Dugout Discussion – Man City vs Stoke

Took a 8 point hit. Own Sakho, Coutinho, Gabriel, KDB, RLC. Potentially only 7 starters. Anyone doing worse?

Anyone else genuinely thinking they won't get 11 starters in GW36? Or is it just me?

Pelle goal

Mane assist

oh wait.....

tempted to go De bruyne to Hazard for one last punt!

Does Hazard back kill off Loftus-Cheek?

coutinho to alli -4 looking like a good move now 🙂

Must be lots of hits floating about, only on 4 points after a -8 and have only dropped 2k to 57k

Only one goal for Kun. Glad l gave Kane the armband.

Yes! Hart Otamendi Aguero triple up. Great start to the gw.

Stoke never concede when ShawX plays.

Headline for gw 35

the rise of the casuals
casuals are back
casuals are back in town

We warned you, we told you, we put all the facts on the table for you, but you didn't listen. You didn't listen, because you couldn't listen, because you just had to put your fingers in your ears and only had greedy eyes for one thing: Aguero captain points. That's right, Aguero captain points. You just spent 13.6m on 1 (ONE) goal. Times two? Big whoop. There are MULTIPLE players left in the game odds on for MASSIVE scores that smarter players, better players have captained. Sturridge. Kane. Sanchez. Costa. Özil. Mahrez. Milner. Hazard. Long. How does that make you feel? Gutted. I know. And that's EXACTLY how you should be feeling right now. Kun is going to score a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes? You must be joking me. You think football works like this: your guy scores a hat-trick one week, so he's GUARANTEED to score a hat-trick the next. This isn't one of your vidya games, this is real life. Did you forget that Manchester City are playing the BIGGEST game in their entire HISTORY this TUESDAY. That's right. Not so clever now, are you? You think they're going to ask their best player, their talisman, their only hope of winning the trophy that they have invested a DECADE and HUNDREDS upon HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of pounds to win to play 90 minutes and give 110% a matter of mere HOURS before the most crucial match in the club's entire history? I pity your parents who must be shaking their heads at how you turned out.

If only you had stopped to think what terrible damage this captaining decision would do to what you so fondly like to call your 'team'. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price.

lmao@urlife lad

lmao@urlife

As a Saints fan I'm livid Mane is not playing. Oh well hopefully he'll bang a goal in 15 mins Cameo.

Should have gone for Alli sighhh

As the community champion, I did not City defender. I picked an Arsenal def. God bless me 🙁

On another note, Kane(c) for me while Kun(c) from FFS 😆

Aguero 6 points, it's okay for noncaptainers I guess

Does this mean he will be omitted the rest of the season?

Yesterday, Friday 22nd April 2016, a formal communication was received from UEFA stating that they are investigating a possible anti-doping rule violation by Mamadou Sakho.

The player will respond to UEFA on the matter.

The player is currently not subject to any playing suspension. However, the club, in consultation with the player, has decided that while this process is followed the player will not be available for selection for matches.

So annoying that Pelle doesn't start.

Anyone else here consider themselves unteachable? I have a soft No Koeman, No LVG attacker policy, and so I of course picked Martial for GW34 and Pelle for GW35.

Score check? 12 from 1

tempted to go de bruyne to hazard for one last punt

Wow, didn't know I'd be this unlucky.
(No keeper)
Bellerin - Gabriel - Sakho - Simpson
Alli - Mahrez - Sanchez - KDB
Kane (C) - Aguero

Bench: Mitrovic

First KDB doesn't start (and doesn't come on). Then Mitrovic starts on the bench. Then Sakho goes ahead and gets suspended for doping. Not my day so far. With my luck, Gabriel will be benched for Mertesacker tomorrow.

I like tits. Just not the ones on here.

Adios.

Serious question, because I didnt pay as much attention back in 08.. but when United and Chelsea were making runs at Champions League titles, did Ronaldo and all those boys rotate anywhere near as much as KDB, Coutinho, and all these guys are?

I've never seen rotation quite like this where players are playing exclusively Cup/league almost.

If coutinho keeps misses every other game I'm gonna be pretty peeved after decided to go with him ahead of firminho and sturridge with my wild card!

Only twice before in Premier League history has a team conceded 4 or more goals 3 matches in a row.

Well done Stoke.

Time to start WC and BB planning for GW37. Wildcard active very soon. Any articles coming up for GW37 planning?

I've only just realised that 4th place is actually in United's hands! City v Arsenal guarantees points being dropped.

Got Pelle in as part of a -8. No clyne. No kdb. When will this end ?!?

No Mane, no Pelle, no Anita.
No subs.

Ronald Koemann has ruined my GW35 strategy.

Hope Klopp doesn't rotate too much next season