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Dugout Discussion – Liverpool vs Stoke City

27 December 2016 4638 comments
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Gameweek 18 rolls on this evening as Liverpool welcome Stoke to Anfield in a 5.15pm kick-off.

Owned by over 21% of Fantasy Premier League managers, Sadio Mane’s home form suggests he’s the man most likely to wreak havoc against the Potters – the Senegal international has scored or assisted in six of seven Anfield appearances since arriving from Southampton over the summer.

Divock Origi, with goals in all but one of the last five Gameweeks, retains his starting berth, with Jurgen Klopp set to unleash Daniel Sturridge from the bench once again.

Roberto Firmino also keeps his place as he attempts to end a run of six straight blanks.

For the Potters, Joe Allen is the form player – he’s bagged a goal and assist in the last three Gameweeks as he prepares to face his former club for the first time since moving to the bet365.

Between the posts, Lee Grant has produced at least one save point in each of the last four and should be kept busy again as the hosts look for the win that would see them leapfrog Man City into second.

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  1. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Which Sunderland goalkeeper replaces Pickford?

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Mannone

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    2. Morgs
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      How bads the injury?

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

      What did I miss?

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  2. Clump
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    73 after subs & baps 🙂 Kane left.
    Overdue decent week.

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    1. Oven Glover
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Well done! Congrats

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      1. Clump
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Ta

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    2. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      85(-4) with Kane left.
      Finally stops the rot.

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      1. Clump
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Huge 🙂

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        1. Rolls-Royce
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          🙂 Was overdue. Last four GWs had been abysmal.

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    3. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      71 with Kane and Walker left

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      1. Iceball
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Eriksen and Walker...

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        1. Clump
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          Lovely.

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    4. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Nice one, Clump. You deserve it m8

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  3. PvA
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Summary for Today

    Bonus Points (with game winning goal):
    3 - Firmino (39)
    2 - Lallana (33)
    1 - Milner, Sturridge (29)

    Average with projected bonus points

    Top 10k
    Total Average 48.9
    Today: 6.9

    Overall
    Total Average: 44.8
    Today: 5

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    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      So many lallana owners

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      1. Ha.
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Approximately 20%

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    2. Ravager
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Thanks for this.

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    3. Point-one short
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Thanks

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  4. Jimmy Boy
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Should I do Sigurdsson > Lallana now for a hit, or hold on until the weekend for free. He's bound to rise tonight isn't he?

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    1. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Give him one more gw and hope for cheeky pen

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    2. Morgs
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      He will rise tonight but Siggy at home to Bournemouth is a better option for me.

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    3. MikeDuff
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah they just sacked Bradley too so new manager should win that

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  5. Morgs
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Not a bad evening for non Liverpool owners... Lallana with one, and another pretty jammy one at that, his output won't be sustainable. Firmino scored but can't complain after 6ish fixtures without a goal. Just an assist for Origi. Mane had a goal incoming but Imbula wanted it more. Nobody has Sturridge. No clean sheets. Happy days considering that was Stoke at home.

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    1. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Yep was thinking the same. I was cheering on goals at the same time as hoping obscure players scored them 😆

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    2. Clump
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Lallana is quality every week.

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      1. Get up ya bum
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Contender for player of the season so far

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        1. Morgs
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

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        2. Clump
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          Different player under Klopp.

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          1. Get up ya bum
            • 16 Years
            8 years, 11 months ago

            Yep. They have all improved but none as much as Lallana

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    3. Big Red Dog
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Clyne and Mane for me lol, very annoying! But Lallana will continue producing

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    4. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Yes, it could have been worse. A lot worse.

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  6. Get up ya bum
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Dominant cruise control performance.

    Good game for some pommies. Lallana, hendo, milner.

    Wijnaldum becoming a real unsung hero for me. Another good, efficient performance.

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    1. Big Red Dog
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Loving Henderson, was never that big a fan but great game from him. That pass like KDBs was insane, also the reverse diagonal ball to Lovren.. Gets stuck in too. Great player

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      1. Get up ya bum
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Agreed. He's really stepping up.

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    2. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Wijnaldum's probably up there with Oriol Romeu as one of the most underrated players in the league.

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      1. Get up ya bum
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Indeed

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  7. Invincibles
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Vertonghen & Capoue > Ake & Phillips

    Vert not justifying pricetag and no attacking threat, Ake faces Swansea, Hull, Sun and CP in next 5.
    Capoue providing little threat, Phillips faces Hull, Sunderland, boro and Stoke in next 6.

    Good moves?

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    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Do it

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  8. We Will Klopp you
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Lallana in for Hazard and Costa in for Kane in view to a move towards the Aguero, Ibra, Costa power front line, yes or no?

