Dugout Discussion
2 December 2012 1265 comments
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Just the one game to entertain us this Sunday, as Norwich welcome Sunderland to Carrow Road. The Black Cats Fantasy assets have a perfect platform to grab our attention ahead of their double Gameweek, though they have a tough task on their hands – the Canaries have registered clean sheets in each of their last three home matches:

As always, our Dugout Discussion is open ahead of the 4pm kick-off, with the team news as follows:

Chris Hughton names the same starting XI that drew 1-1 at Everton in midweek, with Ryan Bennett continuing to deputise at centre-half for the injured Michael Turner.

Norwich Starting XI: Bunn; Whittaker, Bassong, R. Bennett, Garrido; Snodgrass, Johnson, Tettey, Pilkington; Hoolahan; Holt

For Sunderland, James McClean earns a recall to the first-team. Seb Larsson moves into central midfield to cover for the injured Lee Cattermole – this sees Adam Johnson shift to the right, with McClean returning to his usual left wing berth.

Sunderland XI: Mignolet, Bardsley, Kilgallon, Cuellar, Rose; Johnson, Larsson, Gardner, McClean; Sessegnon; Fletcher

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  1. Henry Hill
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    13 years, 1 month ago

    So much for Sunerland cleanie ðŸ™

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  2. Gamoriola of the Galaxy (Eu…
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    Aaannnnddd there ends my interest in this match! 🙂

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  3. Declan
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    Cuellar assist

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  4. Az
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    Kinda fancy starting a new H2H League.. anyone wanna join?

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    1. crystalpalaceRus
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      3-0

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  5. big oak
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    bye bye cs
    bassong goal

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    1. Shaps
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      Nice bench

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      1. big oak
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        heartbeaking bench
        check him on my bench in gw1 too

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    2. duffnasty
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      thank god it wasnt a hand ball own goal for cuellar

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    3. Chrissy Waddle - 2025/26
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      Yeah your bench is a real kick in the nads. Unlucky mate.

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  6. Crazy Joe
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    Bassong goal, snodgrass assist

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  7. HellasLEAF
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    and there goes the Cuellar cleany...

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  8. The Chosen One...
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    BOOOOO!!

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  9. In Like Flynn.
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    Cuellar assist?

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    1. Crazy Joe
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      Should be, great pass with him arm

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  10. big oak
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    snody goal

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    1. big oak
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      i mean assist

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  11. Optimus.
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    cuellar (c) for the dgw hmmm

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  12. Chris_White
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    Sunderland will have to go forward now

    ...from the 6 yard box to the penalty spot

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  13. 1966 was a great year for E…
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    Suppose most of us can switch off now...

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  14. Crazy Joe
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    Well that's Cuellar's CS gone, bring on the Sess red card and put me out of my misery

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  15. BOOM XHAKALACA
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    Bassong, get in!!

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  16. jamsiep
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    Has the bap fairy posted?

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    1. Chris_White
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      THE BAP FAIRY SAYS:

      C.Cole 3, Jarvis 2, O’Brien 1 (in the mix Diame, Taylor, Maiga)
      Michu 3, Rangel 2, Davies 1 (in the mix Chico, Tremmel, Williams)
      Defoe 3, Sandro 2, Lloris 1, Vertonghen 1, (in the mix Naughton)
      Lord Agger 3, Enrique 2, Johnson 1 (in the mix Shelvey)
      Fellaini 3, Baines 2, Jagielka 1 (in the mix Dzeko)
      Clark 3, Mackie 2, Westwood 2 (in the mix Holman)
      Shawcross 3, Whitehead 2, Begovic 1
      Rooney 3, Shorey 2, Anderson1, Morrison 1

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      1. jamsiep
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        13 years, 1 month ago

        Fellaini and Enrique is nice. Baines getting 7 points is a massive pain.

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        1. Chris_White
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          ...or a massive gain 😉

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      2. Declan
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        Shawx 3 ðŸ™

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  17. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    Bother. ðŸ™

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  18. The Bandit
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    Lol, Cuellar has Holt in one hand , the ball in the other and Bassong offside.... 😀

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  19. Drip Doctor
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    This season is something else. I think my ideal team would leave me with 5m+ in the bank.

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    1. kaz 96
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      +1. the expensive mids and forwards misfiring with a few exceptions, no expensive defenders worth investing really.

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  20. Granville
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    Could quite easily have been a pen. Cuellar handballs it onto the post.

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  21. Henry Hill
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    Chris Hughton is doing a great job at Norwich, glad for him after the way he was treated by Newcastle.

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    1. Declan
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      +1

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    2. Smellbobs
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      glad Norwich didn't get trigger happy after his first bad run too

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    3. jamsiep
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      Yup, because sacking Hughton and bringing Pardew in was definitely the wrong decision. 😕

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      1. The Bandit
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        Starting to look like it.... 😉

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      2. FPL Daniel
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        yeah

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    4. Yossi
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      They've hardly done badly bringing in Pardew though :/...

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  22. bdwhite91
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    DGW is going to be horrible.

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  23. Portuguese&Proud
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    is it just me or Fulham-Newcastle might be a goalfest with the possible comeback of Ruiz and HBA , 2 teams that concede a lot of goals...

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    1. The Bandit
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      Condidering Berbs as Capt

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    2. kaz 96
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      hangeland's returning too, though.

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  24. Licky
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    Need a Cuellar goal now, but then i'd need a Garrido goal. Damn You FPL!

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  25. denial
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    Well, I can enjoy a Sunday evening with the family now then.

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    1. Alton E.
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      +1

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  26. Ginkapo FPL
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    might just get 3 norwich defenders, they are good goal scorers

    More threat than Baines on speed

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  27. Alton E.
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    GW 17 I'll have Bale, Mata and Ramirez who r not playing. Never seen anybody play 5-2-3 before 😀

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    1. Revsfc2013
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      I thought you have to play three midfielders minimum?

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      1. Jimmers
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        No - only minimum is 3 defenders

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    2. Godfather Bandit 42
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      Have you seen anybody play 4-5-1?!

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  28. HellasLEAF
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    are people keeping Santi? the fact he is my most expensive midfielder really worries me, as I have no real faith he will provide attacking returns, despite him locked in for 90 minutes each match with Arsenal playing in the hole.

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  29. Revsfc2013
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    13 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone else gambling on fletcher/adam johnson?

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  30. Hybrid.power
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    Seriously Mignolet? This is not what we discussed.

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