Dugout Discussion
25 February 2012 1534 comments
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We’ve got six Premier League games to enjoy today, starting with five 3pm games before Manchester City have the chance to extend their lead at the top of the league. The Dugout Discussion returns, and we’ve got all the team news for the games kicking-off shortly…

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz, Cole, Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Sturridge, Drogba, Mata

Bolton: Bogdan, Steinsson, Wheater, Ream, Ricketts, Reo-Coker, Muamba, Sanli, Pratley, Miyaichi, Ngog.

Frank Lampard starts as captain today for Chelsea, and Ashley Cole returns at left-back. For the visitors, Tuncay Sanli and Ryo Miyaichi hold on to starting roles.

West Brom: Foster, Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Andrews, Mulumbu, Morrison, Odemwingie, Fortune, Thomas.

Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, Turner, O’Shea, Richardson, Larsson, Cattermole, Gardner, Colback, McClean, Sessegnon.

Roy Hodgson plays Peter Odemwingie on the flank as expected, and Martin O’Neil goes without Niklas Bendtner and Frazier Campbell.

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon, Ryan Taylor, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Ba, Cisse.

Wolves: Hennessey, Zubar, Berra, Stearman, Ward, Foley, Henry, Edwards, O’Hara, Jarvis, Doyle.

Newcastle welcome back Ryan Taylor, Yohan Cabaye and Cheick Tiote to their starting line-up. Terry Connor rings in the changes for his first game in charge, with defence the area biggest hit.

QPR: Kenny, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Taiwo, Diakite, Mackie, Taarabt, Barton, Wright-Phillips, Zamora.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Kelly, Hughes, Hangeland, John Arne Riise, Ruiz, Murphy, Dembele, Dempsey, Pogrebnyak, Johnson.

Mark Hughes gives Samba Diakite his QPR debut, and Andy Johnson replaces Damian Duff fr Martin Jol’s Fulham.

Wigan: Al Habsi, Alcaraz, Caldwell, Figueroa, Boyce, McArthur, McCarthy, Gomez, Beausejour, Moses, Di Santo.

Aston Villa: Given, Hutton, Collins, Cuellar, Warnock, Agbonlahor, Gardner, Keane, Bannan, Albrighton, Bent.

The home side are unchanged from the victory last time out, and Villa name Robbie Keane amongst their starters for the final time this season.

Join us in our Dugout Discussion chatroom as we follow the events as they unfold, which can be accessed right here.

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  1. Mílanista
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    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Cisse goal

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  2. super zlatan
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Cisse. Wow.

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  3. Granville
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Cisse goal, Tiote assist

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  4. djman102
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Pogrebnyak goal

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    1. djman102
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Dembele assist

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  5. Locarno
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    May have to look at Pavel Un-spellable.

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  6. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Papiss(C) you beauty! Score a hattrick son!

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    1. Jukesy
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      What a pick! I'll be hoping for that hattrick too.

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        🙂 He is a quality striker, he's shown that in the Bundesliga and in his debut. Being cheaper than made it a no brainer for me, despite Ba being on penalties!

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    2. Barnsley FC
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      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Differentials for the win!

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    3. pilgrim
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Loving it, Papiss for me and Ba(c) for my rival, need Aguero to go mad as well to really claw back points

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    4. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Someone told me to bench Papiss yesterday... so i captained him.

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  7. HappyAnkit
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Cisse Scores
    Tiote Assist

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  8. Mull
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    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Do they send Kammy to watch Fulham just so he can murder the pronunciation of Pogrebnyak.

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  9. HappyAnkit
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Pogrebnyak scores

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  10. Nomar
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    More league 1 level defending by QPR.

    Going down, I fear.

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    1. Cheggers
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      I think you are running out of good games... just as bad as the other 4 teams down there though.

      With Swansea and Norwich pretty safe, the statistics are against you staying up imo (1 newly promoted side always goes down)

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      1. Nomar
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        • 16 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        I fear you are right.

