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Monday Dugout Discussion

16 January 2012 3783 comments
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League leaders Manchester City travel to the DW Stadium tonight, looking to put breathing space between themselves and their city rivals. The Dugout Discussion chatroom opens in anticipation of the conclusion of Gameweek 21.

Both team sheets have been handed in, and here is how they line-up on this horribly cold Monday night…

Wigan XI: Al Habsi, Stam, Alcaraz, Caldwell, Figueroa, McArthur, McCarthy, Gomez, Crusat, Rodallega, Moses.

Man City XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Savic, Lescott, Clichy, Milner, Barry, Nasri, Silva, Aguero, Dzeko.

Roberto Martinez continues with Albert Crusat, who manages to shake off a slight back injury to start tonight. James McArthur begins for only the third time in the league this season, replacing Mohamed Diame who is unavailable thanks to the African Cup of Nations.

Manchester City are forced to partner Jolean Lescott and Stefan Savic at centre-back once more, despite a very ropey performance in their defeat to United last weekend. Elsewhere, David Silva is restored to the starting line-up, Sergio Aguero partners Edin Dzeko up front, and Pablo Zabaleta replaces Micah Richards.

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  1. Cowshed - Blue & White …
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    If Barry is selected in Englands Euro squad i will die a little bit inside.

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    1. halnone
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      Barry has been fantastic this season

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      1. Cowshed - Blue & White …
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        He is the most boring, limited player in the prem.

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    2. Ismail
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      the only thing i remember about barry is ozil killing him at the wc

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      1. Cowshed - Blue & White …
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        He is so slow and flat footed its unbelievable, he doesnt offer anything. Surely England can do better than that.

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  2. SlightHawk
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    Dzeko is a goal hungry spud. Take this muppet off

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    1. LMFAO
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      Hopefully he will be on loan soon!

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    2. Jukesy
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      They'll need him at the end if they're under pressure and need to lump balls up to him to hold up.

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  3. Mr Smith
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    Get Johnson on, Dzeko off imo

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  4. lazybones18
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    who would you pick for your fpl team.. aguero or silva ?

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    1. halnone
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      both

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      1. lazybones18
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        not worth it ... i rather have rooney/silva or nani/aguero

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    2. Puzzle
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      Silva

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    3. DRIZ ✅
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      aguva

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      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
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        sounds like some tropical fruit

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    4. Cheggers
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      Gona go Rooney -> Aguero after Stoke.....

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    5. Holy See
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      Silveuro

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    6. Spin
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      Tough call
      I reckon their prices are probably perfect in that I expect Aguero to get more points but only a few more, thereby justifying the extra money. They're both good value tho.
      I think Rooney is overpriced V Aguero, Nani and Silva
      For this reason I'd go Nani and Aguero

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    7. Paul Psychic Octopus
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      Silva for consistent points.

      Aguero for those potential explosive point hauls, if you're playing catch-up.

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  5. Desange
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    Just got in and find out richards isnt playing and then see dzeko steal aguero's shot and find out silva made an assist when i transfered him out for gerrard who did nothing

    im so shit at this game

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    1. Spencer
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      What you going to do?

      Transfer Silva back in or keep faith in Stevie G?

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      1. Desange
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        I will probably get silva back after the tottenham game
        unless stevie G gets me a massive points haul then he can have one more game lol

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    2. No1Joker
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      That's a fairly shocking transfer looking at the relative fixtures over the next 6 weeks

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      1. Desange
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        i guess i was thinking about a differential too much

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  6. CABAYE4
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    Anyone fancy giving me some advice on WC goalies.

    Doing it GW24, originally was going to go for Krul/Mignolet but the only games I'd play Mignolet in he has Arsenal and Liverpool. Got my 2nd WC still to come so looking to change about GW28/29/30 when Man Utds fixtures get better.

    So basically a goalie for GW25 and 28 - considering Hennessey maybe.

    Any ideas?

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    1. Mull
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      Sorensen/Schwarzer.

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      1. CABAYE4
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        Works well I suppose - was going to have Senderos and Shotton/Shawcross and not sure if their defences are strong enough to warrant doubling up defensively. Maybe...

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    2. No1Joker
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      I did the outlook on Krul/Mig too. I almost got to the point of Krul + a 3.9, then play Krul with a better defence in front. 0.8 across 3 def does help.

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      1. CABAYE4
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        Krul's away to Spurs and Arsenal though in the two weeks above. Don't fancy playing him in either of them.

        Bolton have 2 good fixtures.... don't think it makes up for the fact that they're shipping goals everywhere though!

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  7. jonesy_in_the_laundry_room
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    just hit confirm on my wildcard team and have a whole week to tinker.

    Vorm, Sorenson
    BAE, Cahill, Enrique, Taylor, Simpson
    Sess, Walters, Bale, Dyer, Valencia
    Aguero, Rooney, RVP

    Waddayou reckon?

