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. BootlegRascal
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Santon will be in my team next season come week 1.

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

      He hasn't played a lot lately. Wonder why..

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

    Young missing a sitter!!

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

      Didnt it bounce away from him?

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      1. Bøwstring The Carp
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        Yea just got nicked away

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

        Dyer got a touch.

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  3. floydy_floyd
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    13 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone seen much of Shinji Kagawa?? Good enough for man yoo??

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

      anyone will be good enough for manu

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

    so close to a rooney assist

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

    Ffs Rooney. SHOOT!

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

    I don't care what his scoring record looks like, Rooney's general play has been poor.

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  7. crystalpalaceRus
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Rooney is so frustrating to watch sometimes

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  8. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    What's everyone on may I ask? 42 here with Rooney & Valencia still going......

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

      42 with Roon+Val+Moses

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

      40(-4) with Moses and Terry to go. Apart from RVP and Clint I've got nothing.

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

      60 with Roon & Terry.

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    4. CABAYE4
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      51 (-4) with Rooney, Valencia, Caulker still playing and Moses to come. Hopeful of 10+ BP's as well.

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

    Yellow for Rooney please

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

      NO!!

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

        YES!!!

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  10. Mr Sarcastic
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    So tinkering starts...who's out of my front three?
    a) rooney
    b) rvp
    c) jelavic +4 points

    I think you now who's coming in.....

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

      Rooney

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

      I'm personally doing Pig->Aguero

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

      Rooney. Aguero in I take it?

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

        correct sir!

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  11. For Fuchs Sake
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    13 years, 7 months ago

    Likelihood of 3 bps for Dempsey?

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

      Nah..Dembele 3, Demps 2..

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      1. For Fuchs Sake
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        2 would do 🙂

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    2. Gaz Downright
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      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      likelihood of 3 baps...

      have you seen total recall?

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  12. gers23
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    What do ppl think is an uncatchable lead in the last week? Realisticly

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

      25 points

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    2. F is for
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      13 years, 7 months ago

      I think 40+ is fine as long as your careful on your captain selection.

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    3. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Anything above 50 should suffice

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

        30 would be enough though

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    4. For Fuchs Sake
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      30

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    5. floydy_floyd
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      40

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

      Depends how many differences there are between your teams.

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

    Hernandez wasting a perfect Valencia assist!

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

    Come on Rooney... I promise I won't call you a pig again

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      +42. 😉

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  15. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    That Hernandez has gone backwards.

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

      Hasn't played enough. Low confidence. Welbeck has come on a lot.

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

      He's been wrapped in cotton wool this year due to his head injury - had a similar thing in Mexico. he will be back next season

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  16. UKG
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Arrrrgghhhh Hernandez captain this is agony. Accepting its not going to happen today now lol

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

      Ur own fault he's poor

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  17. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Blimey.

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  18. Gravless wonder
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Remember when Jones was being compared to Baresi and Desailly..

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

      😆

      A moderately talented English youngster being hyped as the second coming of Christ? Well, I for one am flabbergasted!

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    2. CABAYE4
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      That was absolutely ridiculous!

      People suggesting he should be first choice for Man U and England was bad enough.

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

      Yeah that was funny...

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      1. Gravless wonder
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        What made it worse was that Capello said it...the England job must have been hard on him

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

      Thats future England Captain Phil Jones

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    5. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      I seem to remember him being compared to Bobby Moore and Duncan Edwards.
      People must have thought he looks like them?

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

    Valencia has been so unlucky on the points day.

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  20. Djerbil
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Graham actually missed it..LOL

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  21. The EJJ
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Just back from the Fulham game. What are the baps predictions?

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    1. For Fuchs Sake
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      you should know, you were there. Few would've that game here

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

      Dembele 3
      Dempsey 2
      Bardsley 1(not sure)

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  22. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Think I might keep Sigurdsson for the Liverpool match.. looks tasty still

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    1. For Fuchs Sake
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      and Liverpool look awful, so makes sense

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

      At home against a mid table team, of course you should!

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      1. For Fuchs Sake
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        Like

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

      +1.89

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  23. sotothemightygreek
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Should be about 5-1 now.

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  24. crystalpalaceRus
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Did anyone do prem fantasy in 2005 when Johnson(palace) was 2nd highest scorer?

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

      Yep.. I missed the boat on that one back then too! Kept thinking that there was no way he could continue like that! I have a habit of missing boats and bandwagons!

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

    Wonder why fervid has never played Young, Nani and TonyV as a three supporting Rooney.. I'd like to see it right now in fact!

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  26. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
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    13 years, 7 months ago

    Swansea fans singing Mancini's name! 🙂 Good stuffs, lads, rub it in to those glory hunting twats!

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

      And you support Pork Pie?

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  27. zoltar74
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    If the Swans are going to score then please let Caulker be involved somehow.... Anyhow...

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

    Old man fergie gone lost his mind

    Get jones, carrick and Hernandez off and get nani, giggs and berbatov on

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

      Carrick? Are you mad? One of Utd's most consistent performers. I never understand the criticism he gets.

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    2. zoltar74
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Do not understand why Nani didnt start, or been subd on by now.. Gota throw the kitchen sink at it now...

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  29. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Interesting point from BBC Live Text:

    Andy Sarratt on Twitter: "I tell you what the three goals City scored in injury time at Old Trafford are looking massive right now."

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

      He's just repeating what others have said. I read that exact comment in the paper this morning.

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    2. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Not as interesting as:

      "Those 2 goals that ManUnited conceded vs Everton are looking massive right now!"

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  30. shegull
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Vorm penalty save from rooney would save my losing ml battle. Come on!

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