Dugout Discussion

Sunday Dugout Discussion

25 March 2012 1176 comments
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It’s gorgeous out, but fantasy football fiends up and down the country are retreating indoors to see West Brom take on Newcastle. The Dugout Discussion reluctantly opens it’s doors on this fine Sunday afternoon.

The team news from our only game today is in. Here is how both sides line-up…

West Brom XI: Foster; Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell; Odemwingie, Mulumbu, Morrison, Andrews, Thomas; Fortune.

Newcastle XI:Krul; Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson, Perch; Ben Arfa, Guthrie, Cabaye, Gutierrez; Ba, Cisse.

Four changes to Roy Hodgson’s side sees Peter Odemwingie return to the fold, at the expense of Chris Brunt (who has suffered from tonsillitis this week). Also coming in is Jonas Olsson, Keith Andrews and Marc-Antoine Fortune replacing Nicky Shorey, Paul Scharner and Shane Long.

As for the visitors, Alan Pardew names an unchanged line-up from the side that beat Norwich last time out.

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  1. Optimus.
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    163 transfers in for papiss last half hour

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  2. COMH
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Schwarzer Mignolet

    Vermaelen Baines Evans Caulker Wilkinson

    Walcott Valencia Bale Siggy Ben Arfa

    RVP Rooney Papiss

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    1. सनकी
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      wheres Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson, Perch, Guthrie, Cabaye, Gutierrez, Ba ?

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      1. COMH
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Ask Pardew

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    2. Corrigan
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      If a rival captains a successful Dempsey, you could be looking at a 30 point swing.

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      1. COMH
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        I'm keeping Dempsey. Just messing about with a squad that looks decent.

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  3. King James
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I believe these 40 odd minutes have provided us the answer with the million dollar 3rd striker question.

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    1. Locarno
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Dare I throw Crouch into the mix? Great fixtures.

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      1. King James
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        So this weekend, then.

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    2. Hate that rotation
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      You would think that this would sway me in favour of Cisse but actually its made me more desperate for Ba outscore him.

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    3. ASAP Rocky
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      What do you think about this?

      Im thinking of doing this with my 2 frees. In first place in my mini league.

      Enrique > Cahill
      Moses > Walcott
      Suarez > Cisse (4 point hit)

      Vorm - Krul
      BAE - Cahill - Simpson - Evans - Kelly
      Bale - Dempsey - Walcott - McClean - Valencia
      RVP - Cisse - Rooney 2.0 in the bank.

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      1. सनकी
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Cahill will start next game, but in the long term, risky.

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      2. King James
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Go for it.
        I could go on about Cahill and Walcott cementing their starting spots after this weekend, but I don't feel like. it.

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      3. Manani
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        who will u bench?

        i will have very similar front 7 with u. with suarez nstead of cisse.

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    4. Corrigan
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      I'm building up the coal reserves to get the Chico Train away from the station asap.

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      1. Locarno
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Coal? Where do you live? Bolivia???

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  4. udit
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    Too right it is 🙁 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkhQZNHcxmE

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  5. FORCA INTER
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    i take 4pts hit to get Morrison in 🙁

    oh well at least i get rid of him NOW and get in walcott for next week

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  6. Podge
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    I reckon if they get another 3 Ba will defo get an assist..maybe

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  7. Podolskistan
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    shud i
    Demp > Walcot
    OR
    Silva > walcot

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    1. ASAP Rocky
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      Do you already have Valencia?

      Whats the rest of your MF?

      I would probably do Silva > Walcott

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    2. Tarmo Kink to Leeds united
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      i would rather go for the seccond, silva is just too tired to do much this season. dempsey on the other hand will probably score a few more this season.

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  8. FF Dirtbag
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    This makes me feel ill.

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  9. Corrigan
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Doosra, this is why McAuley is a duff buy!

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    1. Scroobius Mac
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      *Ridgewell

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  10. Podge
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    B for me

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      ok

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    2. सनकी
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      thanks for your thoughts .

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    3. Podge
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      OOps reply fail to Vakaus 😳

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  11. VagnerLove
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Pog -> Cisse this week or next week?

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  12. Bielsa’s bucket
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Okay Cisse, NOW, a perfect result for me would be 2-5

    Ba to get 2 in the second half!

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  13. Locarno
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Another problem from this game is that there doesn't seem to be a way back in for Raylor...

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    1. boc610
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      no, i think its santon thats in trouble, pardew will sacrafice him for raylor....

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    2. Scroobius Mac
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      He'll take LB off Perch I reckon.

