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A healthy schedule of seven games kicks off with Everton making the early afternoon trip to Wolverhampton as the Dugout Discussion opens it’s doors for today’s somewhat shortened -we’ll have no evening kick-off for the next two Saturday’s- affairs.

Everton’s squad continues to walk the fine line of obscurity (check out their bench and play spot the player) with injury hitting their squad heavily as Seamus Coleman fails to pass muster and now joins the likes of Tim Cahill, Louis Saha and Mikel Arteta on the sidelines allowing young summer signing Magaye Gueye his first league start.

Mick McCarthy has acted as intimated in the week and made a couple of changes from the side which were romped up at St. James’ Park last week as Stephen Fletcher comes in for Adam Hammill while Adlene Guedioura makes his first start in six months after recovering from a broken leg to oust Nenad Milijas. Teams in full are…

Wolves: Hennessey; Foley, Berra, Stearman, Elokobi; Guedioura, Henry, O’Hara, Jarvis, Fletcher; Ebanks-Blake

Everton: Howard; Hibbert, Baines, Distin, Jagielka; Gueye, Heitinga, Osman, Neville, Bilyaletdinov; Beckford

We’ll then close out our action this Saturday with six fixtures at once as the three o’clock games roll-in after affairs at Molineux come to a close as Chelsea host Wigan and Manchester United host Fulham in particular with eyes firmly locked on the line-ups of the two top-table sides ahead of their Champions League second leg on Tuesday.

The Dugout Discussion will be with you through all of this until the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) bonus points come in, we update the latest Opta stats and Sir Paulos’ knees get all jerky later on today.

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  1. thehodge
    15 years, 6 months ago

    27 with Rvp,Walker,Bent and Nasri to play.
    Pretty average, right?
    Took an 8 point hit and captained Lamps.

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    1. Declan
      15 years, 6 months ago

      would seem that way hodge

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  2. Vinyl78LP
    15 years, 6 months ago

    No goalkeeper next week chaps, with Jussi in the Cup and Stockdale AWOL.

    Any suggestions or go with 10 men and bring in an outfield player on a DGW...

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    1. Mickmcarthyscaddy
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Why not bring cech in? Least he will get is 4 but could get up tn 14/15.

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  3. Andy
    15 years, 6 months ago

    was bale any gd today?

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    1. Declan
      15 years, 6 months ago

      was at fault for stokes 2nd goal!

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      1. Andy
        15 years, 6 months ago

        spurs lads let me down today dawson 1pt bale 2pts

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        1. Declan
          15 years, 6 months ago

          my mate had Bale(C) so dont feel too bad 😆

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    2. $hahriyar
      15 years, 6 months ago

      He is the world's greatest! how cud you even ask that? 😛

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  4. dribbler
    15 years, 6 months ago

    So is Mark Noble going to get a 3 match ban for violent conduct?

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    1. $hahriyar
      15 years, 6 months ago

      what he do?

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    2. zøphar
      15 years, 6 months ago

      he hit robert green in the chest right?

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      1. dribbler
        15 years, 6 months ago

        he may have punched him but didn't see it so not sure if the press are bigging it up...ref didn't see it apparently so he could be clobbered which won't be brilliant for the Hammers

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        1. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 6 months ago

          🙁 Ignoble conduct!

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          1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
            15 years, 6 months ago

            heard you the first time

            we get it and it's very clever!

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            1. Mickmcarthyscaddy
              15 years, 6 months ago

              + 42!

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  5. Crakers
    15 years, 6 months ago

    2day would be good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. Bosko
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone useful with betting odds?
    Have a few on the golf, but my 50p e/w bet on Ishikawa at 150/1 is starting to intrigue me - if he wins (he wont) I get £95, but just wondering what a top 5 will do?
    Just killing some time really, bigger money on Rory and Tiger.

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    1. Andy
      15 years, 6 months ago

      1/4 of odds you'll get

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    2. Lewis - Sky Pod
      15 years, 6 months ago

      1/4 odds so you will get 37.5/1

      so... £18.75 plus your 50p stake

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      1. Bosko
        15 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers, not great then!

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  7. Scoredelario
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone know why Howard got no save points? The answer is nothing to do with the number of saves because if he didn't make three saves I'm the queen mother

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    1. Declan
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Didnt think the Queen mother subscribed to FFS!

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    2. Mickmcarthyscaddy
      15 years, 6 months ago

      He donated them to the Louis Saha injury fund after the game

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  8. Declan
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Sold Wingie for Doyle in GW30, then Doyle to Welbeck GW31! How you've punished me Wingie 8,12,15. If you didnt laugh, you'd cry!

