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6 November 2011 2158 comments
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The final batch of Premier League fixtures before another international break, has three games closing out Gameweek 11. Not the biggest box office attractions on offer today it has to be said, but the Dugout Discussion is open for business regardless.

We start at Molineux with a tussle between two sides with the worst current form in the league, as Wolves play host to Wigan. With just a solitary point between them in their last six games, it’s no surprise to see them threatening the wrong end of the table. Here is the team news for the game that already qualifies for “six-pointer” status…

Wolves XI: Hennessey, Stearman, Johnson, Berra, Ward, Edwards, Henry, Guedioura, Hunt, O’Hara, Doyle.

Wigan XI: Al Habsi, Boyce, Gohouri, Figueroa, Alcaraz, Watson, Moses, Diame, Jones, Di Santo, Rodallega.

Mick McCarthy names an unchanged eleven from their trip the Etihad Stadium, whilst Roberto Martinez makes two changes from the side that lost to Fulham last week. Gary Caldwell is suspended so Steve Gohouri starts, and Franco Di Santo is preferred to Albert Crusat.

Then it’s down the M1 to Craven Cottage for a London derby between Fulham and Tottenham and, not televised, there’s a rematch of the 2011 FA Cup semi-final between Bolton and Stoke City going on.

Keep track of all the action as it happens in our Dugout Discussion chatroom.

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  1. jamsiep
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Stephen Ward is an even worse FPL prospect than Victor Moses.

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    1. eviemonkey
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Glad I got finally rid this week... for Jonny Evans. Go me.

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    2. Cars and Mané
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      15 years, 1 day ago

      +1

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    3. Van Dal
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Just you wait an see..

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  2. A-Team
    15 years, 1 day ago

    3 saves for Al-Habsi. 🙂

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Hennesey, BOOM

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  3. Menly
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Ok so I have to get rid of Murphy, Sturridge, Evans and Rooney 🙁 balls

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    1. SC not pearls before swine
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Why do you need to get rid of Sturridge/Rooney? What strikers have good form/fixtures?

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    2. Gaz Downright
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      15 years, 1 day ago

      Taking a guess here. You would not want to get rid of your balls

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  4. Le Bluff
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Bolton v Stoke line ups?

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    1. Bazman returns
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Bad news Petrov on the bench.

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      1. Le Bluff
        15 years, 1 day ago

        What about big Jonny Walters?

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        1. OPTA FPL
          15 years, 1 day ago

          he's still alive

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          1. Le Bluff
            15 years, 1 day ago

            Cheers.

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  5. Bazman returns
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Hmm I have got to get rid of half my team. This ain't great without a wild card..

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    1. The Light Knight
      15 years, 1 day ago

      its 20 point hit time

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    2. Gnu
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      15 years, 1 day ago

      Your link doesn't work Baz.

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    3. Menly
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Yeah same 🙁

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  6. URMothersLover
    15 years, 1 day ago

    No petrov....that's balls

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  7. Bubbles
    15 years, 1 day ago

    I cannot wait to kick Ward out of my team for next week. That double up on Wolves defence experiment in GW4 has been a catastrophic failure.

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    1. Domo
      15 years, 1 day ago

      I've got him as well. Who you switching to? I've got more pressing matters I think.

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      1. Bubbles
        15 years, 1 day ago

        Probably Brown. I'm happy with all my team next week, apart from one defender. So out comes Ward, finally.

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  8. applebonkers
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    15 years, 1 day ago

    wigan the better side, sh*t penalty (was a pen), o'hara in a 4-5-1 is a viable option, moses too greedy and lacks vision, di santo's pass for rodallega epic, rodallega's control epic, finish shite. should be at least 2-1 wigan. in a better side i think diame would be a really useful player

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  9. Messi & fabregas
    15 years, 1 day ago

    i read somewhere here that dyer will get the 3 bonus from the liveprool swansea game? is it true? where do they see this?

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    1. Le Bluff
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Got awarded MOTM in most newspapers this morning. But FPL do judge it differently with that bloody index..

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  10. Van Dal
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Said it before an il say it again. Victor Moses is going to tear Wolves a new one! Game of two halves!

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  11. Cruicky
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Relegation: Wigan, Wolves and Blackburn. Possibly Norwich as they can't keep clean sheets.

