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Dugout Discussion February 10

Sané misses out on starting XI after Double Gameweek disappointment

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Leroy Sané (£9.6m) is the man to fall foul of Pep Guardiola’s rotation policy for their big game against Chelsea today.

The German international has been named on the bench for the Gameweek 26 clash at the Etihad Stadium, continuing a frustrating spell for his owners after he scored just point in Double Gameweek 25.

Starting on the flanks of Manchester City’s three-man attack are Raheem Sterling (£11.3m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.5m).

Having scored a hat-trick in his last Etihad Stadium appearance, Sergio Aguero (£11.4m) keeps his place at the spearhead of Manchester City’s line.

Kevin de Bruyne (£9.7m), Fernandinho (£5.3m) and Ilkay Gündogan (£5.4m) are the central midfield trio, with David Silva (£8.5m) on the bench.

Double Gameweek 25 star Aymeric Laporte (£5.9m) keeps his place in the team once again but is back in more familiar surroundings as Guardiola has selected him at centre-back, after two outings on the left.

Next to him is John Stones (£5.2m), with Oleksandr Zinchenko (£4.7m) and Kyle Walker (£6.4m) on the flanks.

There are fewer surprises in the Chelsea line-up as Pedro (£6.3m) joins Eden Hazard (£10.9m) and Gonzalo Higuain (£9.5m) in their front three.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko; Gündogan, Fernandinho, De Bruyne; B Silva, Agüero, Sterling.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Rüdiger, David Luiz, Alonso; Kanté, Jorginho, Barkley; Pedro, Higuaín, Hazard.

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

    Hazard lonely in advanced position on the left and Jorgino side pass it!! Wow. Did anyone see that too? That is how terrible he is. no.imagination at all.

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  2. Samwise
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    only bought one man city player 3 weeks ago - aguero... all that is needed...

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    1. MGD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Well Laporte is currently on 26 pts in 2 GWs

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      1. Samwise
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        holding out for mendy

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

    Take Sterling off

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    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Nah

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  4. A Betting Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I actually think it's easier to deal with these type of swings,

    Holding Auba for last GW instead of a somewhat risky transfer to Aguero who wasn't nailed and not really delivering his usual returns / underlying stats was completely fine move, given that Auba then faced hud, SOT, BOU.

    Auba then getting ill and flagged meaning the Aguero movers either held onto him or went with Laca or Firmino who both delivered points is just a horrible kick in the teeth from the FPL gods.

    Just remember it's all variance, if you replayed these two GWs 10000 times what's happened would be at the absolute extreme of possible outcomes.

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    1. Son is Rising
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sarri for your loss

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      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Not Sarri

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    2. Calderano FC
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I prefer the reality of two back to back hat tricks myself.

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    3. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      The last few weeks have pretty much this game is mostly luck IMO

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      1. Not again Shirley
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        You are completely right.

        Kun shows none of this promise over previous weeks so anyone banging on about it being an obvious move having him are deluded.

        He barely used to make 60 minutes!

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        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Agree don't think he'd scored more than 1 goal since gw2 either

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        2. A Betting Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Yeah GW 18-24 he had good but unspectacular stats; 7th among forwards for xG, 10th for shots in box.

          Of course you're getting 2x that in DGW 25 so for those with an extra free transfer and no other issues he was a good differential punt but it was far from a no-brainer and two hattricks was absolutely not 'coming'.

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

      True. Pure luck.

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  5. Tev
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    8k to 39k in two weeks... wow

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  6. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Alonso YC

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

      Just wanted a mention probably.

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  7. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    omg alonso yellow and a -1 confirmed!!!

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    1. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      on my bench too coming on for rashford FFS

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

      Could score he due goal yet!

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

    Alonso -1 🙂

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  9. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Come on Raheem, just two more goals needed for that third bap my son.

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  10. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    This City squad is miles better than Liverpool’s. Pretty amazing that Pool are ahead.

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    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      If Man U can beat Liverpool, the scenes!!!

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      1. Red Devil Swede
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        That's exactly what us Manchester United fans want.

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    2. Nabs Kebabs
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      That's a load of rubbish. Klopp may not be blessed with magicians like De Bruyne and the Silva's but he has player that suit his style a lot better. There's not much difference between the quality of the squads all things considered. If Fernandinho gets injured again, City are screwed.

