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Dugout Discussion June 17

Aguero benched as Sterling and Mahrez start for Man City

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Pep Guardiola’s rotation policy has struck at the earliest possible opportunity after the Premier League restart.

Less than three hours after the Double Gameweek 30+, some Fantasy managers are already reeling from the Manchester City manager’s unpredictable line-ups.

Sergio Aguero (£11.8m) has been named on the bench for the home match against Arsenal, after over 500,000 signed him for the Double Gameweek.

The Argentinian striker was also backed for the captaincy by 26.7% of the top 10,000 Fantasy managers.

Starting in his place is Gabriel Jesus (£9.6m) who, against Arsenal will be flanked by Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m).

That may favour those who left the armband on Kevin De Bruyne (£10.6m), which included 54.4% of the top 10k, as he starts in central midfield – although it is still very early in the Gameweek.

Meanwhile, Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m) does manage to command a spot in the heart of defence for Manchester City, joined there by Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m), Kyle Walker (£5.6m) and budget option Eric Garcia (£4.5m).

Following in the footsteps of his former master, Mikel Arteta has also sprung a few surprises on Fantasy managers.

Mesut Özil (£7.3m) was left out of the matchday squad entirely while Nicolas Pépé (£9.3m) sits alongside Dani Ceballos (£5.2m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m) on the bench.

Thankfully for the bulk of Fantasy managers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.1m), Bernd Leno (£5.0m) and Bukayo Saka (£4.7m) are all in the starting XI.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Mendy, Laporte, Garcia, Walker; Gundogan, De Bruyne, D Silva; Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.

Arsenal XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tierney, Mari, Mustafi, Bellerin; Guendouzi, Xhaka; Aubameyang, Willock, Saka; Nketiah.

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  1. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Really chuffed with 28pts from first game and four starting this game even Saka but captain Aguero where are you!? Do we reckon he’ll come on today? I’m thinking 55, 60 minutes he’ll be on if still a draw, 70 if winning

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    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      If drawing, will probably come no after 65 mins or so.

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    2. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Wouldnt surprise me if Pep did something weird like sub him on at 30 minutes then off again at 80

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    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Half time wouldn’t surprise me

      I’m guessing Pep has the subs pre planned.

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  2. lilmessipran
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    As a non kdb captainer, no raz, dilva or jesus this is scary to watch

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    1. Blunder fc
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Just turn off and watch something else

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    2. Tsssst
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Switch it off then

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    3. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Ederson, Laporte Aguero?

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      1. lilmessipran
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        kun kdb mahrez

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  3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Xhaka cant

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  4. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cmon Arsenal its possible

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  5. FPL_Devil
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Nketiah looks promising

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  6. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone have a link to watch the game?

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    1. Wheyyyy
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      viprow

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    2. Pulp Minion
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      reddit soccerstreams net

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  7. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba playing like a winger that never wants to enter the box

    Biggest waste of money. Only thing that saves him would be abhrighton start

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    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      10 min , really ?

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      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        His position wont change

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    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Needs to get that cut price contract expiring summer Man Utd move

      Undisputed lone striker in his favourite position & Greenwood’s mentor for a year or two until Mason’s time to shine

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  8. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Bring on Luiz asap....

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    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Sit Chucky

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    2. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      That aged well

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  9. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Imagine if this game ends 0-0

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    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Would take it as a Leno owner.

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  10. KaBoZ: Kids,don't Drin…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Question: How would we know if players are expected to rise or drop ?
    http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/ doesn't seem to really get all the mess that's happening yet 🙂

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    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Going to have to guess.....

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  11. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Come on saka

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  12. Danstoke82
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone getting tinkering withdrawal and activating their WC tonight? 😀

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    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Already fired up the Free Hit, no point waiting.

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      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        I would FH but I’m worried about potential price rises and not being able to afford the players I want. WC seems the better option?

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    2. reo19uk
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      If you are wildcarded you should defo be activating it tonight!