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      1. Locarno
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        That's my guess - just hope Pardew's not one of these "don't change a winning team" guys.

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  14. King James
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    FUN FACT: If Newcastle score 13 more goals in the second half then they take the 5th spot from Chelsea. (I am of course assuming the West Brom won't then have time to score any).

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    1. Hate that rotation
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      If those 13 go to Cisse, I wont f*cking be laughing. 🙂

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      1. King James
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        I hope the both the Dembas (Dembaii?) share them then.

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    2. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      very fun

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  15. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Ok halftime petition for hiring a hit man for CIsse 😆 😆 😆

    Any takers?

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    1. सनकी
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      wow brutal, wonder what would you say if he's on your team.

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      1. David Davros
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Ok captain serious, don't worry I think he was joking.

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        1. सनकी
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          wow captain obvious, dont worry i think the person youre replying that too knows it too.

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          1. David Davros
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            Wow captain captain.

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    2. boc610
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      nope, leave him be!.. ba has done sweet FA since ACN and it was mentioned in great detail by scouts the possible effect pappa would have on ba's returns..so anyone who has kept the faith fair play but this was always on the cards...

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Well I was that the loudest sucker speaking don't go Ba he'll have post ACN effects and didn't go for him. And guess what he scored on the first game back and fooled me. I spent a 4 pt hit for a 2pt machine,.

        That is what I call = irony

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  16. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Ah well, Ben Arfa on the bench this week sure makes up for Siggy coming off the banch last week. 🙂

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  17. Reedy
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    This gameweek is seriously taking the pa-piss now!

    Played Bale over Cisse after much deliberation, captained RVP over Rooney after an even lengthier period of soul-searching, and was forced to endure the spectacle of my Liverpool defensive trio conceding twice to Wigan.

    Oh yes, and set to be dumped out of the PP cup by the minute margin of whatever Ba comes up with today.

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  18. Rasping Drive
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I feel sick watching this game. Ba a whisker away from connecting with Barfa's cross and then stumbling onto his face before he was able to collect Barfa's return pass for the third.

    Ba-Ba-Ba-Bollocks!!

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  19. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Woy to give WBA the hair brush treatment at half time.

    The Papiss/HBA thing just blows a massive goat....

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  20. rayray100
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    does this mean that raylor isn't nailed on anymore even when healthy?

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      yes

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  21. Manani
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    ciecess got great fixture afterwards, suarez out for him??

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    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      out thinking about getting walcott, and mcclean out

      for a hit

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  22. Podge
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    The BAchine is broken down, time to buy a Papistol

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  23. Screaming Midget
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    Ba is most certainly out for GW31.

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  24. Mr. Mystic
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    2 Free Transfers:

    Demba Ba -> Rooney
    Jose Enrique -> Cahill
    Silva -> Sigurdsson

    Worth a 4 point hit?!

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    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      certainly is

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  25. mclaren
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    Cisse is doing the business for me today.

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  26. MJ6987
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    From BBC…

    “Krul, Coloccini, S Taylor, Santon, Marveaux, Tioté, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Ba and Papiss = £34.5m. Andy Carroll = £35m”

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    1. सनकी
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      lol, what a bargain the whole NUFC squad that is ..

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    2. David Davros
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      That IS pretty incredible, I'm starting to get a little bored of everything in football being linked back to the price of Torres and/or Carroll though.

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      1. Locarno
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Apologies, Mr Abramovich...

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  27. Captain Shirokov
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    21 from 8 the way this is going 😀

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    1. Screaming Midget
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      I'm not much better.

      I'm starting to feel very bitter, as Rooney(C) will reward a lot of people :-/

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      1. Captain Shirokov
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        RVP (C) here 😀

        :rolls:

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        1. Captain Shirokov
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          Ooops 🙄

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    2. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      14 from 8 with 12(HBA) & 1/2/6(Simpson) on the bench.

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  28. King James
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    What would you call the Newcastle strike pair together ? (both their first names happen to be Demba)
    Would it it be Dembas, or Dembaii, or maybe Demboiosis?

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    1. Reedy
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      13 years, 10 months ago

      A pair of B******s!

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      1. Reedy
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Sorry, gameweek isn't going so well...

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      2. King James
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Calm down there Roy.

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  29. halnone
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    13 years, 10 months ago

    Ba will score hat trick in the second half

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    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 10 months ago

      From your keyboard to Gods screen

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      1. sotothemightygreek
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        That reminds me of a Stephen King story called Word Processor of the Gods. Interesting story.

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  30. MJ6987
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    WBA look disinterested

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