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Dugout Discussion – Sunday

Gameweek 13 is now brought to a conclusion with a couple of late Sunday afternoon kick-offs.

Manchester United entertain West Ham United at Old Trafford, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic back in contention after serving a one-match ban.

The big Swede notched twice in his previous league appearance and faces a defence that’s been breached 14 times in six road trips already.

Juan Mata, meanwhile, earned over 52,000 transfers in last week after bagging the opener at home to Arsenal.

Michail Antonio is the Hammers’ top scoring FPL asset, having served up a goal and assist in the last two Gameweeks. The midfielder has already netted against Man City, West Brom and Spurs away from home, though sits just one yellow shy of a single-match ban today.

Southampton and Everton go head-to-head at St Mary’s in the other 4.30 fixture.

The Saints’ defence kept Liverpool at bay last time out and could come under increased FPL interest if they can repel former manager Ronald Koeman’s Toffees.

Romelu Lukaku has netted just once in his last four league outings and suffered a price drop in the previous Gameweek.

With Man United, Arsenal and Liverpool in the next four, the Everton talisman needs a return to form this afternoon to stave off further transfers out.

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  1. drughi
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Is milner a decent pick ?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      He has been so far.

    2. Klopp's Kids
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Gets forward a fair amount and is on pens. Good differential. Sigurdsson/Walcott a bit better if you have funds IMO

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Have walcott and siggy would have been optimal but dont have the funds. Doing deeney>kane

    3. Jude Rooney
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      No

    4. GiveUsAChance
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      No, Penaltys may not be coming forever for Liverpool and he's bound to miss one soon

  2. roghippo
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    A.Wally n Hazard
    B.Sanchez n Siggy -4
    Already have Costa
    Cheers

    1. _Freddo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      B.

    2. Chelsea Dagger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      B

  3. Klopp's Kids
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    If I get rid of Aguero I can get this team for a -4. Worth it?

    Heaton Pickford
    Evans Lovren Alonso Holebas Smith
    Mane Sanchez Sigurdsson Firmino Hazard
    Kane Austin Diomande

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Haven't looked at the team, but no.

    2. PvA
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Log off

      1. Klopp's Kids
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Sounds good 😆

    3. KISSES
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I wouldnt get rid of that clinical striker who has 33 goals in his last 34 prem games.

    4. KJT123
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Stopped reading after "Aguero"

    5. Jude Rooney
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Go for it and watch every City game behind the settee

    6. Chelsea Dagger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      "Get rid of Aguero" should only be posted if he is seriously injured

  4. KISSES
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Any news on Coutinho? He has just posted on insta saying thanks for all the support.

    1. Klopp's Kids
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Klopp's optimistic but results not back yet

      1. KISSES
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers bro

    2. Demí
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Scan tomorrow so find out then i guess

  5. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Team is an absolute mess

    From 90k to 550k in the last 3 weeks and that includes a WC week!

    Foster (Heaton)

    Verts Evans Pieters (Alonso, Friend)

    Hazard Firmino DeRoon KDB (Gundogan)

    Austin Kane Lukaku

    Thinking of -8 going into next week

    Hazard, Lukaku And Gundogan--> Costa, Pedro and Siggy

    Or is there someone else I should be considering?

    1. RD
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Kdb Lukaku > Aguero Siggy

    2. Manbatius
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I slightly prefer Kane over Costa. I am also engineering Lukaku out of my team. It is for one of them for sure.

  6. KJT123
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    First to 5 wins

    A) Siggy
    B) Pedro

    (I don't have any Chelsea cover)

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      B

      1. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Reason: Higher points ceiling per game IMO.

    2. GiveUsAChance
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Pedro if you don't already have hazard for sure

    3. Kante Be Bothered
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      bb

  7. Isboo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Worth taking out Gundo for a hit?
    (got no sub)

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Ye. Been a waste of space transfer for me as well

    2. Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I am. Waste of time owning him.

    3. MTPockets
        7 years, 6 months ago

        No sub or bad sub?

      • Jude Rooney
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Who you transferred out before him?

    4. The Red Devil
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      A- Austin and Sanchez
      B- Benteke & Sanchez
      C- Costa & Theo
      D- Kane and Theo
      E- Ibra & Theo

      1. nkhoughton
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        B

      2. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        A, C or E

        I'd probably pin the order of preference as C, A/E

      3. IWR
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        D

    5. nkhoughton
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      A) Coutiniho & Lukaku > Kane & Sigurdson -4
      B) Coutiniho & Lukaku > Ibra & Siggy -4
      C) Coutiniho > Walcott no -4

      Costa/lukaku current strikers with Anichebe benched

      1. IWR
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        A

    6. OLLY G
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Is this good or madness?

      OUT:

      Koscienly -- Coutinho -- Diomande

      IN:

      Evans -- De Roon (1st sub every GW) -- Kane

      -8

      Many thanks.

