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Raya Martin

Ajer
Muharemovic
Konsa Ngoyo

Gibbs-White
Tavernier
Schade
Palmer

Calvert-Lewin
Haaland
João Pedro

Penders
Murillo
Thomas
Rudoni

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
No Change	Kinsky	TOT	C, Vs
Up	Trafford	LEE	B
Down	Pickford	EVE	B
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	A

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 1:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Calafiori	ARS	B
No Change	Konsa Ngoyo	ARS	B
Up	Muharemovic	LEE	B
No Change	De Cuyper	BHA	A, OoP
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
Up	van Hecke	TOT	B, Vs
Up	António Silva	BOU	B, Vs
Down	Lewis Hall	NEW	B
Down	Gvardiol	MCI	B, Rest
No Change	Williams	NFO	C
No Change	Lacroix	CHE	C
No Change	Thomas	COV	B, Vs, £
No Change	Affengruber	FUL	B

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 1:57am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B
No Change	Rogers	CHE	B
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, Vs
No Change	Groß	BHA	A
No Change	Mbeumo	MUN	B
Down	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	C
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B
Up	Odegaard	ARS	C
No Change	Schade	BRE	A
Down	Barnes	NEW	B
Down	King	FUL	C
Up	Rudoni	COV	B, Vs, £
No Change	Le Fée	SUN	C

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 2:08am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Isak	LIV	A
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Up	Jackson	AVL	B
Down	Thiago	BRE	B, Sus
Up	Evanilson	BOU	A, Vs
No Change	Barry	EVE	B
Down	Gonzalo García	FUL	C

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 2:16am

Date	Player	Team	Price
23/10	B.Fernandes	MUN	11.7m
23/10	Cash	AVL	4.3m
23/10	Emersonn	IPS	5.5m
23/10	Evanilson	BOU	6.2m
23/10	Fernandes	TOT	5.6m
23/10	Gusto	CHE	4.8m
23/10	Isidor	SUN	5.4m
23/10	James	CHE	5.2m
23/10	Johnson	EVE	5.8m
23/10	Kinsky	TOT	4.4m
23/10	Kostoulas	BHA	5.8m
23/10	Leoni	LIV	3.9m
23/10	Neto	CHE	6.6m
23/10	Quenda	CHE	5.2m
23/10	Raya	ARS	6.2m
23/10	Robertson	TOT	4.3m
23/10	Saka	ARS	9.5m
23/10	Scherpen	IPS	4.4m
23/10	Semenyo	MCI	8.2m
23/10	Shaw	MUN	4.2m
23/10	Talbi	SUN	5.2m
23/10	Tavernier	BOU	6.3m
23/10	Tosin	TOT	4.3m
22/10	Ampadu	LEE	5.3m
22/10	Maguire	MUN	4.7m
22/10	Mbeumo	MUN	7.9m
22/10	Palmer	CHE	9.8m
21/10	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	6.1m
21/10	Palacios	FUL	5.3m
20/10	Endo	LIV	4.8m
20/10	Gyökeres	ARS	7.0m
20/10	Hudson-Odoi	NFO	5.7m
20/10	Hughes	CRY	4.3m
20/10	Jacquet	LIV	5.1m
20/10	Muniz	FUL	5.3m
20/10	Nmecha	LEE	5.3m
20/10	Ruggeri	AVL	4.4m
19/10	Alcaraz	EVE	4.8m
19/10	De Cuyper	BHA	5.3m
19/10	Doku	MCI	7.5m
19/10	Grimes	COV	4.8m
19/10	Groß	BHA	6.2m
19/10	Onyeka	COV	4.8m
19/10	Rogers	CHE	8.0m
19/10	Stroud	HUL	4.9m
19/10	Welbeck	CHE	5.8m
19/10	Wieffer	BHA	4.8m
18/10	Braithwaite	MCI	3.9m
18/10	Gibbs-White	NFO	7.9m
18/10	J.Cuenca	FUL	4.4m
18/10	João Pedro	CHE	7.9m
18/10	Keane	EVE	4.7m
18/10	Nketiah	CRY	5.4m
18/10	Norton-Cuffy	HUL	3.9m
18/10	Samba	MCI	4.4m
18/10	Tavernier	BOU	6.2m
18/10	Virgil	LIV	6.4m
18/10	Wissa	NEW	6.1m
18/10	Wood	NFO	5.7m
18/10	Zubimendi	ARS	5.2m
17/10	Aina	NFO	4.3m
17/10	Bentancur	TOT	5.4m
17/10	Calafiori	ARS	6.0m
17/10	Cherki	MCI	8.0m
17/10	Diop	IPS	3.9m
17/10	Khusanov	MCI	5.3m
17/10	Manzambi	AVL	6.0m
17/10	Robinson	FUL	4.4m
17/10	Tel	TOT	5.6m
17/10	Touré	NEW	5.7m
16/10	Alysson	AVL	4.9m
16/10	B.Fernandes	MUN	11.8m
16/10	Damsgaard	BRE	5.3m
16/10	De Cuyper	BHA	5.2m
16/10	Delap	NFO	5.5m
16/10	Elanga	NEW	6.0m
16/10	Evanilson	BOU	6.1m
16/10	Frimpong	LIV	5.2m
16/10	Groß	BHA	6.1m
16/10	Haaland	MCI	15.7m

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Bench or start Gross and De Cuyper?

