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Tuesday Dugout Discussion

20 December 2011 1613 comments
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The first midweek Gameweek of the season starts with two games where Premier League survival is the ultimate goal. There’s still an hour before the Gameweek 17 deadline, but the Dugout Discussion swings it’s doors open nice and early for tonight’s games…

Relatively high-flying Norwich travel to Molineux to face a Wolves side perilously close to the relegation zone. Although there’s an eight place gulf between the sides, anything but a home win against Norwich – who will be viewed as eventual fellow candidates for the drop – would constitute as a failure.

Mid-December is normally too soon for clubs struggling for points to begin to worry but, for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, a loss tonight would ensure mass hysteria. To say both managers’ jobs are on the line pending this game’s outcome, might not be that far off the mark.

That bottom-off-the-table scrap at Ewood Park is the televised game tonight, but you can follow all of the action in our Dugout Discussion chatroom.

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  1. Gravless wonder
    14 years, 10 months ago

    i have bale, vdv and sturridge....too much riding on that match so i'm planning:

    a) vdv to adam
    b) b.johnson to shelvey
    c) other

    any thoughts?

    ps. I don't want to transfer bale out, or any other player...optiosn are b.johnson or vdv

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  2. J.Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Opinions please! I need to bench two of these three players: Evans, Sess, Bale. Who to play?

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    1. OPTA FPL
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Bale

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    2. 1966 was a great year for E…
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Bale, Evans first sub.

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    3. Bubbles
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Sess plus...Evans.

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      1. Bubbles
        14 years, 10 months ago

        To be benched I mean.

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    4. Anti Top Four
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Sess

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  3. OPTA FPL
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Line up ??

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    1. UnderstandablyDistraught
      14 years, 10 months ago

      dunno

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  4. waitinginthelonggrass
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Worth doing Given to Krul or just play Vorm?

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  5. bring_on _the_fantasy
    14 years, 10 months ago

    How long is shotton likely to keep his place for when shawcross comes back in next week? Need a 4.0 defender?
    #
     

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    1. OPTA FPL
      14 years, 10 months ago

      go for Caulker

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      1. bring_on _the_fantasy
        14 years, 10 months ago

        I have vorm and naylor though.....

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  6. applebonkers
    • Has Moderation Rights
    14 years, 10 months ago

    annoying news on gibbs. was planning on getting him next gw

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    1. Alan The Llama
      14 years, 10 months ago

      1631 FOOTBALL: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that defender Kieran Gibbs, who has been out for two months following a hernia operation, has suffered a setback on his road to recovery. Wenger said he had hoped that the 22-year-old would return against Aston Villa on Wednesday.

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      1. Alan The Llama
        14 years, 10 months ago

        sorry, read that as any news.

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  7. Demí
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Hennessey, zubar, berra, johnson, ward, hunt, henry, milijas, jarvis, ebanks-blake, fletcher.

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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
      14 years, 10 months ago

      No Doyle? WTF?

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      1. OPTA FPL
        14 years, 10 months ago

        what??
        read Twist

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        1. 1966 was a great year for E…
          14 years, 10 months ago

          eh?

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    2. Puzzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Let's go Jarvis!

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    3. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Damn! I was looking at Ebanks for FT

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      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
        14 years, 10 months ago

        I went for Doyle, what happened to him?

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    4. applebonkers
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      14 years, 10 months ago

      wolves playing their 2 best goalscorers 😯

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  8. Back to Back Ballacks
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Any city fans here reckon AJ will play tonight?
    Asked already but really tempted to go for it.

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    1. gravless
      14 years, 10 months ago

      me too - and it's tomorrow night

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    2. chilin_dude
      14 years, 10 months ago

      He won't play tonight :p

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    3. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 10 months ago

      No, not tonight anyways.

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    4. Back to Back Ballacks
      14 years, 10 months ago

      GRRRR,,, i know it's 2m 🙂

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      1. Tommy J
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Too difficult to call-I think he will definitely get some game time and if I were to put money on it I would say yes!

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    5. Manamongst
      14 years, 10 months ago

      I'm guessing he will play against WBA, he's Mancini's short-track-bully. He's the guaranteer of goals against teams that the regulars should sit.

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  9. smp
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Vorm (Ruudy)
    Evans, Enrique, Simpson (Tierney, Delaet)
    Nani, Silva, Sinclair, Bale
    (C) RVP, Sturridge, Abedayor

    1 FT...

    Don't love the fixtures, but think I will save the transfer and have 2 next week? Thoughts?

