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Saturday Dugout Discussion

21 April 2012 3426 comments
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Gameweek 35 kicks off with a game between third-placed Arsenal and sixth-placed Chelsea. Champions League qualification (and all the money it brings) is at stake, and the Dugout Discussion opens to see how it plays out. The line-ups from the early game have been released, and are as follows…

Arsenal XI: Szczesny, Sagna, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Ramsey, Song, Walcott, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, van Persie.

Chelsea XI: Cech, Bosingwa, Cahill, Terry, Bertrand, Essien, Romeu, Malouda, Sturridge, Torres, Kalou.

From the defeat at the hands of struggling Wigan there are four casualties, with Johan Djourou, Andre Santos, Mikel Areta and Yossi Benayoun all out of the eleven. In comes Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Juggling his priorities, Roberto Di Matteo makes eight (8) changes ahead of the second leg Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. Petr Cech, John Terry and Gary Cahill are the only survivors from the first leg.

After the game at the Emirates we’ve got five 3pm fixtures to enjoy, before the day’s football concludes at Loftus Road for the game between QPR and Tottenham.

The Dugout Discussion chatroom will be open for the entirety of today’s action, and can be accessed right here.

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  1. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
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    Demps had a nice shot at goal right now.

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    1. Pinoche
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      Great 🙂

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  2. Evs
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    There's no chance of a villa scoring a goal I don't suppose 🙁 ?

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      All Sunderland now.

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  3. Demí
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    Friedel Walker King Gallas Ekotto - Sandro Parker Modric Bale - VDV - Defoe

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    1. Parm
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      No Ade :O

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    2. Gaz Downright
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      cheers

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    3. FORCA INTER
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      finally some luck this GW!

      my main rival get adebayour in!

      1min cameo pls

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    4. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
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      Ade missing is going to scupper a few dgw plans...

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    5. Hate that rotation
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      Jelavic DGW is looking more likely for me now.

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    6. Brian (Not the Messiah)
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      common Tottenham! give us a reason to buy players for dbl!

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    7. Mr Smith
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      VDV up front? Be interesting to see how he gets on, with the DGW in mind...

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    8. FPL Daniel
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      So RVP to Ade is off the card now. Jellyfish is than. Too bad I wasted a transfer on Gabby instead on TEvez for RVP. So be it. Go Baleeeeeeeeee u r my ultimate differential atm

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  4. The Finnisher
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    Sigurdsson goal coming, I can feel it, stress less.

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  5. sotothemightygreek
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    FFS Pog. Should have been a second Dempsey assist.

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  6. FPL Daniel
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    BENDTNER!! Larsson with the cross into the edge of the box and the Dane scores!! NO!! The flag's up! That was really close, but just, JUST looked a good decision!

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  7. udit
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    The one thing that this site and game shows me is how selfish we all are 😆

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  8. HappyAnkit
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    Walcott is Red Flagged.

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    1. The Rock
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      Out for 3 weeks.

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      1. ViperStripes
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        well makes it easy to decide who to get rid of in mid for a DGW player!

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  9. drughi
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    3-0 newcastle and nothing from HBA, Whatta feck, i know where this gw is going

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  10. Drip Doctor
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    Van der Vaart on pens. Nice.

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    1. Cheggers
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      Always is

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      1. udit
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        No, one can't be sure about that. I think Ade is.

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      2. The Finnisher
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        Adebayor taken 2 pens with VDV there, are you sure?

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        1. Cheggers
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          He's took 1.

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          1. The Finnisher
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            Two, in the FA Cup also.

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          2. Gaz Downright
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            he believe he has taken 3, and he even missed the second one

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      3. Drip Doctor
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        Adebayor has taken the last few, VDV was on the pitch aswell.

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      4. Epic Fail
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        Ade has taken them with VDV on the pitch.

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      5. gledy
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        Ade took pens with VDV on pitch.

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    2. udit
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      Did you captain him then?

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      1. Drip Doctor
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        Had it on him yesterday, swapped to Cisse this morning. Can't complain.