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Dugout Discussion – Community Shield

12 August 2012 2794 comments

Mark

We’re back. As the Olympic flame begins to flicker, the football season crunches through the gears to take up the pace. Today’s Community Shield is the official curtain raiser and offers up a Man City vs Chelsea clash that will surely whet the appetite for the feast to come.

The first Dugout Discussion post of the season is here, then, with our Chatroom also open for those who fancy some real-time exchanges.

The team news from Villa Park goes a lot like this…

Chelsea are without one of their new midfield signings, as Marko Marin continues to nurse a hamstring which threatens to derail his double Gameweek prospects. Without the option of Marin, Roberto Di Matteo looks to be going with a 4-3-3, which could similarly shift to pack the midfield with a 4-5-1. Significantly, Juan Mata starts along with Eden Hazard: the Spaniard looks to be playing on the right of compatriot Fernando Torres, with Hazard given the left flank role. Mikel holds a midfield start, with Frank Lampard and Ramires alongside him. John Terry skippers the side in a familiar back four which has Branislav Ivanovic in the right-back role and David Luiz given the nod over Gary Cahill who sits on the bench.

City are without both Gareth Barry and Micah Richards through injury, while reports of a back problem for Joe Hart are confirmed as Costel Pantilimon starts in goal. Ahead of him it looks like a familiar 4-4-2, although there is talk of Roberto Mancini lining up in the 3-5-2 that he’s used throughout the pre-season. Stefan Savic is given the nod alongside Vincent Kompany who recovers from a knock to start: Lescott is presumably being preserved for next weekend. Pablo Zabaleta and, interestingly, Aleksandar Kolarov both get starts, with Clichy benched. It could be we see Zabaleta employed as a defensive three, with Kolarov and James Milner used as wing-backs. David Silva is kept on the bench after his Euro 2012 campaign and, with Barry also absent, Nigel De Jong gets the nod alongside Yaya Toure. Carlos Tevez will be expected to provide the support for Sergio Aguero up front; Mario Balotelli is out of the equation through conjunctivitis, apparently.

Let’s hope the match is a sight for his sore eyes. Enjoy the game.

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Hooper is a Bull.

14 years, 2 months ago
Ezekiel Bandwagon
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1. Hooper is a Bull.
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  *Dzeko
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  1. Somalion
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    Edin?
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little_wizard123

14 years, 2 months ago
How is Ramires not being shown the yellow!?
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1. Kanus hat trick
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Should've been but it's a friendly
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Corrigan

14 years, 2 months ago
Good work, Kun! Throw 'em off the scent! 😉
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potatoace

14 years, 2 months ago
so many body checks in this game.
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afcblegend

14 years, 2 months ago
Ramires should be sent off there, cop out
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Kanus hat trick

14 years, 2 months ago
Dirty Chelsea
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Mid-Table Obscurity

14 years, 2 months ago
didnt realise dzeko was so slow
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THE Wild Rover

14 years, 2 months ago
As a Tevez owner I really needed that Aguero goal.. 🙁
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1. Gilbo88
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Definitely
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potatoace

14 years, 2 months ago
so many body checks in this game ,
its like watching rollerball
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Hooper is a Bull.

14 years, 2 months ago
Milner has got to the bye line so many times, surely worth a punt?
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LMNO

14 years, 2 months ago
Thats half the Chelsea team on yellows
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1. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Daft.
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Famous Mike

14 years, 2 months ago
cech, (jaask)
lescott, R.Ferdinand, Hughes, (Simpson), (Demel)
Bale, Yaya, Noble, N'Zogbia, (Pienaar)
Torres (c), Aguero, Graham

0 in bank.

Thoughts?
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1. Batten Corrigan
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  midfield same as mine so i like it - need more united coverage than rio though
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2. Chinchinnati
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Really like it!
  
  If Debuchy doesn't sign for Newcastle, like Simpson (I currently have Santon)
  
  Cech give you Chelsk coverage, Rio is a brave differential, but I like it, same with N'Zog (I am very tempted, but went Larsson instead as he has free kicks/pens)
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THE Wild Rover

14 years, 2 months ago
Chelsea should be down to 8 men now....
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Valar(Keith)

14 years, 2 months ago
Yaya playin more attacking since Silva came on. How's that possible?
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1. The Finnisher
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  He played more attacking when Chelsea went down to 10 men and where forced backward.
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  1. Valar(Keith)
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    that too 🙂
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Evs

14 years, 2 months ago
My man of the match...

