Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Liverpool vs Cardiff

Saturday offers up the uncomfortable scenario of an early kick-off captain. Luis Suarez dominated our thinking going into the Gameweek, running away with our Captain poll has thousands backed him for his home clash with Cardiff. That Anfield encounter provides the day’s opener and a potential points haul or major failure from the off.

The team news from Anfield finds few surprises from Brendan Rodgers’ lineup as he keeps the same starting XI that destroyed Spurs at the Lane. Raheem Sterling and Joe Allen retain their starting roles in midfield, while Dan Agger is amongst the substitutes as Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho form the centre-back partnership once again. Malky Mackay is under the media microscope for today’s match in the light of the seemingly untenable relationship with club owner Vincent Tan. In what could be his last Cardiff team selection, Mackay chooses to recall Aron Gunnarsson in place of striker Frazier Campbell in the only change to the side that won three points against West Brom last time out.

Our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to provide a real-time platform for your views for this match and will remain throughout the day’s action.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Declan
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Cmon Cardiff!

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    1. copps
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      imagine cardiff win and malky STILL gets fired afterwards...

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      1. Declan
        • 14 Years
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        wouldn't put it past Vinnie Tan

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    2. big oak
      • 14 Years
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      tan tan tan tan taaan
      tan tan tan tan taaan
      tan tan tan tan tan tan tan
      tan tan tan tan tan taaan

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  2. Rafabio
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Come on Suarezzzzzz!

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    1. big oak
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      who cares
      everybody has him
      evrybody captained him
      we are playing this week with 10 players and no captain

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      1. Rafabio
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Ummm football reasons mate. Like watching a good show.

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        1. big oak
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          ahhh that!
          i forgot the real football mate 🙂

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  3. In Like Flynn.
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Please don't fail me now Suarez.

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    1. Viper
      • 14 Years
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      Does it really matter? 🙂

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Still less than 50% ownership Viper. It might prevent a red arrow. 🙂

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        1. Laserface
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
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          that depends on your rank

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          1. In Like Flynn.
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            • 13 Years
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            My rank is rank.

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        2. Viper
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          All those 50% are probably of no worry to you though. Did you see smarty Pants post? 99% of the top 1000 have captained him and 100% own him! 😯

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    2. Granville
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      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Suarez is an irrelevance this week

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  4. Baa
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    So we are expecting a Suarez blank?

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      • 13 Years
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      Eventually.

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  5. Viper
    • 14 Years
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    Seen as i've held strong and not took a hit this week, I feel I owe it to myself to take a hit. 🙂

    How does this look?

    Ozil & Brunt -> Silva & Walcott, 4 point hit.

    Yes, I know the gwk hasn't even started etc. etc. but as it stands how does it look? Should I do it?

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I'm guessing you have to do the Ozil trade to get Silva?

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      1. Viper
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Fundage needed unfortunately

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    2. Notorious
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I'll be doing Ozil and Ravel -> Silva and Walcott (-4) so it looks fine to me

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    3. big oak
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      it looks like the havnt started yet
      now watch the game and see everybody celebrating suarez goals as if it makes a difference

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  6. mattyrobinson
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Michael Owen for 90mins, YES!

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  7. Licky
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    I said it last night and I'll say it again, wouldn't surprise me if Cardiff win.

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    1. Notorious
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Whitts brace

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    2. In Like Flynn.
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      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      It would astonish me. Not that Cardiff are a bad side.

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      1. Licky
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Given the circumstances around both clubs, it would be typical of Liverpool to drop points.

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  8. @ocprodigy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    May all your arrows be green.

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  9. jas5sk - Youtube channel
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Why hasn't Suarez scored yet!!!??

    FFS!

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Captain fail 🙁

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  10. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    bah no snacks n beer, yet its cold n windy outside and tescos ll be a nightmare 😕

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  11. GunsnRoses
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Guess suarez's points including bp?

