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Sunday Dugout Discussion

18 September 2011 1746 comments
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Yesterday’s slim fantasy pickings has undoubtedly heaped the pressure on today’s four Premier League games to deliver. The Dugout Discussion chatroom will take you through them all, starting at White Hart Lane with Tottenham Hotspur versus Liverpool and culminating in Chelsea’s visit to champions Manchester United.

In and amongst those back-to-back games, two of our Europa League representatives, Stoke City and Fulham, take on Sunderland at the Stadium of Light and Manchester City at Craven Cottage respectively.

The “Super Sunday” opener kicks-off shortly, and here are the all-important team sheets…

Tottenham XI: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto, Kranjcar, Parker, Modric, Bale, Adebayor, Defoe.

Liverpool XI: Reina, Skrtel, Carragher, Agger, Jose Enrique, Henderson, Lucas, Adam, Downing, Suarez, Carroll.

Catching the eye are the big strike-partnerships both sides have named. Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor continue upfront for Spurs, whilst Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll start together for only the second time in the league this season.

Another headline is the return (to the substitutes bench at least) of Rafael van der Vaart, and it’s worth remembering he is not in Spurs’ Europa League squad.

Feast or famine, the Dugout Discussion chatroom will be here for you all day.

Akers Richard or Akers, as he is known, has been regularly haunting this site since July 2008. He is young and foolish, take what he says with a pinch of salt. Follow them on Twitter

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  1. Demí
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero, Silva, Dzeko & Nasri

    Got to be Mancini's 1st choice front 4 now. Obviously there will be rotation, but these 4 should play the majority

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    1. super zlatan
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah agree with that. U think Milner will still be there nxt season?

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      1. Demí
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Should be

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        1. Corrigan
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Any two of those plus Kompany = perfect coverage.

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  2. Sam (Team Sam)
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Shut up Suarez... cheating scumbag

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    1. jamsiep
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Absolute savage.

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  3. tezzaboy7
    15 years, 1 month ago

    So many cards in this game already.

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      About half as many as there could easily have been.

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  4. didopich
    15 years, 1 month ago

    ref is poor
    second yellow for Adam was a joke

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    1. tezzaboy7
      15 years, 1 month ago

      that makes me so much more mad as an Adam owner

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      1. mvtaylor
        15 years, 1 month ago

        except the second yellow wasn't a joke as he just twatted parkers ankle after parker won the ball.

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        1. tezzaboy7
          15 years, 1 month ago

          didnt see it so cant comment. but from your description, hardly sounds bookable.

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          1. tezzaboy7
            15 years, 1 month ago

            unless you are using the word 'twatted' to mean hacksawed

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          2. Royal5
            15 years, 1 month ago

            Last one should have been straight red.

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          3. rickatatastan
            15 years, 1 month ago

            Adam's challenge was lunging with studs up, but in his defence he probably didn't even see Parker coming in like a rocket. Combine this with the fact that there was considerable physical contact and it's a fair sending off, really.

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            1. tezzaboy7
              15 years, 1 month ago

              ok sounds justifiable. either way its not gonna bring him back onto the field and more importantly give me my 3 points back. 🙁

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    2. jimnastics
      15 years, 1 month ago

      It was easily a yellow, don't be ridiculous... there doesn't have to be intent for it to be a yellow. Unlucky, maybe, but definitely a yellow.

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      1. Anorak
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Agree with this. I'm not sure when intent to harm became a prerequisite of a yellow card.

        Who cares if his eyes were on the ball or not. He missed it, and planted 6 studs in Parker's leg.

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    3. Bubbles
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Wrong.
      Wrong.

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    4. jamsiep
      15 years, 1 month ago

      lol

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    5. andy85wsm
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Someone has Charles in their team

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  5. andy85wsm
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Walcott, RVP, Brunt out

    Mata, Aguero, SWP in

    Looks good to me.

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  6. Gnu
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Rangers 4 - 2 Celtic.
    Happy days.

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    1. super zlatan
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Good match that.

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    2. GREENDREAMS11
      15 years, 1 month ago

      HaHa I just popped back to look for a Gloating Gnu. Found one lol ;P

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      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Haha 😆
        My smug alarms been going off all afternoon.

