probably Johnson > Saka)
- If going cheap, take a -4 this week to spend the money immediately or sit on about 5m for a week
- if going cheap, bring in Maz / Dalot short term then look to replace when United have harder fixtures soon or look for something longer term
- Could go premium instead, maybe VVD, Gvardiol or Saliba
- Forget about TAA altogether for now and just go Johnson > Bruno, but then that makes Saka an extra transfer away longer term if I still want him

Then there's Lewis troubles. Mbeumo a possible to move out longer term but there's so much money tied up in him, fixtures do get harder soon though. Wood a longer term doubt too, got to hold for Ipswich in 13 at least but then who knows.

I like Semenyo as a midfield budget long term pick if I don't want to go Saka eventually or Bruno now, he dovetails really well with Rogers' fixtures. Can throw in his team mate Evanilson up front as a possible cheap option at some point too. Brighton look good long term in general, as do Chelsea and Newcastle right now. Could try and target Isak now or in the near future if I'd rather focus on the attack instead of messing around with def/mid. Gordon looking good as a longer term midfield choice as well.

Got Jackson sitting on 4 yellows.

I haven't got a clue!
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I'm surprised you still have Trent, him getting injured last GW was the last straw for me, he's also playing a different role under slot, more involved with the build up rather than getting high up the pitch and putting in crosses, he's also now sharing the set peices. While he's good for bonus you are dependent on Liverpool clean sheets. You already have Konate so Liverpool defence is covered, even more reason to sell.

I regret not selling earlier as his price tag really limits you on getting other players that have been out scoring him.
 
2mufc0 said:
I'm surprised you still have Trent, him getting injured last GW was the last straw for me, he's also playing a different role under slot, more involved with the build up rather than getting high up the pitch and putting in crosses, he's also now sharing the set peices. While he's good for bonus you are dependent on Liverpool clean sheets. You already have Konate so Liverpool defence is covered, even more reason to sell.

I regret not selling earlier as his price tag really limits you on getting other players that have been out scoring him.
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Yes, completely understand. It's just a pain the way it's all fell.

If I had 2 FTs would I have already moved him out? Probably. If they weren't playing Southampton? The same.

Hate taking -4s but also hate the idea of sitting on circa 5m ITB for 1 week if I moved him out for someone cheaper then waited for the next free transfer to spend it. It's caused indecision, almost making me wanting to do nothing this week then wait and see.

Need to formulate a proper long term plan and there's so many ways I could go.
 
Chipper said:
Yes, completely understand. It's just a pain the way it's all fell.

If I had 2 FTs would I have already moved him out? Probably. If they weren't playing Southampton? The same.

Hate taking -4s but also hate the idea of sitting on circa 5m ITB for 1 week if I moved him out for someone cheaper then waited for the next free transfer to spend it. It's caused indecision, almost making me wanting to do nothing this week then wait and see.

Need to formulate a proper long term plan and there's so many ways I could go.
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In this situation you keep him, then sell him after Southampton and use the money to strengthen elsewhere.

For me it was different, by selling him it allows me to buy Palmer.
 
Haaland seems to be dropping like a stone. Thinking of going from him to Isak and swapping Rogers/Semenyo for Saka, but he's flagged which didn't go so great for me the last time I tried to get him in.. Other option would be keeping Haaland and just swapping one of my keepers for Fabianksi to free up cash for Mbeumo->Bruno.

So it's A and £2.5m itb:

Sanchez
Gabriel, Ait-Nouri, Young
Mbeumo, Palmer, Saka, Salah
Isak, Wood, Jimenez

Or B and £0.5m itb:

Muric
Gabriel, Ait-Nouri, Young
Bruno, Palmer, Rogers/Semenyo, Salah
Haaland, Wood, Jimenez

Either way I've still got Gabriel to move on at some point to fund something else, but I don't really see an obvious move with him yet.
 
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Haaland seems to be dropping like a stone. Thinking of going from him to Isak and swapping Rogers/Semenyo for Saka, but he's flagged which didn't go so great for me the last time I tried to get him in.. Other option would be keeping Haaland and just swapping one of my keepers for Fabianksi to free up cash for Mbeumo->Bruno.

So it's A and £2.5m itb:

Sanchez
Gabriel, Ait-Nouri, Young
Mbeumo, Palmer, Saka, Salah
Isak, Wood, Jimenez

Or B and £0.5m itb:

Muric
Gabriel, Ait-Nouri, Young
Bruno, Palmer, Rogers/Semenyo, Salah
Haaland, Wood, Jimenez

Either way I've still got Gabriel to move on at some point to fund something else, but I don't really see an obvious move with him yet.
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Both options looks ok. I'll keep Haaland myself and continue my nightmare of an FPL season by not getting Salah in this week either.
I'd wait with option one till after the pressers tomorrow at least so you have all the latest injury updates and base your decision on that.

