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Guardiola rotation hits new unpredictable levels as Carson replaces Ederson

Pep Guardiola has found new levels of unpredictable rotation in his Blank Gameweek 36 team sheet.

Even Ederson (£6.1m) has lost his place this week, with Scott Carson (£ rewarded for his off-the-field service with a first Premier League start in 10 years.

Ruben Dias (£6.0m), John Stones (£5.1m) and Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) all miss out too with João Cancelo (£5.8m), Nathan Aké (£5.4m), Eric Garcia (£4.7m) and Kyle Walker (£6.1m) named in the back-four.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) and Sergio Aguero (£10.3m) are “not fully fit” for the game, according to a Manchester City press release so Ilkay Gündogan (£5.6m), Rodrigo (£5.3m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) are the central midfield trio behind Raheem Sterling (£11.0m), Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m) and Ferran Torres (£6.9m).

Despite recent Premier League rests, Riyad Mahrez (£8.0m) and Phil Foden (£6.0m) still do not start, each of them named on the bench for the Friday-night trip to Newcastle.

The Magpies are in 5-3-2 shape this evening featuring Joelinton (£5.7m) up-front alongside Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.1m) while Callum Wilson (£6.5m) sits out the remaining matches of the season.

Blank Gameweek 36 Line-ups

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Ritchie, Dummett, Fernández, Krafth, Murphy; Almirón, Shelvey, Willock; Joelinton, Saint-Maximin.

Manchester City XI: Carson; Cancelo, Ake, Garcia, Walker; Gündogan, Rodrigo, B Silva; Sterling, Jesus, Torres.

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  1. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Joelinton 😆

  2. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Lol this could be a pen

  3. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Offside.

    No pen

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Onside.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Come on VAR.

        Slip or trip??

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Penalty for me.

  4. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    What is the linesman doing flagging offside for that??

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Being consistent.

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      he thought it was offside, so he flagged it

  5. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Ake's a clown

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      He's not good is he?

  6. Rassi
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    No pen.

    Carson penalty save denied.

    1. Rassi
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Or is it

  7. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Carson TC’ers at the ready...

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      All 1 of them.

      Out of 8.2 million.

  8. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    So that’s a pen but Bailly’s tackle yesterday wasn’t? Can someone explain it to me?

    1. Will Kane
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Bailly got the ball. You're welcome

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        No such thing as follow through? Game has changed

        1. Will Kane
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          People are suffering some kind of mass hysteria over this concept of 'follow through' - you can't make a tackle without following through because of physics. In most instances it is not reasonable to expect a player to be able to calculate the finishing position of both himself and the opposing player in a fraction of a second, so unless a tackle is clearly reckless or dangerous it shouldn't be penalised. Do you really want to see players constantly pulling out of tackles and just allowing the opposition to gain possession?

  9. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Pen

  10. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Joelinton slipped and conveniently put his foot on Ake. Joke decision but hey ho.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Bruno style!

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Why is it obvious to everyone except the officials?!

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          They’ve gone contact crazy and there was contact, albeit not intended...

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Still a foul by the language of the rules. You cant just take out someones standing leg

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        He didn’t. Joelinton tried to balance by standing on Ake’s leg.

        1. DycheDycheBaby
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          I'm not sure they showed enough close-up replays to determine that. Surprised the ref was not asked to check the monitor.

  11. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Lateriser could haul here

  12. Hits from the Bong
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    It’s been given

  13. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Carson is going to save this, isn’t he 😆

    1. richarlison2348
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Surely

  14. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    That was never a pen

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Certainly was imo

    2. Party time
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Clear penalty even though I didn’t see it

    3. Digital-Real
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      How many expensive flop defenders does Pep go through before he retires?

    4. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Joe G

    5. Party time
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Put that ball in the net

      • DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Thow your zimmer at it Carson

      • JBG
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Joelinton G.

      • Rainer
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Ake showing why he was relegated.

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          He's awful. Worst buy City have made in a long time. Not match fit mind.

          1. Digital-Real
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            there have been worse, i've lost count!

      • Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Now get bloody Mahrez on!!!!!!!

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Why?

      • Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Great pen!

      • DycheDycheBaby
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Ake having a mare. At fault for both goals.

      • Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Damn it, tinkered with my team for 17 hours yesterday and had Torres and joelinton at one point

        Can’t buy any luck atm

        1. Rassi
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          With 17 hours of tinkering you must have had half of all fpl players in at some point lol

        2. Scholes Out For Summer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          lets be real you were never going to go through with it

        3. Crispo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Must have been an awful lot of tinkering to ever have Joelinton near your side

      • Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        This XI is giving a good audition for the UCL bench.

      • Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        What a pen

      • Utopsis
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Joe's got a good strike on him - who knew

      • diesel001
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Carson owners rightfully punished for trying to be jammy.

        1. Party time
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Hahaha 😆

        2. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Champions looking like chumps?

        3. Digital-Real
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Newcastle average of 2 goals per game scored, preserved. Form.