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22 August 2012 2492 comments
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The first gameweek of the season concludes tonight at Stamford Bridge, as Chelsea look to take an early lead at the top of the Premier League with victory over Reading. Their commitments in next week’s Super Cup brought this fixture forward, and the Dugout Discussion opens in anticipation of delightful double-gameweek points.

The team news for tonight’s encounter is in, and the sides will line-up as follows…

Chelsea XI: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Lampard, Ramires, Mikel, Mata, Hazard, Torres.

Reading XI: Federici, Gunter, Pearce, Leigertwood, Harte, Karacan, McAnuff, Guthrie, Gorkss, Pogrebnyak, McCleary.

Both teams make two changes from their opening day line-ups. For the hosts, Ramires has recovered from the illness that kept him out at Wigan, with Ryan Bertrand making way, and Gary Cahill replaces the injured David Luiz. Reading replace Hal Robson-Kanu and Adam Le Fondre with Jem Karacan and Garath McCleary.

Enjoy the action as it happens in our Dugout Discussion chatroom, which can be accessed right here.

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  1. Sean
    14 years, 2 months ago

    So,how many people lost their h2h because of ivanovic?

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    1. tw
      14 years, 2 months ago

      i won mine because of it! 😀

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  2. Gnubuntu
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Federichi hype = Dead.
    Ram hype = Dead.

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    1. Specialist
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Please don't be quick to judge Federici. You'll have to go a long way back to find 2 game-changing mistakes that. He'll be good.

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      1. Timmy Cahill Rules
        14 years, 2 months ago

        + 1

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    2. Call Me Old Fashioned
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Got both and Torres

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  3. k
    14 years, 2 months ago

    should i get rid of torres for a hit

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    1. Kanus hat trick
      14 years, 2 months ago

      No

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    2. Moose™
      14 years, 2 months ago

      im keeping. faith! =)

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    3. happy
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Keep this week

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  4. afcblegend
    14 years, 2 months ago

    to top it off, I put a tenner on chelsea to win when they were 2-1 down. boom.

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  5. simplysuarez
    14 years, 2 months ago

    108 points pre bonus, not mad I must say!!

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    1. hillbillypete
      14 years, 2 months ago

      pretty average

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    2. Simon69
      14 years, 2 months ago

      That's not what your link says

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      1. happy
        14 years, 2 months ago

        I see 108 on his link

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  6. ADucksBehind
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Would have had 105 points this week except for a last minute Hazard(C) to Mata(C) change
    Damn peer pressure

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  7. McTown
    14 years, 2 months ago

    torres to rooney done, hoping he delivers the goods

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    1. Kanus hat trick
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Torres will score 2 more offside goals against the Toon. If its a FT that's a not a bad move TBF but Torrres still has a good chance of scoring

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      1. McTown
        14 years, 2 months ago

        yeah it was a free

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    2. Munsoned
      14 years, 2 months ago

      delivers the baked goods, instead of eating them

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  8. Ginkapo FPL
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Hazard might in fact not be so incompitant as we all thought........

    ps Danny Guthrie flipping scored the twat

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    1. McTown
      14 years, 2 months ago

      i benched him for some reason lol

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      1. Ginkapo FPL
        14 years, 2 months ago

        What was the point in owning him then?

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        1. McTown
          14 years, 2 months ago

          who knows...

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    2. dribbler
      14 years, 2 months ago

      speak for yourself Gink

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      1. Ginkapo FPL
        14 years, 2 months ago

        He tripped over the ball in the charity shield, trust me it wasnt just me

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    3. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah that was gas with guthrie scoring. he only averages one in ten!
      I transferred him out for Michu earlier this week too! It was either him or mata. Should have been Mata!

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  9. Cheeseoid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    14 years, 2 months ago

    99 points so far. What a start!

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  10. tw
    14 years, 2 months ago

    was pissed that hazard gave up my torres assist until I realized he set up an ivanovic goal!! :D.
    that goal puts me 1pt ahead of yossi pre-bonus and i've got torres ivanovic vs his terry mata

    on another note, kinda pissed i let people on here talk me out of hazard and instead got mata. my fault though cuz at the end of the day its your team not anyone else's. hopefully i'll learn from that

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    1. McTown
      14 years, 2 months ago

      eh. start of this year i said ignore most advice on here, as my instincts are often better. but all well i learn one day....

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      1. dribbler
        14 years, 2 months ago

        everythings a gamble of course but I would say you need to learn which posters to trust

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    2. SC not pearls before swine
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah, Mata over Hazard stings for me too. I can't blame anybody else though I probably switched them back and forth a dozen times in the week before the season started.

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    3. COMH
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Haha I was thinking the same. At first I thought Torres bombed forward to get on the end of it then I was gutted it wasn't him only to realise that Ivanovic was being a boss again 🙂

      I went for Lamps as he was in the middle of the Mata/Hazard debate. Definitely turned out that way.

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  11. shegull
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Am I the only one not convinced of Hazard and wait and see? Still planning to save my transfer and make the decisions after next gw. Anyone with me?

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    1. shegull
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I mean this was gw 1, DGW and vs Wigan and Reading...

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    2. AriseSirGiggsy
      14 years, 2 months ago

      5 assists out of 6 team goals in 2 games seems a pretty good demonstration to me
      But can't justify putting in until after the blank GW3

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    3. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I agree he has not played any tough teams yet. But if he does well against Newcastle. I will be getting him in gw 4.

