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Dugout Discussion – Arsenal versus Swansea

Gameweek 36 comes to its conclusion tonight as Arsenal host Swansea at the Emirates. After a polished performance at Hull last Monday, the Gunners have now won nine of their last ten league outings, with only a goalless draw against Chelsea temporarily slowing their momentum.

With a double Gameweek against United and Sunderland just around the corner, Fantasy managers are afforded further opportunity to scout Arsene Wenger’s main men this evening.

Alexis Sanchez served up a second double-figure return in four league outings with a brace against the Tigers to persuade over 144,000 FPL managers to snap up his services ahead of this one. The Chilean isn’t the only one worth considering in an attack that looks full of Fantasy potential right now – up top, Olivier Giroud has seven strikes in the last nine, whilst Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla are also jousting for our attention. The Welshman has recovered from a knock sustained at the KC and will surely be set for significant investment on the back of three 10+ hauls in his previous six.

Garry Monk’s men have been in decent form, too. The Swans have won their last two matches since switching to 4-2-3-1, though with Nelson Oliveira missing out through injury tonight, the visitors are without a recognised striker in their starting line-up.

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  1. TheCurseOfRaheem
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Koscielny, you disappoint me again.

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

      But should people get him in for DGW?

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        No

    2. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Not really his fault. Stupidest CS points lost ever.

  2. Sardines in the Sea
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Ospina is terrible. He should have had that . I may need to bring in Schmeichel.

    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Great plan

  3. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    lol if Ospina gets dropped after that

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

      It was a feeble attempt to keep it out but he wasn't at fault for the failure to put the ball into the net at the other end.

      1. Home Run Baker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        Irrelevant in fantasy

    2. Bolt-on
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      He wont

  4. Bellerinmondo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    looks like about 80 percent of my GW points from 2 players then

  5. Tommy J
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Zero points for Sanchez in UFPL....

  6. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Twice in three weeks I've had a Danish blonde winking at me from the bench.

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Is her name Kasper?

      1. Herman Toothrot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        Scmichelle.

        1. Stats Don\'t Lie
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 12 months ago

          🙂

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

      phwoar! 😉

  7. Jazz!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Play Eriksen (HUL) or Skrtel (CRY) next week? I already got Kane and no Liverpool players

    1. ralfb
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Skrtl.

    2. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      How can you still have eriksen?

  8. You Must Be Jokin Ere
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Incredible FPL Gameweek.....................

    .

    1. Norco
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Incredible Aguero.

  9. skooldaze
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Sigh...yet another poor captain choice with Sanchez.

    Love to have one season where the captain double points isn't counted - just to see how the leagues shape up.

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

      it would be interesting that's for sure!

    2. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      What would be the point in having a captain?

      1. Caine & Co.
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        mein gott..

    3. In Like Flynn.
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Play the Telegraph game.

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

        No point in having a captain.

        Just think it would be good without a bench / captain to make it a bit more realistic. Think more frustration comes from captain / bench than glory

    4. djenzio
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      why? captain is part of the game....

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

        Yes it's part of the game but it would be interesting to see what it would be like without it.

        Having played for about 12 years I've never liked the captain option

  10. RÏɠBY
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    next GW which to drop to bench?
    a) coutinho
    b) fab
    c) benteke

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      B

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

        cheers

  11. ralfb
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Ozil giroud to defau gomez for -4 hit?

    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Jerk that knee why don't ya

    2. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Yes.

    3. Hyperion
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      😆

    4. Captain Shirokov
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Yes

    5. Hypnos
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      fill your boots

    6. ralfb
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Thanks guys, seems to be a yes

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

    Looks like 84 will be this weeks safety score in LMS.
    Congrats to the 4 survivors if the case.

    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      🙁 missed out by 2 points

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

        🙁

        Great season regardless.

        1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 12 months ago

          Thanks TM gutted to fall at the penultimate hurdle. Bad week all round for me, lost my h2h in LAWR and out of the CWC tourney.

          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            8 years, 12 months ago

            Make up for it in the DGW.

            1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
              • 12 Years
              8 years, 12 months ago

              Hope so, just unsure who to add to Sanchez and Ozil now

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

                Forward line?

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

                  Nevermind. At least you have money for that upgrade.

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

      Wow! That was close, I get 84 with Skrtel autosub 🙂

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

        Wtf? Guess I got the calculation wrong. Will have a look.

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 14 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        Wow! Missed Rose.

        5 in the final week it seems.

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

          Great! Guess all the two pointers today wasnt that bad after all.

  13. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Funny how that 1 goal creeping in has stopped waves of people buying Koscielny 😆

    1. Shifty
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      That's how Ffs works

    2. Camp No No
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      There's so much hesitation in the air now. People don't know who to buy, so they'll wait and there'll be no fast price rises. This match is a gift that keeps giving.

  14. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Sad to see Van Damme reduced to this 🙁

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

      it took me ages to realise it was him

  15. The Raging Bull
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    89 all out, I'll take that.

    1. Ravager
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Same here. This game disappointed. Wanted to break 100 somehow lol

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

    What a shitty substitution.

    Giroud off for Walcott...

    Then all we do is swing crosses into the box to a bunch of midgets.

