Dugout Discussion

Saturday Dugout Discussion

Having suffered a weekend break for FA Cup distractions, the Premier League makes a return with no less than eight encounters on today’s agenda. Proceedings start early at Loftus Road, where Harry Redknapp’s side will look to build on the unlikely three points gained at Stamford Bridge as they tackle another daunting derby with Tottenham paying visit. That’s followed by seven three o’clock kick-offs, with Chelsea’s trip to Stoke perhaps the headline act.

Those who have invested heavily in double Gameweek assets will be hoping that Rafa Benitez’s side can muster goals against the stoic Stoke defence. With the big-guns to follow in Sunday’s programme, the Britannia clash, along with Everton’s home meeting with Swansea, look to be our best source of points from the day’s offerings.

Our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now accepting visitors, providing a real-time sounding board throughout the course of today’s matches.

The team news from the QPR camp shows starts for Shaun Wright-Phillips and Ji-sung Park, with Junior Hoilett and Esteban Granero making way. As for Spurs, they bring Gareth Bale back into their starting lineup, with Gylfi Siggurdsson dropping out. Michael Dawson partners Jan Vertonghen in central defence, with Kyle Naughton recalled at left-back.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. 4-4-who?
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    I feel sorry for Paul Lambert. He must wonder why he ever went for an interview with Villa. They are doomed...

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    1. Pangaea
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      They truly are. Talk about wrong choices there Mr Lambert.

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  2. Sleep Talk
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    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Baines is back! 😀 CS!

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    1. Keane There Dunne That
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      😯

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  3. Mílanista
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    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    3/4 clean sheets

    😯 😯 😯 😯 😯

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    1. SW6
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      4/4 here 😯

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      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Could have done the same but got bench wrong.

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      1 CS for me.......in 3rd sub 😆

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      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        😆

        I've got 1 CS on the bench too 😛

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    3. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      +1, still got Gibbs to go

      we just need something from Luiz (c) on Weds

      more shocking one of them was from Baines for you 😯

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      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Were you watching the Chelsea game? That late Stoke pen was absolutely nerve wracking.

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  4. SH1M1
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Why has Sess not been given his assist?

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    1. mvtaylor
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      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      He didn't get one...

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      1. SH1M1
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        he did.....

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  5. Revival
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    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Clyne CS 🙂

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  6. Chu Young Ping Pong
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Gary Cahill, I fecking hate you.

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    1. 4-4-who?
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Bitter? Do more research. LOL

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      1. Pap Le Cissier
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        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Research has f all to do with it

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  7. Zep
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    A classy 12pts on the bench... Strength in depth 😎

    🙁

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    1. Mílanista
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      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      I have Pog and Turner on the bench. Never mind, Bunn in goal and I'm never going to play Pog.

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      1. Feanor
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        I have Davies and Carzola on the bench.

        And Jaask benched for Bego. Looking at 10+ points wasted if Santi does anything.

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  8. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    DGW has delivered so far...... 🙂

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    1. Keane There Dunne That
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Not for ba

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      1. Kevin Twine
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        He'll deliver against Saints.

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        1. Cyril Figgis
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Not if Torres starts 😀

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  9. Red-United
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Ba failed a medical at stoke in 2011?

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    1. Pap Le Cissier
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      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Yep.

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  10. Nice2Michu
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    59 scored with mata(c), ba, luiz, lambert, clyne, gibbs, walcott to play 😀

    and possible baps for mata, lambert and maybe someone else 🙂

    is that about average round here?

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    1. PogChamp
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      50 points with RVP, Gerrard and Walcott to play.

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    2. Acquafresca
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      avg around here will be close to your score.

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    3. Absinthe Minded
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      39 here
      Nasty, rafa, mata(c), Luiz, Wally, RVP

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    4. HammersXI
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      56 with mata (c) lambert shaw luiz. Walcott Suarez Rvp to play! not that bad. Hopefully mata can get 3 lambert 2?