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    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Might go FH - get back my 29 squad 🙂 for one last hurrah.

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      1. SomewhatPleasing
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        ?

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      2. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        FH seems like a good option but I’d still end up having triple Sheff U and Aston Villa players in 32. There’s also potential price rises to certain players like Bruno and Rashford. Therefore would WC be a better option?

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        1. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          No WC. No Villa bar Grealish and able to bench SU defence and already have Vardy, Tammy, Son and Bruno.

          Thinking Liverpool are good next week but poor in 32/33 given 2 games in 3 days. No rush to get them back imo.

          Oddly a FH to get a similar side to 29 does add up for me.

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

    I have Guendouzi as my first bench, but low chance of him getting a look in unless Aguero misses both matches,

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  14. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    https://twitter.com/alexthomascnn/status/1273335557880524801

    Regarding the goal line technology error.

    Imagine losing Europa money due to this.

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    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Don't most clubs lose money playing in the EL anyway?

      But it is just bad luck. If the chance of error is 1 in 9000 then it is better than the ref's / assistant's eyes which is way worse than 1 in 9000.

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      1. CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        One would think VAR is there precisely to fix those situations.

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    2. Teahupo'o
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Paul Tierney (VAR) had over a full minute to intervene. Just as, if not more, atrocious than the glt failure.

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      1. Teahupo'o
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        *as

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    3. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Imagine losing a priceless Norwood goal in fantasy football. Sigh

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  15. Pulp Minion
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Take it easy on the running De Bruyne, there is another game in this GW 🙂

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Amazing defensive work-rate.

      Bet he hasn't been eating monster munch over the break. Professional.

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  16. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Carragher the wally with the brolly

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  17. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Saka gonna get some points here, wd owners

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  18. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    KDB dirty challenge

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  19. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Just transferred sterling out after 10 minutes in my team - feels good!

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Might be a good time to get him. Won't have to play AWB again this season.

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  20. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cmon boys , we can do this

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  21. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Lol that BBC sport image of Nyland, I own him but haha wtf
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport

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    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Oh its gone now, but xD

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  22. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    How long til Aguero on do we reckon?

    Half time if still 0-0 or maybe sooner?

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    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      60+mins

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    2. Karhumies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      75mins

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    3. Karhumies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I hope this leads to Aguero start vs Villa though. They were unconvincing.

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      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        They have Burnley

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  23. JELLYFISH
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Best atmosphere at the Etihad I’ve heard in a long time

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  24. kennethrhcp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    on WC

    A: Kane
    B: Vardy

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    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Kane has better fixtures long-term, but I think you really need to see how the teams play first.

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      1. kennethrhcp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        oh ya i will. just early tinkering

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    2. CheesyZoot
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I have gone with Vardy + Son for Spurs cover

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      1. kennethrhcp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        cheers. ya Son straight in there

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    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Both, with KUN like me 🙂

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  25. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Just need aguero come on early

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  26. Costa Nostra
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Let’s be honest, virtual fpl is way more fun. Reliable starters and way more scoring! Not to mention games every other day! Bring it back Rags!!

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    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Takes up less of my time too 😆

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    2. Ragabolly
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Will do, thanks 😀 But of course nothing tops the real thing

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  27. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    KDB looks like a solid defender

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  28. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Thought Gary said Mahrez hammy gone then

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    1. Congers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      This!

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    2. SteJ
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I'm sure he did. Rubbish speaking

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    3. waltzingmatildas
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Me too!!! Obviously not great for mari, but I'm relieved!

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  29. SteJ
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    So, fake crowd noise or true silence?
    What has everyone chosen and why?

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    1. Lev Yashin
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Fake noise.

      Reminds me of FFS.

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    2. tutankamun
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Silence is more realistic for the Man City game

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  30. Lev Yashin
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    ARS falling apart.

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    1. Lev Yashin
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Make of that what you will.

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