634x258 Dugout Discussion
29 December 2013 5697 comments
Mark Mark
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After a less than fulfilling Saturday, Fantasy managers will be looking to Sunday’s fare with huge expectations and the hope that today’s returns can rescue respectability.

The bill certainly looks talented enough, with Roberto Martinez’s Everton hosting Southampton and leaders Arsenal making the trip to in-form Newcastle – both those matches bristle with goals and could well offer a strong platform for the today’s four o’clock kick-offs.

Those are undoubtedly headlined by the battle of the Bridge where Luis Suarez and Liverpool face off against Chelsea in what promises to be a tumultuous affair. Whether it will bring goals and points for Suarez is another matter.

While hopes will be high for that encounter, Tottenham’s White Hart Lane clash with Stoke perhaps offers less on paper, although Tim Sherwood’s new broom could yet unearth some key Fantasy assets for 2014 with today’s clash providing an opportunity to scout out the potential on offer.

As usual, you can look to our Twitter feed for all the teamsheet updates from these matches, while our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to take you through to the final whistles.

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

  1. tqrrfesk
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Ben Arfa or Henderson in for Ramsey ?

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    1. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      any other options you are considering?

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    2. Hamstergod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Ben Arfa is in and out, but more explosive.
      Henderson will play moreless every match so could be better long term.

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    3. Captain Robert Hatch
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Raheem maybe?

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    4. Podge
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Walcott if you havent got him, link your team btw it helps

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      1. tqrrfesk
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Team is
        Szcz
        Mertesacker JT Chico clyne
        Silva Ramsey hazard shelvey morrison
        rooney suarez negredo

        so going to do Silva -> walcott and ramsey to x for -4

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    5. SmoothRossi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Big Dog Nolan

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  2. Captain Robert Hatch
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Whittingham 1st sub actually being used this time, but just the 2 pts, BAH!

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Whitts doesn't work like that. He scores when he is on your bench 😉 Whits owner here

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  3. Chucky
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Any updates on RavMo and Ivanovic? thanks

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  4. SuperOsçarBaby
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Any news on Lampard and will he be fit for next GW?

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  5. Reed_Rothchild
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Worth holding on to Negredo?

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    1. Declan
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Yes imo.

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    2. LOCO ABREU
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      why not?good fixtures and rested now

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    3. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Of course

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  6. Arsenals Number 19. Santi C…
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    56 points including a 4 point hit not too bad at all 🙂

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    1. Somalion
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Think that'll be the same for me, chuffed 😀

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      1. Arsenals Number 19. Santi C…
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        happy days m8 my diffs Ade and Wally paid off

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    2. Birthday Sess
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Same here. V happy

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  7. Round and Round
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    If you could only afford 2 big mids, would you have Hazard over Theo or Silva? I think with the Jan wildcard I'm gonna drop him (to afford Aguero).

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    1. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      I'd have Theo and Hazard. Would prefer Theo for the next few weeks though.

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    2. Boz
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Exact same problem for me. I think i'm going to keep Haz and Theo (Lallana, Cabaye and JWP are my other mids)

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    3. Bad Pen
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      If you're having Aguero I'd keep Walcott and Hazard.

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    4. Courtois in the Rye
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Hazard is indispensible imo.

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  8. Gazza2000
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Howard
    Shaw – B. Turner – Koscielny
    Hazard – Ramsey - Walcott - JWP
    Rooney - Suarez - Lukaku

    Lewis - Gabbidon - Chester - Silva

    1 FT, 2.2 in bank

    Any thoughts on Shaw -> Coleman ?

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    1. Hamstergod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Do it, great fixtures, Shaw is also fairly injury, niggle, other circumstances prone

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    2. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Surely Ramsey out first?

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      1. Gazza2000
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        *Cabaye

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    3. The Silva Surfers
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      i;d say coleman is pretty much essential, obviously priced pretty high now but still worth it imo scored 5 already!

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  9. Hamstergod
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Ramsey -> Nolan as a one week punt?

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    1. Podge
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      That is a very good shout

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    2. Rafabio
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      yup

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    3. Fantasy Football Friend!
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Do it now!

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    4. Hamstergod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Thanks guys!

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    5. SmoothRossi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Doing Januzaj to Nolan, next three look profitable.

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  10. Chris_White
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Current team for next week:

    Migs
    Coleman Koscielny Shaw
    Hazard Walcott Sterling Ravel*
    Suarez Rooney* Dzeko*

    4.0 Collins* Chester Silva*

    1 FT, 0.1 in the bank

    A) Ravel -> Ki
    B) Dzeko -> JRod
    C) Collins -> Ward
    D) Anything else?

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    1. BantamPhil
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      C

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      1. Chris_White
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers

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    2. Declan
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      A, could be fun.

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      1. Chris_White
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers Dec

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    3. Hamstergod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      A could probably work out, but I'd still wait for Ravel news first, otherwise maybe Silva -> Yaya or Navas, but thats more of a cosmetic change

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      1. Chris_White
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah will wait for news. Not really keen on losing Silva, Swansea away not a fixture where City coverage is a 'must'...

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        1. Hamstergod
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          True, plus I guess it will be another rotation galore kind of fixture.