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  10. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    14 years, 10 months ago

    City team: Ruddy, Naughton, Martin, Whitbread, Tierney, Crofts, Fox, Hoolahan, Surman, Morison, Holt

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  11. Demí
    14 years, 10 months ago

    : Ruddy, Naughton, Martin, Whitbread, Tierney, Crofts, Fox, Hoolahan, Surman, Morison, Holt

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    1. Roger Hernandez
      14 years, 10 months ago

      u absolute geek

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    2. Chazza
      14 years, 10 months ago

      There goes my Pilkington punt.

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    3. A.
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Ok Pilkington's going out, I should've just done it two days ago like i meant to..

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  12. Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, Rab…
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Stuffed at who to bench out of this lot?

    1) Verm
    2) Simpson
    3) Bale
    4) Enrique
    5) Smalling

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    1. Bubbles
      14 years, 10 months ago

      5 for me.

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    2. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 10 months ago

      2 for me.

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  13. Paul
    14 years, 10 months ago

    okay guys quick question who to play

    vorm or westwood???

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    1. OPTA FPL
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Vestworm

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  14. Gullikgul
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Team:
    Vorm
    R Taylor Baines Hibbert Enrique
    Nani VDV Bale
    Ba Suarez Adebayor
    (Given) (Evans, Gamst-Pedersen, Ferguson)

    0,8 in the bank and 1 FT
    Any advice?

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    1. Shteve
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Having VDV, Bale and Adebayor is an overkill imo.

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      1. Gullikgul
        14 years, 10 months ago

        probably is. saving for gw 19 though. will play the January wild card asap I think.

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      2. Churchill
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Wont be come GW20.

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        1. Gullikgul
          14 years, 10 months ago

          Yeah, meant gw 20 obviously...

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          1. Shteve
            14 years, 10 months ago

            Even with the DGW, they cant all score in both of the games. Well, they can can of course but its highly unlikely, I think two of them three would be more than enough Spurs cover.
            May be worth holding onto them till WC tho as they have nice fixtures

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            1. Churchill
              14 years, 10 months ago

              Injury & suspension aside those are the three I plan to have in my team. That would cover just about all attacking options form Sp*urs.

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              1. Shteve
                14 years, 10 months ago

                Those three for a DGW is still an overkill though, it not likely that they are all going to return double figure points.

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  15. FPL Daniel
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Sorry I am late, but team sheets please

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    1. Jukesy
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Look up this page for Wolves/Norwich

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  16. Shteve
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Which keeper should I play this week:

    1. Vorm away at Everton
    2. Cerny at home v Sunderland

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    1. 4vets
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Cerny

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  17. Anti Top Four
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Vorm
    Baines, Jagielka, Simpson
    VDV, Bale, Silva, Drenthe
    Kun, Adebayor, Ba

    Subs: Eagles, Naylor, Shotton, Given

    Captain?

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  18. Tim
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Have a strong feeling van persie will be benched.

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    1. OPTA FPL
      14 years, 10 months ago

      bench him

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    2. Bubbles
      14 years, 10 months ago

      I'd blooooooooody love it. But it aint gonna happen.

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    3. Puzzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 10 months ago

      More likely to be benched in one of the easy home games

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    4. waitinginthelonggrass
      14 years, 10 months ago

      VC Ba to the rescue then.

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    5. Shteve
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Why? I cant see that happening, its not as if they have plenty of other striking options.

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    6. LarkyTown
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Phew, that was a close one. I was going to make him my captain but now I'm definitely selling.

      Cheers bud!

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      1. Shteve
        14 years, 10 months ago

        I think your right, i gonna take a hit and get him out now

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    7. Qubit
      14 years, 10 months ago

      more likely against Wolves at home for example

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      1. Tim
        14 years, 10 months ago

        Go ahead and mock me. We'll see shall we. Mark my words.

        Keep him in your line'ups but I wouldnt captain him.

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  19. GunsnRoses
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Going with 4 at the back with Richards,Verma,Simpson and Samba and dropping Larsson and Walters to the bench.
    Any thoughts of a shift any defender for Larsson ?

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    1. Barnsley FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Samba out for Larsson. Blackburn don't keep clean sheets, and you shouldn't be relying on attacking points from a defender to save you from a 2 pointer.

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      1. GunsnRoses
        14 years, 10 months ago

        I was thinking it as Samba vs Bolton defense away which looked lucrative enough to me.

