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Sunday Dugout Discussion

11 December 2011 2540 comments
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With no televised (English) top-flight game yesterday, Sunday’s double-header has us eagerly anticipating some live Premier League action. The Dugout Discussion opens for the second day of Gameweek 15, with a relegation scrap and a game between two sides aiming for Europe.

We start at the Stadium of Light as Martin O’Neill takes over the reigns as Sunderland manager. His first assignment is against a Blackburn side whose manager, in total contrast, is hanging onto his job for dear life. Having said that, Steve Kean has a win against Swansea last week to build on. Here are the all-important team sheets…

Sunderland XI: Westwood, O’Shea, Bardsley, Brown, Bramble, Richardson, Larsson, Colback, Vaughan, Sessegnon, Wickham.

Blackburn XI: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Dann, Givet, Formica, Dunn, Lowe, Pederson, Vuckevic, Yakubu.

Sunderland striker Niklas Bendtner is kept out with a groin injury, and in his place Connor Wickham gets his first league start since October. The visitors are also without a key striker, as Junior Hoilett picked up a training ground hamstring injury that sees him miss out.

Following that it’s over to the Britannia Stadium where Stoke City host Tottenham Hotspur. Stoke’s ambition this season will be to match last season’s success of reaching the Europa League, whereas the visitor’s will have their sights set on returning to Europe’s premier competition after a year out. That’ll then just leave Monday night’s grand finale at Stamford Bridge to bring the gameweek to a close.

The Dugout Discussion chatroom is open for all today’s action.

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  1. jamsiep
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_7370518,00.html

    Well thank f*ck for that.

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    1. David Davros
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Would have been a good buy for you imo. Always looked good for England when he played with JT. Safer than playstation boy anyway.

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      1. jamsiep
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Absolute nonsense. You normally talk sense, but this is shite.

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        1. AP
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Touchy much?

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      2. Pinturicchio
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        In a world full of boring CB's give me Sideshow Bob any day

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  2. Sam
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    I wanted to make Nani my captain yesterday but missed the deadline. Feel sorry for me 🙁

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    1. jamsiep
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      I wanted to make Nani my captain yesterday, so I did.

      (I didn't actually, I don't even have Nani)

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      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        That made me lol 😛

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    2. David Davros
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Crying you a river right now

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    3. everyday, i'm shufflin…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      sorry for you. it could happen to anybody. only one, who experienced it, would understand the feeling.

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  3. Mesut Ozil
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    My team at the moment
    Vorm Given
    Enrique Baines Brown Simpson Barnett
    Bale Ramsey Nani Silva Gower
    RVP Sturridge Morison
    Got one free trade and 2.9 in the bank.
    Im thinking Ramsey, Barnett and Given need to go, possibly Simpson...any point in trading out Given now?

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    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      if i were you i'd just downgrade given to anyone and upgrade ramsey to mata

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    2. hanboyan
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Well you may want to consider that his price may drop, so you may loose some transfer money. Keep an eye on his chances to drop his here: http://www.fiso.co.uk/crackthecode.php

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  4. BKR
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    First time this season .. something clicked for me

    an 8 pntr
    Aguero -> Ba
    Walters -> Nani (c)
    Richards -> Jones

    Jones wasn't great.. !! Praying Aguero and Walters not to score much.. 🙂

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    1. Pinturicchio
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      I also did an 8pt hit this week, Did Ade+Drenthe to Ba and Bale...but then was forced to do Vidic to Jones. Hoping Bale has a decent return

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  5. Schwarzer
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Predictions for Spurs and Sunderland matches?

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    1. Lovzat
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Stoke - Spurs : 1-2 Walters , Ade , VDV
      Sunderland - Blackburn : 2 - 2 Sess X 2

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  6. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    The Bendy bus has been an absolute failure. Thank god I got off the bus last week and went BA BA!

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    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      When has the bendy bus not been a failure?

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  7. Sam
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Suarez or Adebayor for the foreseeable future?

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    1. Sam
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      And also, Sturridge or Welbeck?

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      1. David Davros
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Sturridge and Ade imo.

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      2. The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Ade > Studge > Welbeck > Suarez

        Easily.

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    2. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Adebayor and Sturridge for me

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  8. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    kelly nailed on now that grygera out for 5 months?

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  9. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Thoughts on Maxi vs Walters vs Larsson?

