Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Saturday – Early Kick Offs

The Gameweek begins with a storming encounter. The Tyne-Wear derby has a reputation for goals, gaffs and red cards – ingredients that almost guarantee a dramatic opening to our Fantasy Football weekend. For once, there’s also a fixture running alongside it, as West Ham take on Swansea at Upton Park in what promises to be a tense affair for very different reasons.

From a player perspective, our investment in today’s early kick-offs is somewhat with limited. Some will undoubtedly be pinning colours to Adam Johnson’s mast, while Vito Mannone will also have his fair share of backers. As for West Ham and Swansea, again there’s unlikely to be too much on show to rouse the interest of Fantasy managers, aside from those Wilfred Bony owners, still licking wounds from Tuesday’s blank.

In the main, today’s openers are for the neutral, enabling us to sit back and enjoy 90 minutes before the five three o’clock kick-offs come knocking.

As always, you can look to our Twitter feed for news of today’s lineups, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to welcome your real-time reactions.

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  1. favel nedved
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Can someone plz provide me the link to this kim kallstrom injury news???

    Pleaaassseeee

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      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks.

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  2. Jax
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    solskjaer will be sacked at this point. tan's a cu nt

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    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Oooh, careful.

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  3. Call Me Old Fashioned
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    MOlsson assist 🙂

    Played Marshall over Mannone 😡 😡 🙁

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    1. toxik
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Me too, damn the norwich scum

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  4. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Can I get a link to Kallstrom injury thingy?

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    1. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      see above

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  5. Demí
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    @ Leaf and anyone else:

    @bbcsport_david 16m
    Kallstrom suffered back injury in first #afc training session - being assessed. Understood reports of 2-3 months out inaccurate

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      @@

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    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Look up. Thanks. Link? Just want to post it elsewhere.

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        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks Demi.

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    3. favel nedved
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Thnks demi...u r a god

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  6. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Bardsley 11p yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
    on the bench

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    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      9 🙄

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  7. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    JEvans off

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

      not yet

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  8. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Evans coming off already

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  9. synyster626
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    J Evans going off

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  10. Demí
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Evans injured 🙁

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      you have him?

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      1. Demí
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        Yes do you?

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  11. Acquafresca
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Evans seems to be injured.

    Rafael coming on.

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  12. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Really must start captaining mannone.

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  13. SuperOsçarBaby
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    evans might off..

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  14. Theseus
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Benched Molsson and Evans for Turner and Marshall. Lord have mercy...

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  15. Sleep Talk
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Evans coming off for Rafael.

    Tough luck for those that started him. 😕

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  16. toxik
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    I really really hate the Norwich scum.

    Come on Cardiff Marshall>John for a goal x3 please

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  17. crystalpalaceRus
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    are you serious...turner loses cleanie already now evans going off..

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    1. toxik
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      'kin ell, got John and Evans playing

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  18. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Boruc save

    Only 11 more needed to beat Manonne's score

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  19. RabMac
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Evans looks likes he is coming off injured and Rafael coming on.

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  20. FACUPARSE
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    New post Donkeys

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  21. Parm
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    FFS

    Evans injured, Rafa to come on.

    Balls.

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  22. Pinky and Brain
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Feck off Evans

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  23. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    It's very windy at the Britannia, even for Stoke...

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  24. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Evans of with CS intact 😉

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    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      "off" ! :lol :

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  25. Gimli son of Gloin
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Was going to get Evans or Chico in for a hit to replace Chester and avoid playing Ward today... bullet dodged

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  26. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    wow was close to getting evans

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  27. jdoyle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Why would Rafael come on for Evans? Formation re-jig then, Smalling into CB position?

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  28. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Evans to Smalling next week, or I'll just play Ward FML

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  29. toxik
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Come on Juan, you are my saviour today now.

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  30. Specialist
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Evans going off, Marshall conceded already having played him over Mannone and I may only have 10 players arghhh

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