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The Dugout Discussion – Sunday

Sunday could well be a day of reckoning. While Liverpool clash head-on with City at Anfield, Chelsea’s hopes of keeping pace with that pair in the title race will rest on their ability to dispose of struggling Swansea at the Liberty Stadium.

The opening clash of the day, just minutes away, undoubtedly commands the bulk of our attention. City will arrive at Anfield looking to halt a charge from Brendan Rodgers’ side that has seen the Merseysider outfit win nine league matches on the spin. City turn up with Sergio Aguero fit but named only on the bench as Manuel Pellegrini keeps faith with Edin Dzeko and makes just one change – Gael Clichy returns as the rotation with Aleks Kolarov continues at left-back. Vincent Kompany is in the lineup despite a training ground injury on Saturday. There’s no such issues for Liverpool – Rodgers puts out an unchanged side as Mamadou Sakho retains his start at the back, despite Dan Agger returning to fitness; the Dane is named amongst the subs.

We’ll bring you the teamsheet news from today’s game in South Wales via our Twitter feed, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open for those looking for some real-time reactions during totday’s vital encounters.

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  1. Hammers Select
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Today has been the day when my Sky Sports season has fallen apart.

    Henderson,Toure and Hazard only 2 transfers left

    Just hoping my ML competitors are the same

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  2. jas5sk - Youtube channel
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    😆 Hull are shite

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  3. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Has Monk been appointed as permanent manager?

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  4. meltedman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    All wank*rs unite - let's celebrate Yaya's injury by whooping out loud.

    Whooooppp, whoooppp!

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  5. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Sam go home you've Arsenal to prepare for 😡

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd65g3hqJrk

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  6. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Suddenly replacing Yaya with Mirallas a couple of days ago seems like a not so bad idea,

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    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Sure you did 🙄

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      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Well roll your eyes as much as you want but i already have written about it so ppl would get a laugh.....
        At least i now have a chance....ä

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  7. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    FPL have just added the Chelsea CS

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

      Have they added Terry's 90th minute 'winner' yet?

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      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        He has to "claim"it first...... He will do it in halftime...

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  8. isacki: full casual
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    FPL's final act of trolling this season: after letting casuals kick ass with Yaya all season, injure him when all the hardcore players have bought him

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    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      All casuals will get Eriksen now. Goodbye differential.

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

        I'm praying they're torn between Silva, Gerrard, Eriksen, Lallana and Mata.

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      2. S.Kuqi
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        this. Keep your dirty hands off.

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    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      All of them, really? 😉

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

        Excellent.

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        1. Mílanista
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Aguero, Silva, Kolarov FTW

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    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I had one slot left for a City player and Ibought Silva over Yaya 😎

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    4. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      u reckon yaya will miss world cup?

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  9. thorvaldsson
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    What's the word on Sturridge's injury? Yaya is hurt too damn.

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    1. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Sturridge a few games, Yaya the season.

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      1. Whitman2013
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        at this stage of the season, surely that's the same ha

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  10. Wakka Wakkas
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Shelvey is a hot head.

    hes such a jerk.

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    1. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Reminds me a little of Scholes

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    2. Maddocio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Shelvey = Freddy Krueger

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  11. Zinedine Kilbane
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Ba so lifeless when Chelsea attack, just shuffles about pen spot

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  12. faux_C
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Why are people saying Suarez should have been sent off? I don't remember any potential second yellow card incidents in the game.

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    1. EAGLES (0 Chelsea players)
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      😯

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    2. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Dived 3 times.

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      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        You missed a few zeroes there.

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        1. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          😀

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    3. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      His constant diving and kicking the ball away?

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    4. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He dived about 20 times.

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

        hope rogers has a word

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

          "Keep up the good work Luis you farking legend"

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    5. Parm
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Did you miss 89 minutes of the game or something?

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  13. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    hope aguero plays full 90 v sunderland

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  14. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Brayford assist. Remember him?

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Vaguely from my GW1 team.

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    2. Heydudes13
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I had a tricky decision early on deciding whether to sell him or Baker from my side. Both were on the verge of l dropping.

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    3. Maddocio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He was the future once

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  15. Valar(Keith)
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Yaya and hazard out have made it very easy fpr everyone t get mata n.aguero in. Has opened.the possibility of rvp too 😎

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    1. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Like I've said before, this season just doesn't let you get in differentials. As soon as you get them, mainstream players get injured and your differentials end up being mainstream.

