Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Man City vs Crystal Palace

Gameweek 17 begins on Manchester, as Manuel Pellegrini’s City unit gather themselves to face Crystal Palace at the Etihad.

The Chilean has his work cut out. With all three recognised strikers laid up, we’re expecting Pellegrini to roll out something that resembles “false nine” setup.

Neil Warnock and us Fantasy managers can only speculate on what form that will take, with the possibility that either Samir Nasri or David Silva will be the central fulcrum for City’s waves of attacks from midfield. Meanwhile, Palace’s free-styling wingers have a stage to make a name for themselves. It’s going to be interesting.

Following this, a batch of six afternoon kick-offs follow, with no evening match to see us out. Presumably Christmas shopping takes precedence. Bah humbug.

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

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  1. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Siggy > Eriksen earlier in the week 😎

    1. Kurtinho
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Me too 😛

  2. Redhulkster
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Mangala 6

    Yaya 10

    Zaba 11

    Great start to my -8 gw 😀

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Should have been 3 blanks you lucky sod!

      👿 😉

      1. Redhulkster
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Lmao

        That mcarthur goal :')

    2. The Chosen One...
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Yaya 9 with 1 bap

      1. Redhulkster
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Isn't he on 2 mate 😐

        1. The Chosen One...
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Will get deducted apparently

  3. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Ok, clyne plz get a goal, assist, CS, basically more than 2pts plz, u will be replacing siggy.

    1. mipola
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      If only FPL works that way.

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

    http://imgur.com/uT0tKVJ

    There were a few heart in mouth moments but survived.

    1. chrisjdgrady
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Lol not bad

    2. mattyrobinson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Yes haha

    3. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Nice 🙂

    4. Black Knights
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Ballsy! I like it.

    5. The Light Knight
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      😎

    6. RubeRx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      I see what you mean now about his attacking potential
      😎
      well done sir

    7. beric
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Not too bad mate!

    8. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      congrats.

      I went safe with Zaba and Kolarov

      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Haha, nice

  5. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Bony has never been nailed on.

    1. The Machine
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Agree

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

        Is Yaya going to lose any BPS?

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

      lol

    3. Sess!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Is this a legit post?

    4. mgilbert86
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      He is being rested for the next few games

    5. The Chosen One...
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Could say that with Costa

  6. gillih90
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    32 points from 1.. quite happy with that.

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

      Meh

    2. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Silva captain?

    3. mdm
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      42 from 2 not bad either

    4. Redhulkster
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      28 from 3 but captain rvp left

  7. The Machine
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Yaya and lolarov fighting for one bap. Zabaleta should be safe for 2

    1. Parm
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      That's nice.

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

      I would love it, LOVE IT, if the King took Yaya's bap.

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        aye

    3. The Chosen One...
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      At least Zab outscores Yaya in that case

    4. Cheggers v2
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      yaya and zaba both on 38, dont think that will change now

    5. Cheggers v2
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      yaya comfortably beats kolarov

  8. mgilbert86
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Di maria expected back next gw, any reason to not get him in

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Congested fixtures and coming back from a hammy injury is a good reason.

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      He'll prob only play 55/60 mins

  9. DIegoCosta19
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    guess Alexis points tomorrow.

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Cazorla to steal the show next week with a hatty 🙂

  10. Redhulkster
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Your mums athletic

    Ty for those amazing team news again

    Swansea xD

  11. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    I remember the early season dicussions about how Bony would be regularly rotated with Gomis. Too good a player to be permanently benched.

    Nothing has changed.

    Now grow up people.

    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Yup.

    2. Parm
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Fair enough changing it up if Bony's off form and Gomis is looking sharp but that's not the case, hit us completely by surprise.

    3. The Mandalorian
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Douche bag

      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        C'mon... it's Christmas. 😉

    4. Ludo
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      The conversation always changes depending on how popular a pick someone is.

      At the start of the season, you'd have people arguing Rooney was on pens - now RVP is back in the fantasy picture though, that blindness has gone away.

      1. Heydudes13
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        ^

      2. karankachiefs
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Second word is off. idiot

    5. Nasri Loves Kompany
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Piss off

  12. Viper
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    At least Bony is nailed on for Villa. I didn't like benching Yun either so Siggy paved the way for him.

    Look on the bright side 🙂

  13. AH 🙂
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Best game to watch bar the United game ?

    1. Randy_Marsh
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      West Ham I think

    2. beric
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Im gunna watch everton

    3. chrisjdgrady
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Southampton or west Ham could be good imo

    4. Kurtinho
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Southampton Everton should be good.

  14. CTID_
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    YAYA (C) paid off

    1. For Fuchs Sake
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Oh yes!! 🙂

  15. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Will yaya keep his baps??