      1. Chelsea Dagger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I wouldn't lose Kosc. Good fixtures upcoming, and if not for a bad PK call today, he'd have a CS

    7. Giovanni Giorgio
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Most nailed on Middlesbrough besides Gibson?

      1. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I'm looking at Barragan. Could do with confirmation from someone who looks at them for more than 5 minutes a week though!

      2. Sharpe Shuffle
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        If fit, Friend

      3. Isboo
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        In defence? Chambers or Barragan. Fabio will 100% start till Friend is fit though

    8. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Hello guys.

      A) Coutinho & Lukaku -> Sigurdsson & Costa
      B) Lukaku, Coutinho & Walker -> Kane, Walcott & Cedric (-4)

      1. GiveUsAChance
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        A, based on form the other two are not as good and it's not worth the -4

        1. Jam0sh
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Cheers

    9. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Any news on Firmino? Should be ok right?

      1. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        We are hoping so

      2. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Probably miss out midweek and be ready for weekend ye

      3. Pino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        yes

      4. goriuanx
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Think Liverpool Echo confirmed he's fine. Doubt he'll be needed to beat Leeds, but you never know.

      5. CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers all of you guys.

        Bubz, are you happy with Giroud?

        1. CloudSky
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Scratch second sentence, phone doing his things.

    10. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Suarez, Messi & Neymar

      45 minutes and not one shot

      1. CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        They really dislike playing at Anoeta. Havent won since 2007 if my memory serves me correctly.

    11. mr. inconspicuous
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Please help guys, I have 2 FT's and need 1.2 to fund Lukaku for Kane.

      Current team :-

      Pickford Boruc

      Stones Lovren Holebas Evans Amat

      Capoue Gundogan Hazard Sanchez Firmino

      Austin Lukaku Aguero

      How can I free up 1.2? thinking I will need to lose one of Hazard, Sanchez or Firmino but who?

      Any help appreciated guys. Cheers

      1. Mike2795647
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Depending on how much you paid for Gundogan then swap him for Matic (£5.1m and 7 assists so far) and downgrade Stones for another defender who at least plays. Should be able to raise the £1.1m

    12. PvA
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Firminaldinhio

    13. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone else doing terrible? Feel like I've tried everything and nothing coming to fruition.

      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yep. On paper my team looks great but they are returning little. My captaincy choices have been shocking too

      2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        felt like that last week.....been bouncing all over the show with no consistency... 2 greens in the last 7
        really dont know what to do

      3. PvA
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yes. My team wasn't even bad. I'm just taking more risks and getting players I like now. I think I was more reactive than proactive tbh. Got the likes of Walcott late

        GW11: 2,600,000
        GW12: 3,100,000
        GW13: 2,000,000

        But guess what... I LOVE this game

        1. Delhidynamo
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          abusive relationship alert

      4. Del Griffith
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I'm stuck at around 200 K, cant seem to move, keep having to take hits and too many captain failures not helping matters. A long way too go yet though so plenty of time for things to change

      5. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        This is me. Right now. Ive tried fixtures. Ive tried form and nothing.

        Slipped to 800k.

        Going to start having fun and differential the f--- outta FPL.

        Im just going to go by what i see without looking at numbers, opinions etc

      6. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Me. Frustrating ain't it sometimes I try to be too cute should just go with the masses as they tend to be right

      7. andymck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Not terrible but my rank's just been slipping and it's really frustrating

      8. Z
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        My 38.6m midfield of KDB (1), Coutinho (1), Firmino (3), Hazard (2) was worth every penny...

    14. Paully Walnuts
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Current team is:

      Cech, Jakupovic
      Alonso, Lovren, Holebas, Evans, Amat
      Firmino, Ozil, Coutinho, Allen, Capoue
      Aguero, Lukaku, Defoe

      I'm normally very reluctant to take hits, but 76 points overall in the last 2 weeks makes me feel I need to shake things up.

      Are either of these worth the hit(s) or am I just full of rage after a bad week?

      1. Ozil, Coutinho & Lukaku to Walcott, Hazard and Kane for -4
      2. Ozil, Coutinho, Lukaku and Defoe to Sanchez, Pedro, Kane and Austin for -8?