      Same will happen now with Nasri for next double, Eriksen, Mata, etc.

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      1. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        This

        As a non owner I would of preferred people to stick with Ramsey and yaya , as thought points would dry up
        Now ,like before , they will switch to silva and my transfer this week mata

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        1. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          still couple of options. go yaya > eriksen or mata or even nasri...?

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  16. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Yaya -> Mata / Nasri for me. So need to keep Lukaku one more week.

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  17. Heydudes13
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard scores.

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    1. For Fuchs Sake
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      At home on FIFA14?

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  18. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    For anyone who missed it, Sheffield are 1-0 up against Hull after 30mins.

    The assist from our old friend John Brayford! 😀

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      ^^^ 😀

      Pleased to say I never owned him.

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      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I'm ashamed to say I got Brayford AND Kim 😀

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

          urghhh kim, i had him too

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        2. Mílanista
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          😆 Kim-bo!

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  19. Whitman2013
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hi guys how's this for a -8?

    Stones lukaku yyt - eriksen skrtel and aguero (0.2 left so need to think soonish)
    Leaving

    Marshall (man)
    Coleman azpi skrtel (ward Chester)
    Eriksen Silva Mutch lallana
    Aguero dzeko Suarez (c)

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  20. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    if yaya is out for a while, it could put a spanner in my teams works................. silva the most likely beneficiary?

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    1. Bad Pen
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Silva or Mata for me.

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  21. applebonkers
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    silva on his recent position
    “I am now playing in the position where I feel more comfortable than anywhere else and where I enjoy playing the most so maybe that is showing through when I play.”

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Love him in that position 😎

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

        Sold Hazard for him about a month ago, possibly the pivotal decision of my season. Under Pellegrini he has much more goal threat playing in the hole.

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yaya's injury has now ruined what was left of his differential status 🙁

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    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    BBC Sport:

    I've just seen a replay of referee Phil Dowd before he showed Chico Flores the red card. He tells John Terry to go away before he clearly says 'I'm thinking about it John, go away.'

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    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He was just trying to remember if Chelsea has payed him this month.

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    2. applebonkers
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      terry offered him a week's wages for a night with his wife

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    3. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      should get a yellow

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  22. Viper
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Yaya -> Silva and then Silva -> Mata in the following weeks or just go for Mata now?

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    1. The Shadow
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yaya > Silva and stop.

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      1. Viper
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Good call. Gerrard can fund Mata if need be..

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  23. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    ooooo just realised, gerrard out of the woods now for ycs 😀

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      🙂

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  24. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    BREAKING.Pellegrini suggests Yaya may be out for rest of the season.

    @talkSPORT ON AIR
    Yapp me @SportsYapper

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    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Not quite breaking.

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    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      😯

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    3. chinmusic
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I hear the Corn Laws have been repealed too

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      1. Maddocio
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Twitter is saying some barons just signed the Magna Carta

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    4. Fray Bentos
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      everyone'll have mata now 🙄

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  25. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Got Michu in for the run in as a wild diff....mmm...bye bye.

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Would be a shame to give him the boot this week with a game against Newcastle but might have to. He's done well for me today, Sterling 1st sub

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  26. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    59 (-8p) and Liverpool wins. Didnt see that coming. Happy days 😀

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  27. isacki: full casual
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    I wonder if Sturridge being out reduces Gerrard's penalty threat slightly, or whether Sterling will step up to the diving plate

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    1. Snikiii
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      they have alot of divers dont worry

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    2. Snikiii
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Suarez was happy to do overtime today

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    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Surely it means Suarez spearheads the attack. Can only be good for winning pens.

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

        Depends if the refs stop believing him. Remember the months he couldn't get a pen for dear life? Boy who cried wolf.

        Sturridge is a pro.

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    4. Kowalski
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling is defo the man who can do it if anyone

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    5. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      suarez will begruginly take on eth work load.

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  28. Blue Lion
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Do you reckon, Lallana + Yaya to Mata + Silva is a good move?

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    1. The Shadow
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Ending up with Silva and Mata is definitely good.

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    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Seems good. Not too sure on getting rid of Lallana though.

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  29. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Chelsea are soo boring to watch..

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