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      1. tisza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Still only a Salah hamstring from Liverpool being derailed.
        City have much deeper cover than Liverpool

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        1. Nabs Kebabs
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Liverpool are not that dependant on Salah. Shaqiri has been a huge x factor when needed.

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    3. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      KDB injury the difference imo

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

      Major difference is how well Liverpool defended in the first half of the season. City gave up silly goals and made each game an uphill task

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  11. MTPockets
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrez on
      *chuckles*

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    • FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sarri is right,they play l

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      1. FFSbet.com
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Play like girls,no desire to compete.

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        1. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Sexist

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        2. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Oh Dear

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        3. Limbo
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          You should see the women’s England team mate.

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    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Can chelsea please score

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    • WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      If Sane doesn't come on I will flip out, hate him so much. Captain for DGW and if he doesn't come on today ML rival gets 9 points of the bench!

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      1. Costa Nostra
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        He’s not coming on. Not even warming up

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        1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Rested for Newport.

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    • The Enlightener
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Where in the world is Carmen SaneDiego?

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      1. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        GuardiolaDawgHaus

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    • Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Alonso yellow

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    • fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Let's get another goal Raz.

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      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Another? Doesn't have one yet. (I'll take it though.)

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        1. Pishpott
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          What? Yes he does lol

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        2. Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Wut?

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        3. fedolefan
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Let's all pretend this was never posted.

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          1. Pishpott
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Haha

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          2. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Oops 😆

            I missed the first few mins!

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    • Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sergio Aguero now has as many PL hat-tricks as Cristiano Ronaldo, Eric Cantona, Dennis Bergkamp, Daniel Sturridge, Jurgen Klinsmann, Gianluca Vialli, Louis Saha, Dirk Kuyt, Robert Pires & Samuel Eto'o combined

      -OptaJoe

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

        Dirk was a cult hero but adding him in there is a bit of a joke 😀

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      2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/02/03/rashford-and-pogba-deliver-fpl-points-again-as-united-grind-out-win/?hc_page=4&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_19834898

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      3. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Shearer?

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      4. tisza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Sneaking sturridge in there 🙂

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    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      God the restraint needed not to write a certain abbreviation directed towards a certain spanish left back...

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    • Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Keep Sane on the bench

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      1. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yep silva on. Shaw 6 PST confirmed for me

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    • waltzingmatildas
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Thinking siggy to maddison this week.
      Then would let me do firmino to Aguero next gw...?

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      1. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I’d watch highlights of Leicester game.

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    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Alonso rested.

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      1. Guy Demel
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        saved from a -2

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    • micsway
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      kun subbed and couldn't care less, what a beast, getting him in after the kane injury has paid off massively

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    • Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Alonso time as a fiirst choice LB ends today

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    • Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrez is ruining this for sterling. What an awful player. Looked so good in a small pond.

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      1. Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This

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      2. Osman
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        On the contrary, Sterling is the actual ball hog .. but go off coz you have Sterling

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    • Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Alonso finally loses place to Emerson.

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

        Concede 3 in the next away game and Alonso is back 😀

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    • Stoic
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Non city owners , what's your early plan for GW 28 ? Auba to Kun in GW 29 ?

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      1. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Gonna go for laca/auba (dependant in Thursday europa game) but keep enough funds for Aguero week 28/29

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    • Keep Calm and Play On
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Wtf, why bother replacing a defender...

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    • SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      No place for loyalty in FPL. Sane has done wonders for me since Christmas but so glad I sold him this week.

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      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This is a misconception - he has done F all since Christmas - 6 blanks in last 10 fixtures stretching back to 22nd December

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        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          *SEVEN blanks in 10 fixtures - ridiculous for a 10.0 ish mid

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        2. SHOOTER MCGINN
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I've had him since before Christmas, was guessing a timeframe without looking at stats. Main point is that I was happy with him but I'm glad he's gone for sure.

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          1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            That’s the misconception, no one should have been happy with Sané for a long, long time - yet people were because they were blinded by his Man City shirt - he has underperformed his price tag for months

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      2. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Was having a perfect week,all my players have scored points so far including son earlier, was scheduled for big increase and now I’m dropping down again because of not owning Aguero or Sterling. Been a tough few weeks

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        1. DandyDon
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          At least sane benched

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    • tm245
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Wow, Alonso.

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