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15 August 2011 1425 comments
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The final match of Gameweek 1 see Man City play host to Swansea. The Dugout Discussion chatroom is open for business as usual, so come in, take a seat and let’s see if we Roberto Mancini’s side can be the only team to win at home in the opening set of matches…

Edin Dzeko starts up front for City, with Mario Balotelli dropping to the bench as Adam Johnson takes his place in the first XI. And no, Aleksander Kolarov doesn’t start.

Man City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Toure Yaya, De Jong, Barry, Silva, Dzeko, Johnson. Subs: Taylor, Zabaleta, Milner, Kolarov, Savic, Aguero, Balotelli.

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Tate, Britton, Dobbie, Agustien, Dyer, Graham, Sinclair. Subs: Moreira, Orlandi, Routledge, Lita, Moore, Allen, Gower.
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

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  1. Forest4Life
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    3-0 Dzeko, yaya and silva

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  2. Cheggers
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Sinclair looks good so far

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    1. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Get a room.

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  3. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Yay, extra wildcard for everyone.

    Not sure if the 'casual player' will even bother to notice to be honest with you. I'm certainly not telling anyone in my league about it!

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    1. Declan
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      The scout will tell everybody on thursday on the FPL home page

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Abso-bloody-lutely! 😀

      *trades furiously*

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    3. MJonno_79
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I'm not telling anyone either I git money on my works league

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  4. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Just noticed that Cashley got the 3 bonus points from the game against Stoke (?!)

    Definitely prefer the old bonus points system..

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    1. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Its totally bollocks.

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      1. Forest4Life
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Bull

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  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    when I make 2 subs for next weeks it says I am being deducted 4 pts??

    anyone help, I thought unlimited transfers?

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    1. Forest4Life
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      You get em bak at midnight

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    2. Pikey
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I imagine will all be resolved asap. Maybe after tonights match

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    3. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Read the memo. If you get deducted points they will be restored by midnight tomorrow.

      I can change Gabbidon now without wasting a transfer.

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  6. Forest4Life
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Swans looking good

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  7. Lrf
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Is Rooney - Torres - Bent overkill?

    Keep that trio for some gameweeks, then downgrade one and upgrade midfield. Will cost an insane amount of cash, but might pay off big with the games they got coming up (I know United got som hard games on the paper, but home vs spurs and arsenal is not the worst fixtures you could have).

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    1. MJonno_79
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Spurs and arsenal defence aren't exactly known for their good defense

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  8. Chris de Borg
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone else having trouble getting into the discussion room?

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  9. Supernova
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Is it still possible to view competitor's transfers? How did people do that anyway?

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    1. King Eric, in America
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      'Data' view on their team page.

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  10. MJonno_79
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Unlimited transfers. Cool. Or it would be if I wasnt happy with my team.

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  11. Demí
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Swansea look good. I can definitely see them being the highest scorers from all the promoted teams imo

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Early days, early doors ...

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    2. The Stock
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Prediction after 10 adrenaline fuelled minutes? Wowzers.

      Lets see if they can do it on a wet Monday night in Stoke....

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Are you sitting comfortably ... ? 😉

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        1. The Stock
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          No - fuming about this FPL 'news'. Mockery.

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          1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Hmmm - I'm rather enjoying it all ... ! 😀

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      2. Demí
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        they cant

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    3. Demí
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Posssession:

      Man city 34% Swansea 66% after 10 mins

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  12. Grabber
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    swansea are a breath of fresh air

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    1. The Stock
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      ...in Chernobyl.

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
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        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Time for that early Manzanilla! 😀

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  13. Bod
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Does anyone know where I can see how many people have transferred players in or out?

    Last year stats like these were on the FPL site...

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  14. Forest4Life
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    We shud have option of using extra wildcard when we want

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  15. meclive
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I love how FPL even messed up the apology... "Fantasy Premier League is still run by the same provider." then said "The login/registration system had to be upgraded during the summer - this service is delivered by a new third party provider..."

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  16. Forest4Life
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Swansea bandwagon

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  17. Demí
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    You can see why they call em Swansealona

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    1. Forest4Life
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      yaeh except they cant attack

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    2. OneTwo
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      +1...loving it!

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  18. Grabber
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    SWANSEA are playing like barca

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    1. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      put your glasses on...

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  19. djt
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    what happens if you dont make any transfers in gw2, will you have 2 freebies in gw3?

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    1. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Going on how the site has worked in the first week, you will probably lose 16pts per transfer...

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  20. RmS
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    "Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even"

    Muhammad Ali

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      My all-time Hero - excepting Edward Morgan Forster ... 🙂

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      1. RmS
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Mine too, excepting Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys.......

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  21. Forest4Life
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Richards is looking so fit

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    1. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      True, Denise Richards is a fox.

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  22. meclive
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I love how FPL even messed up the apology…

    “Fantasy Premier League is still run by the same provider.”

    then said

    “The login/registration system had to be upgraded during the summer – this service is delivered by a new third party provider…”

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  23. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Dyer looks OK. 4.5 is cracking value.

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  24. Mr Sarcastic
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    So if I start making my transfers tonight, does everybody see what transfers I have made? That kind of bug was happening this morning at least.

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    1. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

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  25. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Silva (C) already looking like massive FAIL

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    1. The Stock
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Ffs. 20 mins in. Behave.

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    2. AP
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      City are looking like a massive FAIL you mean 😛

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      1. The Stock
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Pipe down noisy neighbour.... 🙂

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    3. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Someone ask Mancini to bring Silva on...

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      1. meclive
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        yay he's on!

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    4. Bod
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      You were saying?

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  26. NLB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Any word if the prices are frozen or not?

    I'll get in Suarez and Cahill, just in case!

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  27. Damo.
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I have to admit I'm a bit pissed, now everyone's gonna be getting Swans in and my Sinclair and Graham plan is gonna be less effective, but it's only a bit of petulance, it'll pass.

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  28. The Stock
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Numpty in my work mini league who has Chamakh up front currently doing a romance explosion over today's news.

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    1. AP
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      ??

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      1. The Stock
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        He can transfer him out, having been openly ridiculed on such a bobbins selection.

        No doubt will put Berbatov in....

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  29. SUPERIOR BEING
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Does anyone know if the FPL are resetting the price rises too? i.e. will Gary Cahill still go up in price tonight?

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    1. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Wait while I consult my licky 8 ball...

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      1. meclive
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        *lucky... fail...

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    2. Damo.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      We don't know man but it's worth the gamble getting him in anyway.

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  30. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    What a save from Vorm

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    1. meclive
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      4-0 tonight.

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    2. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Does he rotate with Given well then?

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      1. meclive
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Depends on the music.

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