    Agree or Disagree.

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    1. Messi & fabregas
      15 years, 1 day ago

      wigan and wolves for sure i dont know about blackburn as they score a lot but they are definately in danger

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    2. MJonno_79
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Agree 100%

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    3. eviemonkey
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Blackburn have played well recently, bit unlucky but if they maintain their current level of performances the points will come. I'd add Bolton to the mix.

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        15 years, 1 day ago

        Bolton too definitely

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      2. 1NAM
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 day ago

        Don't think B'burn will be anywhere near the relegation battle, it's just a matter of time before they start collecting points. They've been unlucky hitting the woodwork on for quite a few times so far, not to mention those decision going against them.

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  12. Jack1980
    15 years, 1 day ago

    any bonus point prediction sites/links for yesterday

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    1. applebonkers
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      15 years, 1 day ago

      RVP 3, Vermaelen 2, Arteta 1
      Vidic 3, Ferdinand 2, Evra/ Rooney 1
      Rodwell 3, Simpson 2, R.Taylor 1
      Agbonlahor 3, Bent 2, Morison 1
      Monk 3, Williams 2, Dyer/Vorm 1
      Lampard 3, Ivanovic 2, Terry/Mikel 1
      Dzeko 3, Yaya Toure 2, Bothroyd 1

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      1. Fratboy
        15 years, 1 day ago

        ooo i like these 🙂

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      2. Timmy Cahill Rules
        15 years, 1 day ago

        Nani has a decent chance an OG

        so he assisted the only goal

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      3. Caine & Co.
        15 years, 1 day ago

        http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c222/chemikills/GW11BPpredictions-1.png

        Slightly different here, how did you come up with those?

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      4. 1966 was a great year for E…
        15 years, 1 day ago

        When did Simpson drop from 3 to 2?!

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      5. Messi & fabregas
        15 years, 1 day ago

        the link please?

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        1. 1966 was a great year for E…
          15 years, 1 day ago

          Apple source.

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  13. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Why have I still got Ward? Honestly.

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  14. applebonkers
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    15 years, 1 day ago

    yes owen coyle, petrov was the reason you're sh*t 🙄

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    1. 78
      15 years, 1 day ago

      hahahaha

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  15. JC
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Bloody hell Roger Johnson has to be one of my worst fpl buys ever and struggling to get rid of him especially with the state of my defence

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    1. Cruicky
      15 years, 1 day ago

      +1.

      Thought he would have sorted out this Wolves defence but now I realise why Birmingham were relegated for a reason.

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  16. Elniñorules
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 day ago

    lol @ paul robinson. crouch & delap shall surely test them.

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  17. PainInDiaz
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Hmm , Which option would be better?

    A) Sessegnon (Might play OOP with Wickham and Larsson out. Easy fixtures)

    B) Brunt (Easy fix too , and on FK's and Pens)

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  18. King Eric, in America
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Y'know, I am *seriously* starting to doubt Moses' FPL value ...

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    1. Gaz Downright
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      15 years, 1 day ago

      "he will come good"

      🙂

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

        He's *so* due ... I'm expecting a double-hattrick in the second half.

        #redemption

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        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
          15 years, 1 day ago

          Even at 4.7 he is bad value

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  19. Cars and Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Screw Ward, I'm taking a hit to get rid of him. Has delivered nothing since I got him in week 4.

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      15 years, 1 day ago

      1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1(?) At least he's consistent 🙂

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      1. Elniñorules
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 day ago

        did you try ferguson? much more consistent.

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      2. Wuffs
        15 years, 1 day ago

        That's quite a high score....In binary!

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  20. yash
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Guys should i WC,I have done very bad in the past few weeks

    Given Vorm

    Jones Bosingwa Simpson Gabbidon N.Taylor

    Silva VDV Tiote Sinclair Ramsey

    Aguero Suarez Adebayor
    1.5m in the bank

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  21. applebonkers
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    15 years, 1 day ago

    walters back in midfield.

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    1. OPTA FPL
      15 years, 1 day ago

      why you know?
      what's their FWs?

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    2. Le Bluff
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Ah really? 🙁

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    3. Cruicky
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Yes on the left?

      Crouch and Jerome up top.