        A 50:50 situation. I'll sold Samba next week so I was thinking to give him a last chance 😛

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  20. Jukesy
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Krul
    Enrique, Hibbert, Verm
    Drenthe, Bale, Silva, Mata
    Sturridge, RVP, Adebayor

    Westwood, JEvans, Santon, Gower

    Ready to go? Fancy Hibbert for a hat-trick this week, so he stays..

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  21. Art Vandelay
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Anybody nervous about Silva being rested, or even worse making a 10 minute cameo?

    I am even thinking flipping him out as, even if he plays, he might struggle (relatively speaking) against a "robust" Stoke side.

    What do folks think?

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    1. Puzzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 10 months ago

      I will not transfer him out. Worried about a rest though

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      1. Waldaz
        14 years, 10 months ago

        +1

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    2. OPTA FPL
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Stoke without ShawX will be destroyed by ManC
      and Stole also have 2 away games in 3 days

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    3. The3rdTurd
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Vaguely thinking the same way. Who knows what Mancini will do. Probably not even Mancini right now.

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    4. Shteve
      14 years, 10 months ago

      City are at home, they are not playing on the 4inch long grass at Stoke. Leaving out Silva would be a MASSIVE mistake!

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  22. Call Me Old Fashioned
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Vorm
    Simpson Enrique Jones
    Walters Drenthe Silva(v) Nani
    RVP(C) Ade Ba

    Given Brown BAE Dyer

    2.9m in bank. 1FT.

    Save FT or chop Dyer/Drenthe?
    Play walters or brown?

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    1. 4vets
      14 years, 10 months ago

      Dyer to Moses.... gives you cover if some are rested.

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      1. Call Me Old Fashioned
        14 years, 10 months ago

        I was hoping to save a FT and decide on what drenthe does 2moro. If he fails to start he is out. I also want to double on Utd defence for boxing day.

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  23. SwindonSteve
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Surman or fox- both playing, who to come in, anyone have a view?

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      14 years, 10 months ago

      None, Lambert is a rotation nightmare.

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    2. Mid-Table Obscurity
      14 years, 10 months ago

      i asked a norwich fan and he thought both surman and fox would be benched for pilks and johnson to come in

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  24. miguelseven
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Sorry if this obvious to some, but I just realised that teams who's grounds ad close to each other never has home fixtures on the same game week. This can be very handy to keep in mind for rotation of cheap defenders me thinks.....Newcastle/Sunderland or Aston Villa/West Brom.

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  25. Mid-Table Obscurity
    14 years, 10 months ago

    ok, what do people think- do i go
    a. sense: dyer -> formica
    or
    b. flair: suarez and dyer -> yak (c) and formica

    pretty keen for the latter to make this mornings game interesting. hit me with some opinions!

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    1. Manamongst
      14 years, 10 months ago

      B but just for a week and get back Suarez, if he doesn't get banned.

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      1. Mid-Table Obscurity
        14 years, 10 months ago

        thank you manamongst, i needed that confidence booster

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  26. viewoftheland
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Any news on Gabbidon? Need to get Wilko out for a fellow 4.0, ideally one at home this GW. He'd fit the bill if playing.

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  27. patsworth
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Looking through the comments here and noticed no one seems to be even considering klasnic for tonights game. I'm currently undecided whether to take a gamble on either one of em but to do that id have to drop a midfielder.

    My Team:

    Vorm

    Simpson, Kompany, Evans J

    Drenthe, Nani, Mata, Van der Vaart, Silva

    Adebayor, Sturridge

    Subs: Bendtner, shawcross, boyata

    My Question is: would you take this risk (drafting in yak or klasnic)? and if so, what player would you sacrifice?

    Cheers 🙂

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    1. Mid-Table Obscurity
      14 years, 10 months ago

      im thinking the same thing, i think both could go wild. considering dropping suarez for one of em myself

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    2. Up the Boro
      14 years, 10 months ago

      brought yak in tonight just to have someone to watch basically, although blackburn must get a few agains bolton and yak has as good a chance as anyone to bag a couple

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  28. True_Blue
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Vorm
    Brown Simpson Baines
    Walters Valencia Mata Silva
    Ba(C) VanPersie (VC) Ade
    any changes to make for -4 .... ??????????????????????????????????????????

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  29. Clintymints
    14 years, 10 months ago

    vdv in for -4 just for sh!ts and giggles!?

    bit bored and ill probably get him before thursday anyways since dyer is going to drop tonight or tomoz, get em in now for this week even with the fixt?

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  30. Egg Chaser
    14 years, 10 months ago

    Walker Brown or R.Taylor for this week?

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