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        1. Tommy J
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          • 16 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          Yes I'm thinking of shipping Taiwo-was worried about QPR defensively so have him as last sub.

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    2. djman102
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Agreed. They are looking awful.

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    3. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Should do better with Cisse back next GW

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    4. Manani
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      u think i should trade out taiwo now?
      the fixture is drying up soon.

      he sure have great attacking potential though

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  11. zoltar74
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    Ba flick wld have been sweet had it gone in but happy for Cisse..

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  12. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    ok who told me to get Ba? 😛

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  13. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Rival got Cisse, I got Ba. Great..

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      rival has odem and cisse and aguero(C). I could get raped

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      1. ColeHole
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        language! Or are we back on backdoors now?

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        1. Call Me Old Fashioned
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 11 months ago

          sorry, i could be in trouble

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    2. सनकी
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      re-lax. you have 85 minutes left

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  14. gruffyboy
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    CS could be at a premium today

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  15. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    On 14pts... :p

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  16. COMH
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks Papiss.

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  17. Screaming Midget
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    I've made the wrong choice every time this season so was never expecting less than Cisse to score.

    Cisse will do better than Ba from now until the end of the season.

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    1. Screaming Midget
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      ... Unless I buy Cisse.

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      1. Microcuts
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        I feel your pain.

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      2. Manani
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        pls do...

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    2. Cheggers
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Lol one goal has gone in. Chill out

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        +1 Ba had the original chance don't forget. Early days.

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    3. Screaming Midget
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      It's been one of those days Cheggers, so the rest is pretty predictable... and this is the weekend when I go without alcohol!

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    4. AP
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      13 years, 11 months ago

      lol i love the reactionary comments on here.

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    5. Jukesy
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      I love to see some optimism 15 minutes into a GW!

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  18. Abominable Snowy84
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    ireland -16 was a good bet

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  19. Hate that rotation
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Almost everyone in my league has mclean now. Looks like that secret has blown.

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  20. Hazard267
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    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Ive got cabaye and r taylor ..... no assist and i kept robbie keane instead of getting cisse my plan from the start of the week was to get cisse :L lol

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    1. HappyAnkit
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      13 years, 11 months ago

      The games aren't over yet.

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      1. Hazard267
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        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        yh i no lol just started

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  21. Syd.
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    QPR & Wolves....

    Plus one other....

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    1. Cheggers
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      too close to call..

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    2. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Really hope it's not Wigan

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      1. Barnsley FC
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        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        +42. Hope it's blackburn.

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  22. The Wizard of Ozil
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Tiote 1st sub.. i hate this game lol

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  23. Puzzle
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    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    QPR getting raped so far. Could easily have been 2/3-0

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  24. Mull
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    • 14 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone with Pogrebnyak, Ciise or Odemwingie clearly couldn't afford Ba.

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    1. Jukesy
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Could afford either, chose Cisse

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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        • 14 Years
        13 years, 11 months ago

        I could and I chose Ba.

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    2. Samwise the Brave
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      13 years, 11 months ago

      I chose Cisse over Ba, just because I wanted to be different from my rivals (captained him cause I'm mad)

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    3. Jimmers
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      13 years, 11 months ago

      Some of us prefer not to follow the herd!

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  25. Cheggers
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    Taiwo is awful. Another classic ffs bandwagon

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    1. Mull
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      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Imagine the reaction if he is on pens.

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    2. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      thy meek will follow...

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    3. Manani
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      no CS but have consistent assist,
      not sure if worth it :S

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  26. HappyAnkit
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    Bogdan with 3 saves already.

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    1. Cheggers
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      Good lad boggers

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  27. Jafooli
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    You know you're in for a rough GW when you GK CS is gone in 3mins.......

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 11 months ago

      yup

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  28. Hazard267
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    so close to a keane assist :L

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  29. Hect.OR 98th
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    13 years, 11 months ago

    Oh my god my week is ruined because a player I don't have has scored in the first 10 minutes.

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  30. Puzzle
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    • 15 Years
    13 years, 11 months ago

    wow, Simpson with a good shot

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