Dugout Discussion

Dugout Discussion – Burnley vs Man City

And so it begins. Gameweek 13 gains momentum with an early kick-off at Turf Moor as Manchester City drop in on Burnley.

The build-up to this match was laced with uncertainty and the teamsheets reflect that, although perhaps not in the way we envisaged.

Sergio Aguero starts for City but Pep Guardiola builds his notoriety among Fantasy Football managers by leaving Kevin De Bruyne on his bench and omitting both Ilkay Gundogan and John Stones from the squad. Yaya Toure’s start in midfield was at least expected and, with David Silva also benched, the Ivorian looks set to be deployed in the number ten role.

Burnley also spring an unpleasant surprise with their selection, as the “essential” Tom Heaton misses out with a calf injury. Veteran Paul Robinson starts between the sticks and is charged with repelling Aguero and the City attack.

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

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  1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Gundogan really was fools gold, wasn't he?

    1. SouthCoastSaint
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      New eriksen. Will score when you get rid

    2. MTPockets
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Got him in for 2 blanks. Genius

    3. Mark-O
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Certainly the hot topic for the next 6 days: Agueroooo or Aguenoooo?

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Not anymore

      2. Coldplay
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        That would have been just for last week. This week it would only be Agueroooo

    4. rooneysfirsttouch
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Why did I captain Sanchez :/

      1. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Has he blanked already?

        1. Chris_White
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Head fell off

    5. L9
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      OUT lukaku sterling stones frazer cambpell----IN kane alonso clayton austin
      thoughts ?

    6. SouthCoastSaint
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Sold aguero haha! Got to chuckle!

    7. Nap
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Aguero + Benteke -> Kane + Costa with 2 FT

      Yay or Nay?

      1. L9
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        we sell aguero ?

        1. L9
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          why sell aguero ?

    8. JIM BOB
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Best option for a draft league til January?

      A) Fonte, Redmond, Wilson

      B) Amat, Snodgrass, Slimani

      C) Amat, Mahrez/Mkhi, Anichebe

    9. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      of course i took the arm band off kun because of the flag 🙄

      ah well at least i didnt sell him

      1. Shultan
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Same here, had him on it all week, then moved to hazard yesterday!

    10. Shultan
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Only the 10 year old kid in 30 team ML captained kun!!
      All the adults including myself got put off by the yellow glag

      1. Bolivian Seaman
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        can he spell better than you lot too?

      2. Numb
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        You get a vice captain anyway

    11. Vinyl78LP
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I'm off to go and lie down in a darkened room for the rest of the afternoon.

      Captained KDB at 2.30am this morning, whilst my money rivals have all captained Aguero.

      Drat and double drat.

    12. John t penguin
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      How many CS burley had this year

      1. John t penguin
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        *burnley

    13. In Like Flynn.
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Nice that KDB got a run out.

    14. Kaneyonero
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Kun the Fun

    15. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Some Kun owners on here are getting ahead of themselves. It's foolish to analyse Kun in a vacuum. Wait till Kane, Costa and all the popular Gun upgrades enabled by Kun's selling have played.

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Why upgrades?

      2. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Interesting speculation.

      3. twoplustwo
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Nope

      4. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Dont really need to analyse kun. Hes most important player to own and thats been the case over last few seasons

      5. Robe Wan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Whatever helps you sleep

      6. Kroosin'
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Who are the 'popular gun' upgrades ?

        1. Forza Papac
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Siggy, Walcott, Mata. Costa/Kane + one of those could very well score as much as Kun + Gun

    16. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Aguero bandwagon now ?

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Probably will attract some returning owners

        1. George Sillett
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Laughable isn't it !

    17. John t penguin
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Who was that came up with theory that you can sell kun if you own KDB?

      1. Kaneyonero
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        you can sell Kun and then delete your fpl account

    18. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      If Aguero keeps scoring, it will make it harder for Pep to rest him. Would look rather foolish drawing a blank with your top forward sitting on the bench.

    19. Kaneyonero
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      ML rival captained KDB, lol@him

    20. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Planning Gundo and Stones to Pieters and Redmond

      Solid enough?

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Just OK

        1. twoplustwo
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Thanks dude, any other ideas?

    21. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Everytime i consider selling Aguero he scores a brace the following week

      Id consider selling him after he blanks against chelsea 😉

    22. Pedram
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I'm not buying Aguero again, at that price he's just not worth it.

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I got him for 12.9m 😎

      2. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Good luck.

      3. Aston-villain
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Lol u hate pointso?

    23. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Smooth: Benched KDB
      Rough: KDB comes in for Friend

    24. Backup Dancer
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Well done captainers. Well deserved haul.

      Anyone else getting really good at missing his hauls?

      1. Celt Abroad
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah have missed both recent hauls. Managed to pick up his scores of 2,1 and minus 1 though.

      2. Jazz!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Captaincy wise yeah lol

      3. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I missed his against WBA and now today. Do one Coutinho goal today will nearly equal that so not too worried

      4. fedolefan
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Me. Missed 3 this season. 1 wasn't too costly with Sanchez(c). 1 was a disaster with Kane(c). All down to Bobby.

    25. Matamatics
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Lukaku to Kane and gundogan to de roon for a hit?

      Gives me front 7 of

      Hazard, cout, siggy, snoddy
      Kane Costa kun

      1. Coldplay
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        If you can wait until Kane's played tomorrow, looks good

        1. Matamatics
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          He plays at 5,30 will wait until after that

        2. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Tomorrow?!

          1. Coldplay
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Sorry meant Lukaku

    26. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Benched Kun this week 🙁

      Hope Allen doesnt make it.

      1. Aston-villain
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Benched? Madting

        1. Matamatics
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Allen yc was rescinded so set to start

          1. _Ninja_
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Allen Hatty 😀

      2. Ninja Fury
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Furious ninja skills

      3. jbenny1107
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I see what you did there.

    27. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I've kept Kun but I'm not smug yet. In a few weeks we'll see how many points the sellers will have got from upgrading across their squad. Players like Kane, Alonso and Mane will probably do well over December and they're the sort of players that Kun sellers will be buying to add to the template big hitters.

    28. Aarono23
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Hopefully this stops the selling epidemic slightly so Aguero doesn't drop again this week.

      1. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Irrelevant for me , not selling anyway.

    29. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Best striker in the league has just scored 2 goals against a team who have been rocked solid at home and people are still trying to justify getting rid of him

      1. jbenny1107
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Heaton didn't play.

    30. Arceus
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      So to sell Aguero or not to sell Aguero???

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        lol

      2. jbenny1107
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Depends on who you would buy to offset his points. Plenty of guys at cheaper prices getting the same amount of points as Kun. Two quality players for Kun, I would do it.

    31. ACAB
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Kept Kun but gave the armband to Firmino so not feeling too bad