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The Dugout Discussion – Saturday

Saturday continues with five afternoon kick-offs, before Man City see us out with the first of their two Gameweek fixtures in the evening encounter at Goodison.

Before that, Fantasy managers will be focused firmly on Old Trafford, as Ryan Giggs’ continues his tenure as United boss with an intriguing clash with Sunderland. The home side will look to build on the 4-0 thrashing of Norwich last time out, while the Black Cats turn up, scrapping for their Premier League lives and, in Connor Wickham, boasting a striker with five goals in his last three outings.

Elsewhere, both Villa and Hull get their double Gameweeks underway in the midlands, while Newcastle look to halt a slide of five straight defeats at home to relegation threatened Cardiff. Fulham share similar concerns but make the trip to Stoke in hope of furthering their chances of survival. Finally, Swansea take on Southampton at the Liberty Stadium, with Wilfried Bony looking to maintain a scoring streak of four in his last two league matches. Then, City take over with their promising tea-time clash with the Toffees on Merseyside.

Our Twitter feed carries all the news from today’s team sheets, while the Dugout Discussion chatroom remains open to collect your real-time reactions to today’s events.

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

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  1. Wild Rover
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Shame about our FPL points but spare a thought for the guy who may miss the World Cup 🙄

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    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      No

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    2. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Andros Townsend in in my thoughts.

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      1. JWF
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Lol. Nice.

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      2. isacki: full casual
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        😆

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    3. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Nah, he's rich enough

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    4. Piggs Boson
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      And get's paid £10.4 million a year.

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Poor guy 🙁

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        1. Somalion
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          😥 so sad

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    5. Ronny Hotdog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Was just thinking the same. Today has been a day of perspective (Birmingham city fan)

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    6. isacki: full casual
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      The points are more important, dammit! 😆

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    7. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      He has more than a month

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  2. Mr Smith
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    So Aguero averages 4.8ppg since returning from injury, really is very poor value....

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  3. isacki: full casual
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Bet placed. Done. http://i.imgur.com/IVulRNb.png

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I was half expecting that to be Kolarov, knowing you.

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      1. isacki: full casual
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        I need some way of coping with Yaya.

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    2. jas5sk - Youtube channel
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      😆 Surely you meant Dzeko

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  4. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Come on guys - it's been only five pages of everyone saying exactly the same - I know you can get to 7 if you try!

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  5. RabMac
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Despite being a Rooney owner, I really hope he misses the next match.

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  6. Sess!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    So I captain Yaya last DGW and he gets injured with 1pt, so I captain Aguero this week and he's gone off injured and looks like Yaya is gonna be the correct choice. Fooking hell. Oh well, least S'land are practically safe! 🙂

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    1. FACUPARSE
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Same, stupid and horrible

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  7. r0nh
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    I feel like crying 🙁

    Boo whoo, boo whoo

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    1. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Come come.

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      1. r0nh
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Now isnt a love making time.

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

    Yaya is so scary when bursting forward

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  9. Magerost
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yaya captainers unite 😀

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      1. Sess!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Green with envy

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      2. RabMac
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Hooray \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/

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    • Wilshere Knowledge
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I hope Agueros dog dies.

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      1. bitterandstout
          10 years, 4 months ago

          Don't leave desires like this to chance, go get him yourself!

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          1. Wilshere Knowledge
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Haha 😀

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        • Wild Rover
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          After biting your knob off?

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          1. JWF
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Small mouthful.

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          2. Wilshere Knowledge
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Woah, calm down! 😉

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      2. The Sarjeant
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Aguero's dad has to be a pane of glass.

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      3. Texas Pete
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        please, please, please just give me a Dzeko blank.

        Please!

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

        31. The Dzeko/Toure partnership already looking dangerous. Yaya's inviting ball-in across the face of goal is scrambled away by Everton

        Yaya playing as a striker, come on son!

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        1. Captain Shirokov
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          Stop spamming

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      5. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        I blame that daft haircut.

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        1. Lord Flashheart
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          I fear he got a groin cut.

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      6. Piggs Boson
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Van Persie (C) is looking slightly better now...

