March
09

Tuesday’s Dugout Discusson

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Tonight’s action has Bolton play their second fixture of the gameweek as they travel to the Stadium of Light and face Steve Bruce’s Sunderland. At the same time Portsmouth host Birmingham for the second time in four four days having disposed of Alex McLeish’s side in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Sunderland have already taken the lead within one minute of action through Frazier Campbell, while McCleish provides an even bigger shock on the south coast as he leaves fantasy managers agog with a really strong bout of rotation fever. The likes of Bowyer, McFadden and Carr are all given a rest this evening.

My Knee Jerk nightmare Nicklas Bendtner has also rubbed salt into open wounds by scoring from open play with his first attempt this evening, unfortunately for me the Champions League doesn’t offer any favours to my fantasy team..

The Dugout Discussion is up and running to catch your joy and agony in real-time.

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  • Jack(off)Attack.
    Valencia. Don't bench Ba. »
  • Jack(off)Attack.
    I think it could easily pay off, but he's on penalties so it could fail miserably.. »
  • MANIAC
    Bench one outta Bale Dempsey Valencia Sess Siggi Ba Aguero RVP .. Right now its Ba on the bench and Dempsey… »
  • thegaffer82
    Haha some fuzzy logic there :) Rather like myself most of the time. Havent watched all the Newcastle games so can'… »
  • Boom!!!
    Basically i like all the sports apart from golf because i don't know the rules... Football,Cricket,Tennis,Rugby,F1… »
  • xrt88
    I've got the same, apart from Valencia instead of Siggy. I'm narrowing it down to Ba or Sessegnon too, on Sess at the… »
  • Mags
    I was actually thinking Aguero, he's record away from home is not impressive »
  • xrt88
    Yeah i'm not sure about benching Sess, but it's either him or Ba, and Ba seems to be a bit more...fixture proof, i guess… »
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Player Club Factors
No Change Krul NEW A, Vs
No Change Hart MCI B, Vs
No Change Kenny QPR C, Vs, Rest, £
Up Al-Habsi WIG B, Vs, £
Up Schwarzer FUL C, Vs, Inj
No Change Mignolet SUN B, £
Up Vorm SWA B, £
No Change Foster WBA B
Up Robinson BLA C, Vs
Down Hennessey WOL B, Vs
No Change Sørensen STO B, Vs, Rest, £
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Defenders

Player Club Factors
No Change Richards MCI B, Vs, Inj
No Change Simpson NEW B, Vs, £
Up Senderos FUL B, Vs, Rest, £
Down Huth STO B, Vs, Sus
Up Evans MUN B, VsX, £
Up Taiwo QPR C, Vs, £
Up Cole CHE C, Vs
Up Rangel SWA B, VsX, £
No Change Bardsley SUN B, £
Up Vermaelen ARS C
Down Assou-Ekotto TOT A, VsX
No Change Clark AVL B, Vs, OoP, £
Down Riise FUL C, Vs, Rest
No Change McAuley WBA C, £
Down Johnson WOL C, £

Midfielders

Player Club Factors
No Change Bale TOT A, VsX
No Change Dempsey FUL A, Vs, OoP
No Change Silva MCI B, Vs
No Change Sessegnon SUN A, £
Up McClean SUN A, £
No Change Valencia MUN A, VsX
Up Sigurdsson SWA B, VsX, £
Down Mata CHE B
Up Taarabt QPR C, Vs
Up Ben Arfa NEW C, Vs, Rest, OoP
Up Sinclair SWA B, VsX, £
Up Moses WIG C, Vs, OoP, £
Down Walters STO C, Vs, OoP, £
Up Barton QPR C, Vs
No Change Ireland AVL C, Vs, Rest, £

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No Change van Persie ARS A
No Change Agüero MCI B, Vs
Up Ba NEW B, Vs
No Change Zamora QPR B, Vs
Up Dzeko MCI B, Vs, Rest
Up Bent AVL A, Vs
Up Yakubu BLA C, Vs
Up Cisse NEW B, Vs
No Change Rooney MUN B, VsX, Inj
No Change Sturridge CHE C
Down Fletcher WOL B, £
Up Graham SWA B, VsX, £

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Caldwell WIG 7
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