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Sunday’s Dugout Discussion

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

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  1. FPL Man
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Liverpool to be relegated..anyone, bet?

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    1. Admiral Stark
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      They are in a pretty awesome position at the moment.

      Don't think they'll be relegated though. Gerrard won't let it happen

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  2. NeatBourbon
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    One of my free transfer this week Alex ---> Toure
    DOH!!!!

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  3. For Fuchs Sake
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    hahahahahahahahaha............ sorry still laughing at Liverpool hahahahahahaa

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  4. Camzy
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    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    I'm actually pretty happy with Sunday's results.

    Considering I started the day with a whopping 8 points, to end on 43 pre-bonus is pretty darn good.

    Worried about Alex's injury though. Hope it isn't too serious.

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  5. Waldaz
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Guys I have a problem with the site on my iPhone. When I surf it on the PC it's alright, but on the phone the comments are not updated. I tried to delete the cache but nothing happens.

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    1. gooner dave
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      happens for me every now and again. Though normally when im not logged in. Then i log in and everythings updated.

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      1. Waldaz
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        15 years, 3 months ago

        Oh ok, cheers!

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  6. MARVELLUS
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    WCing this week, considering the theory of having just one big player from the big teams, having Mal/Drogs and Nan/Berbs has been fruitful, but considering changing this, having a front 8 of players like Nani, Drogs, Tevez, Fabs, Arteta, NZog, Dempsey etc.

    Wise move, is one attacker from ManU/Che enough?

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  7. sing out of tune.
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    It's time to cash in on Nolan and Carrol. It was only a matter of time before Nolan was found out for being invisible on the pitch. Carrol didn't even start. I've devised two options, though choosing between them is difficult enough for me to seek counsel for the first time ever. Let's see if you guys can crack it.

    1) Adam and Elmander
    2) Etherington and Odemwengie

    Right now I'm leaning towards 2, though I think Adam and Elmander have better fixtures.

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  8. jamsiep
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Wow. What a match. Alex better get the 3 BPs. Best player on the pitch, even before the goal.

    P.S. Nasri and Wilshere are class. Kos/Squillaci/Arshavin are dirt.

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    1. njfsdkffslkf
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      Bias eyes. I thought Arsenal were the better side for long periods.

      Alex was solid and no more.

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      1. jamsiep
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        15 years, 3 months ago

        Chelsea were perfectly content to let Arsenal have the ball 30 yards from goal. Content not to press when Arsenal were in a position where they couldn't hurt us. Everytjme they fashioned a half-chance Alex was the one to get in the way. Aside from a couple of good leaps from Chamakh, Arsenal created little.

        Pretty much exacty the same as the two games last year. Arsenal had significantly more possession but never really looked like scoring. Chelsea looked like scoring every time we went forward.

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        1. njfsdkffslkf
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          15 years, 3 months ago

          In previous years yes.
          But today Arsenal should have scored.
          Arshavin, Chamack X 2 and Kos all went very very close.

          It wasnt the ye just let them have the ball, Ye couldnt get it off them.

          There were times Cole, Terry just hoofed it up field to nobody.

          If Arsenal had an anyway decent defence and took any one of a number of chances they could have won.

          For me a draw would have been fair. I was surprised how much Wilshire , Song, Diaby & Nasri dominated.

          Ramires played well. Drogba was a menance. Cole was good. The rest were fair.

          Arsenal looked scared of taking the final step and making a statement.

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        2. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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          15 years, 3 months ago

          u got that right. thought essien was better than alex though, a cole too

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    2. jamsiep
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      Oh, and after a dodgy first 20 mins, Ramires was immense. His part in Drogba's goal was brilliant.

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  9. TJ
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    3BP for Johnson for 19 mins joke

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  10. Spoiler
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    alex got 2 bonus?

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  11. Snevitz
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone else struggling to log on at the mo?

