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Sunday Dugout Discussion

1 April 2012 2647 comments
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The Dugout Discussion opens today for two Premier League games involving some of it’s most enjoyable teams to watch. Third-place chasing Spurs take on the exciting Swansea City after Newcastle host Liverpool, with the former fighting for European football.

The team news from the game at The Sports Direct Arena is in, and the sides line-up as follows…

Newcastle XI: Krul, Simpson, Williamson, Perch, Gutierrez, Guthrie, Tiote, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Cisse, Ba.

Liverpool XI: Reina, Flanagan, Carragher, Skrtel, Jose Enrique, Shelvey, Spearing, Gerrard, Suarez, Carroll, Bellamy.

Alan Pardew is without the injured Fabricio Coloccini, which partners James Perch with Mike Williamson in central defence and puts Jonas Gutierrez in the left-back berth. It’s the same attacking mentality that served them so well at West Brom.

Liverpool also name an attacking side, knowing that a win here is essential if they want to overhaul the Magpies. Andy Carroll returns to his former stomping ground and starts alongside Luis Suarez.

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  1. Abominable Snowy84
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Liverpool to sign Michael Owen at the end of season

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    1. JT's Dog
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Be better with Sid owen

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      • Le Bluff
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        You almost got me 😉

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        1. JT's Dog
            13 years, 10 months ago

            Thought I would get to do the rickkkky

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        2. Abominable Snowy84
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          13 years, 10 months ago

          haha saw that earlier somewhere

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      • Corrigan
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Dempsey has a blank, a rubbish double and takes up a spot that could be used for the likes of Mata and HBA

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        1. Corrigan
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          and yet I still feel compelled to retain him.

          CHE, WIG and SUN are all captain potential.

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          1. Le Bluff
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            I can tell this is doing your head in, Corrigan!

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            1. Corrigan
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              Incredibly so. It's driving me insane!

              I did an essay as to why I should keep then a confusing post regarding the Man Utd midfield...

              ...I just don't know any more.

              *breaks down*

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              1. Le Bluff
                • 14 Years
                13 years, 10 months ago

                It's tough stuff, this DGW malarky!

                My current plans involve holding onto David Silva until GW 36 - truly shocking stuff. One of the main reasons being that he has a fixture in GW 34, and I don't wanna bring in a VDV/Mata only for them to warm my bench in a key GW.

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                1. Corrigan
                  • 14 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  I know, pal. I was in a similar situation with Ba as you have with Silva.

                  Constantly between a rock and hard place.

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        2. kaz 96
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          well, he does have wigan at home and though it's rubbish, its still a double. give him 180 mins and he can produce a goal from nowhere

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          1. Corrigan
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            true, the irony is that I would bench him for the blank due to his home games rather than the immediate double!

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      • Efan Ekoku Pops
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 10 months ago

        Any Suarez owners giving him another chance against a very leaky Villa defence??

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        1. Bouncebackability
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          Yep. May as well. Not many better fixtures than that, despite the atrocious Liverpool form.

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        2. som3awy
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          I'm keeping.

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      • Dynamic
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        13 years, 10 months ago

        Which striker to get in for Ba just for the next three fixtures?

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        1. Corrigan
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          Bendtner, incredibly.

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          1. Dave Bauer
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            +1

            Me too I think.

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        2. Le Bluff
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          13 years, 10 months ago

          Bendtner, or Danny Graham (NEW, qpr, BLA).

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      • sushi36
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        13 years, 10 months ago

        will ben arfa keep his second assist? it says on BBC he failed to touch the ball...

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      • JT's Dog
          13 years, 10 months ago

          Well hellloooo ding dong

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        • halnone
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 10 months ago

          didn't watch the Liverpool game. Reina got a red? who replaced him in goal?

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          1. Brightside
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            Enrique. They had already done their 3 subs.

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          2. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            Enrique 😆

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          3. little_wizard123
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            Enrique.

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          4. Bad Pen
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            13 years, 10 months ago

            Enrique - Pool had used all their subs.

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          5. PGR
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            13 years, 10 months ago

            enrique

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            1. THE BAD
              • 15 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              did he get any save?

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          6. JT's Dog
              13 years, 10 months ago

              4 points for Enrique CS

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            • Acquafresca
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              enrique

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          7. COMH
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            13 years, 10 months ago

            I find Chris Coleman annoying. His chat is really boring and he keeps rabbiting on.

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          8. THE BAD
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            13 years, 10 months ago

            Lost post.

            Vorm | Mignolet
            Komp | Evans | Enrique | Verm | Caulker
            Bale | Sess | Sigg | Dempsey | Valencia
            Rooney | RVP | Cisse

            Probabbly save transfer and keep this team until GW33 and then on GW33 do
            Dempsey (CHE;blank)>Walcott(wol;WIG)

            That will allow me to play GW34 the following team:

            Vorm (Mig)
            Komp | Evans | Verm | Caulker (Enrique)
            Sess | Wacott | Sigg | Valencia (Bale
            RVP | Roo (Cisse)

            looks good no?

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          9. Abominable Snowy84
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            13 years, 10 months ago

            Superman if you are up there, i really dont care for this fantasy football malarky.
            It would be nice if Spurs didnt win this.

            Yours Faithfully.

            Snowy84

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          10. Hazard267
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            It would be typical is ade went off and saha or defoe went on and scored....

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            1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              So long as he plays as well as this, I don't really care.

