Dugout Discussion
18 August 2013 4717 comments
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Sunday’s two matches get underway with a Selhurst Park encounter that finds Crystal Palace host Andre Villas-Boas’ Spurs. Two hours later, Chelsea start their double Gameweek with a home clash with Hull City as Fantasy mangers brace themselves for an avalanche of points.

The team news from Palace finds Ian Holloway keep the faith with much of the side that won promotion from the Championship. Holloway keeps the new boys on the bench, with Marouane Chamakh and Jose Campana in reserve while the likes of Aaron Wilbraham and Scott Dobbie are handed starts. New signing, Dwight Gayle, does get his Premier League debut up front, however.

Visitors Spurs are without Gareth Bale but can call on the services of Jan Vertonghen who is fit to line up alongside Michael Dawson in defence. Danny Rose gets the nod at left-back as expected. In midfield, Gylfi Sigurdsson looks to be starting in the Bale role, with Nacer Chadli given a debut on the left-flank. All eyes will be up front, however, as Roberto Soldado makes his first start following his £26 million move from Valencia.

Our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open and will be available for those who fancy live chat during this match and into the tea-time clash at Stamford Bridge.

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  1. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Zero penalties last season. Get in! Coys

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  2. Koflok
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    So far so good. 😉
    Makes up for not getting Sturridge yesterday.

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

    I'm in a state of arousal.

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  4. Dynamic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Soldado on for BAPS ATM?

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    1. LewanGOALski
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      ye

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

      By a mile

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    3. Derailed Bandwagon
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      yeah

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    4. Djerbil
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      has to get his passing stats up to be nailed on

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    5. Dynamic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Good 🙂

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  5. mufc802
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Why do pens always make the FPL site crash?

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    1. The EJJ
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      People just can't contain themselves.

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  6. Dante
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone think you should get fewer points (3?) for a penalty? Speaking as a bitter non-Soldado, non-Benteke owner. Although I suppose there is the threat of negative points for missing...

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    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      No. Goals is goals.

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    2. 4-4-who?
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      No, offset by the -2 for missing one

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    3. Fresco
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      The set piece takers are commonly more expensive than some other teammates, who are a similar goal/assist-threat. You get what you've paid for. And yes, there is always a chance the penalty is missed.

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  7. Green Arrow
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    So rvp scores, soldado scores, benteke scores, sturridge scores, giroud scores..is there any top striker who didnt score? :-/

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    1. The Finnisher
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Anelka

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      1. Green Arrow
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        Good one.

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    2. Champy
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      That'll be Torres

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    3. Elwood
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Graham 😉

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      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        How did we forget Graham ...or Kone?

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    4. big oak
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      lukaku

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      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        That's enough now.

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

    Lets hope he gets another

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    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      But what about everyone else who want to transfer him in later.

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  9. r0scr0w
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    As i was saying earlier. Patience people. Soldado does the job. He's a goalscorer. Give him the ball in the box = points.

    Too much panic.

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    1. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      And just the £4.5m cheaper than RVP...

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  10. Noisy Neighbour
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Thank you, lady luck, for bailing us Soldado owners out this week.

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  11. DonTheSpecialOne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Good times!

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  12. r0nh
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Soldado is lethal again?

    RVP back out again; Soldado back in...

    A lot of fickle knobs on this site

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    1. DonTheSpecialOne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      😆

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    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      They just need a teddy to cuddle and calm them down.

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    3. Elwood
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Is it the same people doing these comments?

      I seem to remember you and Demba Ba were pretty bad for it last year. Glad to see your a regular on here now. 🙂

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      1. r0nh
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        Me?!

        No chance!

        If I ever did it, I was taking the piss out of the people that did it.

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    4. Noisy Neighbour
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Soldado was never going to be out for me so easily, but I still need to see something from Tottenham before I'll be happy about owning him. Lucky handballs won't happen every week. And they won't play Crystal Palace every week either.

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  13. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    As I was saying.

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    1. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Noted

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      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        Nice start for you Vets.

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  14. Messi & fabregas
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    1, since minute one moxey has been abused by lennon and no move whatsoever by palace coach!! i wonder how on earth he couldnt see this coming!!