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    1. Desange
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      silva

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    2. moment
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      Heck of a frontline. Which Taylor? Think you're a little weak in midfield, but good def and great strikers maybe compensates...

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      1. jonesy_in_the_laundry_room
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        Swansea Taylor. I could downgrade aguero to studge and upgrade valencia to silva....

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    3. No1Joker
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      My experience this season is that 5 good mids have saved me more than 3 excellent ATT would have

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  8. Dr Bronner
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    city have got another in them here, 25 minutes is too long for Wigan to hold out

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  9. Hazard267
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    I made this team with my wildcard last week but am already seeing week spots in it i rotate the team btw

    Given(Vorm)

    Terry, Evans, Bae, R taylor(S Kelly)

    Dempsey,Silva,Bale(mclean,Ben arfa)

    Rooney,Aguero,Sturidgee

    I think players like given(who i took krul out for), ben arfa might have been bad choices

    Ive got 1.1 in bank and my free transfer who should i get rid of and replace them with

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    1. Holy See
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      Is Van Persie hiding?

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    2. super zlatan
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      Rooney out. Rvp in

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      1. Hazard267
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        im 1 of rvp any chance of rooney going up

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    3. An Púca
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      have you see man utd's fixtures??? Evans, I think not

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  10. halnone
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    take aguero off mancini and put johnson on

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  11. Parm
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    God i'm bad at this game. Ranked 150k.

    #Terrible

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  12. drunken_mess
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    i "need" silva to do something!! assist with 2 bonus or a goal

    if not im OUT of the cup

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  13. moment
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    Great save Joe Hart.

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  14. LaLaLand
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    god milner + barry are shocking

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      what has god done bad 😉

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  15. DV8R
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    Milner is a plonker

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  16. Jonny
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    good transfers - all free - might be a risk

    senderos --> kelly
    nani --> silva
    bale --> dyer/moses
    helguson --> torres

    please reply, thanks in advance

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    1. Jonny
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      (good transfers with a "?")

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  17. sotothemightygreek
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    Who's gonna take the penalty that Savic will give away? Watson or Gomez?

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    1. Jonny
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      watson

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      1. sotothemightygreek
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        But he's missed 3 already this season. Gomez has been perfect. Sadly I believe you're right.

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  18. LaLaLand
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    lesson learnt: never captain aguero
    isnt captain material gets so many 2 pointers

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    1. OPTA FPL
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      many people choose Aguero and ditch out Silva from WC team because they want Aguero (C) LOL

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    2. Mull
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      Aguero is a player who scores really well at home, that makes him captain material as you have an idea of when the points are going to come.

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  19. Fernando Torres
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    A) Rooney/Aguero + Torres + Silva + Cahill + 0.5M
    B) Rooney + Aguero + Gerrard + Shotton

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    1. Egg noodle
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      WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WANT TORRES?

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      1. bmic
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        Torres played well this weekend.

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      2. No1Joker
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        Because that volley assist at the weekend is him close to his best.

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  20. Holy See
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    King Jong comin on. Should trample a few heads.

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  21. Declan-
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    Thank god i used my wildcard or else i would have got 25 this week

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  22. Shane Warnes Flipper
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    De Jong for Nasri - shocker!

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  23. The Gambler.
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    what happened to the Citeh team that was demolishing all opponents?

    I have silva and aguero on WC this week and wondering if its too much?

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  24. moment
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    De Jong on for Nasri. At least it's not Aguero...

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  25. "The Special One"
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    Wildcard...

    M.Vorm, T.Sorensen
    M.Richards, D.Simpson, J.Enrique, G.Cahill, J.Evans
    D.Silva, G.Bale, J.Walters, A.Valencia, N.Dyer
    E.Adebayor, R.Van Persie, D.Sturridge

    1.9m in bank, Thoughts??

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    1. lazybones18
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      take out ade.. he is useless

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  26. Dr Bronner
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    got to say, the ref has been decent tonight - not missed much if anything and kept the cards in his pocket.

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  27. bmic
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    Gerrard (C) this weekend - Loose by 100, loose by 1000 🙂

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  28. drunken_mess
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    clichy is absolute dog c***

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  29. dystopia.
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    sorry if its already been answered guys but....

    with toure in africa who gets assured a spot in the formation rejig?

    is Nasri looking good to play for a few weeks?

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    1. Dr Bronner
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      maybe, don't bother though - he's not going to get you much

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  30. Woga
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    nerve racking here
    53 v 53 in cup at the moment
    Me Aguero(c) Dzeko , opponent Silva

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    1. moment
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      You should do it if it stays this way, assuming Dzek gets more baps than Silva.

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      1. Woga
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        any assist fron silva without aguero or dzeko scoring, i am goosed :O)

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        1. Woga
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          silva subbed ,phew!
          do not need a yello card now

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