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Sunday Dugout Discussion

12 May 2013 3095 comments
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A bumper Sunday of seven Premier League matches gets under way at the Britannia as Gareth Bale looks to keep Fantasy managers in cheer and Tottentham’s top four ambitions on target.

There are five three o’clock kick offs to follow that, with United’s emotional farewell to Sir Alex Ferguson capping things off an hour later. Nobody really knows what to expect from that one, with plenty banking on returns from Robin Van Persie, with the Dutchman again established as an armband favourite.

Our Dugout Discussion is now open to provide real-time chat support throughout all of today’s matches.

The team news from today’s early kick-off find Stoke making just one change, with Matt Etherington fit enough to replace Cameron Jerome as Stoke look to be shifting to a 4-5-1. As for Spurs, Andre Villas-Boas makes two changes as Steven Caulker comes in for Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Clint Dempsey replaces Lewis Holtby in midfield.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Sheep
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    STOKE 😯

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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      • 16 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Baaa ... 😉

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      1. Sheep
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        😎

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  2. DrCongo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    2nd?

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    1. Rafabio
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Yes

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    2. SW6
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Congrats, here's a cake
      http://gifs.gifbin.com/032010/1268914948_he-was-his-own-birthday-candle.gif

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  3. Willis.
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Nzonzi going swimming I see...

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  4. Acquafresca
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Any news if Ruddy is starting?

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  5. Thick Of It
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Unlucky by Bale there

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  6. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
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    12 years, 8 months ago

    I really want a Stoke clean sheet.

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  7. isacki: full casual
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Tell you what, all that matters to me now is winning my minileague, forget my overall rank. 16 points behind with these two GWs to go. He kept Mata, and his Vertonghen CS is goooone!

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  8. Rafabio
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Bale with a nice effort. Just what this game needed Spurs to go down early and chase 🙂

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  9. Kno
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    bah. rule 39 of fpl: dont count on spurs for clean sheets

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  10. JK - Cønt â­
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    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Dawson over Sagna fail. No Nasty or Kolarov would get me Sagna anyway

    Now to watch Demel troll me from 3rd sub for the 3rd week running

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    1. Andy1
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Same mistake for me

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    2. Qubit
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      I think you are quite likely to get Sagna, but then who knows with mankini!

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  11. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Gonna be one of those days....

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  12. Balotellitubbies
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Wanting Stoke to win is actually quite fun. Hoof it up there!

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    1. Declan
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Cmon The Potters!

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    2. isacki: full casual
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      This, it's a guilty pleasure, like fancying Nigella Lawson

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      1. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        Never a guilty pleasure my fried Isacki, she's a bonafide hottie 😯

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        1. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
          • 15 Years
          12 years, 8 months ago

          *friend, not fired!! I'm not a cannibal!!

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          1. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
            • 15 Years
            12 years, 8 months ago

            *Fried.. Jesus, what is going on with my spelling today.. I should be fired..

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            1. isacki: full casual
              • 14 Years
              12 years, 8 months ago

              It's fine, Nigella does make you think of eating stuff. Oo er.

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              1. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
                • 15 Years
                12 years, 8 months ago

                Haha that is true!! 😉

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    3. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah, they never stop trying to bundle that ball over the try line

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      1. Licky
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        Haha.

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      2. ruud gullit sitting on a sh…
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        Very strong at lineouts

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  13. isacki: full casual
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    In a classic "I want Bale to score but not so much that I shouldn't have captained RVP" situation

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    1. TokyoRed æ±äº¬èµ¤
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      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Nicely phrased!

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        Fecking Shakespeare right there 😆

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    2. JK - Cønt â­
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      I goal will do. RvP hattie

      I'm the only one in ML who still has him

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        Please tell me the last-SAF-home-game hype is going to deliver

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        1. JK - Cønt â­
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 8 months ago

          it better had

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          1. isacki: full casual
            • 14 Years
            12 years, 8 months ago

            I am pleased to hear you've backed him as an Old Trafford regular

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    3. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Vertonghen goal, Bale assist would do nicely.

