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De Bruyne and Sterling start as Mahrez falls foul of Pep Roulette

15 December 2020 1975 comments
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Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m) is the latest Manchester City to suffer from Pep Guardiola’s rotation policy.

The Algerian winger finds himself on the bench for the Gameweek 13 meeting with West Bromwich Albion as Phil Foden (£6.4m) is stationed on the left-hand side of attacking midfield.

Captain favourite Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) retains his starting berth in a more advanced number 10 role, Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) completing the trio in support of Gabriel Jesus (£9.3m).

But Mahrez is not the only notable absentee as John Stones (£4.8m) is omitted from the matchday squad entirely despite completing 90 minutes in each of the last three Premier League games.

That development certainly strengthens the case for Ruben Dias (£5.6m) whose start against West Bromwich Albion is his 10th consecutive one in the Premier League.

Guardiola continues to tweak his full-backs, sending João Cancelo (£5.5m) back to right-back for his third start on the bounce, benching Kyle Walker (£6.2m) and bringing Benjamin Mendy (£5.9m) back on the left.

West Bromwich Albion line-up with a 4-2-3-1 shape, dropping Branislav Ivanovic (£4.5m) to the bench and going with a back-four of Kieran Gibbs (£4.3m), Dara O’Shea (£4.3m), Semi Ajayi (£4.8m) and Darnell Furlong (£4.5m).

Manchester City XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; B Mendy, Aké, Dias, Cancelo; Rodri, Gündogan; Foden, De Bruyne, Sterling; Jesus.

West Bromwich Albion XI (4-2-3-1): Johnstone; Gibbs, O’Shea, Ajayi, Furlong; Livermore, Sawyers; Diangana, Gallagher, M Phillips; Grant.

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  1. diesel001
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    Reece James just scored for Doncaster.

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  2. FPL Daniel
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    Come ooooon WBA

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  3. LǝgleSs e|even
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    Kinda diggin WBA away kit

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    1. Ógie
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      Just needs McDonald's sponsorship and all the players to wear clown makeup.

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      1. LǝgleSs e|even
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        Haha

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  4. Fudgy
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    Ridiculous luck for City defender owners.

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  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    Grant shot saved

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    1. Freshy
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      TBF MC Keeper proly makes more than the whole WBROM squad

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  6. Paqueta Rice
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    Chelsea could do with cancelling Gallaghers loan and just start him

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  7. Gobigorgohome
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    KDB scored only 2 goals so far this season and both are pens

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
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      Excellent

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  8. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
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    Grant such a poor effort.

    So lads are we dissapointed with Chilly 5 pointer? I'll take it!

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    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
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      Happy

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    2. Ha.
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      5 more points than I had previously

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  9. Salah’s Sonnet
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    A nice KDB blank now to continue my exquisite and ever flowing crap fest

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    1. Gudjohnsen
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      This

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    2. Jindaljain
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      Ban

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    3. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
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      Not being funny but Man City already look out of touch.....WBA should be 0-1 up already......City used to start every game in rhythm

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  10. Egg noodle
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    Phil Foden please FFS

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  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    city are boring to watch zzzz

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    1. Gudjohnsen
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      Chelsea aren't much better to watch.

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  12. MagicMessi
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    Come on WestBrom score a goal wake city up !!

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  13. Collie01
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    City look slow and lack urgency. Early days but they are struggling to get through midfield.

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  14. ☈☾
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    KDB fail

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
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      Definitely as he’s my captain

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    2. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
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      Looking that way.....City got no pace and no rhythm......longer this game 0-0 the worse City get

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  15. Runaway
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    Lampard is not using his squad effectively lately. He is wasting Werner at LW, insisting on James at RB (he can only play as a RWB imo) and Pulisic at RW. If he does not want to drop Giroud/Abraham then he needs to adapt playing 3-5-2 sometimes, especially in the absence of Ziyech.

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    1. FPL Daniel
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      Agree on the 3 at the back, but is Werner good enough as a focal point of the attack?

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      1. Runaway
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        not sure about that tbh but he did not even try

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    2. Freshy
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      James plays RWB either way

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  16. Karan_G14
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    I wanna kill Mendy's hair dresser!

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    1. LǝgleSs e|even
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      The weeknd

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  17. Gudjohnsen
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    Fell asleep.

    Did I miss anything?

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  18. jason_ni
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    Anyone else prime just not working for this city game!?

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    1. Monklane
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      fine here

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      1. jason_ni
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        Ffs.. keeps saying error code 9912 on the TV, and the phone app not working either.
        Chelsea match was fine.

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        1. g40steve
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          Check this site out,

          istheservicedown.co.uk

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  19. Egg noodle
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    Non KDB owners group hug
    \o/

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    1. Gudjohnsen
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      Wouldn't worry too much.

      I captained him and am expecting 6 points.

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      1. Egg noodle
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        I can live with max 10 points from him. I have Sterling and Foden, Bruno (C)

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    2. Gobigorgohome
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      he will blank because I captained him dont worry

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      1. Egg noodle
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        Thanks mate

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    3. Salah’s Sonnet
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      He’ll blank don’t worry

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  20. Hotdogs for Tea
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    Come on Baggies ... wipe that cleanie

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  21. Steve The Spud
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    Kdb is so over rated

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
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      Is this the first time you’ve heard of De Bruyne?

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  22. Paqueta Rice
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    I don’t get everyone on here bashing Lampard. If they had won tonight they’d have been on top of the table. Wolves are not the worst team either. Fulham just drew with Liverpool

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    1. FPL Daniel
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      But we didn't win

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      1. Paqueta Rice
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        Yeah but you are doing extremely well. Everyone is dropping points was the point I was trying to make.

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  23. FPL Daniel
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    I am not fond of KDB body language somehow

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
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      Did you take communication studies at school?

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      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
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        Kind of yes

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  24. MagicMessi
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    Should've captain Grealesh

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    1. FPL Daniel
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      He'll blank without Barkley most probably

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    2. Gudjohnsen
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      Good choice this gw

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  25. Weak Become Heros
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    Best place to find a link for the game?

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    1. Egg noodle
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      In case my post doesn't get deleted. U need live sport 365

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    2. The Knights Template
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      Is the link missing?

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  26. Pedram
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    Too soon to say KDB fail?

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    1. Rainer
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      13 minutes late.

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  27. the_duke
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    Would you take 16 points worth of hits to field a dgw team from now until gw19?

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    1. FPL Daniel
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      Yes

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    2. Jack Burton
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      Have you thought about building a team for 18 and FH in 19

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      1. the_duke
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        Not really. Think id rather use fh in gw18.

        I can get my 16 points hit back in theory by my bench players just playing both games and getting 2 points.

        Bringing in bruno, robbo etc over these next few games weeks should pay back the hits over the long tern as well. Think this is the way im leaning without the wildcard.

        Want to save 2nd wildcard to build a team for gw20 onwards

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  28. Silecro
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    Mahrez coming on at HT

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  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    kdb wants a one two but jesus plays it out the box 😆

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    1. Fred54
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      Jesus indeed n

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  30. Dreaming of glory
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    Sorry lads! Doubles mendy up with James 3 weeks ago & 3 blanks ensued. Should have just left it at 1 Chelsea def as normally hate deg double ups

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