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The official Arsene Wenger 'I nearly signed him®' thread

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In spirit of a managerial legend, to celebrate his clinching of the 4th place cup, here we discuss the all the players we nearly put in our team, perhaps in drafts, or perhaps on just wishful thinking, before deciding not to for some reason and them subsequently going on to get big hauls.

First up: Toyed with Townsend this week, put him in my draft, decided against him for Firminho...kind of worked out, could have been worse.

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Lukaku doubt ment my Firmino transfer didn't happen and I opted for Milner, (who was benched and didn't play) because I used the extra funds to upgrade Luk to Sturridge. Goal, assist and 3bp isn't bad, It's just that slight game rotation risk.

Also I nearly had smalling but gambled on Cresswell, so far that has also paid off (slightly)

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Townsend

I had him in couple of drafts before wildcarding but in the end I convinced myself by saying 'come on, it's Newcastle, you can't rely on Newcastle...'

Also was 50/50 on Coutinho/Firmino and unfortunately made a wrong call, gutted about it

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I chose 5.5 Ki over 5.5 Mahrez in GW1. I know :roll:

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Was going to get Rojo but opted for the safer Clyne.
Could have afforded Smalling too, but wanted to save money for KDB this week, who I now probably don't get due to rotation risk.

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when picking my 5th mid in GW29, I went for Surman over J.King, as I didn't trust the latter was nailed-on enough...

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I nearly bought Jamie Vardy earlier in the season, but got Ighalo instead.

I ended up getting a fewer points, and repeatedly told how lucky I was by Vardy owners whenever Ighalo scored. :lol:

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In the early season I bought Bony as a placeholder for Lukaku for two gameweeks period, instead of just bringing in Lukaku straight away. It was a 50-50 call and cost me about 30 points.

I guess I don't always do perfect decisions.

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Finisher1 wrote:In the early season I bought Bony as a placeholder for Lukaku for two gameweeks period, instead of just bringing in Lukaku straight away. It was a 50-50 call and cost me about 30 points.

I guess I don't always do perfect decisions.
No, but fortunately due to your excellent planning you can make up for it Image

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Nearly signed Sturridge on deadline day's final minutes when it looked like Lukaku was going to miss out. Only missed because i was short 0.3

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