I'll go Foden to Bruno and Lewis to Gabriel to get to:

Fabianski/Flekken
Gabriel, Dalot, Ait-Nouri (EvdS and Faes)
Palmer, Saka, Mbeumo, Bruno (Rogers)
Haaland(C), Jimenez, JSL

0,6M ITB

Not sure on which to bench between JSL and Rogers, but think I'll end on benching Rogers.

Crossing everything I have that Salah's form falls off a cliff.
 
What's my transfer here this week then?

Current squad is...

Verbruggen Fabianski
Maz Ait-Nouri Lewis Hall Greaves
Salah Palmer Mbeumo Johnson Rogers
Haaland Wood Strand-Larsen

£0.9m in the bank. 1 FT

Not interested in selling the big 3 either.

Thinking Johnson out for Semenyo if he's fit as that would allow me to upgrade Wood (after Ipswich) to Isak, Jackson or Havertz.

Lewis is the other dud that needs to go but I can bench him for now.

Anything better?

Edit: don't mind binning Strand Larsen either to get in Raul, Delap, Evanilson or Jao Pedro. Could then correct my mistake from last week and get in Cunha for Wood after Ipswich.
 
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Just seen Semenyo is on 4 yellows. Not ideal. That and the flag are putting me off. Is it Rashford time?
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Yeah, I'm about to drop Semenyo. He's been an absolute troll for me.

I think working towards Wood might be good, his numbers stack up from back end of last season, it's not a purple patch. Rashy would be a good differential though.

I am about to take a -4 to do: TAA, Semenyo, ESR and Haaland to Hall, Salah, Bruno and Isak. Is that worth it?
 
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Yeah, I'm about to drop Semenyo. He's been an absolute troll for me.

I think working towards Wood might be good, his numbers stack up from back end of last season, it's not a purple patch. Rashy would be a good differential though.

I am about to take a -4 to do: TAA, Semenyo, ESR and Haaland to Hall, Salah, Bruno and Isak. Is that worth it?
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I've already got Wood (giggidy). I meant taking him out after Ipswich. I'm benching him this week.

On paper that looks like an upgrade for you but just don't be surprised if you get instantly burned this weekend with it. All of those players have the potential to go big. I think if TAA is definitely out then I'd pull the trigger. I wish I could get back to Bruno this week but I can't. Assume you would be captaining Salah as well? I've got a feeling Haaland will destroy that Spurs backline so sticking it on him at the moment.
 
CassiusClaymore said:
I've already got Wood (giggidy). I meant taking him out after Ipswich. I'm benching him this week.

On paper that looks like an upgrade for you but just don't be surprised if you get instantly burned this weekend with it. All of those players have the potential to go big. I think if TAA is definitely out then I'd pull the trigger. I wish I could get back to Bruno this week but I can't. Assume you would be captaining Salah as well? I've got a feeling Haaland will destroy that Spurs backline so sticking it on him at the moment.
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I will captain Salah, yes. And i agree, this will backfire. As I'm getting rid of Haaland, you should think about using your TC on him.
 
Tempted to captain Palmer this week he's due some returns.
 
CassiusClaymore said:
What's my transfer here this week then?

Current squad is...

Verbruggen Fabianski
Maz Ait-Nouri Lewis Hall Greaves
Salah Palmer Mbeumo Johnson Rogers
Haaland Wood Strand-Larsen

£0.9m in the bank. 1 FT

Not interested in selling the big 3 either.

Thinking Johnson out for Semenyo if he's fit as that would allow me to upgrade Wood (after Ipswich) to Isak, Jackson or Havertz.

Lewis is the other dud that needs to go but I can bench him for now.

Anything better?

Edit: don't mind binning Strand Larsen either to get in Raul, Delap, Evanilson or Jao Pedro. Could then correct my mistake from last week and get in Cunha for Wood after Ipswich.
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Yeah, I would captain Haaland if he was in my team. He is lethal against teams that play high defence line, and Totenham surely love to play it at all costa, no matter what. No Van De Ven, Dragusin is all over the place, and Romero is nowhere near constant level of performances.

City are getting a plethora of players back, and they are due a convincing win, as I believe the announcement of Pep new contract will galvanise them for a bit. So yeah, I fear for Spurs this weekend, and I envy the FPL managers who have City forward assets in the team.
 
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Yeah, I would captain Haaland if he was in my team. He is lethal against teams that play high defence line, and Totenham surely love to play it at all costa, no matter what. No Van De Ven, Dragusin is all over the place, and Romero is nowhere near constant level of performances.

City are getting a plethora of players back, and they are due a convincing win, as I believe the announcement of Pep new contract will galvanise them for a bit. So yeah, I fear for Spurs this weekend, and I envy the FPL managers who have City forward assets in the team.
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feck you're making me want to keep him another week. But then I miss out on Salah v Southampton and Bruno v Ipswich...
 
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