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Saturday Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 7

6 October 2012 3450 comments
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We have our first kick-off of the weekend and we have a beauty to getting things rolling. Fantasy managers are treated to watching their Man City assets dance around Martin O’Neill’s fortifications for 90 minutes in what could either be a 3-3 thriller to mirror last season’s match, or be an inevitable battle of attrition as City struggle to blow Sunderland’s house down. Either way, we’ll be glued to it and savouring every minute as we stare into the precipice of an international break.

As highlighted in Andy’s overnight Catch-Up article Roberto Mancini has stuck true to his word and made more than a few notable changes to his City outfit from Wednesday’s game playing host to Dortmund.

An entire strike-force switch sees both Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko rested to the bench as Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli start in their place. Micah Richards has finally recovered from injury to start at centre-back alongside Joleon Lescott with captain Vincent Kompany and Matija Nastasic absent from the squad entirely – calf and ankle injuries are to blame respectively. To round out the changes Aleksandr Kolarov, Gareth Barry and James Milner also come in for Gael Clichy, Samir Nasri and the injured Javi Garcia.

Martin O’Neill has been a lot calmer on the rotation front by welcoming Carlos Cuellar back from injury and into his starting XI as Sunderland’s only change from last weekend. The teams in full are…

Man City XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Richards, Lescott, Kolarov, Milner, Barry, Y. Toure, Silva, Balotelli, Tevez
Man City Subs: Pantilimon, Clichy, K.Toure, Rodwell, Nasri, Aguero, Dzeko

Sunderland XI: Mignolet, Gardner, Cuellar, O’Shea , Rose, Colback, Larsson, Johnson, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher.
Sunderland Subs: Campbell, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Meyler, Bramble, Saha, Westwood.

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  1. Barnsley FC
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    Walters and Ba, or Ben Arfa and Crouch? Same price for either combination.

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      Walters and Ba

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
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        W&B

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    2. Guinney
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      good options, but i'd go with the first one with Walters and Ba, Walters has one more hard fixtures with united away

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    3. Barnsley FC
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      Thanks all. Need to make 0.2 during the international break with my WC, but should be able to afford it.

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  2. clockwork
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    did anyone else Demel (c) like me?

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    1. Mak_Gold
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      No. RVP(C) for me. 😎

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    2. Les Bleus
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      I don't think I've ever seen a more brave/stupid c option.

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      1. clockwork
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        missed the deadline, but now considering I have a good feeling

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    3. Keane There Dunne That
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      WTF

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    4. Lucky_2010
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      respect your choice ..... good luck !!!

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    5. Optimus.
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      im guessing you like a drink or 10? 😉

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      1. clockwork
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        I will now

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    6. Declan-
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      Spurs fan that explains it 🙂

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    7. Simon69
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      That's a bit retarded.

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    8. In Like Flynn.
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      Benched Gibbs and Gervinho??? 😯

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  3. AriseSirGiggsy
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    Kudos to the guy who had Kolorov FGS at 17/1

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
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      Manani

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  4. Rafabio
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    City's first CS coming?

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    1. Lucky_2010
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      hopefully but fletcher will spoil the party lool

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    2. hazza
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      i did transfer out lescott so about 90% chance....

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  5. rohan
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    Should have listened to BERBILLY and Captained Kolarov.. 😎

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    1. Billy Gilmore
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      I told you 😀

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      1. rohan
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        Damn 😀

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  6. Roland The Headless Thompso…
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    Jimmy Armfield at Etihad Stadium for BBC Radio 5 live

    "Tevez is playing a role that I don't think he's suited to. He's a lone striker and he's being forced to wait for support from midfield. He's having to go hunting for a kick of the ball. That's not his game."

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    1. AriseSirGiggsy
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      C'mon jimmy balotelli is up there and Tevez has NO problem whatsoever going foraging for the ball.
      Fail commentary.

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    2. ColeHole
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      😀

      Fail!

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  7. The Bandit
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    Beginning to wish I had done Fletcher to Berbs this week rather than next. Sunderland are offering nothing in attack... 😐

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    1. Van The Man
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      He'll score if he gets a shot! So calm down mate!

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        Answered your earlier posts Yash.

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        1. Van The Man
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          Tevez(c)?? Brilliant!

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    2. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
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      He only needs one chance (and generally only gets one) so keep your head up.

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    3. The Finnisher
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      Have you watched them play before today? They never offer anything in attack...he will get his routine 1 chance and probably score it too.

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    4. Les Bleus
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      Against Man City away in the first 40 minutes. Calm down 🙂

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    5. MJ6987
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      Guess what, Fletcher is not going to score every game. And this is one of their hardest games all season.

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    6. Simon69
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      You only need one decent ball in from Larsson. There's only a small chance of Berb starting tomorrow isn't there?

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    7. Says
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      You should have got berbs, because Fletcher has not scored in 40 mins in their toughest fixture of the season.

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  8. AriseSirGiggsy
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    David Silva = big differential for mope in my mini league - c'mon bud give us a goal!

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  9. Les Bleus
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    Shot on target and no goal for Fletcher!? What is going on!? Lol

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    1. Lucky_2010
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      wait he will score later ........

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  10. Stern John Terry Wilson Pal…
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    Noooo, the Fletcher shot on target = goal rule is no more 🙁

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  11. Corrigan
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    How was Rose classified as a defender?
    How did Karagounis start at 4.8?

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    1. Van The Man
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      Karagounis will start from now on??

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    2. AriseSirGiggsy
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      He's playing LB as he did mostly for Spurs when in the first team
      He started at 5.0 and he's 35 and speaks no English..... I know his because I considered him for my WC team 🙂
      Berbatov and Karagounis is generally too open to succeed as a first choice option IMO ( unless Berbstov is 9 and Karagounis 10)

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      1. OPTA FPL
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        35??
        just thought he's a young player

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      2. Corrigan
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        *midfielder I meant

        thanks anyhow.