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    1. Lanley Staurel
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      Stay logged on throughout the match - its the safest way.

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    2. Admiral Stark
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah, I'm getting a blank screen everytime I refresh

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  12. Lanley Staurel
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Just seen BP for my Chelsea players - 3 for Essien and 2 for Alex with nowt for Drogba........

    Hmmm

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    1. Lanley Staurel
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      ...and 1 for Nasri.

      3 for Adam, 2 for Gilks and 1 for Evatt.

      Nowt for the Pool....

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  13. Attila the Bum
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    FPL site buggered

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  14. GREENDREAMS11
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    apparent, its feckin glaringly obvious now. just got to get my head round it.

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  15. mufc802
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    please tevez get 1bp or none then i win my h2h

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  16. Spoiler
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    none for tevez 🙁

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    1. mufc802
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      😀

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  17. David Davros
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Nothing for Tevez or Drogba, interesting.

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  18. njfsdkffslkf
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Bps in

    2 for Alex.nothing for Tevez and Drogba

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    1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      so happy drogba didnt get any, think im the only person in my mini league that didnt captain him!

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

        same for me. Wehay

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  19. arsms
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Bonuses are out!

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  20. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Liverpool - I will never trust you with captaincy again...

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  21. Drip Doctor
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Well im gutted! At least im not a liverpool fan 🙂

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  22. thehodge
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    I'm emailing them. None for Tevez and Drogs is a complete joke!

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

      Anyone?

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      1. thehodge
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        15 years, 3 months ago

        What? Drogs obled the Chlsea dfenc an Tevez chasd all day long and his link up play was good. Milner 1 bp is crazy.

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        1. MerklandRoad
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          15 years, 3 months ago

          Tevez did jack today. Even though I captained him, seems fair enough.

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    2. David Davros
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 3 months ago

      man up

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

      And they will laugh at your email

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    4. Drip Doctor
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      Ididnt see the city game so cant comment but i agree with none for Drogba. He got the goal but other then that there were a lot better Chelsea performances today

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    5. Attila the Bum
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      Tevez deserved none Hodge

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

      No it's not.

      Tevez scored a penalty, and there were plenty of players on the pitch today more deserving than Drogba.

      Love the shock when the big names (more like players that people have) don't get all the 3 BPs.

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    7. applebonkers
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      tevez took a penalty, which was a) borderline offside, b) not even a foul and c) outside the area anyway and did one good chest in 90 mins.

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  23. Lew
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    54, i'll settle for that.

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  24. applebonkers
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    alex 2bps, drogba none

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  25. njfsdkffslkf
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    48 all said and done. Alex goal messed up a week which was going well until that point.

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    1. thehodge
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      +1 It cost me my H2H

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    2. applebonkers
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      captained torres and got 59, delighted.
      gutted for ben arfa. he will be missed on match of the day these upcoming months

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  26. Attila the Bum
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    • 15 Years
    15 years, 3 months ago

    Man City V Newcastle bonus's beyond ridiculous.
    Adam Johnson 3
    Gutierrez 2
    Milner 1

    Tiote? K Toure?

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  27. The Bandit
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    for Essien, none for Cole. They're pissed. 🙁

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    1. The Bandit
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      3

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  28. Ghost
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Gargamel: great advice on team selection this week (even predicting an Adam pen!). I went for your other tip (Elmo) over Adam but good points bagged anyhow. Cheers!

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    1. Gargamel
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      15 years, 3 months ago

      Hi Ghost.

      Glad it worked out for you! Great score.

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  29. applebonkers
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    lovign the no tevez bps. as it should have been in that game. there were definitely at least 3 better players on the park

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  30. dz1984
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    15 years, 3 months ago

    Looking to get rid of A Johnson...regardless of his performance this week he just doesn't get the minutes.

    A Johnson >> Etherington will allow me to do

    Nani >> Fabregas in a few weeks.

    The right thing to do?

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