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Dugout Discussion August 15

The Dugout Discussion – Southampton vs Everton

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Saturday’s events get underway with a clash between Southampton and Everton at St Mary’s this lunchtime. Both sides are looking for a first win of the new campaign after registering 2-2 draws with Newcastle and Watford last weekend.

The Saints proved a reliable source of defensive returns at home last year, chalking up 11 clean sheets in front of their own fans and conceding a mere 13 times – only Chelsea (nine) proved more miserly.

After netting twice at St James’ Park last week, they’ll be looking to take advantage of a Toffees backline devoid of the injured Leighton Baines. Certainly, given that the visitors managed just two clean sheets on their travels last season, those backing the Saints at both ends of the pitch will fancy their chances of getting amongst the points.

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  1. aehii
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    guardian: Southampton are being over-run in midfield at times. If only they had a player like ... I dunno, Morgan Schneiderlin to stop Everton scything through them on the counter-attack.

    Like clasie?

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    1. Van Klinkert Delarosa
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Romeu.

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  2. Van Klinkert Delarosa
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Do we bring Kun for Rooney first, or Lukaku then Kun?

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Kun

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    2. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      The best striker in the league

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  3. FootballFanatic365
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Mane (c)
    Thoughts?

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    1. FPL Maldini
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      I reckon he will get an assist but no bonus points

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    2. FrancescoLazio
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Not looking great. Could still do something

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    3. Van Klinkert Delarosa
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      He tried too hard.

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    4. Nice to Finally Michu
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Mane currently has 1 point
      He deserves that many

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      1. Texas Pete
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        just

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    5. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      he's not my (c) .. but he'll score

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    6. dmhomag
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Drawing a blank.

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    7. Jimbo123
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Would have been a very different story had it not been for Timmy

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  4. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Really good gameweeks so far for casuals and punters.

    Hopefully everything will iron out by GW5

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  5. Lizard Lips
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    anyone got the id for jonty/granville/mark league pls

    thanks

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    1. Van Klinkert Delarosa
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/8905/standings/

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  6. Nice to Finally Michu
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Screw this, i'm just gonna finish that Orange is the New Black Episode and come back in an hour or so

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    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      It's rubbish

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  7. Rossamous
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Kane(C) is gonna tear it up!!

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  8. Captain Hindsight
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    I'm surprised so few did Rooney > Lukaku this gameweek

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      GFY

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    2. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      😀

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    3. d1sable
      • Has Moderation Rights
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Woohoo hes back, give us another 😛

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  9. Puyol Pants Up
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Rooney (C), Targett, Pelle.

    It can't get worse then this, surely.

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    1. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      That's what we thought last week. Sorry to be "that guy".

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    2. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Lol

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    3. Thick Of It
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      I would be very concerned with my defence if I was forced to play Targett.

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      1. dmhomag
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Ville Rhonka chose to play Targett and bench Azpi.

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        1. Thick Of It
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Never see the point in paying 5.5m for a defender that you are going to bench, whatever the fixture.

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          1. Fitzy.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            He knows how to play the game, making those kind of decisions obviously have paid off more than they haven't over the years.

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      2. Fitzy.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        A Southampton defender at home, not that dire a situation.

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

      You could've sold Lukaku for Sakho.

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    5. Yome
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Give up mate

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    6. The Light Knight
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      A couple more yellow cards will change your mind there 😉

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  10. icywrists23
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    still plenty of football to be played people. no need to panic now.

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    1. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Look up.

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    2. Breadbin
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Projection.

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  11. Old Bull
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    If Southampton don't score this afternoon, the most I can get is 3pts from 3 players. Began badly last season. Not sure if I've begun this season.

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  12. Moin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Anybody got link to the Dead Team Spreadsheet?

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    1. Kirton Hoops
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bVB8Eq_as8larqqix6uzzhvtdSGRimEWcP_EbLrjc-E/edit?pli=1#gid=0

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  13. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Hey breadbin why is it that any post you make or the same multi makes, gets automatically 3 up voted withing seconds. You must have seriously issues pretending to be multiple personalities on a football website.

    LOL

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    1. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      right...

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

      Because he doesnt mind calling stupid people stupid.

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  14. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Had Howard not made that great save everyone would be raving about Mane and excited about his next two fixtures. Instead people are posting about taking hits to get him out lol

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

      why would they sell? 😆

      Theo and Rooney out for me

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    2. BrockLanders
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Amen

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    3. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Yep, Pelle assist too. That was the difference between Pelle and Mane owners grinning and what we have now.

      If getting rid of Pelle and Mane for Watford and Noriwch becomes a priority then folk have a far better team than me 😉

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    4. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      He's like Sterling. Fast, good runs but a very inconsistent finisher. Sterling plays for City so he'll get plenty of chances, Mane for 8m, at Southampton? That is a bit much IMO.