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    1. Notorious
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      13

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    2. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 13 Years
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      2

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    3. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      12

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    4. Syd.
      • 14 Years
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      2

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    5. Mull
      • 12 Years
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      9

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    6. MJ6987
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      6

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    7. Goaldigger
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      21

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  12. Cheggers
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Suarez (c), Coutinho, G Johnson, couple of goals and a cleany please

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  13. Parm
    • 12 Years
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    Suarez(c) fail.

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  14. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Let the Goalfest begin 🙂

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  15. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    today is prove yourself day coutinho....

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    1. isacki: full casual
      • 12 Years
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      Yep. Will be interesting if he scores, just when it seems inevitable he has to be sold.

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        sellin any way i think, unless he looks incredible, fixtures arent great and i want silva/yaya

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        1. isacki: full casual
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          Silva's definitely the plan.

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        2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 12 Years
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          scratch that i may as well sell now 🙄

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          1. isacki: full casual
            • 12 Years
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            lol

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    2. aehii
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Someone needs to tell him to grow his curly hair long again.

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  16. isacki: full casual
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    The anticlimax when Suarez (C) scores for everyone.

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      i just want some great goals a la v norwich .... dat third goal still gives me shivers

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  17. jas5sk - Youtube channel
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Liverpool think they are Barca

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    1. Mull
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      We're better!

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    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      nah they think theyre us 😉

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    3. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Oooh! Suarez off his game. The $$$ must be getting to him already 😉

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    4. Woy of the Wovers
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Their recent record against Barca would say they're better.

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  18. Santi sensei
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Just Migs Cleansheet is all needed today 🙂

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    1. Texas Pete
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      amen brother!

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  19. MJ6987
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Necks on the line...

    Rooney...start, bench or none?

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    1. MJ6987
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I will say START

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    2. Lao Tzu
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Bench.

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  20. Laserface
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    anybody have any streaming links ?

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      No stream links allowed. Google ftw.

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  21. mattyrobinson
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Can you remember last season when people were saying that "Suarez was a poor finisher"? How times change.

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    1. SW6
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      He was then

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    2. Mull
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Well he was last season. He hit the post about 50 times.

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    3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      tbf he did miss an awful lot of shots last season lol...... frightening now he has the accuracy

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    4. The Finnisher
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I remember I was laughed at for saying I was tempted to pick him from the start at 9.5 🙂

      I didn't, though 🙁

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    5. Goaldigger
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Him and ramsey both.

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    6. Bobbydhino - ⚒ Saint Slav…
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      One man team.

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  22. isacki: full casual
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Coutinho just put the ball into the net

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    1. isacki: full casual
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      About 5 secs after the whistle blew

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    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Not with shooting like that

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  23. Baby Face Nelson
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Cant see a pool cleanie

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    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      2 Pool Defenders here . How dar you 👿

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    2. Declan
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      They don't do clean sheets.

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    3. MJ6987
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      They will

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      1. The Finnisher
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        I've just put my house on it, you better not be joking.

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        1. MJ6987
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          I am just trying to jinx it. That will work, right? Sorry about the house.

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          1. The Finnisher
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            I don't own a Liverpool defender so it's win-win.

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  24. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Yeah...Coutinho strikes again..

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  25. jas5sk - Youtube channel
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Coutinho 😆 At least he's young

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  26. Saosin
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    I actually dreamt that Suarez will blank today... Hopefully i'm wrong.

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    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      probably better for me if he does so there are no assists

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  27. isacki: full casual
    • 12 Years
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    Breaking news: Coutinho still can't shoot

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  28. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
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    top tip, use a wire coathanger to restring drawstring pants when youve lost one end.....

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    1. Dr Dream
      • 11 Years
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      I can't think that would be very comfortable..

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
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        very hard to knot too 😕

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    2. beric
      • 12 Years
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      genius

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    3. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Better tip...

      Have enough self respect to not wear drawstring pants

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
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        i have no self respect 😎

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        1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
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          Ah, Swansea fan?

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          1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
            • 12 Years
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            worse, liverpool

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            1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
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              As a Cardiff fan, bleurgh ;-b

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    4. isacki: full casual
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      Glad to hear coathangers have other uses

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  29. beric
    • 12 Years
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    come on cardiff!

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