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Dugout Discussion July 5

De Bruyne and Foden benched as Guardiola makes six changes for Saints clash

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Manchester City face Southampton in the penultimate fixture of Gameweek 33+ and the last Premier League match to take place on a busy Sunday afternoon.

Kick-off at St Mary’s is at 19:00 BST.

Rotation was always a possibility after City’s hectic week in league and cup and Pep Guardiola has made six changes to his starting XI from the side that beat Liverpool on Thursday.

The most high-profile changes see Kevin De Bruyne (£10.8m) and Phil Foden (£5.3m) drop to the bench after their double-digit hauls in Gameweek 32+.

Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m) and Kyle Walker (£5.6m) also make way in the full-back positions, while Rodri (£5.4m) and Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) are rested in central midfield.

There is better news for owners of Riyad Mahrez (£8.6m), who starts after his benching against the newly crowned league champions.

Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.6m) also keep their places in attack, while Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m) and budget FPL defender Eric Garcia (£4.5m) start again at centre-half.

Joao Cancelo (£5.1m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m), Bernardo Silva (£7.7m), David Silva (£7.3m) and Fernandinho (£5.1m) are the other players handed a recall.

Ralph Hasenhuttl has made three changes from Southampton’s 3-1 victory over Watford, meanwhile.

Che Adams (£5.3m), Jack Stephens (£4.4m) and Stuart Armstrong (£5.2m) are handed starts, replacing Shane Long (£4.6m), the injured Jannik Vestergaard (£4.5m) and Will Smallbone (£4.5m).

Adams joins Danny Ings (£7.3m) in attack, with the in-form striker looking to continue his push for the Golden Boot on the south coast this evening.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Redmond, Ings, Adams.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Garcia, Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo, Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 33+

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  1. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Southampton deserve a result here for their defending!

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    1. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Think they’ll hold on now. City have got worse

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  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Henderson helped change the game when he came on earlier, KDB only helping Southampton close it out.

    Jordan the clear POTY.

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Your funny.

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  3. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Fake crowd shout for handball 😆

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    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      lol

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

    Quality - fake crowd cheering for goal after easy save for Ederson!

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    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      hilariois

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    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      They thought it was in 🙂

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    3. circusmonkey
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      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Listened to Liverpool earlier with no crowd noise, much better. Watching on mute.

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  5. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Which pair for the run in?

    A) Son + Ings
    B) Sarr + Kane
    C) Willian + Vardy

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  6. fuzzymike
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    GW34 - Undecided on bench boost with Lloris, Boly, Ward & Saka
    Or Triple captain KDB
    Any thoughts??

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  7. drughi
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    City went all out against liverpool haha no power left

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  8. One More Hit
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    McCarthy on for 11 points. His replacement in my team, Pope, on for 2. Not sure I'd have played him over Martinez this week so fair play to anyone that did

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  9. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Kelvin deep bruyner

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  10. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Silva should have shot. City are guilty of trying to walk it in to be fair.

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  11. jimmyabs1987
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    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    If I have 2 FT and don’t use them do is go back to 1 next week or stay at 2 FT?

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    1. Team Cruel
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      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Stay

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    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Stay at 2

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  12. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Who are you all captaining this gw ? I'm on Salah

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    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Kdb

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    2. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Me consistent again probably.

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    3. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Sterling. False 9 likely.

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      1. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Good shout

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    4. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Bruno at present, but not really sure.

      Want to see if there's any spurs improvement tomorrow.

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Tanks all

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    5. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Presume he’ll start KDB where he can affect the game most after the poor outcome of this game!

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  13. Hart-ake
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    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Did not expect a Saka to Mahrez transfer to bite me. Brutal.

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Tough !

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    2. DMP
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      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Lol

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  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    City used up all their luck on Thursday.

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  15. Releasebreaks
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I play better than zinchenco
    Everyday all day

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  16. Strchld
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Awful week. 59 all out.
    Someone worse?

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    1. DF
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      That's dreadful. You must be last

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    2. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      People overreacting as usual. That’s the average not awful

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    3. TAT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Wish I had that many points…

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    4. Abra Dubravka
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      57 (-4)

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    5. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      46. Rank from 3k to 12k in two gws. Remembered deadline in last minute and all I did was sub Lascelles in for Saka and now I am watching his 10p locked on bench since Kev got subbed in.

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    6. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yep 55 all out bar KDB and took a -4. Think I actually dropped more places last week though! Dropped 15k last week only 12k so far this week. Just as I was getting onto the edge of the top 10k as well!

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  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    kdb and jimenez to socuk and kane?

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    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Whaaaaaaat

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    2. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      R u high?

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    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I might go KDB captain midweek

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    4. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      It's a no from me Bemba!

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    5. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Jimi yes
      KDB no

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

      Yeah, then back to whoever scores next week.

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  18. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    McCarthy on my bench loool

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    1. Magic Zico
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      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same plus Egan

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  19. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Southampton absolutely deserve the win here, if they can shut City out

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    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      If they keep City from scoring, they should win this.

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  20. drughi
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    City were so lucky to win it last year, liverpool been the best team for 2 seasons now

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

      So lucky to get 98 points. Such a fluke!

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    2. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      *2 and a half

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  21. Paul Psychic Octopus
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    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Great defensive effort by Southampton, you have to admire it.

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Don't jink it 🙂

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  22. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Just imagine Ings playing for City instead of Jesus... He could score 30 a season

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I think that would depend how much Pep rotated him.

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        But yeah, I reckon he'd score a load 🙂

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  23. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Madness to think this Southampton team was beaten 9-0 earlier this season. 2020 has been a wild ride.

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  24. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Classic Sterling when he doesnt play vs drunk players

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  25. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Southampton always doing Liverpool a favour.
    Liverpool's bitch.

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  26. Jolly Good
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    McCarthy mom for me

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    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Is she fit?

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    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Was she good?

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    3. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Disgusting

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  27. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Stephens has been fantastic

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  28. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Time to WC these guys?

    Pope (Hendo)
    TAA, Saiss, AWB (Taylor, Lascelles)
    Mo, Bruno, KDB, Saka (Dendoncker)
    Ings, Jimi, Rashford

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    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Pope to McCarthy and Ings to Adams obvious moves for me

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  29. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Zinchenko too many failed cross attempts

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  30. The Tinkerman
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hard to believe this team got battered 9-0 recently

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    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      3/4 of a year ago.

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    2. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Long time ago.

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