[sbu_large_image] Dugout Discussion
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. Optimus.
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    rvp to pog for a hit?

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  2. blue cheese
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Brilliant header by Pog!

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  3. Baby Face Nelson
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Brilliant. No clean sheet. 😀

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  4. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Whoooppp!!! 😀

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  5. Granville
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    What a fab header there

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    1. LMNO
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      13 years, 6 months ago

      some goal!

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  6. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Son of a swine!! Great header though.

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  7. Qubit
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Come one Torres, now is the time.

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  8. Munsoned
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    pog! i told yous!

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  9. Twelve years a slave
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Right ivan , you gone

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  10. LMNO
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    haha

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  11. Jimrod™
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Ooh, my free Sky £5 bet (should be £10 but shows up as £5?!) is looking good – Chelsea 3-1 Reading with Lamps first to score – £225 return… Come on Lamps, get a hat-trick!

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    1. Bartowski
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      13 years, 6 months ago

      Good luck

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      1. Jimrod™
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        13 years, 6 months ago

        Ta 🙂

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  12. Ramboros
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Yeeeeees! Need to limit the damage of only having Mata(c) as Chelsea cover.

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  13. Mr Wizard
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Pubgrub in my team, yaaas.

    Pubgrub 5mil bargain

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  14. Yes Don
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    BANG! And the clean sheet's gone!

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  15. garbage1
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    can this get worse

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  16. Johnnyboy UK
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    ...that's why people have been picking Pog....

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    1. moment
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      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Yep. May not save him past next week, but rethinking now.

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  17. mgrea
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Andy Gray header.

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  18. Bøwstring The Carp
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Makes things interesting now. Chelsea won't sit back now like Wigan. Brace for Nando coming up, maybe hatrick

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    1. Captain Shirokov
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      13 years, 6 months ago

      😆 .

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  19. Gaz Downright
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    commentary "anyone looks fast next to John Terry"

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  20. blue cheese
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    That's a booking, surely?!?

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  21. Lateriser 12
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    So its a Chelsea thing this season? Play 15 minutes of good football and switch off?

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  22. Simon69
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    That's definitely a middle finger to those of us who laughed at the idea of having Pogrebnyak!

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    1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
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      13 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah but the people that laughed got petric 😉

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      1. Captain Shirokov
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        13 years, 6 months ago

        Exactly.

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      2. Simon69
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        13 years, 6 months ago

        This is true but a second Chelsea CS woulda been nice... can't have 'em all I guess 🙂

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    2. Corrigan
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      13 years, 6 months ago

      I thought I'd pay for someone twice as much, somehow twice as crap and captain him to get twice the points.

      Only in a DGW do these things occur!

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  23. blue cheese
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Guthrie scores!

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  24. SouthCoastSaint
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    POG goal and Terry yellow? tee hee

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    1. SouthCoastSaint
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      13 years, 6 months ago

      Ignore talksport feeding me crap

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  25. blue cheese
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    GUTHRIE!!!!!

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  26. Gaz Downright
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    should be a YC for Ramires

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  27. d452
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    JESUS CHRIST GOD ALMIGHTY! GUTHRIE! THANK YOU CECH!

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  28. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    Guthrie!!

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  29. mufc802
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    got 8 shares for pog in player exchange - will take that goal.

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  30. Ravanelli
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    13 years, 6 months ago

    is Mata to Hazard a good move now? cheers

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