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    4. tm245
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      *Walcott -- the TNF gametime made my decision for me. Love having my captain play at the end of the GW.

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        Prolongs the agony for everyone concerned 🙂

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        1. tm245
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 8 months ago

          I was going for blind faith and optimism, but agony fits nicely as well...

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  14. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Prediction on the result?

    1 - 2 for me.

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    1. Willis.
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      1-1

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    2. Declan
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Desmond

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    3. ILOVEBAPS
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      1-3

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  15. Burd Turglars
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Owning Dawson really hasn't been that good. So much initial promise when I made that tranny.

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    1. Thick Of It
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Plenty of time left for him to get a goal, at least that is what I am hoping for

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    2. JK - Cønt â­
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Note - the cheapest option is not always the best

      I am finding this out the hard way

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  16. Sheep
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Adam-wagon.

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  17. isacki: full casual
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    As a Gooner I am LOVING this

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks for writing that. I can forgive Vert now, he was doing it for my own good.

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        Hedging - happiness both ways!

        Game could still completely turn around as AVB is a great subber. But I reckon his mistake was committing to the Europa League, tiring his players and picking up a few crucial injuries.

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          12 years, 8 months ago

          I think its more that it took so long to mould the attacking players into a formation and still doesnt fit either of their strikers.

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          1. isacki: full casual
            • 14 Years
            12 years, 8 months ago

            What strikers? 😆 😆

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    2. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      I agree.

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    3. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      +1! Stoke stoke stoke stoke !!!!!

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  18. J.D
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    stoke the new wigan?

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  19. Saint & Reevesy
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Surprisingly good game so far......

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    1. Rafabio
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Yup, very good stuff

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  20. Godfather Bandit 42
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    That face mask seems to bring the wearer good luck - Ba, Torres and now Nzonzi!

    Every player should have one...

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    1. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Looks like safety goggles to me...

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  21. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Vertonghen's haircut belongs in the 1940s

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    1. unoaime
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      So does Parkers.

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    2. jungle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Eventually all of Spurs will have hair like AVB...

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  22. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Hi guys just wondering is zabaletta banned just for the midweek game or the rest of the season

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    1. Birthday Sess
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Only suspended for Reading.

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    2. Godfather Bandit 42
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      1 game.

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    3. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Just the Reading game on Tuesday.

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  23. Birthday Sess
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Wilson playing again? The man is unbreakable.

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  24. Willis.
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Shot!

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  25. Saint & Reevesy
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Bale will score today, he looks in the mood

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    1. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      he better be in the mood, their CL hopes depend on a win today

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      1. Saint & Reevesy
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        What are they going to do when he's not there next season?

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  26. Sheep
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    I think N'zonzi has borrowed one of Torres' masks. They make you better at football whilst wearing it 😯

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  27. Acquafresca
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Huddlestone is garbage!! 😆

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    1. Sheep
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      +afro

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    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Too big and slow. Unless it's a set piece or a ping from 40 yards he is useless.

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    3. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Played well against City.

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    4. jungle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Usually passes very accurately...

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    5. Back to Back Ballacks
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Nonsense, he's a beast.

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  28. Absinthe Minded
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    What does Pelligrini being confirmed mean for the last city games?
    They could at least have waited until the season was over!

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    1. Burd Turglars
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Hopefully a new manager boost factor...I have 3 city players!!

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      1. Absinthe Minded
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 8 months ago

        When will Pelligrini arrive though?
        Strange confirming it today

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  29. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    http://media1.sulia.com/static/user_images/1/2013-05-12/c7d7546a-95de-4389-93a0-ae5aed69daf0

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    1. Declan
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      😆

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    2. Saint & Reevesy
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      I wish he still wore that kit.....of all the players we've developed and then sold he's the hardest to now watch

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  30. ILOVEBAPS
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Has Bale scored yet? Jeez it's been ages already!

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    1. Sheep
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 8 months ago

      Dempsey scored... but it was offside. Stoke are bossing Tottenham, their CMs are just not good enough. Huddlestone and Parker are lacking.

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