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        1. Wild Rover
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          This

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        2. Sess!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          He'll run riot against hull. Just glad I have him.

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      7. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Went Silva over Yaya again.

        In trouble.

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        1. Magerost
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Made that mistake before, never again!

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        2. Somalion
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          Flagged this before and I think it needs mentioning again, the conditioning at City must be very poor. Messi has had countless problems with his hamstrings and as such Barcelona made up an entirely different nutritional and exercise regime for him to minimise the risk of injury, I've a feeling no such thing happens with Aguero.

          Hopefully it's just a tweak that he didn't want to exacerbate but they have to approach his fitness a lot better, arguably it could cost them the league. (In many regards it cost them dominating the league this season)

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          1. Wilshere Knowledge
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            He still managed some explosive runs after being *injured*. I really think he just needs to man up.

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            1. Somalion
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 4 months ago

              I'm not so sure, it's an issue far too often for them.

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

          Manchester city aleady have a piece of Glassware in the trophy cabinet in the form of Aguero. No need to win the title.

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        4. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          looks like not taking any hits to get united and city defenders paid off

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        5. r0nh
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          Maybe Yaya will score an OG, miss a penalty & get injured.

          #StayPositive

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          1. Sess!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Not many have him (c). Don't worry.

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            1. Sess!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 4 months ago

              *I have no facts to back this up

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            2. Magerost
                10 years, 4 months ago

                Even better for me if he scores then!

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              • RabMac
                • 11 Years
                10 years, 4 months ago

                18.7% of the top 10K have him as captain.

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          2. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            At least I have the playoffs to look forward to. And if we fail in those then we get to play Fulham and Brentford twice each next season.

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          3. Aurora
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Unlucky nasri

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            1. supperspout
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              10 years, 4 months ago

              cheers mate

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          4. Total Foot 5
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Negredo: the beast has been forgotten? might as well have put him instead of fernandinho no? if not in form, then certainly Jovetic. why go for fernandinho if they need the win.

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            1. Somalion
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 4 months ago

              Because Everton have packed the midfield and as such City need to grab a foothold.

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              1. Total Foot 5
                • 11 Years
                10 years, 4 months ago

                good pt. though not sure i would have done likewise. You? Dzeko alone upfront.

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                1. Somalion
                  • 14 Years
                  10 years, 4 months ago

                  I think it's the right call, I have a feeling that at HT it would have been Dzeko off Fernandinho on. The injury forced their hand a bit!

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              2. RabMac
                • 11 Years
                10 years, 4 months ago

                All they need to do is get the ball out quick to the wing and it bypasses the whole midfield as the space is empty.

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                1. Somalion
                  • 14 Years
                  10 years, 4 months ago

                  Except for their two wing backs...

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                  1. RabMac
                    • 11 Years
                    10 years, 4 months ago

                    Honestly mate watch the amount of space there is out wide if CIty get the ball forward fast.

                    Celtic used to play this tactic and I know its weakness as it used to do my nut in.

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          5. RabMac
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Nasri ya douche bag

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          6. Your Mum's Athletic
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Karma's a bi*ch for all you LOL @ people, i have Aguero captain but I'm not pssing and moaning like little girls, get a grip

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          7. You've got red on you.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Aguero will be back for the next game and score a hatty. Oh and United to win the league.

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            1. HuttonDressedasLahm
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 4 months ago

              No. He's gone for season

              Sorry to disappoint

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

            who cares, people starving around the world. Its only FPL

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            1. isacki: full casual
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 4 months ago

              Did El Berbossa really just say that?

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            2. Royal5
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 4 months ago

              Everyone cares.

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          9. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            I have Kun captained and have Yaya on my team too.

            Is it better to get as many points as possible from yaya or hope he doesnt get anymore given othes have him captained

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          10. HuttonDressedasLahm
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            World no1 (My mate) captained Aguero (-4)
            World no2 captained Mata (-8)
            World no3 captained Mata (-4)

            Pretty much the same teams now too

            Looking good for Tom so far 🙂

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          11. Mini Mahouse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            This was supposed to be my super gameweek lol .. Gotta love FPL

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