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Dugout Discussion – Man City vs West Ham

28 August 2016 3827 comments
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After a stilted stalemate at the Hawthorns, it’s fair to say that we’re looking forward to some fireworks from the tea-time kick-off.

Manchester City host West Ham United at the Etihad as they bid to keep pace with Manchester United and Chelsea and make it three wins from three.

Pep Guardiola makes two changes, introducing Gael Clichy at left-back for Aleks Kolarov and handing a start to Nolito at the expense of Jesus Navas.

The Hammers are again without Dimitri Payet, with his absence surely set to lead to another mass exodus in FPL terms.

Slaven Bilic has changed shape in a bid to repeat last season’s victory in Manchester, recalling Angelo Ogbonna to a three-man rearguard.

Former Manchester United starlet, Ashley Fletcher, makes his first Premier League start up front in a 3-5-2 setup. Sam Bryam drops to the bench, whilst Håvard Nordtveit misses out through injury. Manuel Lanzini is fit enough for the bench.

All eyes will be Sergio Aguero – he heads into this encounter backed with the captaincy by 32% of FPL managers, just 1% less than Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who stalled with a two-point return at Hull on Saturday.

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

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  1. The Donald
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    people so enthusiastic to use Aguero's 13.0...

    we are stuck with him folks

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    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      you are on your own

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    2. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Think you are missing something. Most will replace if necessary but keep the change to bring him back in.

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    3. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      3 game ban means he's OUT of 1/3 to 1/2 of the current teams that own him.

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  2. England's Number 1
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Do point hits affect your overall rank?

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Total transfers do.

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    2. KOLASINA(C)
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      You will feel them 10th of September.

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    3. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      yes

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    4. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      If they didn't we'd have unlimited transfers.

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  3. Cecil The Lion
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Aguero getting banned all depends on how much of a fuss the media kicks up. He seems to be a media favourite so it won't happen. Mark my words, this is how the media and the FA work in this country. If it happened elsewhere we'd call it corruption.

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    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Not just there. Media controls the world *puts on tinfoil hat*

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    2. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      media like Schweinsteiger too, and he got a ban for a more innocuous elbow than this one on the same defender

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    3. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Not sure about that, BBC were making a big fuss on the radio and it'll probably be the talk of MOTD2 tonight.

      Alli got banned for a deliberate raising of the arms and he's not unpopular.

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      1. Cecil The Lion
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Alli was playing for the wrong team in the title race

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        1. Hurrikane
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          this

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  4. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Benteke or Lukaku?

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    1. internal error
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      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Remy joining palace

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      1. Kaneyonero
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Lukaku a better so?

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        1. Kaneyonero
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          *better pick 🙂

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        2. internal error
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Probably. Trust Koeman more than Pardew

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    2. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Lukaku better fixtures

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  5. Mclean as a Whistle
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Well by Barkley instead of Serlng plan has worked perfectly!
    Worst Sunday ever..

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    1. Mclean as a Whistle
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      *my

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      1. Sylas
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        *Sterling

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        1. Mclean as a Whistle
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Ha Ha...
          That post was just like my Sunday!

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  6. KOLASINA(C)
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Cazorla or Lamela?

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    1. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Lamela ban incoming

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      1. Mclean as a Whistle
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        What??

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        1. KOLASINA(C)
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          oh.

          https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/1683412/tottenham-v-liverpool-erik-lamela-appears-to-slap-dejan-lovren-with-twitter-reacting-angrily/

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          1. The Donald
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            >The Sun

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            1. KOLASINA(C)
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              >Twitter

              😆

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          2. Mclean as a Whistle
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Asshat!

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        2. internal error
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          https://twitter.com/Kop_Central/status/769948357599133696

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      2. KOLASINA(C)
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        For what? I didn't know that.

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  7. Zlatan Time
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Is Costa to Aguero the best solution after the ban?

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    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Lukaku perhaps

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  8. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Aguero just started following Pentoville Prison on Twitter 😮

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    1. The Donald
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Aguero > prison (-4)

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    2. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Is that after he came to yours for tea ?

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  9. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Silva given MOTM by the BBC. Nowhere near the top BAPS, too!

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    1. Banana Shaqiri - HMD, PUP
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Pre assist king

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  10. Frank Black
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Kun ban is a mess but with the wildcard around the corner i guess a lot of people will be interested in bringing in Sanchez or Raheem(whether Kun is going to be banned or not).

    They've scored the same amount of points but with a big difference in price and also with a difference in fixtures(Arsenal's are a bit better).