          Also not sure if I remeber correctly but I think they lost the fixture last year

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  11. Downtown
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Shocking FPL week made up for by winning my accumulator...

    West h west b - draw
    United -win
    Everton -win
    Tottenham - win
    Sunderland Cardiff - draw
    Hull - win

    £5 returned £450 🙂

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    1. Courtois in the Rye
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Wow that Colback goal really sorted you out!

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      1. Downtown
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        I nearly cashed in for a tender at 2-0 down! 🙂

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        1. Downtown
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          *tenner

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  12. PGR
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Sterling, Henderson or Nolan as a 1 week punt?

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  13. Chucky
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Update On Ivanovic and Lampard

    Chelsea FC ✔ @chelseafc

    Mourinho reports Lampard has a muscular injury and will miss some matches. Ivanovic's injury is painful but not serious. #CFC

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    1. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Hazard on penos.

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      1. Chucky
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        This 🙂

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    2. Alton E.
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Hazard!

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  14. Andy1
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Have silva, but thinking of benching him with the following team for next week.

    Mignolet
    Coleman Koscielny olsson
    Cabaye Walcott Nasri Morrison
    Suarez Rooney lukaku
    Subs: Marshall Williams Chester silva

    I can then use my free transfer to do

    A. Morrison --> sterling
    B. Williams --> Debuchy/nastasic
    C. Morrison & Williams --> clyne & Barkley -4pts
    D. Morrison & Williams --> Livermore & nastasic - 4 points
    E. Something else

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  15. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Worth doing

    Terry & Rav > Kosc & Cabaye

    Chelsea have crappy fixtures and arsenal look solid at the back. Rav is injured and Cabaye looks decent.

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    1. Zombie
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Do it

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  16. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Has Howard Webb been arrested yet ?

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    1. bitterandstout
        11 years, 11 months ago

        should do.

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      • Podge
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Another good days work for his team 😉

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        1. Dr Dream
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          Aye..and I'd love to see his FPL team and how he's doing in his cash league.

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    2. PussyGalore
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Scores after BAPS?

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      1. Touré De Force
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        61 all out. No hits.

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      2. Fantasy Football Friend!
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        65, quite happy with it 🙂

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      3. Podge
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        66-4

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      4. BantamPhil
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        58

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      5. The Silva Surfers
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        52 but should be enough to put me back on no.1

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        1. PussyGalore
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          easssy

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          1. The Silva Surfers
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 11 months ago

            58 more than i though... bonus!

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    3. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      The Donkey has to gloat now...

      zero captain points Roon(c), Yaya(vc)
      and still manages 71pts after baps and subs...

      should have captained rosenior...

      yaaaaaaay !!!

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      1. Andy1
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Wow, well done

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    4. Touré De Force
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Hopeful of breaking the top 100 once the gw updates :p

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      1. Alton E.
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Tekkers

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      2. Podge
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Cracking stuff well played

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    5. Dexter Bracey
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      worst. gameweek. ever

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    6. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      These are the weeks where the good players will start rising the rankings. FPL is mostly about luck, but there is more than an element of skill necessary to do well in the Christmas period.

      Rooney not playing was just plain unlucky though 😛

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    7. Plagued by indecision
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Thoughts on saving the transfer this week...

      Szczesny
      Coleman / Evra / Baker
      Bannan / RavMo / Oscar / Walcott(VC)
      Negredo / Rooney / Suarez(C)

      Subs: Januzaj / Chester / Clyne

      Have £1.2m in the bank so could do Clyne > Koscielny. Not enough to get Hazard in at this stage, will have to wait for the Jan WC.

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      1. the cromulent one
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Koscielny is a good pick. I'm eyeing him for January.
        Though I would consider upgrading your midfield before getting another defender... how long is Clyne supposedly out?

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    8. the cromulent one
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Oscar... I'm at the end of my rope with him. The assist was welcome, but the yellow card was such a waste.
      Worth keeping, or upgrading to Silva in a few weeks?

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    9. Barry Woj
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Has the BPS changed since the matches finished?

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    10. FORCA INTER
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Clyne ➡ kosh done

      Best valute fpl defender in the game

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      1. the cromulent one
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        I don't disagree.

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    11. Birthday Sess
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Which is the better option please?

      A) Navas + Kos
      B) Cabaye + Mert

      Thanks

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      1. donkey73
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        b

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        1. Birthday Sess
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          Thanks eeyore!

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    12. The ghost of a Pug's g…
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Out of the cup as I put Rooney in (for a hit) for Lukaku.

      Wow

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    13. Connor's Calling
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Ravel to Sterling for free?

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      1. Zimppa
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Short term, yes. Long term, no.

        Unsure about Sterlings gametime after Gerrard and Sturridge come back.

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    14. Scottys Army
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Thoughts on this WC front 7

      Walcott Ya Ya Cabaye Silva Hazard

      Suarez Rooney

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      1. Connor's Calling
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        Looks good, altho I'd prefer Aguero over Silva myself

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    15. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Ah, Negredo's wonderful 1pt v/c turn keeps Rosenior's CS on the bench.

      Such is life.

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