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    5. moment
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      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Hmmm. I'm on 41 with RVP, Suarez, Walcott, Gibbs still to go (and Punch, Luiz, Mata (C) and Ba in the DGW).

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    6. Pangaea
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      47 here, with Clyne on the bench. Hope Nasty doesn't play so Clyne gets on. Can't see City keeping a CS anyway.

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    7. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      60 with Theo, Rvp, Suarez to go

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      1. Pap Le Cissier
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        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        39 with Mata (c) Hazard, Wally, Suarez, and possibly Cahill ti play...

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  11. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Went with Luiz (c) over Mata

    Could have been an awful lot worse, most in my ML went Ba. Only main rival went Mata.

    On another note

    2 defenders, 1 GK, 3 Clean sheets, not often I get that

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    1. .
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Luiz (C) over Mata here too... Can't complain too much though... 🙂

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  12. jimnastics
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Well done Clyney my son, chance of a BP I hope.

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  13. Acquafresca
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Benching Michu didnt bite me in the arss! WOOHOO!

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  14. onionbarje
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    do something berb

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  15. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Harte, Demel & Begovic combine for 3 points. Thanks lads!

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  16. Jimmers
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    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    4 CS for the first time this season. And Mata (C)!!

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  17. Lateriser 12
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    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Satisfying debut for Mignolet 😎

    Love it when a new signing performs immediately.

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Had him since GW1, he's going nowhere for me. Just gotta find a keeper to go with him

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  18. Mannone is Mob Boss
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    HEY PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME WHATS GOING ON WITH FPL SITE?

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    1. CarelessGenius©
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      It's busy.

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  19. Smarty Pants
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    😯 BAINES CLEEN SHEET 😯

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    1. Tin of Directors
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Sign of the apocalypse.

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    2. Balotellitubbies
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      inorite

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  20. Mr Smith
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Who got stretchered off in the Fulham game? I heard Berba in the comment but might have been mistaken.

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    1. Mr Smith
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      My bad, he's still on.

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    2. Bad Pen
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Ramis I think.

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  21. Balotellitubbies
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Mata is an FPL beast. Would have gladl taken 24 before the gameweek and still has a home fixture to SOT.

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  22. Something Clever
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    One of the highlights of my GW: clean sheet for Bunn!! The highlight: Seeing Stoke get tonked 4 - 0!

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    1. Mr Mz
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Oi

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      1. Something Clever
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Sorry, couldn't help myself.

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    2. KLUIVERT#DJANGO
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      yea clean sheet for Bunn here :D:D

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  23. Trigg ⭐️
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Clyne, Mata and Hazard are the only ones who did anything for me! I hope they keep it up on Wednesday 😉

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  24. Wings of Steel
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    average points will be high well over 40 . 53 and a red arrow for me

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    1. Thatsnotcricket
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Don't think so, high percentage owned players didn't deliver, Michu, Felaini, Ba etc. Unless ofcourse you're taking the piss.

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    2. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Lambert 🙂
      Mata 🙂 🙂
      Luiz 🙂
      Garrido 🙂
      Mignolet 🙂
      Walters 😆
      Benching Michu 🙂
      Ba 🙁

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      1. COMH
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Points is walters on?

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        1. Trigg ⭐️
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          -4.

          One of my mates has him.

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    3. Super John McGinn-
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      MATA (C) 😀

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    4. Tim Canterbury
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      54 points

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    5. COMH
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Azpilcueta, Luiz, Clyne my back 3 🙂

      Ignored Mata all week and chose Bale instead 🙁

      Sold Mignolet 🙁

      Ba(c) 🙁

      Not a successful wildcard at all.

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    6. Locarno
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      53 with Walcott and Cahill/Gibbs left.

      Happy with that considering the day started with Cahill's news.

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      1. Wings of Steel
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        like me prob a red arrow. Gonna be high average

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        1. Thatsnotcricket
            11 years, 3 months ago

            You're not gonna get a red arrow with 53, do one.

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      2. Scroobius Mac
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        At least Walters doesn't own himself

        http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1810501/event-history/22/

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