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Dugout Discussion January 2

Dugout Discussion – Saturday

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The Gameweek continues with a quartet of three o’clock fixtures with our attention drawn, in particular, to the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola’s has started 2017 by reinforcing his growing reputation as a villain amongst the Fantasy Football community by opting to bench Sergio Aguero against Burnley.

Brought in by more than 135,000 and handed the armband by 11% of all FPL managers, the Argentine will share his owners frustration having returned from a four-match ban with a blank at Anfield on Saturday.

Kelechi Iheanacho starts for City up front, Jesus Navas, Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna also get the nod.

Elsewhere, Daniel Sturridge earns a first start since Gameweek eight as Jordan Henderson misses out with a heel injury for Liverpool at Sunderland. Divock Origi is benched again.

Fantasy managers will have high hopes of a convincing victory for Jurgen Klopp’s side at the Stadium of Light having witnessed the Black Cats’ capitulation at Turf Moor on Saturday. Adam Lallana was the top transfer target ahead of today’s deadline and has been captained by more than 100,000.

Meanwhile, Romelu Lukaku will be seeking a revival of his goalscoring form against Southampton at Goodison Park and, at The Hawthorns, Matt Phillips will carry the hopes of his 222,000 new owners ahead of a clash with Hull City.

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

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  1. Richd
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    One thing will happen. Vote now:

    1. Aguero to score a brace

    2. Bemba gets laid

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    1. SANTACLAUS
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      1

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    2. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      1

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    3. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      1, but praying for 2

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    4. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      1.

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    5. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      2 happens on a daily basis.

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    6. Somalion
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Well seeing as I'm currently lubing up, 2

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Puts a new twist on everythings coming up Milhouse

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        1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          https://youtu.be/t7z192I-mQM

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  2. Pasqualinho
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Pep may well put Aguero on - but it's Silva who is the one that's really being missed.

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    1. Pino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      This. They need someone to lock up the defence, not another striker.

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    2. Neeskens Under Matip
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Does peps system work with 10 men? Who gets inverted?

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  3. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Stones benched
    Cedric dead
    Foster and Mcauley can't keep cs v hull
    KDB c pretty screwed
    Rondon missing sitters

    Yes , I fancy a moan

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    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      And I dream for a gw like yours

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  4. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Average up to 7.7 somehow.

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      snoddy triple cappers

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    2. Numb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Snoddy and Defoe I guess. Includes projected baps

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  5. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Keep calm guys, Kun against tired legs and arms (Heaton), 2nd half haul coming.

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    1. Pasqualinho
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Not sure Burnley have needed to do enough to get tired.

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      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        2 match in space of 48 hrs, tiredness gonna creep soon

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  6. Greenbackbøøg…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Well this is going well

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  7. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Just awful 😆

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  8. RoysCallerAnne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    I just drew a mustache, glasses and squiggly hair onto Pep.
    Work won't be pleased. They own the laptop.

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  9. Numb
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    SCORECHECK

    A chance to boast

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    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      -1 from 3 here 😎

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    2. Bleach †
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      15..

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      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        🙁

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    3. TooDifficuIt
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      4

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    4. Ohhh Shola Ameobi
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      6 from 6. Aguero better come on and do something second half.

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    5. Ridcully
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      4(-8) from 4.

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  10. The Enlightener
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Fernandinho- 3rd red card in 6 matches for all competitions. Ummmm, maybe he needs to sit out for a while? Obvious after the way he did Fabregas that the guy needed extra discipline. But Pep is stupid, so yeah. That's that.

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  11. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Do the right thing Pep. Put him on.

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    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      He surely has too.. but Pep is hard to judge.

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    2. janowsc
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      His egos in the way

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  12. WDT
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Happy New Year all, good luck for the coming year. May it rain points for you all.

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      why wern't you here earlier?

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      1. WDT
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        just thought I'd spread some well wishes rather than just asking loads of questions 🙂

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    2. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      HNY to u2

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  13. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Wow what an awful first half.

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  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Kun winner, 3 BPS, 16 point captain haul, be grand!

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  15. Karan14
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Need Brunt and Phillips to do something they're creating chances now.

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  16. Syd.
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    PL is crap

    FPL is crap

    I am taking up Fantasy Darts

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    1. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Pep just dropped MVG

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    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      *Fantasy Farts

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    3. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr01/31/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-24504-1383228213-12.gif

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  17. Fuchs Mane Kante
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    (C)ome on matey phillips. Need some pointage.

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  18. greghammer95
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Aguero to come on for 1 point would be sweet, or miss a penalty like he did for me last time I captained him...

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    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Sent off for fighting with pep after missing pen.

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  19. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Just heard a rumour that Kun has been benched because he's been punished for disciplinary reason.. Can anyone confirm it?

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    1. Bleach †
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Made up.

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    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I've heard a rumour that pep has no idea what the **** he is doing

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      1. Bleach †
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Confirmed.

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    3. Arceus
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Well he is usually late for training.

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    4. Numb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      A 45 minute suspension? Harsh

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    5. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      It's being told on Live TV though, Canal+!

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  20. fedolefan
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool mids destroying me.

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    1. Alnair
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Playing like absolute trash.

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  21. JÆKS ⭐
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    5 out of 4 for me so far!

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  22. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    How do some of you just smile after watching your team falling apart and low score ? Or a failed decision ...
    I just get more and more angry

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    1. Bleach †
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Alcohol.

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    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Its a Fantasy GAME.

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      1. Emiliano Sala
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Ok its a game but you spend a lot of time on it and making decision !

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    3. Shultan
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Because its just a game

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    4. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      No point getting angry. It's out of your hands (mostly).

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    5. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Patience pays off. If Kun blanks today he'll score big in the next couple of gameweeks. One week decisions usually not that fruitful.

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      1. mir
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Spot on

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    6. Sir Edo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I can give it a smile since I have bern lucky all season..

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  23. Viprin
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    6 pts from 6,benched Defoe,any good? Sorry for gloating

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    1. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Green arrow for sure

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  24. HearMeRoar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Any idea why Bertrand has suddenly been dropped to the bench? I thought that on New Year's Eve he'd just been rested and would be back today :/

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  25. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Everything that could have gone wrong this gw has gone wrong.

    What a start to the new year! 😡

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    1. HearMeRoar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      That was my end to 2016 (2017 hasn't started any better yet!)

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    2. VS10_
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      You don't even have Cedric or Evans, lol.

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  26. Shultan
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Only 1 save from heaton 🙁

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    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Take the clean sheet

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      1. Bleach †
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        How can I take them`?

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  27. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Pep did signal to silva answer kun at end of half according to commentator

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    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      *and kun

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    2. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      he was telling them to go get the kettle on

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  28. Kryten
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Cmon kun two min cameo(apologies to kun owners)

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  29. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    As a non owner I knew Aguero starting on the bench was just a false dawn.

    Here comes the actual show with his apparent subbing on in the 2nd half.

    Tension racketing up.

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  30. Speédy
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    hull dominating wba????

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    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      they where at the start, but WBA came back at them

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