      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        1 looks good to me.

      2. nkhoughton
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        A 100%

    15. Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Coutinho >

      A) Mane
      B) KDB? (Already own Kun)

    16. Kanye West Ham
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Koscielny and Lukaku ---> Kane and a 5 def? Lovren maybe?

    17. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      damn my low tv..............even with wc im going to have some major dross in this team

    18. Kizza_10
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yes or no

      Out: Lukaku & Coutinho
      In: Kane & Siggy

      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yes

      2. Sillet Bang
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yes done the same

    19. Well I Never
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Hi guy's
      Current team

      Pickford Jakupovic
      Holebas lovren fuchs (nyom amat)
      Sanchez Firmino coutinho arnautovic (fletcher)
      Benteke lukaku aguero

      2fts, 0.1itb

      Thinking
      Lukaku, coutinho, fuchs to austin, hazard, rose

      What do ya's reckon?

    20. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Remember this time last week when everyone wanted to dump Kun like a poor little school girl.

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        People on here dump school girls?

    21. InSaneMan-e
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Bit of a mess here. Some passengers (especially fuchs!). Need some help please. 1FT 0.8 ITB

      Heaton/Pickford
      Fuchs Pieters Brunt Friend Kingsley
      Hazard Phillips KDB Firmino
      Austin Lukaku Kun

      A: Lukaku+Fuchs-->Kane+5.0 def (cedric?)
      B: KDB+Fuchs-->Sanchez+Cedric
      C: Lukaku+KDB-->Kane+other
      D: Other. Suggestions welcome!

    22. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Next weeks bench

      Grant (BUR) De Roon (HUL) Cedric (cry) Holebas (wba)

      Worth a BB punt? Don't buy the idea that it will be best in a dgw

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        hmmmm id still say bb is more valuable in dgw....assuming you planned for it and still had wc

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          It's not possible without wrecking your team pre or post dgw imo. Anyway, accepting that I'm not saving it for a dgw do you think it's a good week to play it?

      2. Jazz!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Hmm, that certainly is a strong bench. But I do think Cedric and Holebas will concede.

      3. Jude Rooney
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        No chance

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          You seem to give a lot of opinion without any reasoning

      4. Sharpe Shuffle
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Why don't you buy that idea? Double the potential points. CS hard to predict.

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          No chance of getting 15 players with a dgw without wrecking your team

          1. 1966 was a great year for E…
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            DGWs are near the end of the season anyway. It paid of for me massively in the DGW last year (although the DGWs might not be as good this year, I don;t think FA Cup quarters are on a PL GW this year).

            1. Lord.
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 6 months ago

              The FA Cup Quarters coincide with GW28, and if the powers that be follow the usual practice of not rescheduling PL matches in CL/Europa League weeks (or Int Breaks), the first DGW slot will be GW34; which is also the mid-week after the FA Cup Semis, so teams could have zero, one or two PL fixtures. GW37 is the other window.

              There is also a free week following the League Cup Final (GW26), so Premier League finalists would have the option of completing their PL fixture in the same game-week.

              Too early I know, but I really enjoyed the DGW threads last year.

          2. Sharpe Shuffle
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            I had a 169 point DGW34 last season. Well worth wrecking a team for

    23. John wick
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Is sims nailed on?

      1. IWR
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        No

        1. Uncle Gamst
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Had a great game by all accounts. You don't think he'll get a little run out?

      2. Sharpe Shuffle
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Clearly not. He's played once, right?

      3. Jude Rooney
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        You having a laugh

    24. IWR
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Which one to Siggy for Kane funds. Already have Firmino, if I go with A I also have money to get Alonso the following week.

      A) Ozil
      B) Mane

    25. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Allen + Lukaku > Siggy + Defoe last night

      Fuchs > VVD + Deeney + Austin are my next planned transfers.

      Are either of them worth a hit or just wait and do them 1 week at a time?

      1. IWR
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I'd wait

      2. 1966 was a great year for E…
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I'd be tempted to get Deeney to Austin done this week for a -4 tbh.

    26. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Thoughts on Leroy Fer ? Seems to get his place back

      Is he a decent alternative if you cant afford Siggy ?

      1. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        IMO Yes. Goal-scoring record should secure his place in the side, and been fairly impressed by the positions he has bene getting into. Certainly at that price range, should be OK. Has shown far more sustainable goal-scoring than the likes of Allen/Gundogan too.

      2. IWR
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I'd be looking for the extra cash