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Saturday Dugout Discussion

12 February 2011 2223 comments
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That’s it, the deadline has passed and all we can do now is sit back and enjoy. Whether this gameweek, or indeed this Saturday can go anywhere near replicating the exhilaration we had last week, we start with a game of huge significance.

It’s the second Manchester derby of the season, and with just a dozen or so games left in the season, a win for United will probably end City’s title ambitions, whereas the reverse will blow it wide open. A draw seems likely (I’m going for a United win, obviously), but let’s just hope it easily betters their previous meeting at Eastlands. Either way, enjoy the action as it unfolds in our Dugout Discussion Chatroom.

The build-up has already started on the telly and, more importantly than Dwight Yorke’s poor effort with his usually dazzling attire, the team sheets from Old Trafford are in, and the big news is that top-scorer Dimitar Berbatov is dropped to the bench…

Man Utd XI: VDS, O’Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Nani, Giggs, Rooney

Man City XI: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Zabaleta, Milner, Barry, Silva, Yaya Toure, Kolarov, Tevez

A five-man midfield is not just bad news for the neutrals hoping for an open game, but critically for those fantasy managers that held onto Berbatov. Elsewhere, fantasy bargain Rafael is benched for the incoming John O’Shea, and Chris Smalling partners Nemanja Vidic in defence as expected. City once again utilise Aleksander Kolarov on the left in midfield.

Once the dust has settled in Manchester, we have six 3pm fixtures to enjoy, before Tottenham travel to Sunderland in our evening game.

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  1. andy85wsm
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    Ha - anyone watching same stream as me.

    Got to get that Giggs Fitness DVD. It's obviously doing the trick for him!

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    1. luasgar
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      45 mins of ball played and all i hear is nani nani nani, shut the f up. after all the goals last week yous should know better. amatures.

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  2. Long ago I drew a walrus
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    If the game continues as it is, Nani will get the 3bp easily. very active today. his name is all over the BBC live text and Zabaleta is having a horror show by the looks of things.

    BTW thanks to Big Dunc who was the only person to help me yesterday, told me to bench Berb and play Nani, and boy has it paid off!

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  3. Stat virgin
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    Brb, getting Giggs fitness

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    1. Marknlard
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      Pick me up Dr Kawashima's Brain Training on the DS. Cheers.

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  4. Boom!!!
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    where is pstokesie now 😕

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    1. Akers
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      Wonder if he likes apples?

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  5. strongbad
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    People should save their gloating until FT. Things can change very very quickly.

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    1. bigwig
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      well said

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    2. Long ago I drew a walrus
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      the fact is that Nani has scored a goal. No matter what happens afterwards, that 1 goal and those 5 points will still stand

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      1. mufc802
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        not forgetting bp's 🙂

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      2. cechmate
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        Unless he gets sent off or something...

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    3. Duckbill
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      +1

      Most my h2h opponents got tevez whilst i got nani but i,m worried there could be more goals in this game and tevez only needs one chance.

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  6. mouldy_uk
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    Teves and Silva have been pap!

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    1. jamsiep
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      ???

      Silva has probably been the best player on the pitch! Tevez the worst.

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      1. PFOR
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        +1

        Silva doesn't get enough credit.

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        1. Granville
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          Silva is the one Fletcher needs to stay on, he had plenty of room in that first 25 minutes.

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      2. Jack Frost
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        Kol the worst so far.

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    2. Marknlard
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      All Man C attacks go through Silva.

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      1. Johnny Unitas
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        Silva looks lethal, as a United fan I hold my breath every time he gets the ball, biggest threat.

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  7. Pratik
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    Hope for more goals in the second half

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  8. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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    SWP warming up...

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    1. andy85wsm
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      lol

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    2. PFOR
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      No! 😥

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  9. Attila the Bum
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    How the fudge are they releasing Big Momma's House 3?
    What a load of shoite.

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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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      Straight to DVD, presumably.

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      1. Marknlard
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        Did anyone catch Giggs Fitness on the big screen? Seriously, some of that yoga was incredible in the IMAX.

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  10. andy85wsm
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    I'm not sure Summerbee saying "we controlled the game" is correct. I thought it was pretty even with City creating slightly better chances.

    Silva has probably been the best player on the pitch, Tevez and Kolarov been kept quiet.

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    1. andy85wsm
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      And again - great first time pass from Giggs and great control and finish from Nani.

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    2. SkyByBo
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      Pretty accurate by him imo. Man u playing on the break at home.

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        United are probably the best counter-attack side of all time, why not play to your strengths?
        Rope-a-dope.

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  11. mouldy_uk
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    Jamie Redknapp's voice makes my heard hurt 🙁

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    1. PFOR
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      Watching him play makes my eyes hurt.

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  12. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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    In terms of player value, this has to be one of the most expensive mathces ever

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    1. andy85wsm
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      Saw a good stat about the player values in this game. Something like the most expensive players to ever play a game of anything or something.

      I'll see if I can find it

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      1. andy85wsm
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        Analysts saying costs of teams means #MUFC v #MCFC will be the most expensive game played in any sport, at any time, anywhere on Earth

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        1. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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          Woah 😯

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        2. Marknlard
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          What's with all the # business? Something to do with twitter, I guess?

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          1. andy85wsm
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            Yeah, I couldn't be bothered to retype it without the hash tags

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            1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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              Only cos Barca got most of their players for nothing through the youth system.

