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Saturday Dugout Discussion

21 April 2012 3426 comments
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Gameweek 35 kicks off with a game between third-placed Arsenal and sixth-placed Chelsea. Champions League qualification (and all the money it brings) is at stake, and the Dugout Discussion opens to see how it plays out. The line-ups from the early game have been released, and are as follows…

Arsenal XI: Szczesny, Sagna, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Ramsey, Song, Walcott, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, van Persie.

Chelsea XI: Cech, Bosingwa, Cahill, Terry, Bertrand, Essien, Romeu, Malouda, Sturridge, Torres, Kalou.

From the defeat at the hands of struggling Wigan there are four casualties, with Johan Djourou, Andre Santos, Mikel Areta and Yossi Benayoun all out of the eleven. In comes Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Juggling his priorities, Roberto Di Matteo makes eight (8) changes ahead of the second leg Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. Petr Cech, John Terry and Gary Cahill are the only survivors from the first leg.

After the game at the Emirates we’ve got five 3pm fixtures to enjoy, before the day’s football concludes at Loftus Road for the game between QPR and Tottenham.

The Dugout Discussion chatroom will be open for the entirety of today’s action, and can be accessed right here.

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  1. Bad Pen
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    Well... saved from being an absolute disaster by Verm's CS. It's going to be a bad week.

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    1. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
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      For you 😉

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      1. Bad Pen
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        I'm the only one that matters! 😀

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  2. TorresMagic™
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    Thank you Vermaelan, my ML differential this week. 🙂

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
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      +1

      Cheers Tommy!

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      1. Lovely Jubbly Lions
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        Reckon he'll get 2baps, some brilliant tackles today

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    2. McDog
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      +1 He's racking up the points these days.

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  3. Oldman Unathletic
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    nil-nil quite surprised there was no goals at all

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    1. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
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      Surprisingly many of these kind of matches go scoreless.

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      1. Oldman Unathletic
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        i think its due to the competitiveness and fear of losing such an important match - sometimes it means goals galore and other times it doesn't

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  4. DLL18
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    Now I have to look at Verm 1st sub all weekend.

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    1. McTown
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      true that eh

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  5. udit
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    Yay, RVP (C) and Walcott. Good day of fantasy football 😀

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    1. Bad Pen
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      Indeed, a little shinier because of Verm's CS though.

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    2. McTown
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      dang

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  6. rohan
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    Okay, I'll take the Verm 6... Disappointed as A chelsea fan and a RVP owner..

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    1. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
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      Chelsea soaked up a lot of pressure, you should be happy you didn't lose.

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      1. rohan
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        Ya but then we lose more ground... Gonna be a real tough end to the season

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  7. The Finnisher
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    Good result as a Vermaelen player, Walcott bencher and RVP seller.
    Not so good as an Arsenal fan, so COME ON QPR!!!

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    1. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
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      You can't have been confident as an Arsenal fan with those moves! I still think RVP looks like scoring but tbh Jelavic looks tempting for the double ...

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      1. The Finnisher
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        I do too, he is coming back in after the DGW definitely.

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    2. Mr Smith
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      See you've gone big guns with City, JOA, nice. What you thinking of doing with Baines?

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      1. The Finnisher
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        Hmm I don't know.
        I could play Vermaelen/Caulker/Kelly (if fit) as I want VDV and Jelavic in, I was thinking Cole but avoiding Chelsea now, and I don't see too much returns from Spurs defense vs 2 teams battling relegation

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        1. Mr Smith
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          Tough one alright, i've now got Walcott to deal with as well as Baines.....not a good week, and only 1 game down!

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          1. The Finnisher
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            Walcott > VDV 🙂
            Hopefully we at least get news that Baines will be fit for wol NEW and that Kelly is fit, then all will be well

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    3. Oldman Unathletic
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      nice 1

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  8. crystalpalaceRus
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    Better result for Arsenal but RDM aint that bad, do you think he should become perm manager?

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  9. Menly
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    Verm 3rd sub. Get in!!!!!

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    1. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
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      😆

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    2. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
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      How did he end up there? You got Pele and Diego in your squad?

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  10. The Finnisher
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    10, 15, 6, 0, 6, 6, 8, 6.
    Vermaelen on fire!

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    1. rohan
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      Have had him since the Bolton game at the Reebok 😉

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  11. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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    So happy i sold RVP for Tevez

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    1. The Finnisher
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      I did it too but Tevez could easily be benched or even sent off

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      1. Cheggers
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        Absolutely no chance of Tevez being benched.

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        1. The Finnisher
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          I hope not Cheggars I've got him too, I was just trying to bring Steel Arm back down to earth

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    2. Huckleberry
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      Same here, could end up being the move of the season.

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  12. Sess!
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    Really thought RVP would get back to basics today. Glad I brought Tevez as RVP would have def had the armband if not.

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  13. Nopli
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    Loooll at RVP owners. I ditched him this week after his 30 weeks of loyal service.

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    1. The Finnisher
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      This is coming from an non-RVP owner.

      "You're a f*cking idiot"

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      1. McTown
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        thank you

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      2. Nopli
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        ThankS. Playing a 1 pointer player would have made me smart .??

