Saturday Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 2
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Last weekend’s headliners get the Gameweek started as Swansea face West Ham at the Liberty in the day’s early kick-off. Following that, we’ve no less than seven other Premier League matches in a bumper Saturday programme. Our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to soak up your real-time reactions as today’s matches roll on.
The team news from Swansea finds Michael Laudrup not surprisingly keeping faith with the same XI which scored five at Loftus Road. Chico recovers from a knock to start in defence, then. As for West Ham, they give £10 million man Matt Jarvis his debut, while James Tomkins also returns to the starting lineup and could well occupy a midfield role. Ricardo Vaz Te and Matt Taylor have made way.
Enjoy the game and all today’s action.
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Goalkeepers
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change | Hart | MCI | B, Vs |
| Up | Cech | CHE | B, Vs |
| Up | Robles | WIG | C, Vs, £ |
| No Change | Lloris | TOT | C, Vs |
| No Change | Foster | WBA | C, Vs |
| No Change | Vorm | SWA | C, Vs |
| No Change | Mignolet | SUN | B, Vs |
| No Change | De Gea | MUN | A |
| Up | Boruc | SOT | B, Vs, £ |
| No Change | Jääskeläinen | WHM | A |
| No Change | Begovic | STO | C |
| No Change | Howard | EVE | A |
Defenders
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change | Kompany | MCI | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change | Vertonghen | TOT | A, Vs, Rest |
| Up | Luiz | CHE | A, Vs, Rest |
| No Change | Baines | EVE | A |
| Up | Boyce | WIG | C, Vs, OoP |
| Down | Bassong | NOR | B, Vs |
| Up | McAuley | WBA | C, Vs |
| Down | Johnson | LIV | B |
| Up | Jones | MUN | A |
| No Change | Sagna | ARS | B |
| Up | Huth | STO | C |
| No Change | Cuéllar | SUN | B, Vs, £ |
| No Change | Rangel | SWA | C, Vs |
| Up | Clyne | SOT | B, Vs, £ |
Midfielders
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Bale | TOT | A, Vs |
| No Change | Mata | CHE | C, Vs, Rest |
| Up | Walcott | ARS | C, OoP |
| Up | Hazard | CHE | B, Vs, Rest, Inj |
| Up | Maloney | WIG | B, Vs, £ |
| No Change | Y Touré | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change | Silva | MCI | B, Vs, Inj |
| No Change | Fellaini | EVE | C |
| No Change | Coutinho | LIV | B |
| Up | Morrison | WBA | C, Vs |
| Down | Cazorla | ARS | C |
| No Change | Snodgrass | NOR | B |
| Up | Kagawa | MUN | B, Rest |
| Up | Walters | STO | B |
| Down | Lallana | SOT | C, Vs |
| Down | Sissoko | NEW | C |
Forwards
| Player | Club | Factors | |
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| Up | Tevez | MCI | A, Vs, Rest |
| Up | Koné | WIG | B, Vs, £ |
| Down | van Persie | MUN | A, Vs |
| Up | Sturridge | LIV | B |
| Up | Lukaku | WBA | B, Vs, Rest |
| Up | Benteke | AVL | A |
| Down | Aguero | MCI | B, Vs, Inj |
| Up | Rodriguez | SOT | A, Vs, £ |
| Up | Defoe | TOT | B, Vs, Rest |
| Down | Lambert | SOT | C, Vs |
| Down | Rooney | MUN | C |
| Up | Carroll | WHM | A, VsX |
| Up | Ba | CHE | C, Vs, Rest |
| Down | Berbatov | FUL | C |
| Up | Cissé | NEW | B |
| Down | Remy | QPR | B |
Selection Factors
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| Vs | Favourable Fixtures |
| VsX | Unfavourable Fixtures |
| Rest | Rotation Risk |
| Inj | Injured/Returning from Injury |
| OoP | Out of Position |
| £ | Potential Bargain |
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August 25 at 5:36 pm
sugarboy says:
hazard pls score 2 ! and have a clean sheet!
August 25 at 5:36 pm
King Cabbage says:
Not sure any of you are aware… but Wayne Rooney is out for 4 weeks.
August 25 at 5:40 pm
Captain Shirokov says:
BLASPHEMY
August 25 at 5:37 pm
ViperStripes says:
Best midfielder 5.0 or less?
August 25 at 5:37 pm
shegull says:
Guthrie/Kaca
August 25 at 5:37 pm
Sporting ABG says:
i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again;
last season i was ranked 1.5m in GW21, then i made a couple of good transfers and ended up in the top 10k.
just going to patch up my team, maybe take one hit and carry on regardless.
August 25 at 5:38 pm
sotothemightygreek says:
Slow and steady
August 25 at 5:38 pm
Sporting ABG says:
you know it.
August 25 at 5:39 pm
Captain Shirokov says:
Finally, some sense.
August 25 at 5:39 pm
Spike says:
Good man Sporting
August 25 at 5:41 pm
Pratik says:
Who knows maybe you could have ended up in the top 1k, if you had set things right much earlier on in the season…
I for one, am very susceptible to change of outlook when it comes to fpl. The need to adapt is crucial. So to avoid the Moses mistake (Have faith in your player, you took him for a reason, lost 0.5 on him by the end), I’m starting off the season with a few transfer hits and will cool off towards the latter half of the season.
August 25 at 5:37 pm
Shaps says:
Fellani vs Pienaar?
August 25 at 5:39 pm
sotothemightygreek says:
Go with your gut. Nothing much in it really. Interested to see how Mirallas effects them both.
August 25 at 5:40 pm
Limbo says:
Fellaini is OOP and was epic last week. I’d wait for MOTD – see how far up the pitch he played with Naismith starting.
August 25 at 5:41 pm
Dave Whelan's Press Officer says:
Pienaar, but only just and thats because Marouanne picks up bookings
August 25 at 5:37 pm
pol says:
Repost
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Nzogbia to
A- allen
b- maloney
C- nobel
D- duff
Pls help
August 25 at 5:38 pm
hellothere23 says:
4 points hit to do
Cazorla to Kagawa
Rooney to RVP.
or Rooney to RVP
Torres to Adebayor?
August 25 at 5:38 pm
IshaanManUtd-Do join my FPL leagues 70210-32772 and 70210-32818. says:
Is an 8point hit worth kags, rvp and podolski?
August 25 at 5:40 pm
Title20 says:
nothings worth an 8 point hit
August 25 at 5:38 pm
Jack(off) says:
Think so, he is creating chances galore at the moment and Everton look solid.
August 25 at 5:40 pm
Sporting ABG says:
thanks.
August 25 at 5:38 pm
Title20 says:
bale out for kags or hazard? next GW transfer, already used this GW transfer
August 25 at 5:39 pm
Royal5 says:
Nice one Mikel
August 25 at 5:39 pm
King Cabbage says:
Random Fact: The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls later died from slipping on an orange peel.
August 25 at 5:40 pm
King Cabbage says:
Does anybody actually watch this tripe? https://twitter.com/THEXFACT0R
August 25 at 5:40 pm
Captain Shirokov says:
Haha, no.
August 25 at 5:40 pm
Sold 4 Captains in 7 Years says:
Chico is brother of Gutierez?
August 25 at 5:40 pm
Royal5 says:
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