    1. CTID_
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Yes on 2

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Nice 🙂

  16. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Probably 31 from 2, hit for Zabaleta went well.

    Double up on City mids with Siggy to Silva for free?

  17. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Any other sites from TotalFPL that you can see all your rivals' live scores together please?

  18. beric
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Siggy to yaya worked out pretty well then

    1. tm245
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Same hit here, but used Kane as a makeweight in for Benteke so jury is still out.

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

        No hit for me

  19. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Bremen 1 Dortmund 0

    14 minutes gone

    😆

    1. Randy_Marsh
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Oh dear

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      🙁

    3. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      lol

    4. Parm
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Goal inside 3 minutes...

    5. Deep Sea Amphipod
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      🙁

  20. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Are we sure Yaya will play only 2 more games before going to the ACON? These weekly 10 point hauls are hard to ignore.

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Think he will play 3 more

    2. Ser Football 42
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      I think 3 more games

    3. fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Ohh yeah, can't take another 270 mins of him as a non-owner. I'll deal with the yellow.

  21. mgilbert86
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Baines without mirallas looking sexy

  22. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Sakho with 7.2% ownership, how many captained I wonder, other than me and Shirokov

    1. Randy_Marsh
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Wanted to change last minute but alas went for Haz, bring on the brace

    2. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Not many I'd say. A haul would do serious damage.

  23. AH 🙂
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    **SCORECHECK**

    9 From Zab ....

    1. Costa in Wengerland
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Same 9 from 1

    2. Root
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      0 from 0

    3. Parm
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      **Feck off**

    4. Kurtinho
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      6 from Demi
      8 excluding BAPs for Yaya (vc)

    5. Coaly
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      31 from 2 after baps

      1. AH 🙂
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        jesus . how ?

        1. Randy_Marsh
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Yaya (C) and probably Zab or Kolarov

        2. Coaly
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Yaya 8 (+2) captain & Zaba 9 (+2)

      2. Costa in Wengerland
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Wow

    6. Randy_Marsh
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Nicely done, 8 from Yaya

      Feeling smug

      1. AH 🙂
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        got bony and sig ?

        1. Randy_Marsh
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Siggy on bench. No Bony tg.

          1. Just A Wooden Spoon
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 4 months ago

            Siggy not on bench, Bony is.

            1. Randy_Marsh
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              My Bench dude 😀

    7. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      0 from 1.

      1. Costa in Wengerland
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Clichy

    8. Dušan Citizen
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      9 from Mangala and Nasri

      1. AH 🙂
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        poor enough with nasri 🙁

    9. For Fuchs Sake
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      25 from Zab and Yaya (c)

      1. AH 🙂
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        nice

    10. piquiblanco
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Yaya from Yaya, pre baps

    11. Konig Luther
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      14 from kolarov and hart

    12. Marty McFly
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      16 from 1 after BAPS

    13. Hamstergod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      0 from 0

    14. mdm
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      42 from 2 after baps

    15. money face bandwagon
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      0 from 0 😀

  24. mipola
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Dear FPL Gods,

    Please,please,please keep Bony on the bench.

    xoxo

    1. Root
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Not happening

    2. Costa in Wengerland
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Why ?

      1. mipola
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Bony(C) 🙁

    3. NATSTER
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Hard. But it could be a good rest for him if that is the intention.

  25. Coaly
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Vergini or O'Shea?

    1. Redhulkster
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Revelierre

  26. Dušan Citizen
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Did Dzeko to Kane for -4 and benched Siggy 😀

  27. Salfpilgrimlfc
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Zanda in last week changed him to clichy this week fml!!

    1. Salfpilgrimlfc
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Zaba*

  28. Would an idiot do that?
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Got Bartley, Siggy and Bony hahahahahahahaha

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

      Wow

    2. fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Got Bartley and Siggy

  29. The Machine
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Decided to ignore bony for this reason. Not going to go down well here looking at his ownership but monk likes to give gomis as much game time as he possibly can. Early subs+ gomis starting a game or two earlier + the hectic schedule,

    This was coming

    1. Parm
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      This is a complete lie.

    2. mgilbert86
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Look at bony stats and stop talking shite

      1. The Machine
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Well I've just been proven right so yeah ill look at the stats and fool myself

    3. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      I don't see the fuss with Bony tbh.

      I watched him versus Spurs he got his goal he should've had five missed some really easy chances.

      And as you say Gomis is no mug.

  30. Dr. Rog
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    When do players go to acon?