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Dugout Discussion November 28

Sterling, Cancelo and Foden benched as Burnley visit Man City without Pope

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Pep Guardiola has had the last laugh on Fantasy Premier League managers once again with a textbook rotated line-up for a favourable home fixture.

With the division’s lowest scorers in Burnley coming to the Etihad Stadium, he has taken the opportunity to leave Raheem Sterling (£11.5m), João Cancelo (£5.6m) and Phil Foden (£6.5m) out of the starting line-up, leaving all three of them on the bench.

Benjamin Mendy (£5.9m) is handed the left-back berth in Gameweek 10 while Ferran Torres (£6.9m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.2m) staff the flanks of the front-three ahead of Sterling.

Ilkay Gündogan (£5.4m) and Rodrigo (£5.4m) are trusted with the central midfield slots alongside Kevin De Bruyne (£11.6m), which means there is no room for Foden.

Those who opted for Rúben Dias (£5.5m) as a way of covering the Manchester City defence for a favourable fixture will be more pleased than Cancelo owners, as the centre-back starts once again.

Meanwhile, Burnley have moved away from 4-4-2 for this trip, lining Chris Wood (£6.2m), Jay Rodriguez (£5.8m) and Ashley Barnes (£6.0m) in a 4-3-3 formation.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Mendy, Stones, Dias, Walker; Gundogan, Rodrigo, De Bruyne; Torres, Jesus, Mahrez.

Burnley XI (4-3-3): Peacock-Farrell; C Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Benson, Westwood; Rodriguez, Wood, A Barnes.

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  1. F4L
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Time to drop the clear and obvious bull, refs just changing decisions now purely based on merit.

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    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It was a clear pen.

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      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        clear and obvious error though? The contact was minimal. In isolation it's a pen, but that isn't what VAR is supposed to be used for.

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        1. Zalk
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          That's exactly what VAR is for, checking for penalties or red cards. If he had gone down crying and dying no one would have objected.

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          1. F4L
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            fine, but then drop this clear and obvious notion. Officials are just checking everything now that is contentious.

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          2. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Clear and obvious. That’s the point.

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        2. Random Name
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          It is a clear and obvious error. It’s a stonewall penalty. Ref made a clear error and didn’t give it.

          End of story

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          1. F4L
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            He got a little kick on the bottom of his foot with the ball already gone. If there was no check, there's hardly any discussion about the incident after the match.

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    2. Bennerman
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      'Purely based on merit'.

      Erm... sounds a highly meritorious element to base a decision on.

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      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Yes, but that's not what VAR is supposed to be used for; it came with the caveat of clear and obvious, but that's not being taken into consideration now.

        I don't mind if everything is based purely on merit, but drop the clear and obvious notion.

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  2. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Mane and Cancelo, wonderful FPL day

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    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Mane and Sterling here. 24m wasted every week

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      1. Borden
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        wow! you called it! fair play!

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    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Both very, very likely to be benched tbh...

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      1. Rasping Drive
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Oh do behave.

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        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/22849863

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  3. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    This formation looks brilliant for Torres.

    Mendy wide so he gets in the right areas.

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    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      been playing striker in Jesus' absence, evidently Pep fancies him in a more central position.

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    2. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Torres should score today, I reckon he's the most likely of City players..

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  4. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Sterling in fail. Bald fraud!

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  5. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Any chance Sterling doesn't come on for a cameo?

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    1. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He will surely come on. They won't score with that lineup.

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  6. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Pep gonna pep

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  7. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    LOL.

    Welbeck: "We got a soft penalty"

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    1. nolard
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      is right

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  8. Random Name
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Graham Potter is a world class manager.

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    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Better than Arteta fo sure

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      1. Pariße
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        That was uncalled for

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  9. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Barnes, Wood and J Rod all start for Burnley. Attack the best form of defence?

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  10. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone captaining or vice-captaining Sterling has to be a casual. What has he done to deserve the armband?

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    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It's called clutching at the straws. Torres was in good form for both club and country. Not surprised here with Pep.

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    2. Vlekz
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Not for and against anyone, but this game is about predicting future points and if someone thought sterling was going to get something out of this one, he/she probably wasn't day and night wrong. They gambled knowing the risks and it probably just won't work out in this case

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      • MITHRRANDIRR
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        "High-risk differential."

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    3. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Foden and Cancelo owner here. Can't wait to bin Foden finally. Pep doesn't rate him in the PL at all. Said I'd get rid if he didn't start this weekend, am doing it ASAP.

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      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You're about 5 weeks late on that

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      2. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        The moment I binned him, I started rising the rankings. Really hate owning players who aren't sure starters.