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  7. Akers
    15 years, 1 month ago

    CFCTom, fancy a bet on the game this aft?

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    1. CFCTom
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, whats your wager?

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      1. Akers
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Not allowed to post on the site for a week.

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        1. CFCTom
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Ha!! Maybe. But if we win? I expect an article which highlights both my own genius (CFCTom is a genius as a title for example) AND for your gravatar to become Frank Lampard for a week. And what if its a draw?

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          1. Akers
            15 years, 1 month ago

            I just thought that the loser isn't allowed to post comments on the site for a week. Draw no bet.

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            1. CFCTom
              15 years, 1 month ago

              No. You not posting for a week wouldn't actually be noticeable.

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              1. CFCTom
                15 years, 1 month ago

                You could prevent AP or Atilla from posting for a week.

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                1. Akers
                  15 years, 1 month ago

                  No.

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                  1. CFCTom
                    15 years, 1 month ago

                    That was a joke, I should have added a 😉 Yes, it would be unfair. Oooo Skrtel red!

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              2. Akers
                15 years, 1 month ago

                Ok, but I won't be posting any articles as a forfeit.

                Open to name/gravatar changes, and willing to do it for more than a week.

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                1. CFCTom
                  15 years, 1 month ago

                  Alright. So, if we win, you have to not post for a week, and change your name and gravatar accordingly depending on the specifics of the match for two weeks after your return. And the reverse if you win? And nothing for a draw? That sound about right?

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                  1. King Eric, in America
                    15 years, 1 month ago

                    🙁

                    I can't get answer from CFC's alter ego, jamsie on my bet.

                    Guess he doesn't want a Utd crest on *both* accounts 😉

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  8. RoysCallerAnne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    KingKenny really needs his famous man management skills now. Completely outplayed by Spurs. Henderson and Downing doing nothing. Carroll's confidence looks shot and Suarez is an angry little man waiting to be sent off. Bad times.

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    1. Mr.KK
      15 years, 1 month ago

      It was such as big mistake playing Carroll in a game like this. We were playing good passing football without him in the side.

      I hope Carroll will be replaced by Kuyt or Gerrard in the second half.

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  9. Nomar
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Suarez needs to shut his flippin mouth.

    All he's been doing today is shouting and gesticulating angrily at his team mates and mouthing off at the referee when he knows that this ref is dishing out cards like its confetti at a wedding!

    A-hole.

    May get rid this week, home to Wolves next week or not! Grrrr!

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  10. Livinginapool
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    How was that just 1-0???

    At least there's still time for me to believe that Suarez and Enrique will turn it around...

    ...however unlikely that may be!

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  11. PB-THE-VET
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Fulham line-up: Schwarzer; Kelly, Baird, Hangeland, Riise JA; Dembele, Murphy, Sidwell, Duff; Zamora, Dempsey

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  12. Livinginapool
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Watching Jaimie Redknapp makes me cringe like I did all those years ago when first watching David Brent on The Office.

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    1. jimnastics
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Apparently Adam was on "tender hooks" after the first yellow.

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  13. exammy
    15 years, 1 month ago

    http://oi55.tinypic.com/2llk684.jpg

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    1. jamsiep
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Looks familiar.

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      1. andy85wsm
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Classic.

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    2. Nomar
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Very good. And very true too.

      Mind you they are good this year, just had a bad first half.

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    3. Akers
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Ha ha!

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      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        lol 🙂

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  14. Maz
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Where does everyone get the line ups so fast from?

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  15. applebonkers
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    long term a good half of football:
    firstly a nice reminder to dalglish that adam is the worst centre midfielder in the league defensively.
    secondly now coates is blooded it will give him an excuse to drop carragher once agger is fit.
    thirdly a rude awakening to ridiculous media and fan expectations over liverpool. they drew home to a struggling sunderland, they beat a 10 man struggling arsenal late on (thanks largely to a man they've now sold), and they beat an utterly wank bolton side. tottenham have clearly improved in the transfer market with adebayor whilst liverpool it's arguable whether they've done anything more than buy a good left back and natural left winger at last and bought some uninspiring depth in midfield.
    fourthly another reminder that carroll really does have the touch of a parkinson's sufferer, his touch before adebayor fouled him was genuinely hilarious.
    fifthly another reminder that suarez is vermin.