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  9. Crakers
    15 years, 6 months ago

    how long do we have to wait for BP's FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. Monklane
      15 years, 6 months ago

      They've now taken about as long as a match.

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      1. PlayPercentage
        15 years, 6 months ago

        I agree, bonii are really slow this week.
        Maybe one of the judges has got heatstroke (or is pissed).

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  10. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
    15 years, 6 months ago

    In one substitute appearance, benayoun has already been more valuable to chelsea than Joe Cole has for liverpool.

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    1. applebonkers
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      15 years, 6 months ago

      benayoun has also scored more goals for chelsea than torres

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      1. Monklane
        15 years, 6 months ago

        Well, I've scored the same number of goals for Chelsea as Torres, and I have done it for a fraction of the price.

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        1. Scoredelario
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 6 months ago

          Doh!

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      2. Scoredelario
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 6 months ago

        So have I... Well, greater or equal to

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  11. Andy
    15 years, 6 months ago

    someone said earlier theres no bonus pts this wk

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    1. Declan
      15 years, 6 months ago

      For most people there wont be....

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    2. Marknlard
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah, they've given them up for lent apparently. I was surprised to begin with.

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  12. Scoredelario
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 6 months ago

    It's 130am here so you lot can count yourselves lucky!

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  13. Dr. Rog
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Team for next week:

    Foster (Robinson)
    Luiz Djourou Coleman (Walker Simpson)
    Lampard(c) Nasri Adam Young Nani
    Drogba RVP (hoilett)

    7 DGW players get in

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    1. Burly - swear i wont ever (…
      15 years, 6 months ago

      6 mate, djourou is injured until may. oops

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      1. J0E
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        15 years, 6 months ago

        djourou back training and set to be in squad for next game according to multiple arsenal sources this week.

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      2. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
        15 years, 6 months ago

        nuher

        reports are that he'll be in the squad for the liverpool game

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  14. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
    15 years, 6 months ago

    lol, has anyone ever used that "notes" section on the left nav on the fantasy site? i only noticed it for the first time today! why on earth would someone want to write down up to 1000 words of notes - seems bizarre!

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
      15 years, 6 months ago

      i did it a lot last year

      now i use an excel spreadhseet i've made

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      1. Back on the horse
        15 years, 6 months ago

        yeah I used it a lot last year too.

        Now I've hired someone in to maintain an Access database and feed me the analyses. I'm probably not alone.

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  15. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
    15 years, 6 months ago

    bps are in!!!

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    1. Jonah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 6 months ago

      You b*stard.

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      1. bmb100
        15 years, 6 months ago

        +1

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      1. Marknlard
        15 years, 6 months ago

        They certainly aren't, they're hanging out.

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    2. Cashnex
      15 years, 6 months ago

      They're not though, are they...

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    3. mir
      15 years, 6 months ago

      BRILLANT. LOVE IT. HAD ME

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    4. Scoredelario
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 6 months ago

      U sure?

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    5. Scoredelario
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Grrrr was about to go mental saying how could sturridge not get bps then noticed nani had none and knew it wasn't possible!

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  16. Scoredelario
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Still annoyed about the Howard save points...There is no way that of wolves' 7 shots on target at least 5 of them were blocked by everton defenders. I watched it!

    Last week was the same against villa...Sometimes It seems like they don't bother counting saves unless foster makes them.

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  17. Locarno
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Two horses die in the National. That sucks.

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
      15 years, 6 months ago

      how did they die?

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      1. Locarno
        15 years, 6 months ago

        Well, a bullet to the brain. But only after breaking their legs trying to jump fences they wouldn't have to jump if some dwarf wasn't hitting them with a whip.

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        1. mir
          15 years, 6 months ago

          On the second lap of course they had to avoid two jumps as the horses were down injured. They only jumped 28 jumps out of 30

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        2. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
          15 years, 6 months ago

          someone shot them?!

          have they caught this person?!

          f*cked up

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        3. AP
          15 years, 6 months ago

          That's not quite right actually. Both broke their necks on landing, so died instantly. (according to the guardian anyway).

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          1. Marknlard
            15 years, 6 months ago

            I actually hope it isn't a dead horse. That would be a disaster... and it wouldn't fit in the back of that Volvo 340.

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          2. Locarno
            15 years, 6 months ago

            Fair enough. Sky says they had to be put down.

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          3. Private Meekly
            15 years, 6 months ago

            3 more died on at Aintree on Friday. Over 30 have died since 1998. Massive cover up and hypocrisy from BBC and other VIs.

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          4. applebonkers
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            15 years, 6 months ago

            still crazy and sad.

