Fixtures
3 October 2010 1954 comments
Akers Akers
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After a reasonably low-scoring Saturday (for me at least), we have three remaining Sunday afternoon fixtures to increase our tallies. And with the four most selected captains in action today, according to our poll, we have every chance.

The first of two televised games sees Roberto’s Mancini’s Manchester City play host to Newcastle United. The headline team news for the 1:30pm game is that Newcastle leave striker, and fantasy favourite, Andy Carroll on the bench for the first time this season. For Man City, Jerome Boateng starts his first league game and Adam Johnson is once again on the bench, despite scoring mid-week…

Man City: Hart, Boateng, Toure, Kompany, Lescott, De Jong, Barry, Silva, Toure Yaya, Milner, Tevez

Newcastle: Krul, Perch, Williamson, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Ben Arfa, Nolan, Tiote, Barton, Gutierrez, Ameobi

Then, on the other channel, Arsenal travel to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea at 4pm, where both clubs are looking to bounce back from defeats last week. Elsewhere, and not on the box, 18th-placed Liverpool take on 16th-placed Blackpool at 3pm.

As always, the Dugout Discussion will be with you throughout the day. Enjoy.

Akers Richard or Akers, as he is known, has been regularly haunting this site since July 2008. He is young and foolish, take what he says with a pinch of salt. Follow them on Twitter

  1. jamsiep
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Drogba in for Kakuta, Ramires in for Zhirkov.

    Koscielny and Djourou centre-backs for Arsenal.

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  2. Oliver Reed
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    i hate this fcuking game. torres as cap and have ethers on the bench. dont think ill be making the ffs cup ðŸ™

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  3. Tommy J
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    I swapped AJ for VDV, would love to have kept him but he's always at risk of rotation/1 point games.

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    1. Back on the horse
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      same, +1

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      1. Tommy J
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Happy for today though, just need Alex not to play and all my xmas's have come!

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        1. Tommy J
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          And if GJ scores for Liv.....

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  4. Van Dal
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Newc denied at stone wall pen!!

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  5. GREENDREAMS11
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    shit shit shit torres off injured

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  6. chaicl
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    meireles fail 100%

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  7. WeWuzRobbed
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Stone cold peno.

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    1. AP
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Yup, Ref is having a shocker.

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  8. For Fuchs Sake
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Who captained Torres? LOL

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    1. Oliver Reed
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      me

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      1. SuperMario
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        me.. wasn a bad choice, just bad luck

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  9. shivamutd
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    who assisted jonson's goal??

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    1. Countryside Ram
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      milner

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  10. Ajax Down Trees
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Captain Torres, excellent. ffs

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    1. Declan
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      ðŸ™

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  11. MrAnderson
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    in the space of a few minutes my fantasy team has become a disaster. few people around me have johnson.. newcastle not awrded a pen when they should have (which barton/carroll would surely have taken) and the worst news ever, Torres goes off injured, ffs.

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    1. Jax
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      actually kevin nolan takes their penalties... 😉

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      1. MrAnderson
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        nolan wnet off for carroll.

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  12. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    lol at torres, i took alot of time to tell that katie one to not captain him!

    lol at me johnosn first sub, playing jara over him...please let malouda pull a hammy in the warm up!

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Not today, please RBJ! 🙂

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  13. Kingston
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    what was up with torres?

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  14. Something Clever
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Torres NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    mOTH** FU**@r!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  15. v-man
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    ffs torres!! :@

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  16. col7475
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    torres u usless spineless made of glass freckly c@@t!!!!

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  17. $hahriyar
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    just my f*ckin luck! Oh well.....

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  18. Joey Jo Jo Jnr Shabadoo
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    It's the week that keeps on giving. Pretty sure I've used all my season's luck this gameweek though.

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    1. PFOR
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      Well done! With 3 Chelski players to play as well.

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  19. JC
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    FFS TORRES 🙠1st bad capt choice this year though

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  20. MTPockets
      15 years, 3 months ago

      I'm not mentioning any names, but anyone else having problems with the usual match streaming sites?

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      1. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        First half great second half has been awful - particularly the last 10 mins

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        1. MTPockets
            15 years, 3 months ago

            I can't even get browers to recognise one of them (must be down at source), and the others are just unwatchable. Have to get updates from you guys.

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        2. Schnellders24
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Yeh lost the Man City game after 30 mins or so

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      2. applebonkers
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        ive got ben arfa and torres how are they doing? 🙂

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        1. applebonkers
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          and i captained martin atkinson

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        2. Andy
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          I should have captained Van Der Claart, but what can you do? No-one would have predicted Torres to ever get injured.

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          1. applebonkers
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            • 16 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            just one of those annoying things. yes you could argue torres is more likely to get injured than most players but home to blackpool he'd always be my captain

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            1. Andy
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              • 16 Years
              15 years, 3 months ago

              Exactly, I would have been much more frustrated if he'd played over 60 minutes and done sod all...

              This can be one of those "unfortunate could have beens" rather than "why did I captain that donkey", for me anyway.

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      3. si
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Tiote looks a top player already. Very impressive indeed.

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        1. AP
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Yup +1.

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          1. Attila the Bum
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            😀
            What a find by the scouts!

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        2. applebonkers
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          + a lot.

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      4. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        any thoughts on BPs in Man City game? Any for Tevez?

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        1. si
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Very likely i would say. Not too many other obvious candidates. Guiterrez may prosper.

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      5. For Fuchs Sake
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Come on Captain Drogs!!!!!!!!!!!

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      6. watchr
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Torres off eh? Yea, this week is a total write off. I think I will go back to reading...

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        1. WeWuzRobbed
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          Who are Reading playing?

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      7. shivamutd
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        i have charlie adam on the bench, hope he doesn't score

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        1. si
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          I don't own him in any capacity but would bloody love it if he did!

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      8. The Gravless Sheik of Dream…
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Hi People ~

        Should i take a 4 point hit to change Micah Richards to Coleman?

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      9. AP
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Maybe the guy who took out Torres for Berbatov has moved away from the ledge now.

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      10. Gaz Downright
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        for those with Torres (C), who you got coming in as VC?

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        1. applebonkers
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          you cheeky bugger

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        2. Sasquatch
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          They have nobody coming in as VC. Nobody.

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          1. Gaz Downright
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 3 months ago

            whaa? I thought he got injured in the warm-up...

            oh dear...

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        3. Hect.OR 98th
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 3 months ago

          They'll have no one. Just Torres(c) and his lovely 2points.

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      11. gooner dave
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 3 months ago

        Tevez off for viera.

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