Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Monday

We head to the Emirates this evening as Gameweek 3 comes to its conclusion with a head-to-head between two of last season’s top six. Despite scoring just twice so far, Arsenal have offered a significant threat in the final third – although they’ve played only two matches, Arsene Wenger’s side still sit joint-top for shots inside the box, firing 32 close-range attempts.

Liverpool arrive in London in impressive defensive form, though. The Reds have registered back-to-back shut-puts this season and chalked up eight clean sheets away from home in 2014/15 – joint-top with West Brom. With three very favourable home fixtures in the following four, Fantasy managers will be keeping a keen eye on the Merseysiders’ main men at both ends of the pitch.

Given that Arsenal are missing both Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker, Christian Benteke owners will be hopeful of another goal for the Belgian, after he opened his account against Bournemouth last Monday evening.

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  1. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 months ago

    Almost everyone has Cech im my ML CS+3 BAPS *sigh*

    1. 4vets
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      It;s a long season 🙂

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        its a marathon yet i appear to be the bloke in the diving suit 🙁

        1. Jay_
            8 years, 8 months ago

            Lol 😀

        2. Dr Dream
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          Is it...bloody hell....I was hoping it was nearly finished.

      2. NATSTER
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Me too. Quite surprise. 🙁

      3. Valar(Keith)
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        I'm still waiting for Schmeichel to cross 10 points overall 🙁

    2. Namtab Nomolos
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Cech's earring are a bit much aren't they. There is such a thing as too much bling.

      1. BUZZBOMB
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Mario's got a pair just like them...

    3. ☆Khaz
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      60% of arsenal attack on the left side, 30% in center and only 10% on the right side. Sanchez/Ozil dominates.

      1. 4vets
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Eh??

      2. Gravless wonder
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Yes, everything was coming down the left

      3. Dino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Stupid by Wenger when you consider liverpool had firming and an 18 yr old right footed rb/cb def as right side?

        He should have had Walcott or ox out their testing him (ox took him to town with one run down the outside when he came on) but what did he do? He plays Ramsey over there who probably spent maybe 30% of his time on the wing and the rest drifting inside narrowing the pitch and making it easier for Liverpool to defend.

        To me Wenger is making the classic mistake of trying to fit all his best players in his first 11 instead of biting the bullet and dropping some of his better players in order to have a better team. Cazorla, Ramsey and Ozil are class players but he has to stop trying to play them all in the same team.

    4. part_time_fplplayer
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Wilson + Pedro (-4) > Diouf + Sanchez?

      1. Gatsby
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Hell no

      2. BRONALDINHO
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        What?

    5. eish
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      howd alexis play in all realness? looked in and about the points?

      1. 4vets
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Arse's best player.

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

      Sick of getting hammered by f**king noobs week in, week out.

      1. Mind över Mata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Start of the season, it will change

      2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Quit

        You know you want to

      3. Bazzy
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        It's a game based on 80% luck. Don't get too upset.

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

          80% is a bit much.

          1. Pasqualinho
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 8 months ago

            I'd go along with that. A wise poster (I think it was Dod) stated it was 80% luck, 20% luck management. And it's hard to argue against that.

            1. Numb
              • 9 Years
              8 years, 8 months ago

              Nowhere near 80% luck. Hardly any luck involved in fact.

              1. Bodie
                • 8 Years
                8 years, 8 months ago

                More like 50%

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

              HoF argues against it every season.

              1. Pasqualinho
                • 14 Years
                8 years, 8 months ago

                No it doesn't. That 20% luck management is what these people are good at - that's why they're up top in the HoF.

      4. 4vets
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        😆

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

          swear to god

      5. Shifty
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        According to 4vets the best managers are currently doing well

    7. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Right, enough of that. Concentrating on next week. Play two of:

      A) Muniesia (WBA)
      B) Targett (NOR)
      C) Williams (MUN)

      Currently on A and B.

      1. eish
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        yip

        1. Mind över Mata
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          Cheers

    8. NATSTER
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Just realised that many teams in my league have Cech.

      🙁 🙁

    9. henryleeds
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Sakho + Targett > Wilson + Gomez (-4)

      1. BUZZBOMB
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        If you like collecting a yellow every week lol!

    10. samuelhzb
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Hope everyone who wants a 5.5 Arsenal DF is now convinced that Monreal > Bellerin. The BPS modifications favours Monreal, and Monreal already had higher points per minute last season anyway. Stop getting distracted by Bellerin's pace / tendency to get forward!

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

        Gibbs

        1. samuelhzb
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          And? Seriously Monreal's LB position is less threatened by Gibbs than Bellerin is threatened by Debuchy. Ask every Arsenal fan that, and they'll give you the same answer.

          1. Le _ Professeur
            • 8 Years
            8 years, 8 months ago

            That's true

      2. Shifty
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        But but bellerin is so attacking

      3. U-jin King™
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        that pace and tendency to get foward gets you goals and assists tho

        1. samuelhzb
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          It means nothing if it doesn't actually translate into goals and assists. And for Bellerin, it seldom does. Most of Arsenal DF's points last season come from clean sheets, and in those scenarios, Monreal's BPS will always be higher than Bellerin

      4. Le _ Professeur
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        I agree

    11. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      59 points all out. I'm done with this game.