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    1. jamsiep
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Coates hasn't exactly looked brilliant though, agree with the rest however, as I'm sure you know.

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      1. njfsdkffslkf
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Suarez next week . Not worried?

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        1. jamsiep
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Not particularly. Would rather RVP, Dzeko and Rooney. Liverpool look like utter shit, unsurprisingly.

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          1. njfsdkffslkf
            15 years, 1 month ago

            Ya RVP should do you fine. But Arsenal are not flying either. I think Suarez should outscore him. I need VDV to be back to fitness too

            Front 7 ahoy:
            Nasri Mata VDV Ramsey
            Hernandez Dzeko Suarez(c)

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      2. Livinginapool
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Coates will take time.I don't think I can remember a young defender coming to the pace of the Premier League and not taking time to adapt. Vidic is an obvious example.

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      3. applebonkers
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        got beaten for pace by adebayor thanks to carragher instructing him to play a high line. most defenders would get beaten for pace by adebayor

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        1. Livinginapool
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 1 month ago

          He's not quick. Just hope he can develop, say, Hyypia's reading of the game.

          Coates and Carragher - hardly designed for a high line.

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    2. Tabasco
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Can't say it's completely accurate but I loved it. A+

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    3. didopich
      15 years, 1 month ago

      when liverpool do finish in the top 4 then u will know in the future not speak so much rubbish in so little time
      I do agree that carra must go thou

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    4. Cornelius
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Haha, like the Carroll comparison. And agree 100%. Big lumbering oaf. Heard he gets the good stuff though...

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  16. Corrigan
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Feeling great about the Senderos to NTaylor transfer. Injury pending.

    Not sure about Brown to Ward, though.

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  17. In Like Flynn.
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Last chance saloon Yaya, BE TOLD!

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    1. Gnu
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      I concur.

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        I need my City boys to pull trees today to get my H2H.

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    2. J0E
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      I've ditched him already as part of a couple of week plan to eventually get silva in. With the new front players and de jong out he's basically a tall phil neville.

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      1. jimnastics
        15 years, 1 month ago

        A couple of weeks, Silva will be 10.1 or 10.2 I reckon... get him in asap mate, season keeper.

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        1. J0E
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          I'm at the end of that two week plan...he'll be all mine within days...just keeping an eye on his totalfpl price at the mo and checking he doesn't get injured.

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      2. In Like Flynn.
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        I'm trying to avoid an 12pt hit, which is usually H2H suicide. If Yaya does well just an eight pt one . 🙂

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        1. Gnu
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Have you WC'd yet Flynn?

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          1. In Like Flynn.
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            15 years, 1 month ago

            Not yet Gnu, I was really hoping to save it this year, but can see five players I could usefully exchange. Tough decision time.

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            1. GREENDREAMS11
              15 years, 1 month ago

              internationals soon flynn, you could save it for that week to make some money

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              1. GREENDREAMS11
                15 years, 1 month ago

                7th october dude i think

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                1. In Like Flynn.
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                  15 years, 1 month ago

                  That of course is what a sensible person would do. Now I just have to find a sensible person to run my team. 😀

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                  1. Gnu
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    15 years, 1 month ago

                    7th! that's my bad luck as I'm on holiday then so that makes wc that week pretty tough.

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          2. In Like Flynn.
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            15 years, 1 month ago

            You can see in mini-leagues who has used them, in the transfers box.

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            1. Gnu
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              15 years, 1 month ago

              Ah, that features back then!
              The fixtures don't lend themselves to WCing at mo imo but todays results may change that.

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

                Quafftastic it was! 😉

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                1. Gnu
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  15 years, 1 month ago

                  Haha. Enjoyed yourself then?

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      3. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        No shame there ... 😉

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  18. Davido989
    15 years, 1 month ago

    maxi should off started today.