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          11. Parm
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            DGW Conundrum here............

            A) A.Cole & VDV (Doubling up on Spurs midfield with Bale)

            B) Walker & Lampard (Doubling up on Spurs defence with Friedel)

            Thanks in Advance!!!

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            1. som3awy
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              13 years, 10 months ago

              A

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            2. som3awy
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              11m for lampard is ridiculous

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          12. sushi36
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            13 years, 10 months ago

            BBC said ben arfa diddnt touch the ball for his second assist, does anyone have any insight on whether he actually did or not?

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            1. Dave Bauer
              • 16 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              No, he 100% did not touch it.

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            2. Abominable Snowy84
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              Defender touched it

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            3. suarez 25
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              no demba ba's assist

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            4. Yossi
              • 15 Years
              13 years, 10 months ago

              Nah, no one's really discussed it at all on here today...

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            5. Huckleberry
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              13 years, 10 months ago

              Overwhelming consensus is that he did not.

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          13. Sean.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            13 years, 10 months ago

            doing pog to bendtner tomorrow night (gw34 in mind) want to make sure my united players come through unscaithed first
            can afford it by a measly 0.1
            is there much chance of bendtner rising and pog dropping overnight though ?

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            1. The Light Knight
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              13 years, 10 months ago

              pog maybe, bendy highly unlikely

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          14. China Mag
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 10 months ago

            I've been checking back through the post in the last hour or so, and to add my two penneth into the ba or barfa assist for the second goal, while watching the goal, and seeing numerous replays, I never thought for a second that it was anywhere near a barfa assist. I would like to see it again now though. As a barfa owner, i would happily take it!

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            1. JT's Dog
                13 years, 10 months ago

                Defo think one of them touched it but no clear angle to show who. If you don't mind we will give it to Ba for his good play in build up

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            2. JT's Dog
                13 years, 10 months ago

                Fact spurs never keep CS when BAE has wild hair

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                1. HappyAnkit
                  • 14 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  Nice Fact! 😛

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                2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 16 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  Bolleaux! 😉

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              • Corrigan
                • 14 Years
                13 years, 10 months ago

                Mata or HBA for the double?

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              • Mull
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                13 years, 10 months ago

                What a striker from Siggy.

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                1. Mull
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  *strike

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              • Abominable Snowy84
                • 14 Years
                13 years, 10 months ago

                Wowzer

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              • Yossi
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                13 years, 10 months ago

                OMG Siggy so close

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              • Dave Bauer
                • 16 Years
                13 years, 10 months ago

                What a save that is. Wow.

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                1. Le Gooner
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                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  Old man Friedel's still got it.

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                2. Call Me Old Fashioned
                  • 15 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  I own siggy and BAE, mixed emotions just there

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                  1. JT's Dog
                      13 years, 10 months ago

                      Always prefer player to score in that situation, more likely to get BP then

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                      1. Dave Bauer
                        • 16 Years
                        13 years, 10 months ago

                        Agreed.

                        Plus far less people have Siggy than have Friedel, BAE, Walker etc combined.

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                3. som3awy
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                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  WOW, what a SHOT!

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                4. Mílanista
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  I look forward to owning the Iceman from next week.

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                  1. Yossi
                    • 15 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    Iceman??

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                    1. Abominable Snowy84
                      • 14 Years
                      13 years, 10 months ago

                      Siggy

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                5. kaz 96
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                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  was that a shot off target from siggy or on?

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                  1. Mull
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    On. Freidel put it on to the post.

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                6. UKG
                  • 15 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  Wow Siggy close

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                7. Schwarzer
                  • 15 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  Did Enrique actually do any saves for Liverpool?

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                  1. DLL18
                    • 13 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    He made 1 I think.

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                  2. Abominable Snowy84
                    • 14 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    1 but it was handball!

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                  3. HappyAnkit
                    • 14 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    I think 1.

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                    1. Schwarzer
                      • 15 Years
                      13 years, 10 months ago

                      Thanks gents!

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                8. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 16 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  Blimey - Friedel looks pumped after that! 😀 Come on, old man!!! 😉

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                  1. Abominable Snowy84
                    • 14 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    Are you calling Fredel old man 😆

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                    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 16 Years
                      13 years, 10 months ago

                      *giggles*

                      Yup! 😉

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                9. Dynamic
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  If you could have 2 of Walcott, Dempsey and Sess from gw34 onwards who would you have?

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                  1. Yossi
                    • 15 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    Walcott Sess

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                  2. kaz 96
                    • 14 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    dempsey and sess, since u said 34 onwards

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                  3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 16 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    Walcott and Sessegnon, imo.

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                  4. The Light Knight
                    • 14 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    demps, sess

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                  5. Kirby
                    • 15 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    Walcott and Sess.

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                  6. THE BAD
                    • 15 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    I'm doing GW33
                    Dempsey>Walcott
                    G35
                    Walcott>Dempsey

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                  7. bobbydinho - Portland Irons
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                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    Walcott & Sess. Dempsey has 3 out of 5 on the road and him and FFC just dont score on the road.

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                10. budi
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                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  friedel's save is like twice better than the strike

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                11. PL Ball
                  • 14 Years
                  13 years, 10 months ago

                  550th game in the EPL for Friedal and he's still got it!

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                  1. The Light Knight
                    • 14 Years
                    13 years, 10 months ago

                    really we should all take up yoga

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