Dugout Discussion
6 May 2012 2464 comments
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It’s the penultimate weekend of the 2011/12 Premier League season, and only Wolves know their fate. Although nothing can be officially decided today, the Dugout Dugout opens for seven games with huge significance at both ends of the table. We start with arguably the biggest game of the day, as Manchester City travel to Newcastle United, with the title and Champions League qualification on the line. Here’s how both sides line-up…

Newcastle XI: Krul, Perch, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Cisse, Ba.

Man City XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany, Clichy, Nasri, Toure Yaya, Barry, Silva, Aguero, Tevez

Unsurprisingly, after two massive wins this week, both sides name unchanged line-ups.

Should City falter at the Sports Direct Arena, then attention and intrigue with turn to Old Trafford to see how the Champions can respond at home to Swansea.

In and amongst those two huge games, there’s five games kicking off at 2pm. They include three of the five sides desperately trying to avoid relegation with Aston Villa facing third-place chasing Spurs, QPR hosting Stoke, and Bolton welcoming the visit of West Brom.

Follow all the action as it unfolds in our Dugout Discussion chatroom, which can be accessed right here.

Akers Richard or Akers, as he is known, has been regularly haunting this site since July 2008. He is young and foolish, take what he says with a pinch of salt. Follow them on Twitter

  1. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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    Plz EVERTON SCORE

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  2. mikess
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    Mark predicted verm would concede then suggested kompany as the only defender worth a hit yesterday morning. Potentially genious call. Still went for glory in Verm

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    1. Epic Fail
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      Not really genius. A totally reasonable prediction.

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      1. mikess
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        tell that to the verm transfer inners

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        1. Epic Fail
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          They were probably hoping for a goal.

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          1. mikess
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            i was

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  3. Egg noodle
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    YES CISSE THANK youuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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    1. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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      UHH

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  4. udit
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    Shane to score the equilizer?

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    1. Declan
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      clutching.....

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    2. COMH
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      Big time

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  5. Balotellitubbies
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    You can balance the books, make smart signings, scout and coach well and struggle to for champions league spots. Or you can just get bought by oil barons and win the league. Sigh.

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    1. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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      I like the 2nd one

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    2. Djerbil
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      ^This

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    3. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
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      I still believe United were fortunate to be in the right place at the right time, i.e. being the dominant team just as the Premier league started up and began to get substantial money from SKY.

      Swings and Roundabouts

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    4. Manani
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      is it true that they are going to limit the money spent soon? as soon as city get ronaldo, messi and iniesta.

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  6. Mílanista
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    0 points for Ferguson as usual

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  7. DGno9
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    LOL Shane Ferguson Yellow haha 🙂 what a player 🙂 lol

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  8. HuttonDressedasLahm
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    Ferguson back to zero, as per usual!!

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  9. DLL18
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    Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor, Gower, Allen, Dyer, Sigurdsson, Sinclair, Graham.

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    1. Nopli
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      Caulker 🙂

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    2. Fray Bentos
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      #supervorm

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    3. DLL18
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      #Swansea subs: Tremmel, Tate, Britton, Routledge, Monk, McEachran, Moore. #mufc

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    4. mikess
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      wonder if danny grahams few lapdances early this week in newcastle will give him some inspiration

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  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    Niall Quinn is so biased

    Enjoying this city win too much I think

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  11. HuttonDressedasLahm
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    Spurs red card.... Who??

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    1. Chris_White
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      Rose

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      1. Mílanista
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        So Bale at left back next week?

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    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      Rose

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    3. Bad Pen
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      *Sigh*

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    4. Nopli
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      Rose

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    5. pukey
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      Rose

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    6. ★A-O-Chamberlain★ COYG …
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      Rose

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  12. Gaz Downright
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    Rose you tw*t

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  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    Rose sent off spurs

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  14. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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    WTF ROSE

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  15. DGno9
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    Rose sent off! Come On Villa!

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  16. Declan
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    Spurs 😆

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    1. Nopli
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      +10

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      1. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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        CHELSEA FOR CL spot

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    2. Spoiler
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      as much as i want to laugh, ill wait till the final whistle

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  17. waitinginthelonggrass
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    I hate Platt.

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    1. COMH
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      Me too. Big time

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      1. maglia rosa
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        crewe legend scorer of amazing world cup goals and all round top bloke 😛

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  18. udit
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    Mancini, take off toure please, he's looking detrimental.

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  19. denial
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    Not a red.

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  20. crystalpalaceRus
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    Rose off, Bale will go in defence i assume

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  21. FPL Daniel
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    Rose D. red card

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  22. The Finnisher
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    COME ON VILLA YES 😀

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  23. HuttonDressedasLahm
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    It's ok I can continue!! 😉

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    1. Chris_White
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      ...or not

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  24. Drogba "Unstoppable, U…
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    Everton match been most disappointing till now

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    1. DLL18
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      Captaining Jelly isn't looking too clever at the minute.

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    2. the Penman
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      Jelly (c) fail so far...at least I have Jags in defence to mop up some points.

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  25. The Bandit
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    Bale to LB? 🙁

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  26. emperikal
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    Kaboul in for a hit fail. Guess he'll have to make it up next week

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  27. Gaz Downright
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    Gallas LB i guess

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  28. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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    Rose Red Carded

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  29. crystalpalaceRus
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    aguero off target again

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  30. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    OMG yaya

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