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      2. Burly - swear i wont ever (…
        15 years, 6 months ago

        fat frank was riding them....

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        1. Gold Monster
          15 years, 6 months ago

          That's why he didn't turn up at the Bridge.

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    2. AP
      15 years, 6 months ago

      S'alright, they are going to a better place.

      http://innocentdrinks.typepad.com/innocent_drinks/images/2008/08/05/dogfood.jpg

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      1. Gold Monster
        15 years, 6 months ago

        Glue tubes?

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      2. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
        15 years, 6 months ago

        i heard they're going to help impoverished kids in far flung countries http://www.glue-sniffing.com/glue-sniffers.jpg

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  18. Andy
    15 years, 6 months ago

    steinsson in for djourou nxt wk.

    dembele in for odemwingie wk after.

    anyone see wigan getting out of trouble?

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    1. Lrf
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Djourou might be back for the next gw.

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      1. Gold Monster
        15 years, 6 months ago

        Hopefully Wigan are shafted.

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      2. Burly - swear i wont ever (…
        15 years, 6 months ago

        source?????

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  19. Locarno
    15 years, 6 months ago

    That Leicester winger, Agulla, has one of the best fends I've ever seen. Half the Leinster side have ended up on their a*se tonight.

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    1. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 6 months ago

      *feints? 😉

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      1. Locarno
        15 years, 6 months ago

        No, my Springsteen-hating friend. Fends.

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        1. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 6 months ago

          Perhaps ...

          fend
          (redirected from fends)
          Also found in: Idioms 0.02 sec.
          fend (fnd)
          v. fend·ed, fend·ing, fends
          v.tr.
          1. To ward off. Often used with off: fend off an attack.
          2. Archaic To defend.
          v.intr.
          1. To make an effort to resist: fend against the cold.
          2. To attempt to manage without assistance: had to fend for ourselves until we were rescued.
          [Middle English fenden, short for defenden, to defend; see defend.] 😉

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  20. Scoredelario
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 6 months ago

    This is enough. I'm off to sleep... Wake me up when the bonuses are in... Just type really loudly.

    Cheers

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
      15 years, 6 months ago

      LOOOUUUUD NOISES

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  21. Bubbles
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Only just seeing the scores and that. So...did everyone do pretty crappy today?

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    1. J0E
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      15 years, 6 months ago

      I did...but 5 to go tomorrow and mon so onwards and upwards

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  22. Back on the horse
    15 years, 6 months ago

    How long does it take to throw the bps darts?

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    1. PlayPercentage
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Maybe they think there is an evening match?

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      1. PlayPercentage
        15 years, 6 months ago

        Yes. It looks like the PA judges assumed there was an evening match and stayed in the bar like they usually do.
        BPs will be out about 8 PM.

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  23. ssetem
    15 years, 6 months ago

    got bardsly, beckford as 1st 2nd subs !!!! :(:(

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  24. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
    15 years, 6 months ago

    rip sidney lumet

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    1. People in Preston
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Whilst Serpico is a great movie, and I'm a big Pacino/Lumet fan, Dog Day Afternoon hits so many of my buttons, in terms of style and direction, it's unreal. RIP Sid. A great man and a sad loss.

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  25. Locarno
    15 years, 6 months ago

    BPs in.

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  26. Locarno
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Odem 3, Luiz 3, Nani 2.

    That'll do...

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    1. Waldaz
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Luiz? 😯 I'll take that

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  27. Locarno
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Leading my Cup tie by 19 pts.

    I have RVP (c).

    He has RVP, Adam, Walker and Nasri.

    Presuming RVP gets, er, six points, I have to hope Adam, Walker and Nasri get fewer than 25 between them...

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  28. Akers
    15 years, 6 months ago

    3 Valencia
    2 Nani
    1 Berbatov

    Can't really argue with those, but thought Nani would get the 3 just for his involvement in both goals.

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    1. Morrissey1986
      15 years, 6 months ago

      Best 3 that they could of given whoever was at that game has good eyes.

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      1. Akers
        15 years, 6 months ago

        Not a bad shout.

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    2. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
      15 years, 6 months ago

      my step dad was at OT and said valencia was superb

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  29. Morrissey1986
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Im tempted to captain Luiz next week good defender clearly liked by bonus judges and can score a goal or 2.

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  30. markieffm
    15 years, 6 months ago

    Luiz, odem and Nani.. 8 extra points makes me happy considering I didn't take a hit this week.

    44 overall with 4 still to play.

    How'd everyone else do?

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    1. Akers
      15 years, 6 months ago

      40, 5 to play.

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