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        1. AriseSirGiggsy
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          Ha oh your right lol

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  12. Optimus.
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    im guessing most of the casual tevez to aguero buyers will be going back to tevez with their tails between their legs over the next 2 weeks 😉

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    1. AriseSirGiggsy
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      I did that.... until 11:25 when I realised I was making a BIG error!

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      1. Optimus.
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        good call

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    2. Elfozzie 42
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      I kept faith. Quite restrained this morning until I did a random Berbatov (who I have a hunch will play) to Lambert switch for a hit. What on earth was I thinking of? Cue Berbatov start + hat-trick!

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  13. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
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    richards doing very well at CB

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    1. OPTA FPL
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      did he start his career at ManC as a CB?

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      1. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
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        i think so yes

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      2. Bøwstring The Carp
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        He started his career in general as a striker (useless piece of info). But he's great at CB too especially the bit he played last year

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        1. AriseSirGiggsy
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          Sven played him and Dunne together at CB

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      3. AriseSirGiggsy
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        Yes

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  14. Rafabio
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    Get up Balo'...

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    1. OPTA FPL
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      playing badly, hope he's off soon for Dzeko

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  15. Billy Gilmore
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    Fletcher didn't score! 😯

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    1. blue cheese
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      You got rid of Kolarov?! Even the monkey got rid of him! 😯

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      1. Billy Gilmore
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        Well I had to get Baines... 🙁

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        1. blue cheese
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          Damn! 🙁

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          1. Billy Gilmore
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            Well I did tell Rohan to (c) him but he didn't have the balls 😀

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            1. blue cheese
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              Captaining him without knowing that he starts is extremely risky!

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          2. Billy Gilmore
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            Always happy to help a Kolarov owner 😉

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  16. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
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    It's bad enough watching City play at home at the best of times...watching your team slowly lose to them is another thing altogether...this is horrible...please score Fletcher!

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    1. Simon69
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      +1

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  17. Your Mum's Athletic
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    Yaya Toure please stay on

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    1. MJ6987
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      He never gets injured does he? He's a tank.

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      1. Your Mum's Athletic
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        +1 tank

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    2. Bøwstring The Carp
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      He should he's the captain today. Barry is only getting eased back in so Rodwell or Kolo could come on for him.

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    3. Lucky_2010
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      hopefully he will get a goal or assisting ..... will out from my team if he fail today !!!

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      1. Your Mum's Athletic
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        Who would you swap him for? HBA im thinking..

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  18. In Like Flynn.
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    Sunderland been training with Stoke? Tackle 1 Hack 3 Tackle 1 Hack 3

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    1. AriseSirGiggsy
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      Balotelli will spend his entire career as a sub - it suits him too well

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        Has to grow up. Must be difficult to realise you aren't all that when on 150,000 a week.

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  19. Guinney
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    Come on Yaya and/or Fletcher

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    1. Lucky_2010
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      yeah just do the job to score ........

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  20. Piggs Boson
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    C'mon Sunderland!! You can take my City CS if it means they lose!!

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    1. rohan
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      United will win. .Just don't think City will lose this one TBH

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    2. AriseSirGiggsy
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      I salute you sir - selfless for the cause #redarmy

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    3. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      I would love a sunderland goal. From anyone, Fletcher or not. So many rivals still have Lescott

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  21. Rafabio
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    Sunderland swaps wings and McClean still being wasteful.

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    1. Kostja
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      He is incredibli bad on the ball, I think he loses the ball most of any player in the PL. Looks like Trap might not be so stupid after all 😀

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    2. Syd.
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      He is a fat lump of lard

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  22. isacki: full casual
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    Milanista rest assured my gameweek has just become more exciting knowing I'm fighting the Milan derby. We are two sleeping giants in Serie A 😉 😆

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    1. MJ6987
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      Meh.

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      1. MJ6987
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        😉

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        1. isacki: full casual
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          Atalanta on the other hand 😆

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  23. Crouchy
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    Tevez looks like he has another assist or 2 in him but not a goal.. would be happy out either way though..

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  24. r0nh
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    Breaking team news; Torres on the bench for Chelsea

    BBC live updates

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    1. Elfozzie 42
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      You must have your own update feed...

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    2. MJ6987
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      Too early for team news, ya tube!

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      1. r0nh
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        You remind me of Rio Ferdinand

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  25. r0nh
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    Bonus points predictions?

    Kol 3
    Tevez 2
    Silva 1

    🙂

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    1. Van The Man
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      Too early to call. Fletcher 2 maybe.

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        Pfffft.

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        1. Van The Man
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          Karagounis could start this weekend??

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      2. Jax
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        erm, no.

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    2. Piggs Boson
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      So far.

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    3. OPTA FPL
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      Where's Bemba Da?

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      1. Simon69
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        At the Etihad providing us with live updates

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        1. OPTA FPL
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          :lol:.

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    4. Lucky_2010
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      maybe but the game still ON then, wouldn't know if sund will reply with TWO goals later

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    5. Simon69
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      Calm down Ronald there's only been 45 minutes played

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  26. Call Me Old Fashioned
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    2 shots on target for Fletcher. HELLO PPI!

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  27. Says
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    I knew I should have captained ${player who scored points in early game} instead of ${player who has not played yet}

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  28. afcblegend
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    McClean on the right looking pretty poor

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    1. Rafabio
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      And the left, when he was there. Just poor period.

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  29. Thick Of It
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    What a terrible gamewee...ah, just preparing for sunday evening.

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    1. Simon69
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      Positive Mental Attitude.

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  30. Piggs Boson
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    Fletcher's second shot without scoring 😯

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