    To the people who are getting one of them(and maybe wildcarding) who are you choosing? If you're picking Sterling, do you intend to bring him in even if Kun is not banned? Picking Sterling would also leave room for an Arsenal MF like Ozil for example. Anyone thinking about going with both Alexis and Raheem?

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    1. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      I wouldn't go near Sterling

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    2. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      I think I may go with Sterling for a few weeks, then bring in Firmino.

      Lot of planning to do though, especially if Aguero is banned...

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  11. Lallana_
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    I heard Aguero is taking Reid out for kebab to apologise

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    1. Wild Card this!
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      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      More like Asado

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  12. fitzy
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    3 Peach Fixtures for Kane and then back to Aguero anyone?

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    1. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Another Dembele less game

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    2. The Donald
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      no thanks, Kane has looked awful

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  13. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Keep or sell Barkley if wildcarding?

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    1. StalkingDwarf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      I'd keep. Great fixtures.

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    2. Arceus
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Keep. His numbers are still good.

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  14. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Long, Lamela, Aguero, Ramirez, Mahrez, Stones..

    *searches for WC button*

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    1. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Long and Mahrez might still deliver

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      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Long ain't nailed on by the looks of it.

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      2. Styles_X
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Said no one ever

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    2. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      They moved it to the bottom this season i think

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  15. FPL Footy Show Pod
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    So are we ditching Kun now before any drops? Or hang fire?

    I'm scared

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    1. The Donald
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      ditch immediately

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      1. MrInbetween
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Leave it to The Donald to fear-monger.
        Aguero is at £13.1m so if you bought at £13m there's no rush.

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  16. Lallana_
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Might as well ban all the Argentines at this rate

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    1. Sylas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Gray isn't from Argentina.

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    2. BPlease
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      :/

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  17. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    BREAKING:
    Pep didn't see it!!

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  18. Zlatan Time
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Why not wait on news for the bans first?

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  19. KOLASINA(C)
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Actually Aguero can still rise, +0.8% progress/hour atm

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  20. The Donald
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Aguero loves his emojis on twitter...

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  21. camarozz
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    What a joke. Was on 49 points with stones and kun (C) to play and I get 5 miserable points and stones injury and possible kun game.
    Can't help it but I get in to an awful miserable mood over this game when tings go wrong.

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    1. df34
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Me too Camarozz. Sundays are bad enough !!

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  22. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    I can see Mourinho saying something along the lines of "i feat for my players saftey with Aguero on the field"

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    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Fear*

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    2. jurgenklopp.8
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      lol

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    3. Giovanni Giorgio
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      TB to this beauty.
      https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/63772779.jpg

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    4. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      That's because of his rubbish defense

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  23. trimmtrabb
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Is anyone else having trouble accessing the members area?

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    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Me. 0/

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    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Just signed in.

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  24. camarozz
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Ban* not game

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  25. rocrocodile
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Just for fun, I tested how a Aguero free WC team could look like. It's very tempting:

    Foster / Heaton
    Shaw / Baines / PVA / Evans / Amat
    Sanchez / Hazard / Sterling / Lamela / Caopue
    Ibra / Lukaku / Stuani

    0.3 ITB

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    1. Zlatan Time
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      How do you get him back in?

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      1. rocrocodile
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        There are quite a few ways to do that. Sanchez/Haz/Sterling + Lukaku out, -4.

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    2. Je suis le chat
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Like it. I'm going with 2 united defenders and tempted by 4 at the back (with Baines and JEvans).

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  26. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Giroud still on holiday or why didn't he feature at all against Watford?

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    1. TokyoRisingSun
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Wenger loves to mollycoddle his players

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    2. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Those Euros seemed to 'tire' out alot of players...utterly insane how they're being handled.

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  27. MountainBeach
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Hey guys,

    1)Coutinho to Ozil, no brainer?
    2) Any update on Walker's injury?

    Rather use FT and replace Walker if he's out for a bit.

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  28. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Activated

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    1. Je suis le chat
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Will you keep Foster? Thinking of getting him in (on WC too).

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  29. TokyoRisingSun
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    So City's next three matches are United, Bournemouth and Swansea in the League Cup. In other words he'll only miss two PL games! Let's all not be too hasty now in changing up the whole team, keep the spare funds to bring him back in

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    1. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      That's about a month of a 13.1 million bench warmer, no thanks.

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  30. The Mighty Ducks
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    If Aguero is banned, and your willing to leave him out Away at Tottenham, then WC'ing at the next International break would be preferable to me rather than this one.

    Just an alternative to think off.

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