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        1. udit
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          Well done anyways to get him in at all.

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        2. Gaz Downright
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          can't complain yet* 😛

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  11. ViperStripes
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    C'mon villa hold that clean sheet

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  12. Burly - swear i wont ever (…
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    Loving Cisse (c)!! 🙂

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  13. Jinswick
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    Murphy off, Dempsey pens (you would think)

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    1. Hate that rotation
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      Pog can take pens though.

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    2. FPL Daniel
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      Yeah he will do something

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  14. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
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    Jelavic instead of Ade for the DGW for me now 🙂

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    1. COMH
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      Does Moyes rotation and the fact they have Gueye, Anichebe and Straq not put you off?

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      1. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
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        No, Gueye is a winger. Besides Jelavic by far their best striker and Moyes want to finish above Liverpool.

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      2. Hate that rotation
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        Do you think he will rotate his only quality striker?

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    2. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      +1.

      VDV maybe coming in too

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    3. ViperStripes
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      yep RVP to Jelly and might just keep Tevez alongside Cisse and make more mid DGW transfers

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  15. Djerbil
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    J(O)A Is Petrov playing still or subbed off??

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    1. The Finnisher
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      Still there

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  16. Jinswick
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    That would've been a comedy Senderos goal. Side netting.

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  17. Mr Smith
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    How's HBA looked today?

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    1. FPL Daniel
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      Great but he made some bad decisions near the end of the attack. Didn't shot when he should do, didn't pass to Cisse when he had to. He could had been on tons on points on another day

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    2. shivamutd
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      outstanding but newcastle look happy with the 3-0.

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      1. shivamutd
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        they could have got 5+ today.

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  18. Bartowski
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    Man a Stoke goal would really help me a lot

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    1. Mr Smith
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      +1

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    2. The Rock
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      Same

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    3. MCH
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      With Simpson off now that would be incredibly nice!!!

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  19. Ginkapo FPL
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    Poor Doosra with Ade

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  20. Gaz Downright
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    Walters
    Finishing 04

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  21. Feanor
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    Simpson off.

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      Brilliant 🙂

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  22. Pinoche
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    Stoke , how shit can you be , can't score even 1 GOAL !

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    1. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
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      Considering the season they've had I think it's pretty reasonable that they're fatigued as hell.

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  23. सनकी
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    Simpson injured ?

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    1. Gaz Downright
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      rest probably

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    2. FPL Daniel
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      6 points in the bag than

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  24. HappyAnkit
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    C'mmon Siggy, Demps & Caulker get1 goal each.

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  25. Gaz Downright
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    Palace to edge it 2-3.. here we go

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    1. crystalpalaceRus
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      CMON!!!!

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  26. COMH
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    Low scoring GW35 you reckon?

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    1. Bøwstring The Carp
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      For me anyway - Walcott, RVP(c), Siggy, Sess, Bogdan, HBA

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    2. Ginkapo FPL
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      Man City havent playd yet! (Nor Man U but who cares about that)

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      1. COMH
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        In general though. City could score really well but I mean over the majority of the games where most players are.

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  27. lord_lucan
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    Hey chaps missed the action so far today ... can someone tell me whats happened to collins? brought him in for the dgw ... looks like they're going to keep a cleany and then i see he was subbed on 43!!! .... not good luck for me this week so far

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  28. Evs
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    Swans 18 shots

    Bolton 4

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    1. Jinswick
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      And still no save points for Bogdan. Grrrr

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      1. Evs
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        You mean, and still no Siggy goal 😥

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    2. Pinoche
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      Bogdan -2 saves !

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    3. chilin_dude
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      How can bbc say Swansea 11 shots on target, yet fpl say bogdan only 2 saves

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      1. chinmusic
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        Blocks from defenders

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  29. Hopper
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    Jesus spurs bench is weak, before January it was 'top, top' drawer

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  30. Menly
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    Nice to see Defoe getting gametime

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