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Dugout Discussion December 15

Sterling benched as Aguero returns to Man City bench

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Raheem Sterling (£11.6m) has been benched for the third home match this season as Manchester City host Everton this lunch-time.

The midfielder was considered a strong captain candidate for Gameweek 17 but was given a second rest in the last three league matches.

Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) takes his place on the right flank while Leroy Sané (£9.5m) retained his berth on the left.

Gabriel Jesus (£10.1m) leads the line once again while Sergio Aguero (£11.2m) was named among the substitutes, alongside a returning Kevin de Bruyne (£9.7m).

Everton have gone with three at the back with Yerry Mina (£5.4m), Michael Keane (£5.1m) and Kurt Zouma (£5.0m) all in the starting line-up.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.3m) comes in to lead the attack with Richarlison (£7.1m) in a midfield role.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Gündogan, Laporte, Delph, Sané, Silva, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Otamendi, Jesus.

Everton XI: Pickford; Mina, Zouma, Keane; Digne, Sigurdsson, Gomes, Coleman; Bernard, Richarlison; Calvert-Lewin.

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  1. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    New betting strategy: Bet on the players in Ronka's team to do well. Siggy to score seems easy money.

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    1. TAT
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Rönkä knows. Simple as that.

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    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Agreed

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  2. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Wall this vile Ronka talk...
    Great manager, but he who burns transfers twice is not a genius - he is inactive. Hope is is healthy.

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    1. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      *all this

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    2. #FPLBhuna
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Agree.

      There’s a filthy affection shown by many on here towards him

      The guys not god.

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    3. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He posts on here. The Mods knows who he is. But he keeps his identity a secret

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      1. Fantastisk
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        😉

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        1. Whats the Huth
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Our own Banksy haha

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      2. Team Cruel
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        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I just prefer to keep a low profile.

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    4. Ruth_NZ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Every transfer you burn puts you a a bit higher in the OR at the end of the season, you know. If you don't want to change your team there's no obligation to use the FT.

      Having said that, I'm sure he could have done better than keep Siggy this week. But maybe he wants him for the long haul, VR tends to have a lot of patience with proven FPL assets as far as I have seen.

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      1. Whats the Huth
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No wonder all the dead teams finishes higher than me

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      2. Lord Flashheart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        That is nonsense
        Complete and utter nonsense

        He is NOT trying to go up 24places because he makes less transfers
        He is just inactive/hammered/whatever.

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        1. Ruth_NZ
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Or approaches things differently that you do?

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        2. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          He changed his starting 11 and bench order though 😉

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  3. Team Cruel
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    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    My wishlist for this FPL weekend:

    All the players I own to do well
    All the players I don't own to do awful

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  4. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Mahrez looking poor.

    Pep

    PEP!

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  5. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Not offside

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    1. J T
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      This

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  6. Marvin Moon
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Loads of empty seats at City as usual. There are not really a big club are they. Just a rich one.

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    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Weirdly most of the tickets have actually been sold, so from this point of view club don't care, but it does look bad.

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      1. DeathoftheParty
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Still do ishi g their prawn sandwiches?

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    2. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Lol @ the bitter, delusional rags.

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    3. jungle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Still quite hard to get hold of a ticket though without paying silly money

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    4. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      It's usually much more full in the league, but the owners won't mind non-attendance as long as high ticket prices and a constantly expanding stadium is profitable. It doesn't help that many don't arrive until well after kickoff.

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  7. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Silly question:
    If a keeper makes a save, but the shot is ruled offside, will the save still count as it wouldn't have led to a goal?

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Ederson owner? 🙂

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        1. TAT
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yes indeed! 😀

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      2. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks!

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    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Doenst count

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      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks!

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  8. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    OMG that City bench: Kun, KDB and Sterling

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    1. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mahrez should be subbed NOW

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    2. tambourineman
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      £188m bench - Financial Fair Play at it's best

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      1. Critical Observer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        That’s like having Pogba and Lukaku on the bench, fret the day when that happens.

        Oh wait.

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  9. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Wow, that Everyone lineup looks really unbalanced on paper against the best offence in the league.

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I think it's genius.

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  10. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Is Wallcott playing up front?

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    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      From the bench? He's not good.

      Infact he's not good at all.

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    2. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Front row of the bench.

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    3. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He’s not playing lol

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    4. Turns
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He's playing left back ... in the changing room

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  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Pep 😀

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  12. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Nil-nil written all over it....

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    1. dvdguy
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      They kept Liverpool goal less for 95 minutes.

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    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I would say mainly in the left hand corner but all I can really see is the back of the sofa.

      Really need to re arrange the room.

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    3. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Early. But does feel a bit flat

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  13. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    2 benchings in 3 Gameweeks must make Sterling a risky captain option any gameweek over xmas now!

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    1. DeathoftheParty
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Getting his benchings out of the way?

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    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Captain option? He's hardly worth owning.

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      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Agree that he is a bit of a risky Captain pick. Don't agree that he is not worth owning.

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    3. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I only own him to lend my support to the cause.

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    4. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He’ll start next week now. Captain definitely. Then I’ll sell

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      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Captain in Fantasy Carabao maybe.

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        1. Ady87
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Lold

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  14. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sterling sighting

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  15. BON
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I bet a lot of guys on here would let Ville Ronka bang their wife.

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    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      😮

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    2. #FPLBhuna
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Agree

      The state of the obsession lol.

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    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Average age on here is barely 11.

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    4. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wtf loool

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    5. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I bet you wish you had one.

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    6. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Only for the tip.

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  16. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    So many slack passes from city so far

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Everton players always in the right place, crowding the areas City usually like to play in. This Everton shape counters City quite nicely.

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  17. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Mahrez gonna score i think

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    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I like you

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    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Corrected for you:

      Mahrez gonna get sent off i think

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  18. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Gundo gassed after that lung bursting run

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  19. altan8797
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    3rd home bench for sterling? how am i going to captain him vs palace now 🙂 auba feels safer (until he doesn't)

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  20. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    As long as City don´t get a 2 goal lead, Sterling will get on. Hopefully a 1 point cameo for captainers 😉

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    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Hardly anyone's captained him. 10% in overall, active players.

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  21. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fernandinho having a stinker so far

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    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wonder is he fully fit?

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    2. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      In Siggy's pocket

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  22. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Oh ffs Rich massive miss

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  23. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Oh Everton...Richarlison should have scored!

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  24. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    wow thats a bad miss from Richarlison

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  25. #FPLBhuna
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fair play to Everton

    Making city look poor

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  26. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Richarlison sitter.

    City looking crap.

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  27. altan8797
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    sterlings rotation will decrease as no cl till late february?

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    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Carabao cup midweek so maybe not yet.

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  28. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Richie Rich...

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    1. altan8797
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      not sure to be happy or sad. hes on my bench but sterling is benched also:)

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  29. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Everton doing great..
    Richa wasting a Digne assist!

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  30. dvdguy
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Oh Richard

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