Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Sunday

The world expects the 2014/15 Premier League champions to be crowned this afternoon, as Chelsea host Crystal Palace at lunchtime, requiring a win to seal the title. Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur locks horns with Manchester City in the tea-time kick off as firm underdogs, given that the Sky Blues emerged victorious in seven of their previous eight meetings.

For Fantasy managers, the day is all about the clash of the captaincy candidates, as Eden Hazard and Sergio Aguero go head-to-head: the outcome could well have a significant impact on the Gameweek.

Having drawn successive blanks in the Blues’ double, Hazard will look to end the campaign on a high note when the Eagles pay a visit to Stamford Bridge – the Belgian has scored in his last two home outings. Cesc Fabregas fared slightly better in Gameweek 34, notching his 18th assist of the campaign, while Chelsea’s high-ownership defenders will be favoured to deliver a fourth clean sheet in five.

Spurs will not be relishing the clash with Manuel Pellegrini’s men, considering the North London club have shipped 15 goals in their previous three meetings. A fit and firing Aguero (four goals in three) tops the list of Mauricio Pochettino’s concerns, particularly when the Argentine frontman bagging seven of those 15 goals. Nacer Chadli (two goals in as many matches) is the hosts’ form player, with Harry Kane registering a solitary goal in his last four starts. Kane’s owners will be hoping that his quest for the Golden Boot will inspire an upturn in fortunes today.

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  1. CHANCING PUNT
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hi lads.

    1. CHANCING PUNT
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Just logged into my FPL and saw Myhill in goals.

      Annoying.

  2. Dušan Citizen
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Oh well. Getting Duff with -2 points off te bench.

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Wish I could say the same thing about my myhil and Dawson points

      1. Dušan Citizen
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        12 from 6, that's awful. Kun (C), Silva, Hazard, Terry and Sanchez left.

        1. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Kun to save the week

          1. Dušan Citizen
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            With Silva's assists to him.

  3. Elniñorules
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    I feel like a kid on Christmas.

    Couldn’t sleep last night. Very excited now albeit a bit nervous.

    LETS GO CHELSEA

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

      That's just sad.

      1. Elniñorules
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Err why?

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

          You can't sleep because you're nervous about something that's a mere formality.

          1. Elniñorules
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            More cos of the excitement. Not the nervousness. We can always rely on 3 points against you guys.

            1. Somalion
              • 14 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Torpedoes launched.

      2. Nabs Kebabs
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Almost as sad as being a liverpool supporter.... 😉

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

          Indeed, but then I suppose I've been accustomed to the mediocrity for most of my life 😉

          1. Nabs Kebabs
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            lol 😀

            i can't talk much being an arsenal fan TBH. feck united and chelsea we can both agree on.

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

    LOL @ Hazard Captainers

    What a fail

    1. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Bemba is that you?

  5. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Never wanted a player I own to fail so badly 😛

  6. Wings of Steel
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    GO on Palace! Write a different script.

  7. The Enlightener
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Cuadrado in. Interesting.

    1. Yome
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      First game he starts I think

      1. The Enlightener
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Yep. A fine day to do so as well.

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

        He started a couple when he first joined.

  8. John t penguin
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard even touched the ball?
    Taken off soon

  9. John t penguin
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Fabs got C4 on his mask
    Is that cause they have one each or is he sponsored by explosives

    1. Wings of Steel
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      It's part of the bar-code number the Chelsea players now have to wear so the club can shop more conveniently.

  10. SweeSwee
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Fabregas has never scored at Stamford Bridge

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      😯

    2. CHANCING PUNT
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Incorrect.

      Chelsea 1-1 Schalke

      1. SweeSwee
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Stan Collymore giving out false info, should be sacked.

        1. CHANCING PUNT
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Woman beaters have no place on the radio, I agree.

    3. Heels_Over_Head
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      odd interesting stat

      1. CHANCING PUNT
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Odd, incorrect stat.

    4. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Not surprising. Plays further forward in away games.

  11. Santi sensei
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    I have a feeling Chelsea will concede

  12. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Boring Boring Chelsea..

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      true
      can't believe it's not 3-0 already..

  13. RÏɠBY
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    cesc could easily smuggle some googleGlass technology into that lone ranger mask of his
    physics-a-gogo with added wind interference

  14. Judas
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Where is Oscar?

    1. Back on the horse
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      got knocked out last GW

    2. RÏɠBY
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      still injured

  15. @ocprodigy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    United fans in meltdown after yesterday's loss is ridiculous. Apparently we're now going to lose all 3 of our remaining games. Some football fans are so fickle.

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      well, ManU may, but Liverpool still wouldn't catch you so it is kind of a moot point

      1. @ocprodigy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Honestly no chance we will. We've been unlucky with our results that we've missed our chances big time, but vs Palace, Arsenal and Hull I'm more than confident of 6 points. Problem is what to do with Rooney.

        1. RÏɠBY
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          teach him some manners maybe 😉

          1. @ocprodigy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Haha. RvP up front yesterday was 10x sharper than Rooney has been up front. Rooney isn't a midfielder and slows down play.

            What do you do with him?

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

      No, but it certainly highlights the ineptitude of the recent Liverpool performances.

    3. money face bandwagon
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      only last few weeks when united put up a performance against chelsea the united fans were predicting that they will win epl next season

      1. Somalion
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        I didn't.

        I think, given how this season has gone, anyone who showed a bit of interest could have challenged Chelsea, none of them did.

        1. @ocprodigy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          I don't think we'll win it next season - but when we buy the players Van Gaal will have identified for his system (not just superstar names like Di Maria and Falcao), we'll at least challenge I'd imagine.