    2. speroni apparently didnt watch the highlights of spurs espanyol to see that soldado chooses his left side for penalties

    3. palace will be relegated for sure

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  15. Chu Young Ping Pong
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Crystal Palace are easily the worst team in the league.

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    1. LewanGOALski
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      c'mon, they ain't that bad today

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      1. FridayNightFail
        • 12 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        It's mostly that Spurs ain't that good... they got very lucky with that pen, they don't deserve to be 1 up...

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    2. Derailed Bandwagon
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      It will be very interesting to see how they fare at stoke next week

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    3. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Baggies were awful yesterday

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    4. Elwood
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Did you see Cardiff yesterday?

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    5. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Haven't seen Hull yet. But I agree, they truly lack the quality to play on this level.

      And as mentioned above, West Brom yesterday were pretty rubbish as well..

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  16. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    My rival has Benteke Lambert, Soldado and their joke penalty points. I want to throw up

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  17. Raul
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Hopefully that means CP open up their defence to try and get an equalizer

    Then soldado bags another one

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  18. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Who had assist?

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    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Lennon

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    2. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Paulinho

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      1. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        Whoops. Lennon.

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    3. SuperOsçarBaby
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      timing

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    4. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Well Lennon hit the ball that was handled

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  19. SuperOsçarBaby
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    no assist?

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    1. LewanGOALski
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      strange. I was sure it should be given to Lennon for winning it by this cross

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

      hand ball. what assist?

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  20. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Get Campana, Joniesta & Chamakh on please Holloway

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  21. Elniñorules
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Hands up if all your 3 strikers scored and none were RVP 😎

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    1. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      I'm still waiting for a Lukaku brace

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    2. Super John McGinn-
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      *will put hands up when Lukaku scores* 😀

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    3. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Need lukaku to score

      Benteke. Soldado. Lukaku

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

      Soldado scored
      Dzeko and Lukaku to go 😀

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    5. Elwood
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      lo

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    6. The EJJ
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Need Dzeko and Lukaku to score 🙂

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    7. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      *waits for Lukaku and Negredo*

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    8. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Just waiting for Lukaku to make that the case for me 😉

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    9. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Negredo / Luka to play
      Bentekke done biz.

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    10. FridayNightFail
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Giroud, Benteke, waiting for Lukaku...

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  22. Scottys Army
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    dream fpl forward line

    RVP Sturridge Soldado

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    1. LewanGOALski
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      difficult to afford.

      I have Sturridge & Soldado and may get Negredo for Lukaku

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    2. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      I got RVP and Sturridge in Sky since I couldn't afford them in FPL.

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    3. Elwood
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      RVP, Benteke, Sturridge.

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    4. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Aye with my auntie Beryl in goal and my cousin Duncan in defence.

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  23. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Soldado on penos now even if Bale returns!

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    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      #hope

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    2. LewanGOALski
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Bale wasn't on penos, was he?

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        No... Well they never got any but people assumed it would be Bale

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        1. Elwood
          • 13 Years
          12 years, 4 months ago

          Excellent point!

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        2. Hybrid.power
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          12 years, 4 months ago

          Didn't Dempsey take some?

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      2. Super John McGinn-
        • 13 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        They got 0 pens last year, nobody knows 😀

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    3. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Bale has never been on pens.

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    4. Derailed Bandwagon
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Yes, Adebayor was the main peno taker last season followed my gylfi

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  24. Kingston
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    There are loads of great striker options this season. Soldado, Benteke, giroud, sturridge....
    I think it's more than possible to go without rvp

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

    A hand ball is not Lennon's assist.

    Just making that clear.

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    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Moxey?

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Since when? It was last season?

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    3. thetinkerman
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      *goes to check the new rules*

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  26. Raul
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Top of the BPS goes soldado

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  27. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Lennon will get the assist

    After the game

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      It's ok. Nobody has him!

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  28. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Used some of my Winnings from backing RVP to score first yesterday and backed Soldado FGS today 😎

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Lampard next

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      1. Messi & fabregas
        • 14 Years
        12 years, 4 months ago

        hope so...

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  29. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    For some reason assists for Pens are not awarded until after the game

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

      I don't get why it's an assist though? Hand ball...

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    2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      12 years, 4 months ago

      Thankfully not many people own Lennon. Where is my assist ?

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  30. Dynamic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    12 years, 4 months ago

    Capoue on for Dembele

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