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11 January 2014 1453 comments
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Saturday serves up no fewer than seven Premier League encounters, beginning at the KC Stadium where a resolute Hull City host Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea.

Proceedings continue with five three-o’clock encounters, before United’s tumultuous campaign continues with a re-acquaintance with their recent FA Cup slayers, Swansea.

For now, our attention is drawn to Humberside, where the likes of Eden Hazard and Oscar will carry our hopes against a Hull outfit that has been miserly on their own turf.

With just six goals conceded, no defence has put up a stronger barrier than Steve Bruce’s well-drilled backline at home – suggesting that Mourinho’s men will face a challenge in our early kick-off. The aforementioned Hazard and Oscar combination has so far conjured six goals on its travels and the burden is likely to be on the two playmakers over the next 90 minutes.

As always, you can look to our Twitter feed for all the teamsheet news, while our Duguout Discussion chatroom has opened up to cater for your real-time requirements for this game and all of today’s matches.

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  1. RabMac
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    What a save

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  2. @FuzzyWarbles
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Oh when the points
    Come rolling in
    Oh when the points come rolling in
    Oh I can't wait for all those green arrows!
    Oh when the points come rolling in

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    1. @FPLMason
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Preach!

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  3. Willis.
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Just roll it into the corner Oscar!!! Mata would have scored that

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  4. Kvelertak
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Wow Oscar, thank you McGregor, that would be horrible.

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  5. FPL Touches
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Everton - Norwich predictions?

    3-0

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    1. Qubit
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      2-0

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    2. Thick Of It
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Goalless draw for me, Everton have struggled vs the Canaries in recent times.

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      1. FPL Touches
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        2-2
        3-1
        amongst past 4 meetings, others were like
        2-1

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        1. Thick Of It
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          Due a goalless draw then!

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

      3-1 for sure. No way they're keeping a clean sheet.
      2x Lukaku and 1x Coleman? Here's hoping!

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      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Thinking the same way 😀

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    4. Willis.
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      4-0

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    5. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      3-1 Everton (Coleman, Lukaku ×2, Hooper)

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      1. FPL Touches
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Hopefully with 2 Coleman Assists 😉

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    6. Stats King-@football2space
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      2-0

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    7. Back to Back Ballacks
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Rob de Niro and Sly Stallone reckon it's gonna be
      17-0

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      1. Mull
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        I'm not going to argue with Rocky!

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  6. Beavis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    What a chance for Oscar. Wondersave from McGregor. 😯

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  7. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Oscar owners.

    He missed a sitter 😀

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      do we get any points for missing a sitter?
      why are you happy?

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      1. Make United Great Again
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        I'm a Hazard owner 😀

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  8. Gaz Downright
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    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Figueroa earned himself 2 or 3 freekicks in 2 seconds there

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  9. Vague88
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    As a Haz + Oscar owner, that sucked. 🙁

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    1. Pied Mee Ince Silva
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Agreed. 🙁

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  10. Mile Plankton - Myth and Ch…
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    That save only deserves at least one point.

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

      *alone

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      1. Mile Plankton - Myth and Ch…
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks. Second language.

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    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      That save alone deserves a point, I quite agree.

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  11. iron2010
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Oscar plus Haz and a cheap forward is a definite option. Oscar is playing upfront

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  12. Rupert The Horse
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    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Just to change topic a little. What chances do people give liverpool of top 4 or title? If all players stay fit where do you think they''l come?
    Out of our rivals it's only Man U we have to play at home, and to be honest, that's the one team out of Eve, Tot, Ars, Che and Mci I would pick to have to play away. Anfield is becoming a fortress.

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

      Top 4 for sure

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    2. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Top 4 - 30-40%. Title 5%.

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    3. Gaz Downright
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      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      5th

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      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Ouch.

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    4. COW
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      I think they will do well as long as they keep Suarez fit.

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    5. Optimus.
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      I'm not getting carried away but i think the title is as good as ours

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      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Just because of a now monumental home advantage, I give us a 1/3 chance for title. Top 4, guaranteed.

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      2. HabitualLineSteppers
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        ~ Back on our perch ~

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    6. Mile Plankton - Myth and Ch…
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Top four - very high chances.
      Title - low IMO.

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    7. The Shadow
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Pool must improve their results against top 8 teams to be considered.

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  13. Thick Of It
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Any Leeds fans on here? The Owls are absolutely battering you.

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    1. Somalion
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Good. One of the very few teams I actively wish mediocrity upon.

