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Dugout Discussion March 2

Guardiola benches Gundogan and Stones for Wolves clash

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As expected, Pep Guardiola has struck again, hurting more Fantasy Premier League managers with his latest team selection.

Ilkay Gündogan (£6.2m) is the chief victim this time out, earning a first tactical benching since Gameweek 12, having only missed the second Double Gameweek 24 trip to Everton through injury.

In the German international’s place, Bernardo Silva (£7.4m), Rodri (£5.3m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) form the central-midfield trio tonight.

Meanwhile, John Stones (£5.2m) finds himself among the substitutes for the second time in four matches, Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) and Ruben Dias (£6.1m) the preferred centre-back partnership against Wolves.

Oleksandr Zinchenko‘s (£5.5m) return to the bench means João Cancelo (£6.2m) is back in the side, operating at left-back while Kyle Walker (£6.1m) staffs the right-hand side of defence.

Raheem Sterling (£11.6m) will share the left flank with Cancelo tonight, selected alongside Gabriel Jesus (£9.2m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) in the front-three.

Opponents Wolves have gone with the same 3-5-2 formation that helped them to victory at the Etihad Stadium last season with Pedro Neto (£5.7m) and Adama Traoré (£6.0m) leading the line.

Leander Dendoncker (£4.6m) moves forward to reclaim the central-midfield berth he is more familiar with so Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.4m) joins Conor Coady (£4.8m) and Romain Saïss (£4.9m) in the back-three.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Cancelo, Laporte, Dias, Walker; B Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Sterling, Jesus, Mahrez.

Wolves XI (3-5-2): Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Hoever; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Semedo; Neto, A Traoré.

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  1. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I don't think I'll be captaining anyone of Gundogan/Stones/Cancelo this gameweek. Son or Salah for me!

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    1. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm thinking salah myself.

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      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Salah vs. Fulham never does well, trust me!

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    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      KDB?

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

        Yes you can, but no guaranteed 180 minutes playing time.

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    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Sticking with Kane

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    4. acidicleo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Well rested Gundo an option..Isnt he?

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      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        No

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  2. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling and Cancelo benched next week?

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Will only know about 60 mins before the kick-off

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    2. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Here is a tip for you. Sterling is never benched against the ''top 6''.

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      1. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yep

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  3. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What happened to stones?
    Is he now 3rd choice CB?

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

      No

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    2. lugs
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      just the usual Pep rotation i think

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    3. acidicleo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Rested for the next double

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    4. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Its city, there will always be rotation.

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

    If Bale and Son had the same ownership, who would you pick and why?

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Son, less fragile

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    2. lugs
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Son less injury prone

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    3. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Get both

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

      Son. Obvious reason

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    5. Kane and Ablett
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Both until at least gw29

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  5. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    So Dias starts... fecking great...
    It will just add to the insult of picking that muppet DCL as my captain over him.

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    1. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah, you were never going to do that

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      1. el polako
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Was strongly considering Dias (he is my vice) but got scared of Peps roulette and thought that Southampton is there for the taking.

        Little did I know that Everton are mickey mouse outfit with minimalistic approach, happy to take 1-0 and stay quiet.

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    2. Roy Hudd
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hahahaha. No you weren't.

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  6. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    So frustrating that Gundo was only delivering when he needed to destroy my rank, now as soon as I got him he is nowhere to be seen 🙁

    Anyone in a similar boat? Cruel game.

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    1. el polako
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Got no sympathy for cheapskates owning Gundo.

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      1. The Tinkerman
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Only real way to go KDB or Sterling is to go without Bruno, Kane, or Salah. Unless you have outrageous tv.

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Gundo has not been bad for me, Salah has done damages few times

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    3. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      100% and not even surprised
      I owned sterling the whole time Gund was scoring for fun and made the switch this week to fund Kane.
      Still if they’re going to keep rotating I’d rather own the cheaper one

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    4. Fantasydreamer
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Same as above - was locked in to two defenders and sterling and always seemed like a sidewards move. Brought him in the week after everyone captained him and he killed my rank...no returns since!

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  7. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    And there goes my ML H2H. He has Ederson + Cancelo + KDB vs Stones + Gundo + KDB that I have!

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  8. Homer21
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    So 2nd half of this GW not going to be as good as 1st half

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    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      There never was a 2nd half!

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    2. lugs
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      as a Barnes, Rodriguez, Cancelo, Kane TC owner i'm hopeful that it will be much better

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  9. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Would you still captain KdB next gw? Two starts in a short space of time now. Ederson and Kane other options.

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

      I may crazily think that, even Ederson may not play both games in dgw27.

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      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Really? Hmm, brought him in for nailedness on WC. Fingers crossed.

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    2. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Play the fixtures. Kane
      I think Kdb plays vs United which could of course finish 0-0. Which then puts the saints game at risk

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      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        He did not look good, despite an assist, last game either. It’ll be interesting to se how he performs tonight.

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        1. FPL_Crisis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          As a Gundogan owner, I’ll happily take 0-0

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  10. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    This so called DGW reminds me of the lines from a famous S & G song:

    "All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest"

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

      Love it. Great lyrics

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      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        One of their best!