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  12. BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Mata out for a hit?

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    1. Specialist
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Obviously depends who for, but I'll say no.

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      1. BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…
        14 years, 2 months ago

        Bale seems the obvious choice, maybe Valencia (already got Kagawa)?

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        1. Specialist
          14 years, 2 months ago

          Well Bale could come off I suppose, but a hit's always a risk. Uncertainty with Bale especially with the AVB factor at Spurs..

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    2. super zlatan
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Depends who for..

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  13. AriseSirGiggsy
    14 years, 2 months ago

    80+ very good
    70+ good
    60+ fair
    50+ poor

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    1. Chazza
      14 years, 2 months ago

      How about 50-? 😆

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  14. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
    14 years, 2 months ago

    How much do you think Hazard will rise by the weekend?

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    1. Munsoned
      14 years, 2 months ago

      should be 0, but can't trust stupid people

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    2. Captain Shirokov
      14 years, 2 months ago

      .1 or .2

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    3. wormface
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 2 months ago

      .2 id say, im gonn shift mata for him , no gw 3 , worth it

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  15. Mak_Gold
    14 years, 2 months ago

    So A) Torres -> Rooney or B) Mata -> Hazard?

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    1. little_wizard123
      14 years, 2 months ago

      A, obviously.

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    2. Call Me Old Fashioned
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Dont be doing things like B when they have a blank soon

      A all the way

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    3. Gnubuntu
      14 years, 2 months ago

      B

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    4. McTown
      14 years, 2 months ago

      i did A, B kinda seems pointlesss

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      1. Mak_Gold
        14 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers guys.

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  16. BootlegRascal
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Torres to RVP is the big question. Is it worth a hit? Torres is freaking useless but with that midfield behind him I couldn't bet against it.

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  17. COMH
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Lampard owners. Stick or climb aboard the Dukes of Hazard?

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    1. Timmy Cahill Rules
      14 years, 2 months ago

      sell

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    2. AriseSirGiggsy
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Climb

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    3. Evs
      • Has Moderation Rights
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I'm sticking Count.

      Still had 2 goals in 2 games.

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    4. super zlatan
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I'm keeping for the moment. 2 goals in 2 games ain't bad.

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    5. Captain Shirokov
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Stick then sell after GW3.

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    6. mufc802
      14 years, 2 months ago

      sidestep

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    7. Specialist
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Not yet for me. Stick for another gw then get a non-chelsea player in is the plan.

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    8. Ivor
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Stick, for now at least. After the blank I think it will be Eden time.

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    9. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Selling Lampard, but keeping Hazard 8)

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    10. Hi I'm Jose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Thinking about the same question..

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    11. COMH
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks lads

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  18. mufc802
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Chelsea 27 shots, 7 on target. Mata had loads off target but didn't expect 27

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    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      14 years, 2 months ago

      aye at least theyre creatin chances to shoot

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  19. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    14 years, 2 months ago

    the worst thing is to imagine the permutations of what might have been

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  20. J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    14 years, 2 months ago

    Just checked the stats... Torres did well, goal aside. Mata had a stinker. I was all set to ditch Torres for rvp, but thinking mata out for .......?.....(bale/kagawa maybe)

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    1. Pinoche
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Cazorla is your man..

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    2. tw
      14 years, 2 months ago

      bale

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  21. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Hazard or Silva?

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  22. Evs
    • Has Moderation Rights
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Cant wait until Saturday for the return of . . .

    MeeeeeeeeeeSHOOOOOOOOOOOOOE 😉 !

    (hazard my ars*, let's roll out the big guns)

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    1. Gamoriola of the Galaxy (Eu…
      14 years, 2 months ago

      What are you on about, some kind of Chinese pork dish? 😉

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  23. Arsene30
    14 years, 2 months ago

    what do you reckon adebayor will play this Saturday???

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    1. Viper
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I personally think he will.. He doesn't exactly need a bedding in period

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    2. Kanus hat trick
      14 years, 2 months ago

      the banjo on a cows backside

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  24. Neddy55
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Still, Hazard against Newcastle, eh? Phhwooar, eh? Eh?

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  25. Neddy55
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Could I stand in the way of the Hazard stampede, a la Mufasa in the Lion King, and point out that Chelsea won't be playing in 2 GW's time. That is all.

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  26. Alton E.
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Where are all the RMWCT's???

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  27. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Poor managerial decision from McDermott, bringing on two strikers at 2-2...

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    1. Specialist
      14 years, 2 months ago

      He always goes for the win when we're drawing. And fair play to him, in my opinion.

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  28. Viper
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Pretty stuck with the captaincy this week. I own no Utd and only have VDV from Spurs (could be benched).

    Think it just might have to be Graham or most likely Michu (Which I am not best pleased about)

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    1. super zlatan
      14 years, 2 months ago

      I'm in the same position viper. I could do Torres to Rooney for a hit but not sure. Considering bale for (c)

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      1. Viper
        14 years, 2 months ago

        If I had Bale I would go with him. Tbh I thought VDV would start upfront just behind Defoe on saturday & i'm stuck with him now!

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  29. Captain Shirokov
    14 years, 2 months ago

    Lads are there any highlights of the match on tv tonight?

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    1. Specialist
      14 years, 2 months ago

      Sky Sports have them in about 15 minutes I believe.

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  30. ManUFan
    14 years, 2 months ago

    i think a lot will be wildcarding now

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