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  14. Walsh
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Willian kind of sucks.

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  15. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    If you have Hazard is it still worth getting Oscar over Gerrard

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    1. Podge
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Possibly not

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    2. FPL Touches
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      We'll see tomorrow after Lpool play

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

      Would prefer Gerrard personally

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    4. Rafabio
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      No

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    5. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      No IMO

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    6. r0nh
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      owning Hazard shouldnt be a factor.

      If you think Oscar will get more points than Gerrard, get him.

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    7. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      I've had Hazard for ages and I just got Oscar in this week. They are the 2 players that are involved in everything Chelsea do.

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    8. iron2010
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      100%

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    9. RabMac
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Chelsea are not worth doubling up on.

      The only teams worth considering in my opinion are

      Man City
      Liverpool
      Arsenal

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  16. Crouch Potato!
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Leeds down 2 nil and to 10 men now.

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    1. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Make that 3 nil. Wickham.

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      1. Thick Of It
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Hooray! Up the Owls

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        1. Crouch Potato!
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          🙂

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    2. In Like Flynn.
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      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Smith lasted 94seconds before he was red carded. 😆

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  17. 4-4-who?
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Ashley Cole's time as England's first choice left back is done...

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  18. Gaz Downright
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    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    ffs... just play on!

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    1. Rafabio
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      I know. Rubbish this game at times.

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  19. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Stop everything, who's watching SSN, absolutely hilarious, Jeff is my hero.

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    1. MCH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      What happened?

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      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Just Jeff giving his BLT a red card. He took his sandwich apart, and screamed "crispy bacon!"
        On screen there was this floppy piece of fat, and the mayonnaise, you couldn't see it at all, everyone was in tears. I'd love to go on that show.

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  20. Willis.
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Hazard is terrible

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      😯

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    2. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Lol

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    3. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      😕

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    4. isacki: full casual
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      He's a terrible hazard, yes.

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  21. Waynoo
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    William misses fernandiho

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  22. Gaz Downright
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    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Huddledriver!

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    1. Gaz Downright
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      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      eww

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  23. r0nh
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Deliberate handball = yellow card.

    Simple.

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  24. Godfather Bandit 42
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Hazard owners - still early enough for a brace!

    (Non-Hazard Owner).

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  25. Stats King-@football2space
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    i remember someone saying abt keeping Haz C, but the prob is that him being a MID, is not guaranteed points week in , week out, its always better to capt a FWD, exception being Walcott.

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    1. Walsh
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      If Chelsea played with a striker I would feel more comfortable with Haz as a C option....

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      1. Stats King-@football2space
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Exactly, the prob being they dont hv a class FWD, Who can finish their chances created.

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    2. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      never captain a midfielder is one of my own rules (especially when Bale is not in EPL anymore)

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      1. Stats King-@football2space
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Gone r those days of BALE & RONALDO, tearing the EPL apart. It was much better to hv them in the EPL. Sigh !

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  26. Gaz Downright
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    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    😆 blatant obstruction on Hazard...

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  27. OrmskirkFC
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    I forgot to switch Rooney for Adebayor for a hit, how likely is that going to hurt me? I'll have Cabaye in from the bench, so I suppose if Adebayor gets 5 more points than Cabaye I done goofed?

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    1. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      How is it possible to forget to do such a thing?

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    2. The Shadow
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      It may cost you points, but as a decision it doesn't mean you goofed. Sometimes good decisions don't pay off. sometimes bad ones do.

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  28. GreennRed
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Owen is pure mad for the craic 🙁

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  29. Mull
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    How is that not a penalty!?

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    1. Rafabio
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Haz is a real puss that's why

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      1. Walsh
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        This. About the fourth time he's fallen like a ton of bricks this game. He will never get rid of that part of his game it seems unfortunately.

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        1. Willis.
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          Are you serious? Hazard is not a diver lol

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        2. Rafabio
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          Luiz? LMAO

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    2. Spencer
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      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      It looked like one to me at first, but on the replay, I don't think it was.

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    3. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Needs to be a foul for a penalty to be awarded. Usually 😉

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  30. isacki: full casual
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Luiz bandw- too early.

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      He'll hit 2 or 3 Hollywood balls, take a great free, keeper make an athletic save or he'll hit the crossbar and make a last ditch tackle that wouldn't look out of place in Die Hard and everyone will say how class he is.

      Hasn't the aggression or the positional sense to be a proper defensive midfielder.

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