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The Dugout Discussion – Saturday – Early Kick Offs

The Gameweek begins with a storming encounter. The Tyne-Wear derby has a reputation for goals, gaffs and red cards – ingredients that almost guarantee a dramatic opening to our Fantasy Football weekend. For once, there’s also a fixture running alongside it, as West Ham take on Swansea at Upton Park in what promises to be a tense affair for very different reasons.

From a player perspective, our investment in today’s early kick-offs is somewhat with limited. Some will undoubtedly be pinning colours to Adam Johnson’s mast, while Vito Mannone will also have his fair share of backers. As for West Ham and Swansea, again there’s unlikely to be too much on show to rouse the interest of Fantasy managers, aside from those Wilfred Bony owners, still licking wounds from Tuesday’s blank.

In the main, today’s openers are for the neutral, enabling us to sit back and enjoy 90 minutes before the five three o’clock kick-offs come knocking.

As always, you can look to our Twitter feed for news of today’s lineups, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to welcome your real-time reactions.

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  1. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    The British gas adverts on the FPL site are really annoying.

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    1. JWF
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      ^This. My Adblocker blocks them some of the time.

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  2. toxik
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Dammnit doubled up on Cardiff defence over Sunderland!

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

    Please concede Sunderland 😀 need my AJ baps

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    1. 50shades of o'shea
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      How dare u

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    2. Elfozzie 42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Please don't Sunderland, need my Mannone BAPS 😉

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  4. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Well I have to say. If Kun didn't get injury Planned to get Nollan 🙁 Damn it Kun. Well so be ot.

    I know all the lads advised me against. However well done Nollan owners. I salite u

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  5. Parm
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Moyes Mata playing wide right today, a position Mourinho thought he couldn't play.

    We'll see who's right.

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    1. Parm
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      *Moyes playing Mata

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    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      You just said, Mata is right.

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    3. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      But will it really be that wide or will he be given license to roam?

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Gotta be like an inside right imo, similar to Chelsea where there was little difference in average position between LAM/CAM/RAM/CF

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    4. Tomlette Greggs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Mou actually said Mata's only spot in the squad was on the right (being the only left footed player in the squad who could play there, and cut in). It was his tracking back that was the issue.

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  6. DonTheSpecialOne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Colbaaaack

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  7. 50shades of o'shea
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Colback goal

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  8. tm245
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Five of five starting, no players in the early matches, the whole gameweek ahead of me...what's not to like?

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  9. Chu Young Ping Pong
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    No bonus for AJ or Bardsley I think 🙁

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  10. Demí
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    3 and easy

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  11. onionbarje
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Johnson would have scored that

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  12. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    The redhead cat scores 😯

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  13. jas5sk - Youtube channel
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Get in my team Colback you beast

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  14. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    My ML leader has Colback. Yes Colback.

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    1. tm245
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Starting?

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  15. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Hairy melons.....

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  16. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Goallllllllll

    Poyet for president

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  17. isacki: full casual
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    And the bet comes in!

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    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Well done mate. Doubled up!

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers, yeah it just looked like a complete mismatch on the pitch. Just going with gut

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    2. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      What was your bet? 😀

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        £5 on Sunderland to score next 10 mins ago at 4.2, after betting £5 on Sunderland to win at 4.2 (spooky) before the game. Drinks on me 🙂

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  18. Prime
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Colback, Borini assist

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  19. jurgenizer | TRIPEIROS
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Colbak bandwagon, follow me...

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  20. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    colbak....wtf. gol.had him al 18 gw on bench

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  21. FPL Mike the Knight
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    AJ off

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  22. Matamatician
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Assist?

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    1. LewanGOALski
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Borini

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  23. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Now hopefully Sunderland will relax and concede a nothing goal

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    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Ssh.

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  24. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    colback to rob aj's 3 baps?

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    1. Rafabio
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Manonaonaoaooaaoaoee

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    2. Mile Plankton - Myth and Ch…
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Borini more likely.

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  25. FPL Mike the Knight
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    i have money on 4-1

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  26. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    If West Ham hold on it'll be a strange feeling

    you make a logical choice on keepers. The guy you pick gets you a clean sheet

    but the guy you bench gets save points as well.

    still nice problem to have.

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    1. Grounderz
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      West Ham cannot concede. They must not concede. Need Adrian's CS badly. 🙁

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    2. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Plenty of time to go...

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    3. A.
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Mannone and Adrian currently looking like a great rotation pair if they can keep a cleanie every week 😉

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  27. 50shades of o'shea
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Hahaha all going down at Newcastle....

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  28. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    I came back from Stonehenge to find everyone saying "Colback wagon"

    I'm so confused...

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    1. 50shades of o'shea
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      He scored

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  29. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    so I need Marshall CS, save a pen, 9+ saves and 3 baps 😕

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  30. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Mannone down to 1 BP now

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