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  22. rohan
    15 years, 1 day ago

    stoke keep a cleanie.. please... and bolton concede...rival has doubled up on bolton defence... wtf!!! lol

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      15 years, 1 day ago

      haha!! what was he thinking? major gamble right there, bolton will conceed anyway, its a known fact 🙂

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  23. applebonkers
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    15 years, 1 day ago

    petrov dropped and it's not even for kakuta. jesus christ that's embarrassing

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      15 years, 1 day ago

      The annoying thing is he'll no doubt come on for the lat 20mins as Bolton inevitably go in search of a goal to salvage something from the match. He'll of course fail to help them score and he'll end up with a cool 1pt

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      1. jamsiep
        15 years, 1 day ago

        That's better than anything I have coming off the bench.

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    2. Dale Cooper
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Hopefully he won't go in from the bench and get one point. I have Dyer waiting as a substitute.

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  24. big oak
    15 years, 1 day ago

    im praying for shawx to be benched since raylor is my first
    that will make the difference between an ok week for me and a good week
    vdv to make it great hopefully tonight

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  25. McDog
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Is it worth a hit to get rid of Petrov?

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    1. big oak
      15 years, 1 day ago

      depends on the rest of your team and who ur bringing in. defintly the type of hits that will pay back over 3-4 weeks and not 1 gw

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      1. McDog
        15 years, 1 day ago

        I'm thinking of getting Brunt as I only have 5.9 to spend. Wst Brom have some nice fixtures coming up. Sick of looking at Petrov in my team.

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        1. big oak
          15 years, 1 day ago

          cleverly os to monitor if fit, rodwell is doing dome good stuff and with everton nice run, drenthe if he drops 0.1 among the diferentials
          or the usual suspects from the relegation teams piklington/johnson/dyer/allen...

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          1. McDog
            15 years, 1 day ago

            Yeah I was thinking about Pilkington, Rodwell could be a decent shout, some good fixtures coming up for Everton.

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    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      15 years, 1 day ago

      ive never thought petrov is worth it, he carries the team on his back, and obviously he cant do it, too much reliance on him, confused why they've left him on the bench today though. get rid i say for a free or 4 point hit, whater it takes 🙂

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      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        15 years, 1 day ago

        whatever*

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  26. Fratboy
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Hey fellas, seems most are having good weeks here right?

    Nani's assist, apparently under review, I'd imagine it'll be taken away yes?

    Good luck in the last few games, thrilled with penalty save from Hennessey 🙂

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    1. McDog
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Is that a slow poke?

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      1. Fratboy
        15 years, 1 day ago

        slowbro, if I stay over 50 points this week it'll evolve into a slow king 🙂

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    2. 1966 was a great year for E…
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Seen it a few times and I dont think Welbeck touched it. The super slo-mo on MOTD was at the wrong angle to tell, though.

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      1. Bubbles
        15 years, 1 day ago

        I think that was a pretty good replay to show it (the super slo-mo one). The spin of the ball didn't change at all, which it would've done if Welbeck touched it.

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    3. Timmy Cahill Rules
      15 years, 1 day ago

      Yes Nani crossed it and brown headed it in

      Cant see why nani would keep it ...

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    4. Bubbles
      15 years, 1 day ago

      I watched the replay a few times this morning, don't think Welbeck did actually touch it, FB. If he did it was incredibly minimal and very hard to see. I expect, and hope, Nani will keep it.

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      1. Fratboy
        15 years, 1 day ago

        knee jerked him out for walters last night stupidly anyway 🙁

        would be stoked if he kept it though thanks guys!

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  27. Tim Canterbury
    15 years, 1 day ago

    bbc website is so shit. still says 1-0. they make so many mistakes its unreal. gravytrain

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  28. 1NAM
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    15 years, 1 day ago

    Lucky I was when I thought I had Ruddy in goal this week, and was quite sure about that, but somehow I found out it was the lovely beauty Dutch.

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  29. Menly
    15 years, 1 day ago

    If Evans didnt play, and N Taylor is my second sub, will he come on and give me a welcome 5 points?

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      15 years, 1 day ago

      I'm assuming your first sub is your goalie. As long as it's not another defender then yes, Taylor will come on

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  30. Gargamel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 day ago

    Owen Coyle, I hate you. I truly do.

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

      Coyle's statement on Petrov ...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Vo5qX1Yr-hQ

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