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  19. Mulder
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Fulham starting line-up?

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    1. PB-THE-VET
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Look up

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      1. Mulder
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers.

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  20. andy85wsm
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    How much better are Arsenal without Nasri and Fabregas!

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    1. jamsiep
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Both overrated, neither are doing anything at their new clubs.

      Oh dear Partridge.

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      1. andy85wsm
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Surely he never said Fabs was overrated too?!

        I know he didn't like Nasri, but Fabregas too?

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        1. jamsiep
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Oh yes he did.....

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    2. Declan
      15 years, 1 month ago

      🙄

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  21. arifv
    15 years, 1 month ago

    saurez an walcott to transfer for nani and ????

    can i get a transfer recommendation

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    1. Maz
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Adebayor, Dzeko or Aguero.

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    2. mufc802
      15 years, 1 month ago

      at least wait for the games to end first.

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    3. Akers
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Rooney.

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      1. The Red Viper
        15 years, 1 month ago

        😀

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  22. Cheggers
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Sessengon FGS at 7/1
    Get on, ive a feeling in me waters.

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    1. Demí
      15 years, 1 month ago

      got 10/1 on that.

      C'mon Sess!!

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  23. Hate that rotation
    15 years, 1 month ago

    DZEKO STARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. Akers
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Brap!

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    2. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Whoop!

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  24. PB-THE-VET
    15 years, 1 month ago

    city : Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Yaya, Barry, Silva, Nasri, Aguero, Dzeko

    Fulham : Schwarzer; Kelly, Baird, Hangeland, Riise JA; Dembele, Murphy, Sidwell, Duff; Zamora, Dempsey

    Sunderland:Mignolet, O'Shea (C), Richardson, Bramble, Brown, Larsson, Elmohamady, Vaughan, Gardner,

    Stoke: Begovic, Huth, Wilson, Shawcross (C), Woodgate, Etherington, Delap, Whitehead, Jerome, Walters, Crouch.

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    1. jamsiep
      15 years, 1 month ago

      #superWesleyBrown

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      1. Cheggers
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Fancy a cleanie for Sunderland today.

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      2. njfsdkffslkf
        15 years, 1 month ago

        If he concedes il be pleased. Wont be such a massive fail of late WC change.

        Come on Delap !:P

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    2. Maz
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Cmon Brown and Shawcross!
      Shawcross, get me a hat trick!
      And Brown, an assist will do!

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  25. "The Special One"
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Begovic, Given
    Kompany, Baines, Enrique, S.Taylor, Brown
    Silva. Sinclair, Walters, Jarvis, Taarbat
    Bent, Suarez, Odemwingie... Time 2 wildcard??

    Begovic > Vorm
    Baines > Woodgate
    Walters > Nani
    Jarvis > Mata
    Bent > Dzeko YES or NO??

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  26. Hate that rotation
    15 years, 1 month ago

    COMON DZEKO hattrick and Aguero injury. Murphy give Aguero a nice kickin.

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  27. mufc802
    15 years, 1 month ago

    VDV on the Kranj

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  28. Cheggers
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Dzeko (c) over the pig.
    Nervous times in the Chegwin household

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    1. Livinginapool
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      +1. Main rival has Modric and Rooney capt., so could really do with this paying off.

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    2. andy85wsm
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Well now you know Dzeko is starting I wouldn't be that nervous. City have the much easier game.

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      1. Hate that rotation
        15 years, 1 month ago

        I hope Fulham dont become like last years CS Kings at the Cottage.

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  29. Timmy Cahill Rules
    15 years, 1 month ago

    defoe

    useless lol

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  30. Hate that rotation
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Man City team news anyone???

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    1. Demí
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Look above you

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      1. Hate that rotation
        15 years, 1 month ago

        I said that about 5 mins ago. I dont know why it says 2:37pm???? Ha and your reply is 2:35pm. LOL

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    2. Akers
      15 years, 1 month ago

      http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2011/09/18/sunday-dugout-discussion-29/comment-page-5/#comment-2024656

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    3. gledy
      15 years, 1 month ago

      See above.

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    4. Livinginapool
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      It's a very good team.

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