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    2. udit
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      You're a real gem of a human.

      The knobs these days.
      🙄

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    3. DLL18
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      Nice WUM

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    4. Mr Smith
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      Good choice playing Mata...

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      1. McTown
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        +1

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      2. The Finnisher
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        😀

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  14. Oldman Unathletic
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    if spurs get their act together they can draw level with the gunners due to their 2 games in hand

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    1. Oldman Unathletic
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      big if tho

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  15. The Wizard of Ozil
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    Well played Paddy Power, £20 on RVP anytime 🙁 least Verm got the clean sheet and hoping my Rvp out Cisse(c) in goes to plan

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    1. Oldman Unathletic
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      paddy power have made a killing on the wigan/rvp bets haven't they

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      1. The Wizard of Ozil
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        sure have, i was on both of them to 🙁

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        1. Oldman Unathletic
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          unlucky mate - they looked good on paper

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    2. McDog
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      Did you get on Cisse @3/1 aswell? I'm hoping he can save me.

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      1. The Wizard of Ozil
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        yea done both, surely they cant both not score

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  16. Spoiler
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    hope walcott to hba is the right call

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  17. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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    Sagna fist sub here....

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    1. Matt Sk
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      2nd on here

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  18. Captain Shirokov
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    Baines to Terry this week.

    If you can keep a clean sheet against Barca and Arsenal, you can keep a clean sheet against anyone 😉

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    1. rohan
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      To keep a cleanie you need to be sure of the man's participation in the games... That being said, he'd be my preferred choice as well 😀

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  19. Low-Life
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    Best. 0-0. Ever.

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    1. little_wizard123
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      A rubbish game triples in rubbishness when your players fail miserably!

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  20. Bartowski
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    That Terry Cahill partnership might bode well for the Euros, oh except Terry might not get selected cos he's a big old Suarez and we don't have a manager.. oh sod it.

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  21. TorresMagic™
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    Ideas for baps?

    Kosc 3 possibly, any chance for Verm?

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    1. Piggs Boson
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      Cahill probably.

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    2. Parm
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      Verm will get 2 IMO.

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    3. Djerbil
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      Kosc shot off target..Gibbs should get 3

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      1. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
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        And Kosc had many missed passes

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    4. Demí
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      Szczesny a contender for 3. 100% Passing accuracy in a 0-0

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        For 12 passes?

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        1. Demí
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          Hasn't stopped him before. He's notorious for getting bps in a 0-0

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    5. rohan
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      Szczesny 3 Cahill 2 Verm 1

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  22. Piggs Boson
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    So p*ssed. Played RVP & Walcott, left Cahill 3rd sub. I now have Baines & Walcott to deal with on top of bringing in BAE and Adebayor. An 8pt hit will be needed. B*llocks.

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  23. Matt Sk
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    Any chance of RVP bps?

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    1. Piggs Boson
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      I doubt it, he's missed a lot of shots.

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      1. TorresMagic™
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        3 on 4 off. Unlikely.

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    2. Messi & fabregas
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      no chance

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    3. Locarno
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      Yeah, at least one. The EA judges were probably having a slash when he missed the goal. All seven times.

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    4. Smarty Pants
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      only if the bonus system is broken or hacked

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  24. Locarno
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    Bookies in "we know what we're talking about" shocker... How many thousands of pounds have Paddy Power just won on RVP not scoring???

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    1. Oldman Unathletic
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      quite a few i imagine

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    2. jamsiep
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      They're on a bit of a roll at the moment. Enhanced odds on Arsenal (vs Wigan), Ronaldo scoring vs Bayern, Barça beating Chelsea, now RVP.... Had offer on Cisse too.

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    3. little_wizard123
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      To be fair he could've easily scored, just wasn't his day 🙁

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    4. Viper
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      If Cisse stays off the score sheet they are laughing even harder!

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  25. Djerbil
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    Sagna..Any chance of BAPS??

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    1. NATSTER
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      I think Szczesny and Vermaelen will get some bonus points.. 🙂

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    2. Lord Flashheart
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      No

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  26. Smarty Pants
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    Well, this is just how this season works. When you expect from Chelsea and Arsenal to have a tough game and sell rvp, they play 5:3 and rvp gets 19 points. When you recall that their last game was 5:3 and Chelsea are exhausted after Barca and captain rvp they play 0:0. The story of this season 🙁

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    1. Oldman Unathletic
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      just got to call it like you see it, sometimes you get it right sometimes you don't

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  27. Doctor X
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    Walcott was taken off at 59:58. 2 points there. F*CK 🙁

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    1. Access
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      Fantasy should round it up

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    2. super711
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      people would complain

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    3. MCH
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      Yep sickening!

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  28. Feanor
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    Guess I should have taken out RVP not Rooney to get Aguero in.

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    1. DLL18
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      Me too

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  29. Access
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    What will Walcott get.1 or 3

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    1. King Eric, in America
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      Well, he played 59. Soooo ...

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    2. TorresMagic™
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      1 hopefully unless they can't count.

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  30. RetroGamer - Do a Barrel Ro…
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    Two clean sheets is very annoying for starters. The way Chelsea are playing football atm is very annoying, it's like defend then charge, defend then charge

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