    1. Shifty
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Sometimes i don't know what wenger is thinking

      1. KeepCalm
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        He is thinking economics

    2. Home Run Baker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      I actually LoL'd

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

      even pigmys can bring down elephants

  17. Danstoke82
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Hmm question is who to captain next week!?

    Not sold on any of the Arsenal lot now

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

      Everyone will captain Sanchez - so will you

  18. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Is Hazard to Sanchez still worth it?

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

      For sure

  19. Iceball
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Have Sanchez and Kosc, who should be 3rd Arsenal?

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

      Ramsey

    2. Pasqualinho
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Pantilimon.

      1. Iceball
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        I have him 🙂

    3. Caine & Co.
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      ramsey

    4. ralfb
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Defoe

  20. DOCTOR J
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Wish I didn't watch that game. Hilarious Gomis goal though.

    Deciding who to leave out next week... Have to pick 3 of the following 5 any thoughts?

    Azpi
    Morgan
    Hendo
    Skrtel
    Bolasie

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

      bolasie

    2. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Leave out bolasie and morgan

    3. Donkey_Sanctuary
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      What was hilarious about the goal?

      1. DOCTOR J
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        Did you watch? Arsenal pressing for most of the game but unable to break through, Gomis comes in late and scores a goal that no one else in the stadium noticed except for him and the referee thanks to goal line technology.

        1. Donkey_Sanctuary
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 12 months ago

          Yeah I watched the game. It's not that unusual for an away team to soak up pressure and score a goal on the break. Do you think that because most people couldn't tell it crossed the line means it shouldn't count? The fact the goal was correctly awarded totally vindicates using goal line technology. Would have been a travesty if it hadn't been given. Which it probably wouldn't have been if left to the judgment of the officials

          1. DOCTOR J
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 12 months ago

            I agree Klostermann, would have been a major travesty if it wasn't given. I'm entirely supportive of goal line technology.

  21. The Machine
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Did anyone else think there was an error when the goal was given in real time?

    1. DOCTOR J
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Yep.

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

      yep
      it was the camera angle

    3. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Yes, they kept showing the linesman, I thought he was the one who signaled the goal

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

      Still convinced the camera was installed wonky.

    5. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Yip. I thought it hadn't crossed the line

    6. Acquafresca
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Even the ref.

  22. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Best Arsenal trio for the DGW iyo?

    1. Bellerinmondo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      probably still Kos/Alexis/Gru

    2. TheCurseOfRaheem
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Sanchez, Ramsey, Kos

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

      Bellerin
      Sanchez
      Ramsey

    4. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      The 3 that I have. Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud

      Defenders is risky... United away and Sunderland fighting to stay up

    5. The EJJ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Sanchez, Ramsey, Giroud

    6. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Ramsey, Sanchez, monreal

    7. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Love the variety 🙂

  23. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Naughton and Gomis could be worth a look next season if the fixtures fall right

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

      😀

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

      Montero has looked promising too

    3. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      I'll be eyeing up Siggy again

  24. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Flappy playing it down big time..... lad

    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      9 saves!

  25. Az
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 14 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    the thing with arsenal is, they always try and walk it in

    1. Hypnos
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      😆

    2. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      I disagree. I recall them trying to shoot from a wide range a couple of times today, but it's simply ridiculous to do so, if there's 7 players standing in the way to block it.

  26. SW6
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Swansea now just a point behind Southampton. I'll be honest before the start of the season I thought Monk would do a terrible job and they might be fighting at the bottom. Seriously impressive season from them, I wonder why they're not getting the praise they deserve

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

      be on your game this week mate, we got a semi-final on the horizon. Let me know what move(s) you make

      1. SW6
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        Absolutely will be, sorry for my uselessness thus far. Uni exam period and all.

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

          the only quality score you had, we benched. Ha

          1. SW6
            • 11 Years
            8 years, 12 months ago

            Haha I know and that was my fault.

            97 this week aint too bad though 😉

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

              indeed

              and you started 😀

    2. Bellerinmondo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      late push for Europa while no-one else wants it!

    3. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Agreed - I tipped them to go down pre-season. And Southampton actually.

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

        Even with the benefit of hindsight that's quite amusing - I hope QPR was your third choice

    4. djenzio
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      swansea could knick Europa league spot now.

      Spurs and Saints just crumbled

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

        They both appear actively to be trying not to qualify for Europe

    5. In Like Flynn.
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      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Let me know too.

      1. In Like Flynn.
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        😳 Reply fail to JK.

    6. chinmusic
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      They've been getting a fair amount of praise but the media jizzing has all been in the direction of Southampton on account of their good start You could ask the same about Stoke.

  27. In Like Flynn.
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    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Well I'm not messing about with the team now, it stays the same for this week and 2 FTs for GW38.

  28. Bolt-on
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    Aguero got exactly half my points

    1. Bellerinmondo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      more than half of mine!

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

      Well I finished this week on 46 points, the same as Aguero captained.

      I didn't own Aguero this week by the way.

    3. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Aguero = 0.5x + 3 where X = total points

      1. In Like Flynn.
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 12 months ago

        😀

  29. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    What an anti climax. 2, 2, 2 😀

    1. Dr Dream
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Same.

    2. In Like Flynn.
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      • 13 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      Did you bring Wally off the bench WR?

    3. Camp No No
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 12 months ago

      This is like the most orgastic anti-climax I've ever had. 😀

  30. Numb
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 12 months ago

    I think the autosubs might add quite a bit to the top 10k averag . Over 40% have PvA sub for a start and quite a few highly owned no shows in defence