S1 Ep5: Off The Bench: Should you turn t...

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Off The Bench returns to recap all things Gameweek 8 with FPL experts Lee Bonfield and Prasun Singhal. But there’s a word of warning for those with plans to bring in Son Heung-min as managers look for diverging paths to points ↔️

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Man City options (02m 13s)
Bringing back Liverpool (06m 51s)
Target Leicester players (12m 50s)
Son could shine (16m 48s)
Going without Arsenal (25m 34s)
Crystal Palace bargains (36m 40s)

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