Dugout Discussion
6 May 2012 2464 comments
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It’s the penultimate weekend of the 2011/12 Premier League season, and only Wolves know their fate. Although nothing can be officially decided today, the Dugout Dugout opens for seven games with huge significance at both ends of the table. We start with arguably the biggest game of the day, as Manchester City travel to Newcastle United, with the title and Champions League qualification on the line. Here’s how both sides line-up…

Newcastle XI: Krul, Perch, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Cisse, Ba.

Man City XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany, Clichy, Nasri, Toure Yaya, Barry, Silva, Aguero, Tevez

Unsurprisingly, after two massive wins this week, both sides name unchanged line-ups.

Should City falter at the Sports Direct Arena, then attention and intrigue with turn to Old Trafford to see how the Champions can respond at home to Swansea.

In and amongst those two huge games, there’s five games kicking off at 2pm. They include three of the five sides desperately trying to avoid relegation with Aston Villa facing third-place chasing Spurs, QPR hosting Stoke, and Bolton welcoming the visit of West Brom.

Follow all the action as it unfolds in our Dugout Discussion chatroom, which can be accessed right here.

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  1. DLL18
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Great no Rooney or Valencia involvement šŸ™

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  2. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Scholes goal, Carrick assist. Someone on here was talking about taking a punt on the ginger one

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  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Scholes

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  4. Cruicky
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Scholes 1-0.

    It's on.

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    1. halnone
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      what's on?

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  5. ā˜…A-O-Chamberlainā˜… COYG …
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Lovely wee goal

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  6. MCH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Scholes only scores crackers!! Love Scholes reaction!

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  7. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Lol, Carrick to Scoles..... not many points there šŸ™‚

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    1. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      My Rival has had Scholes in for a few weeks, wasn't a pleasant sight to see it going in.

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  8. Nopli
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    13 years, 7 months ago

    PAULLLLLLL

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  9. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    What a very odd goal

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    1. Balotellitubbies
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      šŸ˜† casual

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  10. beric
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Carrick you stole my 3 points

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    1. beric
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      No, Scholes did

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  11. PlayPercentage
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Just got in. Delighted that Yaya has notched a couple of goals, to go with his customary yellow card.

    Was VDV not on penalties today? Any chance of a BP for him?

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  12. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Scholes you ginger tw*t...stole my Valencia assist šŸ™

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    1. Mr Smith
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      +3

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    2. F is for
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      13 years, 7 months ago

      +12.5% of FPL players!!

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  13. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Young has been poor so far

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    1. F is for
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      His dribbling is looking great, but his end product has been quite awful.

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  14. mclaren
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Will we get a Young penalty today? I hope so for Rooney's sake.

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Rooney's rubbish at taking pens though. I never have any confidence in him converting as I've been burnt so many times before (usually with him captain to boot)

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  15. The Bandit
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    13 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone looking at RVP to Aguero? 😐

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    1. Colonel Shoe č‚ę± 
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      thinkin cisse to aggy at the mo, but not sure

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    2. Le Bluff
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Yup. Either RVP or Rooney.

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    3. David Davros
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Just done RVP to Tevez, going into the final day with Tevez, Aguero, Silva.

      Realistically QPR are going to need to attack, I see goals in that game. If it's to win the title I fancy City to nail them.

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  16. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    That was a pen!

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Young's reputation getting the better of him.

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      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        +1

        replay shows that it was indeed a pen

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        1. beric
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          He doesn't need to fall over like that. He's a cheat.

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          1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 7 months ago

            He is a cheat, and I have no love for either him nor his team. He was still fouled there however.

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            1. beric
              • 13 Years
              13 years, 7 months ago

              Fair enough šŸ˜†

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    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Cry wolf.....

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  17. halnone
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    13 years, 7 months ago

    young training for olympics again

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    1. MCH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Do they have having your legs kicked as an Olympic event now?

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      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        šŸ˜†

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      2. halnone
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        no but they do have diving competitions

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        1. MCH
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          Are you listening on the radio or something? Only way you can think that is a dive.

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          1. halnone
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 7 months ago

            I thought I was watching olympic training but then Swansea reminded me it's a game of football.

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  18. udit
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    13 years, 7 months ago

    Oh FFS Hernandez, two clear chances missed now.

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  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    A young is a disgrace

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      He has always been a cheat... Did it in his Villa days too...

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    2. halnone
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      +1000

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    3. MCH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Bit harsh.

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    4. In Like Flynn.
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Haha I agree šŸ˜‰

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  20. PlayPercentage
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Any BPs for Jelavic or his Everton team mates?

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      defenders maybe

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    2. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Good chance

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  21. RevsFC
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    "Arsenal have not had a penalty at the Emirates this season"

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      *in the PL

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      1. RevsFC
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        that's splitting hairs. It's still a crazy stat.

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        1. Mílanista
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          It certainly is. Especially the way they play. That RVP(c) didn't get a deserved pen yesterday is most annoying.

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    2. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Should have got one yesterday

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      1. RevsFC
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        which is why i bring it up.

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      2. Balotellitubbies
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        Not just yesterday.

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  22. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Not too sure about Man City attacking coverage for next gw. Surely QPR are going to park the bus? Needing only 1pt and all that.

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Valid point. But I'm not sure they'll be capable of keeping out City nonetheless

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    2. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      They don't know how to, that's the thing...

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    3. QPR Lad 92
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Yeh we will, I reckon we can get a draw there

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      1. De_Roiste
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        How many draws have you gotten at home this season?

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      2. Crouch Potato!
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        We will win no probs šŸ™‚

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        1. QPR Lad 92
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          Hehe

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        2. udit
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          +1 Come on you R'ssss

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    4. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Torres scored a hat trick against them, Torres!

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      1. QPR Lad 92
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        We were feeling sorry for him

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  23. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    How do I use my final FT on this team?

    Cech
    Vermaelen / Walker / Hibbert
    VDV / Bale / Mata / Moses
    RVP / Aguero / Jelavic

    Mignolet / Dempsey / Caulker / Evans

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  24. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Bale likely to play LB next week has messed up my plans.... would you sell him or Dempsey?

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    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Nelsen LB?

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    2. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Making me considering selling too.

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  25. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    With Rose suspended will Bale now have to play LB?

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    1. Just Ruud
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      yes, time to get yaya or silva ...or VDV šŸ˜‰

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  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Rooney assist??

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    1. Old Schoolᓼˢ “disa…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Yep

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  27. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Young goal, Rooney assist

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  28. McDog
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Young goal
    Rooney assist

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  29. udit
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Younggggg Beauty.

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    1. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Nerve racking day for us.

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      1. udit
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        Ah, yes. Thank god for Cisse!

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  30. F is for
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    13 years, 7 months ago

    Young Goal, Assist very unclear though.

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    1. MCH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      One of those ones where no one should get it but the weird rules mean Rooney does.

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