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

    This so-called the biggest dgw in season nearly means nothing special. So close to a normal single week.

    Not finished yet but you can't see any dgw monster player this week. Bale may be, but very low ownership.

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Surprises to come like any week...

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  12. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Nuno: "The shape is the foundation, then the dynamic is what is important. We have to face a tough opponent in a tight schedule with less days of recovery.
    "The boys are OK and ready to go."

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      i.e. we have NO chance against a squad of 17 first team players

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  13. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Dias coming straight in to my team as Capitano next week
    Probably doing
    Salah gundogan stones
    To
    Kdb lingard Dias (C)

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  14. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    City double GWs are illusion and hallucination

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Not for Dias (c) ers

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    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Always has been. At least under Pep.

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    3. The VAR Team
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      At least we get a city single gameweek in 27

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  15. The Tinkerman
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    A) Barnes > Saka (FT)
    B) hold and play Raph this week

    Martinez (Sanchez)
    Cancelo, Dias, Reguilon (El Mo, Shaw)
    Salah, Bruno, Gundo, !Barnes!, (Raph)
    Kane, Watkins, Bamford

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    1. The Tinkerman
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      *No FH

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    2. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      im in the same situation, will probably play raph

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  16. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    GW27 captain then?

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  17. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo mega haul incoming, shame everyone has him

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    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I don’t

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    2. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wolves will score

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      1. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        So will Cancelo!

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    3. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I don’t I’ve Stones and Dias

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    4. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      They don’t all have him TC 😉

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      1. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Nice

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        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          It wasn’t last gw!

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          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            *game

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  18. Rashers
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Anybody not in any leagues and just playing for rank?

    Been playing 13 years. Won all the local leagues I am in multiple times. Recently I feel my decisions are getting more and more based around going different to those in the leagues - mainly bad decisions!

    Have finished top 100k 12 times in a row, 6 in top 5k and 1 top 500. I just feel I am so concerned about those in my leagues. Good rank matters more when I think about it.

    Anybody in a similar situation?

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    1. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Subtle brag? Impressive nonetheless

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      1. Rashers
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I knew that would be said, ha ha!

        As a Stones and Gundo owner my first thought tonight was who has Dias in my leagues. Couldnt tell you who has them around my rank so wouldn't be as concerned if that makes sense!

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        1. Tonyawesome69
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          If you use livefpl.net, you can see the EO of players that you don't have around your rank and see the effective points against your rank

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    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      You play the game religiously ; gives you a massive leg up. Don't give a monkeys about the main ranking, ML's are everything.

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      1. Rashers
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Fair enough. Think I am going to avoid leagues next year and see how it goes.

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    3. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      If you have mls, play for a good overall rank, and the mls take care of themselves.

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      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        This

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

        Yep. Always done that but less this year for some reason. Can't figure it out.

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

      Must be sad to play this game without being in any mini-league. Missing out on half the fun involved.

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      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        This. It’s what it’s all about

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

        Never tried it to be honest. Feel it would be both less fun alright but less stressful too

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  19. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    would you sell pope for martinez? for free. thanks

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    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      yes if Marti is fit

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  20. The VAR Team
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is Dias red card, Stones subbed on too much to ask?

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    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Probably, but not too much to hope

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    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wolves would probably have to get into City's half for that to happen. Unless he elbows someone going for a corner.

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

      For the sake of loudmouth rivals, it's the only option.

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  21. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Useless City DGW. 3 SGWers is what I've got.

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  22. KevinByrnes
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Yes 100%

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  23. 272MK
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    HOOOOLD WOLVES

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  24. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No way Wolves will score tonight

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm not sure they'll get in City's half. Deckchair for Ederson.

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  25. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What type of Sterling night will it be?

    Infuriating anonymity in a big win?

    Looking great but not returning?

    The rare blue moon haul?

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    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A

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    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      B

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    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wolves have set up not to concede. City will get 1 then kick the ball around conserving energy.

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    4. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      None of the above

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  26. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Right Dias ... get up for this corner.

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  27. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundo and salah out for kdb and jota could be an option in a week or 2..

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      oooh me likey

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    2. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Do it immediately

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      1. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Is jota back full training? I know he's close..

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        1. Skonto Rigga
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Yip - would have been in the squad on Sunday had he not taken ill overnight.

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        2. Hy liverpool
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Joined full training last Wednesday but missed the game against shieffeld as he was sick.. Will be on the bench vs chelsea hopefully

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    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Jota is a rotator.

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      1. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        So is gundo!

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  28. acidicleo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundo will be needed to breach this wolves defence!!

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  29. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Dias with baby oil in his eyes

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  30. fusen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    This place is dead tonight, you wouldn't think a city game is on.

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    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Cue a Cancelo goal and 3 pages of comments in 20 seconds

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      1. The Ilfordian
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        If Cancelo scores I'd be happy to make a few dozen contributions along the lines of
        Cancelooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

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    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It’s like being in the ground

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      1. The VAR Team
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Haha

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      2. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Lol

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    3. mattk lfc
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      The most interesting part of a City game is 1 hour before kick off

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