James Milner.
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1. @ImpressiveTackl
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  +1
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2. Mid-Table Obscurity
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  he was impressive
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Hybrid.power

14 years, 2 months ago
Putting your hands up after you've blatantly fouled someone is like saying 'no offense' before a horrible insult. It really doesn't make a difference!
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Billy Gilmore

14 years, 2 months ago
Should be down to 9 men!
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FC Tinker

14 years, 2 months ago
Is Tevez playing in the Argentina friendly?
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1. blue cheese
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  No.
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  1. DropPointsNotBombs
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    Just another of the hundreds of reasons to pick him over Aguero
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2. Evs
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Is aguero?
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  1. Billy Gilmore
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    I believe so yes.
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Fernando Torres

14 years, 2 months ago
Chelsea mids are now out of Hazard and Mata which would you pick?
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1. blue cheese
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Mata.
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2. Billy Gilmore
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Mata
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  1. Fernando Torres
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    You think Mata will start both games?
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    1. Billy Gilmore
      
      14 years, 2 months ago
      It doesn't mata. He'll do better in 1 game than Hazard will in 2. Hazard looked absolutely dreadful today.
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      1. blue cheese
        
        14 years, 2 months ago
        +1. It's not about starts for Mata. He makes the minutes count.
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3. Title20
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  ramires
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cuterandy

14 years, 2 months ago
Finally decided my strike force
Torres/Graham/Suarez
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1. Cymro
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Suarez GW6 for me
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  1. gledy
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    GW39 for me
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2. Podge
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Best of luck
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OPTA FPL

14 years, 2 months ago
just come back home, how does Torres play this game? can trust him for DGW? and Hazard?
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1. blue cheese
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Hazard - 😆
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  1. Billy Gilmore
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    This.
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  2. OPTA FPL
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    why LOL??
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    1. blue cheese
      
      14 years, 2 months ago
      He was very poor.
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      1. Billy Gilmore
        
        14 years, 2 months ago
        That's an understatement. £32m my arse!
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2. Somalion
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Torres very good, Hazard awful.
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3. Kanus hat trick
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Torres looked decent, Hazard looks like a lightweight showpony. Ronaldo circa 2003/4
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  1. OPTA FPL
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    boom Hazard 🙂
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jas5sk - Youtube channel

14 years, 2 months ago
Nasri's trophy count continues to embarrass Arsenal 🙁
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1. @ImpressiveTackl
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  2 now is it? 1 and a half really. I bet they're raging. 🙄
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2. Barnsley FC
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Nasri continues to embarass humanity
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VougieDipond

14 years, 2 months ago
Any Liverpool fans know if Sterling is a serious contender to start games? ahead of downing maybe?
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1. Cymro
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  He won't start.
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2. Somalion
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  If they had sense they'd have him ahead of Downing.
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3. Davido989
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  His been outstanding. He'll get some gametime off of him tbh.
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Derailed Bandwagon

14 years, 2 months ago
Which one guys? Im struggling!

A) N Zogbia, Aguero, Petric
OR
B) Michu, Tevez, Bent

Thanks
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1. boomfizzle
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  I like both, probably prefer B though - reckon Bent will do well.
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  1. Derailed Bandwagon
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    Thanks
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Baines on Toast...

14 years, 2 months ago
Still tempted by Aguero, 36% ownership could hurt very quickly.
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HappyAnkit

14 years, 2 months ago
Yes!
We are the Community Shield Winners!!!!!!!!!!!!
Name change coming up.
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1. Mílanista
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Good grief
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2. Sean
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  You won the community shield?Someone notify the president.
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som3awy

14 years, 2 months ago
Why didn't lescott start?
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1. blue cheese
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  Lescott is presumably being preserved for next weekend.
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  1. HappyAnkit
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    Nitin, If you did get my email where I said that I won't participate in Ffs Uefa Euro comp., ignore it as it was meant to be a joke.
    Sorry if I hurt you. 🙁
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2. gledy
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  not sure, but i'm really starting to hate city defense - fantasy wise
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LaLaLand

14 years, 2 months ago
which 4m defenders from the most nailed on from the 3 promoted teams and norwich lads?

also are maloney and guthrie nailed on?
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1. Title20
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  clyne and demel
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2. gledy
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  fonte and mccartney
  
  yes and yes
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blivy

14 years, 2 months ago
Friedel Jussi
Lescott Cole Kaboul Cuellar Demel
Bale Michu Tarrabt Maloney Pienaar
Aguero Torres Graham
+2mill
Or
DDG Jussi
Lescott Cole Kaboul Cuellar Demel
Bale Sinclair Noble Maloney Pienaar
Aguero Torres Graham
+2mill
Or
Friedel Jussi
Lescott Cole Kaboul Cuellar Demel
Bale Michu Hazard Tarrabt Pienaar
Tevez Torres Graham
+0mill
????
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1. Yossi
  
  14 years, 2 months ago
  tl dr
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  1. The Mousa is Loosa
    
    14 years, 2 months ago
    +1
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OPTA FPL

14 years, 2 months ago
How about Lampard Nitin?
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