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      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        His finish was fine. It was a fantastic save

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        1. Drip Doctor
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Doesn't change the fact that more often than not, he needs 3 or 4 chances to score 1 goal.

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  15. Alan The Llama
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Not sure about Mane in the middle. His pace would be much more useful coming off the wing.

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    1. Rossamous
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      He's basically in a float position, going from wing to wing. The only good ball to him, he messed up on. But most have been bad long balls that have tried to play soton behind the defense although with little precision.

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    2. BobbyV
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      This^^^...Same applies to Memphis...at least LVG has realised that

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  16. BrockLanders
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Cedric ownership must be massive

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  17. Fifa las vegas
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    At least I had mata

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    1. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Nice!

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        That's all that's nice though.

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  18. sozopol
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Cedric is top of the watchlist

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    1. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      So?

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      1. Les Bleus
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Are you not aware of how dire Southampton are at the back?

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        1. Moin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          I am...but Watchlist in GW2 looks at previous season's performance..when they were good..

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          1. Mark
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            • 17 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            Yep, what else could we go on? Everything, including betting markets, go on on this until we have more data. We're all getting that now and, not surprisingly, we're all having to re-assess our teams and targets.

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    2. Van Klinkert Delarosa
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      People suspected that the watchlist might be broken.

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    3. Billy Gilmore
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      He's also in the scout picks for no reason I can think of.

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      1. Mark
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 17 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Assist first game, no Southampton defensive form to go on aside from Newcastle away and we didn't forsee Everton dominating and scoring two goals.

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    4. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Easily explained, the fixture list is was in his favour and whe we compiled the Watchlist we had one match to go on - he got an assist in that match. He'll suffer a drop now that we have more form on the Southampton defence which is clearly in need of reinforcement - even so - Norwich and Watford, then West Brom - no need to panic yet.

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  19. The Light Knight
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Spurs-Stoke 0-0 would be lovely today

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    1. Trigg ⭐️
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      1-1. Townsend and Whelan, please.

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    2. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      3-1 with a Chaldi hat trick and nothing for Kane but a yellow.

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    3. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Don't own a single player from both the teams...

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  20. Yome
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Lukaku who scored only 1 assist last week never came to my mind and there he bangs a brace and now he is essential. Lol

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      kone and lukaku seem to be forming a partnership. Something lukaku hasn't had at Everton

      Plus Barkley looks to be picking form

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      1. Yome
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Hmmm sounds like there will be plenty of kneejerks this week then.
        Anyway I am keeping faith in Pelle

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    2. AIRMILES
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Fixtures poor.

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  21. Jigger & Pony
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Such a painful start to the GW

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  22. dfroes
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Lukaku ok my bench. Ofcourse he would score a brace

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    1. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      I sold Lukaku so shouldn't argue, but benching hime is just plain stupid though. Who in the world do you have starting ahead of him?

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      1. dfroes
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Sinclair hazard payet hendo walcott
        Rooney sakho

        Really thought that sinclair would outscore lukaku

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  23. freako
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Considering wildcarding. really don't want to but my team just ain't performing

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    1. AIRMILES
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Don't do it. Hold another week.

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  24. CoutinYo
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Glad I captained Benteke at this point. If he can't nip a goal this week, I don't know if it will get any easier.

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  25. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Trollkaku

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    1. The Light Knight
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Romeluvly!

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  26. ktk_interista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Targett owner here. Should I be worried he is dropped? 2nd counter attacking goal conceded from the left in 2 weeks. Carbon copy of the Wijlandum goal.

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    1. Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      There's not much any left back could have done about either goal.

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    2. Captain Goodwin
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      I think we should be more worried about Soton defenders full stop. Europa League always takes it's toll and conceding from fast breaks from corners two weeks in a row is naive at this stage of the season. They commit so many forwards when they have a corner.

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  27. FootballFanatic365
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Mane hattrick?

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    1. Texas Pete
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Doubtful

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  28. Demí
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    It seems like last week, this week and probably next week too are all just about damage control, until we get back to the safety of our Aguero's, Hazard's, Sanchez's e.t.c. Always so tricky to know who the sure bets are from teams outside the top clubs. Saints and Sunderland defence who were reliable last season, aren't so this year. Everton remain so hard to predict, impossible to know which of the bottom clubs will perform the best at this stage. So many questions to answer, and squads need to be flexbile and react quickly when the big guns get going

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    1. FootballFanatic365
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Im kind of blank like my team

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

      another good reason to have avoided an early wc IMO

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    3. Jigger & Pony
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Saves WC

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  29. ktk_interista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    will be dropped*

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  30. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Mane anytime and SOT to win 3/1 😉 lol @ me 😀

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