          1. money face bandwagon
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            i actually think utd would be much closer this time round..or at least comfortably in top 4.

          2. Somalion
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            I'm not sure. I want to believe it but LVG has to make the best of some of those players. I had never really rated ADM until he played LCM for Real. I was so excited when he signed precisely for this reason, yet LVG has persisted in turfing Rooney back into the CM (instead of playing him up top) and putting ADM on the wing.

            So I do think he has to cop on on that front, Di Maria is a fantastic player and I completely believe he can play in this league, but LVG has got to use him better. Aside from defenders, that squad is good enough to put in better performances than they currently are. And part of that is due to how the system is being set up.

            1. @ocprodigy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Problem with ADM is if you play him in the middle and he loses the ball, you're instantly back up against the wall defending. Great player but he needs to be able to retain the ball at least.

              1. Somalion
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                I agree on that front but I think (and I genuinely don't have the stats) that you'd find he is better on the ball in the CM spot as well. I absolutely understand why shifting him to the wing avoids that problem, but I actually think his losing the ball would be much less in that position. Just my thought though, no evidence on it.

    4. Somalion
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      That won't happen. But they have been very disappointing as well.

      Seemed like they were getting it right, Carrick out exposes how much is still wrong imo. I didn't expect anything against Chelsea, the Everton match was embarrassing, and yesterday they were dealing with a parked bus but they really have to make something of it. Credit to West Brom, but United really should have scored.

      1. @ocprodigy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        RVP's penalty and McNair's miss, plus his mistake... Injuries are beginning to create holes again. I think people forget Shaw, Carrick, Jones and Rojo have been out and we've suddenly started leaking like mad. It's difficult.

        1. Somalion
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Yes indeedy, they were all poor moments.

          And I agree on injuries but once again (I actually do like LVG btw, just pointing out some stuff that annoys me 🙂 ) the injuries are more frequent due to what I believe could be the training system. Certainly it seems that way (barring maybe Jones, as he is a liability to himself). RVP starting was another peculiar one imo.

          1. Somalion
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            And I mean that because he has just returned from a lay off having played only for the reserves or whoever he played for. Not that I doubt him as a player.

            1. @ocprodigy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Agreed when I saw the line-up but he was looking pretty damn sharp!

              1. Somalion
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Better than I'd seen him in a while, I am with you there.

                I really think Rooney needs to be up top with RVP and they have to change the CM (in situations like this where Carrick is out.

  16. Heels_Over_Head
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Willian. Explain why he's a starter to me. I don't get it.

    1. @ocprodigy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Hardworking ethic. Exactly what Mourinho wants from his players.

    2. BabyB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Works hard and ok defensively which Jose loves.

    3. CarsonYeung
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Mourinho loves him, works his socks off and tracks back

    4. money face bandwagon
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      u didnt watch last game?

      1. RÏɠBY
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        exactly
        he's a machine

      2. Heels_Over_Head
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        i did

        i've also watched him kill off a lot of scoring opportunities by taking speculative shots that go into the stands when there was someone open in the box

        1. Heels_Over_Head
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          thanks for the +1 whoever agreed

    5. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Who do you think should play instead, Loftus Cheek?

    6. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Tesco value version of Thomas Muller.

      1. RÏɠBY
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        ha! 🙂

      2. La Roja
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        😆

      3. Heels_Over_Head
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        maybe Tesco clearance shelf

      4. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Muller scores goals. Hes a Tesco value version of Nasri.

  17. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    People still own Remy? 😆

    1. BabyB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Waiting for there one pointer.

      1. BabyB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        *their

  18. Flycroft
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Could someone please link the site which shows top 10k stats? I want to know how many people have captained hazard vs aguero...

    1. Bolivian Seaman
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      fpldiscovery

      1. Flycroft
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Thank you!

    2. SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Top 10k

      Hazard 73.5%
      Aguero 16.5%

  19. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Which Chelsea player will get booked for diving today???

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Courtoius

      1. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        He must be one of the few that haven't been booked for diving this season

    2. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Hazard hopefully

    3. Red Star Toro
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Terry and Fabs

  20. drughi
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    cuadrado looks so lost

    1. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      im pretty sure he knows he's at stamford bridge

    2. Heels_Over_Head
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      he was expecting to be on the bench for 87 minutes; mental preparation for his bum not his feet

    3. Bolivian Seaman
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Yep palace have a chance

    4. The Enlightener
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Sometimes, you have to lose yourself to find yourself.

      1. RÏɠBY
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        oh grasshopper
        *bows*

        1. The Enlightener
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          😆

  21. Ziro Becomes One
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    If Kun scores a brace today, I will jump up on the sofa.

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      that's not very impressive

      now if you'll jump on the sofa and land doing a split...

      1. RÏɠBY
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        while holding a pint and not tipping it and make a vine of it..

      2. Ziro Becomes One
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        😆

  22. Test Eagles
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Ivanovic (c)

    Hiding behind couch 😐

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      balls of steel right here

  23. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard down

    1. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Hazard up

  24. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Bolasie got speed.

  25. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Wuss 🙄

  26. Wouter
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard don't you dare get injured now

  27. @ocprodigy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Was that a dive?

  28. Heels_Over_Head
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    that was an interesting set piece

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

      Pity someone forgot his part in the plan

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

        😀

  29. PB-THE-VET
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Preparing for the dgw here

    De gea
    Clyne azpil morgan bruce yun
    Mata fabs haz silva bentelab
    Aguero vardy kane

    Plan is this week to do vardy and de gea to giroud and ospina
    Next week do mata to ramsey

    Plan ok?