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  9. Aston-villain
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Was Mane involved much?

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    1. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Always is. Not his best performance but decent.

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    2. Big Red Dog
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Yep could have scored many times. As always.

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  10. Sandy Ravage
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Best options from GW20 onwards:
    A - Zlatan (wham, LIV, stk, HUL)
    B - Kun (BUR, eve, TOT, wham)

    X - Walcott (bou, swa, BUR, WAT)
    Y - Sterling (BUR, eve, TOT, wham)

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    1. ANON.
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      AX

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  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Take out Pieters or Holebas for Ake?

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    1. The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Holebas

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    2. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Probably Hole, card magnet

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  12. ANON.
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Mane + Origi to Phillips + Costa -4?

    Would leave me with:

    Heaton, Pickford
    Alonso, Cedric, Holebas, Evans, Amat
    Sanchez, Hazard, Walcott, Phillips, Fletcher
    Ibra, Costa, Benteke

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  13. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Swansea City can confirm that the club has parted company with manager Bob Bradley. Full story to follow.

    https://twitter.com/SwansOfficial/status/813825046456205312

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    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      😯 What a shock!

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    2. Numb
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Wow, they soon yanked him out

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      1. Robben Mee Blind
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        🙂

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      2. sy
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Lol

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    3. Oven Glover
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Haha

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    4. tm245
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      What a waste of time for all involved. Was never going to work.

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    5. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Wowsers.

      Is Siggy back on?

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    6. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      😯

      That escalated quickly

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    7. Bezzer
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Siggy U Turn!

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    8. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Any other managers looked more out of their depth than him? Can't think of any. Remi Garde?

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  14. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Oh well. I had a straight choice of benching Lala or Origi. Went the wrong way.

    I have no idea how Clyne manages to get so few assists...why do the Pool fwds turn to duffers every time he supplies them?

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    1. Big Red Dog
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Very frustrating! So many good cut backs that get skied. that said I find his final ball lacking sometimes. You going to keep him?

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      1. Dr Dream
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        No. Costa back in for me.

        Sturridge is a big problem for Origi.

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    2. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Haha. Often his deliveries aren't the best tbh

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      1. Dr Dream
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Surely even the odd bit of a lucky deflection now and again wouldn't do any harm.

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        1. Get up ya bum
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          🙂

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    3. Fred54
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      How did you end up in that position, playing them both was a must againt Stoke no?

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      1. Dr Dream
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Because I also had David Silva vs Hull and Pogba vs Sunderland.

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  15. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Ibra-aguero-costa
    Sanchez-walcott-azpi

    How is this for big 6?

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    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      rest of the team must be a crap

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    2. Jinswick
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Most of them are pretty small

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  16. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Should I do

    Pickford > Heaton
    Antonio > Phillips

    For -4? Wanted to have Antonio against Leicester but the alternative is to play Grant...

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  17. Lone Wolf FPL
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    who would you rather own:

    a) Moses + Ibra
    b) Lallana + Costa for -4

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    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      B long term

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  18. tm245
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    I quit smoking a long time ago but I am tempted to have a (c)iggy this weekend if Swansea make a decent hire.

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    1. Lawrø
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Had one this gw, would not recommend

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      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Ring in the new year, hard to say no.

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    2. Numb
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Will be a caretaker probably

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  19. Pirlø's Pen
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Siggy revival!

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  20. Jimmers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Bradley gone from Swansea

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  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Bob Bradley sacked

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  22. PvA
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    BRAD BOBLEY IS GONE YESSSS

    OH GLYFI SIGURDSSON PUT THEM ON YOUR BACK AND BRING ME THEM POINTS

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Captain him again?

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  23. Jimmers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Swansea - keep your eyes off Garry Monk!!

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  24. Total Foot 5
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    hi all, did not see game, lallana out around 60th min washe injured or ok?

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    1. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      All good, getting a little rest

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    2. MTPockets
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Fine

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    3. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      pardew learning welsh

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    4. Fred54
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      I like the way the Siggy owners think Sir Alex Fergusson is gonna come out of retirement to manage Swansea and turn it around in a few days...

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    5. @chapellefpl OR 577TH
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Cute 5 points from origi.

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    6. tm245
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Pards in so the players can express themselves.

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    7. 1justlookin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Will probably do kane to ibra unless kane gets a load of points tomorrow but to fund it i would need to get rid of siggy.

      Who do you reckon is best to get -

      Chadli
      Phillips
      Antonio
      Rodriguez
      Other

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    8. dhamphiir
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      OFFICIAL: Bob Bradley has been sacked as Swansea manager after just 85 days in charge.

      He lost 7 of his 11 games in charge.

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      1. Fred54
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Poor record, should have lost the other 4 and full housed it.

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