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        1. Balls of Steel
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Same as this

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        2. BenDavies
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          You're completely right. I was just waiting for this specific fixture to absolutely decide whether he's viable. Clearly not.

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    4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      My PVA > Cancelo rage transfer yesterday will come back to haunt me

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      1. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Mendy will not last 90, that's for sure.

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      2. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        The biggest obstacle in this game is ourselves.

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    5. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Play that fraud Mahrez more and go finish bottom half in the table.

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      1. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Calm down, City are running riot here, + Mahrez is a top top baller. 😀

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        1. ivantys
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Done nothing to deserve a start, yet keeps starting every week.

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          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            HA

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            1. ivantys
              • 3 Years
              3 years, 4 months ago

              Have you seen his last 5 games?

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    6. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      All Cancelo owners knew the risk when they signed up... now quit the moaning and deal with it

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      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Reposting the same pointless thing?

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        1. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Pick your tears up from the ground mate

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          1. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Grow up xx

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      2. Borden
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        exaclty, always a rotation risk

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    7. lordkippe
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Cancelo & Sterling owner. Knew there would be some bumps at some point. Just gonna hold and keep calm.

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    8. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Stonewall penalty. No idea why there's such an inquest into it.

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      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You would know because you dived for the same penalty recently

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      2. Random Name
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Just a loud subsection of Robertson owners

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      3. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Justice served, pool certainly weren't complaining when they were getting jammy ones.

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      4. Shteve
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Agreed, even as a Robbo owner, it was stonewall.
        Peter Waltons comments on BT embarrassing, saying it wasn't a clear and obvious error! It was the exact definition of a clear and obvious error.

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    9. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Anyone own sterling cancelo and foden??

      Just sterling here

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      1. HippY
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        None, but nearly brought 2 of them in this week. I decided on KDB (but forgot to captain him, doh!)

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    10. Mile Plankton
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Well, this didn't go that bad.
      On to KDB (c) now.
      Come on boy!!!

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    11. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Infuriating to lose my Robbo CS in such circumstances, but could've been worse. I could have kept Foden last week.

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    12. lugs
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      the annoying thing about Cancelo getting benched is that he'll probably come on late in the game blocking your autosub

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      1. Warbling Wendy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        He will get the last 2-3 mins

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        1. lugs
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          nah he should get at least 20

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    13. Warbling Wendy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I wavered midweek and moved the armband onto Sterling from KDB based on certain pundits comments, but went back to my gut at the last second. KDB offers that security you want with the little (C)up.

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    14. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Pep Guardiola is such a knob job. Not playing your best defender last 10 matches and the only player capable vertically play between the lines. Genius.

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      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Agree. Mendy gonna get injured again

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      2. Salan
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Fair comment

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      3. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Burnley are a physical team and Mendy is 11KG heavier & an inch taller - if Cancelo played and Mee beat him to headers then people would call Pep a knob job anyway.

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      4. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Pep rates all his players, it seems. He will keep om rotating them til he goes to another league, we need to get used to him by now.

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    15. hueycho
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Missed out transferring in Sterling before the deadline..phew..

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    16. Salan
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      When you own Mane, Robertson, Sterling, Cancelo, Foden, you must have an expectation.

      However... it may turn out fewer than 10 points in total... may be 5

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      1. Warbling Wendy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You buy potential to score points, not points themselves. Potential is often never realised in life. Take the lesson and live a more beautiful life.

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    17. Zalk
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I was expecting Cancelo to be benched after he played right back instead of Walker. Just have a bench to dealt with it.

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      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        But Cancelo will come on

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      2. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Unless he comes on late...

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      3. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Me too mate immediately regretted it when I brought him in and knew I should have gone for Dias but changed my bench or to Lewis to come in instead of Ayling so just hope he doesn’t come on now, do you think he will mate??

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    18. Lexi2014
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Oh FFS Pep. Why are you benching Foden?!

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    19. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      KDB aside it feels much better as a non-city owner with this line-up looking at the ownership overall.
      Dias 2.4%
      Torres 1.6%
      Mahrez 2.4%
      Jesus 1.4%

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      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Can't leave KDB aside, he will cause damage

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        1. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Looks like 23% ownership overall, only 5.68% captaincy so a massive differential for any owners

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    20. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Rival had Jota last week, this week benched him, and he’s actually a decent player, why would you do that?

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      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Depends on who he started.

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        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Bamford

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      2. Rasping Drive
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Sounds like an absolute chump

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    21. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Called it:

      https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/22846543

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      1. Warbling Wendy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You've done really well

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    22. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      2pts from 1, 9 to go.

      That penalty hurt a bit

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