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  13. jamsiep
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    Kolarov off for SWP? Presumably they want SWP running at O'Shea, so it either be Zabaleta or Kolarov off IMO. Kolarov vs Nani would be a mismatch.

    Or maybe Silva in the middle with Yaya deep instead of Milner....

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    1. Viper
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      I reckon it will be Zabaleta with Kolarov going to LB although your right, it is a mismatch but Zabaleta hasn't had the best of days!

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    2. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
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      why would they want swp on the pitch though?

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      1. jamsiep
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        That I can't answer, but it looks like it's going to happen.

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        1. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
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          😀

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  14. Viper
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    A quick non FPL question while its half time..

    Could anyone on here that knows about website design give me some advic please. Which is easier & quicker to use, The HTML code format or Dreamweaver, Have to design a website for an assignment..

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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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      Dreamweaver is easier and quicker unless you really know what you're doing. If you want to, you can use HTML code in Dreamweaver anyway.

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      1. Viper
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        Really? OK thanks, i never used dreamweaver before but i have access to a couple of tutorials>

        Cheers! 🙂

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    2. mufc802
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      i found using photoshop to make the design and cut it into slices then export into dreamweaver. you can then edit the html code.

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  15. andy85wsm
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    Need to get Nani up against Zabaletta a bit more. Even before the goal everytime he was up against him Zab didn't look comfortable.

    SWP maybe coming on - well I'm not even going to comment. What I would say would come back to haunt me

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  16. Spoiler
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    benched nani fail =/

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    1. Be
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      Benched Vidic, come on Tevez!!!..

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    2. More Cowbell
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      You're not the only one. It hurts alright. Still 45 minutes to go mind, plenty of time for young Carlos to save the day.

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    3. Milky
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      +1 yup, I'm feelin' that too

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  17. Fudge
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    Nani on my bench. Oh well, c'est la vie, made my decision nothing I can do now 🙂 45 to go, come on Tevez 🙂

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    1. Johnny Unitas
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      good attitude dude! There is going to be alot of moaning on here about benched players this GW.

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      1. Bazman returns
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        Next week there won't be. People will be looking to see if they can even field 11 never mind have any on the bench.

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  18. Johnny Unitas
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    Berbatov owners do not worry, Rooney will be off in 10 minutes if not at half time, he has not got into the game at all.

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    1. Granville
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      He is occupying the CB's in a way that Berbatov could not do. Berbs cannot play on his own.

      Anyway no more goals please.

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    2. PFOR
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      There's not a chance Berbatov would go on for Rooney. Berbatov is hopeless up front on his own.

      If he comes on, it would be for Giggs/Scholes/Anderson.

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      1. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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        ^

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  19. jamsiep
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    6 with 20 players to go. Any good?

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    1. chinmusic
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      Hopeless

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    2. andy85wsm
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      Yeah. I'm only 6 with 16 🙁

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    3. JWF
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      Better than my 1 with 20 to go anyway.

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  20. SuperDorrans
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    Van Persie, Fabs & Djourou on the bench.

    Gould, Parlour and Hartson all start.

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    1. jamsiep
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      F*ck.

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    2. Declan
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      Hartson(C), get in there!

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    3. Marlon King
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      Can this be the one time you are on a wind-up please?

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    4. jpoler1
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      No way!

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    5. Drip Doctor
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      You knob! My heart sank for a second there.

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      1. jpoler1
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        Real funny man there...

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    6. mufc802
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      xD

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    7. Ini
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      Damnit

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  21. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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    Doubt Berbatov will come on now. Hernandez would be a much better option in this situation.

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    1. Johnny Unitas
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      I think it's almost a certainty, made for Berbatov this game.

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      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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        It's either Berba to hold the ball up, slow things down a bit and keep possesion, or Chico to exploit the fact that City will have to attack and leave space behind.

        I'd say Berba is more likely.

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  22. bhargi
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    I benched both Tevez and Nani, with tevez 1st subs. Played Vidic, hoping a ManU clean sheet now

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    1. mufc802
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      Right so you played Ferguson instead of Nani, and even four defenders how could you not squeeze Nani in?

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      1. bhargi
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        stupid move, now regretting

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  23. jamsiep
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    When did they change SkySports HD 2 to channel 402?! Been watching on non-HD! Arghhhh...

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    1. JWF
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      They've swapped the HD and non-HD stations around so the HD versions are nearer the top of the list.

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    2. Attila the Bum
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      All those pixels missed out on. Amateur.

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    3. Akers
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      And you didn't even notice?

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  24. @FuzzyWarbles
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    you think berba will stay on bench as long as united are ahead?

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  25. SuperDorrans
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    Wooop, Brunt and Wingie start! Jara does too Jamsie! 😉

    Myhill, Jara, Scharner, Olsson, Cech, Brunt, Mulumbu, Dorrans, Thomas, Odemwingie, Fortune.

    442! 😀

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    1. mufc802
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      Odem 😀

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    2. jamsiep
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      Woop!!

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    3. 1966 was a great year for E…
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      Come on Thomas!

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  26. Attila the Bum
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    Early indications are that Newcastle will be unchanged from the Arsenal game and Kuqi is on the bench.
    *Twitter.

    As expected really.

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  27. Bazman returns
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    Benched Nani swapped at the very last mo from Tevez.. Typical. 🙁

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  28. jpoler1
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    I heart Giggs hipster beard

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  29. andy85wsm
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    Poor Kolarov 🙁

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  30. UKG
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    Kolorov off, perfect!! 🙂

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