      1. sylvanshine
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        That is a pretty nice weekly score , what were you expecting?

      2. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        In 3 gw's?

      3. Mind över Mata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Bye then

      4. _nod
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        I'd be happy with that.

      5. 4vets
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Tw@t

      6. walkman666
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        That is a good score.

      7. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        What?

      8. guardian.c
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        these kinds of comments make people no friends

    12. ZTF
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Wilson or Gomis?

      1. Cov
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Both!

      2. 4vets
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Both... but Gomis

    13. Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Is Gomez worth bringing in?, seems solid so far

      1. Who Let The Dirk Kuyt?
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        looks good. just that he has 3 yellow cards already

        1. Danstoke82
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          Seems like LIV defence is worth investing in and he's the cheapest route.

          Tempted to do Payet & Huth > Chadli & Gomez -4....madness??

          1. BRONALDINHO
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 8 months ago

            Lei have got some pretty nice fixtures over the next few. I imagine they'll get a few CSs

            1. Danstoke82
              • 9 Years
              8 years, 8 months ago

              Only other def I can do is Richards > Gomez?

    14. Majestic like Zizou
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Cech and Liverpool backs scoring well means the casual players continue to get points where you wouldn't have predicted.

    15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Quite a few cech captains about

        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Less than 1% does not equal quite a few.

        1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          You clearly underestimate the casual

    16. ZTF
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      46 points. Horrific week.

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

        47 and that's been my best week this season mate!

      2. BRONALDINHO
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Ever looked at the average? Go hide somewhere

    17. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Fair play to BR for giving youth a chance

    18. Tomeister
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Can anyone else beat 33 points on the bench?

      1. dgs2
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        yeah -52 for not activating wild card in time lol

    19. Cerylin
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      guys any advice on who to use FT on this week? 0.5 ITB

      Cech (Schwarzer)

      Gomez Azpi Francis (Targett, Baker)

      Depay Hazard Henderson Mahrez (Wanyama)

      Benteke Aguero Pelle

      Was thinking of Hazard to Sanchez/Silva, Pelle to Lukaku or Depay to Yaya Toure? Any ideas on which to go for this week?

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Hazard to Silva or Pedro i would say.

    20. Fifa las vegas
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Silva or Sanchez?

      1. Cerylin
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        thats what im not sure off

        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          aye, what are you currently thinking?

          1. Cerylin
            • 8 Years
            8 years, 8 months ago

            Silva, slightly cheaper and Man City look to be on top form

    21. Butthead
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Is Henry a giant or something?

      1. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Mark Henry?

        1. Butthead
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          Looks way taller than Carra and Nev.

        2. dykeypunk
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          I think Andre was the giant. Worlds strongest man ???

      2. Shifty
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Giant tosser

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

        Karl Henry?

    22. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Was it a good match??

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Looked a 0-0 all day to me.

      2. Butthead
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah. Liverpool bossed the first, Arsenal bossed the second. Fair result.

      3. Gaz Downright
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        yeah

    23. Numb
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Is 7 tonight an up or a down?

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

        Down

        1. Numb
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          Thought so.

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

            Big down. Up by 12 tonight.

            1. BRONALDINHO
              • 9 Years
              8 years, 8 months ago

              seriously? then I'll just hide with my 2 points

      2. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        I got 0 tonight

        Wasn't expecting much tbh

      3. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        up

      4. _nod
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        I would have thought down, a lot of Cech owners?

    24. ZTF
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Lukaku or Gomis?

      1. Fuddled FC
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Lukaku

      2. Fifa las vegas
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        I must say i was impressed by Lukaku, may take a punt on him over Gomis on wildcard if i find the funds somewhere.

      3. Zareos
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Gomis, based on fixtures

    25. Fuddled FC
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Bringing in Mahrez tonight but who for?

      a) Mane
      B) Depay

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        B

      2. walkman666
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        A

    26. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Holding onto Hazard one more week. Many selling for Pedro?

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

        I'm 0.1 short of doing Haz + Payet to Pedro + Sanchez.

        So probably keeping him.

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 8 months ago

          Is Pedro still price protected?

      2. I Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        I'm keeping Hazard and my mind is made up.

    27. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Which one to play of Darmian, Williams and Huth?

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

        Who does Huth play for?

      2. BRONALDINHO
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Darmian

      3. Ludo
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 8 months ago

        Probably Darmian.

        I'm playing Williams over Huth.

    28. BRONALDINHO
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Sorry if this has been discussed to the dust but how long would you expect Kolarov to be nailed on? Is he worth it over, let's say Kompany or the much cheaper Sagna with Zabaleta still gone?

    29. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Gink is nailed on for Stoke, yes? (van ginkel, not the ape)

    30. John t penguin
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 months ago

      Chambers sitting on one bap
      Says it all for that game