    Maxi has great potential in a good team with good fixtures but is a rotation risk

    Walters playing OOP, in a solid side with decent fixtures, decent retuens and got pens

    Larsson on FKs and pens in a set piece orientated O'Neill side, but poor fixtures

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  10. Nickyboy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Chaps, my current team is:

    Vorm/Hilario
    McAuley / Simpson / Jones / Taylor (SWA) / Kompany
    Bale/VDV/Silva/Allen/Ferguson
    Van Persie / Adebayor / Aguero

    Thinking of doing

    Aguero + Ferguson + McAuley OUT for J Evans / Holt / Nani IN

    Reasoning: Worried about Aguero rotation / more than that though, seems like a good opportunity to sacrifice him and take a larger piece of Utd going forward, plus getting rid of Ferguson now means I have starters in pretty much every position coming into The Tough Winter Weeks Ahead

    What dya think? Genius? Madness? Don't care?

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    1. Nickyboy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      (It would only be a 4 point hit rather than 8 and also I have the exact money to do it only so can't really sleep on it)

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  11. sheetil
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Who to ship out from defense? to much value....

    Verminator, Jones, Enrique or Richards?

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    1. David Davros
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Enrique imo

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    2. The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Now THAT is an expensive defense.

      Verm out, for sure.

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    3. jamsiep
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Dan Agger 8)

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      1. jamsiep
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Woah, totally misread that. Thought you were asking which of those you should BUY, not SELL...

        Ermmm.... None of them?

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        1. sheetil
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          thats the problem. I don't want to sell, but think I need to upgrade my midfield....

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  12. Dimitar
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    I'm getting worried how yakubu was smiling there, like he knows he'll score today!

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  13. Manani
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    http://postimage.org/image/m18510257/

    can someone rate this team?

    really want to do it, but not sure if it is worth the 12pts.

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    1. Cruicky
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Deja vu.

      Then just do it.

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      1. Manani
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        what deja vu?
        u had this team before?

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        1. Cruicky
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          No, saw it on previous post.

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    2. The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      I dont think a 12 point is worth it, no. What are the individual transfers?

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      1. Manani
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        augero>sturridfe
        shawX>craulker
        eagles>walcott
        walters>nani

        0.2 left

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        1. The Japanager: Roberto Newm…
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          eagles for walcott is no good for me. I sitll dont think he's worth it. Adam is a better pick, for me, at that bracket.

          all the rest of the moves are good, but not worth a 12 pointer.

          Just do Aguero>Studge, and MAYBE walters>nani if you're impatient. Other than that, just wait. there's just not much chance you'll recover the 12 points.

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  14. Nice1Cyrille
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Sess looking strong

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  15. Akers
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    This game is dragging already and we're only 10 minutes in. El Clasico has spoilt me.

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    1. jamsiep
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      I hated El Clasico.

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      1. Akers
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        El Clasico hated you.

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      2. AP
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Mourinho's face when he's losing is a wonderful thing. Right ol' lemon sucker.

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  16. Dan
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Any advice for coming weeks with this team and who I could get in to improve?

    Vorm
    Enrique-Richards-R.Taylor
    Walters-Silva-VDV-Nani
    Adebayor-BA-RVP

    Subs: Westwood-Brown-Wilkinson-Eagles

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    1. Dhubanmonkey
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Give up !

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    2. Nickyboy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      I quite like that already, how much cash you got

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      1. Dan
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Bang on nothing left in kitty.

        Actually it's not Eagles but Dyer of Swnasea. Thinking someone in for him, like Romeu for the hell of it since Dyer is out of team.

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      2. myah1997
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        rooney for ady if u have the cash

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  17. Bench pony warmer
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    anyone know if kelly fulham is going to get regular game. hard fixtures coming but 3.9 aint bad for spare defender.
    had enough picking players who then get injured or dropped within 2 weeks.
    Managed it 15 times last year and 4 times already this year.

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  18. jamsiep
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    I see chemikills on totalFPL predicts that RVP won't get any BPs...

    Behave. Although he predicts a cheeky 1 for L. Koscielny. 8)

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    1. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      I know, what is that all about?!

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  19. AP
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Cheerio Brown CS.

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  20. rohan
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Sunderland cleanie gone

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  21. super zlatan
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    The mask scores!!!!!

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  22. Demí
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    My boy Vuckecic

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    1. Demí
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      *Vuckevic

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  23. Corrigan
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    RMD please

    Jonny Evans Naylor Simpson Gabbidon Bramble

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    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      6 defenders? Who is this Jonny?

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    2. Shatner's Bassoon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Rest of team?

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  24. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Simpson or Evans?

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  25. McDog
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Vukevic bandwagon.

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  26. everyday, i'm shufflin…
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Vukcevic goal!

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  27. jamsiep
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Boo

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    1. jamsiep
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      At least I don't have to watch this shit anymore.

      O'Neill out.

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  28. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Who?

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  29. Corrigan
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Rule no. 79

    Never expect CSs v Blackburn

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  30. Akers
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    What a miss Richardson.

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